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| ISIS could be readying for very powerful offensive to recapture Abu Kamal in southeast Syria |
| 2018-04-06 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] Signs are emerging that 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.... forces in southeast Syria may be readying to conduct a properly planned-out, highly-determined offensive against the Syrian Army and its allies to seize back the strategic city of Abu Kamal. So far ISIS attacks on Abu Kamal have been sporadic and piece-meal like, however in the apparent chaos of such seemingly worthless assaults, there exists the possibility that the terrorist group is observing the strength and flexibly of government defenses. At this point, Islamic State fighters have attempted to advance on the city from every conceivable direction and are now also greatly stepping up their stand-off attacks against Syrian Army positions around it using artillery and anti-tank missiles (with deadly accuracy too ‐ watch following video here). Looking at how ISIS recaptured Palmyra in December 2016, it can be seen that the terrorist group launched ceaseless attacks against the Syrian Army to the city’s north and east for months only to eventually discover a weak point in government lines (as well as wear down pro-government forces in general) and then hit it with major assault. Whilst ISIS is not as powerful now as it was in 2016, the jihadist faction’s ability to conduct blitz offensives that seemingly materialize out of thin air should never be underestimated. |
| Posted by:Fred |