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Syria army regains full control of Morek
2014-10-24
[Iran Press TV] The Syrian army has flushed out Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
forces of Evil from a strategic town nine months after it was seized by the terrorists.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that Syrian ground forces backed by Arclight airstrikes liberated the town of Morek from the forces of Evil belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front.

Syrian forces "took back total control of Morek in the north of Hama countryside, after fierce battles that have raged" since Wednesday night, the UK-based Syrian opposition group said.

There has been no report on the number of the casualties of the fighting.

Morek is considered a significant town as it is located on the main road linking the Syrian capital city, Damascus, to the country's largest city of Aleppo in the northwest.

The success is the latest gain in a string of victories against the forces of Evil fighting the Syrian government.

On Monday, Syrian forces recaptured the Mazra'at al-Halabi area and Madafeh Hill in Aleppo's eastern countryside.
An Nahar adds:
The regime forces were aided in the battle by heavy air raids targeting the rebels and fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front. The corpse count was not known.

Morek is important because it is on the main road linking Damascus to Aleppo, large swathes of which of have been out of army control since a major rebel offensive in July 2012.

The town is located near the countryside of the northwestern province of Idlib, much of which is held by moderate rebels who drove out the jihadist 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....
group (IS) earlier this year.
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