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| Activists say displaced of Zabadani moved from pro-regime towns, warn of massacre |
| 2015-08-25 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] People of Zabadani town northwest Damascus, who fled the two-month-old offensive by Syrian forces and key ally Hezbollah militia, have been forced to leave neighboring towns of Bloudan and al-Mamoura under army threat to Madhaya and Bukin villages, activists said on Sunday warning of an imminent massacre. 25 families of them were transferred to unknown places in army vehicles, they said. The displaced in the tourist town of Bloudan were moved without their luggage or personal properties to Madhaya and Bukin villages to isolate them from pro-regime towns as well to use them as human shields, according to activists. Hezbollah faceless myrmidons and the army have controlled most of Zabadani city after intense aerial bombardments and heavy artillery fire on rebels hideouts. The control of the city is seen as crucial to consolidate government-held areas linking Leb and Syria. Zabadani is a former popular resort on the main Beirut-Damascus highway, according to Rooters. On Saturday, Salafist tough guys killed 20 Syrian army soldiers and Hezbollah Death Eaters in the western neighborhood of Zabadani, activists said. Fighters of the dominant 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... movement and the al-Qaeda branch Nusra Front, who launched attacks on regime bastions nearby Zabadani to ease offensive on their fellow fighters, have taken control of number of checkpoints in the 'Eastern Mountain', killing 20 soldiers and Hezbollah hard boys. Days ago, besieged rebels of Zabadani appealed to their counterparts near Damascus to send reinforcements and ammunition as well to escalate attacks to relieve pressure on them. Zabadani capture would be a strategic gain for al-Assad, whose army is battling on several other fronts with groups including non-jihadist rebels and 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... hard boys. |
| Posted by:Fred |