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| Regime forces launch offensive on capital's western suburbs |
| 2016-09-28 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Syrian regime forces launched new offensive on the western suburbs of the capital, saying it wants to clear rebel pockets in area close to an Alawite-dominated district, activist said Tuesday. The local rebels of Qudsaya and al-Hama clashed with regime ground troops as they press to seize the strategic suburbs, 7 km (5 miles) west of Damascus. Pro-regime social media pages said regime has encircled the area, making it in complete isolation. Bashir al-Assad's forces have brutally pounded the rebel-held areas that surrounding Damascus and have also reached fragile truces in other ares to make its 'safe zone'. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 S'where the bars are. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-28 19:36 |
| #4 Now, then I think about it, I've watched BBC correspondent reporting on situation in Aleppo from Jerusalem. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-28 14:55 |
| #3 Plenty in Israel, though. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-28 14:45 |
| #2 Not surprising, given that there's a dearth of major-league Western-news-agencies' correspondents in Syria (and Iraq, and Yemen, and Somalia, and Libya, and Ukraine, and Venezuela, and...) |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-28 14:41 |
| #1 So, this would be like "regime" forces launching an offensive to re-take Alexandria and Arlington VA. Somehow I don't think most people understand what's going on over there. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-09-28 08:22 |