Islamic State raises flags over towns in Daraa after fierce battles

Tué par Liwaa Chouhada al-Yarmouk - comme l’indique l’article, soit la branche de Da’ich aux confins du Golan sous occupation israélienne et de la Jordanie.
Du coup, après cette percée en territoire rebello-al-Qaïdesque au sud (prise de Tasil et Adwan), Da’ich s’approche de la ville de Sheikh Maskin, sous contrôle du régime et menace le nord de Deraa :

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La chose « amusante » est que ce groupe, désormais filiale de Da’ich, a fait autrefois partie de la coalition du « Front du Sud » et a donc reçu directement l’aide des Occidentaux et des pétromonarchies via la Jordanie.
Il avait aussi très probablement obtenu l’aide des Israéliens à travers la ligne du Golan - sachant par ailleurs que c’est ce même groupe qui avait procédé au kidnapping de casques bleus philippins en 2013 sur le Golan... :
▻http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/liwa-shuhada-al-yarmouk-history-and-analysis

At the time, Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk seemed keen to assure outsiders of its supposedly good intentions, even telling the Times of Israel that the group’s quarrel was only with Assad regime and praising Israeli medical treatment for refugees. [...]
In July, Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk announced participation in the “Umm al-Ma’arak” (“Mother of Battles”) to capture Nawa from regime forces, though that operation was ultimately unsuccessful. At this point, Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk’s nationalist rebel affiliations were still apparent, and in October the group joined a coalition of 50 southern formations embodied in the “Revolution Leadership Council- Southern Region. ” In a show of military strength, a video emerged in November 2013 of a large military parade held by Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk. At the time, Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk’s leader Ali al-Baridi (nickname: al-Khal) claimed that the group’s control of territory extended from the area of Tel Shehab (near the border with Jordan) to the occupied Golan.
Moving into 2014, Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk continued to participate in rebel operations, being one of the declared participants alongside Jabhat al-Nusra and other brigades in the “Hold fast to God’s rope entirely and don’t separate” battle announced in late February to capture strategic positions between Deraa and Quneitra. In that same month, Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk was also one of the declared components of the ‘Southern Front’ initiative backed by the West and Gulf states. At the end of April, the brigade along with some other groups announced a new offensive to take Tel al-Jumu’ and other areas to the south of Nawa, though that came to nothing as an identical initiative with more participants including Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk was announced in June.

Even at this point, Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk’s public affiliations were ostensibly clear in its appearance as a signatory to a statement signed by 54 southern groups affirming respect for human rights and democracy: as per the third clause, “We fight so that Syrian men and women may choose a free and democratic system that establishes a prosperous state respecting the aspirations of Syrians in the freedom and dignity for which they have fought.”

#orient_compliqué

Un tag qui pourrait bien avoir du succès, @reka, avec celui de #catastrophe_arabe :(
Article de Middle east eye sur cette avancée de Da’ich-Liwaa al-Yarmouk contre al-Nusra/Ahrar al-Cham :
Islamic State raises flags over towns in Daraa after fierce battles / MEE
▻http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/fighters-take-over-rural-towns-west-daraa-2084156366#sthash.xvGcFHW7.