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Syrian Army, Kurdish forces liberate more territory from ISIS in east Aleppo
2016-11-27
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) have made several advances in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate today, forcing the so-called "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....
of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) retreat east towards their stronghold of al-Bab.

Led by the Elite Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army managed to liberate the small village of Umm Ahmad al-Talatin after overrunning the Islamic State's main defensive line this afternoon.

In addition to liberating the village of Umm Ahmad al-Talatin, the Syrian Arab Army has captured a number of small hilltops en route to the strategic radar base located directly west of al-Bab.

The Syrian Armed Forces were able to make these rapid gains today, thanks in large-part to the Kurdish-led "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF), who have applied pressure on the Islamic State's positions in the north.

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