...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....
in its last bastion, east of Euphrates.
In a statement, SDF said "counter-terrorism battles have achieved progress and inflicted losses in lives and equipment on the enemy. It liberated half of al-Sousah."
The coalition jets, according to the statement, carried out seven
s against Islamic State locations in al-Bagoz, al-Sousah and Hajin cities."The confrontations in these fronts left 14 forces of Evil killed, while two SDF fighters were killed and three others injured," it added.
Speaking to BasNews, a source from SDF said "our campaign against Islamic State will last for longer than the expected due to the sandstorm that hits the region from one side, in addition to using civilians as human shields by the forces of Evil from another side."
The group also, according, to the source, planted explosives in its last stronghold, which includes villages of al-Bagoz, Hajin, al-Shaafa, al-Sousah, Abu Khater and abul Hassan.
In September, each of the Coalition and SDF announced the launch of operations, east of Euphrates.
SDF controls 28 percent of the Syrian lands, becoming the second controller of lands, after the regime forces, which control around 60 percent.
| Al Masdar adds: |
The monitoring group also documented the death of at least 48 civilians ‐ including 12 children ‐ in
s conducted by the US-led coalition on Deir Ezzor countryside.