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2015-07-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Suicide bombers kill Syrian rebel figure in Idlib province
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Two jacket wallahs killed a prominent figure from the Islamist Death Eater group Ahrar al Sham when they blew up a local headquarters in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, rebel sources and a monitor said on Monday.

They said Sheikh Abu Abdul Rahman al Salqeeni was killed along with six others, including the bombers who detonated themselves shortly after entering the Death Eater groups' office in a village near the town of Salqeen, along the Turkish border.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence across the country, said several others were maimed and at death's door. It said Abu Adul Rahman was a big shot in Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
, one of the largest jihadist groups in Syria.

A rebel source with Ahrar al Sham accused the hardline 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....
group of carrying out the attack that took place only days after a boom-mobileing in Sarmeen town in Idlib province that was also blamed on the holy warriors and killed a member of the group.

Ahrar al Sham, is part of a rebel coalition that includes non-jihadist groups that have received Western aid that are battling Islamic State in several parts of the country, mainly in the northern Aleppo countryside.

Jihadist groups and mainstream rebel groups have been engaged in internecine fighting that has helped Syrian President Bashar al Assad's army to hold back holy warriors from further gains across the country. (Rooters)
Posted by Fred 2015-07-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top
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