"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Syrian Army Recaptures the Ghuweiran Sports City in West Al-Hasakah- Al-Masdar News

On Monday afternoon, the Syrian Arab Army’s 123rd Brigade of the 3rd Armored Division – in coordination with the 104th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard, the National Defense Forces (NDF), Al-Ba’ath Battalions (Kata’eb Al-Ba’ath), and the Sootooro Brigade (Assyrian militia) – have launched a counter-assault on the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) at the Ghuweiran Sports in the western sector of the provincial capital.
The counter-assault at the Ghuweiran Sports City began at 12:15 P.M. (Al-Hasakah Time) on Monday afternoon when the Syrian Armed Forces – in coordination with local Assyrian militias – stormed the defensive positions of ISIS, killing over 20 enemy combatants and destroying three armored vehicles mounted with anti-aircraft machine guns, while also breaching the terrorist group’s frontlines.
Finally, after an intense three hour battle with ISIS, the Syrian Armed Forces and the Assyrian militias seized full-control of the Ghuweiran Sports City, resulting in the withdrawal of all militants from the terrorist group to the Al-Taqdam District in the eastern sector of Al-Hasakah City.