DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Thirteen Daesh terrorists were killed in clashes on Tuesday in the Syrian desert with government forces, a Britain-based war monitor said. Battles have been ongoing in Syria’s vast Badia desert since the start of the month, with government forces supported by Russian aircraft.  On Tuesday, clashes and Russian air strikes killed 13 militants died in fighting, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The battles centered around Ithriya, in Hama province, and further east, near the point the provincial borders of Hama, Aleppo and Raqah meet.