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51 ISIS militants killed in Turkish airstrikes in Syria’s al-Bab
 [ARA] The Turkish Airforce on Saturday launched several ...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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... ’s (ISIS) positions in al-Bab city in northern Syria, killing and wounding dozens of ISIS bad boys, officials said. The Turkish Army’s Central Command said that its warplanes hit 59 ISIS positions in al-Bab, killing at least 51 ISIS fighters. "Saturday’s air raids led to the destruction of 56 ISIS-held buildings and three command centres in al-Bab city and the nearby town of Baza’a," the Turkish Army said in a statement. "51 snuffies were confirmed dead in the strikes, including three leading members of the [ISIS] group," it added. This comes amid continued military operations by Turkish forces and allied rebel fighters of the Euphrates Shield Brigades in the vicinity of al-Bab, in an effort to take the city from ISIS. Abu Iad al-Shami, a member of the Euphrates Shield Brigades, told ARA News that their fighters expelled ISIS from major parts of eastern al-Bab. "Supported by a Turkish air cover, our forces seized control of key areas in eastern al-Bab, closing in on ISIS inside the city," al-Shami said. Also, the rebel groups and Turkish army forces on Saturday captured the al-Shamawiya al-Hammah village in southern al-Bab after festivities with ISIS, military sources told ARA News. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and its rebel allies have been bogged down in al-Bab for almost two months, taking significant casualties without securing any of the city’s neighborhoods. ISIS constructed a warren of tunnels and an extensive trench line in anticipation of the fighting. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-05 |
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