...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 have managed to capture the strategic Sabaa Biyar area (near the town of al-Qarayatyn) from the Syrian Army.
After conceding Sabaa Biyar, the Syrian Army has since regrouped and launched a counter-offensive to reclaim the area and drive ISIS forces of Evil all the way back out east towards Deir Ezzor province.
According to al-Masdar News journalist Ibrahim Joudeh, heavy festivities are ongoing between Syrian government forces and ISIS in the Sabaa Biyar area and it is unclear if the former has retaken any lost lost territory yet.
Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces are reportedly supporting the Syrian Army counter-offensive.
Russian warplanes hunt down ISIS raiding forces across southeast Homs
[ALMASDARNEWS] Amid ongoing heavy festivities between the Syrian Army and 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 Homs, Russian warplanes have entered the fray to assist the former in recovering recently lost ground.
Earlier on it was reported that a deep infiltration operation by ISIS had seen raiding forces of the terrorist group penetrate almost 200 kilometers behind government lines from south of As-Sukhnah to the Sabaa Biyar area (near the Zaza checkpoint).
The Syrian Army has since launched a swift counter-offensive to drive back the Islamic State onslaught around Sabaa Biyar ‐ an operation which Russian airpower is participating in.
For their part, Russian jets are targeting highly-mobile, technical-borne ISIS raiding units lurking around in the Sabaa Biyar area. The Russian
s come at night ‐ a time when Syrian warplanes are far less effective due to their general lack of night-vision sighting equipment and precision weaponry.