Syrian army, allies, take last IS stronghold in Syria: commander

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Reuters

Syria’s army and its allies, spearheaded by Lebanon’s Hezbollah, captured Islamic State’s last stronghold in Syria on Wednesday, a commander in the alliance said, bringing the self-declared caliphate close to complete downfall.
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Syrian state television declared “Albu Kamal is liberated”. But a war monitor, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said it was not true that Albu Kamal was taken and there was still fighting in the area.

Albu Kamal is located on the border with Iraq on the bank of the Euphrates. During the battle, Hezbollah forces entered Iraq and the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces crossed into Syria to help capture the town, the commander said.

Islamic State retains control over some areas of desert and villages nearby, as well as a town and some other villages in adjacent areas of Iraq, and in scattered pockets elsewhere in both countries.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-islamic-state/syrian-army-allies-take-last-is-stronghold-in-syria-commander-idUSKBN1D81NM

[sandensea]

1. Peace on Earth.

Goodwill to men.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Why does the U.S. continue to get called out for backing the Saudi campaign in Yemen

while Russia gets a pass for backing Assad's death troops?

[Wolf Frankula]

3. Time for the CIA to fund more "moderates" in Syria

to promote "regime change".

What would be the reaction of Americans if some foreign government announced it was going to fund, arm and train a faction in the United States to overthrow the US government and install a government of their liking?

Wolf