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2018-09-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US marines conduct big drills with rebels in southern Syria

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Commandos of the Revolution or some such. Presumably non-jihadist, although names have been deceptive. Still, anything with al Shams is probably jihadist, since it's a name for the medieval-era region that incorporates a huge chunk of land, viz:

Scholars today largely agree on the bounds of the Levant, extending from the Antakya region of Turkey, through Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan and round to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Some include Cyprus, as well. This coincides exactly with the classical Arab region of Sham.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-09-14 16:16|| 2018-09-14 16:16|| Front Page Top

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