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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army Hits Islamic State In Country's North
2014-09-25
Hammer and hammer? I think we've found the boots on the ground President Obama was looking for, and at no cost to us for weapons or training.
[Ynet] The Syrian army destroyed 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....
 positions northeast of the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, state media said, after US-led forces carried out air strikes against the group for a second day.

Syrian state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said the military hit Islamic State gunnies between the towns of al-Bab and al-Qabasein and had "eliminated a number of terrorists".

After the US-led coalition began its strikes on Tuesday, the Syrian government said it would continue to confront Islamic State and other turbans.
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