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Syrian Defense Minister Inspects Army Units in Hasaka
2015-07-03
[ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Defense Minister Major General Fahd Jasem al-Freij visited on Wednesday the army units in Hasaka.

Accompanied by a number of the army senior officers, al-Freij, also deputy Commander-in-chief of the army, met the soldiers working in Hasaka and appreciated their courage and heroism showed while fighting holy warriors of the Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
group, ISIL (so-called 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....
in Iraq and Levant), eliminating them, official news agency, SANA, reported.

Gen. Freij was briefed by field commanders on the military operations, hailing unity between Hasaka people and the army soldiers who stand as one rank in defense of the Homeland, SANA added.

"The army's victories and achievements against terrorism are real embodiment of our people's choice in resistance and struggle," the Syrian agency quoted Gen. Freij as saying.
Posted by:Fred