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Syria rebels capture emblematic IS stronghold Dabiq
Huh. There goes the proof that they were Allah's Chosen.
[Dhaka Tribune] Turkish-backed Syrian rebels captured the emblematic northern Syrian town of Dabiq from 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group on Sunday, dealing a major symbolic blow to the jihadists.

The defeat for IS came as US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 was due to meet European allies in London as part of a new diplomatic push to end Syria’s conflict, which has left more than 300,000 people dead since 2011.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkish state media and a rebel faction said opposition forces backed by Turkish warplanes and artillery had seized control of Dabiq on Sunday.

The town, in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo, is of little strategic value.

Dabiq is between the city of Aleppo and the Turkish border.

But Dabiq holds crucial ideological importance for IS and its followers because of a Sunni prophecy that states it will be the site of an apocalyptic battle between Christian forces and Moslems.

The Observatory, a Britannia-based monitoring group, said rebel forces "captured Dabiq after IS members withdrew from the area".
They didn't even try to defend the ground for the final battle between the armies of Christendom and Islam? Oh dear. But perhaps it's because these are not Christian soldiers, but apostate Muslims -- as the ISIS apologists describe them -- and therefore this is only the penultimate battle to be fought there. Though how they are going to get it back from Turkish tanks in order to meet the Christian forces is beyond me.
The Fastaqim Union, an Ankara-backed rebel faction involved in the battle, said Dabiq had fallen after fierce festivities. Fastaqim said rebels then went on to seize several nearby towns, including Sawran, Ihtimaylat, and Salihiyah.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s state-run Anadolu news agency also said the rebels had taken control of Dabiq and Sawran and were working to dismantle explosives laid by retreating IS fighters.

It said nine rebels were killed and 28 maimed during festivities on Saturday.
Posted by: Fred 2016-10-17
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