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| ISIS counter-offensive devastates rebel forces in East Qalamoun |
| 2017-04-30 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The ISIS terrorist group has launched a well-executed counter-offensive against the Osoud al-Sharqiya rebel group (a US/ Jordanian-backed Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... franchise) on the border region between the provinces of Homs and East Qalamoun. ISIS launched its assault out the so-called Mahsaa salient, this area being the small, but all-important territorial wedge that ISIS has driven between FSA-held East Qalamoun and FSA-held desert areas to the southeast. The ISIS counter-stroke came after a fortnight of encroaching FSA gains against the terrorist group which where aimed at expelling it in the direction of Homs province and lifting the the siege on East Qalamoun. So far, ISIS has managed to recapture Manqourah, Zibedah , Dab’ and Daba’ and, consequentially, the Osoud al-Sharqiya group has been forced onto the defensive for the time being. As a result of this counter-offensive, ISIS has effectively reaffirmed and reinforced its siege of FSA-held East Qalamoun, which only twelve hours ago seemed to be on the verge of being broken. In doing so the Jihadist group has demonstrated that it will not easily surrender this strategic foothold in the Syrian desert despite other military pressures being placed on it in eastern Homs and Raqqah. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Popcorn. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-04-30 13:14 |
| #1 And where is the air support? |
| Posted by: Crimble Shusort5846 2017-04-30 13:01 |