https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-july-10-2017/
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The Syrian Army and its allies have continued operation against ISIS in the countryside of Palmyra where government troops are advancing in the direction of the ISIS-held town of Sukhna. Government forces have captured a major part of the al-Haid gas fields and now are attempting to secure the area from ISIS attacks.
A group of self-propelled multiple rocket launcher systems, including MB-27 Uragan, have been spotted in the Arak gas field area. Summing up this and recent photo and video evidence showing artillery pieces and technical vehicles armed with various weapons arriving the area, it’s possible to suggest that the army and its allies will soon launch a major push in order to retake Sukhna from ISIS.
The Turkish military has allegedly deployed ATILGAN short-range air defense systems to the area of al-Bab in the province of Aleppo. The Erdogan government has been increasing its military presence in Syria since the start of the operation Euphrates Shield. According to pro-Kurdish sources, now, Turkey and its proxy forces are preparing for a military operation in order to retake Tall Rifat from YPG and YPJ. Kurdish militias are a core of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The Kurdish political leadership represented by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) heavily relies on the US support. Recently, it has made a series of steps worsening its relations with Syria, Iran and Russia, thus, opening a window of opportunities for Ankara that seeks to clear the Syrian border area from militarized Kurdish organizations.
The Kurdish-Arab tensions are also growing in the area of Raqqah where the so-called Arab Elite Forces led by Ahmad Jarba have withdrawn from the battle of Old Raqqah as a result of disagreements with the SDF. In turn, pro-SDF sources argue that the SDF command has decided to do this because of the bad behavior of Arab fighters. The US-led coalition is trying to mediate the situation. In any case, this has already slowed won the advance against ISIS.
According to opposition sources, the United States agreed with Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra, to establish a military base in Al-Shaddadi city in the southern Hasakah countryside. According to sources among Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra members, the military base will become a foothold for the US-backed push towards the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor.
On Sunday, a ceasefire was implemented in the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra as a result of another US-Russian deal over Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the agreement includes “securing access of humanitarian aids, establishing contacts between the opposition in the area and a monitoring center being established in the Jordanian capital”. State Rex Tillerson said that “I think this is the first indication that the United States and Russia can work together in Syria.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has arrived Mosul city to announce its liberation. Al-Abadi toured Mosul and congratulated the Iraqi soldiers, officers, and civilians, after Iraqi forces had liberated the entire Old Mosul area from ISIS. Al-Abadi held a meeting with commanders at the Federal Police HQ in western Mosul, and stressed the need to ensure security and stability in the city, to remove mines and explosives left by ISIS, and to protect civilians. However, according to local sources sporadic firefights between ISIS members and security forces are still ongoing in Old Mosul. Following the declaration of the liberation of Mosul, Iraqi forces will likely focus their efforts on liberation of Tal Afar.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi Air Force has carried out airstrikes on ISIS targets in the Syrian area of al-Mayadin. The Iraqi Air Force conducts airstrikes against ISIS in the Syrian border area in accordance to the agreement with the Syrian government.
“The “ceasefire” agreed to by Presidents Putin and Trump following their first-ever face-to-face meeting last week at the G20 is meant to advance a “political settlement” in the country by disempowering the Syrian Arab Army and therefore increasing the chances that President Assad will make more “compromises” to quickly end the war.
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The Russian approach is shaped by the calculations inherent with the “19th-Century Great Power Chessboard” paradigm, the Russian-“Israeli” strategic partnership, and Russia’s desire to make progress on advancing a “New Détente” with the US.
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In the grand scope of things, Russia more or less “succeeded” in “balancing” its Syria-related interests in the pure theoretical sense, even if it did so at the perceived expense of its SAA allies in order to curry favor with other partners such as “Israel” and the “rebels”, though the fragile state of affairs is such that there’s no telling just how long any of this will last or whether the latest “concessions” were ultimately “worth it”.”
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/a-syrian-ceasefire-for-whom/
Sounds like the zionazis really are upset with the Russians…
these “political settlements” allow the SAA to free up resources for advances that are crucial.
btw, all your analyses lack a wider understanding of the situation at hand:
1) you don’t take into account the interests and actions of other actors (Turkey, Iran etc)
2) you don’t take into account the time component – whatever settlement is reached now will be
changed once the US is collapsed and bankrupt – the US will withdraw on its own, so why
start a unnecessary bloody conflict now? (rhetorical question)
3) there is no Russian-“Israeli” strategic partnership. Israel is a minor player in the Syrian conflict
and their influence extends only over the Golan Heights. yes, Israel does want to “piggy-back”
their Yinon Plan on top of other major players’ interests, but Israels interests are way back on
the line. You need to differentiate wishes (+ zionist propaganda) from feasible prospects – e.g.
remember “Assad must go”
Israeli Nuke Whistleblower Sentenced Again for Talking to Foreigners
https://sputniknews.com/military/201707101055419405-israeli-nuke-whistleblower-sentenced-again/
“Vanunu, a former technician at Israel’s Negev Nuclear Research Center, revealed to the media in 1986 that the country was developing nuclear weapons — a revelation that the embattled Middle Eastern nation refuted and continues to deny to this day, in spite of irrefutable evidence and widespread global condemnation,
Vanunu was released in 2004 but was barred from traveling outside of the country. He was also required to seek government approval before speaking to non-Israelis.
Vanunu has repeatedly asserted that he no longers poses a security risk to Israel, and has declared that he wishes to depart from the country.”
Not mentioned in the article, but an additional factor the subhumanoid israelonazis are so cruel to Vanunu is because after he escaped zionaziland, and before being kidnapped by the planet’s lowest scum, he converted to Christianity. The israelonazis go into spastic contortions when israelis do that and pull out all the stops to get revenge. A society and regime that is way beyond sick and is literally psychotic and the most dangerous threat facing iur planet today.
‘Red line for Israel, Saudi Arabia & Turkey: President Assad gaining total control of Syria’
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/395888-terrorism-deal-syria-ceasefire/
“RT: Why do you think these three zones were chosen for the ceasefire?
PF: The conditions were ripe; there has been an effective standstill in the area since March when the area was first mentioned as a zone for deconfliction or de-escalation in the Astana talks. There is essentially a military standstill.
The Syrian government could retake the towns at the area, particularly Daraa, but they don’t want to raze Daraa to the ground in the way that the Iraqi government forces, with America behind them, have just razed much of Mosul, and it would be altogether too costly.
At the same time, the rebel forces in the area don’t represent a strategic threat to the Syrian government. The Syrian government has bigger fish to fry in other parts of Syria. This is the real significance of this agreement – it will free up battalions, Syrian government forces, to go fight against ISIS in Deir ez-Zor in the northeast – a much more important town – and other areas in the central spine of the country in Homs province.”
See also this exchange starting here at Saker’s:
http://thesaker.is/putin-and-trump-stage-manage-a-win-win-meeting/#comment-376466
I’m curious. Are the kurds backed heavily by the US, or do they in fact provide a thin cover fo what is actually a US force?
@mdroy. Both. But their US-controlled “Kurdistan” is literally an (oil & gas) pipedream.
Now, I wonder where on Earth these could these guys be heading?
https://sputniknews.com/us/201707101055415264-amphibious-group-mideast/
“With ships, aircraft, troops and logistical equipment, the ARG/MEU is a self-contained and self-sustained task force capable of conducting everything from combat operations to humanitarian assistance, according to the release.”
Is there a website that tracks ships’ movements?
Maybe they’re just going to sail around harmlessly. I don’t think so
We need to watch the US war machine extremely closely over the next few weeks/ months
The surprising news was tucked into the last 30 seconds: Iraqi Air Force attacked Al-Mayadeen. Al-Mayadeen is much closer to Deir Ez-Zoor than to the Iraqi-Syrian border. The Syrian Army, or its allies, must reach Deir Ez-Zoor before the US-driven FSA does. What are the terms of the Syria-Iraq military cooperation? Why is the Iraqi Air Force attacking ISIS there, rather than the Russian? Is it conceivable that the Iraqi Army or PMU will liberate Deir Ez-Zoor?
At the same time, every ‘peace’ agreement Putin makes leads to the US, Israel and Turkey controlling more chunks of Syria. Now I’m not saying that Putin is midwifing the carveup of Syria. It just looks that way I’m sure.
An interesting article on Asma Al-Assad, her views and ideas, and how the zio-gay western media did a 180 when the zionazi decided to attack Syria.
Asma Al-Assad: How Western Media turned “A Rose in the Desert” into “A Cheerleader for Evil”
https://sarahabed.com/2017/07/08/asma-al-assad-how-western-media-turned-a-rose-in-the-desert-into-a-cheerleader-for-evil/
“The article gave readers an inside view of what life was like for the Assad’s In Syria. It didn’t exaggerate, or misrepresent information and had a seemingly unbiased tone.
“Back in the car, I ask what religion the orphans are. “It’s not relevant,” says Asma al-Assad. “Let me try to explain it to you. That church is a part of my heritage because it’s a Syrian church. The Umayyad Mosque is the third-most-important holy Muslim site, but within the mosque is the tomb of Saint John the Baptist. We all kneel in the mosque in front of the tomb of Saint John the Baptist. That’s how religions live together in Syria—a way that I have never seen anywhere else in the world. We live side by side and have historically. All the religions and cultures that have passed through these lands—the Armenians, Islam, Christianity, the Umayyads, the Ottomans—make up who I am.”
“Does that include the Jews?” I ask. “And the Jews,” she answers. “There is a very big Jewish quarter in old Damascus.”
Well done finding this. It turns the whole “war on terror” on it’s head. Western regimes are the terrorists and they are waging war on humanity, all of us
A total eye opener for those as yet unconvinced – 20 minutes long and it is shocking
http://tapnewswire.com/2017/07/remember-the-london-bombings-of-77-in-2005/
Of course Trump has a strategy on Syria. And it is working. The Strategy (reported in RT) is the Israel-Europe gas pipeline.
I have a few words on it here: http://classicalvalues.com/2017/06/its-a-gas/
Daesh Confirms Death of Group Leader al-Baghdadi
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201707111055429513-daesh-leader-baghdadi-confirmed-dead/
“Daesh terrorists confirmed the group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, Al Sumaria TV channel reports citing a source in the Iraqi province of Nineveh.
According to the source, Daesh terrorists issued a brief statement in which they reported the death of their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as well as the name of the “new Caliph.”
I wonder what Russian intercepts of israeloamerican/nato communications with daesh would reveal about how the new “dear leader” selection process worked.