...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....
forces operating in southern Damascus have suffered massive losses since the Syrian Army commenced its ground offensive two days ago.
According to sources, the terrorist group has lost at least 100 fighters killed in action ‐ among them two emirs and five field commanders ‐ over the last 48 hours. No one is yet quite sure just how many have been maimed.
Apparently most of the losses are due to very intense non-stop artillery (including rocket forces) bombardment the Syrian Army and
s by Russian and Syrian warplanes.Furthermore, the Syrian Army ‐ supported by allied Paleostinian forces ‐ has managed to advance in southern Damascus, so far capturing the Imam Ali Mosque and all building blocks to its west between the Tadamon and Sidi Maqdad districts as well as the al-Mudjahadeen Mosque in Hajjar al-Aswad district.
Syrian Army continues offensive against IS targets in southern Damascus
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued its offensive against turbans of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS, ISIL) in southern Damascus, Friday, according to media reports.
Footage shows government forces launching shell and rocket fire against hard boy targets in and around Yarmouk.
The fighting has taken place around the Yarmouk Camp and al-Hajar al-Aswad, an area two miles (3.21 km) from central Damascus, as part of efforts to clear the remaining pockets of IS turbans south of the capital.