Islamic State (IS) militants have killed about 100 people in several attacks on government-held areas of southern Syria, including multiple suicide bombings in Sweida, a city located some 100 kilometers south of Damascus, a monitoring group and local officials said on July 25.
Some 96 people were killed and 176 wounded in total, the local health authority chief was quoted as saying by a pro-Damascus radio station.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said 156 people, including Syrian security forces, were killed. IS said in a statement that it had killed more than 100 people in the attacks.
One of the attacks was a suicide bombing at a crowded market, according to the state news agency SANA. At least two other would-be suicide bombers were killed by security forces before they were able to detonate their explosives.
Syrian state television also reported that Islamic State (IS) militants attacked three villages northeast of Sweida.
Troops loyal to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have recently retaken territory in the area that had been controlled by rebels and are currently attempting to clear the area of IS militants.
