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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIS propaganda video shows clashes with Kurdish forces in the battle for Raqqa
2017-06-22
[ALMASDARNEWS] ISIS has released another lengthy propaganda video, this time covering its inevitable loss of Raqqa, the city in northern Syria which jihadists transformed into 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....
capital back in 2014.

Featuring the aftermath of American Arclight airstrikes and their toll on buildings and civilians alike, the footage proceeds to show jihadists fighting for Raqqa’s countryside along with jacket wallahs in action against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Later in the video, child fighters are proudly put on display while the emphasis of recruitment by religious teachers during Ramadan is underlined by the Islamic State.

At the moment, roughly 15% of Raqqa city is under Kurdish control while heavy festivities are ongoing in several neighborhoods.

On Wednesday evening however, ISIS retook the southern part of the Division 17 Army Base which has now changed hands a handful of times this month.
Posted by:Fred

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