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Rebels to begin attack on Dabiq
[ARA News] The US-led coalition is supporting a Turkey-backed offensive by Syrian rebels on the town of Dabiq, which is of strategic importance for the Islamic State (ISIS) radical group.“The Coalition is actively supporting [Turkey-backed] Syrian opposition forces as they advance to within a few kilometers of ISIL’s weakening stronghold Dabiq,” US-led coalition envoy Brett McGurk said on Sunday, using another acronym for ISIS. Dabiq is strategically important for ISIS, and the main ISIS magazine is named after the town, which is mentioned in an Islamic Hadith about the end of the world. ISIS believes Dabiq is where Muslim and infidel forces will eventually face each other. “After the infidel forces’ defeat, the apocalypse will begin”, according to the Hadith. On 24 August, Turkey launched the Euphrates Shield operation with the main aim to prevent the Syrian Kurds from uniting their canton administrations into one federal zone. This led to clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkey-backed rebels. In the meantime, both the SDF and the Turkey-backed rebels are moving in the direction of al-Bab, another main stronghold for ISIS in northern Syria. Posted by: badanov 2016-10-03 |
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