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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jihadist offensive ends before it even begins in rural Hama
2017-03-25
[ALMASDARNEWS] al-Masdar News reported earlier today that the jihadist bandidos forces of Evil of Harakat Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
and Faylaq al-Sham launched a new offensive this morning that targeted the northwestern countryside of the Hama Governorate.

According to the military source, the jihadist rebels are attempting to capture the villages of al-Mughayr and Bredge in order to build a buffer-zone around the key town of Kafr Naboudeh, whcih is located along the Idlib Governorate’s southern axis.

However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
this new offensive was over even before it could go into full swing.

Just a couple hours after the new offensive was launched, the jihadists failed to make any advance at all and after suffering heavy casualties withdrew. At least 15 of the attackers were killed.

In defense, the Syrian Army relied heavily on artillery and missiles strikes targeting attacker positions.
Posted by:Fred

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