Morning Star.png Syria Smashes Isis on Liberation Day The Morning Star, London, 18 April 2016 Syria's government celebrated victories over foreign-backed terrorists yesterday, noting that they coincided with the 70th anniversary of independence from French colonial rule. Islamic State (Isis) offensives in the east of Damascus province, the south-east of Aleppo province and the city of Deir Ezzor were all thrown back over the weekend. Retired air force officer Ismael al-Atrash - whose father commanded the 1925-27 Syrian uprising against the French - compared the country's current plight with the days of colonialism, saying: "Syrians are facing a similar act of aggression perpetrated by [religious] terrorists and backed by world countries." Retired lieutenant Mahmoud al-Shaqa added: "The largest victory will be when we defeat terrorists, their supporters and all those who wish Syria ill." Netanyahu gloats Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Golan Heights, occupied since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and vowed that they would never be returned to Syria. He gloated that Syria would never return to its pre-civil war strength and vowed that he would only support moves to stabilise the country if they did not threaten Israel's "security." From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-e696-Damascus-batters-Isis-on-annivers ary-of-liberation#.VxRadPl9600> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-e696-Damascus-batters-Isis-on-anniversa ry-of-liberation#.VxRadPl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
