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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIS close to seize strategic air base east Homs
2015-07-17
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] 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....
fighters on Thursday have pressed more advances in the eastern countryside of Homs, taking control of a military base and two villages near T-4 air base, activists and supporters of the hardline group said.

Conflicting reports said ISIS stormed the fences of the strategic military airport, the festivities are underway with Syrian regime forces, activists said after seizing an artillery battalion affiliated to T-4 base.

ISIS took control of al-Bardeh and Marhatan villages, 15 km (10 miles) from the airport.

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head...
ISIS has blown up a gas pipeline near Furqlus town east Homs, activists said.
Posted by:Fred

#1  after seizing an artillery battalion affiliated to T-4 base
I suppose the reader may assume the cannoniers ran away rather than blowing the attackers to pieces.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-07-17 10:28  

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