Turkish-backed rebels have captured the symbolically important Syrian town of Dabiq from ISIS - Polidicks

[quote][IMG]http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/0662/production/_91943610_rebelssyria.jpg[/IMG] The small northern town holds great value to IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle, and features heavily in its propaganda. The advance on Dabiq is part of a wider offensive by Syrian rebel groups. Ahmed Osman, the commander of the Sultan Murad rebel group, told Reuters news agency on Sunday morning that the group had also recaptured the neighbouring village of Soran.[/quote] [URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37670998"]BBC article[/URL]. [quote]"The Daesh myth of their great battle in Dabiq is finished," he told Reuters, using a pejorative name for Islamic State. An Islamic prophesy names Dabiq as the site of a battle between Muslims and infidels that will presage doomsday, a message used extensively in Islamic State's propaganda. The group also named a publication after the northwest village. However, the jihadist group has appeared to back away from Dabiq's symbolism more recently after advances by Turkey-backed rebels put the village at risk of capture, saying this battle was not the one described in the prophesy. "It seems like Daesh has mostly left the area," said a Turkish military source, but warning that the FSA groups still needed to clear landmines from the village. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war, had said Islamic State brought 1,200 fighters to defend Dabiq. [/quote] [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-dabiq-idUSKBN12G088"]Reuters article[/URL]. FSA rebels with victory sign in Dabiq. [media]https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/787575166524125184[/media] Territorial gains in past 24 hours. [media]https://twitter.com/lummideast/status/787578200574595072[/media] Sultan Murat Turkmen rebel flag risen all over Dabiq. [media]https://twitter.com/mihedisa/status/787578916424876032[/media] Strategically important town Sawran was also taken last night. [media]https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/787581992640675840[/media] ISIS had also declared Turkey and FSA are Crusaders. [media]https://twitter.com/memrijttm/status/787574434647384064[/media] FSA suffered 9 KIA's and 28 WIA's in past 24 hours in Dabiq assault. [media]https://twitter.com/GebeilyM/status/787583009587335168[/media] I will update OP as more info comes up, Dabiq liberation from ISIS had happened barely an hour ago since posting of this thread.

The operation to retake Mosul has also just commenced. It's going to be a fairly interesting month, that's for damn sure.

[quote]The Last Hour would not come until the Romans land at al-A’maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina (to counteract them).[/quote] The ranks of ISIS are engulfed in terror, as they slowly come to realize that [i]they[/i] were the Romans all along.

I updated OP with Reuters article. Also FSA-Turkey captured two more villages south of Dabiq, and [URL="https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/787605436891619328"]Al Saluniyah[/URL]. With it securing Marea from any more ISIS attacks in future. YPG still a threat however. I made a map on how FSA-Turkey can go towards Al-Bab while avoiding YPG/SDF: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nY545Y4.png[/IMG]

[quote]ISIS had also declared Turkey and FSA are Crusaders. [/quote] Deus Vult?

[QUOTE=ThatCrazyGmanV2;51210823]Deus Vult?[/QUOTE] Deus Vult.

This is good ground...I guess? So this means that Daesh has lost a major territory so now they're going nuts over it? Hope this means that Daesh loses more land and evidently loses completely. [QUOTE=Swilly;51212783]Deus Vult.[/QUOTE] I am suddenly reminded of the Crusades from Medieval II: Total War. [video=youtube;HuoLzx0mcho]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuoLzx0mcho[/video] [video=youtube;jnK56x9dfuI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnK56x9dfuI[/video]

Day after major victory in Dabiq and Sawran, FSA-Turkey had captured 7 more villages off ISIS. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xHf83Iw.png[/IMG]