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Syrian forces counter Daesh terrorist attack on oil tankers,9 turbans dead’n’maimed
 [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Syrian Army thwarted the Wahhbi ISIS [Arabic acronym for "ISISL" / "ISIS"] terrorist group’s attack on a convoy of Syrian oil tankers, media sources reported on Tuesday.More than three ISIS bad boyz were potted and several others were maimed during the attack on the convoy of tankers carrying oil. A security bigshot emphasized that the Syrian army units engaged in conflicts with the holy warriors on Salmiya Road in Raqqa. As a result of this conflict, the holy warriors got many casualties. The official also said that four tankers went kaboom!in this conflict and two drivers and their passengers were martyred. The security official said that the units of the Syrian army were able to kill a number of holy warriors and wound a number of others, and some of the holy warriors fled to the east of the Syrian desert region. He said that American occupation forces strongly support ISIS, which occupies the al-Tanf zone in eastern Syria. The official emphasized that the American occupation forces have recently trained ISIS members in their illegal base in the al-Tanf area and transferred them to al-Raqqa and Hama along with military and logistical equipment.
 ...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.... (ISIS) on an oil tanker convoy in the Syrian desert on Tuesday, according to a war monitor. UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that ISIS attack oil tankers guarded by the Syrian army, east of Hama province, killing five Syrian soldiers and two of the drivers. The attackers used rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, the monitor said. Since the beginning of the year, SOHR reported that at least 157 civilians have been killed in ISIS attacks across the Syrian desert. A military source said on Tuesday that a cell of the Islamic State (ISIS) targeted a number of fuel tankers on Homs-Raqqa route. The attack resulted in the death of five civilians and the injury of four others, in addition to the killing and wounding of nine ISIS button men. The attack resulted in the burning of four tankers and the death and injury of nine drivers and those who were with them, according to the source. The source told North press that heavy festivities between ISIS and the Syrian government forces took place next to al-majbal area this morning over the attack on the fuel tankers which were heading to Homs oil refinery. Following the arrival of reinforcements from the Syrian government forces, they were able to kill nine ISIS Death Eaters, causing the remaining assailants to retreat further into the desert. The source informed that firefighting units are still working on extinguishing fire. As for the injured and dead, the source said, they were taken to Aleppo’s hospitals. The operation is the first of its kind in four years on the Homs-Raqqa vital route, which links the western and eastern parts of Syria. Posted by: Fred 2023-08-02 |
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