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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian forces unleash largest assault on last ISIS bastion in southern Damascus
2018-05-17
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Aerospace Forces unleashed a massive assault over the southern part of Damascus this morning, targeting several terrorist positions belonging to the so-called 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....
(ISIS).

According to a military report from a source on the ground, the Russian and Syrian forces launched their biggest attack of the offensive this morning, causing several kabooms that could be heard throughout the capital city.

The joint Russian-Syrian attack primarily targeted the ISIS-held areas inside Hajar al-Aswad, Yarmouk Camp, and al-Tadamon.

At the same time, the Syrian Arab Army’s 42nd Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division, alongside Liwaa al-Quds
...the Jerusalem Brigade is a Paleostinian-Syrian pro-Government group that operates in Aleppo, formed in 2013. The group is composed of predominately Sunni Paleostinians from the al-Nayrab district as well as the former refugee camp Handarat. It is believed to be the largest Assadist auxilliary force operating in storied Aleppo...
, stormed the Islamic State’s last positions along the southwestern axis of 30th Street.

Intense festivities are now ongoing at this aforementioned axis and several other areas around ISIS-held southern Damascus.
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