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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
How did al-Qaeda capture Idlib?
2017-08-14
[Hurriyet Daily News] Syrian lands across from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s Cilvegözu border gate is being controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has roots in al-Qaeda.

How did this happen?
Posted by:Fred

#2  Ever play Risk? Looking at the map the orthodox Assad Strategy is: (1) Hold Damascus (the symbolic throne city), Aleppo, and Latakia (port, supply head and Russia's Med port); (2) Clear region behind Aleppo-Damascus (this will result in almost the entirety of the population being under control); and (3) Mop-Up...
Stage 2 is underway... The Opposition is vulnerable to Divide-n'-Conquer so that is being exploited. Why does the MSM think this is Rocket Science?
Posted by: magpie   2017-08-14 16:01  

#1  Sacrifice your Queen to postpone the fall of your King. A Queen Sacrifice.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-08-14 12:37  

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