The Islamic State (ISIS) has kidnapped four Republican Guard soldiers near the Dumayr military airbase east of Damascus, activists said Thursday.
The kidnapped soldiers are originally from Suweida, the main stronghold of the Druze community, which has been subjected to a series of kidnappings and abuses against by the ISIS.
ISIS is still controlling territory in the Syria desert located between Homs, Deir ez-Zor and Suweida provinces.
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