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Russian jets launch massive attack on ISIS as Syrian troops prepare to storm southwest Daraa
2018-07-21
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a massive attack over the southwestern countryside of the Daraa Governorate this morning.

According to a military report from the government stronghold of Izraa, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched more than 20 Arclight airstrikes over southwest Daraa, today, targeting the large pocket belonging to the 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....
affiliate "Jaish Khaled bin Walid" near the Jordanian border.

The report specified that the majority of the airstrikes targeted the ISIS-held towns of Jaleen, Adwan, and Tasil, which are close to the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) front-lines in the Daraa Governorate.

In addition to the Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Arab Army has unleashed a large number of surface-to-surface missiles on the Islamic State’s positions in the Yarmouk Basin region of Daraa.

This powerful attack comes as the Syrian Arab Army prepares to launch a major offensive to eliminate the Islamic State’s large pocket in the southwestern region of the Daraa Governorate.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
unlike the other battles in the Daraa Governorate, the Islamic State will not be offered the opportunity to reconcile with the government.

The Syrian Army was able to sweep through much of the Daraa and al-Quneitra governorates in three weeks, thanks in large part to these reconciliation agreements.

ISIS may be given the option of being transported to the Badiya al-Sham region in eastern Syria; however, there is also the issue of the large number of displaced civilians living in the part of Daraa they control.

Due to the large number of displaced civilians near the Jordanian border, the Syrian Arab Army’s offensive to capture the Yarmouk Basin region may prove to be more difficult than originally planned.
Posted by:Fred

#2  ISIS is our enemy. Russia is our enemy. Russia is bombing ISIS. Trump is a traitor (sarc) because he lets Russia bomb ISIS. Calling on Congressman Cohen, Maxine Waters, and Syrian experts McCain and Nancy Pelosi to clear this up.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-07-21 08:08  

#1  Dropping bombsssssch on mcschhhhhtains friendssssssch, Trump'sssssch fault!
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-07-21 06:47  

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