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Islamic State expels Syria regime forces from Raqqa province

Jun 21, 2016 9:31 am By Robert Spencer

Nothing to be concerned about. The Pentagon assures us they’re losing, and they wouldn’t lie to us, now, would they?

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“ISIS Expels Syria Regime Forces From Raqqa Province,” AFP, June 21, 2016:

(AFP) — ISIS expelled Syrian regime troops Monday from the northern province of Raqqa in a lightning counter-offensive that killed 40 regime forces, a monitoring group said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants’ attack was launched late on Sunday following a regime offensive into the ISIS stronghold of Raqa on June 3 that advanced around 20 kilometers (12 miles) toward the town of Tabqa.

“Daesh (ISIS) has managed to drive out regime troops from the administrative borders of Raqa province after a fierce counter-offensive,” the Britain-based group said.

It said the militants had sent hundreds of reinforcements from their de facto capital of Raqa city to defend Tabqa, which has a dam and an air base, located 50 kilometers to the west.

“More than 40 members of the pro-regime forces were killed,” said the Observatory, which relies on a vast network of sources on the ground for its information.

Militant losses were unavailable….

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  1. jr says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 9:39 am

    I just read that the syrian army just took a gas field from isis in that province

    • mortimer says

      Jun 21, 2016 at 1:42 pm

      Obama’s and Hillary’s spin doctors are the dithering, deceiving dilletantes of disinformation.
      They are professionally gullible, hopelessly naïve Pollyannas who have learned nothing about JIHAD since 9/11.

      Americans are tired of their lies. Their continued lying about jihad will lose the election for Corrupt Hillary.

      • Charli Main says

        Jun 21, 2016 at 2:35 pm

        As much as I hope and pray that you are correct, I still get this sinking feeling that America´s next President will be Huma Abedin, who will be running the nation through her sock puppet Hillary Clinton.

        • Mark A says

          Jun 21, 2016 at 2:56 pm

          That is definite cause for concern. The Trump campaign should be going after Huma Abedin’s background relentlessly.

  2. Jerry says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 9:41 am

    It’s hard to see any difference between these allah thugs and the muslims wearing masks on the streets of Europe waving threatening signs. Is it just a coincidence? a “hijack”? No, it’s two manifestations of the same evil–ISLAM.

    • mortimer says

      Jun 21, 2016 at 1:35 pm

      All Muslims are supremacists. Some fight us by words and money. Others fight us with bullets and bombs. They all fight us and wish to destroy democracy and freedom.

      • Jerry says

        Jun 21, 2016 at 2:20 pm

        That’s true. Moderate muslims are a major threat to our existence, even more than the terrorists. Their whole “moderate” way of thinking is opposed to our democratic based freedoms and mindset. Which means we can’t be free in our own nation without offending them. We can’t live our way of life without them getting mad. And when muslims get mad people die. And even when they aren’t mad we get raped in every sense of the word, our kids, our women, our resources. Islam is a lose-lose situation for us. That’s why I’m sticking with Trump, as imperfect as he is. I’d rather have a one-eyed defense dog in the White House than a blind lap dog for islam.

        • Jerry says

          Jun 21, 2016 at 2:21 pm

          (the italics were an accident)

  3. Don McKellar says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 10:02 am

    ISIS, and all the strict Islamic terror groups like them, are really like a mass of black sludge that simply fills in any open space it can find and can pop in pools anywhere at any time across the Islamic world. You can’t wipe out black sludge. You can beat it back temporary, hope for the best, but it will be back and find other holes to ooze into. Your only hope is quarantine. For modern advanced civilized non-moslem countries, that means no migrants. But Obama and Merkel and Cameron really don’t understand the problem with black sludge oozing into your country. Thousands more will die and they still won’t get it. Never will.

  4. Vyx says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 10:09 am

    If the US is anti Syria, does this mean that it’s pro ISIS?

    And if we are pro ISIS, and ISIS is a terrorist group, aren’t we aiding and abetting them in Syria?

    And if we’re aiding and abetting a named terrorist group, isn’t that treason?

    /just asking

    • Don McKellar says

      Jun 21, 2016 at 11:40 am

      The Obama regime is pro ISIS Lite. The Islamist “moderates” who have been trying to topple Syria and are virtually a Lite version of ISIS, though on occasion various “moderates” have gone non-moderate and joined ISIS. Usually they take their US made weapons and supplies with them. I think that the Obama regime has finally given up on this folly. It wasn’t dozens of humiliations and failures that did it, and certainly the Obama regime didn’t undertake an education about Islam so they could understand how ridiculous their strategy was, but rather that Obama ran with his tail between his legs as soon as Putin showed up to defend Syria against both ISIS and ISIS Lite.

      So I wouldn’t call it treason, but rather an ugly stew of willful ignorance, self-deception, lying to the public, and Islamic taqiyya from the top that collided with a big side of Putin to make one really foul dinner for Obama to choke down.

  5. Jack Everett says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 10:25 am

    Obama wants ISIS to take out Assad for him but they won’t cooperate lol. Syria has always been about regime change not about terrorists America created and armed.
    It looks like the4 Pentagon needs to get off it’s ass and start looking at facts. Stop shedding so much money to the military industrial complex and start looking at the real facts on who is gaining ground in Syia and Iraq.

  6. Angemon says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 10:35 am

    And thus continues “The March of War”…

  7. Ben says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 12:09 pm

    Yeah, it’s called war. There are offensives and counteroffensives. Not surprising that ISIS was able to mount a counteroffensive near their de facto capital drawing on a large number of available fighters. No one said it was going to be a cakewalk into Raqqa or Tabqa which is just west of Raqqa. Moreover, this is Syrian regime forces which lost control of the country in the first place. If ISIS starts running over the SDF, then I’d be worried. This isn’t concerning. ISIS still has lost vast amounts of territory since it ravaged the region two years ago.

  8. Eur says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    Muslims in the West aspire to continue living here with our welfare state but also with its laws … that’s impossible. polygamy , child marriage … our systems can not handle that … One country, two , two laws … that would destroy our countries , our values ​​, culture, economic system. Having Muslims in the West is a suicide.

    • mortimer says

      Jun 21, 2016 at 1:30 pm

      What is it that a supremacist wants?
      How far will the supremacist go to get it?

  9. daniel sebold says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    ISIS took and controlled Raqqa all of last year. They blew up a beautiful Shiite mosque there, so perhaps this is just a back-and-forth conflict.

  10. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 4:01 pm

    ISIS indicates the stupidity, past and present, in our handling of them. The past includes letting them hold Mosul and passively assisting them in that by not bombing oil truck convoys to the Med because of… concerns of spilling some truck tanker loads of crude oil. It almost seems as if Obama and Valerie are on their side.

  11. Dum Spiro says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 5:09 pm

    Black (ISIS) flag explained

    Did you ever wonder about the intended meaning behind that flag?

    http://youtu.be/B-zK03nBQKI

    More people by watching this YouTube video can see how much Islamic State is like Muhammad…
    — Spero

  12. Vox Populi says

    Jun 21, 2016 at 7:14 pm

    Is there anything else that the iraki army can do more efficiently than “always running away” n

    • Angemon says

      Jun 22, 2016 at 4:47 am

      If there is, it’s asking for US financial aid.

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