Syria suicide blasts: Islamic State kills more than 200 in coordinated attacks in south-west

Islamic State militants have killed more than 200 people in a coordinated assault on a government-held area of south-western Syria, local officials and a war monitor said, in the group's deadliest attack in the country for years. Jihadist fighters stormed several villages and staged suicide blasts in the provincial capital Sweida, near one of the few remote pockets still held by Islamic State after it was driven from most of its territory last year. This content was published on July 25, 2018 7:33 PM

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Attacks in the Syrian province of Sweida killed 215 people on Wednesday, the director of health in the southwestern province told the pro-government Sham FM. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 200 people were killed, including 94 residents who were part of local defence militias that have the backing of the Syrian Government.
Coordinated suicide bombings and shootings carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in As-Suwayda, Syria, kill 215 people and injure more than 200 others.