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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces and tribal forces, backed up by the Russian Aerospace Forces, have liberated Al-Dakhilah, Bir Al-Sabkhawi, and Al-Sabkhawi from ISIS terrorists in the southern countryside of Raqqah and, according to pro-government sources, reached the Euphrates River and cut off the Al-Bukamal-Aleppo highway.
Thus, the army and its allies repeated the al-Bab-style operation when they built a buffer zone in order to stop a possible Turkish advance into central Syria. Control over the Al-Bukamal-Aleppo highway prevents a possible US-led operation in the direction of Deir Ezzor from the area of Raqqah.
The SAA, Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army, backed up by the Syrian Air Force, have launched a large coordinated operation against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and ISIS members in the area of Jaroud Arsal at the Syrian-Lebanese border. The SAA and Hezbollah have liberated Jorud Flitah and the nearby points in the Syrian territory. At the same time, Hezbollah supported by the Lebanese Army has liberated over 70% of the Lebanese part of Jaroud Arsal. The militant defense in the area is rapidly collapsing.
On Sunday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) got a full control over the city of Idlib after capturing the remaining HQs and checkpoints of Ahrar al-Sham in the area. The HTS faced little resistance and Ahrar al-Sham members withdrew from the city after a series of firefights. Meanwhile, a VBIED attack killed 13 HTS members and injured dozens at the Al-Zira’a roundabout in Idlib. It’s not yet known whether ISIS or Ahrar al-Sham was behind the attack. ISIS may seek to fuel tensions among Idlib militants in order to expand own influence in the province.
Since the start of the ongoing intra-militant clashes, HTS has the entire Syrian-Turkish border line in the Idlib province and the city of Idlib. At least 19 armed groups have defected from Ahrar al-Sham and 15 of them have joined HTS. The al-Qaeda linked group has always been a de-facto leader of the so-called Idlib opposition. However, now it’s closer than ever to a full military and political dominance in the province.
On Sunday, another truce was implemented in the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus. The truce had been negotiated between the government and local militants in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and was backed up by Russia. Clashes continued only in areas of Ayn Tarma and Jobar mostly controlled by HTS and allied units.
US Presence, Targeting of Syrian Forces Violate Int’l Law – Ex-Senate Adviser
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201707251055845132-usa-syria-international-law-violation/
“Ex-US diplomat and former foreign policy adviser to Senate Republican leaders Jim Jatras says that the US military presence in Syria and its attacks on government forces lack any basis or justification under international law.
“Even more blatantly illegal is the targeting of Syrian governments forces operating on their own territory and fighting against al-Qaeda, among other terrorist groups. With respect to international law there is no murkiness at all: US actions in Syria are flatly illegal,” Jatras said.
Treaties and conventions like the UN Charter are not optional, they are binding on state parties and in the US legal system have the same force as federal statute, Jatras explained.
Under US domestic American law, the Obama administration’s pretense that it was acting pursuant to the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed in September 2001 after the 9/11 attacks lacked any credibility, Jatras pointed out.
“That might conceivably be applicable to the operations of al-Qaeda in Syria, although until President Trump’s recent decision to cut off CIA arms supplies to jihadists in Syria, al-Qaeda linked groups seemed to be mostly beneficiaries of Washington’s involvement, not military targets,” Jatras remarked.
The Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) did not even exist yet when that AUMF was approved by Congress, so the authorization could not possibly apply to it, Jatras maintained.
“How the 2001 AUMF can be applicable to a group like ISIS, which didn’t exist in 2001, is anyone’s guess,” he said.
Instead of targeting IS and other Islamist extremist groups, the US government had been supporting such forces and had opposed the legitimate government that was fighting them, Jatras recalled.”
yea, just don’t get fooled thinking USranians “saw the light” and changed their hearts.
what Jatras said is just preparing the narrative for the US exit from Syria/Iraq
BECAUSE THEY LOST ‘BIGLY’ and not because they suddenly became a law abiding
country.
never forget this!
i must make an addendum to my reply above:
not to be unfair to the USranians, this is a widely spread characteristic of all Westerners:
to rationalize and event bluntly ignore any & all crimes of their government as long as they get a piece of the loot, but as soon as the tide changes they proclaim themselves innocents and/or even victims
quick history lesson: after WW2 Austria proclaimed herself a victim of Nazi Germany because
of the Anschluss. Yet photos of Austrians welcoming German troops with flowers says otherwise.
Not to mention, Hitler was Austrian.
No decency, no shame.
Exploitation of Bana al-Abed: Parents use child to whitewash terrorists in Aleppo
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/397339-bana-abed-syria-aleppo-twitter/
“The exploitation of children in the propaganda war against Syria has become routine. However, the exploitation by the parents themselves is a new low of depravity. Such is the case of Aleppo child, Bana al-Abed, and the exploitation by her parents.”
This is zionazi Jew psywar. Period. This sort of corruption and exploitation is what the things are all about. The “white helmets” fraud is another.
The things have zero moral grounding.
This Bana kid is just another fraud, and another argument that ‘sheeple’ don’t think.
Just a few thoughts.
How are the odds, that a Syrian girl of 7 years old can write flawless English? I have a daughter of 10, and she’s damned smart, but even she cannot do that.
How are the odds, that in Aleppo that looked like dresden after WW2, continuously electricity and WiFi is available for this poor girl?
Can somebody explain to me, why her Twitter account wass registred in Great Britain?
This is just another psyop. Don’t fall for it.
Since Russia’s intervention the government controlled area in Syria has increased sixfold, from from 12.000 to 74.200 square km. Way to go!
Briefing by General Sergei Rudskoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iv36uxExB8
SAA held territory 2015-09-30:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFhDdYmWAAAwQO6.jpg
SAA held territory 2017-07-24:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFhDdYlXoAImqih.jpg
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/07/23/us-ends-cia-program-syria-but-continues-preparations-for-big-war.html
plans continue…cos Pentagon plans continue
there wont be a big war.
Iraqi Kurds will surprise everyone and vote to
stay part of Iraq on the referendum sept 25th
^^ i said this once before, now i said it again.
just remember, you read it on thesaker.is first
and as for the Pentagoons, they devolved into a highschool workshop
for powerpoint presentations – you know the ones where the teeny just
copy/pastes Wikipedia w/out even understanding the topic – that one