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| Islamic State finding it hard to gain foothold on Syria's Israel border |
| 2015-05-20 |
| [Ynet] Two attempts by Islamic State in Syria to take up positions along the Golan Heights border with Israel have been thwarted in the past two weeks. The two groups of IS-affiliated militants were threatening to expand the radical organization's sphere of influence close to the border with Israel. The first Islamist infrastructure was taken out some two weeks ago south of Quneitra, where Syrian rebels managed to overcome an armed group from the IS-affiliated Jaysh al-Jihad organization. The second group was taken out two days ago in the southern Golan Heights, where members of the Free Syrian Army, in cooperation with radical Islamic group Jabhat al-Nusra, overpowered IS-loyalists from the Shuhada al Yarmouk Brigades. For some reason, I was reminded of the fallowing Latma gem |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 Pasting https://www.youtube.com/embed/YIhayNe6BAU into the URL bar works perfectly, too. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-05-20 17:59 |
| #1 Happened to me several times---the links work perfectly well in preview |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-20 16:34 |