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Syrian government forces advance into Maskana east of Aleppo
Aleppo (IraqiNews) Syrian government forces and their affiliated militias managed, on Wednesday, to recapture villages and towns near the city of Maskana, east of Aleppo, Qasioun News Agency reported.

The government forces advanced into Wadi Muweleh, al-Jamiliyah, Rasm al-Hamam, Jub Ali, Qatawi and Kharba al-Mazn areas, east of Aleppo, after violent battles with 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....
myrmidons.

Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Irene was indignant at the thought of doing such a thing without benefit of clergy...
Russian Air Force carried out several air strikes, using bunker buster rockets, on the residential neighborhoods in Maskana City, but no casualties were reported, while Syrian regime helicopters dropped more than 10 explosive barrels on Mazra’et al-Sukariyah and al-Ja’abat village near the city.

Noteworthy, only six kilometers separate between the Syrian government forces and the city of Maskana, the last stronghold of the Islamic State in eastern Aleppo.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-25
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