Levant crisis - III

[svenkat]

https://sofrep.com/63764/us-special-forces-sabotage-white-house-policy-gone-disastrously-wrong-with-covert-ops-in-syria/

“Nobody believes in it. You’re like, ‘****** this,’” a former Green Beret says of America’s covert and clandestine programs to train and arm Syrian militias. “Everyone on the ground knows they are jihadis. No one on the ground believes in this mission or this effort, and they know they are just training the next generation of jihadis, so they are sabotaging it by saying, ‘****** it, who cares?’”

“I don’t want to be responsible for Nusra guys saying they were trained by Americans,” the Green Beret added. A second Special Forces soldier commented that one Syrian militia they had trained recently crossed the border from Jordan on what had been pitched as a large-scale shaping operation that would change the course of the war. Watching the battle on a monitor while a drone flew overhead, “We literally watched them, with 30 guys in their force, run away from three or four ISIS guys.”

[Yagnasri]

The German Army was questioned by the west for accepting the Nazi rulers orders without protest. Maybe in future someone will ask US Army men and women similar questions. If it good that some sense remain in US forces.

[Singha]

Sarmat and rubezh and bulava...lots of them

Bbc

Russia has suspended an agreement with the US on the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium, the latest sign of worsening bilateral relations.
In a decree, President Vladimir Putin accused the US of creating "a threat to strategic stability, as a result of unfriendly actions" towards Russia.
Moscow also set pre-conditions for the US for the deal to be resumed.
Under the 2000 deal, each side is supposed to get rid of 34 tonnes of plutonium by burning it in reactors.
It is part of cuts to nuclear forces.

The US state department said the combined 68 tonnes of plutonium was "enough material for approximately 17,000 nuclear weapons". Both sides had reconfirmed the deal in 2010.
'We fulfilled our duties'
In Monday's decree (in Russian), President Putin said Russia had to take "urgent measures to defend the security of the Russian Federation".
In April, Mr Putin said the US was failing to fulfil its obligations to destroy plutonium. Instead, he argued, the US reprocessing method allowed plutonium to be extracted and used again in nuclear weapons.
Both sides had agreed to build special facilities for disposing of the surplus plutonium.
"We fulfilled our duties, we built that enterprise. But our American partners did not," Mr Putin said.
The US rejected that claim, insisting that its disposal method did not violate the agreement.
Also on Monday, President Putin submitted a bill (in Russian) to parliament setting a series of pre-conditions for the US for the agreement to be resumed, including:
reduction of US military infrastructure and troops in countries that joined Nato after 1 September 2000
lifting of all US sanctions against Russia and compensation for the damage they have caused
The US - as well as the European Union - imposed a series of sanctions against Russia following the annexation by Moscow of Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula in 2014, and Russia's support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Tensions between Washington and Moscow rose further last month over Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, which some have described as a "war crime".
Russian planes are helping Syrian government forces to hit rebel groups, some of which are supported by the US and its Gulf Arab allies.
Russia is currently modernising its nuclear arsenal.

[Austin]

Make a good read on how they are manipulating stuff to throw Assad

Inside the Shadowy PR Firm That’s Lobbying for Regime Change in Syria

http://www.alternet.org/world/inside-sh ... ange-syria

[Austin]

Obama Administration 'Did Everything' to Destroy Trust Between Russia, US

Read more: https://en.ria.ru/politics/20161003/104 ... trust.html

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The Obama administration did everything to destroy the atmosphere of trust which could foster [bilateral] cooperation," the ministry said.

As an example, the ministry cited the so-called Magnitsky Act which initiated "an unprecedented sanction pressure on our country on far-fetched pretexts."

[Singha]

Baghdad: ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to be "seriously ill" after having his "food poisoned by an assassin", a media report today said.

Meals prepared for Baghdadi and three other commanders of the terrorist organisation were allegedly poisoned in Nineveh's Be'aaj district, the Daily Mail reported today.

It quoted an Iraqi news agency as saying that four militants, including Baghdadi, were suffering from "severe poisoning" and "have been transferred to an unknown location under strict measures".

ISIS has reportedly launched a campaign of arrests to track down those responsible for poisoning the food.

The identities of the three other commanders is unknown.

[Dipanker]

U.S. Suspends Talks With Russia on Syria

WASHINGTON — The United States formally suspended talks with Russia about the protracted Syria conflict on Monday because of the Russian military’s role in the assault on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

The United States also shelved plans with Russia for the joint military targeting of jihadists in Syria, the State Department said in a statement.

[Singha]

Haidar Sumeri ‏@IraqiSecurity
Horrific:

Reports of a massacre in N. #Iraq. 31 prisoners reportedly forced to dig their own graves and were buried alive by Da'ish gunmen.



Haidar Sumeri
Sep 30
Haidar Sumeri ‏@IraqiSecurity
25 Da'ish militants had their ears cut off by their superiors in Mosul for fleeing from battle. French+Chinese nationals among the punished.

[Singha]

Baghdadi food poisoning is a paki type cover story to hide the fact he has no courage to stay and command his legions to defend mosul

Instead he has run away to a safer place

[Suresh S]

The German Army was questioned by the west for accepting the Nazi rulers orders without protest. Maybe in future someone will ask US Army men and women similar questions. If it good that some sense remain in US forces.

+1
Except for the second world war which may be justified (and even there questions can be asked) US has fought in 200 odd wars and all of them attacking someone or other. Than they celebrate their wonderful forces and veterans day etc and u are supposed to say wonderful things about the veterans.
And coming from a former veteran who thankfully woke up- they are nothing but criminals taking part in criminal wars and they should refuse to obey orders.

[habal]

Baghdadi food poisoning is a paki type cover story to hide the fact he has no courage to stay and command his legions to defend mosul

Instead he has run away to a safer place

baghdadi died a few months ago and I am sure isis is done grieving for him.

[Singha]

the victims buried alive were due to using social media and other "thoughtcrimes"

in hama a 13 yr old boy was executed by jund al aqsa for apostasy. I am not expert on names. could be alawi or shia perhaps not that it matters, as anyone is game for wajb ul qatl

[Austin]

Russia deploying S-300Vx anti-missile system in Syria

EXCLUSIVE: Russia deploys anti-missile system to Syria as tensions reach new heights, US officials say

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/04 ... s-say.html

[Singha]

they need a few such systems in the major areas with an eye to the future

and probably let israel know its no more welcome in syrian skies...

[Austin]

Israel has stopped strikes against Syrian except for some skirmish near Golan Heights once RuAF deployed itself and S-400 system.

Previously I recollect IsAF would strike deep inside Syria against ammo dump or missile system and would claim they did so because it was meant to be supplied to Hizbollah .......strangely now they dont find such reason to strike SAA.

[Austin]

40 Million Russians To Take Part In "Nuclear Disaster" Drill, Days After US General Warns Of War With Moscow

[Austin]

Note how a single Chinese C-802 missile struck a UAE ships and completely destroyed it



Post Hit

[Gyan]

Re Singha, as an avid follower of Syrian War, I was wondering as to what's yr opinion about the Geopolitical reason for the mess. My guess:-

Qatar, USA, turkey floated Rebels to take over Syria and lay a GAS pipeline for European consumers from Qatar to Turkey through Syria.

Saudis ostensibly floated Daesh to oppose Assad also but in reality they are ANTI-GAS lobby and also want to disrupt oil production in Iraq, LIbya etc. They bought US and Turkish politicians through Bribes. There is huge lobby in USA which wants to keep Crude oil prices high.

Russia got involved to protect its Gas exports and Iran due to Civilizational threat of Sunni War.

So it might be Sunni, Protestant, Catholic vs Shia, orthodox

But it might really be Crude Oil vs Gas Vs Gas lobbies.

[Austin]

S-300Vx

[Bheeshma]

Note how a single Chinese C-802 missile struck a UAE ships and completely destroyed it

It more likely due to the ammo it was carrying than the missile strike itself.

[Austin]

Daesh have attacked a wedding in hasakah city and at least 20 killed .

http://aranews.net/2016/10/kurdish-wedd ... ns-killed/

[Austin]

Note how a single Chinese C-802 missile struck a UAE ships and completely destroyed it

It more likely due to the ammo it was carrying than the missile strike itself.

Perhaps the combination of Primary explosion from missile with its fuel and secondary explosion from ammo.

Plus to worsen things ship made from Aluminum and UK/Exocet experience shows it quickly catches fire.

[Sid]

Thats a USN HSV-2 Swift reportedly on lease to UAE. As per DoD it was damaged and towed to someplace.

[Philip]

US/Turks plan for Dabiq then onto Raqqa.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 43211.html

Isis prepares for 'apocalyptic’ battle to defend the village at the heart of its propaganda operation
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels say they are less than 48 hours away from launching an attack on the town of Dabiq, held by Isis since 2014

Bethan McKernan in Beirut
At least 15 Turkish and US-backed Syrian rebels have been killed in fighting as the opposition edges closer towards Dabiq, an Isis village in northern Syria of great importance to the terror group’s ideology. “If matters proceed as planned, within 48 hours we will be in Dabiq,” Ahmed Osman, commander of the Sultan Murad Free Syrian Army (FSA) group, told Reuters on Monday.

US special presidential envoy to the coalition against Isis Brett McGurk also said on Twitter that rebels had advanced to “within a few kilometres of [Isis’] weakening stronghold Dabiq.”

Iraqi grandmother 'decapitated Isis fighters and cooked their heads' to avenge her family's death
Dabiq, first captured by Isis in August 2014, occupies a central place in Isis’ version of Muslim theology. The militants say that a battle there between Islamic and infidel Christian forces will herald the beginning of the apocalypse.

While the village is not militarily important to the so-called caliphate, Isis’ online propaganda magazine takes its name from the town, and losing control of it would be a significant ideological blow.

Isis has sent an additional 800 fighters to defend it from advancing FSA rebels in recent months, and heavily mined the surrounding countryside, Osman said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported it was a combination of mortar fire and landmines that killed the FSA rebels.

Monday’s official death toll among Turkish-backed rebels fighting in northern Syria is the highest since the FSA groups began pushing into Isis territory on August 24th.

Several villages near Dabiq have been recaptured in recent days, and the Turkish military said its warplanes have hit several Isis targets in and around Dabiq on Monday, including a command post and an ammunition depot.

Isis has faced several military defeats in recent months across its territory in Syria and Iraq. It is currently facing an imminent attack on the Iraqi city of Mosul by US-backed Iraqi troops. A successful Dabiq offensive by Turkish-backed rebels raises the prospect of advances on its Syrian capital, Raqqa.

[Singha]

reportedly 3 usn ddgs are in the area of that strike trying to bait the yemenis to attack them, so KSAF can attack.
but yemenis are lying now at present.

[Singha]

imo it has nothing to do with oil/gas/pipeline politics..we have no pipeline to mid east and we manage fine with tankers and not even the largest tankers.

the western cabal for various reasons decided to attack mostly shia countries (libya is probably sunni) everywhere who are all opposed to its GCC sugar daddies who manage the supplies of POL and buy huge amt of western arms with the proceeds, recycling the money back to western MIL. and dollar/euro remains the top reserve currencies - low inflation at home, high purchasing power, nice money printing ... masses pacified with large TVs and iphones ...

partially the pro-israel lobby also runs potus mid east policy and anything that israel deems a threat must be put down.

[Singha]

[Singha]

a cleric has armed the Hashd PMU with a fatwa that any turkiye army remaining in iraq after the fall of Mosul are wajb ul qatl. they are illegal even now, but this is being let pass.

[Singha]

there are 3 peaks in jabal thardeh point1,2,3....

DEIR EZZOR, SYRIA (6:15 A.M.) - The Syrian Arab Army's 71st Regiment, backed by the 123rd and 137th brigades, reentered the Jabal Thardeh region of southwest Deir Ezzor on Monday night after a three week long hiatus due to U.S. Coalition airstrikes.

Backed by Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Armed Forces managed to liberate Point 1 at the eastern perimeter of Jabal Thardeh after a fierce battle with the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) on Monday.

In addition to reentering Jabal Thardeh, the Syrian Armed Forces received a major boost on Monday night, when the Russian Air Force killed several Islamic State terrorists inside the provincial capital.

Among the dead Islamic State terrorists was their infamous commander, Leith Al-Dali, a Free Syrian Army defector that led the Al-Nasser Regiment three years ago.

[Singha]

Nutsflipped
‏@Nutsflipped_z_1
Terrorists moral inside #Aleppo has completely collapsed after Russian Kalibr missile strike on C&C HQ killing 30 Israeli officers.
#Syria

Nutsflipped ‏@Nutsflipped_z_1 5h5 hours ago
Terrorists radio chatter from #Aleppo mainly concerns plans 2 escape the city with exception of US backed Nusra who will not retreat.
#Syria

Sarwar ‏@pirsarwarras 5h5 hours ago
@Nutsflipped_z_1 Killing 30 Israeli, US, Saudi&British officers who were allegedly offering Support&Intelligence to ISIS militants in Syria

[deejay]

Nutsflipped
‏@Nutsflipped_z_1
Terrorists moral inside #Aleppo has completely collapsed after Russian Kalibr missile strike on C&C HQ killing 30 Israeli officers.
#Syria

Nutsflipped ‏@Nutsflipped_z_1 5h5 hours ago
Terrorists radio chatter from #Aleppo mainly concerns plans 2 escape the city with exception of US backed Nusra who will not retreat.
#Syria

Sarwar ‏@pirsarwarras 5h5 hours ago
@Nutsflipped_z_1 Killing 30 Israeli, US, Saudi&British officers who were allegedly offering Support&Intelligence to ISIS militants in Syria

30 is a large number. This will get the Israelis to retaliate against the Russians at some point.

[Rudradev]

Gyan ji you are on the right track.

See this article

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-geopol ... ne/5337452

It was discussed at some length on the West Asia thread during the initial period of the Syrian civil war.

[Bhurishravas]

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middl ... emlin.ashx

President Vladimir Putin will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Oct. 10, the Kremlin said Tuesday, as the countries mend ties shattered by Ankara's shooting down of a Russian warplane last year.

http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/011020161

Erdogan vows Turkey will play a role in Mosul battle

“We will play a role in the Mosul liberation operation and no one can prevent us from participating,” Erdogan said in parliament.

http://famagusta-gazette.com/iraq-rejec ... 576-69.htm

Iraq rejects Erdogan comments on Turkey's participation in Mosul battle

"The Iraqi Foreign Ministry rejects the repeated comments made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the battle to liberate Mosul," a ministry spokesman said in a statement.
Such comments "represent a blatant interference in Iraqi internal affairs and a violation of principles in bilateral relations and good neighborliness," the spokesman said in the online statement.

[Philip]

Two viewpoints on the Syrian conflict,from East and West.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... sia-aleppo

Syria isn’t a cold war conflict: the US and Russia can’t just fix it
Mary Dejevsky
The superpowers have little control over events in Aleppo. Others must intervene if there is to be peace
Tuesday 4 October 2016
Washington and Moscow are engaged in a new standoff over Syria, and this time it has gone beyond words. The US has broken off talks and recalled its negotiators from Geneva. Russia, meanwhile, has suspended an agreement on the destruction of plutonium, setting conditions – including an end to Ukraine-related sanctions – for the resumption of the accord.

Cue doom-mongers, mostly on the western side, warning that US-Russia relations are every bit as bad as they were during the darkest days of the cold war, with corresponding dangers for everyone else. Some, indeed, would argue that the risks are greater still, because the restraint forced by the prospect of “mutual assured destruction” and any formal framework for contact are both missing.

Of course, the return to hostilities in and around Aleppo is a catastrophe for those on the ground and a fresh setback for those trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad. Where US-Russian relations are concerned, however, there are reasons to take a less apocalyptic view, and the same applies to the wider consequences.

If the fiercest measure the US has taken is to break off somewhat fitful talks on Syria, and the strongest response Russia has chosen to offer is the suspension of a single arms agreement that Moscow anyway accuses Washington of breaking, that says a lot in itself. It could reflect how little the two countries currently have to talk about, in which case a break makes little difference. Or, more likely, it shows their concern to spare other areas of cooperation, such as wider arms control or the space station. Indeed, the US said talks about avoiding bilateral clashes in Syria would continue, while the conditions Moscow has set for resuming the plutonium deal suggest it is open to bargaining even as it stamps its foot.

To an extent both sides are playing to their domestic galleries. This is an often neglected aspect of many a diplomatic spat, but it is especially true of this one. The US is in the grip of a highly unusual presidential campaign that has barely a month to run. While Barack Obama is not running, the charges of foreign policy weakness levelled against him, not just by Donald Trump and the Republicans but by some on his own side, are a factor in the campaign. It is important for Obama and his legacy, but still more so for Hillary Clinton’s prospects, that the Democratic administration does not appear spineless – especially not before its old Russian foe.

President Putin, for his part, has to attend to national morale in the face of the first fall in living standards for many Russians since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This is judged to be such as risk that there is talk he could bring forward the presidential election to next year. Neither he nor his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, can afford to play too nice with the Americans.

'Syria is bleeding': Aleppo facing war's worst humanitarian crisis, UN says
Read more
But there is another reason why the health or otherwise of US-Russia relations should not be judged exclusively by their talks about Syria: to believe that the two countries are capable of ending the conflict in Syria is to believe that the cold war continues, and that every war is a proxy superpower war.

We are living in different times, and Syria is not a cold war-era conflict. It is wider than that, with many different proxies involved, and loyalties shifting to and fro; it is also narrower, in the sense that the only settlement that will stick must be acceptable to the people who live there. Outside powers cannot force a peace so long as the parties to the dispute believe they still have ground to gain.

If the conflict has demonstrated anything, it is that neither erstwhile superpower has the clout to control its clients on the ground. The latest ceasefire failed not only because the US mistakenly bombed a contingent of Syrian troops, and not only because an aid convoy was destroyed, but because the sponsors of the deal – the US and Russia – were unable to control what happened next.

The US clearly cannot marshal its so-called moderates, and may not even be quite sure who they are. Something similar applies to Putin and Assad. From the wording of the US state department’s announcement on breaking off talks, it would appear that even Washington is starting to accept that Putin cannot just switch Assad on or off.

There may well still be diehards – in the Pentagon, perhaps, and the Russian ministry of defence — who believe the world is still theirs to fight over and divide up between them. The failed ceasefire illustrated something different: that US-Russian sponsorship is no longer enough.

For any ceasefire in Syria to endure, let alone any settlement, either many more parties will have to be involved as sponsors – including Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – or the Syrians themselves will have to call a halt. That may not happen until there is a victor.

This is not a palatable thought. But it may be the case that the US-Russian peace efforts in Syria have to be seen as a laudable effort, but one that was ultimately doomed to fail. Not because the US and Russia could not agree, but because an old-style superpower deal is no longer enough. This may not be good news for Syria, but it does mean it need not be the sole gauge of US-Russian relations. There are hints Moscow and Washington understand this, even as they trade recriminations.

https://sputniknews.com/columnists/2016 ... syria.html

Western Hysterics as Its Criminal War in Syria Unravels Abdalrhman Ismail

COLUMNISTS 17:32 27.09.2016
Finian Cunningham
There’s an old movie in which the cops are closing in on their suspect hiding among the crowd at a packed cinema theatre. Sensing the net closing, the suspect suddenly yells out “Fire! Fire!” in order to induce a panicked stampede by the crowd so that he can escape the cops. That scenario is not all that different from the recent hysterical behavior of the US and its Western allies, Britain and France, over the Syrian conflict. Since the ceasefire brokered by US and Russian diplomats broke down last week, the Western powers have launched an unprecedented war of words on Russia, accusing the latter of war crimes and “barbarism” in Syria. Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has rightly deplored the US, British and French “rhetoric verging on insults by so-called diplomats”. She added: “This is hysteria and reveals that these Western states are losing control and doing their utmost to distract from their disastrous policy in Syria.”

Washington Accuses Russia of 'Barbarism' When US 'Friends Ruined Half of Syria' Last weekend saw a veritable diplomatic media circus at the UN Security Council when the American, British and French ambassadors ganged up in an attempt to browbeat Russia for allegedly committing war crimes in Syria. US official Samantha Power got so carried away with hubris that she even warned that Russia might be somehow suspended from the council – this from a country which has destroyed up to a dozen nations through illegal wars over the past three decades. And speaking of circuses, the British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, whose conduct often resembles that of a clown, chimed into the Russia-bashing chorus by telling the BBC that Russia “may be guilty of war crimes” in Syria, without presenting a shred of evidence. Two days later, Johnson was on an official visit to Turkey to talk up trade and tourism business. The buffoonish Boris was even cracking jokes about the marvels of Turkish-manufactured washing machines. Does that sound like the demeanor of a senior British diplomat who only two days ago was expressing solemn concerns about war crimes in Syria?

SPUTNIK/ MICHAEL ALAEDDIN Behind the Scenes: 'Something Very Serious Transpired Between Russia and US Over Syria' These American, British and French officials wouldn’t know sincerity if it smacked them in the face. For them, politics is just a media show, much like a commercial break in which they mouth a few lines before moving on to the next promotion. Let’s take the Western show of “condemnation” at the UN. First of all, where are they getting their information to formulate the grave claims that Russia and its Syrian ally are indiscriminately bombing civilians in the besieged city of Aleppo? Why, none other than anonymous “activists” and groups like the so-called White Helmets who are propaganda conduits for Al Qaeda terror groups that dominate the militants. Western governments and mass media have degenerated into nothing more than broadcasters for terrorist groups, whom they euphemistically refer to as “moderate rebels”. And it is these terror groups like Jaysh al Fatah and Jabhat al Fatah al Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front) that are holding some 250,000 civilians hostage as human shields in the eastern quarter of Aleppo. If Syria’s President Bashar al Assad was such a villain, why are six times that population – 1.5 million – living willingly in the government-held western side of the city? © AFP 2016/ GEORGE OURFALIAN Game Changer: Aleppo Liberation Will Ruin Western Strategy to Topple Assad Western governments and dutiful mass news outlets are blatantly distorting the reality in Aleppo and Syria generally. The disinformation is given a veneer of credibility through hysterical and sensationalist claims, such as allegations that Syrian and Russian forces bombed a UN humanitarian aid convoy. It is almost certain that the aid convoy attacked near Aleppo on September 19 – which forms the basis of Western claims of alleged Russian war crimes – was carried out by the foreign-backed terror groups. The White Helmet “volunteer” who produced the video imputing Syria and Russia has since been identified as an armed cadre in one of the terror groups. The battle for Aleppo portends the final chapter in the nearly six-year Syrian war. That war is being brought to a close by the formidable combined efforts of Syria, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. It was probably Russia’s intervention exactly 12 months ago that tipped the balance in favor of Syria defeating the foreign-sponsored covert war. And as the final chapter of this war comes to a close, the clandestine role of the Western powers in fomenting and fueling this conflict is emerging. The US, Britain and France, along with their regional client regimes in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Israel, have sponsored terrorist proxies to do their strategic bidding of toppling the Syrian state. Like a noxious substance hitting the proverbial fan, the mess is being revealed.

Syrian Ceasefire Failed 'Because Some in Washington Wanted It to Fail' The futile ceasefire has shown spectacularly how the Western narrative of “moderates” and “extremists” is a risible fiction. American, British and French claims of only supporting “secular rebels” is demonstratively a fraud. They are supporting terrorist brigades who have nearly destroyed a once pluralist, peaceful and prosperous society – just as they did in countless other countries. It is arguable that this exposure was why the Americans and British decided to collapse the ceasefire with the murderous air strike on the Syrian army base at Deir ez-Zor on September 17 in which over 62 troops were slaughtered. Further revelations by the Syrian parliamentary speaker that audio tapes have caught US military personnel liaising with terror groups to coordinate the attack at Deir ez-Zor serve to substantiate the analysis of Western systematic collusion in the destruction of Syria. Another explosive insight was provided by a German media report in which an Al Nusra commander confirmed that the terror group has received heavy weaponry from the US, including TOW anti-tank missiles. Interviewed days before the UN aid convoy sabotage nearly Aleppo, the terrorist commander also said that his cadres would prevent any UN trucks entering Aleppo. That implicates US-backed militants in the war crime, and is in keeping with their refusal to honor the ceasefire and of holding the civilian population as hostages.

yrian Truce Collapsed as US Supported Anyone Who Fought Assad for Five Years The horror story of Syria’s war – in which up to half a million people have been killed, millions maimed and orphaned, millions turned into abject refugees – is coming to a close. And the masterminds behind this criminal covert war for regime change are being revealed. The US, Britain and France – the main authors – are up to their necks in collusion with terrorist gangs who have carried out monumental horrors on the Syrian people in order to terrorize them into submitting to hegemonic designs for regime change. The full complicity of Washington, London and Paris is being illuminated – despite the Western media’s own complicity in covering up the criminal conspiracy. That is why the Western powers are now going into panic mode. They know that their dirty war in Syria is not only being vanquished; they fear that their culpability in sponsoring this despicable conflict is also being uncovered. Sensing the end of the plot, the Western accomplices in state terrorism are resorting to hysterical distractions. Absurdly, one of those distractions is to accuse Russia of war crimes in a war that was unleashed in the first place by the Western powers. However, the Western terror sponsors will find they can’t run from damnation.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/columnists/2016 ... syria.html

[Singha]

remember the troop who dragged out a visibly ill palestinian refugee boy with a saline bag still attached and beheaded him in the back of a pickup truck in mallah farms area? they had rejected the boys last request to be shot.

well his brothers in the liwa al quds finally caught up with him and his gang.



Izat Savetheplanet ‏@AbuHantala 3h3 hours ago
The Zinki ****** who took the video of the slaughter of the Palestinian boy was sent to his virgins along with 12 others by Quds Brigade.

[Singha]

who knows perhaps a russi airborne VVD brigade + spetsnaz units will be seen in the Idlib / Deir azzir / Tabqah offensives later...

Elijah J. Magnier
‏@EjmAlrai
#Damascus agreed & #Russia is ready to send several thousands of special forces & other various units officers this month to #Syria.
RETWEETS

Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai 13h13 hours ago
#Putin is ready to go all the way in #Syria, informed #Damascus of its intention to defend its national interest in #Syria at all cost

Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai 13h13 hours ago
#Damascus was informed that #Russia would like to see its differences w/ #USA solved but have little hope.

Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai 13h13 hours ago
#Damascus understands that #Russia will hit directly any force/base that attacks #SAA in #Syria even if #USA is directly involved.

[Singha]

proof of a increased deadly russi intent would be more BUK and S300 units deployed to Syria and increasing its air presence to make T3 base a hub like Hymenim(which is maxed out).

a squadron of Su25 for CAS and platypus for DPSA could break the back of IS in Arak - Sukhnah area and unlock that axis.

and more backfires tasked to destroy the large area targets.

[Gyan]

I think that adequate air power is already deployed. What is needed now is Manpower, NVDs, Mortars, ATGMs, HMGs, RPGs, BPJs etc.

But yes, Massive Air Defense and also Tochka missiles are required to prevent any surprises from Turkey, Israel, Jordan, USA etc

[Singha]

The next phase of the game begins...


Top Washington officials are set to discuss striking positions of the Syrian military without a UN Security Council resolution. Bombing air force runways with missiles fired from coalition planes and ships is being considered, according to a report.

“One proposed way to get around the White House’s objection to striking the Assad regime without a UN Security Council resolution would be to carry out the strikes covertly and without public acknowledgment,” one administration official who is to take part in the discussions told the Washington Post.

A meeting of the Obama administration’s Principals Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, the newspaper reported, adding that a meeting of the National Security Council could follow this weekend.

The CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed support for “limited military strikes against the Syrian government,” last Wednesday, when the US discussed such “kinetic” options, the official told the Washington Post.

“There’s an increased mood in support of kinetic actions against the regime,” one senior administration official was quoted as saying.

“The CIA and the Joint Staff have said that the fall of Aleppo would undermine America’s counterterrorism goals in Syria,” he added.

[Singha]

That bizarre statement makes sense only when you replace counterterrorism with assadfall