ISIS attacks army-held areas in central Syria
ISIS fighters launched an attack on Syrian army-held areas in Homs province overnight, a Syrian military source and an organization tracking the war said, part of the group's efforts to expand beyond its strongholds in the east, Reuters reported.
Syrian troops repelled the attack in places and were still fighting in others, the military source said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the activist group, said about 30 government soldiers and 20 ISIS militants were killed in the fighting in and around the town of Al-Sukhna, some 300 km (190 miles) northeast of Damascus.
Syrian troops repelled the attack in places and were still fighting in others, a military source said. "(The army) repelled the attack in areas, there are areas where it is still ongoing."