Sputnik.png Syria Launches a Large-Scale Operation against the Islamic State Syrian General Staff Lt.-Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub announced the beginning of a large-scale offensive against the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations. Sputnik, Jableh, Syria, 8 October 2015 Syrian Armed Forces launched a large-scale operation against the Islamic State (ISIL) to retake occupied areas from the terrorists, Syrian General Staff Lt.-Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub said Thursday. "Today, the Syrian Armed Forces began a large-scale defensive with the goal of destroying terrorist groups and freeing regions and populated areas that have suffered from terror and crimes," Ayyoub told journalists in the Mediterranean coast city of Jableh. BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launching systems of the Syrian army shell the Islamic State forces in the border region between the Syrian provinces of Homs and Hama. See more pictures at: http://sputniknews.com/photo/20151008/1028192192/syrian-army-isil-offensive. html This step is following a week-long bombing campaign by the Russian Air Force against ISIL militants in Syria where Russia's airstrikes crippled the military capabilities of the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations, according to Ayyoub. "Strikes by the Russian Air Force has crippled the military capabilities of the Islamic State international terrorist group and other terrorist organizations," Ayyoub told journalists. Syrian Armed Forces have begun a large-scale defensive against positions of terrorist groups in order to free regions and populated areas in the country, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub said. From: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151008/1028191488/syria-launches-offensi ve-isil.html -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
