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    KASAB BORDER GATE OPPOSITE YAYLADAGI BORDER GATE PASSES INTO HANDS OF AL-NUSRAH AND ISLAMIC FRONT

    Taraf, Turkey
    March 24 2014

    Gate Passes From Al-Asad to Al-Nusrah

    The Kasab Border Gate, which is opposite the customs gate in the
    Yayladagi district of Hatay province, has passed into the control of
    Al-Nusrah and the Islamic Front. Fighting between [Syrian] regime
    troops and militants seeking to take the border crossing continued
    until the morning hours yesterday. At approximately 0500 hours,
    the crossing passed completely into the control of Al-Nusrah and the
    Islamic Front. The militants, following clashes that had continued
    for three days, celebrated the capture of Kasab, the last remaining
    border gate in the hands of the regime, by shouting out "God is great!"

    Giving out cries of victory, the militants tore up posters of [Syrian
    President Bashar] Al-Asad. The town of Kasab, where the violent
    fighting took place, is inhabited primarily by Armenians and Alawites.

    The groups attacking the border gate, which the Syrian government
    claims had infiltrated from Turkey, were Al-Nusrah Front, which is
    Al-Qa'idah's Syrian arm, Ahrar al-Sham, which is the biggest group
    from the Salafist rebels' umbrella organization the Islamic Front,
    and Ansar al-Sham. The importance of Kasab derives from the fact of
    its being the gateway to the Latakia region, which is the stronghold
    of the Al-Asad administration, and which also includes his family's
    place of origin, Kardaha.

    Fighting Continues

    Yesterday, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
    (MIRSAD) reported that the militants were fighting with government
    forces and said: "Al-Nusrah and the other groups have attacked the
    crossing point and expelled the government forces." Reporting,
    however, that fierce fighting was continuing in the vicinity of
    the crossing point and in the nearby town of Kasab, MIRSAD noted:
    "Substantial military reinforcements have been sent to the government
    forces." MIRSAD had earlier announced that 80 people had died from the
    two sides in the clashes that broke out on Friday. A Syrian military
    source told the AFP that they had "dealt a heavy blow" to the rebels
    who had infiltrated from Turkey.

    [Translated from Turkish]



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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