One Syrian security member killed in Islamic State attack in Raqqa

June 15 (Reuters) - Syria's Interior ‌Ministry said ​on ​Monday that one of its security personnel had been killed as its forces thwarted an attack ‌by two Islamic State militants on a command headquarters ⁠of the country's internal security forces in the city of Raqqa.

According ‌to a ministry statement, two ‌suicide attackers attempted to storm the facility. Security personnel engaged the pair, neutralising one of them, while the ​second detonated an explosive vest after being surrounded.

Three security personnel were also wounded in the attack, the statement ⁠added.

Earlier, the Syrian state news agency had cited the Interior Ministry's spokesperson as saying ​that preliminary information indicated at least two ministry personnel were killed in a suicide attack on ​a ministry camp in Raqqa.

In February, ‌Islamic State declared a new phase of operations against the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa ⁠and has since carried out a spate of attacks, including one that killed four Syrian security personnel near Raqqa.

Last year, Sharaa's ⁠government joined the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State.

Sharaa himself fought Islamic State ​when he was leader of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front during Syria's civil war. He severed ties with al Qaeda in 2016.

At the ‌peak of its power during the Syrian civil war a decade ago, Islamic State controlled ‌around a quarter or more of Syria, before being driven ⁠out of the territory ‌by a U.S.-led ​coalition and other foes.

(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din, Tala Ramadan, and Muhammad Al Gebaly; Editing by Hugh ‌Lawson)

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