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| SDF and Syrian gov't forces continue pincer movement toward Manbij |
| 2016-06-07 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The SDF are now advancing on Manbij, 155 kilometers (72 miles) to the northwest of Raqqa, as Syrian government forces backed by Iranian, Lebanese and Russian firepower, advance on the IS capital from the south. It is unclear whether the twin offensives were coordinated. Pro-government forces reached within 40 kilometers (25 miles) of the Tabqa Air Base, to the west of Raqqa, according to the Observatory. ISIS Lions of Islam captured the base from the government in 2014, killing scores of captured soldiers. The media arm of Leb’s Hezbollah group, which is fighting alongside government forces, said the Syrian army took a small village 50 kilometers (31 miles) to the southwest of Tabqa air base. The twin offensive on ISIS-strongholds in Syria coincides with a military operation in neighboring Iraq on Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... one of the most important cities still held by the holy warrior group. Government and Russian The Civil Defense, a first responder group that operates in rebel-held areas, reported 50 Activists reported that a war plane crashed south of Aleppo. It was not immediately clear whether the plane had malfunctioned or had been shot down, according to the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. The activist Local Coordination Committees network said rebels shot the plane down near Khalasa, where a coalition of opposition fighters and al-Qaeda linked turbans have eroded government control over the past two months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Shouldn't it be "SDF and OTHER Syrian gov't forces"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-07 15:37 |