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Kurdish forces storm ISIS stronghold in Deir Ezzor
[AlMasdar] A US-backed Syrian rebel group has reportedly entered a key stronghold for 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.... terror group in eastern Syria amid intensifying battles. "Our forces have blitzed ISIS Lions of Islam and attacked their fortifications inside al-Sousah village", a statement published by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said. Fierce festivities were reported inside the small village before the Kurdish fighters were capable of entering it. The advance was made after the village was heavily bombed by the US-led coalition, killing scores of ISIS jihadists as well as civilians. In this context, The U.S. Coalition destroyed a mosque that was used by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization as a command center in eastern Syria, the Joint Task Force of the Operation Inherent Resolve stated. "On October 22, a Coalition strike destroyed several buildings used by ISIS to launch attacks against Syrian Democratic Force partners in As Susah, Syria," the blurb said. Last week, Syria accused the US-led coalition of bombing the town of Hajin in Deir Ezzor with internationally banned munitions. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the battles between ISIS and the Kurdish forces have so far killed 419 ISIS Lions of Islam and 232 SDF fighter. The monitoring group also documented the death of at least 48 civilians ‐ including 12 children ‐ in  s conducted by the US-led coalition on Deir Ezzor countryside.Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-24 |
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