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| Islamists Advance in Fierce Clashes for Syria's Idlib | |
| 2015-03-28 | |
| [AnNahar] Salafist tough guys made fresh advances Friday on the edges of Idlib city in northwest Syria, after fierce festivities that have left dozens of dead, a monitoring group said. "The fighters have advanced on the northwestern and southeastern sides of the city," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "There are very violent festivities, and last night 26 Death Eaters and four regime soldiers were killed," he told AFP. An activist from the area said civilians were trapped in their homes. "The humanitarian situation is very difficult. There are refugees from other parts of the country who are in Idlib," said Ibrahim al-Idlibi. On Tuesday, a new coalition of Salafist tough guys launched a coordinated attack against Idlib city, which is held by government forces. Calling itself "The Army of Conquest," the coalition is led by al-Qaeda affiliate the 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 includes several other Islamist groups. The rebels have advanced using "street fighting," taking control of the city's edges, neighborhood by neighborhood, said another activist, Khaled Hanoun, who is in contact with rebels in Idlib. According to Abdel Rahman, the Syrian army had sent in reinforcements and carried out air strikes on rebel positions on the outskirts of Idlib. The province of the same name is largely under the control of 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 .. ... , but scenic provincial capital Idlib city remains in regime hands. If it falls to rebel groups, it would be only the second scenic provincial capital lost by the regime after Raqa, which is now the de facto capital of 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.... jihadist group.
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