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| IS battles insurgents near Aleppo |
| 2015-10-15 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces of Evil battled rival krazed killer groups on Wednesday north of the city of Aleppo, where officials say the Syrian army is preparing an offensive of its own backed by Iranian soldiers and Russian jets. A rebel fighter and a group monitoring the war said ISIS fighters took control of part of the towns of Ahras and Tel Jabin, about 12 km north of Aleppo, before being pushed back. Gains by ISIS north of Aleppo will threaten the supply lines of rival rebels inside the city, which is divided between turbans and government forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the road used by Aleppo residents heading north to the Turkish border remained closed on Wednesday. "Today there are fierce battles between us and Daesh [Islamic State] in Ahras, Tel Jabin, and rural northern Aleppo," said Hassan Haj Ali, head of the Liwa Suqour al-Jabal rebel group, using another name for ISIS. His unit is one of several foreign-backed krazed killer forces which find themselves fighting ISIS on the ground, at the same time as they are bombed by Russian jets and are bracing for a broad ground offensive by the army. "There are mobilizations by the regime in most parts of Aleppo, particularly in Bashkoy," he said, referring to another town north of Aleppo, which before Syria's civil war began in 2011 was the country's biggest city and a major commercial and industrial center. "There were advances (by ISIS) at dawn but we were able to recover Ahras entirely. There are battles in Tel Jabin," said Ali, speaking to Rooters via an internet messaging system. Iran has sent thousands of additional troops into Syria in recent days to bolster one offensive that is underway in Hama province and in preparation for another in the Aleppo area, two senior regional officials told Rooters. |
| Posted by:Fred |