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2016-09-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
4 Terrorist Commanders Killed In Homs & Hama Provinces
[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] Syrian aircraft strikes killed two commanders of the Fatah al-Sham (previously known as the al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-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) terrorist group: Abu Ayesha, originally from Egypt, and Abu Faruq Homsi, in the eastern province of Homs. The commanders bit the dust during the attack on terrorist positions in al-Rastan and al-Za’afaraneh in northern Homs.

In addition, commander of the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA), Ahmad Nahlawi aka Abu al-Zahar, and a field commander of Ajnad al-GHoghaz, Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, were also killed in attacks of the Syrian Army in Hama province.

Terrorists were pushed back from the towns of Zowar al-Jadideh and Zowar al-Masaeq in northwestern Hama by Syrian troops. At the same time, Syrian aircraft targeted and hit terrorist centers in Taybat al-Imam, Kafr Zita and Maardes.

On September 8, control of the village of Kharaba al-Hajama in the southwestern parts of Taybat al-Imam, as well as of al-Mazraa heights, adjacent to Maardes town in northern Hama, was regained by the Syrian Army. Reportedly, tens of bad boyz were potted and their weapons and ammunition were destroyed.

According to unconfirmed reports, Batish region near Khattab town, as well as al-Abadah heights and al-Iskandariya
... named after Alexander the Great, today it's a mostly Sunni-inhabited slum ...
village in the countryside of Marradas town were also liberated by Syrian troops.

Also on September 8, the Syrian Army launched a new offensive in the surrounding areas of the village of Howeisis and the Palmyra (Tadmur) silos in the eastern part of Homs province. As result, 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....
(IS) forces of Evil suffered heavy losses. The attack killed and maimed scores of terrorists, including non-Syrian and imported muscle, in al-Bardeh and the Syriatel hilltop, as well as destroyed their military vehicles.

Posted by Fred 2016-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top
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