Damascus:Unknown armed men attacked a Syrian security detachment killing five security officials and injuring another five, news agencies reported on Sunday.
The reports said that two attackers were killed and 15 injured in retaliation.
The official SANA news agency quoted the source as saying that a military checkpoint was also attacked by “criminal armed group” in Izraa town of Daraa province, which led to the killing of two of the army men and one attacker while other attackers fled away.
On Friday, SANA said masked gunmen on motorcycles fired on the guards of a government office in Izraa, killing eight bystanders.
The news agency also said that two members of the security forces were killed by “armed criminal groups,” one in the Muadamiya district of Damascus, the other in the Baba Amr district of Homs.
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