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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Slain ISIS fighters lay sprawled out over east Syria after failed offensive against Syrian Army
2018-01-30
[ALMASDARNEWS] Over the course of Saturday to Sunday, 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....
bandidos faceless myrmidons launched a sustained assault against Syrian Arab Army defenses around the town of al-Jalaa on the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in Deir Ezzor province.

The day-long attack was fierce (as are most festivities with ISIS) and in the end the Syrian Army emerged as the winner having fended off the assault on al-Jalaa and sending jihadist fighters limping from the battlefield in rout after delivering a nasty blow to their already dwindling ranks.

According to military sources, at least nine Islamic State bad boyz were potted during the failed assault.

The Syrian state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
group SANA has released a a brief video report (available below) documenting the local army troops involved in the defense of al-Jalaa and its surrounding countryside as well as the result of the battle with ISIS ‐ to this end, the corpses of five of the 9 Islamist State bandidos faceless myrmidons killed in the attack are shown off.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Crows are gettin' fat.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-01-30 13:52  

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