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| Lebanese troops advance on Syria border ahead of anti-IS push |
| 2017-08-16 |
| [IsraelTimes] The Lebanese army says troops have advanced along the border with Syria, tightening the siege on areas controlled by 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. The army says in a statement Tuesday that the troops discovered bombs and boom belts left behind by It says that they also found the body of an unknown man. The Lebanese army has been preparing for an all-out attack on IS positions along the Syrian border for weeks, massing reinforcements and pounding the area with artillery shells and rockets. The Syrian army and Hezbollah are preparing for a simultaneous attack on the Syrian side of the border. |
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