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| Syrian Army annihilates ISIS in Homs, reopens all roads between Palmyra and Damascus |
| 2017-05-26 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] On Thursday, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed thousands of footsoldiers and hundreds of military vehicles in a massive joint push which ultimately linked up government forces on the Palmyra frontier with those stationed on the provincial border between Homs and Rif Dimashq. With all roads linking Damascus and Palmyra now under government control for the first time since 2014, the SAA was able to reopen the M90, M53 and M45 highways today. The rapid coordinated offensive against 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.... represents the single largest advance by any faction across Syria in 2017. Effectively, ISIS has been forced to withdraw entirely from central Homs, conceding control of some 3,000 square kilometers in the space of 48 hours. Notably, the SAA advance has reduced the caliphate’s size by several percentage points. Syrian Army scores huge victory as tanks penetrate deep behind ISIS lines in Homs [ALMASDARNEWS] On Thursday morning, mechanized elements of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) liberated a massive chunk of mountainous territory southwest of Palmyra, virtually expelling ISIS from its vulnerable pocket east of the predominately Christian city of al-Qaryatayn. Following already huge gains in eastern Homs over the previous 48 hours, the SAA captured numerous strategic sites, including Bardah town, the entire al-Sawwanah area, the Zaqaqiyat Khalil mountains and the key junction town of al-Busyrah. Squadrons over Russian helicopters supported the advance, hunting down ISIS murderous Moslems who frantically withdrew from the aforementioned points as dozens of SAA tanks rolled into the region, completely shattering their long-standing defensive line. 155 militants surrender to Syrian Army troops in northern Homs [ALMASDARNEWS] At least 155 Lions of Islam surrendered themselves to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northern countryside of the Homs Governorate on Wednesday. The 155 Lions of Islam surrendered to the Syrian Arab Army outside the towns of Talbiseh, Houla, and al-Rastan, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. All of the Lions of Islam that surrendered to the government forces in northern Hama, Wednesday, will be eligible for amnesty in order to regularize their status in the country. |
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