The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria. One of them was an attack on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be carried by the extremists since the fall of Bashar Assad.

The Islamic State group on Thursday claimed responsibility for what seems to be its first attack on Syria's new government forces, two war monitors have reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that one person was killed and three wounded by a remote control landmine on Wednesday.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be adopted by the extremists since the fall of Bashar Al Assad.