Two other towns in Syria under siege by Islamists

[parsa92]

With a media spotlight of sorts focused on the ongoing siege of Kobani (which has gone on for over two months now) less attention is diverted on a potential massacre in the making. Two Shia-majority villages northwest of Aleppo called Nubul and Zahra are under attack by the al-Nusra Front group who are seeking to establish their own caliphate. Given the 40,000 or so Shiite Muslims in those villages this could constitute a potential massacre in the making given what is known about such groups visceral disdain for the Shia,

Two other besieged Syrian towns we should care about The News Hub

 

[william the wie]

There are probably twice as many cases that we do not know about.

 

[parsa92]

There are probably twice as many cases that we do not know about.

Agreed.

 

[Bleipriester]

The Nusra retreated from the villages.
The Nursa terrorists were encircled and annihilated by the Syrian army.

 

[Bleipriester]

Details. The Nusras were repelled. They also launched a 10-ton suicide attack and shelled the towns with rockets. The attack was supervised by a Turkish army officer who also died. The Army operates not far from there. In the towns, the Syrian National Defense Forces and the lcoals defend the towns. The towns are under siege for a long period now.


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