ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)

Sep 19, 2016
Yesterday at 7:40 AM
... and most recently a pro-Government Twitter account has said ISIL after the bombing took over the base which is marked below (in a very old "peto lucem" which is otherwise unrelated) as
"HQ 137th Artillery Base"
close to the airport (marked as "Deir Ezzor Airbase") ... that account posted ISIL pictures (I wouldn't!) showing a clear view of the airport (from what I figured, Turdah Mountain overlooks the town of Deir Ezzor):
related is the most recent map I found showing the Deir Ezzor Perimeter:
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(should be "clickable"; it's
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Sunday at 5:24 PM
"British ... are pounding Islamic State targets ahead of a major offensive by Iraqi security forces next month to recapture the key northern city of Mosul from IS ..." inside MilitaryTimes article
UK: British warplanes bomb ISIS to support Iraqi push on Mosul
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seems to support somebody's conjecture I posted in https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...o-oped-no-politics.t6913/page-425#post-414069
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... also "The Pentagon is preparing to send up to 600 additional U.S. troops to Iraq as part of a “final increase” in support for the upcoming invasion of the Islamic State group’s stronghold in Mosul, Iraq’s prime minister said Wednesday." etc. inside MilitaryNews article dated from today
U.S. prepares to send 'final increase' of American forces to Iraq
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Sunday at 2:41 PM
pro-Government Twitter getting ready for
A Northern Hama Offensive
for example
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... in the meantime, Government lost "Airstrip" marked in the top in the map below (vid available), more to the right in the map are Maan and Kawkab lost recently (https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...o-oped-no-politics.t6913/page-437#post-416956), so I'm guessing "Qarah" in the middle is By
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I would've thought chlorine was found cumbersome during WWOne :) not By
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Meanwhile back in Aleppo, the SAA and Al Quds have again occupied the Handarat refugee camp.
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Hopefully this time it is permanent.

In addition (a front largely forgotten at present) the SAA have taken quite a bit of high ground from ISIS in East Homs

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