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Syrian, Iraqi army troops meet up at border for first time in years
[Iran Press TV] Syrian government soldiers, backed by volunteer fighters from popular defense groups, have linked up with Iraqi army troops for the first time in years after they took control of a vast territory in Syria’s semi-arid southeastern region of al-Badiya.Leb-based Arabic-language al-Manar television network reported on Sunday that the army units in cooperation with allies had managed to liberate 25,000 square kilometers (9,600 square miles) of land during a campaign in the border region in recent weeks. "This is the sign of the cooperation between the brotherly Iraqi and Syrian military leadership to secure the shared borders," a Syrian army general, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , told privately-owned and pro-government al-Ikhbariya al-Soriyah television news network. The general said the meeting point for Iraqi and Syrian forces is northeast of Tanf base, where the US military is training anti-government Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... Death Eaters. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-19 |
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