Friday, October 09, 2015

War - Doomed Damscus - King of the North

My Way News - IS advances near Syria's Aleppo despite Russian strikes
My Way News reports: "Islamic State militants captured a string of villages near Aleppo on Friday in a lightning attack that brought them closer to the prized city in northern Syria, despite a major increase in Russian airstrikes that Moscow insists are targeting the extremists. [...] It comes amid a wave of intense Russian airstrikes that have targeted insurgents fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, and a ground offensive by the Syrian army in the country's central region."

My Way News - US abandons Pentagon's failed rebel-building effort in Syria
My Way News reports: "The Obama administration is overhauling its approach to fighting the Islamic State in Syria, abandoning a failed Pentagon effort to build a new ground force of moderate rebels and instead partnering with established rebel groups, officials said Friday."

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