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Syrian Army foils big ISIS attack in southeast Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) launched a big assault in the eastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate, today, targeting a strategic dam in the northeastern countryside of the al-Sweida Governorate.

ISIS began the offensive by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at the al-Zaaf Dam in a bid to retake the ground they lost late last month.

A fierce battle would ensue between the two parties at the al-Zaaf Dam, resulting in heavy casualties for all parties involved.

However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
despite the intensity of the Islamic State attack on the al-Zaaf Dam, the terrorist group was unable to breakthrough the Syrian Arab Army’s lines after several hours of fighting.

According to a military source in the bustling provincial capital of al-Sweida, the Syrian Army and their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) managed to kill scores of ISIS snuffies before restoring security around the al-Zaaf Dam.

This latest attack by ISIS marks the second time in the last ten days that they have attempted to advance in the northeastern countryside of the al-Sweida Governorate.
Posted by: Fred 2018-07-15
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=518520