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03-27-2016, 05:45 PM
Syrian troops drive ISIS from Palmyra
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Syrian government forces backed by Russian airstrikes drove Islamic State fighters from Palmyra on Sunday, ending the group's 10-month reign of terror over a town whose famed 2,000-year-old ruins once drew tens of thousands of visitors each year.
Government forces had been on the offensive for nearly three weeks to try to retake the central town, k**wn among Syrians as the "Bride of the Desert," which fell to the extremists last May. Their advance marks the latest in a ****** of setbacks for ISIS, which has come under mounting pressure on several fronts in Iraq and Syria in recent months.
Gen. Ali Mayhoub an**unced on state TV that that the fall of Palmyra "directs a fatal blow to Daesh, undermines the morale of its mercenaries, and ushers in the start of its defeat and retreat," referring to ISzis by its Arabic acronym. He said it lays the ground for further advances toward Raqqa, the IS group's de facto capital, and Deir el-Zour, an eastern city it largely controls. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/palmyra-isis-recovery/)
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Syrian government forces backed by Russian airstrikes drove Islamic State fighters from Palmyra on Sunday, ending the group's 10-month reign of terror over a town whose famed 2,000-year-old ruins once drew tens of thousands of visitors each year.
Government forces had been on the offensive for nearly three weeks to try to retake the central town, k**wn among Syrians as the "Bride of the Desert," which fell to the extremists last May. Their advance marks the latest in a ****** of setbacks for ISIS, which has come under mounting pressure on several fronts in Iraq and Syria in recent months.
Gen. Ali Mayhoub an**unced on state TV that that the fall of Palmyra "directs a fatal blow to Daesh, undermines the morale of its mercenaries, and ushers in the start of its defeat and retreat," referring to ISzis by its Arabic acronym. He said it lays the ground for further advances toward Raqqa, the IS group's de facto capital, and Deir el-Zour, an eastern city it largely controls. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/palmyra-isis-recovery/)
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