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Syrian Kurds say Islamic State may open new fronts in northeast
[Ynet] The Syrian Kurdish militia that drove Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... Death Eaters from Kobani with the help of US-led air strikes said on Monday the radical Islamist group may now open new fronts against it in northeastern Syria. Redur Xelil, front man for the Kurdish YPG militia, said Islamic State forces were collapsing around Kobani, a town at the border with Turkey that became a focal point for the US-led military campaign against Islamic State in Syria. "We believe Daesh received a big and very severe blow but it is normal for terrorist organizations such as Daesh to open other fronts to recover what is left of its standing," Xelil told Rooters in a telephone interview, using a pejorative Arabic acronym for Islamic State. "There are daily festivities and perhaps these battles and festivities will increase, particularly in the Jazeera region, because Daesh will turn to other areas to recover what is left of its standing," he said. The Jazeera region is the Kurdish name for northeastern Syria. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-02-03 |
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