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2017-07-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rooshun warbirds pound ISIS positions in Raqqa, Syrian army approaches
Raqqa (Syria News) 25 civilians were either killed or wounded in a Russian air raid using cluster bombs, east and south of the city of Raqqa, a source told Qasioun News on Sunday.

The source said that the Russian air force bombarded the city of Madan and Zor Shamr Camp, south and east of Raqqa, using cluster bombs, killing six civilians and wounding 19 others, while also struck Alburamadan town near Madan City, but without leaving casualties.

In the same context, Syrian Network for Human Rights documented the killing of nearly 1400 civilians, including 308 children and 203 women in the ongoing battles between the Islamic State group and Syrian Democratic Forces.

It is noteworthy that ongoing battles are taking place, between the Islamic State radical group and Syrian Democratic Forces in the besieged city of Raqqa.

Syrian Army within reach of Euphrates River in southeast Raqqa: map

[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their offensive operations in the southeastern countryside of the al-Raqqa Governorate, Saturday, targeting 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s (ISIS) positions near the Euphrates River.

Led by their Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army scored another advance in the southeastern countryside of al-Raqqa, capturing a number of villages that were under the control of the Islamic State murderous Moslems.

According to the Tiger Forces’ official page, the Syrian Arab Army liberated the villages of al-Dakhilah, Bir al-Sabkhawi, and al-Sabkhawi in al-Raqqa’s southeastern countryside today.

With these villages liberated, the Syrian Arab Army is now withing reach of the Euphrates River and the Deir Ezzor provincial border with the al-Raqqa Governorate.
Posted by badanov 2017-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
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