Fighters wrest town in Idlib from Syrian forces

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I guess we will be hearing about all the fighting among the groups trying to gain back territory it lost.


Fighters wrest town in Idlib from Syrian forces
Soldiers' retreat from Ariha in country's northwest gives coalition called Fattah Army control of Idlib province.

Diana Al Rifai | 29 May 2015 20:33 GMT | War & Conflict, Middle East, Syrian crisis, Syria

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Many families fled after the Fattah Army captured Ariha, afraid of government's reaction to its loss [Reuters]
Doha, Qatar - Syrian fighters have seized the last government-controlled town in the country's northwestern province after government forces retreated to their coastal bases, according to activists and a monitoring group.

A Syrian coalition known as the Fattah Army seized the town of Ariha on Thursday, giving the group full control of Idlib province.

The Fattah Army is made up of several armed groups, notably the Nusra Front.

Hadi al-Abdallah, a Syrian activist reporting from Ariha, told Al Jazeera that dozens of Syrian soldiers were killed in the clashes.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/fighters-wrest-town-idlib-syrian-forces-15
 
Wonderful, I am sure you are ecstatic that Al Qaeda is winning.
 
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