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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Ahrar al-Sham's commander in Homs killed by unknown assailants: statement
2016-01-06
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Unidentified assailants killed Tuesday top commander of 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 in the central Homs province, the powerful Islamist group said in statement.

Ahrar's Shura Council member and its Emir in Homs province, Mohammed Hassan al-Said, was killed when unknown gunnies opened fire on him in al-Farhaniya village in the northern countryside of Homs.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Did I also mention that Russian cigarettes are... lacking?
Posted by: Pappy   2016-01-06 21:10  

#4  I knew a couple, from my gadabout days in the Mideast. But that was some two decades ago.

I suspect there might be a few others still around, especially in the special branches.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-01-06 13:42  

#3  Pater, how many russians speak arabic?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-01-06 13:17  

#2  Arabic, with a Russian accent.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-01-06 13:15  

#1  Unknown assailants who been overheard to speak in Russian?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-01-06 05:27  

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