Damascus, July 26 (IANS) As many as 85 Syrian government soldiers have been killed over the past two days in attacks launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) on a military base in Syria's **rthern al-Raqqa province, activists said Saturday. The 85 soldiers and ******rs have been confirmed dead during the twin bombings the IS had carried out at the gates of the 23rd Division base in al-Raqqa and in the clashes that ensued, said UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The observatory said that the IS, which is an Al Qaeda splinter group, had also executed soldiers who were retreating towards **rthern al-Raqqa after fleeing the base, Xinhua reported
07-26-2014, 10:13 PM
85 Syrian soldiers killed by Islamic State militants
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