Al-Qaeda Losing Hope in Syria

The documents and proofs gained by the Iraqi army during their raids on terrorists’ positions and centers in the two key Western cities of Ramadi and Fallujah showed that al-Qaeda-linked groups are losing hope in their Arab and western supporters’ aid in Syria.
After al-Qaeda forces took over the two cities of Ramadi and Fallujah in al-Anbar province a few days ago, the Iraqi army started a series of operations and killed and arrested a large number of terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

During the raid, the Iraqi army forces could obtain some important intelligence from the detained terrorists, showing that their comrades in Syria have grown deeply disappointed at the West and Turkey due to their decreasing and slowed supports and are also furious at Saudi Arabia which has pushed them into an endless war.

Iraqi government forces battling an al-Qaeda offensive launched an air strike on the city of Ramadi on Sunday, killing 25 militants, according to local officials.

Local government officials in Western Anbar province met tribal leaders to urge them to help repel al-Qaeda-linked militants who have taken over parts of Ramadi and Falluja, strategic Iraqi cities on the Euphrates river.

The ISIL was trying to tighten its grip in the vast Sunni-dominated Anbar province in recent months in a bid to create a Sunni Muslim state straddling the frontier with Syria.

But last week’s capture of positions in Ramadi and large parts of Falluja was the first time in years that Sunni insurgents had taken ground in the province’s major cities and held their positions just for days.

Local officials and tribal leaders in Ramadi said 25 suspected militants were killed in the air force strike, which targeted Eastern areas of the city early on Sunday.