Syria Army, Hizbullah Kill 175 Rebels in Ambush near Damascus
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More than 170 Islamist rebel fighters, including Saudis, Qataris and Chechens, were killed Wednesday in a Syrian army ambush near Damascus, state news agency SANA reported.
The attack, apparently the deadliest against the rebels for months, took place in Eastern Ghouta, a key rebel stronghold targeted in a chemical attack in August 2013 that killed hundreds of people.
SANA said an army unit "spotted Al-Nusra Front (jihadist) and Liwa al-Islam (Islamist) terrorists" near Damascus, and "killed 175 of them and wounded several others."
Saudis, Qataris and Chechens were among the dead, it said.
State television had earlier reported "dozens" killed, mostly non-Syrians, in a "well-organized ambush" following a tip-off.
The army also seized the rebels' weapons, the broadcaster said, following the regime's practice of using the term "terrorists" to refer to the armed opposition.
Al-Nusra Front is al-Qaida's official affiliate in Syria and is committed to the overthrow of President Bashar Assad and the establishment of an Islamic state.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group with a network of contacts inside Syria, confirmed that dozens were killed in the ambush.
"Dozens of Islamist fighters were killed and wounded in an ambush by loyalist troops, with the help of Hizbullah, near Otaybeh village in the Eastern Ghouta area," it said.
A government security source said most of the fighters were Jordanians or Saudis, and that they had crossed over into Syria from Jordan earlier the same day.
The source said the ambush took place at around 5:00 am (0300 GMT) and killed 156 rebels. Another 10 were taken prisoner, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Otaybeh area has seen several army ambushes in past months.
Syria's war has since March 2011 killed more than 140,000 people and forced millions more to flee.
26 February 2014, 15:47
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but popeye! i thought the SAA was finished and all combat was being done by HA's few hundred men!
obviously your theory is wrong (which is quite usual, the opposite would have been surprising), but at least have the decency to be coherent is your daily rantings.
26 February 2014, 16:20
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mowaten of iran, you keep attributing things to me) are you bored and you want to post for the sake of posting?) Show me where I said that or refrain from lying!
26 February 2014, 15:08
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Guys, the subject is bad news, how can we practice Saudi democratic ideals now? ? who will teach our generations that every non Muslim is not a human being now? Believe me its a loss for cannibalism and stone age human like creatures and their masters. And as usual Nahar net net will delete my comment as a part of the same democracy.
26 February 2014, 15:14
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says a man from a kebab shop in Australia.
Here knacker:
http://sana.sy/eng/337/2014/02/26/530202.htm
26 February 2014, 15:25
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Nobody trust sana but if they say 175 that means far less so not 575 like u stupidly pretended.
We all know u're billionnaire, Cronulla boy...
U just love to spend ur day on naharnet instead of attending Chairman of the Boards of ur multinational companies. LOL
26 February 2014, 15:33
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They knew the dead guys were Saudi, Qatari and Chechen because they all had foreign IDs on them and big signs to declare their nationalities I'm sure...
26 February 2014, 16:10
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Naharnet:
your title is wrong! it should have read:
The murderer Syrian regime and the evil terrorist Iranian militia have killed 175 Syrian.
these are baby killers!
26 February 2014, 20:06
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hahaha jerry this is so desperate it is actually endearing. baby civilians in military fatigues and tactical jackets. i suggest you refer it to the STL.
27 February 2014, 00:00
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@geha:
"The murderer Syrian regime and the evil terrorist Iranian militia have killed 175 Syrian."
yea, if u consider that Saudis, Qataris and Chechens are Syrians
26 February 2014, 16:00
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Most excellent news. A response to the bombings, magnified at least 30 fold! Impressive stuff, perhaps now they'll buzz off and stick to Syria lest they really get the taste of the Hizbullah hammer they so rightly deserve.
This is made even more satisfactory given the fact that the observatory undermines and under-reports rebel loss, casualty, and defeat, and does the opposite for the heroes who are for the destruction of takfiri terror. Meaning basically it's much more than 175, and also ammo, weapons, and possibly saudi-sanctioned missiles were captured as well. I shall drink to this.
26 February 2014, 16:14
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gabby14, geha, flamecatcher, primesuspect, please let us know if you survived this one. We need you to bring about the end of the "ASSad" regime AGAIN!!! PLEASE!
26 February 2014, 16:22
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Europeanized sunni, domesticated takfiri, what next ?
Get over ft, lebanese and syrian sunnis wont bow to assad and khamenei. We only bow to Allah...
26 February 2014, 16:23
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Armed opposition from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Chechnya... fighting in Syria and Naharnet? has an issue with these "armed groups" (wlak ya friggin 3ein) being called terrorists! PEOPLE!!!!
26 February 2014, 16:27
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I await the day when I will read ONE meaningful post, ONE counter argument, ONE credible or mature info from you,-_Flamethrower_- , but alas!
26 February 2014, 16:29
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Now for Hizbullah even babies and women are rebels. Maybe the figure includes the animals who were killed as well.
26 February 2014, 16:37
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funny to see children praising bashar when they kept saying his regime was a terrorist regime for decades... so it only means they are siding with a terrorist regime against other terrorists! LOL
no better than those they criticize even worse as they have no principles nor dignity...
as for their propaganda that M14 are sad at this news then again it shows how childish they can be... and how ignorant they are... but keeping spreading this lie makes them beleive it in the end... typical trait of fanatics...
no better than the takfiris, same bunch, different side that s all....
26 February 2014, 17:55
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lol roar dont bother with peace, he snapped a few days ago. the only words he knows now are "3aw 3aw" and "chiwawa". just give him a bone and let him be.
26 February 2014, 18:03
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lol i've been enjoying you barking the same word over and over, and not even knowing how to spell it right :)
didnt want to tell you to see how long you would take, but it seems you never will. it's chihuahua dumbo.
26 February 2014, 16:43
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Allah Yihmeek Ya Rabb Ya Flamethrower for exposing their lies. I enjoy your comments more than the articles on naharnet!
26 February 2014, 17:06
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southern : stop using the word "so called revolt" as you perfectly know the reasons of the popular uprising at the beginning... if not then go and learn your facts...
people started peaceful protests, then the army repressed those demonstrations using live ammunition, not tear gas or water like in any civilized country...
you wanted the people to stay idle at these massacres and thanking bashar for killing innocent people? LOL
then we know how it unfold little by little because of the stubborness of this regime you support....
normal then after chaos that some fanatics would come in the picture encouraged by this regime...
as you do not know what this regime is capable of! forgot what they did in 30 years in Lebanon? LOL
26 February 2014, 17:32
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1. political repression
2.uneven economy: privatization has favored families with personal links to Assad, leaving provincial Syria, later the hotbed of the uprising
3. Drought: To make matters worse, a persistent drought has devastated farming communities in north-eastern Syria, affecting more than a million people since 2008.
4.population growth
5. state violence
6. corruption
7. minority rule....
all the ingredients to encourage people to revolt encouraged by the arab spring effect...
and you still believe it was done by evil islamists? LOL
26 February 2014, 17:34
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and you are naive to compare bahrein with syria.. two very different problems... plus the ruling gvt did not massacre hundreds of innocent people... just compare the figures :)
26 February 2014, 17:43
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while we mourn each and every Lebanese who dies in the useless Syrian fighting, we cannot accept killing and assassinations of the Syrian people, and have m8 stupid guys gloat about it as an achievement.
during attacks usually the attacking force has at least double the casualties of the attacked. so do your math stupid m8.
26 February 2014, 17:51
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It's not a rate, it's an event. Thanks for trying though. And really it makes sense as a rate too, but it makes this eveny special because instead of killing this much throughout Syria in one day, they killed them in only one day in one place. So a big bonus basically. Just rememver that dozens of mercenaries enter the country daily too, so please consider this in your predictable post where try to calculate stuff lol.
26 February 2014, 18:05
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they did kill hundreds, only the people didnt take up arms and did not form terrorist groups, which prevented the casualties from skyrocketing.
26 February 2014, 19:45
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seems hezbis and the mighty syrian army are afraid of a few people carrying plastic bags so they killed them... LOL
26 February 2014, 20:08
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1- there are no chechens, saudis, qataris in ghouta. Those nationalities are mainly in ISIS and JAN and both are not present in Ghouta. I didn't see vids of those people in Damascus area.
2- I hope those people killed are fighters. Coz few weeks ago wheh Assad lost Adra, he took people off the jail, executed them and brought the cameras to show how he had killed foreign fighters.
26 February 2014, 20:15
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I guess their visas weren't in order. Good thing Hezbollah fighters have all gone through customs.
26 February 2014, 20:20
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@ ft : domesticated takfiri ? europeanized sunni ?
lik lik la reponse de la bouche meme du professeur : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2gIohVKLqQ&feature=youtu.be&t=6m35s
Assma3 l'eloquence et la repartie, t3alem...
@ boar : nothing about kebab shop, was just answering to u talking about suit shop.
26 February 2014, 23:01
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Who cares? Anyone goes to Syria to fight must be prepared to die. Even the filthy militia.
26 February 2014, 23:51
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excellent news. may allah bless the hands of those who pulled the trigger.
26 February 2014, 23:54
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"A well organised ambush" as reported by the state news agency SANA.
I saw the pictures and the video that was posted by Mowaten. I was not able to see one single weapon among the bodies nor any damaged vehicles.
Knowing how good the Syrian regime is with propaganda, it seems that these dead Takfiri fighters were prisoners of war at one time and ended up being executed.
Hizballah usually is very secretive about its operations in Syria. For SANA to mention Hizballah in its report could only mean one thing, agitate the Takfiris to seek revenge from the Hizb.
Two birds in one stone: Show the world that the Takfiris are mostly foreigners, and give reason for more suicide bombing to keep Lebanon burning as promised by Bashar.
27 February 2014, 08:05
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J'ai regardé la video diffusé sur Almanar, ça ressemble plutot à une execution massive de prisonniers. comme un scenario monté à la façon sirienne . regardez le et donnez moi votre avis..
27 February 2014, 08:40
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I don't understand how anyone can be sad about this or mistake the dead for civilians. There is video proof. It's explicit. There is no controversy here.
27 February 2014, 13:28
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ok, so if I ask u if u pray fajr, that means I mock my own religion?
Same level of logic than jews that call u antisemitic when u criticize Israel. But then for u again, a sunni that refuses Iranian hegemony is a takfiri.
U know urself that u're a liar, and a bad one with that...
U're fooling no one...
