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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces head to southern Damascus for showdown with ISIS
2018-04-13
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army’s elite Tiger Forces have received orders to redeploy from the East Ghouta region to southern Damascus, a military source told al-Masdar News this afternoon.

Following their victory in the East Ghouta, the Syrian Arab Army’s High Command made the decision to send the Tiger Forces to the Yarmouk Camp and al-Qadam districts in order to halt 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s (ISIS) advance in the area.

ISIS was recently able to seize more than 90 percent of the al-Qadam District after a swift offensive against the Syrian Arab Army late last month.

The Tiger Forces will be leading this offensive alongside their allies from the Elite Republican Guard and several Paleostinian paramilitary groups.

Among the Paleostinian paramilitary groups participating in this offensive will be the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine-General Command (PFLP-GC), Liwaa al-Quds
...the Jerusalem Brigade is a Paleostinian-Syrian pro-Government group that operates in Aleppo, formed in 2013. The group is composed of predominately Sunni Paleostinians from the al-Nayrab district as well as the former refugee camp Handarat. It is believed to be the largest Assadist auxilliary force operating in storied Aleppo...
, Qawat al-Jaleel, and Fatah al-Intifada.

The Syrian Army and their Paleostinian allies have finished their preparations and should be launching this offensive in the coming hours.
Posted by:Fred

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