Graphic photographs posted on internet showing decapitated bodies of Syrian Army soldiers in Raqqa have once again brought the gory side of the three-year-long conflict in Syria in the limelight.
Terrorists from the Islamic State group have seized parts of a military base in Syria's Raqa province after launching triple suicide bomb attacks at its gates, an activist said Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the extremist group was engaged in heavy fighting with troops at Brigade 93 in Raqqa, where the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) already controls the regional capital and significant amounts of territory.
The fighting began Wednesday night, after three ISIL terrorists blew themselves up at the entrance of the base and around it.
The group said ISIL terrorists "were in control of large parts of the base".
At least 27 Syrian regime forces have been killed and some of them were beheaded in this attack, a monitoring group told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.
Graphic photographs posted on internet showing decapitated bodies of Syrian Army soldiers.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 14 ISIL terrorists had also been killed in the attack on Brigade 93, including three who blew themselves up at the facility.
Many Syrian troops had withdrawn to Brigade 93 last month, after ISIL seized the Division 17 base, killing at least 85 soldiers, according to the Observatory.
That assault left nearly all of Raqqa province under ISIL control, except Brigade 93 and Tabaqa military airport, which were still held by the army.
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