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| Coalition Aircraft Sent to Hasaka, ISIS Pulls Families Out of Towns in Syrian North |
| 2016-08-20 |
| [Asharq al-Aswat] U.S.-led coalition aircraft were sent near the northeastern city of Hasaka, Syria to protect coalition ground forces in response to an earlier bombing by Syrian jets on August 18, a Pentagon official said on Friday. On the other hand ISIS combatants have evacuated their families from a Syrian town at the Turkish border near a city that they recently lost to U.S.-backed militias, a monitor group reported on Friday, a sign they may be preparing to face an attack there. Last week’s advance by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of Manbij, 40km to their south, has left ISIS fighters in Jarablus in danger of being cut off from the bully boy group’s main stronghold. The town is located at the eastern edge of an ISIS stretch 55km along the Turkish border, and could be encircled by any SDF thrust northwards from its positions further to the west. SDF positions on the Euphrates already look directly across to Jarablus on the opposing bank. More than 50 families of ISIS fighters and leaders arrived in the group’s stronghold of Raqqa from Jarablus and the larger town of al-Bab, between Manbij and Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said. Separately, a senior Syrian rebel source told Rooters that ISIS was moving personnel out of Jarablus. The SDF have not yet declared what their next target will be after capturing Manbij. A successful advance north could cut ISIS ate off from the Turkish border, while a thrust west could threaten al-Bab, an important 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.... stronghold. After Manbij fell to the SDF, some local fighters announced they had established a military council for al-Bab, signaling they believed an assault on ISIS in the town would soon take place. The SDF denied having any links to the council. The U.S.-backed SDF is made up of both Kurdish fighters, including the YPG militia, and local Arab gangs. It has denied any links to a military council established last week. Kurdish forces attempt to advance on government-controlled Hasakah [ALMASDARNEWS] The Kurdish police (Asayish), backed by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), launched a new assault inside the Guweiran District today, targeting the positions of the pro-government "National Defense Forces" (NDF) near the Al-Askari axis. In response to this Asayish/YPG attack in eastern Hasakah City, the Syrian Arab Air Force launched their first This imperative Sporadic festivities are still being reported at several axes in Hasakah City, as the Kurdish forces continue their offensive against the National Defense Forces. Pro-government forces advance in Hasakah [ALMASDARNEWS] The National Defense Forces (NDF) advanced in the city center of the scenic provincial capital of Hasakah province seizing control of the New Hospital and Amal in the Marsho area. In addition to that, the NDF managed to capture 14 Asayish fighters near Marsho. This escalation in violence in the usually peaceful city comes after Kurdish Asayish fighters assaulted NDF fighters and imprisoned family members of the pro-government paramilitary force during the night. The Syrian Army has yet to fully intervene in the conflict with the exception of 10 US military on high alert after Syrian Air Force nearly bombs their personnel [ALMASDARNEWS] The US-led Coalition quickly scrambled their warplanes on Friday night near the lovely provincial capital of the Al-Hasakah Governorate after a Syrian Su-24 almost struck their positions. According to a statement released by the US-led Coalition, a Syrian Su-24 dropped bombs "dangerously near" the US Special Forces personnel that are currently embedded with the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the Al-Hasakah Governorate. This close-call on Friday night marks the first time that the U.S. military personnel have been in the vicinity of a Syrian Air Force strike. The situation in Hasakah City remains very tense after both the government-backed "National Defense Forces" (NDF) and the Kurdish police (Asayish) traded offensives on Friday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Yes. But it's when the jooooos don't call you should worry. The Hezbollah convoys don't get knock knocks. Knock knock Who there? It's the IDF Meh, land sharks again, don't try the Candy Gr.. BOOM!> |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-20 18:00 |
| #2 Home, where the joooos not calling On my cellie all night long... Wasn't that Lebanon and Hezbollah where the Jews called them on their cell phones? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-08-20 17:25 |
| #1 Homeward bound, We are homeward bound, Home where the bombs not falling, Home, where the joooos not calling On my cellie all night long... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-20 13:12 |