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| Ahrar al-Sham commander slain in Aleppo clashes |
| 2016-04-11 |
| [Rudaw] A commander of 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... armed Islamist group, Abdullah Mohammad al-Hasm, was reportedly killed in southern Aleppo on Saturday night during festivities with the Syrian Army. This was confirmed on Sunday evening according to Iran's Fars News Agency which added that several of his men were also killed along with him during the festivities. al-Hasm was a Kuwaiti national. His death comes as the Syrian military is gearing up for another offensive against Aleppo, an escalation which may break the ceasefire between the Syrian regime and the recognized opposition since February 27 and also jeopardize the fragile Geneva peace talks. While Ahrar al-Sham is a Salafi Islamist group it hasn't been excluded from that ceasefire like the al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nursa and 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.... (ISIS) are. Russia has confirmed it will support this latest offensive with its air force. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 ahrar al sham was a creation of the Saudis and Turkey the goal was to unite a number of smaller factions into one powerful anti Assad force - by 2013 or so they actually had somewhere near 10,000 active fighters and had won some victories against Assad's coalition since then its been downhill - they were hammered by ISIS, al Nusra and the Assad coalition -- they probably have fewer than 1000 active fighters now |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-04-11 00:44 |