When the P.B.'s air support was in place, there was no longer any suspense in the battle.
Two Griffin-1s and eight Little Gazelles, adding up to more than a hundred missiles...
Bear in mind that ISIS was responsible for the ambush with a total of around four hundred men, and another seventy or eighty had fled with Amal.
They say urban warfare is tough, but it depends on how you fight and whether the boss is willing to spend the money.
Civilians are an issue, but so what?
After Amal and some of his men evacuated, P.B.'s air force arrogantly blockaded all the roads in the residential area. Any non-P.B. person who took to the streets with a gun would have machine gun bullets and even missiles seeking them out.