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IS hits Syria army with deadliest attacks since 'caliphate': monitor

Damascus troops have cleared the smattering of towns and villages in the vast Syrian Desert of the black flag of the Islamic State group but the jihadists retain hideouts in unpopulated areas. [Photo: AFP]

Islamic State group jihadists have killed 35 pro-Damascus fighters in Syria, in what a monitoring group described Saturday as their deadliest operation since the fall of the "caliphate".

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