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| Fatah Army fighters make rapid gains in Idlib, Hama | |
| 2015-07-29 | |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Syria's strongest allied group, the Fatah Army, has made rapid advance in the western countryside of Idlib and nearby Sahl al-Ghab plain in Hama province, taking control of 12 hills and villages and inflicting humiliating defeats on Syrian regime army, activists and rebel sources said on Tuesday. The new major offensive by the alliance of Islamist groups, including the Nusra Front and Islamic 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, seized control of most of Idlib countryside, only few months since the (Conquest Army)
A Syrian military source described the attack as large and widespread. The Death Eaters are seeking to drive into the Sahl al-Ghab plain, an area crucial to the defense of the coastal mountains that are the heartland for Bashir al-Assad's Alawite sect, Rooters reported. Rebel news feeds on Twitter said Syrian regime forces had failed to defend the hills that overlooks on the Alawite villages. Rebels' superiority in the battle was decisive, they said. Last week, Fatah Army launched an attack on two Shiite-dominated villages in northern Idlib after two years of siege. Rebels said the attack is in support to the rebels of Zabadani, the Syrian border town with Leb, who are facing brutal assault by regime army and Lebanese Hezbollah militia. 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. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... the Syrian army, one of the region's largest, has been over stretched by a four-year long insurgency where it is battling on several major fronts Salafist tough guys and ultra-hardline jihadist Death Eaters who have seized large swathes of territory. Many young men have fled the country or find ways to avoid conscription. Some diplomats say the army is now focused on defending strategic areas like Damascus, Homs and strongholds of Assad's minority Alawite sect in coastal areas. | |
| Posted by:Fred |