https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-april-4-2017-important-developments-in-aleppo-and-hama/
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Voiceover by Harold Hoover
On April 3rd, government forces captured the villages of Atshanat Jubb Miri and Idrisiyah which had been controlled by ISIS terrorists in the province of Aleppo. The villages are located directly north of the Jirah Military Airbase which is a major ISIS stronghold in the province.
On April 4th, the SAA and the NDF continued offensive operations in the area of the airbase, aiming to retake it from ISIS terrorists.
In March, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the National Defense Forces (NDF) made some attempts to storm the Jirah Military Airbase but failed to break the ISIS defenses. The situation was dramatically complicated with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led offensive of the ‘moderate opposition’ against government forces in northern Hama. However, now, that the problems in northern Hama are mostly solved, the SAA and the NDF are resuming their attempts to recapture this strategic site from terrorists.
The control over Jubb Miri and Idrisiyah will allow government forces to launch an advance on the Jirah Air Base from 3 directions (northern, eastern, and western) simultaneously. If the SAA and the NDF are not able to achieve success in this storm, they will likely make a push on Duroubiyah Kabira and Jarah Kabir to encircle the ISIS-held airbase.
In northern Hama, government forces liberated Maardes, Iskanderiyah, Tal Zaydan, Maardes bridge, and other nearby points from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies. By April 4th, the SAA, the NDF, and other pro-government formations had concentrated significant forces east and south of Souran and launched an attack on this militant-held town. According to reports, militants already retreated from the area.
Artillery and air strikes continued against militant targets in the vicinity of Hulfiah, Tal Nsriah, and Tibat al Imam.
In case of a rapid collapse of militant defenses in the area, government forces could make a flanking maneuver aiming to besiege Tibat al Imam from the northern direction, capturing Lahia, Buidah, and Masasnah. If the SAA and its allies are able to do this and to entrench in these positions, the situation of militants in Tibat al-Imam will have little chances of keeping the town.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan has announced that Ankara is now preparing new military operations in Syria.
“We have completed the first phase of the Euphrates Shield Operation with the cleaning of Syria’s al-Bab from terrorists. It is now over and there will be [operations] from now on. Right now, we are preparing for new operations to walk all over terror organizations in other regions. We will give new names to new operations. We have very good surprises for all terror groups, including the PKK, YPG, DEASH, [and] FET waiting for the spring,” Erdogan said during a rally in the province of Trabzon on Monday.
As SF forecasted earlier, the official end of the Turkish Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria does not mean that Ankara is going to decrease its military involvement in the conflict. Furthermore, the Erdogan government is seaking options to increase its influence.
The statement came amid widely spreading rumors by pro-opposition sources that Turkey and the United States have made a secret deal which will allow pro-Turkish forces to participate in the storming of the ISIS self-proclaimed capital of Raqqah. While these reports look barely reliable, the whole media campaign has a clear aim – to play into the hands of Erdogan to allow Ankara to get a bigger piece of the pie under a pretext of combating terrorism.
The growing Turkish influence will at least contribute to the Israeli, Qatari, and Saudi plans aimed at defending that what they consider to be own interests in the war torn country.
It seems unlikely that Putin will be amenable to allowing Erdogan to grab a piece of Syria, especially as the original Russian intention was to retain Syria as a whole. Erdogan may think playing the US and Russia off against each other is a clever move, but he will end up again being betrayed by the US (who will do its best to do Israel’s bidding and set up a Kurdistan beginning in Syria and Iraq, ending with the Turkish bit) and making an enemy of Russia for being unable to pick a side and stick to it.
Putin will not repeat his actions to save Erdogan’s life/rule if the apparent “anti-terrorist assistance” becomes a permanent land-grab. South Stream is not a done deal, as much as Sultan-wannabe Erdogan thinks it is. And then there’s the loss of all those Russian tourist rubles, which cost Turkey huge the last time Putin put an embargo on travel to Turkey.
Once more “again” the US jihadi terrorists and their Gulf and Western sponsors are accusing the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against civilians in Syria. Like a “dog to its vomit” they return to the same “fake news” to attack Assad.And the US regime,”true to form”, says Russia and Iran “bear the moral reponsibility” for the chemical weapons attack. When oh when,will these criminal state sponsors of jihadi terrorism be put in their place. When will Russia and Iran “point blank” tell them to stop the lying,or suffer for those lies.When will people wake up to the fact “you can not” appease bullies.For thousands of years we see the same thing over and over again.A nation going rouge and trying to dominate.Using violence and murder to enforce their control. And other nations trying “against hope” to appease them into stopping. It “never,never,works”. Its only possible to deal with a bully in one way.But foolish people “always” try. And suffer misery doing it. Until they “finally” wake up.Must we always see this type of thing over and over again. Will people never wake up until the last minute.Assuming they will have that “last minute” to wake up.
Yep, going rogue…. has certainly been in vogue…..
People in a fog……..sleeping like a log……..
Zombies under mind control…the globalist goal
“What, me worry?”….”What’s the damned hurry?”
Bleated the sheeple….WTF! Wake up people!
I actually think there’s progress, if you back away from the depressing, repeating particulars and look at the anomalies and unexpected actors actually contributing something to the awareness of the Rip Van Winkles that still watch TV…….like Dr Phil (What the hell!)
https://youtu.be/fFa4HK3cUGw a minute 6 seconds
This “truther” guys’ take on this (2 days ago) little bombshell for the daytime tv deplorables and breaks it down in a way that seems reasonable:…..pressure builds…..pressure gets released…in a vague (No Names! way…..) .by the Dr Phil types……….. but still……it is a certain awakening, and certain people I know (weeks before this) have already been shocked awake on this subject….Pedogate.…I calmly told them……”Yeah, I and others told people about pedophilia as political class black mail and mind control at the end of the eighties…….and you know what comes to my mind? Harry Markopolos, who had Bernie Madoff’s number 7-8 years before Madoff’s arrest. and took his evidence to the SEC and the financial press, and got nowhere, except with a few brave souls. The title of his book: No One Would Listen.”.
The newly alarmed person was one of those who would not listen to me in the late 80s.
Their silence after I quoted that title was quite telling. You could almost hear the gears of their mind working: “My God! I have nearly 30 years worth to catch up on, on this flank alone!”
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Dr+Phil+You+Tube+Sex+slave&view=detail&mid=4F5BA8C672C2CEFD8DF84F5BA8C672C2CEFD8DF8&FORM=VIRE
I think there is more and more of this Rip Van Winkle effect, because I have other personal examples on related issues. Like the fragility of the economy. Books I passed on to others 2 years ago, that they finally read, 2 weeks ago. And now they are taking action, with urgency….And so forth.
Are Gulf Oil Producers Falling Into The ‘Venezuela Trap’?
By Irina Slav – Mar 30, 2017,
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According to the Wall Street Journal, other Middle Eastern producers are also considering oil-for-loan schemes, desperate for cash as oil prices stubbornly refuse to go up to the levels they need.
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Loan-for-oil deals were made popular by Rosneft – the company has enough cash because it has access to the state coffers. Rosneft spent over $40 billion in such deals over the last three years to ensure crude oil supply at competitive rates and to spread risk among more producers.
Rosneft’s two latest such deals illustrate clearly why loan-for-oil deals are a last resort: one was a $3-billion prepayment contract with the autonomous region of Kurdistan – another oil producer that is suffering a major cash shortage. The other was a preliminary deal with Libya’s NOC, which is having serious headaches with various armed groups, preventing it from expanding production at the rate it would have liked.
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Are-Gulf-Oil-Producers-Falling-Into-The-Venezuela-Trap.html
How did we go from Aleppogate to Pedogate in the comments? Surely the glories of war cannot be compared to the gory-stories of child rape. Or is war porn related to child porn pastimes of the rich and famous?
How can we know in a world of lies?
How can we live in a den of spies?
How can we survive without our eyes?
Like Gloucester can we see feelingly?
Like Lear can our ears see clearingly?
Like Jesus can our hearts see lovingly?
If so, then we go from Aleppogate to Pedogate through the eyes of Southfrontgate.
A tip of the hat to Bro’s Rip van Winkle awakening message which if heeded would allow us to rip rest in peace.