Saturday, February 6, 2016

Jihadists Have Been Reinforcing Other Rebel Groups In Aleppo Since January

An Al Nusrah Front convoy streams into Aleppo province in late January.

Long War Journal: Jihadists reinforce other rebels during key battle in Aleppo province

Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, sent a massive convoy of fighters to the Aleppo province in late January. The jihadists’ redeployment was promoted in a short video posted on Twitter. More than 100 vehicles filled with fighters streamed into the province.

It was a harbinger of the heavy fighting to come.

Bashar al Assad’s regime, backed by Russian airstrikes, Iranian-sponsored Shiite militias and Hezbollah, launched a major offensive in Aleppo earlier this month. The fight for the province is likely the most important battle in Syria since early last year, when the Jaysh al Fateh coalition, led by Al Nusrah and Ahrar al Sham (an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group) swept through the neighboring Idlib province.

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WNU Editor: It looks like the rebel groups knew only a few weeks ago that the battle for Aleppo was going to intensify

2 comments:

James said...

And they drive in parade formation with headlights on.

Jay Farquharson said...

"The Islamist rebels of Jabhat Al-Nusra (Syrian Al-Qaeda group), the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham, and Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki have begun to use child soldiers in their fight against the Syrian government forces inside the Aleppo Governorate after the latter launched a large-scale offensive to capture much of the province’s northern countryside.

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/rebels-deploy-child-soldiers-to-fight-in-northern-aleppo/ | Al-Masdar News"