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2015-08-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIL, Nusra Terrorists Flee Syrian Army in Daraa, Suffer Major Losses in Aleppo
[ALMANAR.LB] Units of the Syrian army continued targeting terrorist organizations in various areas, inflicting more casualties and material losses among their ranks.

In Daraa, an army unit damaged a vehicle belonging to terrorists, killing all those on board, as it targeted it to the east of al-Sheikh Hussein hill near the border between Daraa and Sweida provinces in southern Syria, a military source told SANA on Wednesday.

In a similar development, a number of bad boyz were potted and others were maimed last night to the south of the Electricity Company in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the city.

In Aleppo, another army unit targeted movements of al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front Lions of Islam in Dweir al-Zaitoun and Tallet al-Mallah in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, killing scores of the Lions of Islam and destroying a number of their vehicles that were equipped with machine guns and a bulldozer.
Another army unit killed and injured a number of Lions of Islam and destroyed their vehicles in Khan Touman area in the western countryside of the province.

Al-Nusra Lions of Islam suffered losses in personnel and equipment during special army operations against their assembly points in the surroundings of al-Nairab airport in the southeastern countryside of the province.

A number of Lions of Islam of the 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....
of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
group were killed in the vicinity of the Air Force Academy, about 40 km to the east of Aleppo city.

Also in Aleppo city, army units destroyed positions of al-Nusra-linked Lions of Islam in the neighborhoods of Bani Zaid, al-Salehin, al-Khaldiyeh, al-Shaar, Alliramoun, Bustan al-Qasr and al-Rashideen.

In Lattakia, units of the army eliminated ten Lions of Islam and destroyed a number of their vehicles in the villages of al-Wata, Burj Zahya, al-Kindasia and al-Furlug in northern Lattakia countryside.

Moreover, informed sources in the coastal province of Lattakia told Fars news agency that the Syrian army have gained the upper hand against the myrmidon groups in parts of the Northern battlefields in Lattakia province.

The sources said that several murderous Moslems were killed or maimed in the Syrian army's operations in Frunluq Forests and al-Azer Mountain.

The sources added that the army has launched mop-up operations in the above-mentioned fighting areas to haunt the rest of the rebel fighters.

In Zabadani, Hezbollah killed Nusra commander in the city, Abdol Rahim Kharita, after targeting a terrorist gathering by an oriented missile.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by 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...
groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, bit the dust in Syria last year.

Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.
Posted by Fred 2015-08-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Syria 

#1 this is the Hezbollah media report

and


notwithstanding all the bragging, they don't report on any actual territory being taken - not really a good sign for their team -- in fact the only reason that Assad still has some power is that ISIS and Nusra have been killing each other
Posted by lord garth 2015-08-06 07:38||   2015-08-06 07:38|| Front Page Top

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