Attacks by the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) on Monday (December 19th) near Palmyra in central Syria killed at least 20 regime and allied fighters, AFP reported.
"At least 20 regime forces and pro-regime fighters were killed in an ISIL attack on Tayfur airport in Homs province. Two high-ranking Syrian officers were killed when a regime helicopter was shot down near the airport," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said ISIL was using "successive attacks" to wear out regime forces, and that clashes were ongoing.
