IS kills 45 pro-regime fighters in east Syria assault — monitor

An offensive by the Islamic State jihadist group in eastern Syria has left at least 45 pro-regime fighters dead, a monitoring group says.

IS fighters launched the offensive Sunday against Euphrates Valley villages controlled by government forces and their allies, and have retaken four of them, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

— AFP

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