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Jihadist rebels seize strategic crossing between west Aleppo and Afrin region
2019-01-06
[ALMASDARNEWS] Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
’s continued their large-scale offensive in the western countryside of the Aleppo province, today, targeting the several areas controlled by the Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels near the Afrin region.

According to opposition activists via social media, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham launched a big attack on the town of Deir Semaan and its corresponding castle after seizing most of western Aleppo from Harakat Nouriddeen al-Zinki.

The opposition activists later reported that Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham managed to capture Deir Semaan and Qal’at Deir Semaan following the full withdrawal of the Ottoman Turkish-backed National Liberation Front
...the Turkic paramilitaries intended to replace with their native jihadi ferocity all the highly trained Turkish soldiers Sultan Erdogan I the much beloved has jailed in the last few years for not worshipping the ground he walks upon. The Uighurs and so forth who did not join Al Nusra or ISIS seem to have ended up here...
from this imperative town.

With Deir Semaan captured, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham now controls the strategic crossing between west Aleppo and the nearby Afrin region.

The loss of Deir Semaan could spell trouble in the future for the Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham is now able to target the Afrin region for the town.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Or they just aren’t very good with them, lord garth.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-01-06 15:05  

#1  the FSA (or NLF or whatever they call themselves) was never that strong; if they can be ousted by the HTaS (or al nusra or Al Q) they must not have any of the advanced weapons that Turkey promised them

too bad
Posted by: lord garth   2019-01-06 12:01  

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