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Turkmen Recapture Two Syrian Villages In Clash With IS
[NRTTV] Turkmen fighters who have been in a clash with the 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.... (IS) on Thursday (Jan. 14) retook control of two villages in Syria near the Turkish border. According to local sources, Turkmen groups were engaged in a clash with the IS Lions of Islam after they captured Karaköpru, Karamezere and Haraba villages in the city of Aleppo. The tensions had not ended between the two groups in the villages of Miridin and Halfeti that were taken by the Turkmen fighters. Meanwhile, ...back at the abandoned silver mine, there was another kaboom... Syrian pro-government troops retook a front-line town in Latakia province from snuffies on Tuesday (Jan. 12), a monitoring group and state media said, in a push by  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Light of the Alawites... 's forces to recover lost territory in the west. The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops and fighters from Leb's allied Hezbollah movement have entered Salma, located northeast of Latakia - the region's coastal capital - along frontlines between rebels and Assad's forces. Syria's statenews agency SANA said its troops had taken control of Salma and nearby hills. Pro-government forces were supported by dozens of air strikes, the Observatory said, adding that Russian officers were overseeing the assault. Assad's forces have been focusing offensives in the western provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Homs in a campaign to recapture territory and cut rebel supply lines. The army and its allies have gained ground in Aleppo and Latakia provinces, but rebels have managed to advance in other regions including Hama province. Pro-government forces, including Iranian troops and Hezbollah fighters, are backed by Russian air support in Syria. Russian warplanes have bombed rebels in Latakia province, including in the Jabal Akrad and Jabal Turkman areas. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-15 |
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