276 more Russian Military Police officers and 33 additional equipment pieces will be deployed in Syria, Russia’s state media reported. These forces will likely participate in security operations along the Syrian-Turkish border to the east of the Euphrates River.
Additionally to the deployment in Kobane, the Russian Military Police already started carrying out patrols near the city of Qamishly.
On October 24, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin announced that Kurdish forces had started withdrawal from the border area.
Nonetheless, the implementation of the ceasefire is not going without difficulties. On October 24 afternoon, the Syrian Army repelled an attack by Turkish-backed militants near the villages of al-Kozleya and Tell al-Laban in northern al-Hasakah. Clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed groups also took place near the villages of Assadiya, Mishrafa and Manajer.
Pro-Turkish sources say that these attacks were conducted in response to ceasefire violations by Kurdish militias. The Turkish Defense Ministry revealed that 5 soldiers were injured in the Syrian province of al-Hasakah on October 24 in a series of attacks by Kurdish forces. However, the official Turkish version claims that its forces do not violate the ceasefire regime.
The SDF are ready to discuss the idea of joining the Syrian military once a political solution is reached in the war-torn country, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led group, Mustafa Bali, told Russian media. Bali claimed that “all parties must recognize that there is a political crisis that needs to be resolved by political means”. This kind of statements is quite different from the language of ultimatums, which the SDF used when US troops were present in northern Syria. This change indicates that a political solution is in fact can be reached.
Maybe the Syrian military will get missiles that will be the weapon of choice to destroy the US tanks and armored vehicles. We know the US missile defenses don’t work well. Yemen Houthis vs Saudi proved that. And Israel’s Iron Dome has failed against Hamas rockets and drones.
The military-political decision in Washington and CENTCOM has been made to stay, to hold the oil fields, to risk US troops. What this decision does is encode Syria 2.0 as a war directly against the US military. Ironically, the US has become a proxy for the Kurds (who reportedly will get the revenues from the oil production.)
Pirating Syrian natural resources, invading with tanks and other armor weapons, fortifying bases with 500 troops is direct warfare. Thus, for the Syrian people and their government forces, anything goes to rid their lands of the Americans. And Syria has many allies.Some are in Iraq and they can become part of a pincer movement. In other words, missiles can fly at the US tanks from two sides.
The coming months will be interesting combat action in East (and probably, South) Syria.
Another American Retreat is destined sooner or later.
Or an American nuclear response.
Which would then need to be followed by Russian missiles returning the favor and striking the source.No country can sit by and allow a rabid rouge state to do something like that unpunished. Just with with a rabid animal,when you know they are about.The question isn’t to contain them,its that you put them down,to save yourself.As once they have revealed themselves ,there is no going back,you put them down.Its a matter of survival of your nation.Some say,yes but that means the world destroyed by nuclear war.That may be true.But the other way also means the world destroyed.So you risk one horror,to prevent the same horror.Just one visited on you to start with.
And that it is the entire problem.
When the rabid dog is powerful enough to instigate a nuclear holocaust, trying to put down the rabid dog will result in a nuclear holocaust. So the question is whether it is better to live under the horrors of a rabid dog or to live in under the horrors of an irradiated world. These are not the same horrors, because more is at stake than humans.
Tough question, is it not?
That is the kind of question asked throughout history.Was Quisling and Petain right.Was it better to serve Hitler ,instead of fighting him? Would the USSR have been better off letting the nazis conquer them instead of fighting back even though they paid a horrible price for it? Everybody must make that decision for themselves I guess.But we do know the fate of the “Quislings” after the war as a guide for us to go by.
The Russians should have staged gay parades and smoked some pot instead. A resounding BOOO for Stalin (and the Russian people who still don’t seem to ”get it”) !
2nd WW. The tragedy has been the US meddling (Roosevelt and Churchill), inciting Poland against Germany re: the Danzig corridor and the humiliation of Germany with the peace treaty after WW1. The US has brought corruption and decay to Europe. The results are to see now. As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, even during the WW2 there were a possibility for Germany for an agreement with the Soviet Union. Now is all gone, for the time beeing.
I don’t believe he was asking to be served under, he wanted his concerns (about the health of the future of the human race) to be addressed rather than ignored or denied. Once unable to talk his opponents into a willing submission, he took the military route knowing he was right about his beliefs, but perhaps later on not so right about his direction.
Hitler went away, but his beliefs and concerns remain even to this day, along w/the plates of consequences stacking up each and every year. The (end of discussion) denial banquet shall soon be over but the resulting hangover still needs to run its course and could very well be as fatal to some, end of discussion, participants.
Not tough at all. Rabid dog must die. Living under the rule of rabid dog is not an option.
Well i wouldn’t WANT to live under a irradiated World,the World can’t tolerate a Rogue Regime like the US holding Countries to ransom,or my Country may as well have let Hitler walk in all those years ago.
“So the question is whether it is better to live under the horrors of a rabid dog or to live in under the horrors of an irradiated world. These are not the same horrors, because more is at stake than humans.
Tough question, is it not?”
Poorly done propaganda, actually. There are more options than fight and glow or submit. A relatively intelligent human mind would know that. Fortunately, those opposed to the zionazi-gays are at least relatively intelligent and not guardianistas. :-D
This looks like a deliberate provocation to repeat the Gulf of Tonkin ‘incident’ or perhaps “The Maine.’ Except there is a difference; the Maddox and the Maine were ships that could meet with supply ships or go to a port for supplies. A handful of soldiers miles from nowhere require constant supplies or fuel, food and water. Supply convoys are vulnerable.
With Iraq in the process of kicking the last American out of their country, how will the troops trying to defend the Conoco oil field stave off a siege? I mean a good, old fashion, starve them out siege. I see many photo-ops with the caption, “Beleaguered American troops trade Conoco for food and water.”
The best response here would be more of Putin’s Judo diplomacy. The Middle East is “his dojo.” Here is the betting he has already anticipated this Yankee oil grab and has a response up his sleeve.
I do not disagree; Putin is better at Judo than I ever was. I was merely suggesting one scenario where the master allows foolish opponent to overextend themselves.
It is difficult to get worked up over a siege where the (neologism alert) siege-ees are illegally in possession of the castle, which is the rightful property of the siege-or.
It’s not judo.
It’s the art of war.
That’s the problem; everybody want’s to be an expert on The Art of War.”
VVP is writing a new book called The Art of Diplomacy.” It is being serialized in real time.
Unless the air space is closed down…..supplies can be airdropped…so if that is stopped by
whom would lead to a more serious confrontation as USA would provide fighter jet protection …….but surely a local source of water would be required…..that might indicate where they are to be located and if anything can be done about that. Better if the tank convoy was halted ASAP….. oh boy cannot Iraq and Iran and Syria jointly head them off under Russian air protection…..is it time something even more definite is done than just a few hundred MP.?
Rather than firectly attacking pindo occupation forces, Syria will opt to turn the kurd forces aligned with these israeli gofers and let these force the sods out. One way or another. A variation of the strategy employed on the Syrian-Turk border. The israelis, and their trump mouth piece, want Syria and her Allies to attack the pindo forces, so they can “respond” militarily.
Judo, not boxing. :-D
Yesterday, Trump to Erdogan: Don’t be a fool!
Today, someone—Erdogan?—to Trump: Don’t be a fool!
Still finding “our” oil under someone else’s sand. After all these years . . .
Katherine
“Pirating Syrian natural resources”
This is such a craven, dishonorable move.
The USA trumpets that it is now energy-independent.
Yet we have to steal the oil of a smaller struggling country?
We don’t need the oil.
This is truly gratuitous bullying.
We are just strutting and showing who is top dog.
Which probably will backfire and our troops will end up running home or running somewhere with their tails between their legs.
Trump! Listen!
WTF does “America the Great” need with this little oil patch?
We know you and your neocon pals have BSDs, but please, just put them back in your pants and go play a few rounds of golf.
Katherine
They don’t need it,they want to control it,that just can’t be tolerated.
Multinationals and national interests get richer by controlling supply as much as the resource itself so as to drive prices up or down as needed. Often a whipping boy is used to control the low end and Syria under Assad isn’t likely to cooperate. Hussein was once used in this role by OPEC but was given to opening and closing the spigot on his own whim.
Is the Der ez Zer location and north east Syria oilfields of any significance on OBOR planned routes or connections or any Iran Iraqi planned infrastructure roads rail??????????
They should deploy many Russian and SAA troops to East of the Euphretes where the oil is complete with all the weapons they would need,bring up some TOS-1 units,AA etc,until they are prepared to call the Reich’s bluff the Reich will continue with its delinquent behavior.
Putin is not empowering Syria and Assad, he is securing the Russian military bases in Syria.
Erdoğan and Putin decided, without Assad’s presence, to carve a “safe” zone out of northern Syria.
Israel has their “safe” zone in southern Syria (with large oil resources) with the Golan Heights annexation as illegal spoils of war.
The Balkanization of Syria is continuing.
276 MP’s are there to police the occupied zone.
eyegore, is it not possible for more than one outcome to be desireable? That is, the independence and security of Syria AND securing the Russian bases?
In life, negotiations can be carried out where the result is one that suits all stakeholders. Not everything is winner takes all.
What is happening in Syria is a practical demonstration of Russian foreign policy based upon their stated premises of adherence to the rule of law and belief in the importance of sovereign power.
Does Russia want sea-facing access to the Mediterranean? Yes, they do. Does Russia support Syrian independence? Clearly, they do. Do they support action consistent with international law? Clearly so.
As for the territory in Northern Syria. as you can see, under Russian pressure the legitimate government has retaken huge swathes of the area. Not everything happens at the same speed as in a video game.
Is it possible that fearless leader was merely going for Twitter points? I mean, announce that we’re going back for the oil/to protect the oil from ISIS, then to murder that Baghdadi guy while he was already in custody, then to announce that America has Saved the oil?
What we have here is again Pentagon telling the CiC to go urinate up a rope, IOW Pentagon is not obeying it’s Commander. I have few doubts that the troops will withdraw. Do you know what it costs to get one liter of petrol or diesel to the troops out there? It’s huge, and I’m not talking a few dollars…..for each liter! That’s not counting water, food, supply and sundries etc etc etc.
Whilst SehSha has a track record of sticking small bases out in the middle of nowhere, such as Al Tanf near the Jordan border, Al Tanf is not only a base for training IGIL but also holding tens of thousands of Syrian civilians as hostage in a huge camp that, according to eyes on reports, has abysmal conditions, SehSha has the hubris to assume no one will attack them. French thought the same in Vietnam. We all know how that turned out.
There is no way for SehSha to hold any outpost, let alone dozens of them, to ‘secure’ the oil and gas fields. It’s a fools errand that time will prove futile, and I have no doubts that Mother will take a dim view of such actions and put them out, too.
Auslander
http://rhauslander.com/
Never The Last One, paperback edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1521849056 A deep look in to Russia, her culture and her Armed Forces, in essence a look at the emergence of Russian Federation.
An Incident On Simonka, paperback edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1696160715 NATO Is Invited To Leave Sevastopol, One Way Or The Other.
“What we have here is again Pentagon telling the CiC to go urinate up a rope, IOW Pentagon is not obeying it’s Commander.”
Poor trump, he’s prez, but nobody does what he orders. The first president in u.s. history who had absolutely no power to enforce his orders among the people he selected to help him run his government.
And if anyone still honestly believes this trump promoting angle, have I got a great bridge deal for you. Payment in cash or gold only, no checks or bitcoin, please. :-D
The Saker has said that maintaining a no-fly zone would be expensive to almost impossible for Russia, and from recent history, it seems unlikely that Russian planes and missiles will shoot down US air support directly.
But…
In the eastern end of the Ukraine a few years ago, I seem to recall that the empire’s aircraft developed mechanical problems at an unusually high rate. It wouldn’t surprise me if something like that were to happen again.
Turkey wants US to handover SDF commander
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/turkey-wants-us-to-handover-sdf-commander/
“U.S. senators urged the State Department on Wednesday to expedite the issuance of a visa to the commander, Mazloum Abdi, so he could visit the United States and discuss the situation in Syria.
Ankara says he is a terrorist linked to Kurdish insurgents waging an insurgency on its territory.
Gul told reporters: “Turkey will ask the U.S. authorities to detain him once he enters the United States, and that the State Department has transferred the extradition request to Washington.”
In the same context, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Thursday, said he will submit a request to the United States to extradite the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, to Ankara.
Erdogan stressed that “the United States must hand us the terrorist nicknamed [Mazloum] and wanted by our authorities’ red bulletin,” according to his statements to the Anatolia News Agency.”
So what happens when this large contingent of Russian troops and equipment encounters the troops and tanks the Americans said they are sending right back into Syria to protect the oil fields (purportedly from the Islamic State, but really to keep the region from being repatriated to Syria)? Will the Russians, Syrians and Turks back off and cede this hard won territory back to the insidiously persistent American invaders? Or will the Americans succeed in finally imposing war with Russia on the brink of peace in Syria? If either side starts shooting, the other will not cut and run, not after so many years of these theatrics.
This is the work of the Pentagon and the CIA. Trump is not calling the shots. He is overruled every time he tries to withdraw troops. The High Priests of Warmongery have been pushing incessantly for this day. John Bolton will probably personally offer a blood sacrifice in celebration of the war once it begins.
[b][i] If either side starts shooting, the other will not cut and run, not after so many years of these theatrics.[/i][/b]
This is not a fact! The fact is the American forces will run if the Russian forces start shooting. We all know that. We’ve seen them crying because they were scared of the Iranians. Running away from the Russians is not a big deal.
That is wishful thinking on your part. These pawns are given their orders, they don’t decide what to do. Most likely they are there to serve as bait to create a casus belli, a pretext for war when the Russians shoot back at their oh so precious and exceptional Americans asses. Then so-called Syrian Kurdistan becomes a killing field when Washington’s air power is deployed and things escalate to full out Armageddon from there because absolutely no diplomats or politicians in America really control the Pentagon or the intelligence agencies. Trump’s orders are countermanded routinely. Obama and Clinton were their poodles, not their commanders. The civilian leadership is only allowed to endlessly feed them cash. The tail wags the dog in this relationship, and the tail is an insane killing machine so full of hubris it will destroy itself and take down the entire planet with it. Maybe the surviving cockroaches will be able to build a more sane civilisation in time.
“Trump is not calling the shots.”
Of course he isn’t. It’s not his assigned job. His job is to sell zionazi-gay policies and provide a source of deflection melodrama to keep the public from actually looking at what those policies actually are intended to accomplish.
Russian Military Releases Satellite Images Confirming US Smuggling of Syrian Oil
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201910261077154752-russian-military-releases-satellite-images-confirming-us-smuggling-of-syrian-oil/
“The ministry said that “the space intelligence images showed that oil was actively extracted and massively exported for processing outside Syria, under the reliable protection of US troops, before and after the defeat of the Daesh* terrorists.”
‘International State Banditism’: Russian Defence Ministry Explains What US Really Does to Syrian Oil
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201910261077152862-international-state-banditism-russian-defence-ministry-explains-what-us-really-does-to-syrian-oil/
“In a statement, the chief spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, noted that the US’ stated goal of protecting Syrian oil fields from Daesh* fighters could not be farther from the truth.
“What Washington does now – the capture and holding under its armed control of oil fields in Eastern Syria is, simply speaking, an international state banditism,” he said, adding that Syrian oil reserves and other mineral resources belong solely to the Syrian Arab Republic, not to Daesh terrorists or to “American protectors from Daesh terrorists”.
“Neither international law, nor the American legislation itself can justify the US troops’ goal to guard Syrian hydrocarbon reserves from Syria itself and its people,” the statement reads.
Citing intelligence obtained via Russian Defence Ministry surveillance satellites, both before and after the Daesh defeat north of the Euphrates, Syrian oil was being actively extracted and smuggled to other countries, while being guarded by US soldiers.
The oil was smuggled in tanker truck convoys, guarded both by US servicemen and the mercenaries of private military contractors (PMCs), the ministry spokesman said.
“Meanwhile, Washington imposed sanctions on shipping hydrocarbons to Syria, which spans not only US companies, but everyone else,” the statement says.
In case of an attack on convoys, the US military immediately calls upon special operations forces and its air force for protection, he added.
According to the statement, oil extraction was conducted by a US-controlled company, created under the so-called “Autonomous Administration of East Syria”.
The smuggling revenue went through intermediary companies to US intelligence agency and PMC bank accounts, he said.
“Considering one barrel of Syrian oil costs $38, the monthly revenue of this ‘private enterprise’ of US intelligence agencies is more than $30 million,” the statement reads. “For such a constant flow of cash, free of state control and taxes, Pentagon and Langley management will be ready to guard Syrian oil wells from ‘hidden Daesh cells’ indefinitely.”
Everything you said in your post is why the invaders have to be confronted,i take it those criminals with tanks are not yet in the area,thats why the Syrians and Russians should act NOW to prevent them setting up shop,as for the law,forget that,the Reich has been breaking international law since the savage brutal attack on the FRY,the UN have done nothing about Nato and Reich crimes in all those years.
Erdo saying unless Russia acts as promised he will revert to his original operations intentions too…..
Column of US Troops Returns From Iraq to Syria’s al-Hasakah Province – Report
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201910261077155701-column-of-us-troops-returns-form-iraq-to-syrias-al-hasakah-province—report/
“A column of US troops has returned to northeastern Syria’s al-Hasakah Province from Iraq, Syria TV reports.
The news outlet claimed that “the column of American occupation forces entered […] the province through the illegal al-Walid border crossing” and that the column, which includes “dozens of soldiers and military hardware” is covered by US combat helicopters.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov suggested that the fresh contradictory signals the US has sent regarding Syria may indicate Washington’s desire to maintain conditions that allow for continued pressure on Damascus.
“We are very definitely worried that the signals from the White House may reflect the same attitude: to preserve the conditions for continuing multi-component pressure on the legitimate authorities in Damascus”, he pointed out, adding that “this is the moment we don’t agree and we can’t agree with the United States on the situation.”
As I wrote here before, the zionazi-gay proxies are not leaving Syria, they are regrouping and doubling down. The trump quisling lied, as usual.
So they can’t agree with the US on the situation,what are you going to do about it?an angry phone call won’t stop them.
US Defence Official Confirms Army Convoy Has Crossed Back Into Syria From Iraq (Photos, Videos)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201910261077158149-pentagon-confirms-us-army-convoy-has-crossed-back-into-syria-from-iraq-photos-videos/
“The convoy, said to consist of as many as 18 vehicles, and supported by a pair of US Army Apache attack helicopters, zipped past the city of Qamishli, where both Syrian and Russian military police had established a presence in recent days, on route to their destination.”
As the Russians and Syrians are obviously not doing their job, it looks like it is up to you now, unclebo… er sorry, englishman, to step in and show those pindos what for. ;-D
I am just giving you the brutal truth,History shows those gangsters never leave anywhere if they are not forced out,sorry if you don’t like it.
“The convoy, said to consist of as many as 18 vehicles, and supported by a pair of US Army Apache attack helicopters, zipped past the city of Qamishli, where both Syrian and Russian military police had established a presence in recent days, on route to their destination”.
This is a little bit interesting. It was always expected that the US would keep the Deir ez-Zor oil fields but, now we see the US back and unchallenged in the Al Hasakah district, which is where the other oil fields are. Are the Russians going to allow the US to take back those oil fields as well?
Thats the point,either the SAA and the Russians are going to liberate Syria or just part of it,they have enough fire power in the area to obliterate those illegal small US bases in Syria,there should also be a no fly zone over Syria,cant have a situation where a few hundred US thugs dictate what happens in Syria.
“either the SAA and the Russians are going to liberate Syria or just part of it,they have enough fire power in the area to obliterate those illegal small US bases in Syria,there should also be a no fly zone over Syria,cant have a situation where a few hundred US thugs dictate what happens in Syria.”
What (Removed insult.The next time sends the comment for review,MOD) is demanding here, from his comfy bolstered chair, safe at home, is exactly what israelis and their likud licking gofer, trump, want to happen. The commenter is uncanny in selecting actions Russia should take that exactly match the actions zionazia wants and is baiting them to do. How he manages to “get it right” so consistently is one of those great unsolved mysteries of the universe yet to be deciphered.
There is a big difference between holding your ground and attacking US soldiers. The general framework that this war has been fought is that all ISIS held land is a free for all but, each the SAA, Russia , Kurds and US can all keep the land they hold.
Under this framework, once the US left Al Hasakah and the SAA moved in I dont see any reason to simply allow the US to roll back in. For US vehicles to be in Al Hasakah it would seem that they must have come back across the Al-Rmelan crossing which the SAA is supposed to be manning. Do they just wave them on through or keep the gate shut?
Doubtful, this oil stealing is most likely a temporary situation.
https://www.rt.com/news/471891-syria-oil-smuggling-images/
Its been going on for years,difference is when the Russians first moved .in they incinerated hundreds of fuel tankers taking oil from Syria to Turkey,thats what they should be doing now,the Turks also stole whole factories from Aleppo
Well you know resources are limited and the problem is gigantic.
US Tries to Reverse Syrian Fortunes with “Baghdadi Raid”
https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/27/us-tries-to-reverse-syrian-fortunes-with-baghdadi-raid/
“What is the Meaning of the Baghdadi Raid?
Thus – at best – a US military operation eliminating the figurehead of ISIS is more akin to liquating one’s own assets rather than any sort of “victory.” Much more likely still – is that the operation is mere theater – with the US seeking relevance and leverage amid the conflict it itself engineered, triggered, and deliberately perpetuated – but now finds itself being evicted from.
While the world waits for evidence – if any evidence even emerges – analysts and interested parties alike would benefit more from looking at how the US plans to leverage and move onward from this supposed “raid” rather than obsessing over the supposed details of it.
One may hope the US uses it as a spectacular finale before fully withdrawing from Syria – including from its oilfields – and allowing the nation and its people to finally and fully restore order while undertaking the long process of reconstruction.
The proximity to Turkey’s border and recent rhetoric coming out of Washington suggests it may be leveraged to prolong the conflict further.
One may also hope diplomatic efforts by Syria’s allies are underway to coax Washington toward adopting the former option instead of the latter.”
As with bin laden (or their stand in for him), baghdadi has been made redundant by strategy changes, so he was retired, Jewish mafia style. I expect the israeloamericans have reorganized their terror proxies for yet another rebranding and reappearance in force.
I saw reports a long time ago after the US destroyed Raqqa,they Helicoptered out some ISIS commanders and gave free pass to ISIS convoys out of the area,i saw the videos myself of the trucks full of ISIS rats,so the question is was Bagdadi under US protection all that time and has now been killed for political propaganda?
“What is the Meaning of the Baghdadi Raid?
Or, “Who’s your Baghdadi now?”
Clearly Washington could not allow Bags to live and disclose the whole Islamic State sham confected by the Arlington/Langley wing of the Deep State once Idlib was finally taken by Syria and Russia. Notice how easily the American special ops just waltzed in there, as if they were old family friends? Whereas the SAA and their Russian allies have to claw for every inch they advance, all the while being castigated by the Exceptionals for “genocide.”
Moreover, Trump needn’t some good PR on the war front to distract from the bashing he was taking from the entire warmongering federal government for “withdrawing” the troops from Syria.
Next big thing is Trump (or his puppet masters in the Deep State) had better come to terms with withdrawing from those oil fields and giving Syria back its property, unless they truly want the start of WWIII when the Russians and Americans try to simultaneously occupy the same space.
I have wondered about why the cost of a barrel of west texas suddenly went up beyond its recent $55 pinnacle, could the difference be now we’ll have to ship fuel to feed the troops rather than them “stealing it” from the local (we’re here to help you) help yourself dealer.
This is interesting.
Russian MoD Does Not Have Reliable Information on US Operation in Syria to Neutralize Baghdadi
https://sputniknews.com/world/201910271077161480-russian-mod-does-not-have-reliable-information-on-us-operation-in-syria-to-neutralize-baghdadi/
“The Russian Defence Ministry has no reliable information about US servicemen conduction an operation to ‘yet another’ elimination of the former Daesh leader Abu Bark al-Baghdadi in the Turkish-controlled part of the Idlib deescalation zone”, ministry spokesman Maj.Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
He (trump) also thanked Russia, claiming that the US forces had to fly through certain Russian-controlled areas to reach their target.
The Russian Defence Ministry, however, stated that they are unaware of providing cooperation to US air units entering the airspace over the Idlib deescalation zone during that mission.
“No airstrikes performed by US aircraft or aircraft belonging to the so called ‘international coalition’ were detected on Saturday or during the following days,” a statement by Maj.Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
Konashenkov also remarked that the reports of the terrorist leader’s alleged demise are unlikely to have any serious effect on the current situation in Syria.
“Since the moment of the final Daesh’s defeat at the hands of the Syrian government army supported by Russian Aerospace Forces in early 2018, yet another ‘death’ of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi does not have any strategic importance regarding the situation in Syria or the actions of the remaining terrorists in Idlib,” he said.”
So basically the pindos are lying about “flying” in a force to take out baghdadi. They drove in, through terrorist held land. Which means they were unopposed by said terrorists. This assuming the op actually took place, inside Syria, and wasn’t some totally fabricated fiction. Which it seems the Russians may be hinting it could be.
This does have a Monty Python theme where a battle starts, and then ends with all sides cheering each other for the effort.
Also this:
Russian MoD doubts Trump’s announcement of killing ISIS chief al-Baghdadi, rejects claims it assisted US forces in op
https://www.rt.com/russia/471984-trump-russia-baghdadi-killed-syria/
“The ministry questioned the very possibility of al-Baghdadi’s presence in Idlib as the area is held by Al-Qaeda offshoot, Jabhat al-Nusra, who have always been mortal enemies of Islamic State.”
Further evidence this op is more psywar, rather than an actually military operation. The former is what one now expects from trump, with his toyal lack of moral grounding and predilection to incessant lying and narcissistic grand standing.
You do understand(or realize) that if the truth is allowed to come out, the whole system collapses like a house of cards. The military and soon the dept of Education are to be held accountable for their irresponsibilities of the past. They mostly (as industries) avoided the depression of the 30’s but this go round they are being targeted and shall not be able to internally avoid this self created catastrophe, externally its just an extension of the kabuki theater some of us are so throughly entertained by.
The Americans will not willingly withdrawal from Syria any more than they withdrew willingly from Vietnam.
They will have to be dealt with in the only language Americans understand: body bags of dead American stormtroopers.
The Americans simply do not respond to reason or justice.
They respond only when the price is too high to pay.
And that price is American blood and wealth.
I have long ago come to the conclusion that the only way the world can move forward is to obliterate, annihilate, decimate those americans. That is, nuke them! That is the only language they can understand. Russia, China, Iran must work together on this. That will be the Karmic Justice for all ages.