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ISIS captures more ground from Al-Qaeda in northeast Hama
[ALMASDARNEWS] The war of the jihadists continued in the northeastern countryside of Hama, Friday, as the so-called 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.... (ISIS) seized more territory from the al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham  forces.According to pro-opposition activists, ISIS managed to capture the town of Huwaysis ibn Hadib after a short battle with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham on Friday. In addition to capturing Huwaysis ibn Hadib, ISIS now controls the towns of Rasm al-Hamam, al-Wabid al-Qebli, Mwalah Abu Hadib, Abu Ajwa, Anbaz, Mwalih Swarna Abu Haya, Rasm al-Ahmar, Abu Hilal, Abu Hariq, Abu al-Kusor, Ma’asran, al-Athshan, Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... , Jub Zariq, al-Shiha, Surouj, Alia, Abu Maru, Abu al-Khanadeq, al-Wastiya, Samiriya, Rasm al-Skaf, Janat al-Swarna, Twal al-Dabagheen, Jadida, and Talhan. ISIS and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham have been at war in northeastern Hama since November, when the former launched a massive operation to build a presence around the Idlib axis. Posted by: Fred 2018-01-06 |
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