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Syrian Army, Allies Kill More ISIL & Nusra Terrorists across Country
[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian army and allies managed on Saturday to inflict heavy losses upon the krazed killer groups in various provinces, destroying their positions and repelling their infiltration attempts.A unit of the army carried out a special operation against a position of the so-called "Jaish al-Islam  ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful..." on the axis of Harasta al-Qantara in the surroundings of Marj al-Sultan in the Eastern Gota, Damascus Countryside. An army unit clashed with terrorist groups that infiltrated into the surroundings of military posts to the north of the bridge of al-Ghariyeh al-Gharbieh in the northeastern countryside of Daraa. Most of the terrorist groups' members were killed or injured in during the festivities, while the rest managed to flee. In Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa city, an army unit destroyed hideouts and fortified positions of Lions of Islam in the surroundings of Um al-Daraj well in al-Bajabjeh quarter. The Syrian Air Force destroyed vehicles for ISIL Lions of Islam in al-Hadath, Hawareen, al-Qariyatein and Mhein in the south east countryside of Homs. Scores of bad boyz were potted and their weapons destroyed during the operations. Later, army units targeted ISIL bases and fortified sites in al-Tarr mountain, south of Aloun farm, and at the western entrance of Palmyra (Tadmur) city, inflicting losses in personnel and equipment upon the terrorists. At least 25 Lions of Islam from Jaish al-Fateh (Conquest Army) terrorist organization were killed in a series of operations carried out by Army and Armed Forces units in Idleb and Hama provinces, sources on the ground told SANA. The sources said that a leader in 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 (Qaeda branch in the Levant) terrorist organization called Faissal al-Ghazi was killed along with a number of his cohorts in a series of special operations conducted by the army in the village of Kansafra 38 km south of Idleb city. Posted by: Fred 2015-12-20 |
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