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Syrian Army Advances in Idleb, Chases ISIL in Hama, Lattakia
 [ALMANAR.LB] Units of the Syrian army continued operations against terrorist organizations on Friday, hitting more of their positions in various areas and destroying their equipment and weapons, state-run SANA news agency reported.In Idleb, the army air force destroyed dens of "al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front" in Kan-Safra Tauom, Tal Zardana, al-Tamani'a, Tal'as, Binnish, Abu al-Dohour, Tal Salmo, Um Jrin and Ariha in Idleb countryside. In Homs, army units destroyed a vehicle and a cannon for snuffies of the so-called '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.... of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group in the countryside of Tadmur and targeted terrorists' positions in Tadmur city in the eastern countryside of the central Homs province. An army unit foiled terrorists' attempt to infiltrate a military checkpoint in al-Houla in Homs countryside, killing and injuring all of the attackers. In the neighboring province of Hama, army units killed a number of ISIL snuffies and destroyed their machineguns-equipped vehicles in al-Rahjan to the east of Hama city. The army also targeted terrorists' hideouts and concentrations in al-Mafkar village in al-Salamyeh countryside, killing a number of them and destroying their weaponry and munitions. In Lattakia, the Army air force destroyed dens and vehicles, some of them equipped with machineguns, and killed dozens of snuffies in Marj Khokha, Shalaf, Dwirika, al-Sikaria and al-Dura in the northern countryside of the coastal Lattakia province. In Aleppo, the army air force destroyed a number of vehicles equipped with machineguns and eliminated scores of snuffies in al-Lairamon, Bani Zaid, al-Khaldyeh, Karm al-Tarrab, al-Atareb and near the air force academy in Aleppo and its countryside. The army also destroyed a 140-m long tunnel near the air force academy. In southern province of Daraa, army units killed snuffies and destroyed their equipment in various areas in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the city of Daraa and in al-Nueimeh and al-Bitar farms in the countryside of Daraa province, southern Syria. An Army unit destroyed a rocket launcher to the south of Tafas in Daraa countryside. Another army unit destroyed 4 vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition and killed a leader of a terrorist group in al-Nu'ayma in Daraa countryside. In Sweida, a terrorist group that tried to infiltrate towards Bouthaina Hill in the northeastern countryside of the neighboring Sweida province was repelled, with many of its members getting killed. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-25 |
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