Morning Star.png Syria Set to Liberate Another Town The Morning Star, London, 31 March 2016 Syrian troops and militia fighters launched what could be their final push to liberate the town of al-Qaryatayn from Islamic State (Isis) yesterday. Three army brigades, backed by the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Qalamoun Shield and Desert Hawks militias - attacked Isis positions in orchards outside the town. Capturing the orchards would leave Isis, which has occupied the town for seven months, penned in on three sides. Al-Qaryatayn, which has a sizeable Christian population, lies to the west of the recently liberated city of Palmyra. Western block Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said yesterday that she was "not so much surprised as disappointed" that Western nations had blocked a UN security council motion welcoming Palmyra's recapture. Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said demands by Western-backed opposition factions for a "transitional body with full executive powers" to govern the country were "illogical and unconstitutional." From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-61d0-Pro-Assad-forces-try-to-oust-Isis -from-town#.VvytxuJ9600> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-61d0-Pro-Assad-forces-try-to-oust-Isis- from-town#.VvytxuJ9600 -- -- 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.
