[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) foiled a new attempt by 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) to cross the Euphrates River and enter their territory in southeastern Deir Ezzor.
According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army spotted a group of Islamic State gunnies trying to cross the Euphrates River near the key city of Albukamal this morning.
As soon as the terrorist combatants were spotted, the Syrian Arab Army opened fire on the Islamic State fighters in order to prevent their escape from the Baghouz area of southeastern Deir Ezzor.
The source said that the Islamic State group consisted of more than 15 fighter; they were either eliminated during the attempted escape or retreated back towards the Baghouz area.
The Islamic State has been trying to break out of the Baghouz Mountains for nearly a week now; however, intense pressure from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and U.S. Coalition has ultimately forced them to make desperate attempts to escape across the Euphrates.