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The Syrian Army Tiger Forces and Tribal forces have liberated Bir al-Zamlah, Bir Rumaylan, Eastern Zamlah, the Zamlah pumping station and the gas fields of Zalmah and Khala, and Fahed and Dubaysan oil fields from ISIS terrorists in the southern part of Raqqah province.
Meanwhile, 12 Syrian soldiers have been allegedly killed in Hamima village in the eastern Homs countryside as a result of an ISIS attack started with VBIED. ISIS also claimed that it destroyed two SAA tanks with ATGMs and captured a T-62 tank, a bulldozer, 23mm and 12.7mm guns and two Konkurs missiles. A fighting is ongoing in the area.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) claimed on Sunday that its special operation units have managed to detonate a VBIED inside the Al-Mina al-Bida Naval base operated by the Syrian Navy in the northern part of Lattakia province. According to HTS, the attack killed and wounded of a number of Syrian service members. Some pro-government media argued that the photos are fake. However, local sources said that the explosion took place but without significant damage to equipment or personnel.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are still facing significant problems with breaking the ISIS defense inside the city of Raqqah. Almost no gains were made during last few days. According to Kurdish sources, 200 new US servicemen have joined the Raqqah advance in order to help the SDF to overcome these difficulties. A notable number of US Special Operations Forces units had been already involved in the operation, acting as forward air controllers and snipers and overseeing SDF units.
At the same time, the US-led coalition is attempting to solve the growing tensions between the SDF and local Arabs as well as between Kurdish and Arab factions of the US-backed force. They key problem is that nobody on the ground believes in the mainstream media mantra about so-called Arab allies of the coalition that allegedly are the core of the US-backed force. The SDF is almost fully controlled by Kurdish militias that are going to establish a full political and security control over the city and to include it into their self-proclaimed Kurdish-dominated federation after the defeat of ISIS.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that he opposes the ceasefire deal in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia. The reason is that the agreement does not serve so-called Israeli interests. According to Netanyahu, the agreement perpetuates Iranian plans to set up a long-term presence on Israel’s northern border.
“Kurdish militias that are going to establish a full political and security control over the city and to include it into their self-proclaimed Kurdish-dominated federation after the defeat of ISIS”
Let me fix that…
“Kurdish militias that are hoping to occupy the city and add it to their illegally occupied territory after the defeat of ISIS, the imaginary terrorist organization that is actually a cover for Western mercenaries, proxies and special ops”.
ISIS is a racket and the Kurdish militants are batting it East of the Euphrates””
Of course, only the brain-dead, brain-washed and hasbara will believe that the Syrian Kurds will get to partition Syria. Let us have a look at the powers in the region and what they, in effect, said about Syrian partition…
The Russians…”We laughed at the notion. Refueled our planes. Laughed again. Then launched our planes. And missiles. And diplomats. We think Mr Wolf will devour the Kurdish militants.”
The Turks… “@#!~@][#@!!!!!!”
Iran… “Yes of course we will allow Syria to be partitioned. That is why we signed an oath in blood and treasure and honour. To partition Syria. I hope you understand Persian sarcasm?”
Hezbollah… “What they said”
Iraq… “If you say one more thing about “defacto partition”…”
China… “Silk Road says nooooooooooooooooo…ha ha ha.”
Iran & Hezbollah are the true losers of the fragile ceasefire in the southwestern part of Syria: 6 years already fighting on the ground against ISIS, Daesh and the SDF, having not success at all.
“6 years already fighting on the ground against Western special forces, mercenary proxies and Kurdish militants”
Fixed. ISIS does not exist — it is a racket; a cover name to hide a Western-backed invasion of Syria. Hezbollah and Iran have prevented the defeat and breakup of Syria. Along with a little help from Russia ;)
“true losers”
You wish?
“Hezbollah and Iran have prevented the defeat and breakup of Syria. Along with a little help from Russia ;)”
That’s exactly what’s occurring on the ground in Syria: a country being systematically dismembered little by little.
– The Assad regime has control over limited areas only, and Russia’s “mighty arsenal” deployed on that country hasn’t been able to deter the opposing forces.
– Too bad for Gasprom stockholders knowing that their plans to control the pipelines coming from the Arabian peninsula must be put on hold indefinitely (and a bad investment for Russia too after almost 2 years of military involvement).
– Khmeimim Air Base and Tartus naval facility are military spots that lack of any strategic value.
– Israel will keep pounding IRGC/Hezbollah military positions in western and southwestern Syria with total impunity: by the way, where are Putin’s “state of the art” S-400 air defense systems and SU-35 multi-role fighter jets in stopping IDF warplanes from entering Syrian airspace?
A genuine fiasco indeed.
Why the announcement? I just figured they would bide their time for some real treachery.
This is how Israel sets the propaganda. They cry about their special needs for security. They raise the specter of the Iranians, Hezbollah and, therefore, the Syrians as threats.
They have to turn the Jordanians and US against what Trump wanted and is getting, de-escalation zones. Trump called them ‘safe zones’. He wants a victory and a parade out of that war.
Israel will soon marshall the chorus in DC and also start threatening and blackmailing DC.
Tel Aviv has wanted a war into Lebanon. That means a big war across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, by air, sea and with all the proxies they can muster.
All of that is getting harder each day for Bibi and the lunatic forces in Israel.
If he really envisions that he can launch a war and not lose thousands of troops as well as most of Haifa in hours, he can’t count to 100,000 (the total missiles Hezbollah will send into Israel).
The reality is that Putin would dissuade the IDF from trying such a war. The S-400s and other defenses would easily decimate the IDF air force, and any armor assault without air cover would be criminally negligent. Impossible to take on Hezbollah. The coverage of the S-400 at Latakia easily covers down to the “war zone” of Golan or any other zone the Israelis might invade.
So, right now, with Trump wanting victory over ISIS and other terrorists, the task for Bibi is very tall.
Latest from the self designated “master race”
Former Israel Security Chief Calls for Military Action in Syria
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201707171055627781-israel-chief-military-action-syria/
“One day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced his opposition to the Russia-US brokered ceasefire in parts of Syria, the nation’s former National Security Council chief called for Israel to examine military options that would keep Iran and Hezbollah from setting up permanent bases in the country.
Syrian politician Tarek Ahmad told Sputnik on Monday that rhetoric of protecting Israel from Iran could be a front for Israel’s support of the Nusra front and other extremist factions. “The Israelis are not just securing their borders in southern Syria, they are also working with Nusra and affiliated terror groups.”
The number one threat facing this planet is the zionazi. Until they are erradicated, all other major problems will remain unsolvable.
Hard to do when every israli travel agency is an intel base, for starters.
2017-07-17 Updates:
T2 Under Full Control.
“…The SAA has now full control of T2 pumping station and airfield, after 3 weeks of back and forth, the 5th Corps and Iraqi militias among other groups accomplished a great victory, under heavy and frequent RuAF CAS and prep attacks.
We have shared before that this front resumed the action and the news are coming out now.
Al Humaymah village area is still contested but ISIS won’t hold much longer now, since the approach are from 3 different axis, should be completely liberated by tomorrow.
Important to note that these are battles to control unpaved roads in the desert, this unpaved roads give an alternative way to Der ez Zor and of course the control of them also protects the flank to any advancing force from the main highway.
In fact the SAA and allies are approaching Der ez Zor from 4 different axis at the moment.”
10+ Oil & Gas Fields Liberated.
“… Little less than a dozen oil and gas fields were liberated in the past days, 5 just yesterday and today. Two of them are located toward the Euphrates river, Zemlah and Kalaa, in the roadway to the large Wadi Abayd oil field, half way to Der ez Zor through the one of the 3 must be captured mountain during this offensive, Jabbal al Fusayyat, already explained way they are important in previous posts (the other 2 are Bishri mountain and Dahiq mountain near Sukhnah), these three formations dominate this part of the Syrian desert and their control means Sukhanah and Der ez Zor will be safe, while ISIS will be trapped inside Hama/Homs.”
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.527756&lon=39.524689&z=10&m=b&gz=0;389822387;353851314;0;1241813;3419494;1722361;8995056;414150;10107421;0
Deir Ezzor Campaign Coordination.
“… The latest advances continue to corroborate with a possible arrival near Der ez Zor during the month of July. We will soon hear more news from the Tigers ( toward al Kawm Oasis and the beautiful historical site of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, another way to by pass al Sukhanah toward Der ez Zor), and news from Doubayat gas field, south of al Sukhanah, another way to by pass al Sukhanah.
The coordination on all fronts are done in a very timely way, they are all working as one large front and moves are timed and sequenced, things look very good for Der ez Zor nowadays.”
Syria Alliance Way Ahead of Schedule.
“… This Monday and Tuesday will mark a big shift in the Syrian desert. Since the weekend several operations were timed to create havoc in ISIS defenses from the northern mountains in Homs all the way down to the Iraq border. The attempt yesterday to secure T2 and Hamaymah villages was part of it, as it is several operations south of Sukhnah.
The axis Hamaymah-T2 is a back and forth battle, flipping sides several times, ISIS is defending it harshly since it knows a strong SAA presence there directly impact the ability to use Mayaden as their new HQs, but this battle has also the intention to attract ISIS terrorists to it, reliving Der ez Zor city from constant threat, while other attacking axis toward lifting the siege to Der ez Zor continues to advance.
As mentioned last night, expect lots of advance today and tomorrow, multiple advances throughout the battle fields, keep in mind the 3 mountains that are vital to control the northern part of the Syrian desert, Mounts dahiq, Bishri and Fusayyat, controlling these key sites is the real battle that will finally lift the siege of Der ez Zor, and in July still.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.260198&lon=39.158020&z=10&m=b&gz=0;388064575;349698123;0;0;4380798;3514758;7662963;5182577
Expect news of massive advance by the Tiger Forces north-south bound, north-southeast bound and from the 5th Corps/Hizballah/Liwa al Quds from south-northeast bound.
These two forces may meet in the Syrian mountains sooner than many think, media black out continues, and Tiger advances are announced with delays and by bits and pieces, things look much better and way ahead of schedule.
I have been saying at Syrper that the SAA and allies will get to Der ez Zor in the month of July for about 3 weeks, and soon we will learn that this is about to be a reality.”
SDF Shifting from Raqqa Ops to Left Side of the Euphrates Land Grab?
“… For a week the SDF has been slowing down ops inside Raqqa, while minimizing casualties reports. ISIS has been reporting large KIA and WIA from the SDF side by snipers, and it was never contested, which seemed to pointing to the truth.
A striking difference of ISIS defenses in Raqqa vs Mosul is the much lower VBIEDs and suicide bombers vs the battle for Mosul, at one moment it made me believe something different was on the works due to the much lower use of this traditional ISIS tactics, even more when ISIS used in one day near Maskanah 12 VBIEDs.
Time will tell whether the SDF original forces were too small to attack Raqqa, or ISIS defenses are much stronger than anticipated, the clear fact is that the SDF has fought little battle inside cities, Manbij being one, but it can not compare with the experience of the SAA and allies from Homs, Aleppo, Damascus, Darayya, Der ez Zor and the list goes on and on, urban warfare is another story all together.
A lot of people denying the news above, but BBC seems to be echoing the redirection of efforts in Raqqa, siege/starvation vs battle of attrition, if it proves true then there it may indicate that Raqqa was most likely a political/PR battle by the US that lost its strategic importance due to the loss of the Syrian desert and Anbar border, the relentless US desire to destroy the Syrian culture may want to shift the SDF toward controlling all left banks of the Euphrates, thus blocking Syria-Iraq to share border with Nineveh and maximizing the Syrian land grabbing for the SDF in a possible political settlement in the future, which would include most of Hasaka, Raqqa and Der ez Zor Provinces, besides part of eastern Aleppo.”
2017-07-18 Updates:
Al Sukhanah.
”… In a day or two we will wake up with the news that the SAA and allies are at the door of al Sukhanah, advances from north and from the southern flanks were made and soon will be announced to the public. It is very likely that the SAA and allies have now control of or close to be fully secure of:
Kadir village
Aal Kawm Oasis
Al Hussein North gas fields
Doubayat oil and gas fields
Qubat Arak
Hulayhilah
Some Sukhnah oil & gas wells
Wadi Ubayd oil field
ISIS is clearly unable to hold such a large defensive line all over the desert, tough choices for ISIS ahead for retreating so they can prep defenses that can in fact hold the allies forces, the situation inside the red box below is clearly a checkmate for ISIS, imminent collapse ahead in what was supposed to be their toughest defensive lines inside the mountain region.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.283743&lon=38.660889&z=9&m=b&gz=0;383615112;348735385;1071166;5166310;5355834;4987163;5053710;0;2609252;1373387;0;2070456
Storming ISIS From the Back Door.
“… From a different perspective, ISIS defensive lines in Hama and Homs are close to be the toughest in all Syria, but it holds facing west, north and south on the Hama/Homs cauldron, now what if the pocket is sealed on the central Homs mountains where there is no defensive lines ready from ISIS, what was supposed to be the exit of the cauldron may in fact be the entry for the SAA and allies to storm ISIS from its back door.”
The ISIS Maginot Line!
Isra-Hell the vilest entity of the entire planet. No wonder Satan has set his throne there.
Thank God for Putin.
Israel was at the forefront of the holocaust in Syria, causing the complete destruction of a first-class second world nation. The ‘victory’ Syrians have seen over the extremist islamic forces of Israel and Saudi Arabia still leaves their country ruined, the economy gone, and a permanent pariah status for all Syrians with any connection to the government in the West. And the moment Russia blinks, tens of thousands of new jihadis pour into Syria across the Israeli border for one.
So Israel achieved 99% of its goals in Syria. If Israel is pissed, it is because Iran is the real target- and that missing one percent currently represents ***all*** the Israeli plans for a road to war with Iran.
Today a ‘friend of Israel’ wrote a speech for Trump that proclaimed the even though Iran was completely following (the vastly unfair racist) terms of the Nuclear Treaty, it was breaking the ‘spirit’ of the treaty. This is how zionists speak. Hitler was going ***nowhere*** in his attempt to gain power until he observed the jewish communists he debated against- and ultimately learnt to copy their weasel tactics. When all the facts were against his jewish debating opponents, they didn’t give up but simply exploited the idiot non-intelligence of the audience- and used ‘weasel tactics’- false arguements that seem to make sense to the ‘hard of thinking’.
Jews build hundreds of nuclear warheads in Israel (the first used Plutonium provided by the British government via Tony Benn in the early 1960s), and European leaders say “this is good”. The jews of Israel gave nuclear warheads to the (former) apartheid regime of South Africa for use against ‘black’ Humans who only wanted Human Rights, and the leaders of Europe say “this is good”. The jews of Israel murder the nuclear scientists of ‘sub-Human’ ‘races’ and their families in nations like Iran, Iraq, and Syria and the politicians of Europe say “this is good”.
The jews of Hollywood make films and TV glorifying all of the above, and suggesting this proves the ‘superiority’ of ‘their people’ and the leaders of Europe say ‘this is good’.
But when Iran researches nuclear power, the leaders of Europe say “this is the ultimate proof that Iran is evil and a danger to Humanity’. The blatant racism of any society over which zionist have control is so ‘in your face’ it isn’t even real.
Yet everyone here has witnessed the ‘unexpected’ complication of this situation, as Israel partners Saudi Arabia (wahhabism is actually far closer to judaism than islam), and Israel uses all of its influence to ensure America and Europe support the end of modern secular muslim states and their replacement with wahhabi hellholes.
Saudi Arabia and Israel have only one ultimate goal- the nuclear destruction of Iran. Israel considers that unless Iran is nuked, Iran has a significant industrial advantage in warfare over Israel and Saudi Arabia. And the nuking must be done by the USA, UK and France for ‘political’ reasons.
Nolan, the extreme right-wing British filmmaker, is doing his bit today with ‘Dunkirk’. In the real history, Hitler bent over backwards to avoid significant early hurt to his ‘race’ brothers, the British. He wrote and said that he loved the British Empire and considered it the jewel of Human history. He expected the British to ‘see sense’ and accept Germany’s European victories – so Dunkirk was really Hitler allowing the British forces to safely withdraw almost entirely unmolested. Had he wanted, Hitler could have wiped them out to a man.
Now this doesn’t make Hitler a ‘good’ person- of course not. He was being pragmatic and racist in his ‘brotherly’ attitude to the British. But that doesn’t change the purposeful ***lies*** of Nolan’s movie.
And why this propaganda at this time. After all the Empire of the West is the greatest and most powerful in Human History- and faces no real ***external*** threats. The answer lies in the propaganda effect of the sheeple who’ll watch this movie.
Nolan knows that Iran is ‘nazi Germany’ in his film. ‘Dunkirk’ is the ‘retreat’ that happens if Iran is not ‘confronted’ and ‘defeated’. During WW2, Nolan’s predecesors used the same trick, making films about ancient british battles. Fake interpretations of ‘history’ are used to sell propaganda messages in the present. And ‘the friends of Israel’ financed Dunkirk and are currently lionising the film in their papers and TV shows.
One mis-step – one successful false-flag and it’s game on. We’ve watched recently as Putin has signed deals to provide Turkey with the state-of-the-art SAM defense systems he’s consistantly refused to sell to Iran. Putin doesn’t even try to hide the fact that when the West decides to attack Iran, Russia will do the same as happened with Libya- ie nothing.
All that protects Iran is that it can stand up for itself in a fair fight. But when the fight comes, it won’t be fair – the missiles will have ‘small’ nuclear warheads and Iran will have zero means of defending itself- just how the ‘friends of Israel’ like it (as seen when Israel uses weapon systems designed for a world war against the defenseless Humans of Gaza). Putin gambles that the West won’t nuke Iran- but every leader of the West has publicly promised to do exactly this if Iran crosses ‘red lines’ set by Israel.
It is true that syria today looks less like “the road to war with Iran” than at any time in the last few years- and Putin and Iran will negotiate the ‘removal’ of Iran forces from Syria for a lasting security against further wahhabi actions. But the USA will then be looking for ‘the Ukraine option’ again- a ***fake*** ‘popular’ vote that installs a west-friendly regime in Syria that immediates invites an invasion by West military forces. To avoid this, Putin is neatly manouvered into accepting ethnic fragmentation of Syria- a second best solution for the West.
And again I’d invite each of you to think deeply about Trumps words- the statement that Iran is following each requirement of the nuclear treaty but ‘breaking the spirit of the treaty’. This is the perfect evil of the Deep State and why no-one can do business with it. Putin fools himself when he thinks otherwise. And the coming nuclear strikes against Iran are the last stepping stone before the big one- massive ‘pre-emptive’ strikes on Russia (which the Demons know will end Human life on Earth).
Twilight’s last gleaming about Putin went off the rails, but otherwise very interesting and insightful comment
I stopped reading where, “The ‘victory’ Syrians have seen over the extremist islamic forces of Israel and Saudi Arabia still leaves their country ruined, the economy gone, and a permanent pariah status for all Syrians with any connection to the government in the West.”
Syria will no longer need the West, but it looks like the West will be needing Syria when the new transport corridors are in place.
Instead of Russia blinking, it looks like the West blinked and the center of the world moved east. Syria is the big winner here. As climate change wreaks its destruction, the peoples Iran, Iraq and Syria will find avenues for them to migrate, as wealthy, educated citizens, to better climates into a vast, under populated country. It will be a migration of the best and brightest, but only possible with the remedies Russia and china are providing. I am sure those two countries are doing it for their own benefit, but whatever countries they choose to incorporate into their 3rd millennium civilization will also benefit.
Unique Report From Syrian Golan Heights Included in US-Russia Brokered Safe Zone
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201707191055686805-syrian-golan-heights-ceasefire-russia-us-truce/
“The Golan Heights has been one of the major hotspots in Syria throughout the country’s civil war. A Sputnik correspondent witnessed the humanitarian aid being distributed in the Jiba settlement, located in the Quneitra province in the Golans.
Quneitra used to host Syria’s elite forces that were getting ready for a possible Israeli intervention, the Sputnik correspondent was told.
After the humanitarian mission was over, two Russian officers, accompanied by the Syrian servicemen, went to the front line to assess the situation at the safe zone’s border. A senior officer met the delegation as it was leaving the settlement.
“Now everything is quiet, there is the furthest point [we control] some hundreds meters in front. A militants-controlled settlement follows. There is no communication between us, there are three roads and all of them are blocked. We have left only one small path for the militants, who want to lay down their weapons,” a senior Syrian officer said, as they accompanied the Russian officers to the border.
For the most part, the region was shrouded in silence for over a week. However, servicemen acknowledged that militants had initiated several provocations during the week and started firing against government forces.
Pro-Damascus forces continue conducting negotiations with the leaders of armed groups, calling on them to lay down their arms and return to their peaceful lives. Civilians and authorities believe that the political way out of the crisis is possible and the bloodshed is about to end.”
The tantrums of Uncle $cams spoilt brat of a nephew, little Izzie, are irrelevant to the great events being played out in the ME by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies: Hezb’Allah, Iran, Iraq, Russia (now possibly also Turkey and Qatar) with China in the background supplying financial and technological support. Latest news from the ultra-cautious, ultra-reliable military analyst Canthama, at SyrianPerspective.com:
“Meanwhile, the SAA and allies have reached the Euphrates, … just SE of Raqqa city. … That means the SAA has the road to Der ez Zor on the right bank Euphrates in front of them, as an alternative axis to advance. That also means SDF is blocked south of Raqqa. That means arabs will have Raqqa at the end.”
Arabs will have Raqqa, neither Kurds nor Uncle nor nephew.