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    Press TV, Iran
    June 15 2014

    Militants escape Kasab near Turkey border


    Foreign-backed and Takfiri militants have fled the strategic town of
    Kasab in northwestern Syria following the army presence in the area.

    The militants, mostly from the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, withdrew
    from the Armenian town near the Turkish border on Saturday.

    The withdrawal came after tanks of the Syrian army took position in
    the nearby villages signaling an impending attack.

    The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants
    left behind "only a small number" of their men.

    The militants are said to have pulled back to their strongholds in the
    rural mountainous region of Jabal al-Akrad.

    Kasab's liberation is strategically important as the town is located
    near the only border crossing with Turkey in the Latakia province.

    The militants took control of the mostly Armenian-populated town last March.

    Meanwhile, units of the Syrian army made major gains in their battles
    against militants elsewhere in the country.

    The Britain-based observatory said on Friday that at least 130,000
    people have been forced out of their homes since late April.

    The group added that Takfiri militants of the Islamic State of Iraq
    and the Levant (ISIL) were preventing food and medical supplies from
    reaching some neighborhoods of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria.

    Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since March 2011. Over
    160,000 people have reportedly been killed and millions displaced due
    to the violence fueled by the foreign-backed militants.

    According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies --
    especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey -- are supporting the
    militants operating inside Syria.


    From: Baghdasarian
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