ISIS moves west to attack Syrian army in Homs
ISIS fighters attacked a military airport in Syria's Homs province Monday as they pushed on with an offensive against government strongholds towards the west, an activist group said, Reuters reported.
Skirmishes by ISIS - which is strongest in the northeast and east - into the provinces of Homs, Hama and even Damascus pose a fresh challenge for Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Syria's army has carved a bulwark of territory from Damascus through the cities of Homs and Hama to the western coast by defeating other, less powerful militias including rebels fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the violence through a network of sources in the country, said ISIS attacked a military airport in Tadmur, a town in Homs province, early Monday.
Syrian officials could not immediately be reached for comment, and the fighting was not reported on state media.