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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkish-backed jihadists capture ISIS stronghold in north Aleppo
2016-08-18
[ALMASDARNEWS] Militants from the FSA’s 13th Division, Sultan Murad, and Jabhat Al-Shamiyah managed to capture the border town of Al-Rai from the grips of ISIS in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

Shortly after the capture, ISIS sent three VBIEDs prior to a counterattack that was foiled by the aforementioned jihadists. Two 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
turbans were captured as well.

The rebel conglomeration would have to create a buffer zone around the town if they are to secure it from future attacks by the internationally-recognized terror group.

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