Morning Star.png Syria Could Trap al-Qaida Proxies James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 9 August 2016 Syrian troops attempted to cut off Western-backed al-Qaida mercenaries pouring reinforcements into east Aleppo yesterday. The newly dubbed Levant Conquest Front (LCF) - formerly the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's Syrian branch - claimed it had repelled the army's counterattack on the Ramouseh district cement factory. Late on Sunday the force said it was sending many more troops into east Aleppo through the breach made in army lines to the south-west over the weekend in preparation to capture the rest of the city. The extremist LCF and its allies - groups openly backed by the Western powers - have been re-equipped with the latest anti-tank weapons and body armour. But the strategy could prove extremely risky. If the army succeeds in reimposing the siege, more militants would find themselves cut off in the rat-trap of the ruined eastern districts. In response Damascus is bringing in reinforcements, mainly from its reserve militia, to Aleppo to turn the tide back in the government's favour. The Iraqi paramilitary Harakat al-Nujaba group said it was sending 2,000 guerillas to Aleppo to aid the government counteroffensive. Aleppo Governor Mohammad Olabi reassured the 1.5 million residents in the government-held west of the city that vital supplies would continue to reach them despite the LCF advance cutting the main supply route. A convoy of lorries carrying food, cooking gas and petrol arrived overnight via the more circuitous route to the west of the city. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-e743-Syria-Government-forces-bid-to-sna re-ex-Nusra-fighters#.V6lmWvl9600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13931 (20160809) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d1f202%24db5ac370%2492104a50%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
