[ARA] At least seven turbans of the 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) were killed during festivities with Syrian rebels of the Shamiya Front in the northern countryside of Aleppo, military sources reported on Friday.
Fierce festivities took place in the vicinity of Marea town north of Aleppo, where rebel fighters of Shamiya Front reportedly killed seven turbans and took several others as hostages, beside destroying three ISIS vehicles.
Speaking to ARA News in Aleppo, Shamiya commander Salih al-Zein said: "Our fighters repelled a major attack by ISIS turbans on the strategic town of Marea. We've destroyed three ISIS vehicles, killed seven turbans and took 11 others as hostages."
The source added that the Shamiya Front has also seized heavy machine guns from ISIS hard boys, as dozens withdrew from the area after "heavy losses" in Friday's festivities.
"The terrorist group tried to infiltrate into Marea by launching suicide kabooms, but we destroyed the explosive vehicles before entering the town," al-Zein said.
Several Syrian rebel factions backed the Shamiya Front in the anti-ISIS operations on Friday.
The rebels have also attacked ISIS-held villages of Harbal, Sandaf, Kafrah and Harjal in the northern countryside of Aleppo. It was not clear whether the attacks caused any casualties in the ranks of ISIS.
| An Nahar reports somewhat higher numbers: |
...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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group jihadists and rebels for control of an opposition stronghold in northern Syria has killed at least 47 fighters, a monitor said Saturday.
Twenty Islamist and other rebel fighters were killed in the festivities in Aleppo province throughout Friday, along with 27 IS jihadists, the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The fighting centered on the town of Marea, a key rebel bastion that IS has been trying to capture for months.
The Observatory said fighting was ongoing around the town, which rebel forces still control, as well in villages in the surrounding area.
Marea is one of the most significant rebel-held towns in northern Aleppo and lies on a key supply route running to the Turkish border.
IS has targeted the town for months, seeking to expand westwards from territory it already holds in Aleppo province.