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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies have renewed push against the US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southeastern Syrian desert. The SAA began advancing in the Al-Dakwa area and Beer Kasab in order to link up in the Zuluf reserve area. The operation followed an FSA advance against government troops on Wednesday when US-backed militants failed to push the SAA from the Zaza triangle. FSA sources blamed Russian airstrikes and pro-Iranian militias for this failure.
In eastern Homs, the SAA advanced on Al-Abbasiya and Al-Sukari southeast of Palmyra, but ISIS members repelled the attack and forced the army to retreat. Russian warplanes and helicopters have bombed ISIS targets near Al-Sukari and Al-Abbasiya, east of the Arak field, and in Sukhnah.
The SAA Tiger Forces have captured the villages of Jadyaa Saghira and Jadyaa Kabira south of the ISIS-held town of Maskana and the Maskana silos. Thus, the SAA isolated the ISIS stronghold from the southern, western and northern directions.
Experts believe that ISIS will be forced to withdraw from the strategic town soon. However, there is always a chance that terrorists decide to defend the town by all means.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Republican Guard has conducted limited attacks against ISIS east of Khanasser, drawing the terrorist group’s attention from Maskana.
Russian warplanes have destroyed three ISIS convoys fleeing Raqqa, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed in a statement on Thursday. The convoys were attempting to escape from Raqqa in the southern direction on Monday but the Russian Aerospace Forces prevented this. 80 ISIS terrorists were killed and 36 vehicles, 8 fuel trucks and 17 pickups equipped with mortars and machine guns were destroyed.
“The Command of the Russian Air Force group in Syrian Arab Republic warned that any efforts of ISIS’ insurgents to leave Raqqa through the open corridor to Palmyra will be suppressed,” the statement reads.
The ministry added that the US-led coalition and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are maintaining an open corridor for terrorists south of the city.
In May, the SDF released an official statement denying any allegations that they may allow ISIS members to flee Raqqa and arguing there is info indicating that the Syrian-Iranian-Russian alliance cooperates with ISIS near Palmyra.
Meanwhile, the SDF captured ath-Thadyayn near the Baath Dam south of Raqqa. Clashes have reportedly continued in the Baath Dam itself as claims of the pro-SDF sources that it had been fully retaken appeared to be untrue.
According to opposition sources, the SDF began negotiations with ISIS members suggesting them to withdraw from the dam and the nearby villages. The same approach was implemented in Tabqa and in the Tabqa Dam where terrorists accepted an open corridor deal.
ISIS also released statements claiming that some 23 Kurdish fighters have been killed in the recent clashes in the Raqqa countryside.
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Thanks to you guys at Southfront for updating us with what is going on. I think you are brill -but I am not too keen on the videos you sometimes present using a computerised robot voice. I do understand why you do it…but I would rather meet the real girl who does it. I don’t know who took those videos of the coup in Kiev. I would just like to say Thank You to all you Guys..it wasn’t you lot was it?? Meanwhile The Saker published the videos almost live -and I saw them too – almost live..
Meanwhile here in England where I live, there is an election going on..it is extremely interesting…
I just wrote this on The Independent website..It hasn’t been deleted yet
Tony_Opmoc
I don’t want to know what a Tory Government or anyone can’t do. I don’t want to hear any more about bombs and destruction…
I want to know what any goverment or any person can do…
(no i can’t do that – of course you can its easy – even i have done that and i am not a bricklayer – but i did help my brother build his extension to his house – and he designed it too. It’s still there…and that is when i was 16 years old. As a reward he let me have a ride on his Triumph Tiger 650 just after he had rebored it)
Tony
Southfront today says usa reinforcing their troops at al-tanf, Russia insider carrying article re thoughts/”possibilities”of some kind? of confrontation usa-russia there…..would be great to have an vineyard saker contributor indepth analysis or overall picture review re this scenario, Syria as a whole and what later on seems to be a focus point later at deir ez zeir …PMU on syrian Iraq border situation…….SAA been “dealing” with SDF conclusively too…………..Syrian-Jorcan border situation settling down?????
If this is possible then thank you.
Not much info. Writes Canthama: “we had a better feel in past offensives, such as Aleppo and before, but the larger push toward east Syria is a totally “different animal”, info is restricted, liberations and advances are reported late etc… there is a new MO for this offensive and info is scarce.”
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Maskanah has been liberated !
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Tiger Forces racing to Tabqa, 40km from Raqqa.
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Al Tanf. Zion’s red line. From here, one hopes to send Zionist-Islamist terrorists to connect with the Kurds up North and thus block the Syrian-Iraq border. Not enough Jihadis, though, not enough military gear, Israel & US afraid to give CAS to its mercenaries. Russian Aerospace Forces constantly in the air. Build-up of SAA personnel North of Tanf continues. Assad announced that the Damascus – Baghdad highway will soon be reopened.
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Syria-Russia-Iraq-Iran-Hezbollah doing fantastic on all fronts. ISIS low on captagon. High Zion-warcrime alert.
The US betrayed Kurds in Iraq many times over the last 20 some years.
I hope they are wise enough to not fall into another US/UK/Israeli/Saudi trap.