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Syrian Army conducts new operation against ISIS in southeast Syria
[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a new combing operation in the southeastern region of the country on Thursday, targeting several areas controlled by 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS).

Led by their 3rd Division, the Syrian Arab Army stormed several Islamic State hideouts in the Badiya al-Sham region
...in English the Syrian desert, which covers half the country...
as their artillery units provided cover from afar.

According to a military source in the Homs Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army mostly concentrated their operation along the Homs-Sweida provincial axis, which has been a hot zone for Islamic State activity these last few weeks.

The Syrian Arab Army is still combing through much of this area; however, it may take a while for them to fully clear the Badiya al-Sham region due to its vast number of caves and hills.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-16
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