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US-backed Syria force says seizes Raqa Old City from IS
[Al Ahram] US-backed fighters on Friday ousted 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group from Raqa's Old City, a front man told AFP, bringing them closer than ever to the Lion of Islams' most well-defended positions. "Our forces today seized full control of the Old City in Raqa after festivities with ISIS," Syrian Democratic Forces front man Talal Sello said, using the Arabic acronym for IS. "We are on the edges of IS's security quarter in the city centre, where most of its main bases are. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-02 |
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