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The leader of one of Syria’s most prominent rebel units died early Monday of shrapnel wounds sustained during shelling by government troops last week, his group said.
The death of Abdul-Qadir Saleh, founder of the Tawhid Brigade, was another blow to the rebels, reeling from a series of recent battlefield losses to President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces.
Burmese army soldiers entered Namlim Pa, a village of about 2300 residents that include IDPs and school children, by firing gunshots on Nov 16 at about 4:30 pm, reported a local source. The soldiers then surrounded Namlim Pa IDP Camp and a school located inside the village. About 700 school children and 34 teachers are among the residents being surrounded by Burmese army soldiers.
Namlim Pa village originally had a total population of about 700. About 1000 IDPs from surrounding villages in Mansi Township arrived in Namlim Pa after renewed battles began in KIA’s 12th and 27th Battalion areas in mid-October. The latest round of military clashes led to the rise in the number of IDP population to about 1500.
War continues between rival jihadists groups in Syrian regions subtracted by control of regular forces.
Six rebels of Al Hijra Ila Allah group have been executed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) qaedists militiamen in Latakia province.
The afghan security forces in the last 24 hours conducted several cleansing operations in the provinces of the country killed 37 armed insurgents the other day.
The Syrian army continues to gain more ground in its fight against foreign-backed militants in several areas across the country.
On Thursday, the Syrian army regained full control of Jabal Maheen al-Kabir area in the eastern countryside of Homs, following clashes with foreign-backed militants.