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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army Advances in Palmyra, ISIL Militants Flee
2015-07-28
[ALMANAR.LB] Units of the Syrian army, backed by popular committees, advanced towards the city of Palmyra in central Syria, sources told al-Manar.

The Syrian army captured parts of western mountains in the city, amid collapse in the ranks 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), who are fleeing amid the progress of the army, the sources said.

A number of bad boyz were potted as the government forces advanced, the sources noted, adding that the army units destroyed two vehicles for the bad boys.

In May 21, ISIL bully boyz overran Palmyra, which is an ancient city on the list of the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s World Heritage sites and is situated about 215 kilometers northeast of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Posted by:Fred