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Russian airstrikes devastate jihadist rebels in northwest Aleppo
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Air Force has shown little mercy to the jihadist rebels of Jaish al-Fateh
...Army of Conquest coalition includes Ahrar al-Sham, Jabhat al-Nusra, Fath al-Sham, Ihyaa al-Jihad Brigade, Mujhedi Nawa, Asoud al-Tahid Brigade, Ansar al-Haqa Brigade and the Islamic brigade of al-Omarein, of which three are affialiated with al-Qaeda. It is or has been supported by Saudi Arabia and Turkey...
(Army of Conquest) tonight, launching several powerful Arclight airstrikes over the northwestern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate.

Russian jets began their air campaign tonight by launching Arclight airstrikes over several villages in the 'Anadan Plains, hitting Jaish al-Fateh targets near the Gaziantep-Aleppo Highway.

According to a military source in Damascus, the Russian Arclight airstrikes specifically struck Jaish al-Fateh's positions at the villages of 'Anadan, Hayyan, Bayyanoun, Haritan, Khan Assad, Kafr Naha, and Dart 'Izza in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo.

The military source added that several jihadist rebels were killed by these Arclight airstrikes in northwestern Aleppo tonight, including a number of forces of Evil from Harakat 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...
and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant...
(formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-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).

Harakat Ahrar al-Sham had a rough day in Aleppo on Tuesday after their top commander was among the dead jihadists in the Sheikh Sa'eed District.


Posted by: Fred 2016-11-23
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