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SDF, coalition capture senior ISIS leader near Raqqa
[Rudaw] Kurdish-led forces reported arresting a senior ISIS leader Thursday evening near Raqqa.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operation was done in coordination with the international coalition against ISIS, the SDF’s media officer Mustafa Bali stated. Further details, including the identity of the person captured, will be released at a later date, the SDF announced. The SDF gained control of Raqqa, the former capital of 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.... , in October 2017 after months of fighting that left large portions of the city in ruins. They have struggled to secure the city, however, and ISIS sleeper cells are a daily threat. The force suspended operations against ISIS in the Hajin area of the Euphrates River valley on October 31 after ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... carried out attacks against Kurdish positions in the Kobane region of Rojava, northern Syria. According to a conflict monitor, the coalition and SDF have kept up their aerial bombardment against ISIS in the Hajin pocket, despite halting ground operations. The SDF "escalated" shelling of ISIS positions while the coalition "continued intensive  s," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated on Thursday. Coalition warplanes destroyed a number of ISIS supply routes and three command centres while the SDF destroyed a boom-mobile that was approaching their troops, the SDF’s media office stated on Friday. The SDF have reportedly suffered many casualties recently as ISIS stepped up attacks, taking advantage of bad weather. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-10 |
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