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Rebels struggle to repel ISIS counteroffensive in south Daraa: videos
[AlMasdar] After launching a failed offensive against the ISIS-linked Saifullah al-Maslul holy warrior group in southwestern Daraa Governorate, rebel fighters of the Free Syrian Army... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... ’s (FSA) Southern Front are new struggling to hold back a wide-sweeping counteroffensive that has since been conducted by jihadist affiliate. The aforementioned rebel offensive was launched against ISIS in southwestern Daraa’s Yarmouk Basin area about one week ago. In the event, the FSA operation failed within hours and resulted in defending ISIS forces inflicting brutal losses on the ranks of rebel fighters. Beginning about two days ago, ISIS bully boyz launched a counteroffensive hoping to capitalize on the lowered morale and perceived disarray of rebel forces opposing them. Now something of a medium-intensity battle has broken out in southwestern Daraa with the FSA throwing in every thing it has ‐ tanks, gun trucks and artillery ‐ in an attempt to grind down the ISIS assault. Yesterday, ISIS media claimed that its forces had killed twelve FSA and Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group) fighters as a result of the counteroffensive. If indeed the claim is true that Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham were killed, then this shows that other holy warrior groups in Daraa ‐ including jihadist ones ‐ are now fighting alongside the FSA against ISIS in the region. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-09-01 |
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