Saturday, July 26, 2014

After Seizing A Major Syrian Base In The Eastern City Of Raqqa, ISIS Beheads Scores of Syrian Soldiers

Photo from www.liveleak.com

ISIS ‘Beheads Scores Of Syrian Soldiers’ After Daring Assault On Army Base (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) -- RT

Jihadist group ISIS published photos of the beheadings of soldiers and officers at a Syrian government base near the eastern city of Raqqa after rebel forces reportedly breached a stronghold that had not been captured since the start of the conflict.

Conflicting reports have emerged regarding the outcome of the attack, which began when two Saudi suicide bombers simultaneously detonated their payload at different points of the Division 17 base perimeter on Thursday.

Hours of intense firefights followed. The jihadists – who already control much of the northeastern province – attacked from the ground, while government forces used helicopters to strike back while holding fortified positions.

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More News On ISIS Over-Running The Syrian Military Base At Raqqa

Jihadists behead Syrian soldiers -- News24
Jihadists seize Syria army base, behead soldiers: NGO -- Channel News Asia
Syria conflict: Isis 'overruns' Raqqa military base -- BBC
Jihadist advance kills 85 Syrian troops -- SKY News
85 Syrian soldiers killed in offensives by IS militants -- Xinhua News
Isis Behead Assad Soldiers After Overrunning Syrian Army Base -- IBTimes
UN 'may include' Isis on Syrian war crimes list -- BBC
UN official calls ISIS commanders war crimes suspects -- Deutsche Welle

My Comment: The military equipment that ISIS was able to seize from the Iraq army last month appears to be making a difference .... Islamic State uses high grade captured weapons to fight Assad troops in Syria -- The Telegraph

4 comments:

James said...

I don't see any blood in the above photo.

oldfatslow said...

Looks like the tacit
agreement between the
Syrians and ISIS to
fight non-ISIS Sunnis
may be over. Does this
now mean that ISIS will
be going head to head
(groan) with Hezbollah?

ofs

oldfatslow said...
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War News Updates Editor said...

ISIS beats according to their own drum.