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Offline TomSea

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Syrian forces battling Assad seek unity through the National Army
Umar Farooq

In the seven years he has fought to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, opposition forces Col. Haitham Afisi's beard has turned white and his voice has become a deep rumble.

The tall, muscular colonel, however, remains familiar to many Syrians, and someone to admire for those who oppose the Assad government.

Days after fighters under his command had joined with Turkish forces in March to wrest a corner of northwestern Syria away from rival Kurdish forces, Afisi, 58, spent some time greeting patrons at a cafe on the outskirts of Gaziantep, Turkey.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-turkey-syria-rebels-20180514-story.html

Per this article, the troops are Turk-backed, they will not like the Kurds we back, the Kurds, part of the SDF, have done more against ISIS than most anyone else per many sources. The war may well go on for quite a while yet.

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Re: Syrian forces battling Assad seek unity through the National Army
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2018, 08:36:01 pm »
Good, they should all bunch up together...then Assad can drop a barrel bomb on them.  :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud:      :silly:
« Last Edit: May 14, 2018, 08:37:16 pm by LucasWhite »