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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian army, allied forces capture key towns west of Raqqah
2017-06-14
[Iran Press TV] Syrian army soldiers backed by fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah have managed to liberate several key towns in the desert area west of Raqqah from ISIS Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
forces of Evil as they continue to score more territorial gains in battles against Lions of Islam across the Arab country.

A military media unit run by Leb's Hezbollah said on Tuesday that the army made a sudden advance by capturing the villages of Rajm Askar, Bir Inbaj, Zahar Um Baj, Jab Aziz, Jab al-Ghanem, Abu Sousa and Jab Abyad from ISIS in western countryside of Raqqah.

Syrian government forces and their allies pushed southwards to the Ithriya-Tabqa highway.

The area between Ithriya and Tabqa is important for the army since it can be used to attack government-held towns and supply routes.

The road was used by the holy warriors to attack positions along the government's main supply route to Aleppo near Ithriya. If the road is fully captured, it would help Syrian government forces advance into the desert.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, there was another kaboom...
the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the Syrian army had advanced in that area. al-Rusafa oil field is located nearby.
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