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| Iranians among 26 pro-govt fighters killed in IS attack in Syria |
| 2018-05-24 |
| [DAWN] About 26 pro-government forces based in Syria’s desert died in a surprise attack by the holy warrior 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 on Tuesday, a day after the jihadists’ ouster from the outskirts of Damascus, a monitor said. "At least 26 regime soldiers and allied forces were killed in an IS attack at dawn today, against one of their posts in the Syrian Badiya," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Among them were Iranian militiamen, said the Britannia-based monitor. The Badiya is a vast desert region stretching from central Syria to the eastern border with Iraq, where IS still holds small pockets. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said the attack hit a small base east of Palmyra, the famed ancient city that IS has overrun twice in Syria’s war. "It began with a boom-mobile targeting regime forces that set off festivities that are still ongoing," he said. Five IS fighters were also killed. "IS fighters launched their attack from a pocket they control in the Badiya, and which was the destination for IS fighters evacuated from southern Damascus on Sunday and Monday," Abdel Rahman added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 See? Even IS isn't all bad |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-24 07:06 |