DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:15 P.M.) – On Friday morning, ISIS deployed a handful of armored technicals in an attack on a government-held road in the western part of Saladin province.

Pictures of the hit-and-run operation were released by Amaq Agency today and showed jihadist belligerents engaging a Humvee and pickup truck along the targeted road, located between Baghdad and Mosul.

While the assault did not yield any territorial gains, Islamic State insurgents did manage to torch an Iraqi Army encampment at the town of Al-Dabs:

Despite Islamic State aggression, the supply routes between Iraq’s two largest cities are still open and relatively safe for travelers.

Since losing control of Mosul and Tal Afar earlier this, ISIS has been unable to mount a single actual offensive in the country due to the Iraqi Army’s overwhelming manpower.

However, hit-and-run operations remain a daily occurence across desert territory in the embattled provinces of Saladin, Nineveh, Anbar and Kirkuk.