Islamic State has advanced to within two miles of Palmyra, pushing once again to retake the Unesco world heritage city from Syrian forces while they are tied up with battles elsewhere.
Isil fighters have begun surrounding the desert city from the north, east and south before an attempt to storm it.
The Palmyra Coordination Committee, an opposition group, said the militants managed to capture several government checkpoints, a number of small villages and the al-Mahr oil fields in the past 24 hours.
As many as 50 troops were reported to have been killed in the surprise attacks. Isil later posted a video on social media of four captured soldiers handcuffed and on their knees.
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Update #1: Islamic State seizes more ground near Syria's Palmyra - monitoring group -- Reuters
Update #2: Syria war: IS edge closer to Palmyra again -- BBC
WNU editor: This war is far from over.
1 comment:
Das ist wie Operation Nordwind.
Palmyra schneidet keine syrischen Versorgungsleitungen.
Es geht nicht um große Kräfte wie Mosul, Aleppo oder andere Orte. Dies ist ein Gegrüßet seist du
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