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Deir Ezzor: SDF troops capture ISIS stronghold east of Euphrates, 2 Brit soldiers wounded
2019-01-06
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Democratic Forces have captured another 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) stronghold in the eastern part of the Euphrates River Valley this week.

Backed by the U.S. and French air forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces were able to assert full control over the Islamic State stronghold of al-Shafah, tonight, after overrunning the terrorist group’s positions.

According to local reports, the Syrian Democratic Forces managed to kill a large number of Islamic State forces of Evil during the battle, while also seizing a large number of weapons left behind by the terrorist group.

With al-Shafah fully under their control, the Syrian Democratic Forces will now push to enter the last Islamic State stronghold, al-Sousah, which has been the target of several Iraqi air strikes.

YPG says 2 British soldiers were wounded, deny Syria TV report

[ALMASDARNEWS] The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) said on Saturday evening that two British soldiers were maimed as a result of an attack 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) in eastern Deir Ezzor.

Denying a previous report by state-owned Syria TV, the YPG said that the two British soldiers were badly maimed when the Islamic State terror organization fired an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) towards the advancing Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in al-Shafah.

At least one fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces is believed to have been killed as a result of this Islamic State attack.

Earlier today, Syria TV reported two British soldiers with the Anti-ISIS Coalition were killed when a missile hit their positions in the town of al-Shafah.

The Syrian Democratic Forces are currently in control of more than 75 percent of al-Shafah at this time, leaving only the southern part of the town still under the Islamic State’s influence.
The Times of Israel points out:
Since September, more than 1,000 jihadists have been killed in the fighting compared with just under 600 SDF members while 15,000 people have fled Hajin, according to the Observatory.
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