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Activists: Syria Airstrikes Toll Over 500 | |||
2014-10-24 | |||
[Ynet] Out of 553 killed in US-led coalition strikes in Syria, 464 of them 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.... krazed killers, 57 Nusra Front gunnies and 32 civilians. US-led coalition The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists on the ground, said 553 people have been killed since the The group said it has documented the deaths of 464 fighters with the Islamic State group, adding that the real number could be much higher. Another 57 fighters with the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front were killed in
Earlier this week, the US Central Command said its forces have conducted more than 135 "Combined with continued resistance to ISIL on the ground, indications are that these strikes have slowed ISIL advances into the city, killed hundreds of their fighters and destroyed or damaged scores of pieces of ISIL combat equipment and fighting positions," Central Command said in a statement. An News Agency that Dare Not be Named journalist on the Turkish side of the border said heavy machine gun fire could be heard from Kobani, which is also known as Ayn Arab, on Thursday. "The fighting has been ongoing since last night on the eastern and southern fronts. It is some of the longest festivities in Kobani," said Kurdish activist Farhad Shami by telephone from the town. "The fighting usually only takes place at night." Shami said the Islamic State group launched an attack from three fronts late Wednesday but failed to advance. Still he said that Kurdish fighters withdrew from the Tel Shair hill that overlooks parts of Kobani. The Observatory said Islamic State fighters captured the hill, closing in on the town from the west. It said Islamic State fighters are also trying to advance from the eastern side of the town, saying there were casualties on both sides. The hill was captured by the Kurds from Islamic state fighters earlier this month.
"Kobani has been witnessing fierce festivities since last night. It was one of the bad nights," Nassan said. The Observatory meanwhile reported four coalition The US-led coalition has aggressively targeted IS-held oil facilities in Syria, which provide a key source of income for the krazed killers. But such strikes also endanger civilians, which could undermine long-term efforts to destroy the krazed killer group. The attacks on the oil industry, including refineries, have also led to a sharp rise in the price of oil products in rebel-held areas of Syria.
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