Morning Star.png Syrian Army Drives ISIS Back, Surrounds Nusra James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 11 March 2016 The Syrian army liberated a swathe of territory from Islamic State (Isis) in southern Aleppo province yesterday, in the race for the extremists' stronghold Raqqa. Troops captured seven villages east of Khanasser, bringing the total in the previous 24 hours to 13. And in the south, near Damascus, the army surrounded a pocket of al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front extremists in east Ghouta, isolating them from the main territory of the "moderate" Army of Islam. Al-Masdar News reported that the army had shifted the focus of its anti-Isis offensive from the deep advance to capture Tabqah airfield to the southern shore of Lake Jaboul, in an attempt to cut the supply line from Raqqa to north Aleppo. Palmyra, Raqqa, Deir Ezzor Elsewhere, government forces were reported to be encamped west of the ancient city of Palmyra, where Russian air strikes hit anti-government positions. The liberation of Palmyra would clear the road to the Isis-besieged city Deir Ezzor and Raqqa, the prize coveted by the US-led Middle Eastern coalition. Meanwhile, the Kurdish YPG militia, backed by the US and Russians , has launched a new offensive to extend its zone of control southwards towards Raqqa. And in north Aleppo, a coalition of insurgent groups have made modest advances against Isis in the past week with artillery support from the Turkish army, capturing villages including Doudyan. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-9f51-Syria-Assad-army-drives-Islamic-St ate-out-of-seven-villages#.VuJMNvl9600 -- -- 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.
