Posted on 01/26/2016 7:36:38 AM PST by Trumpinator
Syrian government troops retake Rabia, last rebel stronghold in Latakia
By Schams Elwazer
Updated 5:49 PM ET, Sun January 24, 2016
(CNN)Syrian government troops and allied militias regained control of the last major rebel-held stronghold in the western province of Latakia on Sunday, state-run SANA and a UK-based monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that over the last two days, Syria's military and loyalist militias, backed by Russian airpower, surrounded the rebel-held town of Rabia and took control of the surrounding villages.
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Just doing the work Obama will not do.
Putin isn’t fighting fair - he’s using guns and bombs against the terrorists and their supporters. Or so might say the anti-Putin crowd here at FR.
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