US Invasion of Syria has started!
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Mattis: "War Is Not Over" In Iraq And Syria
Declarations of victory over ISIS by both Iraq and Syria, along with Russia, are not having an impact on US military policy in the region, according to Defense Secretary James Mattis, who insisted on Friday that “the war is not over.”
Which isn’t to say that the US is determined to keep fighting a war against ISIS, as such, but rather that there’s definitely going to be a war against somebody in those countries. Mattis in particular has been keen to talk up the idea of an “ISIS 2.0” emerging in areas ISIS has been expelled from.
Mattis’ comments are very interesting in the context of other Pentagon statements, which have insisted that US troops would stay in Iraq and Syria long after the ISIS war has ended. This had long been assumed to be just a quiet, permanent garrisoning of the two countries, particularly controversial in Syria since they don’t welcome a US military presence.
Instead, Mattis seems to be presenting this as not just an open-ended deployment, but an open-ended war against an ever-changing collection of enemies. In Syria in particular, this is likely to mean a shift away from Islamist rebels and toward pro-government militias.
In Iraq, the continuation of the war is likely to be very much like the last US occupation of Iraq, fighting with any and all forces that are aligned in opposition to the Iraqi government, or against the occupation itself.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-01/mattis-war-not-over-iraq-and-syria
Declarations of victory over ISIS by both Iraq and Syria, along with Russia, are not having an impact on US military policy in the region, according to Defense Secretary James Mattis, who insisted on Friday that “the war is not over.”
Which isn’t to say that the US is determined to keep fighting a war against ISIS, as such, but rather that there’s definitely going to be a war against somebody in those countries. Mattis in particular has been keen to talk up the idea of an “ISIS 2.0” emerging in areas ISIS has been expelled from.
Mattis’ comments are very interesting in the context of other Pentagon statements, which have insisted that US troops would stay in Iraq and Syria long after the ISIS war has ended. This had long been assumed to be just a quiet, permanent garrisoning of the two countries, particularly controversial in Syria since they don’t welcome a US military presence.
Instead, Mattis seems to be presenting this as not just an open-ended deployment, but an open-ended war against an ever-changing collection of enemies. In Syria in particular, this is likely to mean a shift away from Islamist rebels and toward pro-government militias.
In Iraq, the continuation of the war is likely to be very much like the last US occupation of Iraq, fighting with any and all forces that are aligned in opposition to the Iraqi government, or against the occupation itself.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-01/mattis-war-not-over-iraq-and-syria
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- January 04 2018 17:28:00
MOSCOW - Agence France-Presse
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-russian-servicemen-killed-in-syria-mortar-attack-125252
Russia’s defense ministry on Jan. 5 said two servicemen were killed in a mortar attack by Islamist militants in Syria on New Year’s Eve, but denied media reports seven military planes had been destroyed.
“As darkness fell, the Hmeymim air base was subjected to sudden mortar shelling from a mobile group of militants. As a result of the shelling, two servicemen were killed,” the defense ministry said in a statement to Russian news agencies.
Security around the Hmeymim base was being stepped up after the mortar attack, the ministry added.
The Kommersant business daily reported seven military planes had been “practically destroyed” in the attack, citing two military-diplomatic sources, but the ministry said the report was “fake.”
The news comes a day after the ministry announced a Russian helicopter crash in Syria that killed two pilots following a technical fault, also on 31 December.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Syria last month where he ordered the start of a pullout of Russian troops, saying their task in the war-torn country had been largely completed.
Three battalions of military police and officers from the Russian Center for Reconciliation would remain in Syria, as well as two Russian bases, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a subsequent trip.
Russia became involved in the multi-front conflict in September 2015, when it began an aerial campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s military.
It acknowledged in recent months that its special forces are also active on the ground in the offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.
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TRUMP JUSTIFIES US STRIKES AGAINST SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES AS ‘LAWFUL MEASURES’
AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic
US President Donald Trump has just justified US airstrikes on Syrian government forces as “lawful measures” to counter threats to US forces in the war-torn country.
The president wrote in a letter to the US Congress on December 11 that since the last periodic update report, the US Armed Forces participating in the anti ISIS campaign in Syria have undertaken “a limited number of strikes against Syrian government and pro-Syrian government forces.”
Trump added that the strikes “were lawful measures to counter immediate threats to the United States and partner forces engaged in that campaign.”
The US president just forgot to note that the US actions in Syria have never been authorized neither by the Syrian government nor by the UN. Furthermore, the Syrian government describes the US presence “illegal” and says that it’s “aggression.”
However, who cares when the democracy is in danger?
https://southfront.org/trump-justif...-syrian-government-forces-as-lawful-measures/
AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic
US President Donald Trump has just justified US airstrikes on Syrian government forces as “lawful measures” to counter threats to US forces in the war-torn country.
The president wrote in a letter to the US Congress on December 11 that since the last periodic update report, the US Armed Forces participating in the anti ISIS campaign in Syria have undertaken “a limited number of strikes against Syrian government and pro-Syrian government forces.”
Trump added that the strikes “were lawful measures to counter immediate threats to the United States and partner forces engaged in that campaign.”
The US president just forgot to note that the US actions in Syria have never been authorized neither by the Syrian government nor by the UN. Furthermore, the Syrian government describes the US presence “illegal” and says that it’s “aggression.”
However, who cares when the democracy is in danger?
https://southfront.org/trump-justif...-syrian-government-forces-as-lawful-measures/
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2 SAR helicopter crewmen (resquers) were killed, 1 Mi-8AMTSh damaged.Two Russian servicemen killed in Syria mortar attack
- January 04 2018 17:28:00
MOSCOW - Agence France-Presse
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-russian-servicemen-killed-in-syria-mortar-attack-125252
Russia’s defense ministry on Jan. 5 said two servicemen were killed in a mortar attack by Islamist militants in Syria on New Year’s Eve, but denied media reports seven military planes had been destroyed.
“As darkness fell, the Hmeymim air base was subjected to sudden mortar shelling from a mobile group of militants. As a result of the shelling, two servicemen were killed,” the defense ministry said in a statement to Russian news agencies.
Security around the Hmeymim base was being stepped up after the mortar attack, the ministry added.
The Kommersant business daily reported seven military planes had been “practically destroyed” in the attack, citing two military-diplomatic sources, but the ministry said the report was “fake.”
The news comes a day after the ministry announced a Russian helicopter crash in Syria that killed two pilots following a technical fault, also on 31 December.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Syria last month where he ordered the start of a pullout of Russian troops, saying their task in the war-torn country had been largely completed.
Three battalions of military police and officers from the Russian Center for Reconciliation would remain in Syria, as well as two Russian bases, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a subsequent trip.
Russia became involved in the multi-front conflict in September 2015, when it began an aerial campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s military.
It acknowledged in recent months that its special forces are also active on the ground in the offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.
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