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On March 1, Syrian government forces made significant gains against ISIS terrorists in the area of Palmyra, seizing the Palmyra Triangle, Qatari Villa, Aqueduct, and a number of hills: Jabal Muhtar, Jabal Qassoun, and Jabal al-Asafir.
Government troops also engaged ISIS units in the Palmyra Castle and took control of it. The rapid advances of the Syrian army and its allies were actively backed by the Russian Aerospace Forces. If the operation continues with the same speed, Palmyra will be soon liberated from ISIS terrorists.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), consisting mostly of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), have seized over 60 villages and killed 172 ISIS members in eastern Syria, ARANews reported citing a spokesman for the SDF.
The SDF is now developing an offensive against ISIS in a wide area east of Raqqah. The goal of the operation is to isolate the ISIS stronghold from the eastern flank and to cut off the roads linking Raqqah, and Deir Ezzor. If this is done, this will put additional pressure on ISIS units storming Syrian army positions in Deir Ezzor.
Pro-Turkish militant groups have captured two more villages – Tall Turin and Al-Qarah – from SDF units west of Manbij.
Meanwhile, reports appear that Ankara-backed militant groups are also preparing to storm the key town of Tell Rifat controlled by the SDF.
Tensions between pro-Turkish forces and US-backed SDF units have been rapidly escalating since Turkey took control of al-Bab earlier this month.
Russia says Palmyra is liberated and in the possession of the Syrian Arab Army now.
https://www.rt.com/news/379197-syria-army-retake-palmyra/
Well the ‘regime’ is made stronger by the failed bid by team chaos to bring it down.
Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations says Damascus reserves the right to use force against Turkey’s military invasion of the Arab country.
Bashar al-Ja’afari, who also serves as the head of the Syrian delegation to current peace talks, made the remarks after meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in the Swiss city of Geneva on Thursday.
The Turkey has its nose and feet into Syria, thanks to Erdogans’s ‘raprochement’ with Putin after the coup in July 2015. Russia did not retaliate in the hope pf getting Egdogan as an ally. But Turkey’s and Erdogan’s interest remain the same i.e. to take a strategic portion of both Syria and Iraq under the guise of preventing Kudish military and political consolidation as an article of faith in Turkish national security. But it is also Turkey’s and Erdogan’s claim to legitimacy on behalf of a revived Ottoman Empire. This fits into the Neocons’ strategy of first limiting Russian influence by creating a quagmire in Syria for Russia, roll back Russian influence in the middle East and finally collapsing the Russian Federation through Jihadist guerilla warfare. Looks like dodgy Erdogan has decided to cook Putin’s goose in Syria afterall. And after Russia, it will be China’s turn to be put into the crucible. This is the method of world domination Neocons style.
The zionazi tuppence regime continuing war on Syria with no real change from the zionazi obama regime.
Nikki Haley Watch: Trump’s Disaster UN Ambassador Loses it Over Syria Sanctions Vote
http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2017/february/28/nikki-haley-watch-trumps-disaster-un-ambassador-loses-it-over-syria-sanctions-vote/
“In the end, it was vetoed by Russia, China, and Bolivia, with three additional countries abstaining.
That did not stop President Trump’s “Disaster Ambassador,” Nikki Haley, from once again displaying her astonishing ignorance in a blistering (but groundless) attack on Russia and China for not falling in line behind the US-led sanctions effort.
The Resolution was vetoed not because Russia and China are not concerned about chemical weapons, but rather, as the deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN said, because the investigation is flawed in its approach and politicized in its conclusions:
The problem is that the basis of expert work on Syria come from dubious information submitted by the armed opposition, international NGOs sympathetic to it, the media and so-called ‘Friends of Syria’…
This is the same approach to Syria that the Obama Administration has taken since 2013: taking the word of the rebels — all of which according to Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who was in Syria, are radical extremists — as fact. That is how so much US weaponry sent to “moderates” in Syria ended up in the hands of al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Yet President Trump’s Ambassador to the UN is ready to take the word of the radicals and terrorists over the Syrian government, which is fighting radicals and terrorists.
But Assad has not been found guilty of the use of chemical weapons. It was a flawed investigation that used testimony of disreputable special interest groups to push a “regime change” agenda.
And like the Obama Administration before it, Trump’s Ambassador is going right along with the program. Including taking as gospel reports from the George Soros-funded Human Rights Watch, which has been firmly on the side of regime change in Syria.
The Great Nikki Haley Train Wreck continues. And with it goes any hope that President Trump will pursue a foreign policy in any way resembling the one he promised on the campaign trail.”
Good, Bad and Mixed News on Syria
http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2017/03/good-bad-and-mixed-news-on-syria.html?m=1
“More bad news – Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, saying “no substantial contacts” between Moscow and Washington on Syria occurred since Trump assumed office – other than a get-to-know-you Lavrov/Tillerson short meeting in Bonn, Germany.
Russia alone among major powers continues going all-out for conflict resolution. Indications so far suggest Washington wants it continued.
US terror-bombing still targets Syrian infrastructure. Hundreds of US special forces are on the ground in northern areas, actively aiding anti-government moderate terrorists, maybe ISIS and al-Nusra covertly.
Reports suggest larger numbers may be sent to Syria and Iraq, indicating Washington wants war in both countries continued, not ended.
Syria peace talks can’t succeed without active US participation and commitment for conflict resolution – nonexistent so far.”