OREANDA-NEWS A checkpoint of the Syrian security forces in the province of Raqqa was attacked by a group of militants, among the security forces there are dead and wounded, the Syrian TV channel Syria TV reports.

"As a result of an armed attack by unknown assailants on the al-Sabahiya checkpoint west of Raqqa, there are dead and wounded among the internal security forces," the TV channel reports.

The report notes that the internal security forces eliminated one of the attackers after he was surrounded in a building near the checkpoint.