[ALMASDARNEWS] Slowly but surely, the Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitary groups are inching forward against ISIS following their besieging of the terrorist group’s forces in the country’s northwest about one week ago.At the present time, pro-government forces have not entirely committed themselves to the an offensive against ISIS throughout the region due to greater military priorities in eastern Idlib and south Aleppo which are hogging up the bulk of offensive resources that the Syrian Armed Forces has at its disposal.
In any case, despite the current backwater nature of the anti-ISIS operation in rural Hama, the Syrian pro-government factions opposing 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....
faceless myrmidons are by no means second rate with units from elite Republic Guard, Qalamoun Shield Forces and Liwa al-Quds (Syrian-Paleostinian militia) all being present.