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| Fatah Army launches attack on two Shiite villages in support of Zabadani: statement |
| 2015-07-16 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Fatah Army on Wednesday announced a major offensive on two Shiite-dominated villages in the northern province of Idlib after two years of siege, the rebel group said. The new battle is in support and solidarity with rebels of Zabadani in order to ease two week of bombardment by Syrian army and allied Hezbollah militia on the Syrian border city with Leb. The powerful alliance of Islamist groups warned in statement of Zabadani fallout as it happened to Qusayr town in May 2013, assuring the new battle on al-Fou'a and Kefraya villages is a clear response to the Syrian army brutality in Zabadani city. Army of Fatah, a reference to the conquests that spread Islam across the Middle East from the seventh century, has seized swathes of territory northern Syrian since late of March 2015 including Idlib city, Ariha and Jisr al-Shughour. On Wednesday, regime army backed by Hezbollah has advanced deeper into the besieged Syrian city of Zabadani two weeks into a campaign to capture it from Lion of Islams, Rooters said. Rebels contacted by phone told Rooters although they had lost some ground in parts of the city in the last few days, they have so far repulsed advances deeper inside their stronghold. "They have now secured what they want...any more advances would be very costly in human terms for them," said Abu Abdo, a field commander from the 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... Lion of Islam group. The control of the city, about 45 km (30 miles) northwest of the capital Damascus, is seen as crucial to consolidate government-held areas linking Leb and Syria. Zabadani is a former popular resort on the main Beirut-Damascus highway. |
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