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2019-05-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrian Army’s first major push to capture key mountaintop town ends in disaster

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Posted by Fred 2019-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top
File under: al-Nusra

#1 only a few miles from the Turkish border

it is really a small village about 2600 feet above sea level, rugged terrain, probably lots of caves too

Posted by lord garth 2019-05-13 08:13|| 2019-05-13 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Kabani, Syria
pop~2000(est?) with added jihadists withstood an assault by an armored division.

Some inflation here I think.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-13 10:31|| 2019-05-13 10:31|| Front Page Top

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