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Russian strikes in Syria kill 11 IS fighters: monitor
[AlAhram] Russian  ...KABOOM!... s in desert areas of eastern Syria have killed 11 suspected members of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, a war monitor reported Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors casualties of the decade-old conflict, said the overnight strikes focused on an area between Palmyra and al-Sukhna. "The jihadist organization's members hide in caves in this area," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. The strikes killed 11 IS fighters and maimed around 20 others, some of them seriously, he said. Abdel Rahman said he had counted a total of 229 Russian airstrikes against targets in the Syrian desert already this year. Thursday's strikes were the deadliest of their kind since November when the Observatory reported 16 killed in jihadist ranks. The remnants of IS mostly went back to their desert hideouts from which they continue to harass the Syrian government and allied forces. The group is thought to be attempting to secure sources of funding through trafficking and racketeering, prompting observers to warn of a jihadist resurgence in the region. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-14 |
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