Oil workers killed in Islamic State attack in Syria
Syrian state media said IS fighters ambushed buses carrying the employees in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province.
Several oil workers were killed by the Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria today.
IS fighters ambushed two buses carrying the workers back from work in the al-Kharata oil field in the southwest of the Deir ez-Zor province. Ten were killed and another was injured, Syria’s official news outlet SANA reported.