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| 4 rebel groups, including Nusra Front, form Fatah Army in southern region |
| 2015-06-22 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Four rebel groups, including al-Qaeda Syria wing, operating in the southern region have formed their own version of Fatah Army, according to video statement issued Saturday, a move may set the alarm bells of Syrian regime as the united rebel formations have inflicted humiliating defeats on Bashir al-Assad forces in the last two months. The newly formed alliance includes Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... movement, Fatah al-Sham, al-Furqan Brigades and the consultations are underway to join Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA). Banners and flags of Fatah Army in the southern region fluttering in many area, activists said. Army of Fatah, a reference to the conquests that spread Islam across the Middle East from the seventh century, the powerful Islamist group north Syria that took full control of Idlib province since late of March this year. The southern region near the border with Jordan and Israel is one of the areas where More than 230,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government demonstrations that were met with a regime crackdown. |
| Posted by:Fred |