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Syrian government forces are struggling to retake the city of al-Qaryatayn from ISIS sleeper cells and their supporters. The army has retaken Jabal Hazm al-Abyad west of the city and few points in its eastern entrance. Local sources report that artillery units hit terrorist positions inside it.
The Hezbollah media wing in Syria has released a statement saying that members of Liwa Shuhada al-Qaryatayn and Liwa Shuhada Mahin [two groups described by the US-led coalition as moderate opposition] are among ISIS units operating in the area. However, the media outlet released no photos or videos to confirm this claim.
ISIS terrorists also continued their efforts to encircle the strategic town of Sukhna at the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor highway and even captured Jabal Tuntur. However, the army reportedly repelled the ISIS attack on the part of the highway between Sukhna and Palmyra. ISIS actively uses mobile assault groups supported by technical vehicles in the area. An intense fighting is ongoing.
In the Euphrates Valley, government forces reached al-Ba’um village 2km north of the ISIS stronghold of Mayadin city. Local sources report multiple artillery and airstrikes on ISIS in Mayadin area. Russian submarines even launched Kalibr cruise missiles on ISIS there.
However, it is not clear if the army has capabilities to storm this fortified point amid a complicated situation at the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor highway.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued their advance against ISIS in the center of Raqqah city. Clashes are reportedly ongoing in Nahdah and Kurdan districts.
Earlier reports appeared that ISIS conducted a large counter-attack and retook the blood bank building, al-Rasheed park, al-Rasheed high school and other positions around the national hospital in the city center. Nonetheless, a lack of photo and video evidence from the both sides does not allow to confirm or deny these reports.
Solid souces indicate:
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As expected: The storming of Mayadin by the SAA & allies led by the Tiger Forces has begun … and is tactically already over.
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Meanwhile the SAAF and RuAF are relentlessly targeting all ISIS movements between Mayadin and Al Bukamal prepping for quick advance.
Summary: another depressing day for Zion’s takfiri.
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Hama pocket cleared, though not fully secured.
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Current map.
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How is Aleppo doing?
“Aleppo is fine by all means, the city is revitalizing, hundreds of thousands have returned already and business is also returning, some parts in the eastern side of the city have been completely renovated, as if there was no destruction, but the vast majority is yet to be rebuilt.
There is one issue inside Aleppo and that is Sheikh Maksoud and its surroundings, the YPG has check points as if another country and life is not normal in that part of town, as if nothing changed from last year, amazing.
The key for Aleppo to return to full motion is energy and water, the Syrian Government is speeding a lot to get both back on track to pre-conflict times, only then heavy industry can return to Sheikh Najjar.”
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US Claims Russia, Syria Unable to Defeat Daesh Mask Washington True Goals
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201710071058037097-us-claims-russia-daesh-defeat/
“The claims that the Syrian government forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces are unable to completely destroy Daesh cover Washington’s true goals in Syria, where they only imitate the fight against militants, the first deputy chairman of the Russian upper house’s Committee on Defense and Security, Frants Klintsevich, said Saturday.
“It is a cover for the actions that the United States are conducting today in Syria and Iraq, where they imitate the fight against militants, creating all conditions for IS [Daesh] to continue its actions,” Klintsevich told the RT broadcaster.
According to the parliamentarian, Washington is trying to prevent the establishment of peace in Syria, but it will not work.
“In this situation, it is impossible to change anything: the terrorists will be cleaned up, Assad will undoubtedly establish order there with our support,” Klintsevich said.
The United States has repeatedly demonstrated its “two-faced policy” toward Syria, the lawmaker noted.
“The Syrian armed forces began the active phase of operation in the zone of the deployment of the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham [formerly known as al-Nusra Front] and the IS [Daesh] formations in the territory of Syria, they [the United States] kept the Syrians off their base with missiles, while the militants are walking around as they please,” Klintsevich said.”
Hezbollah Accuses US of Using Air Force to Protect Daesh
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201710091058058961-hezbollah-accuse-usa-protect-daesh/
“Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Shiite paramilitary group Hezbollah, said that the United States is using its Air Force to protect the militants of the Islamic State (Daesh) terrorist group in Syria from the Syrian Armed Forces.
“The United States protects Daesh in several Syria’s regions and prevents the Syrian army to end with the terrorists, by using aircraft,” Nasrallah said Sunday, as broadcast by Al Manar TV channel.
The Hezbollah leader said that the Syrian army and the troops loyal to Damascus should mop up the country’s territory from the terrorists, because otherwise the militants would continue their attacks.
According to Nasrallah, at the moment the Daesh controls only relatively small territory in Syria in the vicinity of the country’s border with Iraq.”
While the people in the zionazi run west are shielded from the obvious, and generally lack the mental capability to get past their slave masters’ restrictions, the people of the free world are no longer so entranced with that zio-psywar govno.
Syrian Gen. Accuses US of Supplying Daesh, Nusra Front Terrorists With Weapons
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201710091058060816-us-weapons-daesh-nusra-front-supply/
“The United States is supplying weapons to terrorists in Syria, not the opposition, Gen. Ali Al Ali, chief of the main operational directorate of the Syrian army, told reporters during a demonstration of weapons seized from militants.
“We know that the United States delivered 1,421 trucks with military equipment and weapons between June 5 and September 15 this year to terrorists in Syria. The weapons were allegedly intended to fight terrorists, but eventually they fell into the hands of militants of the Islamic State [Daesh] and Jabhat al-Nusra [terrorist groups banned in Russia],” Ali said.
He said Syrian radicals were getting weapons bought under the Pentagon’s program of assistance to US allies.
Another Syrian army serviceman Walid Khali told reporters during a demonstration of weapons seized from terrorists that militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group, who attacked the observation post of the Russian military police in Syria on September 18, carried weapons made in the United States, Belgium and France.
“Today, weapons are presented here that were seized from militants a few weeks ago. They were delivered to terrorists illegally from abroad. There are over 100 items of small arms and hand-held grenade launchers made in the United States, Belgium and France,” Khali said.”