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Iraqi forces liberate H-2 Airbase near Syrian border
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi Armed Forces launched their long-awaited Syrian border offensive, today, targeting 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.... ’s last major stronghold near Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate. Led by a plethora of Hashd al-Sha’abi and army units, the Iraqi Armed Forces began the offensive by storming the Islamic State’s positions at several sites in southwest Iraq, including the H-2 Airbase, and al-Husseiniyeh and al-Nadiatiyah villages. Not long after launching their assault, the Iraqi Armed Forces imposed full control over the H-2 Airbase and several villages, killing scores of Islamic State turbans in the process. With the Islamic State pocket south of al-Qa’im nearly cleared, the Iraqi Armed Forces should be able to reach the aforementioned city in the coming days. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-27 |
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