By EA World View| While Syria’s military
consolidates its position between Damascus and the Lebanese border,
insurgents continued to advance on the southwestern front, taking a key
military position on Thursday. Opposition fighters claimed the hilltop position of Brigade 61, the
most significant Syrian base between Quneitra and Daraa Provinces, in
Tal al-Jabiyah. The insurgency now holds much of
Daraa Province and almost all of the Quneitra countryside, bordering the
demilitarized further establishing a “patchwork war” in which each side
claims its areas of strength. Insurgents have been pursuing the “Echo of Anfal” campaign since last
month, complementing the Anfal offensive in Latakia Province in western
Syria. The strategic importance of Quneitra is just like the importance of
other provinces in Syria—it is part of our homeland—and also that it is
close to Damascus. Our most important goals are to control the artillery
bases and the hills, from which the regime is shelling civilians; after
that we’ll liberate all the other areas. A general commanding the campaign said this week:
Rebels take key regime position in the southwest
Zaman Alwasl
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