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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
6-week battle between rival Syrian jihadist groups in Idlib, Aleppo sees massive losses on both sides
2018-04-18
The fewer to bother the rest of us then, my dears.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Since the beginning of March, renewed infighting between rival jihadist militias Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham
(better known by its former name, 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) and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya has seen both sides inflict major military losses on one another.

According to Syrian war monitor sources, six weeks of rebel festivities across various towns and villages of Idlib and Aleppo provinces (mostly Aleppo) has now seen about 400 Lion of Islam fighters killed in action.

In addition to this, dozens of military vehicles ‐ mostly technicals but also including main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers ‐ have been destroyed.

These numbers do not include two previous weeks of infighting between Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya during February which saw the death of at least 200 bad boys.

The overall number of maimed can only be guessed at for now. In any case it likely exceeds one thousand fighters.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Fire ant control technique: Take a big shovel full out of one mound and dump it onto another (just avoid letting them come up the shovel handle.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-04-18 15:02  

#5  Consider the practical effect of displacing the Ghouta Rebels to Idlib. This is more akin to dropping a new gang into an area already filled with too many rival gangs. One 'I curse your mustaches, varmint!" and battle erupts. Now imagine the effect of adding more and more refugees gangsters...?
Posted by: magpie   2018-04-18 09:19  

#4  
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-04-18 06:18  

#3  IIRR wasn't the obama regime helping al-Nusra?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-04-18 06:17  

#2  Make sure neither side runs out of ammo.
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-04-18 01:14  

#1  Another reason for the SAA to concentrate on the Saraa Salient, Homs Pocket and the Yarmuk Pocket. Let their enemies kill each other.
Posted by: magpie   2018-04-18 00:34  

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