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| ISIS throws everything into defense of Sakr Island in Deir Ezzor |
| 2017-09-23 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] Amaq Agency released a string of photos on Thursday depicting its side of events during the battle for Sakr Island, an imperative stretch of land that is anchored around the Euphrates River southeast of Deir Ezzor city. The images showed tanks, snipers, machine-gun emplacements and regular jihadist foot soldiers defending trenches on the island, over half of which has been liberated by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) over the past week. Sakr Island is important for two major strategic reasons; first off, it overlooks most residential areas of Deir Ezzor and represents a gateway into the city. If SAA troops were to capture the island, they would have fire control over all ISIS-held suburbs. Secondly, ISIS forces of Evil in Deir Ezzor city have nearly become cutoff from 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.... mainland but are still able to haul in supplies across the Euphrates River through Sakr Island. Should the SAA capture the island, ISIS would be unable to bring in reinforcements and supplies, rendering jihadist snuffies doomed in the lovely provincial capital. This battle, led by Major General Issam Zahreddine himself, is an instrumental part of the third stage of the ongoing ’Big Dawn’ offensive in which government forces ultimately hope to retake the remaining territories that are under Islamic State control across Syria. New footage depicting the SAA’s side of events on Sakr Island can be found here while an interactive battle map of the region can be found here. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 What happened to the caravan transporting chem to iran? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-23 23:40 |
| #1 "Well, Dimitri, just throw everything you've got in there and you can't miss!" - President Merlin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove We know how that worked out... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-09-23 21:01 |