Local sources revealed that a number of members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards militia were killed and wounded as a result of an attack carried out by ISIS members on the outskirts of Al-Sawwana field, southwest of Palmyra, in the eastern Homs countryside.

"Ain al-Furat" network said that the attack killed 5 members and wounded 8 others.

 It added that the militia transferred its dead and wounded to Palmyra Military Hospital, from there transferring some very critical injuries to the capital, Damascus, which is likely to raise the death toll from the attack.

It explained, according to the Syrian event, that the attack began with mortar shells of different calibres, with which the attackers targeted the outskirts of the field, where "Revolutionary Guard" and "Fatimiyoun" points are located.

 After the attack, the Russian warplanes carried out air strikes against the organization’s