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Jaysh Al-Fateh attacks key southern Aleppo hill
2016-09-17
[ALMASDARNEWS] Jaish al-Fateh (Army of Conquest) launched a new attack in the southern countryside of Aleppo on Friday night, targeting the strategic hilltop of Tal Umm al-Qara near the Ramouseh Road.

Led by Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant...
(formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front), Jaish al-Fateh reportedly began the assault by raining artillery shells and rockets at the hilltop's western perimeter; this caused little damage to the Syrian Arab Army's (SAA) defenses.

Following the rocket bombardment, the jihadist rebels of Jaish al-Fateh attempted to fracture the Syrian Arab Army's first-line of defense at Tal Umm al-Qara; however, this would ultimately fail

According to a military source in southern Aleppo, the Syrian Armed Forces have secured Tal Umm al-Qara and its surrounding sites after the jihadist rebels launched a surprise attack.

Posted by:Fred

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