According to the military source, the elite Tiger Forces will head towards the Idlib Governorate axis in the next few weeks, claiming that they will concentrate on retaking the al-Ghaab Plain and Jisr al-Shughour District.
The source added that the Tiger Forces will move towards the Idlib Governorate once they have fully defeated 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) in the Yarmouk Basin region of southwest Daraa.
At the same time, the Syrian Elite Republican Guard and 4th Armored Division will be heading to the Jabal Turkmen and Jabal al-Akrad regions in northern Latakia.
The Elite Republican Guard and 4th Division will be tasked with retaking these aforementioned regions in northern Latakia, while also securing the
These offensives will arguably be the most difficult battles this year for the Syrian Army, as the jihadist rebels in this region of Idlib and Latakia are well-armed and well-trained.
Furthermore, the jihadist rebels in southwest Idlib and northern Latakia have a large number of foreign combatants, which will make these battles all the more important for the Russian and Syrian forces.
Perhaps the Syrian Army’s largest obstacle during this offensive will be the
The
and the Turkestan Islamic Party.