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2016-02-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Dozens of Insurgents Killed As Syria Kurds Advance in Aleppo Countryside
[ALMANAR.LB] At least 40 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...
Death Eaters were killed as forces from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) advance in Tal Rifaat in Alepppo countryside.

Sources told al-Manar that the YPG seized control of Ain Daqneh town, adding that they were heading towards Kaljibrin, and that they have managed to cut off Kaljibrin-Tal Rifaat road.

Tal Rifaat is one of the remaining Takfiri bastions north of Aleppo.

The sources noted that the Kurdish forces also captured several murderous Moslems, including a captain in "Liwaa al-Fath" (Brigade of Conqeust), Ismail Naddaf.

The sources said that the seizure of Kaljibrin makes the Kurdish forces in direct confrontation with the Takfiri 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) in Aleppo countryside.
Posted by Fred 2016-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Syria 

#1 Kurds are now, at least partially and tactically, allied with Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Assad.

another triumph for Sec Kerry
Posted by lord garth 2016-02-16 08:31||   2016-02-16 08:31|| Front Page Top

#2 So when do the Turks start attacking these Kurds?

That should make for some real pot stirring. {/sarc}
Posted by AlanC 2016-02-16 13:07||   2016-02-16 13:07|| Front Page Top

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