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| Syrian Kurds Retake Northern Villages from ISIL |
| 2015-07-09 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday. Intensified air strikes across northern Syria and festivities on the ground have killed at least 78 ISIL fighters since Sunday night, the opposition Britannia-based Observatory said. The strikes are some of the most sustained since they began in September, according to US officials who say they are aimed at curbing the myrmidons' ability to operate out of Raqqa and to prevent it from fighting back against Kurdish advances. But, on Tuesday, the ISIL was still in control of Ain Issa, the Observatory said. The town, 50 km (30 miles) north of Raqqa city, was seized by ISIL Lions of Islam from the Kurdish YPG militia in an attack on Monday. The YPG, a militia operating mostly in predominantly Kurdish areas of northern Syria towards the Turkish border, has emerged as the only significant partner in Syria for US-led alliance fighting to tackle ISIL both there and in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Fred |