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| ISIS fighters press advances in eastern countryside of Homs |
| 2015-07-10 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] ISIS fighters on Wednesday have pressed advances in the eastern countryside of Homs province, getting closer to government-held city of Homs, field sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The ultra-hardline Islamist group took more districts near Furuqlus town that situated on the eastern gate of the ancient city of Palmyra and it links to the Syrian desert (Badiyat al-Sham) where ISIS controls swaths of territory. Activists Mohammed al-Homsi said ISIS is just 20 km (14 miles) from Homs but for now he do not think the Islamic Sate will overrun the city or make further advances toward government-held towns. ''ISIS is unpredictable,we hope such advance," ' he added. Oon Tuesday, ISIS controled two checkpoints near the T-4 military air base that situated between Homs and Palnmyra. Also ISIS fighters had seized Milan missile launcher base, according to Twitter news feeds. The Syrian city of Homs, dubbed "the capital of the revolution" by rebels, has been a key flashpoint since the early days of the almost five-year-old revolt against Bashir al-Assad. |
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