Official: Syrian army preparing for counterattack on Islamic State
Source: Washington Post
DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian army is deploying troops in areas near the ancient city of Palmyra in apparent preparation for a counterattack to retake it from the Islamic State militant group, an official said.
Gov. Talal Barazi of the central province of Homs, which includes Palmyra, said Sunday that Islamic State fighters have “committed mass massacres in the city of Palmyra” since they captured it Wednesday. He said militants took many civilians, including women, to unknown destinations.
Activists in the region have said that the extremists have hunted down President Bashar al-Assad’s loyalists since taking the city, killing about 280 people.
Barazi said troops are fighting with militants in the nearby Jizl area. “There are plans, but we don’t know when the zero hour for a military act in Palmyra” will come, he said.
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Will now cry out at that bully Assad.
Leave the jihadist alone!
Boggles the mind.
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