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ISIS nearly wiped out in central Yemen as Ansarallah forces score decisive victory
2020-09-03
...leaving all the more space for Al Qaeda to expand. Yay.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) suffered a devastating blow in central Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, as their long-time presence in the al-Bayda Governorate was put to an end by the Ansarallah Movement,

Over the last month, the Ansarallah Movement has been on the offensive against ISIS and the al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) forces, gradually capturing areas in al-Bayda that had long been occupied by the terrorist groups.

One of the final blows to ISIS in al-Bayda came when the Ansarallah Movement killed the leader of the terrorist group in Yemen; this was highlighted in a video released by the group in August.

For ISIS, they will likely resort to the use of sleeper cells in al-Bayda, which is something they currently do inside Syria, Libya, and Iraq.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently...
the Ansarallah forces are eyeing the Marib Governorate’s administrative capital, which, if captured, would be one of the most important victories for the movement since the start of the Yemeni conflict.
Posted by:Fred

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