...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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS
...embracing their inner Islamic Brute.../ISIS/IS/ISIS) forces in the Badiya al-Sham region of the Homs Governorate.
Backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF), the Syrian Arab Army reportedly began the operation against ISIS in the Hamimah area east of Palmyra (var. Tadmur).
According to a military source in the area, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies engaged the enemy forces in the Hamimah area; this would result in a number of Islamic State hard boyz killed.
At the same time, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) carried out fresh
...
KABOOM!...
s over this desert region, hitting several sites belonging to the Islamic State hard boyz in the area.
This location in the Badiya al-Sham region was specifically chosen because of the Islamic State’s recent attacks that killed and maimed several Syrian Arab Army soldiers.
The source said this new Syrian Army operation against the Islamic State will be limited to the Hamimah area, but it could expand if more terrorist pockets are found.
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Islamic State: 2019-09-18 Kurds want ISIS captives to face international tribunal on Syrian soil
Islamic State: 2019-09-18 Iraqi intelligence arrest five Islamic State jihadists in Diyala
Islamic State: 2019-09-18 A new generation is taking up the mantle in the fight against terrorism.
Islamic State: 2019-09-18 Kurds want ISIS captives to face international tribunal on Syrian soil
Islamic State: 2019-09-18 Iraqi intelligence arrest five Islamic State jihadists in Diyala
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Homs: 2019-09-18 Several Syrian soldiers killed in ISIS ambush southeast of Palmyra
Homs: 2019-09-13 Militants open fire in Rukban Camp after refugees demand seized UN-provided food
Homs: 2019-09-11 Syrian Army cripples ISIS in eastern Syria desert after successful offensive
Homs: 2019-09-18 Several Syrian soldiers killed in ISIS ambush southeast of Palmyra
Homs: 2019-09-13 Militants open fire in Rukban Camp after refugees demand seized UN-provided food
Homs: 2019-09-11 Syrian Army cripples ISIS in eastern Syria desert after successful offensive