Fierce fighting raged in Latakia province on Syria's coastline on Sunday, as the army pushed an advance and killed a jihadist leader, a monitoring group said. The regime deployed massive reinforcements to fight rebels in Latakia, which has strategic and symbolic significance because it is the ancestral home of President Bashar Assad's clan. Rebels positioned in remote enclaves of Latakia's mountains launched the "battle for the liberation of the Syrian coast" about two weeks ago. Poorly equipped local fighters allied themselves with the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), despite a history of poor relations. Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the army sent "massive reinforcements" to Latakia to fight the rebels and "bombed rebel areas heavily." State television said the army has reclaimed rebel positions in the province, including Kharata, Janzuriyeh, Baluta, Baruda and Hambushiyeh. But according to Abdel Rahman, "the army has only been able to secure the outskirts of some villages. The battles are ongoing and they are fierce."[[[[ "Scores of foreign (jihadist) fighters are being killed in the Latakia fighting," he told Agence France Presse. Among them was a Libyan emir or local leader of ISIS, said the Observatory. "Confirmed reports emerged of the killing of a Libyan ISIS emir while fighting in Jamusiyeh village," said the Britain-based monitoring group]]]].
[ed notes:even western sponsored front syrian observatory admits scores of foreign figthers are being killed by native syrian army..i love it...this is same front who since beggining of conflict denied any foreign figthers involved lol...
[ed notes:even western sponsored front syrian observatory admits scores of foreign figthers are being killed by native syrian army..i love it...this is same front who since beggining of conflict denied any foreign figthers involved lol...
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