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ISIS has made a desperate attempt to regain the initiative in the battle for central Syria.
On August 24, ISIS launched a large counter-attack and recaptured the villages of al-Muqlah, al-Atshanah, Salem al-Hamad, al-Bu Hamad, Zor Shumr, al-Huwijah and Ghanem al-Ali in the southern Raqqa countryside.
According to the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq, ISIS killed 42 Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers during the attack. 58 more SAA members were allegedly killed in a car bomb attack on a gathering of SAA soldiers near Ghanim al-Ali village.
On August 25, clashes continued with the SAA and it sallies were attempting to regain momentum in the area.
Earlier this month, the SAA re-deployed many units of the Tiger Forces and Tribal Forces from the southern Raqqa countryside central Syria in order to conduct a large encirclement operation that ended earlier this week. This was one of the key reasons behind the ISIS success near Ghanem al-Alli.
The advance in southern Raqqah followed the offensive in the eastern Hama countryside where ISIS, supported by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and the Free Syrian Army, made a fierce attempt to cut off the the Salamiyah-Ithriyah-Khanassir-Aleppo road, the only government supply line to Aleppo city.
On August 23 and August 24, an intense fighting was ongoing at Wadi al-Adib and Shayk Hilal and as-Saan. However, by August 25, the SAA, the Qalamoun Shield Forces and the National Defense Forces (NDF) had stabilized the situation repelling all attempts to cut off the strategic supply line.
Meanwhile, the SAA Tiger Forces, the NDF and their allies further advanced against ISIS north of Palmyra and took control of Bi’r Qudaym and Jabal ‘Asab. The ISIS pocket north of Palmyra is rapidly shrinking because of ISIS’s lack of manpower there. According to local sources, ISIS has much more defense positions, manpower and weapons in the Uqayrabat area.
On the Syrian-Lebanese border, the SAA and Hezbollah liberated the Ras al-Shahut crossing, Wadi al-Magharah al-Kabir and Wadi al-Magharah al-Saqir heights from ISIS. There are reports about negotiations between Hezbollah and ISIS about a possibility of the ISIS withdrawal from the area. However, it’s unclear either there is a real possibility of the ISIS withdrawal or not.
US imperialists’ next potential target: Pakistan
http://pos.li/2710v4
I didn’t think they attacked people who could fight back, Pakistan has nukes!
And those nukes are all under the direct control of the British and Americans. Why do you think it was that the UK arranged the whole fake Bin Laden event in Pakistan? For years some old bloke had been paid to live under the name of Bin Laden by the Pakistan Intelligence service at the behest of the British. Then, when it was decided to bring the Bin Laden psy-op to an end (and move to the ‘ISIS’ one instead), a US death squad was sent into Pakistan, with the full co-operation of the Pakistan authorities, to murder the old man.
The cut-out play in Pakistan matches the many similar operations the British carried out in WW2- you really should read about them. The British (via BBC technical people) even seemlessly inserted itself into Germany radio broadcasts, and replaced the current show with one of their own, using voice impersonation. Remember, the famous Churchill radio broadcasts on the BBC were actually written by a team of writers and performed by a voice impersonator (while the real Churchill hid outside of London away from German bombs).
When Tony Blair rose to true power in the UK, one of his first acts was to set up an explosion of psy-op projects at MI6 and GCHQ funded to the tune of hundreds of billions of pounds. As a result, today, ***nothing*** that happens can be taken at face value.
Anyway the part of India and Pakistan that matters has never left the British Empire. The ‘strategy of tension’ between the two is identical in purpose as the same between the zionist terrorist state of Israel and the secular muslim nations. India and Pakistan’s nukes can be neutralised at a moment’s notice.
But a side effect is that both India and Pakistan can and do spread knowledge of nuclear tech to other nations, but the West calculates the recepients of that knowledge are far too poorly industrialised to be much of a risk.
Chinese Foreign Ministry stands behind Pakistan, criticises Trump and SLAMS India
http://theduran.com/chinese-foreign-ministry-stands-behind-pakistan-criticises-trump-slams-india/
Useful article on Chinese position.
One Missing After US Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes Off Yemen Coast
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201708261056807336-usa-black-hawk-crashes-missing/
“The US Central Command reported that US forces are searching for a missing service member after a military helicopter crashed off Yemeni coast.”
It, and they, had no business being there.
Syrian Army Retreats From 4 More Villages Under ISIS Pressure In Southern Raqqah – Reports
https://southfront.org/syrian-army-retreats-from-4-more-villages-under-isis-pressure-in-southern-raqqah-reports/
Looks like SAA is on the run.
Reports from Russia suggest that the ***real*** Syria traitors (as opposed to the foreign mercenaries) are converting all anti-Assad forces into an enduring movement that will fight as one for now- but more importantly will operate as a fifth column for decades to come sabotaging the nation on behalf of the West with frequent ‘spectaculars’- ie., massive terror bombings in civilian areas whenever possible.
This will be a holding pattern for the West until Russia withdraws military support (as promised- remember Putin guaranteed the vile zionist terrorists from Israel that Russia will boot out the Iranians and others as soon as possible). Once Russia’s will falters, as it always does with ‘allies’, the West will send in the next wave of wahhabi butchers to work with the fifth columnists.
You only get a political settlement when the other side agrees to finally lay off. But the West actually promises to do the very opposite- to continue to attack the Assad regime in every way possible.
WW2 ended when all forms of attack on Japan and Germany were stopped. Too many forget this essential detail. Today, Blair’s West never ever gives up on attacking its ‘enemies’, be that enemy Russia, Syria or Iran. And how does Putin respond. By still voting with the West in the UN- pure madness.
The battles will rage on for some months to come, but de facto the Syrian war has been decided – time to take stock. A nice summary by Elijah Magnier.
https://elijahjm.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/what-has-the-us-got-out-of-the-war-in-syria-a-new-middle-east-as-seen-by-the-resistance-crescent-and-not-the-us/