Early on June 11, pro-government forces, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, repelled a militant attack coming from the US-held area of Al-Tanf in eastern Syria on the ancient city of Palmyra, according to the Russian military.
Syrian troops reportedly detected a group of militants with motorcycles and vehicles equipped with machine guns near Tall Ghurab. Five militants were killed and a vehicle and a motorcycle were destroyed in the clashes which erupted.
The Russian military added that attempts by militants to carry out operations from the Al-Tanf area appear on a regular basis.
On the same day, Major General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the defense ministry, said that The US-backed Free Syrian Army and the US Special Operations Forces are “preparing a serious provocation involving chemical warfare agents” in the province of Deir Ezzor. The goal of the provocation is to create a pretext for a new missile strike on Syria’s state facilities by the US-led coalition and to justify an attack by US-backed forces on Syrian Army positions in the Euphrates Valley.
Recently, the US has supplied the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with 250 trucks including Hummer armored vehicles, heavy weapons and pick-ups, the Russian state media says citing a SDF source.
According to the source, the ammunition and armored vehicles are delivered overland from northern Iraq through the Semelka border control post and from there to the east of Deir Ezzor.
At the same time, ISIS has continued its fierce attacks on government forces in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert advancing in the Humaymah-T2-Muazilah triangle. The advance was repelled by the SAA but the situation in the area remains tense.
The increased ISIS activity poses a security threat to the SAA-held area, especially if the US-led coalition finds the needed pretext to carry out strikes on government forces.
“The US-backed Free Syrian Army and the US Special Operations Forces are “preparing a serious provocation involving chemical warfare agents” in the province of Deir Ezzor.”
RT and Sputnik covered this yesterday. Here is the RT article, it has some more info:
US Special Forces helping FSA plot chemical attack to trigger strikes on Syria forces – Russian MoD
https://www.rt.com/news/429408-syria-rebels-chlorine-provocation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
“Our intelligence confirmed by three independent Syrian sources says that commanders of the so-called ‘Free Syrian Army’, backed by the American Special Forces operators, are preparing a serious provocation involving chemical warfare agents in Deir ez-Zor province,” reads a statement released by Russian Defense Ministry.
The military alleged the FSA militants are likely to employ chlorine to orchestrate the chemical incident. “To imitate yet another ‘chemical attack by the regime against peaceful civilians’, the rebels brought canisters filled with chlorine,” it said.
The set-up could then be distributed in Western media and serve as a pretext for renewed coalition airstrikes against Syrian government’s targets. The planned “provocation,” the Russian military said, is also to justify an FSA offensive against Syrian troops on eastern bank of the Euphrates River.”
Last time the Russian MOD said this, about a month before the Douma fake incident, they were absolutely correct.
In this crazy age where lots of lies are told on the internet, its always interesting to note who gives you correct information. That’s how you learn who to listen to and who to ignore.
@Anonymous 12:47 pm
Yup, the Russians even brought in one of the supposed child victims in one of those UN meetings, and displayed the kids, to demonstrate no such attack took place. Yet hardly a peep was heard in the western media. When they did mention it, they never discussed the actual implications of the entire scenario. They just talked about how the Russians are acting crazy. Sad how truth can be buried right over with complete bs. Interesting to see what happens with this round of fake chemical attacks. .
Yes and we are still waiting for the OPCW report on that incident,it was Weeks ago,whats holding them up?maybe they need more time to fabricate the evidence against Assad.
And once again, Russia will allow a coalition “reprisal” attack against Syria for a crime not committed – or not. As they please.
allow?
Russia is not controlling US actions. If the US wants to attack – they will.
All Russians can do is shoot down the tomahawks again & again until
pindos realize it is pointless to attack and stop attacking on their own.
Mind you pindos, if you waste all your tomahawks now, will you have any left
to subdue Mutti and her Euroreich. Food for thoughts…
Pindos love their old tech being shot down. Good excuse to raise the “defence” budget & the rich shareholders get richer… we will target launch systems… fat chance of attacking your own class.
In my experience of following developments closely since the Maidan coup, the Russians tell the truth, the US State department always lies and spews out propaganda, the US Centcom a;ways lies. The British and US MSM always lie. Trust the Russians, Syrians, and Iranians. Western “civilization” has reached a very low point..
A helpful rule of thumb is: the truth is usually the opposite of whatever Orwellian deception the Americans spout.
It is not western civilization — the US/UK/EU is a zionists-captured host unable to reason and behave decently. The Zionized MIC on the march.
outrageous – hummers and heavy armoured vehicles all at the expense of American schools and hospitals – wtf doesn’t the US provide funding for hospitals in those war torn regions – if they’re going to be spending all that taxpayer dollars – nope – they fund the killers with hummers – one of the most expensive cars you can buy in America –
How can we stop this ?
Requiescat BTL in SyrianPerspective:
Bundy☭
Fidel Castro, Communist Former Leader of Cuba, Dies at 90
https://goo.gl/fb/H62Pw8
RIP HERO!!!!
[“The whole world is the cenotaph of brave men”]
From Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA:
Havana – Cuba’s First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelino Medina, on Tuesday met Information Minister Imad Sara, affirming his country’s support for Syria in all fields.
Medina lauded the recent victories achieved by the Syrian Arab Army against terrorist organizations.
The two sides affirmed the need to expand bilateral media cooperation and coordination to confront malicious propaganda campaigns.
[by Hazem Sabbagh for SANA]
Syrian Army, US military come face-to-face in intense northern Aleppo standoff
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-us-military-come-face-to-face-in-intense-northern-aleppo-standoff/
“For the second time in ten days, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has blocked the U.S. military’s troops from bypassing their checkpoints in northern Syria.
According to a military report from Aleppo, a U.S. military convoy was attempting to bypass a Syrian Army checkpoint south of Manbij, when the latter refused to allow them access to the road.
The U.S. military convoy was forced to turn around and return to Manbij city, the report added.
It appears that the U.S. special forces had taken a wrong turn near Manbij, which resulted in their troops reaching a Syrian Army checkpoint at the town of Tal Aswad in northern Aleppo.”
They should have arrested those US crriminals or blasted the convoy to pieces.