[ALMASDARNEWS] Hours after dusk, a big ISIS contingent launched a massive offensive on the Palmyra Silos region in east Homs.Leading this unexpected attack was the highly-experienced 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....
emir of the ’central region’ Abu Turab.
Veteran Syrian Army units stationed on the fringes of the Palmyra Silos thwarted the attack after a few hours of intense firefights killing the aforementioned emir along with 60 of his fighters. Russian helicopters played a significant role in foiling the disastrous offensive.
Reportedly, the Syrian Army grouping in Palmyra was massing in preparation for a huge offensive on Deir El Zor. However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
the events in Aleppo forced many units to relocate to the northwestern province to counter the Al Qaeda-led offensive.