At Least 38 Terrorists Killed in Syrian Army Raids on ISIL Dens in Homs
[ALMANAR.LB] More than 38 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
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 were killed on Monday during raids launched by the Syrian Air Force against Death Eaters' positions in central Syria, a monitor said.
The opposition UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Syrian warplanes launched "exact strikes at ISIL positions in Palmyra, Al-Sakhna in the province of Homs.
The Syrian air force has been increasing its strikes against IS in recent days as it received reinforcements from Russia, he said.
"The number of raids is growing and the strikes are more precise after the Syrian air force received arms and more efficient planes from Moscow," said Abdel Rahman, whose group relies on broad network of civilian, military and medical sources inside Syria.
Experts close to the regime have told AFP that Russia has sent advisers to train Syrian troops in the new weapons, in particular short-range air defence systems and tanks.
Posted by: Fred 2015-09-23 |