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On Wednesday, a fierce fighting between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and ISIS continued in and near Deir Ezzor city.
ISIS made few attempts to cut off a corridor between the city and the government-held area near the 137th Brigade Base and to re-establish a siege on Deir Ezzor. ISIS claimed that it successfully used a SVBIED and caused large casualties to the SAA Tiger Forces. However, the terrorists failed to cut off the corridor.
Republican Guard units, led Gen Issam Zahreddine a commander of the defenders of Deir Ezzor, and SAA Tiger Forces fighters launched a counter-attack aiming to expand the government-held corridor west of Deir Ezzor.
On Tuesday, the Tiger Forces officially broke the ISIS siege on Deir Ezzor, according to the Russian and Syrian defense ministries. The Russian Aerospace Forces and Special Operations Forces actively supported the advance. The Admiral Essen frigate of the Russian Black Sea Fleet even launched Kalibr cruise missiles on ISIS targets near Ash Sholah.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the missile strike killed dozens of terrorists were and destroyed ISIS command posts, a communications center, a facility repairing terrorists’ armored vehicles, arms and ammunition depots.
In a separate statement, the ministry added that government assault groups destroyed over 50 ISIS vehicles belonging during the clashes near Deir Ezzor.
Another government striking force focused on clearing at the Sukhna-Deir Ezzor highway from ISIS. On Tuesday, pro-government sources say that the SAA re-entered the Kobajjep a after repelling few ISIS counter-attacks. However, on Wednesday, the area faced another wave of fierce clashes and appeared to be contested again.
According to the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq, ISIS members destroyed at least 5 SAA vehicles belonging, including a BMP vehicle, in the area.
If ISIS is not able to cut off the government-held corridor west of Deir Ezzor soon, the terrorist group will inevitably loose the battle for Deir Ezzor to the SAA.
Meanwhile, government forces took advantage of the ongoing battle for Deir Ezzor and opened a front against ISIS near Sukhna. The SAA and its allies advanced in the direction of Sarayim village southeast of the Doubayat gas field.
The liberation of the village will open an opportunity to conduct a larger advance in order to take control over the Doubayat gas field and to secure the southern flank of Sukhna.
Local sources report that ISIS has little resources to counter the SAA advance there because it has re-deployed large forces to Deir Ezzor.
Israeli media begs US to prepare for a war with Syria, Russia, Iran.
– Israeli media has reached the new moral low of openly begging the United States to prepare for war in Syria even if it means coming into direct confrontation with major Syrian allies like Russia and Iran.
In a recent article titled “Why Israel needs to Prepare America for the Upcoming War in Syria,” Jerusalem Post writer Eric R. Mandel (an American Zionist) proposes that the US government and people must be made war-willing partners of Israel in the event of any future attack by the Israeli Defense Forces against Syrian, Russian and/ or Iranian military targets.
The article by Mandel is outstanding example of how Israeli pro-war interest groups – speaking through right-wing Zionists in top American military and foreign policy circles – try to entice the US government and population into participating in a war that only benefits the hegemonic ambitions of Israel’s deep state.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israeli-media-begs-us-prepare-war-syria-russia-iran/
That will be the end of Israel.
If they even dreamed of winning such a war, they’d apologize, to paraphrase Muhammad Ali.
They cannot win against Hezbollah. And if they strike Russian forces, they will lose the entirety of the IDF AF before the US lifts a finger to protect them.
Wet dreams by Mossad and IDF senile warmongers led by lunatic Likud Bibi and his psycho-brothers.
BREAKING:
According to to the Syrian army, Israeli jets struck the Syrian military positions at the area of Masyaf, killing at least two soldiers.
The Israeli warplanes struck the positions of the Syrian armed forces, the Reuters news agency reports citing sources in the Syrian army.
Where were Putin’s state of the art S-400 air defense systems that supposedly were networked with Syrian S-300?
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201709071057166354-israel-syrian-army-strike/
Half of Russian’s top branch have jewish roots. They will never go to war with each other.
Also from Lebanese airspace Israeli planes have struck a so called Iranian missile base claiming it made chemical weapons?????? Supporting false usa claim again Assad used sarin chemical weapons…back in April?????
I you check the map where the air raid took place earlier today (02:42 am, GMT+3), you will notice that the target (near the town of Masyaf) was located almost equidistant from Khmeimim Air Base (NW) and Tartus Naval Facility (SW) fairly 30 miles only…and both installations controlled and operated by the Russian military.
See the map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masyaf,+Syria/@34.6238234,36.0722721,9z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xd1e58da61ec4271f!2sKhmeimim+Air+Base!8m2!3d35.4072595!4d35.9427684!3m4!1s0x152393da154a71df:0x2caca4710ca72468!8m2!3d35.0637251!4d36.3414001
And yes, the so-called “state-of-the art” Russian S-400 air defense systems are effectively networked with Syria’s S-300 systems…at this stage it is fair to assert that the Israeli Air Force knows already the weaknesses and limitations of those Russian-made air defense systems.
Waiting for the Saker explanations (better say excuses) of why the Russian military did not intervene
Vladimir Putin: Syrian-Russian victory at Deir ez-Zor is a serious defeat for ISIS terrorist in Syria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L9xVa6mja8
St. Petersburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ISUUO0CSo
black helicopters really do exist.
US Army Conducts Heliborne Operation to Take ISIL’s Financial Director Away from Deir Ezzur
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960615000806
Photo of Dr.Assad saying that US excuse for being in Syria is even more tenuous now that Syria and Allies have defeated ISIS. With comment by Guy Thornton in SyrPer, which seems appropriate to recent comment on the Vineyard re increasingly hag-ridden face of Nikki Haley, US apologist at UN:
“What I find weird is that Assad seems to look younger and healthier by the day. Look at photos of Obama, Cameron, Sarkozy…….all gone grey and haggard while in office…..but Assad, under what can only have been 24/7 incredible stress for fifteen years….seems to thrive on it. That’s what moral fibre can do for a man.”
[Or woman]
https://cdn.rt.com/files/2017.09/original/59afd71edda4c88c4b8b4567.jpg
Now that’s something I’ve noticed too – the hag ridden face. Have you noticed that all these evil neo-cons, anglozionists (whatever) look increasingly ugly?
It’s as if the evil within them eats them alive sucking out the youth and goodness; their appearance acting as a measure of their hatred. Think Brezinski, Albright, Powers, Soros. All wrinkly and horrid and ugly (inside and out). In fact Brezinski reminded me strongly of the Dalek head, Davros (Dr Who series if you watch that stuff) – a remarkable resemblance in both ewvil and appearance. Anyway, I agree that it’s starting in Haley and also in Albright’s apprentice, Nuland and no doubt others. Fascinating to watch.
And right on cue, the goatbugger entity makes one of their attacks:
Israeli plane strikes Syrian positions in Hama province, kills two servicemen – Syrian Army
https://www.rt.com/news/402270-syrian-military-israel-strike/
“The incident took place early on Thursday, when an Israeli aircraft launched several missiles from Lebanese airspace, targeting Syrian Army positions near the city of Masyaf in Hama province. The attack killed two servicemen and inflicted material damage, SANA news agency reports, citing Syrian general command’s statement.
The missile attack was reportedly conducted on a military research facility, while the Syrian military did not specify the target of the Israeli strike.”
The israelis attack from Lebanese airspace to avoid the Russian and Syrian SAM defenses, knowing that they won’t fire across the border out of respect for international law and concern of targeting a civilian aircraft by mistake. Pure cowardice on the israeli side, but that is their normal way.
“Reports claim an Israeli military jet that was hovering above the Syrian skies got shot down by Syrian defense systems and then fell into Labanese territory.
Earlier today, the Israeli Air Force violated Syrian airspace and struck Syrian Army positions in the province of Hama, killing at least 2 Syrian soldiers.
As of yet, reports on downing of a jet cannot be independently verified.”
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/unconfirmed-syrian-forces-shoot-down.html
also
https://southfront.org/israel-responds-to-syrian-army-advance-against-isis-in-deir-ezzor-strikes-syrian-military-facility-in-masyaf/
Deir ez-Zor Siege Finally Broken: A Story of Courage and Heroism Rarely Matched
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201709071057175183-deir-ez-zor-liberation-courage-heroism/
“Of all the seismic events that have punctuated the Syrian conflict, none equals the significance of the Syrian Arab Army’s success in breaking the siege of Deir ez-Zor.
Even more significant than the military operation to relieve the city in the east of the country — an operation spearheaded by the famed Tiger Forces of the Syrian Army, along with Hezbollah and with Russian air and naval support — has been the achievement of the estimated 7000 Syrian troops in successfully defending the city from repeated attempts by Daesh to storm it over the three years it lay under siege.
The unvarnished courage and heroism of the defenders of Deir ez-Zor is matched by the estimated 70-100,000 civilians who remained steadfast in the face of the unyielding hardship involved in spending three years living a hand to mouth existence, wherein their only source of food, medicines, and other essentials was provided by regular Syrian and Russian air drops, while coping with the fear and terror of their likely fate should Daesh succeed in overcoming the city’s defenses and capturing it.
In fact such has been the heroism, fortitude, and courage of the men who defended the city against Daesh over the past three years, along with that of the troops and airmen who broke the siege, that even if only one solitary American had been involved, you can guarantee that a raft of Hollywood movies dramatizing and glorifying the event would already be in the pipeline. As it is, you will scour the Western media and struggle to find one word that even comes close to praising the defenders of the city or those who have just succeeded in rescuing them.”
Breaking:
US Aircraft Evacuates Over 20 Daesh Commanders From Deir ez-Zor – Source
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201709071057182244-daesh-deir-ez-zor-us-evacuation/
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