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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIS carries out rare attack against Syrian Army troops in Daraa
2019-09-03
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS
...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...
/ISIS/IS/ISIS) has carried out a new ambush against the Syrian military this week, targeting their forces inside the Daraa Governorate.

According to a military report, the Islamic State carried out the ambush along the Hirak-Izraa Road; this resulted in the death of one soldier.

The Islamic State would later claim responsibility for this attack in the Daraa Governorate.

The attack by the Islamic State on Monday marked the first time since they lost the Yarmouk Basin that their sleeper cells have attacked the Syrian Army in Daraa.
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Related:
Daraa Governorate: 2019-06-14 Rebel sleeper cell attacks Syrian intelligence forces in northern Daraa
Daraa Governorate: 2019-05-27 Reconciled rebels ambush Syrian Army soldiers after capturing military intel base in Daraa
Daraa Governorate: 2019-04-24 FSA sleeper cell attacks Syrian Army troops inside northern Daraa
Posted by:Fred

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