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| Syrian Army seizes entire brigade of tanks and other armored vehicles from rebels in E.Qalamoun, rebel emir joins fight against ISIS |
| 2018-04-22 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] Following the complete capitulation of rebel forces in Syria’s eastern Qalamoun region, the Syrian Army has come into possession of an entire brigade worth of main battle tanks and other armored vehicles. Virtually all of the captured armor comes from the Brigade 559 base which was taken over by Lion of Islam groups in 2014. Unfortunately for the rebels, they simply did not have enough men and technical specialists to maintain anymore than a fraction of the entire mechanized loot in frontline service at any one period in time. Much of the armor was hidden in caves and makeshift storage sights within the mountains of eastern Qalamoun. In line with the surrender deal for eastern Qalamoun, over fifty armored vehicles ‐ mostly T-55, T-62 and T-72 main battle tanks but also including support vehicles like Shilkas ‐ have now been returned to Syrian government forces; even more amazingly, this includes plenty of spare parts and ammunition, which was also preserved. Leading military commander of Qalamoun-based rebel group joins Syrian Army to fight ISIS [ALMASDARNEWS] A leading military commander of the Ahmad Abdo Martyrs Brigade (Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... affiliate) has defected to government forces following the rebel group’s surrender in eastern Qalamoun. The commander in question is Ali al-Sheikh. His defection has been mimicked by dozens of other fighters and NCO-rank field leaders belonging to the Ahmad Abdo Martyrs Brigade. According to sources, Ali al-Sheikh and fellow defectors represent Qalamoun-based rebels who have refused to be evacuated to northwestern Syria, instead choosing to settle their situation with the Syrian government and fight alongside the Syrian Army against 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.... forces. It is expected that many other myrmidon commanders and fighters from eastern Qalamoun will also follow this same example for the exact same reason in the days to come. |
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