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Syrian Army makes new advance in east Damascus
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside the Paleostine Liberation Army (PLA) and National Defense Forces (NDF), carried out a new assault in the East Ghouta region of Damascus on Saturday, targeting the defenses of the Salafist tough guys east of Douma.Led by their 105th Brigade of the Elite Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies attacked 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...’s (Army of Islam) positions at the small village of Hawsh al-Dawahirah, resulting in a series of intense festivities on Saturday afternoon. According to local activists, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies managed to capture local grammar school that was turned into a bad boy base and a nearby checkpoint. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-09 |
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