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Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad's fall

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Islamic State group claims responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria , including one on government forces.

IS said that in the first attack, a bomb was detonated targeting a “vehicle of the apostate regime,” leaving seven soldiers dead or wounded.

An opposition war monitor described it as the first such attack to be claimed by IS against Syrian forces since Assad 's fall.

IS, which once controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq , is opposed to the new authority in Damascus .