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| Daesh loses last bargaining chip in southern Syria, SAA prepares final offensive |
| 2018-11-09 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The so-called "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.... " (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) lost their last bargaining chip in southern Syria after the government forces liberated 19 civilians held hostage by the terrorist group. The loss of these hostages could not come at a worse time for ISIS as they brace for a major assault from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies in southern Syria. For months, ISIS has used these hostages to leverage the Syrian military to halt their operations in the al-Safa region of southern Syria. The Syrian Army would halt their operations in October after it appeared ISIS was willing to handover the hostages and agree to be moved to the Badiya al-Sham region in western Deir Ezzor. ISIS repeatedly reneged on any agreements and then threaten to execute the 19 hostages; this would later prompt the Syrian Arab Army to resume their strikes on the al-Safa region. Now that the hostages are free from the ISIS terrorists, the Syrian Arab Army is preparing to launch its biggest assault on the al-Safa region. With their 4th Armored Division fully deployed to this region, the Syrian Arab Army will not likely negotiate again with ISIS unless its to secure a permanent surrender from the terrorist group. |
| Posted by:Fred |