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Jaysh Al-Islam launches large-scale offensive in East Ghouta
[ALMASDARNEWS] 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...(Army of Islam) launched a wide-scale offensive in the East Ghouta region of rural Damascus on Tuesday, targeting the key town of al-Bahariyah, which is currently under the Syrian Arab Army’s control. The Islamist rebel group began their assault by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses at al-Bahariyah’s northern flank; this resulted in a series of intense festivities that last for most of the day. However, the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything... despite their best efforts at al-Bahariyah, Jaish al-Islam was unable to penetrate the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses at this East Ghouta town. According to a military source in Damascus, Jaish al-Islam lost over 10 combatants during their failed assault on al-Bahariyah; meanwhile, the Syrian Armed Forces only reported 2 casualties. Posted by: Fred 2016-09-07 |
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