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Idlib. 01/07/2018
Front of the fighters "An-Nusra" in Idlib today continued to collapse successfully. Synzhar, according to some data, fell as early as yesterday evening, while another was cleaned this morning. Also, a number of settlements were vacated in the area of the road junction in Sinjar.
The wedge driven into the defense of militants complicates the supply of detachments of militants defending against the SAA and IGIL in the north-eastern Hama. In addition, preconditions have been created for moving to the strategically important Dahur air base, the capture of which will lead to the fact that the militants will lose all territories in the northeastern Hama and about 25-30% of the territory of Idlib.
The configuration of the front is such that it directly provokes the Syrian command to turn the huge ledge with the base in Dahur into a huge cauldron, in which there will be several thousand fighters of An-Nusra and Co., as well as IGIL.
Of course, taking Dahur will not only lead to the defeat of the An-Nusra's troops in the northeastern Hama, but also to the re-encirclement of the remains of the Akilbat group IGIL, which breaks out of the boiler and fights with An-Nusra in northeastern Hama. When the benefits of fighting Igil with An-Nusra will no longer be, of course the remnants of the "blacks" will also be destroyed.
Despite the attempts of the militants to attack Khmeimim, the Russian Air Force continues to actively support the advancing Syrian troops, which is best seen in the growing tantrum of "destroyed hospitals," which is a characteristic sign of the imminent defeat of militants.
Author of the text Boris Rozhin
Front of the fighters "An-Nusra" in Idlib today continued to collapse successfully. Synzhar, according to some data, fell as early as yesterday evening, while another was cleaned this morning. Also, a number of settlements were vacated in the area of the road junction in Sinjar.
The wedge driven into the defense of militants complicates the supply of detachments of militants defending against the SAA and IGIL in the north-eastern Hama. In addition, preconditions have been created for moving to the strategically important Dahur air base, the capture of which will lead to the fact that the militants will lose all territories in the northeastern Hama and about 25-30% of the territory of Idlib.
The configuration of the front is such that it directly provokes the Syrian command to turn the huge ledge with the base in Dahur into a huge cauldron, in which there will be several thousand fighters of An-Nusra and Co., as well as IGIL.
Of course, taking Dahur will not only lead to the defeat of the An-Nusra's troops in the northeastern Hama, but also to the re-encirclement of the remains of the Akilbat group IGIL, which breaks out of the boiler and fights with An-Nusra in northeastern Hama. When the benefits of fighting Igil with An-Nusra will no longer be, of course the remnants of the "blacks" will also be destroyed.
Despite the attempts of the militants to attack Khmeimim, the Russian Air Force continues to actively support the advancing Syrian troops, which is best seen in the growing tantrum of "destroyed hospitals," which is a characteristic sign of the imminent defeat of militants.
Author of the text Boris Rozhin
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AP | Published — Monday 8 January 2018
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1221466/middle-east
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces captured 14 villages on Monday as they advanced on the largest rebel-held enclave in the country’s north amid a wave of airstrikes.
Syrian government forces and their allies have been on the offensive since late October in Hama and Idlib provinces, capturing nearly 100 villages from insurgent groups, including the Al-Qaeda-linked Levant Liberation Committee. The offensive intensified on Christmas Day after reinforcements were brought in from other parts of Syria.
The main aim of the troops is to reach the rebel-held Abu Zuhour air base and secure the road linking the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest. Rebels captured Abu Zuhour in 2015 after a three-year siege.
The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said the newly captured villages, include Freija, Jahman, Dawoudiyeh and Jub Al-Qasab, bring the troops closer to the air base.
The SCMM and the opposition’s Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that 14 villages have been captured over the past hours.
Russia’s Defense Ministry meanwhile said its air base and naval station in western Syria came under at least 13 attempted attacks by drones since Saturday. The ministry said three of the armed drones landed outside the base and others detonated when they crashed, while seven drones were shot down. The ministry said there was no damage to the bases.
The Observatory said the attacks were carried out by an Islamist rebel faction that operates in rural Latakia province, southwest of Idlib, and which had targeted the air base a number of times since Dec. 31.
The offensive in the southern parts of Idlib province comes amid intense airstrikes and shelling that have killed 21 people since Sunday, according to the Observatory.
Clashes also erupted Monday near the Damascus suburb of Harasta, after government forces reached troops trapped for more than a week in a military base surrounded by insurgents.
State media said the Syrian army broke through rebel lines Sunday to reach soldiers trapped at the Murakabat vehicle base near Harasta, in the eastern Ghouta suburbs.
Rebels surrounded the base late last month, trapping an unknown number of soldiers inside. The rebels say they have taken numerous soldiers hostage. The Observatory says 159 rebels and government soldiers have been killed in fighting over the base since Dec. 29.
In the northwestern city of Idlib, meanwhile, paramedics said the death toll from a massive car bombing the previous evening has risen to at least 25. Nearly 100 people were wounded. The Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, said four children and 11 women were among those killed.
The Observatory on Monday said 27 civilians were killed in the attack, including 14 children. The Observatory added that the attack also killed at least 15 insurgents.
The Sunday night bombing targeted the office of Ajnad Al-Koukaz, a militant group consisting of foreign fighters mostly from the Caucuses and Russia, according to activists. Idlib is the capital of a province by the same name that is controlled by insurgent factions, including an Al-Qaeda-linked group.
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1221466/middle-east
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces captured 14 villages on Monday as they advanced on the largest rebel-held enclave in the country’s north amid a wave of airstrikes.
Syrian government forces and their allies have been on the offensive since late October in Hama and Idlib provinces, capturing nearly 100 villages from insurgent groups, including the Al-Qaeda-linked Levant Liberation Committee. The offensive intensified on Christmas Day after reinforcements were brought in from other parts of Syria.
The main aim of the troops is to reach the rebel-held Abu Zuhour air base and secure the road linking the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest. Rebels captured Abu Zuhour in 2015 after a three-year siege.
The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said the newly captured villages, include Freija, Jahman, Dawoudiyeh and Jub Al-Qasab, bring the troops closer to the air base.
The SCMM and the opposition’s Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that 14 villages have been captured over the past hours.
Russia’s Defense Ministry meanwhile said its air base and naval station in western Syria came under at least 13 attempted attacks by drones since Saturday. The ministry said three of the armed drones landed outside the base and others detonated when they crashed, while seven drones were shot down. The ministry said there was no damage to the bases.
The Observatory said the attacks were carried out by an Islamist rebel faction that operates in rural Latakia province, southwest of Idlib, and which had targeted the air base a number of times since Dec. 31.
The offensive in the southern parts of Idlib province comes amid intense airstrikes and shelling that have killed 21 people since Sunday, according to the Observatory.
Clashes also erupted Monday near the Damascus suburb of Harasta, after government forces reached troops trapped for more than a week in a military base surrounded by insurgents.
State media said the Syrian army broke through rebel lines Sunday to reach soldiers trapped at the Murakabat vehicle base near Harasta, in the eastern Ghouta suburbs.
Rebels surrounded the base late last month, trapping an unknown number of soldiers inside. The rebels say they have taken numerous soldiers hostage. The Observatory says 159 rebels and government soldiers have been killed in fighting over the base since Dec. 29.
In the northwestern city of Idlib, meanwhile, paramedics said the death toll from a massive car bombing the previous evening has risen to at least 25. Nearly 100 people were wounded. The Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, said four children and 11 women were among those killed.
The Observatory on Monday said 27 civilians were killed in the attack, including 14 children. The Observatory added that the attack also killed at least 15 insurgents.
The Sunday night bombing targeted the office of Ajnad Al-Koukaz, a militant group consisting of foreign fighters mostly from the Caucuses and Russia, according to activists. Idlib is the capital of a province by the same name that is controlled by insurgent factions, including an Al-Qaeda-linked group.
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In 2016, Turkey launched the Euphrates Shield operation on its Syrian border to eradicate what it called a 'corridor of terror', made up by the dual threat of Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters.
: Reuters | Istanbul | Published: January 9, 2018 2:44 pm
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...orthern-syria-says-president-erdogan-5017493/
Turkey’s military will continue its operation in Syria’s Afrin and Manbij regions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday during a parliamentary address to his ruling AK Party.
In 2016, Turkey launched the Euphrates Shield operation on its Syrian border to eradicate what it called a “corridor of terror”, made up by the dual threat of Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters.
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http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...el-fired-at-syria-with-jets-missiles-5017376/
Syrian army says Israel fired at Syria with jets, missiles
Israel attacked Syrian territory three times early on Tuesday with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, Syria's army said in a statement carried by state television.
By: Reuters | Beirut | Published: January 9, 2018 1:23 pm
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...el-fired-at-syria-with-jets-missiles-5017376/
Israel attacked Syrian territory three times early on Tuesday with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, Syria’s army said in a statement carried by state television. The army said Israeli jets fired missiles at the al-Qutaifa area near Damascus from inside Lebanese airspace at 2.40 am (0040 GMT), and that Syrian air defences hit one of the planes.
Israel then fired ground-to-ground rockets from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but the Syrian defences brought the missiles down, the Syrian army said.
It said Israeli jets fired a final barrage of four rockets from inside Israel, and that the Syrian air defences brought down one, but that the others caused material damage.
An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to respond to the Syrian statement. Although the Israeli air force chief last August disclosed that his corps had struck in Syria around 100 times, Israel’s policy is generally not to confirm or deny such operations.
Israel has pledged to prevent Syrian territory being used for Iran to set up bases or transfer high-quality weaponry to Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, which has been helping Damascus beat back a six-year-old rebellion.
In its statement, the Syrian army repeated previous warnings of serious repercussions for the strikes and repeated its past accusation that Israel was using attacks to support militant groups in Syria.
: Reuters | Istanbul | Published: January 9, 2018 2:44 pm
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...orthern-syria-says-president-erdogan-5017493/
Turkey’s military will continue its operation in Syria’s Afrin and Manbij regions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday during a parliamentary address to his ruling AK Party.
In 2016, Turkey launched the Euphrates Shield operation on its Syrian border to eradicate what it called a “corridor of terror”, made up by the dual threat of Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters.
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http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...el-fired-at-syria-with-jets-missiles-5017376/
Syrian army says Israel fired at Syria with jets, missiles
Israel attacked Syrian territory three times early on Tuesday with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, Syria's army said in a statement carried by state television.
By: Reuters | Beirut | Published: January 9, 2018 1:23 pm
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...el-fired-at-syria-with-jets-missiles-5017376/
Israel attacked Syrian territory three times early on Tuesday with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, Syria’s army said in a statement carried by state television. The army said Israeli jets fired missiles at the al-Qutaifa area near Damascus from inside Lebanese airspace at 2.40 am (0040 GMT), and that Syrian air defences hit one of the planes.
Israel then fired ground-to-ground rockets from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but the Syrian defences brought the missiles down, the Syrian army said.
It said Israeli jets fired a final barrage of four rockets from inside Israel, and that the Syrian air defences brought down one, but that the others caused material damage.
An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to respond to the Syrian statement. Although the Israeli air force chief last August disclosed that his corps had struck in Syria around 100 times, Israel’s policy is generally not to confirm or deny such operations.
Israel has pledged to prevent Syrian territory being used for Iran to set up bases or transfer high-quality weaponry to Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, which has been helping Damascus beat back a six-year-old rebellion.
In its statement, the Syrian army repeated previous warnings of serious repercussions for the strikes and repeated its past accusation that Israel was using attacks to support militant groups in Syria.
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The Syrian army continues the offensive in the provinces of Idlib, Ham and Aleppo
Syrian army and its allied volunteer formations approached the city and the air base of Abu Duhur, took several villages in the north of the province of Khama and attacked the positions of militants of moderate opposition to the west of the city Hanasser in the province of Aleppo.
About 10 small villages and heights were taken near the city of Abu Duhur and the air base of Abu Duhur, the village of Um-Miyal in the province of Khama and the town of Ramla with the surrounding villages, the militants managed to destroy one BMP-1 of the Syrian army or some one of it in Ramla union formation.
According to the latest information, the militants withdraw their troops from the city and the air base of Abu Duhur, which is likely to be taken today or tomorrow, and if the Syrian army can keep Ramla, which the Syrians have repeatedly taken, and militants of the moderate opposition have also repeatedly beaten, then not one boiler can be formed east of the city of Abu Duhur, but two at once.
Syrian army and its allied volunteer formations approached the city and the air base of Abu Duhur, took several villages in the north of the province of Khama and attacked the positions of militants of moderate opposition to the west of the city Hanasser in the province of Aleppo.
About 10 small villages and heights were taken near the city of Abu Duhur and the air base of Abu Duhur, the village of Um-Miyal in the province of Khama and the town of Ramla with the surrounding villages, the militants managed to destroy one BMP-1 of the Syrian army or some one of it in Ramla union formation.
According to the latest information, the militants withdraw their troops from the city and the air base of Abu Duhur, which is likely to be taken today or tomorrow, and if the Syrian army can keep Ramla, which the Syrians have repeatedly taken, and militants of the moderate opposition have also repeatedly beaten, then not one boiler can be formed east of the city of Abu Duhur, but two at once.
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Syrian intelligence responsible for massive explosion that killed dozens of terrorists in Idlib
January 8, 2018 - Fort Russ News - Paul Antonopoulos
IDLIB, Syria - In the capital of the Syrian Islamists, the city of Idlib, a very powerful explosion took place yesterday with local activists report about two dozen killed and over 30 wounded as a result of the terrorist attack, asreported by FRN yesterday.
However, since the last FRN report, it has been revealed that the Syrian intelligence was responsible for the attack that killed and wounded dozens of terrorists, according to Syrian reports.
This comes as it has been revealed that Syrian spies are also in other Islamist-held settlements of Idlib province.
Caucasus militants, mostly from the North Caucasus that are wanted in the Russian Federation, have been killed.
http://www.fort-russ.com/2018/01/syrian-intelligence-responsible-for.html?m=1
January 8, 2018 - Fort Russ News - Paul Antonopoulos
IDLIB, Syria - In the capital of the Syrian Islamists, the city of Idlib, a very powerful explosion took place yesterday with local activists report about two dozen killed and over 30 wounded as a result of the terrorist attack, asreported by FRN yesterday.
However, since the last FRN report, it has been revealed that the Syrian intelligence was responsible for the attack that killed and wounded dozens of terrorists, according to Syrian reports.
This comes as it has been revealed that Syrian spies are also in other Islamist-held settlements of Idlib province.
Caucasus militants, mostly from the North Caucasus that are wanted in the Russian Federation, have been killed.
http://www.fort-russ.com/2018/01/syrian-intelligence-responsible-for.html?m=1
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Graphic video: Jihadist tank hunter has hands blown off after being hit by Syrian Army anti-armor missile
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The militants of the moderate opposition withdrew from the large territories at the junction of Idlib and Aleppo provinces.
Various sources from the moderate opposition militia report on the withdrawal from the territories of the Haas Plateau in the section of the route "Itria-Hanasser-Aleppo".
The forces of the Syrian army and allied formations have already begun sweeping and demining the territories.
The reason for this was the losses suffered by the militants there in protracted clashes and the possible rapid encirclement by the forces of the Syrian army, which are moving towards the city and the airbase of Abu Duhur in the province of Idlib.
Various sources from the moderate opposition militia report on the withdrawal from the territories of the Haas Plateau in the section of the route "Itria-Hanasser-Aleppo".
The forces of the Syrian army and allied formations have already begun sweeping and demining the territories.
The reason for this was the losses suffered by the militants there in protracted clashes and the possible rapid encirclement by the forces of the Syrian army, which are moving towards the city and the airbase of Abu Duhur in the province of Idlib.
