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| Coalition Strikes Hit IS North of Aleppo for First Time |
| 2014-12-22 |
| [AnNahar] U.S.-led coalition air strikes hit the 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.... group Sunday in areas north of Syria's second city Aleppo where it has been fighting rival jihadists, a monitoring group said. It was the first time that coalition aircraft had targeted IS in the Madajen area, where it has been fighting al-Qaeda loyalists of al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... Front and their allies, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The area lies between the IS stronghold of Dabiq and the town of Marea to the southwest, which is held by its rivals. "At least 12 coalition strikes hit IS positions and weapons depots in areas that had never been targeted before," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman. "The strikes might help the rebels and al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front in their fight against IS," he added. Al-Nusra and its allies have been battling IS in Aleppo province and some others parts of Syria since January. The drive by IS to assert its dominance in rebel-held areas which culminated in its declaration of a "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria in June prompted armed resistance from the rival rebel groups. Washington launched an air campaign against IS in Iraq in August, extending it to Syria the following month with the support of Arab allies. |
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