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6-week battle between rival Syrian jihadist groups in Idlib, Aleppo sees massive losses on both sides
 (better known by its former name, al-Nusra...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya has seen both sides inflict major military losses on one another. According to Syrian war monitor sources, six weeks of rebel festivities across various towns and villages of Idlib and Aleppo provinces (mostly Aleppo) has now seen about 400 Lion of Islam fighters killed in action. In addition to this, dozens of military vehicles ‐ mostly technicals but also including main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers ‐ have been destroyed. These numbers do not include two previous weeks of infighting between Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya during February which saw the death of at least 200 bad boys. The overall number of maimed can only be guessed at for now. In any case it likely exceeds one thousand fighters. Posted by: Fred 2018-04-18 |
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