|
Daraa rebels and ISIS suffer dreadful losses during latest round of clashes
[ALMASDARNEWS] Rebel forces in southwestern Daraa have finally managed to foil a major counter-offensive that was launched against them by the ISIS-linked Saifullah al-Maslul Army (more commonly called Jaish Khalid ibn al-Walid) jihadist group a few days ago.The fighting of the last several days has been particularly brutal with ISIS conducting several powerful counter-attacks around the towns of Hayt and Jallayn near the Jordanian border. Many dozens of fighters from both sides perished over the course of the battle in and around these settlements. According to the ISIS-linked Amaq media center, 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.... aligned forces killed twelve rebel fighters yesterday alone. In any case, rebel forces have prevented the fall of Hayt to ISIS, recapturing positions around the town that were taken by the jihadist group during its counter-offensive. Intense festivities between rebel militias and ISIS-linked forces in southwestern Daraa flared up just over a week ago after Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... combatants attempted the to roll back Islamic State held lines in the much contested Yarmouk Basin area. After the offensive stalled, the Saifullah al-Maslul Army launched a series of counter-attacks which almost led the it capturing Hayt. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-21 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=499936 |