Maghaweir al-Thowra thwarted an attack by the regime army and allied militias in a desert area east of Homs province, leaving a dozen and wounded, the rebel group said Wednesday.
The US-backed Maghaweir al-Thowra group said the attack took place in a de-escalation zone near the Iraqi border.
Bashar al-Assad, who now controls around 60 percent of the country, has vowed to reclaim the rest.
Maghaweir al-Thowra has been playing key role in the delivery of aid to the al-Rukban camp on the Jordanian border and to the displaced people near the al-Tanf border crossing with Iraq.
Eight years of war in Syria has killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
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