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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army preparing massive offensive inside Deir Ezzor
2017-03-30
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is preparing for a massive offensive inside the Deir Ezzor Governorate that will concentrate on the western region of the province under the 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....
’s (ISIS) control.

According to a local military source, the Syrian Arab Army’s two Elite Republican Guard forces (104th Airborne Brigade and al-Qassem Group) will lead the assault, alongside the 123rd Brigade of the 3rd Division and 137th Artillery Brigade of the 17th Reserve Division.

The source added that the Syrian Arab Army will attempt to recapture the Deir Ezzor provincial cemetery and Thardeh Mountains that overlook the strategic military airport.
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