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ISIS attacks Iranian militia, government forces in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
[NPASyria] 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (ISIS) forces of Evil carried out on Monday two violent mostly peaceful attacks on posts of Iranian-backed militia and National Defense, affiliated with Syrian government forces, in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.

A military source of the National Defense forces in Deir ez-Zor said that ISIS forces of Evil targeted a common checkpoint of the National Defense forces and the Iranian-backed militia in the village of Ma’adan Atiq, in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor, with machineguns.

The attack was followed by festivities between the ISIS forces of Evil on the one hand and the two other parties on the other hand. As a result, the ISIS forces of Evil took control of the military checkpoint, in addition to two posts near it.

The ISIS forces of Evil killed one soldier of the National Defense forces and confiscated weapons, two trucks, and a bus. They also sat fire to the checkpoint, the source added.

While the ISIS forces of Evil were fleeing towards the desert, festivities broke out between them and a patrol of the National Defense forces who came to support the soldiers at the checkpoint. The festivities resulted in the killing of another soldier of the National Defense forces and the injury of two others, the source added.

Simultaneously, ISIS forces of Evil carried out an attack on three points of the Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun militia in the town of al-Masrib in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor.

A military source of the Liwa Fatemiyoun said that unknown gunnies, riding a cycle of violence, targeted a headquarters and posts of Liwa Fatemiyoun on the vicinity of the al-Masrib.

The attack lasted for more than an hour and resulted in the injury of three forces of Evil of Liwa Fatemiyoun and material damage to a truck of the headquarters, the source added.

The Iranian-backed militias and the government forces control large areas of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which constitutes a source of concern as it witnesses intensive operations by ISIS sleeper cells.
Posted by: trailing wife 2023-08-09
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