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Syrian army, Hezbollah advance against Daesh in western Qalamoun
[Iran Press TV] Syrian army soldiers and fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have retaken several areas from ISIS 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...
turbans in the strategic and mountainous region of Qalamoun close to the border with Leb.

Hezbollah’s media bureau said in a statement on Wednesday that Syrian troopers and their allies had taken control over Shaaba al-Bahsa Heights on the outskirts of al-Jarajir village in Syria’s southwestern province of Rif Dimashq.

The statement added that the forces had also recaptured Qaba Ismail and Shaaba Harfoush hilltops near Bureij village in central Syria.

On August 19, Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an operation to purge ISIS from Qalamoun, located about 330 kilometers (205 miles) north of the Syrian capital Damascus.

Hezbollah launched a major push on July 21 to clear both sides of Leb's border with Syria of "armed terrorists."

Hezbollah, Syrian Army destroy ISIL HQ in west Syria

[AlMasdar] Hezbollah commandos, alongside the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), destroyed the Islamic State’s headquarters in the western Qalamoun region, Wednesday, after conducting an imperative operation near the Lebanese border.

According to Hezbollah’s official media wing, the Syrian Army and Hezbollah destroyed the Islamic State’s headquarters in the Jib Khoulah area of the Qalamoun Mountains.

ISIL’s HQ in the Jib Khoulah area was reportedly the location of their commander, Abu Al-Sus, and his top associates.

Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar news outlet claimed on Tuesday that Abu Al-Sus has asked the Lebanese government to transport him to the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor; however, his request was denied by the Lebanese Intelligence Chief, Major General’Abbas Ibrahim.
Posted by: Fred 2017-08-24
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