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Assyrian International News Agency AINA
June 15 2014
Syrian Regime Forces Push Into Town on Turkish Border
Posted 2014-06-15 17:44 GMT
Syrian regime forces have pushed into Kasab, a village on the border
with Turkey, a monitoring group and state media said.
The withdrawal of most rebel forces from the village - including some
linked to al Qaeda - is another blow to an opposition that has been
undermined by recent gains by Assad's forces and by infighting.
A number of fighters stayed behind in Kasab after the departure of
most of the rebels, who included fighters from the al Qaeda-linked
Nusra Front, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said late on Saturday.
On Sunday morning, Syrian state television said government forces had
"restored stability and security" to Kasab and engineering teams were
removing mines and explosives planted by "terrorist gangs," the
government's customary term for rebels.
The Observatory said clashes in the area continued from around
midnight on Saturday night, but did not give casualty figures.
Syrian regime forces were assisted by the Lebanese Shi'ite militia
Hezbollah as well as fighters of Syrian and foreign nationality, the
Observatory said.
Rebel forces had taken Kasab, a majority Armenian Christian village,
in March, the first time they were able to capture a settlement on the
Mediterranean coast. One of Assad's cousins, a militia commander, was
killed in fighting in the area.
http://www.aina.org/news/20140615124453.htm
June 15 2014
Syrian Regime Forces Push Into Town on Turkish Border
Posted 2014-06-15 17:44 GMT
Syrian regime forces have pushed into Kasab, a village on the border
with Turkey, a monitoring group and state media said.
The withdrawal of most rebel forces from the village - including some
linked to al Qaeda - is another blow to an opposition that has been
undermined by recent gains by Assad's forces and by infighting.
A number of fighters stayed behind in Kasab after the departure of
most of the rebels, who included fighters from the al Qaeda-linked
Nusra Front, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said late on Saturday.
On Sunday morning, Syrian state television said government forces had
"restored stability and security" to Kasab and engineering teams were
removing mines and explosives planted by "terrorist gangs," the
government's customary term for rebels.
The Observatory said clashes in the area continued from around
midnight on Saturday night, but did not give casualty figures.
Syrian regime forces were assisted by the Lebanese Shi'ite militia
Hezbollah as well as fighters of Syrian and foreign nationality, the
Observatory said.
Rebel forces had taken Kasab, a majority Armenian Christian village,
in March, the first time they were able to capture a settlement on the
Mediterranean coast. One of Assad's cousins, a militia commander, was
killed in fighting in the area.
http://www.aina.org/news/20140615124453.htm