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| Syria: 4 Martyred, 32 Injured in Al-Zahraa Blast in Homs | |
| 2017-05-24 | |
| [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] A car bomb killed four people and wounded more than two dozen near the Al-Zahraa neighborhood in Syria’s third city Homs on Tuesday. The bomber drove the vehicle towards a checkpoint where security forces opened fire, detonating the explosives inside, official news agency SANA said. At least 30 people were wounded in the blast, it reported. “Some of those with minor injuries have already left hospital,” governor Talal Barazi told state television. Homs’s Al-Zahraa district has been targeted repeatedly during Syria’s six-year war, several times by the ISIL Takfiri group. There was also an apparent car bombing attempt near Damascus on Tuesday, SANA reported. Police opened fire on a vehicle near a checkpoint which turned out to be carrying explosives and blew up, killing one civilian and wounding another, the news agency said. The incident happened on the road south from the capital to holy shrine of Sayyida Zeinab.
Homs (IraqiNews) Syrian government forces, backed by pro-regime militias, managed, on Tuesday, to recapture several areas near al-Qaryatayn, in the southern countryside of Homs, Qasioun News Agency reported. The National Defense militias advanced into al-Mahsa Mountain, Talet al-Khanzeer, Tal Syriatel and al-Qaryatayn Dam in the area, after fierce battles with 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.... group. Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... Syrian Air Force carried out air strikes on the headquarters of the Islamic State in the area, killing and wounding several krazed killers. Noteworthy, Syrian government forces and its affiliated militias advanced recaptured several areas near al-Zalf area, in eastern As-Suwayda. Syrian opposition launch “Burkan al-Badeya” offensive Homs (IraqiNews) The Syrian opposition announced launching Burkan al-Badeya (The Deserts Volcano) offensive, in order to foil the attempts of the Syrian government forces and their affiliated militias to reach al-Tanf crossing on the borders of Iraq, Jordan and Syria. The factions of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... issued a statement saying, "On this blessed day, we launch Burkan al-Badeya offensive to fight and eliminate Iranian and foreign militias." "We, the Free Syrian Army, announce the launch of the battles against these criminal organizations and groups, to retake our lands," the statement added. Earlier today, Syrian regime forces and their affiliated militias recaptured Dahrat Umm al-Salasel, near al-Zalf area, in eastern As-Suwayda. | |
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