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Total defeat of ISIS is near
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Thanks Trump!
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Date: October 15, 2017 01:26PM
Obama said that it would take a commitment of 10,000s of US troops for years.
Guess not...
Thanks Trump!
ISIS facing imminent collapse in Syria's Raqqa
Associated Press Published 12:32 p.m. ET Oct. 14, 2017
BEIRUT — Syrian government forces and their allies on Saturday said they seized the town of Mayadeen, an Islamic State stronghold in the country’s east, in a major gain in the race for territories previously held by the militant group.
The announcement came as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said they were in the “final” battle for control of Raqqa, the ISIS' de facto capital and the symbol of the group’s reign of terror. However, officials with the Kurdish-led SDF said it could be hours or days before ISIS is uprooted from the city, to the north of Mayadeen.
Over the past months, Mayadeen had become a refugee for the IS leadership from Syria and Iraq as its self-proclaimed caliphate crumbled.
The town, on the western bank of the Euphrates River, was also a major node in the race for control of the oil-rich eastern Deir el-Zour province that straddles the border with Iraq.
SDF has steadily been making a bid for areas in the province, securing territory to the east of the river as the U.S.-backed offensive focused on the Iraq border area, still controlled by ISIS.
As the Syrian government launched its Deir el-Zour offensive in September, the U.S.-backed forces diverted some fighters from Raqqa toward Deir el-Zour to secure the Iraqi border. This prompted the government troops and allied militiamen to push south to Mayadeen, finally securing the town on Saturday.
The fall of Mayadeen would strangle ISIS militants in the city of Deir el-Zour, cutting their supply route from the south and the desert.
The pro-government Al-Ikhbariya TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that ISIS’ defenses in Mayadeen collapsed on Saturday, with troops chasing last ISIS fighters out of town as corps of engineers cleared land mines.
Rami Abdurrahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops, backed by Shiite militias, have control of the town but are still combing it for militants.
With ISIS under fire in Deir el-Zour and Raqqa, the only remaining urban stronghold still in the militants’ hand is Boukamal, a strategic border town that had linked ISIS territory in Syria and Iraq.
Meanwhile, the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said the ISIS militants were putting up a desperate fight in its few remaining neighborhoods in Raqqa, spokesman Mustafa Bali, said. The U.S. coalition said about 85% of Raqqa was now controlled by the SDF.
Scores of civilians were seen in a video that surfaced Friday leaving Raqqa in desperate and terrified condition. They emerged from destroyed districts, some of them collapsing on the ground in exhaustion as they arrive to a Kurdish-held area of the city, in haunting scenes reflecting their years-old ordeal. Earlier this week, U.S. officials said an estimated 4,000 civilians are believed still trapped in the city.
Omar Alloush, a local Raqqa official, told The Associated Press on Friday that about 100 ISIS militants surrendered at once.
Guess not...
Thanks Trump!
ISIS facing imminent collapse in Syria's Raqqa
Associated Press Published 12:32 p.m. ET Oct. 14, 2017
BEIRUT — Syrian government forces and their allies on Saturday said they seized the town of Mayadeen, an Islamic State stronghold in the country’s east, in a major gain in the race for territories previously held by the militant group.
The announcement came as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said they were in the “final” battle for control of Raqqa, the ISIS' de facto capital and the symbol of the group’s reign of terror. However, officials with the Kurdish-led SDF said it could be hours or days before ISIS is uprooted from the city, to the north of Mayadeen.
Over the past months, Mayadeen had become a refugee for the IS leadership from Syria and Iraq as its self-proclaimed caliphate crumbled.
The town, on the western bank of the Euphrates River, was also a major node in the race for control of the oil-rich eastern Deir el-Zour province that straddles the border with Iraq.
SDF has steadily been making a bid for areas in the province, securing territory to the east of the river as the U.S.-backed offensive focused on the Iraq border area, still controlled by ISIS.
As the Syrian government launched its Deir el-Zour offensive in September, the U.S.-backed forces diverted some fighters from Raqqa toward Deir el-Zour to secure the Iraqi border. This prompted the government troops and allied militiamen to push south to Mayadeen, finally securing the town on Saturday.
The fall of Mayadeen would strangle ISIS militants in the city of Deir el-Zour, cutting their supply route from the south and the desert.
The pro-government Al-Ikhbariya TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that ISIS’ defenses in Mayadeen collapsed on Saturday, with troops chasing last ISIS fighters out of town as corps of engineers cleared land mines.
Rami Abdurrahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops, backed by Shiite militias, have control of the town but are still combing it for militants.
With ISIS under fire in Deir el-Zour and Raqqa, the only remaining urban stronghold still in the militants’ hand is Boukamal, a strategic border town that had linked ISIS territory in Syria and Iraq.
Meanwhile, the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said the ISIS militants were putting up a desperate fight in its few remaining neighborhoods in Raqqa, spokesman Mustafa Bali, said. The U.S. coalition said about 85% of Raqqa was now controlled by the SDF.
Scores of civilians were seen in a video that surfaced Friday leaving Raqqa in desperate and terrified condition. They emerged from destroyed districts, some of them collapsing on the ground in exhaustion as they arrive to a Kurdish-held area of the city, in haunting scenes reflecting their years-old ordeal. Earlier this week, U.S. officials said an estimated 4,000 civilians are believed still trapped in the city.
Omar Alloush, a local Raqqa official, told The Associated Press on Friday that about 100 ISIS militants surrendered at once.
Re: Total defeat of ISIS is near
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Trump hates Americans
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Date: October 15, 2017 01:28PM
Has trump tweeted about those 4 american heroes that were killed in Africa yet?
Re: Total defeat of ISIS is near
Posted by:
Best you could do huh
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Date: October 15, 2017 01:36PM
Trump hates Americans Wrote:
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> Has trump tweeted about those 4 american heroes
> that were killed in Africa yet?
I'm sorry that your butt hurts.
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> Has trump tweeted about those 4 american heroes
> that were killed in Africa yet?
I'm sorry that your butt hurts.
Re: Total defeat of ISIS is near
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Grs4y5jr
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Date: October 15, 2017 01:42PM
Best you could do huh Wrote:
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> Trump hates Americans Wrote:
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> > Has trump tweeted about those 4 american heroes
> > that were killed in Africa yet?
>
>
> I'm sorry that your butt hurts.
I'm sorry trump doesn't care about the men and women who defend our country.
And it sounds like you don't either
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> Trump hates Americans Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Has trump tweeted about those 4 american heroes
> > that were killed in Africa yet?
>
>
> I'm sorry that your butt hurts.
I'm sorry trump doesn't care about the men and women who defend our country.
And it sounds like you don't either
Re: Total defeat of ISIS is near
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Go with what ya got bro
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Date: October 15, 2017 01:47PM
Grs4y5jr Wrote:
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> Best you could do huh Wrote:
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> > Trump hates Americans Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Has trump tweeted about those 4 american
> heroes
> > > that were killed in Africa yet?
> >
> >
> > I'm sorry that your butt hurts.
>
>
> I'm sorry trump doesn't care about the men and
> women who defend our country.
>
> And it sounds like you don't either
Sounds like that was the only way that you could (stupidly) think of to criticize Trump.
Which you're compelled to do to try to ease that butt pain.
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> Best you could do huh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Trump hates Americans Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Has trump tweeted about those 4 american
> heroes
> > > that were killed in Africa yet?
> >
> >
> > I'm sorry that your butt hurts.
>
>
> I'm sorry trump doesn't care about the men and
> women who defend our country.
>
> And it sounds like you don't either
Sounds like that was the only way that you could (stupidly) think of to criticize Trump.
Which you're compelled to do to try to ease that butt pain.