A multi-day siege on the key Tabqa Air Base in Syria’s northern Raqqa Province has ended with an ISIS victory, and the ouster of the Syrian military from their last possession in the province.
That means ISIS now controls the entirety of Deir Ezzor and Raqqa Province, and also holds portions of Hasakah, Aleppo, Hama, and Homs. In addition, of course, ISIS controls a considerable portion of Iraq, including virtually the whole Anbar Province.
The battle began poorly for ISIS, with Syria’s military knowing the offensive was coming, ambushing the fighters en route and killing 150. The battle continued through the weekend, and ultimately over 500 were killed, including 170 troops and 346 ISIS fighters.
That ISIS lost twice as many troops and still won the battle reflects how their ability to muster huge amounts of fighters and secure thousands of new recruits monthly is enabling them to expand into even fiercely defended territory. The air base was more or less out of supply for Syria, without the ability to get more troops into the area easily to defend the site.
That gives us the opportunity to ask the Turkish government if they are going to bomb ISIS position or giving them the outmost help to conquer and kill more of the Syrian people. It is a fact that Turkish government was working as NATO/USG logistic partner supplying ISIS, now they still supplying ISIS with what Saudis/UAE paid for, like all that hundreds of Toyota Tacoma carrying all that saudis mercenaries, barbarians called ISIS.
They captured vast quantities of arms ALSO….THIS IS A DISASTER!
isis lost over 340 people….why on earth are anyone joining them….I dont get this….something seems amist here
That is what the Lame Stream Media is saying…do you believe them?
the young unemployed lads in europe get paid are given guns and are appreciated by the group, for many this is utopia.