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Syrian Army Regains More Areas in Lattakia & Aleppo, Crushes Terrorists
 [ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian Arab Army went ahead Saturday in its crackdown against Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... bully boyz organizations in different Syrian regions, destroying their positions and dens. Lattakia The army restored security and stability to two villages and a number of strategic points in the northern countryside of Lattakia, a military source said on Saturday. The two villages are Ain al-Qantara and Mahshaba, which are located in the surroundings of the strategic Kensabba town that came under the army's control two days ago. Other areas including Rweiset al-Kitf, Rweiset Taloukshi and Rweiset Wata al-Sindianeh and a number of strategic points are now in the army's hands. The source told SANA that the operations in those areas were carried out in cooperation between the army units and the popular defense groups and were preceded by intensive firing at the terrorists' remaining positions. Later, the bombs and mines planted by the bully boyz were removed. The army's air force then continued ...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) sites in Kebaneh village near Kensabba town. Aleppo Army units restore security and stability to villages of Treikiyeh, al- Zaalaneh, Balat and Tal Alam and forced ISIL bully boyz out of the Thermal Power Station and the surrounding areas in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. Earlier, several positions and vehicles for ISIL bully boyz were destroyed in army In the meantime, army units inflicted losses upon al-Nusra bully boyz in Fah and Souran villages in the northern countryside. Army operations in the southwestern and western countryside resulted in destroying fortifications of bully boyz in the villages of al-Buwabiyeh, Shuweihneh and Abu Shailam. In Aleppo city, several vehicles and mortar launchers for the bully boyz were destroyed in al-Rashidin and al-Lairamoun areas. Homs The army's air force conducted a series of sorties targeted positions of ISIL and al-Nusra bully boyz in the countryside of Homs during the past 24 hours. Several ISIS sites and vehicles transporting bully boyz were hit in the surroundings of al-Qaryatain city and to the south of al-Mahasseh area in the southeastern countryside of the province, according to the military source. ISIL bully boyz in al-Buseiri area, located on Palmyra international highway, also suffered heavy losses in the Gatherings of al-Nusra bully boyz were targeted by the air force in the villages of Teir Maala, al-Jassemiyeh and al-Ghajar and Talbiseh town in the northern countryside of Homs. Idleb/Hama A site and a vehicle for "Jund al-Aqsa" terrorist organization, which pledged allegiance to ISIL, were hit in army Five bad boyz were potted and 11 others were maimed as a result, a military source told SANA on Saturday. Gatherings of bully boyz and several of their vehicles were also targeted in Kafr Sinjeh in the same countryside. The army's air force also targeted a gathering of vehicles for Jaish al-Fatah bully boyz in Abu al-Duhour area in the east southern countryside of Idleb. The vehicles were destroyed in the In the northern countryside of the neighboring Hama province, the air force hit gatherings of bully boyz from al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... Islamic Movement in Kafr Zita town. 35 bully boyz from Jaish al-Fatah were killed in army Terrorists from al-Nusra operating in Hur Bnafso, al-Rawdeh and Talaf villages in the southern countryside suffered heavy losses in army The terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages the death of what they identify as the leader of the central force of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement who is named Sulaiman Adel Shanat. Quneitera/Daraa The Takfiri terrorist organizations acknowledged on their pages on the social networking websites that 18 of their members were killed in the countryside of Quneitra and Daraa over the past three days including a number of their leaders. Damascus countryside The army's air force intensified strikes against positions of 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...bully boyz in Eastern Gouta in Damascus countryside during the past few hours. The source stressed that a number of sites and vehicles transporting bully boyz and carrying weapons were destroyed in the towns of Bait Nayem and Otaiya, located in al-Nashabiyeh area in Douma. Deir Ezzor The army's air force targeted in sorties, conducted during the past 24 hours, positions and movements of ISIL bully boyz in al-Mrei'iyeh village in eastern Deir Ezzor. The source confirmed to SANA that a number of sites and vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns were destroyed in the Posted by: Fred 2016-02-21 |
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