The heavy losses among Iran's premier military force prompted a senior Revolutionary Guards commander to issue a warning to the country's foes. A suicide bomber driving a vehicle laden with explosives attacked a bus transporting members of the Guards, the force said in a statement. Iran’s Guards fired missiles at Islamic State militants in Syria in 2017 and 2018 after the group claimed responsibility for two attacks in Tehran and Ahvaz. The Sunni Islamic State and an Arab separatist group both claimed responsibility. Jaish al-Adl emerged as the main armed opposition movement in the southeast after members of another Sunni group, Jundullah, joined it after their leader was captured on a plane in 2010.

Source: bd News24 February 13, 2019 22:07 UTC