Posted on 03/04/2015 10:27:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which does not approve of most of what it observes the Assad regime doing, said that “after three days of clashes, regime forces bolstered by fighters from Arab tribes had secured control over 23 villages in the center of the [northeastern Hassakeh] province from ISIS. Syria’s official news agency SANA put the number at 31.”
The offensive will reportedly continue until the Syrian government controls “the main road linking the provincial capital Hassakeh and the city of Qamishli.” ISIS is reportedly launching counterattacks against regime checkpoints.
Meanwhile, the Kurdish YPG has teamed up with Arab tribes to fight ISIS near the village of Tal Tamr, the Assyrian Christian town at the heart of the ISIS offensive that led to hundreds of Christians being taken hostage, using artillery to draw the Islamic State’s fighters out of their positions so they can be hit by U.S. air strikes. The Kurds are also using “attack and retreat” operations against ISIS near the town of Tal Brak. Thus far, Islamic State forces have resisted these efforts to expose their positions and take them out from the air, leaving Hassakeh province split between ISIS, the Assad regime, and Kurdish militia, in the Daily Star’s estimation.
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these are the guys who are gonna conquer Rome??
The enemy of our enemy is our...enemy.
RE: these are the guys who are gonna conquer Rome??
Their PR and cruelty and ability to strike fear worldwide via social media is better than their military.
One needs a score card to see Who’s on first, What’s on second and I Don’t Know is on third!
then try and figure who Obama supports.
They have a brtter chance of conquering Whats Left....of the world .....once the iranians give em nukes
I wanna see heads rolling down main street Tal Tamr.
If they’re muslim...Barry supports them.
More or less, the Kurds are the only “good guys”. They should be given that country as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve always thought Assad was the far better of a bad set of options.
Just wait until Obama finds out ,you’ll be sorry ,there will be consequences ,LOL
What a terrible choice...
One one hand, we have Assad who’s backed by Iran and Hezbollah.
On the other hand, we have ISIS - which is the cream of the crop of Sunni extremists in the Middle East.
There’s really not a good side to root for. Hopefully, they’ll keep killing off one another.
Obama backs the ones who are killing Christians. Assad and the Kurds aren’t and should be supported.
It’s beginning to seem almost as if it’s the US-SaudiArabia-ISIS against civilization.
Assad stirred this whole thing up, sponsored by Russia and Iran.
The Syrians helped blow up our Marines.
The only reason Assad is still standing is because of coalition airstrikes. In the long term, I don’t know if he can stay the leader since coalition partners like Jordan don’t like the guy.
Assad is better than ISIS but because of what Assad has done, he may not be able to survive nonetheless.
perhaps they will have support form the iranian navy....
Classic...I was fortunate enough to catch that line!
Barry has a soft heart for the most radicals of them all... Not sure if Barry was ganged raped as a kid or seem to be fine in that kind of environment.
Indeed, Assad puts portraits of himself in bedrooms declaring him as a god. This whole narcissism stirs the pot of war and radicalism.
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