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Syrian Army reinforcements continue to pour into Idlib for upcoming offensive
2018-09-02
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has sent another large convoy to northern Syria, as their upcoming Idlib offensive approaches.

According to a military report, the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Corps were the latest group to make their way to the Idlib Governorate this upcoming offensive.

The 5th Corps, who was trained by the Russian military, has been relatively successful since their formation in 2016.

Prior to their deployment to the Idlib Governorate, the 5th Corps was active in the Badiya al-Sham region of eastern Syria; they were primarily tasked with fighting 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....
(ISIS).
Posted by:Fred

#3  Will The Grand Turk decide that they can annex more of Northern Syria? Will Syria declare war on Turkey -- a decision that they have carefully avoided making even though Turkey has already invaded Syria...
Posted by: magpie   2018-09-02 10:12  

#2  ^Here goes.
The "freedom fighters" will fake a chemical weapons' attack, and USA will strike at "Syrian Regime" - derailing the offensive.
Hopefully, somebody will discretely inform Assad that he should expect things like that as long as Iran remains in Syria.
More realistically, it's USA continuing the failed policy of supporting "their" rebels.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-09-02 02:56  

#1  Anybody got a program? I need a program.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2018-09-02 00:26  

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