Russian and Syrian troops based in Latakia’s Khmeimim Air Base in held their own Victory Day parade on Wednesday, celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.
Syrian troops took part in the Victory Day parade.
Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan, the commander of The Tiger forces was present at the Khmeimim Air Base Victory Day parade. In August 2017, Minister of Defence Sergei Shigu awarded Suheil al-Hassan with the Order of Suvorov, one of the highest Russia’s military distinctions rewarded to senior army personnel for exceptional leadership in combat operations.
Images of General Suheil al-Hassan after the parade.
https://vk.com/anti_daesh?w=wall-76669927_152760
Cadets of the Syrian Naval Academy had also marched at the parade celebrating the 73nd anniversary of the Soviet Union Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, and honoring Russian heroes, servicemen and servicewomen, who died for liberation of Syria.
The Victory Day celebration and the Immortal Regiment demonstration on the Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square in Aleppo. Video
https://vk.com/video-76669927_456245817
Official video of the May 9th celebration by Syrian Ministry of Defense.
Attack ongoing, but not clear what the intent is. Seems rockets/stand-off missiles only so far… so it’s not war but still tit-for-tat and Israel is afraid of Syrian AD… hard to assess…
https://twitter.com/WaelAlRussi
Last tweet – they think they might have downed another Israeli et
“downed another Israeli et”
I consider israelis extra terrestrials of definitely not a Mir friendly sort.
Keyboard fault – j sometimes fails to register – or maybe it’s the Israeli news blackout affecting my computer, not wanting news that they might have lost a jet to leak out.
The zionazi-gays stage a major attack on Syria. First the latest reports.
Israel-Syria cross-border strikes reported in occupied Golan Heights
https://www.rt.com/news/426300-israel-syria-golan-shelling/
Explosions Heard on Israeli-Syria Border, Israeli Emergency Sirens Activated
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201805101064305943-explosions-heard-border-sirens-active/
Syrian air defense engages Israeli rockets near Damascus – State media
https://www.rt.com/news/426302-syria-israel-damascus-rockets/
Earlier today it was reported that netanyahoo whined about Iran in Syria to Putin. As this zionazi-gay attack began, mark levin of the israeli occupation propaganda network (conservative talk radio) was literally in gay hysterics about the Iranians, Syrians and Russians attacking israel. Obviously, the zionazi-gays are in the midst of a pre-planned aggression, timed to begin right after their butt boi trump regime disgraced the usa with it’s quisling reneging of the Iran deal. A zionazi-gay declaration of war through craven scum.
This night replays Hitlers declaration of war against Poland “Seit 5:45 Uhr wird zurückgeschossen.”
It is about time to dig over the Israeli airfields and ammunition depots in its northern territories.
Israel Ups the Ante With a New Round of Warcrimes But Iron Sky Overwhelmed by Syrian Missiles.
Elijah Magnier.
“… Syria launched 10s of missiles against 4 Israeli military objectives in the occupied Golan Height in response to continuous Israeli provocation of war (hitting Syrian & allies’ targets in various locations).”
“… Syria’s retaliation still carry the sign of defence rather than offence, meeting the Russian request to limit the response. This is the most important Syrian retaliation since the Nakba against Israel.”
“… It is most unlikely that Israel refrain from carrying out its very dangerous game in Syria. If Israel bombs Iranian (known) main HQ spread over 3 locations in Syria, than the situation may change by increasing a Syrian retaliation to cover beyond the occupied Golan Height”
“… Israel intercepted 4 out of 20 missiles launched by Syria air defence system into occupied Golan Height. 16 missiles reached their targets according to Damascus.”
“ Keep in mind that 16 missiles launched from Syria managed to go through all Israeli defence anti-missile systems. This is a strong indication that Israel is not protected from Syrian military capability: something for Tel Aviv to ponder upon”
“… Now Israel is saying “we don’t want a war and we are not looking for a battle”. This means Israel is standing down. For how long? No more violation for Lebanon airspace to bomb Syria?”
Canthama.
“… Israel taking many direct hits tonight, Syria has fired some 50 missiles only. Iron “Domed” seemed impotent to intercept this kind of concentration and type of missiles, what would happen to Israel if Hizballah fired their 200,000 missiles in few days ? Let it sink for a sec.”
“… So far tonight it showed their iron domed sucks, Israel is wide open for massive missile attacks, they can not defend their sites against hundreds or thousands of missiles. Syria has fired some 50 missiles and iron domed was overwhelmed in the Golan.
With passing years, the world has watched Israeli “mighty” forces being kicked many times, 2006 was just one event among many, IDF is not up to major wars any longer.”
24 Resistance Axis.
“… Missile forces of Lebanese Resistance (Hizbullah) in southern Lebanon in complete readiness to demolish #sraeli positions in depth if necessary. “
Brasco Aad.
“… Israeli military censorship is being applied now in Israel and in areas within the occupied Golan heights. Israeli media is not allowed to report on extensive damages to Israeli military infrastructure caused by Syrian missiles.
Syrian short range missiles and rocket artillery are exhausting and overwhelming Israeli Air Defenses. Israeli Military Censorship will not tell you this!”
Israeli Dr. Motty Scheffer says Iron Dome is a hoax:
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1eb_1407662284
Now reports that the Russian AF is active over Syria
Is netanyahoo still in Russia? If so, make the pig bugger (look at his “wife”) walk home. Literally. Deny the freak access to all transport out of Russia.
It is a long way from Moscow to any of the zionazi-gay occupied border colonies. Be a good education to the zionazi-gay freak as to what he thinks his master race will accomplish this time around.
The zionist media in Canada are announcing that Iran has attacked Israel from Syria. A very fair and even-handed description of what is happening:)
Breaking: Syrian military launches new wave of missiles into occupied Golan Heights
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-military-launches-new-wave-of-missiles-into-occupied-golan-heights/
“BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 A.M.) – At approximately 4:05 A.M. (Damascus Time), the Syrian military launched a fresh wave of missiles towards the occupied Golan Heights.
According to a military report, the Syrian missiles reportedly targeted Israeli Army bases around the Golan Heights.
The fate of these missiles is still unknown.
While the Syrian military is doing the bulk of the work, the Iranian forces in Syria are believed to be participating in these retaliatory strikes against Israel.”
Syrian news in Arabic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvwmAtRlPhw&feature=player_embedded
Twitter stream:
https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog
A short summary of the chain of events that led to the current situation with in the occupied-Golan Heights
– Enemy air force fired a stand-off missile toward Damascus that was intercepted by Syrian Air Defenses
– Enemy artillery targeted a Syrian military point in al-Quneitra which led to a return fire from the Syrian Military across border.
– Enemy brought a Merkava Tank which fired 6 random shots into al-Baa`th city in al-Quneitra
– Syrian Tank Hunters fired back at the enemy’s Merkava with no reports on its status yet.
– Syrian Military responded by firing a barrage of missiles at Zionist military points inside the occupied-Golan.
Syrian Arab Army
Since 2 hours ago, and the Syrian Air Defenses are actively engaging enemy targets coming from the occupied-Golan Heights.
Several enemy drones and stand off missiles were fired toward the Syrian 10th Division and were intercepted by SyAAD.
No enemy missiles reached their targets to the time this post was written.
Number of Zionist military points are targeted inside the occupied-Golan Heights.
An enemy missile was headed toward Damascus International Airport and intercepted ~30km Southeastern Damascus by Syrian Air Defenses.
According to the unofficial page for Syrian Arab Army
https://www.facebook.com/syrianmilitary/
In the mean time Bibi-Butcher was invited to Moscow talking like boss in front of Putin. Bibi-Butcher humilated Putin and Russia by lecturing them and comparing Russian main current ally, Iran, with Nazi Germany. No one questioning him.
Either Russia is afraid from him and his gangsters or she is part of that big agenda. In both cases IT is very alarming. Even Obama in his last year had more back bone then the so called second powerful country.
Have to agree with you.
Who would, in their right mind, invite this zionist scumbag to attend Victory Day Parade?
And as soon as he left for Israel, IDF attacked Syria, Russian ally.
Reaction from Russia:
“Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said that Moscow is concerned with Israeli strikes against Syria and calls on the sides to exercise restraint to avoid escalation.”
Something weird is going on in Kremlin.
Makes one wonder if this whole “conflict” is not manufactured optics and the idea is to distract plebs from crashing economies, prevent their uprising and beheading banksters for robbing them of their savings. All wars are banksters’ wars.
Everytime Bibi visits Russia, there is an attack on Syria, makes one wonder if Putin green lights these attacks. Thats how it looks in the eyes of everybody. zerohedge just published an article about it.
Exaggerations, Trump launched strikes against Syria while serving chocolate cake to Xi, earlier, what difference did it make?Petty gangsterism and theatrics, doesn’t change anything on battlefields or the real world.Israel certainly didn’t do themselves any favors with these strikes and by Netanyahu being disrespectful towards Russia on an occasion like this – it’d seem Israel learned ‘diplomacy’ from Washington.
Isn’t it rather the opposite, namely that Washington always has to follow Izrahell’s orders? Watch IAPAC’s influence.
AIPAC The American Israel Affairs Committee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbqv9hte0tA
Our fears come to be true guys!!!
Russia stoped any talk with Syria about S-300 !!!!!
It is best for Syria to talk with ziosI or Washington, they will otherwise destroy and murder the remaining in Syria. There is no way or hope to fight the evil, Russia is under control of the same forces, I as a hard core supporter of Putin lost any hope in Russia. So now is time for either surrender or die, the same goes for Iran and all other resistence block.
Cyril,
I was undergoing the same feeings and thoughts 2 years ago and was (or still am) myself a hard-core supporter of Putin. But then I figured the odd number of “but”‘s, whcih are growing the more you are digging into misc. subjects.
I don’t care if he had whatever houses (probably he doesn’t).
But can he still be trusted? In Donbass? In Syria?
But beware: Speaking out such things can lead to your removal from this “community”.
From Zerohedge: “Meanwhile, as shells are exchanged between Syria and Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Moscow visiting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After 10 hours together, Netanyahu said he conveyed Israel’s obligation to defend itself against Iranian aggression. “I think that matters were presented in a direct and forthright manner, and this is important. These matters are very important to Israel’s security at all times and especially at this time,” he said.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-09/explosions-reported-israel-syria-border-israel-activates-emergency-sirens
Wael’s summary:
Summary of what happened tonight:
1 #Israel Targeted SAA in south #Syria
2 #SAA responded by targeting the Israeli army positions in Jolan Heights
3 Israel tried to target Syrian positions with Stand-off missiles
4 SAA intercepted 70% of the missiles and re-targeted Israel
So Israel launched a sustained missile and artillery attack on Syria with possibly an Israeli jet downed, Syria returned fire to Israel using MRLS, artillery, etc. Some attacking missiles reached their targets at a number of different sites inside Syria and maybe two RADAR sites were destroyed. There were reports that the RASF had planes in the air, no idea to what effect if so.
So what next?
Wael’s rundown:
Positions that got hit in both sides #
Syria
S-200 radar
4th Division command
Ammo depot in Jumrayah
The RG command on Qasyun mountain.
Damascus international airport
Isreal
Iron dome radar in Safad
3 Israeli forward position
Helicopter pad near Um Fahem
Position near Jerusalem
So, will Israel be deterred or encouraged by this exchange?
War Between Wars’ Maintains Israel’s Security – Former Israeli Defense Minister
https://sputniknews.com/military/201805101064307854-war-between-wars-israel-security/
The zionazi author of this article inadvertently showed that there is no positive side to Jew-nazi policy. It is all smoke and mirrors. None of it is a way of going forward, all of it is continuation of the worst and most backward fascism.
Eva Bartlett interview with MP for Aleppo Fares Shehabi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVeHQLr8ko0
Cut and paste of one opinion from the USA. I detected this current two years ago BTL in WaPo but this post today to SyrPer shows it is getting stronger, IMO:
“Hello Canthama,
My name is Geoff, I am an American. I just want you to know, I am starting some anti-war and anti-Israel protests soon. ………(Edited,the post was full of words that violate the blog standards,MOD)…… I will not rest until the American people are fully aware of just how badly they have been used by the Zionist **** and their false flag dumbassery to pursue their evil agenda of total domination in the world and in the middle east.
YOURS TRULY,
-Geoff”
“dumbassery” Classic americanism. I will rember it.
We can hope the more such rays of light will flood the population.
More on Israel’s Iron Dome Malfunctionig by Canthama.
“… There is a fierce battle being fought tonight between the Syrian Gov’t forces and the Israeli regime forces. So far it is impossible to determine anything with assurance, most info shared by all are either some form of precipitated conclusion or guesses, only tomorrow we will know how seriously the hits on both sides have been, what we can be sure so far is:
1) Israel started tonight with the usual provocation.
2) Syrian forces have returned fire, not the first time in the last 2 years the SAA returned fire, but this is indeed the first sequential counter attack from Syria since 1973. One can read whatever from this, but this is one event that did not happen in the past 45 years.
3) Hits in Syria is concentrated in airbases and ammo depot so far, IDF scored few hits so far.
4) SyAAD has been extremely busy, and has so far scored an incredible amount of hits, percentage is very high, but then SyAAD can not ID what is decoy missile or not.
5) Jets have been seeing flying over Lebanon and Golan Heights, SyAAD has engaged few of them but at this point can not confirm any hits.
6) Hit is in IDF positions in the Golan Heights have been many so far, from advanced positions to army bases, communication bases etc…clearly the Iron “domed” is facing trouble, some videos from Golan Heights are showing Syrian missiles flying high toward their targets and not being intercepted.
7) IDF has ordered civilians to go to bunkers, many photos of that, it could indicate the iron “domed” is failing.
8) Syria is hitting Israel deep, explosions in Haifa and Kariat Shamouna reported.
9) No RuAF activity in southern Syria.
This escalation is serious at this point, all out war may be expected from now on if UN can not stop it, it seems all coordinated by Trump’s announcement on JCPOA, but on the other side, Syrian and allies are well put to respond.”
“… Expect a very significant shift in Syrian forces and allies toward the southern front immediately, if we hear the Tiger Forces are moving there it will mean a very large offensive.
The fact that yesterday we had 8 SAA soldiers ambushed by al Qaeda near Daraa and today’s al Qaeda attack after Israelis missiles, will clearly make up the High Command to beef up the SAA in the south.
RuAF took off and is flying over Lattakia, Tartous and northern Lebanon, some IDF jets have attacked Homs from that direction.
The situation was all planned out as a provocation, Israeli will say they were attacked by Iran, and will have the US and KSA supporting Israeli, so the pressure on Iran and Syria will increase. The sequence of events is logical and expected by all players.
Maybe one point that was not expected by Israel was that Syria would hit deep in Israel, one can only be sure tomorrow.”
Thank you to the heroic men and women of the RF armed forces who are putting their lives on the line in Syria combating the terrorists, the fake ‘jihadis’, the gullible and the blind Muslims duped by the Wahhabis/Salafis/Takfiris, who are in reality fighting in the cause of a Godless people, the AngloZionist imperialists.
I’m not prone to quoting verses from the Scriptures but watching the videos brought to mind an oft-told story of how the early Muslims sought from the Christians of Abyssinia respite from the oppression of the polytheist Quraysh. They were brought in front of the Christian ruler of Abyssinia, the Negus, who asked what message the Arab Prophet had brought. As the story goes, the Negus decided not to deport the Muslims when one of them recited Quranic verses from the story of Lady Mary and Jesus (Peace be upon them both) which included, to wit:
“And mention in the Book Mary when she withdrew from her people to an eastern place, and she took a veil apart from them; then We sent unto her Our Spirit that presented himself to her a man without fault. She said, ‘I take refuge in the All-merciful from thee! If thou fearest God… He said, ‘I am but a messenger come from thy Lord, to give thee a boy most pure. She said, ‘How shall I have a son whom no mortal has touched, neither have I been unchaste?’ He said, ‘Even so thy Lord has said: “Easy is that for Me; and that We may appoint him a sign unto men and a mercy from Us; it is a thing decreed.” ‘
[Surah Maryam, 19:16-19:21, trans Arberry]
We may frame the fight in Syria in grand geopolitical terms — power politics, competition for resources, spheres of influence, pivots, etc, etc, — and there’s nothing wrong with that but to me, at the end of the day, the individual members of the RF armed forces who are in Syria, the people who are doing the sacrificing, the enduring of deprivations, the facing up to daily personal terrors, the dying; the kind of people with indescribable courage willing to call airstrikes on themselves to stop the enemy’s advance or pulling a grenade in order to avoid their uniform being sullied by the enemy, are answering a basic but far higher calling — our sense of decency and justice, our humanity.
May God grant them victory.
basil
God bless the glorious Syrian Armed Forces.
Latest interview with president Assad.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/228495/article/ekathimerini/news/chemical-attack-accusations-fake-assad-tells-kathimerini-in-exclusive-interview
There is much to digest in Dr. al Assad’s words. I am reminded of some history of the Muslim Brotherhood I dug into some time ago, being suspicious of their “official” position during the Arab Spring revolt in Egypt, which was that the MB would not participate but remain out of the “fray” itself. But then, as soon as Mubarek was forced out, when the “peaceful opposition” had no effective alternative construct, the MB was ready to hop right in for the following election and take over the government of Egypt. Egyptains preferred a military junta to MB governance. Perhaps someday, Egypt will recover. All nations should be wary of MB influence. I don’t look for conspiracies, but to not be aware when they stare you in the face is just plain stupid. Read here what Dr. Assad has said:
“First of all, this is an aggression, this is an occupation. Any single Turkish soldier on Syrian soil represents occupation. That doesn’t mean the Turkish people are our enemies. Only a few days ago, a political delegation visited from Turkey. We have to distinguish between the Turks in general and Erdogan. Erdogan is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Maybe he’s not organized, but his affiliation is toward that ideology, I call it this dark ideology. And for him, because, like the West, when the terrorists lost control of different areas, and actually they couldn’t implement the agenda of Turkey or the West or Qatar or Saudi Arabia, somebody had to interfere. This is where the West interfered through the recent attacks on Syria, and this is where Erdogan was assigned by the West, mainly the United States, to interfere, to make the situation complicated, again because without this interference, the situation would have been resolved much faster. So, it’s not about personal relations. The core issue of the Muslim Brotherhood anywhere in the world is to use Islam in order to take control of the government in your country, and to create multiple governments with this kind of relationship, like a network of Muslim Brotherhoods, around the world.”
An eye-opening article from Andrew Korybko. Must read.
“President Putin On Israel: Quotes From The Kremlin Website”
“Alt-Media totally misunderstands – and oftentimes deliberately misportays – President Putin’s relationship with Israel, which a reading of the official Kremlin website’s most relevant links indicates is a lot better than most people may think.
Alt-Media dogma indoctrinates its followers with the notion that it’s impossible for Russia and Israel to be on friendly terms with one another, let alone allies, because President Putin is supposedly on an “anti-Zionist crusade” to “save the world”, which isn’t true whatsoever. Many websites have popped up and fed into this delusional “wishful thinking” with outlandish headlines and false narratives in order to reap revenue from increased web traffic and the donations that they hope to solicit as a result.
When confronted with the facts, many people who have been exposed to Alt-Media dogma for too long of a time react with verbal violence as they writhe in the throes of cognitive dissonance, unable to countenance that everything that they thought they knew (or rather, were brainwashed to believe) was a lie. For the bulk of them, their binary thinking has made it impossible to accept that any person or country that “legitimizes” Israel can ever be praised for anything else that they may ever do, meaning that these folks consider it unacceptable to sympathize with anything that President Putin and Russia do anywhere else in the world for the simple fact that both of them are on exceptionally friendly terms with Alt-Media’s supposedly biggest foe.”
Rest of the article (https://orientalreview.org/2018/05/10/president-putin-on-israel-quotes-from-the-kremlin-website/)
I would ask Mr Korybko what actions by the State of Israel demonstrate that Israel considers the Russian Federation a friend and ally. Israel has tried to remain more or less neutral in disputes between the United States and Russia. They will play one off against the other and deal with either if it is in their interests. But Israel is not an ally of any State, including the United States. Does he not find it strange that Israel has taken a position on Assad and Syria that is completely opposed to that of the Russian Federation. The presence of Russian military in Syria does not deter Israel from launching attacks even if such personnel are put at risk. How is this the action of a friend? It can be argued from the information Mr Korybko has presented that Russia is a vassal state of Israel but not a partner or an ally.
“Friend, Ally, Partner” are words of diplomacy. Regards.
What is not knowable is the information/Intel that is exchanged between the two governments.
But, just like FSB and CIA exchange vital information and cooperation on some topics like terrorist plots, transnational criminality, drug shipments, human trafficking, etc, there are military and political Intel instances that are shared.
Always factor in 1,000,000 Russians in Israel. RF factors them for many reasons.
The other thing to factor in is the irrationality of some Israeli leaders who have a Masada complex, thinking of a final, suicidal nuclear end to life. With 350 nukes, Israel has to be addressed as more than a strong regional air force.
The other thing to consider about communications and understandings between Russia and Israel is the complete awareness of Israel’s history of false flags, lies, deceptions and “counter-attacks” or “initiatives of prevention” that have been precedents to all Israeli wars since 1956.
WATCH Syrian Air Defenses Shoot Down Israeli Missiles
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201805101064316476-syria-intercepts-israeli-missiles/
“The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, citing a military source that the army’s air defenses had “shot down dozens of Israeli missiles, preventing most of them from reaching their targets,” however, some of the rockets managed to hit radars and an ammunition depot.
SANA released the footage, showing the moment Damascus brought down Israeli missiles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkI2_3Zje8Y
The attack came less than 24 hours after the Syrian air defenses managed to intercept two Israeli missiles in the southern outskirts of Damascus in the al-Kisweh area. SANA reported that at least two people were killed in an explosion caused by one of the two interceptions, while western monitoring groups claimed that Tuesday night’s strikes had also left several Iranian nationals dead.
The SANA news agency has also published security camera footage showing the interception of an Israeli missile on Tuesday.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZfevHn-BJg
Syrian Air Defenses Down Half of Over 60 Missiles Fired by Irsael – Russian MoD
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201805101064316066-russia-israel-tactical-missiles/
“Overnight on Thursday Israel launched a massive attack against targets in Syria in response to what it called an Iranian attack on Israel-held Golan Heights.
A total of 28 Israeli F-15, F-16 jets participated in strikes on Syria on Thursday, firing nearly 60 rockets at various targets, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Apart from the airstrikes, Israeli forces launched over 10 surface-to-surface missiles at Syrian territory. According to the ministry, the attack targeted “the locations where Iranian armed units were deployed, as well as the positions of the Syrian army’s air defense in southern Damascus area and in southern Syria.”
“While repelling the Israeli attack by Syrian air defense, over half of the missiles were shot down,” the ministry said.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said that Moscow is concerned with Israeli strikes against Syria and calls on the sides to exercise restraint to avoid escalation.”
Note he singled out israel. Russia is clearly blaming israel here. The zionazi-gay regime quislings and media in the west are trying to blame Syria, Iran and Russia.
Some additional info:
28 Israeli jets fired about 60 rockets in overnight strikes on Syria – Russian MoD
https://www.rt.com/news/426328-israel-28-jets-syria/
“Israeli forces bombed the Syrian territory for two hours between 1:45am and 3:45am local time on Thursday. The attack was carried out under the pretext of allegations that Iranian forces had earlier hit Israeli targets in the Golan Heights.
“Four of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome and the rest landed on Syrian territory,”
LOL, about the Syrian rockets landing on Syrian territory, the Golan Heights are Syrian territory. Obviously the israeli missile defense is less effective than Syria’s.
Damascus: Israeli Strikes Indicate ‘New Phase of Aggression’ Against Syria
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201805101064323601-strike-israel-syria-aggression/
“According to the Syrian Foreign Ministry, Israel’s latest move towards a “direct confrontation” indicates the start of a “new phase of aggression” against Syria, the SANA agency reported.
“This aggressive conduct by the Zionist entity [pejorative for the State of Israel]… will lead to nothing but an increase in tensions in the region,” Syrian news agency SANA cited an official in the ministry as saying.
There was no immediate comment from Tehran.”
“[pejorative for the State of Israel]” Not pejorative enough, zionazi-gay freakshow is better, imho.
US Allegedly Gives Israel Green Light to Kill Top Iranian General – Report
https://sputniknews.com/military/201805101064328493-us-israel-general/
“The US has allegedly given Israel the go-ahead to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s overseas arm, the Quds Force, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported.
The paper, seen in the Arab world as being instrumental in getting Israel’s message across to other Mideast countries, quoted an unnamed source in Jerusalem as saying that “there is an American-Israeli agreement” that Soleimani is a “threat to the two countries’ interests in the region.”
According to the report, Washington’s purported nod to kill the Iranian general comes three years after the US thwarted an Israeli attempt to assassinate him near Damascus.
If the Al-Jarida story is anything to go by, the Americans allegedly warned Tehran about the panned assassination and about the Israelis watching Soleimani’s every step.
According to the newspaper, Washington’s decision to tip off the Iranians “sparked a sharp disagreement between the Israeli and American security and intelligence apparatuses regarding the issue.”
The newspaper also purported that Iran’s second in command in Syria, Mohammad Reda Falah Zadeh, also “might be a target” for an Israeli attack.”
Sabbagh: Confronting terrorism has moved to a qualitative stage
https://sana.sy/en/?p=137105
“Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hamoudeh Sabbagh said that the confrontation of Zionist and the US-backed terrorism has moved to a qualitative stage in the course of the historical confrontation between Syria, which is the leader of Arabism, and the reactionary hostile forces.
Sabbagh said that every time the Syrian Arab Army, in cooperation with supporting and allies forces, achieves a victory against the terrorist organizations, the Israeli entity launches attacks on Syria.
He pointed out that the Israeli aggression which targeted Syria on Thursday confirms the strong alliance between Israel and the terrorists.”
Putin and Mother Russia oops the Fatherland are looking weak. Putin is a pawn probably owned by the same bankers that control every other country including the joos and US.
I wished Russia along with China would have stood up to the Zionists. God bless all those brave Syrian soldiers fighting for the survival of their country. I don’t know how they do it. I guess Russia has helped but still. Iranians are a bunch of loud mouth losers. They talk big but they have no backbone. Persians are weak. The Israelis will destroy Iran unfortunately. There is no force that can withstand Israhell, Saudi Arabia and the US in the middle east. Russians will turn tail and return home. Like someone said they are the battered wife instead of the sheep dog protecting the flock. Sad really……
What do you mean by “standing up to the Zionists?”…Firing a bunch of nukes at the banking cartels? Frying the entire planet? This is a far more complex situation which requires much more complex actions. Speaking to the child molesting reptiles is necessary in order to castrate them at some later point. This is a very long game. Don’t expect any quick fixes, because they simply don’t exist.
It is really complex.
First, you have Bibi over for a pat on the back and a bite of dinner while he tells you in detail how many rockets he’s going to kill Syrians with (immediately after you have told him that you haven’t supplied sais Syrians with self controlled S300 ever) immediately after dinner.
Then…
Syrian Army, not Iran, struck Israel last night: Iranian official
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-not-iran-struck-israel-last-night-iranian-official/
“A senior Iranian official denied his country launched a missile attack against Israeli targets last night as a response to a night attack carried out by Israeli jets that targeted Iranian bases inside Syria.
“Iran has nothing to do with the missiles that hit the Occupied Golan Heights last night. It was the Syrian Arab Army”, he said in a statement to Sputnik.
“We would say so if we have done it”, he added.
Israel launched its biggest missile attack on Syria, claiming it is targeting Iranian bases. In response, the Syrian Army fires a salvo of missiles that hit military targets in the Occupied Golan Heights.”
Developing: Israeli jets stalking Syrian-Lebanese border
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/developing-israeli-jets-stalking-syrian-lebanese-border/
“The Israeli Air Force is once again flying close to the Syrian-Lebanese border, raising the Syrian Air Defense’s alert levels.
According to a military source in Damascus, the Israeli jets continue to fly up and down the Syrian-Lebanese border, which may be an attempt to provoke a response from the Syrian military.
Thus far, no anti-aircraft missiles have been fired at the Israeli jet, nor has the latter entered Syrian airspace.
While it is not uncommon for the Israeli Air Force to occasionally fly close to the Syrian border, the prevalence of these flights today has raised fears of another potential attack inside Syria.”
Russia honors prominent Syrian general during V-Day parade at Hmaymim Airport (photos)
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-honors-prominent-syrian-general-during-v-day-parade-at-hmaymim-airport-photos/
“Russia honored the prominent Syrian commander of the Tiger Forces during their V-Day parade at the Hmaymim Military Airport yesterday.
Major General Suheil Al-Hassan was given a medal by the Russian military during an honorary ceremony that highlighted his success as the commander of one of Syria’s best forces.
The Syrian general had previously been in northern Homs overseeing the surrender of the rebel forces before making his way to the Hmaymim Airport on Wednesday morning.
This is the second time during this war that the Russian military has presented a medal to General Hassan at the Hmaymim Airport.”
Thoughts:
1) Iron Dome is another in a long line of Zionists bluffs. Part of the larger Jewish culture (which is important to understand) has always been about bluffing your way to success. Call it Chutzpah or Verbal Judo. Does not matter.
2) Israel now knows that there might be repercussions for any attack on Syria. With the failure of the Iron Dome do they really want to push Hezbollah and the real Iran into a larger war? I doubt it. They cannot win that war and they know it.
3) We will not know what damage Israel took. They will hide any damage. The Western media will never ask further questions. Reports were immediate of massive damage to Syrian defenses. Don’t believe extreme reports either way.
4) Russia will not get directly involved. Israel even told Russia of the attack prior to launching it. Did some White Knight within Russia inform Syria? Who knows. But Putin is content with playing good cop/bad cop. He is not the man that many of you think he is. You guys need to learn as much Russian as you can. You read the Zionist press which gives you the idea that Putin is some sort of Ramzan Kadyrov figure. He isn’t. He is more Medvedev than Kadyrov in style and action.
5) Russia is already talking about international law. When Russia talks about international law it means that they do not want to get involved. If you are so concerned about international law why is your leader toasting Netanyahu hours before he launches illegal attacks from the very occupied Golan Heights. The Golan Heights is illegally occupied according to international law.
Indeed, these last year(s) VP is looking a tad chubby in the face and presenting more like a comfortable bureaucrat than the shirtless tiger/bear riding warrior myth of yesteryear. From the wryly fox of the Trojan/Syrian wars (Iliad) towards the (slightly less waddling than Netanyahu) Jason and his crew of Moscow Argonauts dreaming of their golden Russian fleece within a political term cycle.
Still, I wouldn’t discount him and his team yet, but it is somewhat tiring to keep reading these simplistic hero/anti-hero binaries being projected onto him by those who can’t seem to get past their boyhood comic fantasy stories.
It’s far more complex than that. Apart from agreements with Syria (and not necessarily with Assad per se); arrangements with China and soon Iran (SCO); pragmatic programs with Turkey; who knows what emerging with Egypt; and the largely now Russian speaking/thinking ‘Jewish’ diaspora in occupied Palestine protected and paid for by the deluded north American ‘Christian’ taxpayers (well, fiat money printers basically) then what is there for Putin not to smile about?
“simplistic hero/anti-hero binaries being projected onto him by those who can’t seem to get past their boyhood comic fantasy stories.”
Hah! Yes indeed. Paul Craig Robert’s recent article ends on what I thought was a rather impertinent and crestfallen fan-boy note.
“If Putin doesn’t put his foot down, he is going to get us all killed.”
As you say, it’s as almost as though Spider-Man risks defeat by Venom as they struggle atop the Empire State Building, a crowd of bystanders watching in horrified amazement down below. Who does Gotham belong to anyway? And why is it populated by essential bystanders?
Shame on us. Putin owes folks in the West no nuclear umbrella. Seventy years of democratic lassitude on the part of our citizenry (now little more than petulant consumers; see Adam Curtis’ Century of the Self) has delivered the planet to this apparent Last Chance Saloon.
At least, I don’t remember my fellow Americans bemoaning the false prosperity delivered to our shores by petrodollar recycling. And we knew all we needed to know about the international predations, assassinations and shakedown artistry of the CIA after the 1976 Church hearings. Presidents ain’t no dummies. The last guy who threatened to break the CIA into a thousand pieces got his head handed back to him, in more than one piece. Symbolic retribution.
As he has stressed on numerous occasions, Putin is the leader of the Russian people only. Surely that should be enough. Besides, isn’t that a central tenet of the renewed nationalism to the extent the latter ekes out a besieged existence in places like Hungary, Iran, Syria and North Korea?
Grab your musket Paul Craig Roberts and storm the Pentagon!
Israel’s affinities are on a demographic rendezvous with Russia anyway, as you say again. The US will be used up and then left to blow away, as Netanyahu once expressed it. But before that, the Empire will be thrown against the ME under the Yinon flag. Then the battered battering ram will retire in 3rd world obscurity like a latterday Argentina.
Beyond the binary impairments of the argument, there is a lack of attention to orders of economic magnitude. Russia has a GDP the size of NYC. Together, the US, China and the EU account for 60% of global GDP. The true marvel has been Russia’s ability to leverage this small economic footprint into world power status.
The world’s expectations for Russia have assumed Superman proportions. Putin of course fed this mythos riding Siberian tigers. Maybe the time has come to wear a shirt at all times in public.
It would be foolish to discard the not so remote possibility that Putin is nothing more than controlled opposition; thus, a part of the larger conspiracy to establish NWO (totalitarian communism). Putin’s links to the ultra orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch mafia are well known. Since at least 1999 Putin’s closest confidants are oligarchs Lev Leviev and Roman Abramovich who are Chabad’s prominent patrons. All the visible parts are just a charade for us plebs while the hofjuden are busy creating worldwide chaos to exhaust the plebiscites via wars into submission so they accept the coming of anti-christ and it’s rule. On the other hand, perhaps this is Putin’s version of 3D chess and as the saying goes, “keep your friends close and enemies closer”.
Putin was meeting with Netanyahu.
One should always keep dialogue open and be prepared to meet and sit down with even your most sworn enemy.
This is the pragmatic and sensible way to run a country – as opposed to the Western/US way, where they refuse to meet people and cut off all channels of dialogue.
They other no-no is what I would call Imperial Masochism: These sanctions are going hurt us. But they’re going to hurt you more. In the aggregate the sanction regimes add up. Petulance has replaced statecraft.
If you keep taking your soccer ball home so the other boys can’t play, they will utilize a tennis ball in the interim until they can find their own soccer ball. My father played soccer the first 12 years of his life with a tennis ball. By the time he got a soccer ball it was like playing with a beach ball. in addition to slitting its own throat, America is sharpening the world’s teeth.
Related to facts, always wait for the Russian MOD to report. Their accuracy has been reliable. All other sources during and shortly after the events are usually very skewed.
Related to Putin and his actions, inactions, policies, failures, shortcomings–grow up.
You don’t understand geopolitics, Russia, Russian strategies, Russian shortcomings, Russian expectations.
Laying on your own emotional desires for a sudden defeat of the Hegemon, collapse of the Empire, punishment of the bad Israelis, disappearance of cruelty, inhumanity, poverty, and maniacal behavior is all on your childlike world view–not some failure of the RF or Putin’s behavior.
The Russians owe the rest of us Nothing! They fight in their own national and civilizational interests. They fight where and when and how they so choose. That is often why they are so effective and win.
They have told Syria they are not defending Syria. Just like in North Korea, they are not defending others if they engage in war with third parties. Syria has allowed Iran to base on their soil. That opens Syria to Iran’s enemies.
Russia and Putin are going to achieve a solution to Syria’s future. It won’t be by fighting a war against Israel, the Arabs, Turkey or the USA. Though any of those countries may get a taste of Russian warfare in some small dosage if Russia has to act in self-defense or to “nudge” the intruder in the Russian ME space to leave.
What is complicated in the ME is really complex. Do not expect simplicity.
If you want Russia to fight “your wars”, buy a video game and go all in. You are not operating in the real world.
Amen LM445. However I do believe Russia is prepared to defend Syria against existential threats – that is why they are there in the first place. Likely Israeli talk about bombing Damascus proper and attempting to kill Assad would cross a red line and if so I’m sure Bibi has been told. Should it come to that (having to defend the Syrian State from an Israeli attack) I’m sure Putin would consider it a failure. We can be sure that the RuAF in Syria was watching the developing attack very closely, and while Israel may be able to hide the damage they sustained from the western media they cannot hide it from the Russians.
Regarding the S300 issue Wael’s twitter feed has a series of excellent posts today. In summary Syria must repair and enhance their whole AD network in order to be able to defend and effectively utilize such assets. Don’t look for any press releases announcing this kind of work either.
Hummm… In fighting for their own interests, Russians are, however, changing the world. They are coherent, dialectic, and firmly go to the jugular vein of the serpent that is attacking them. It just happens that this serpent is the same one that is attacking the rest of us…
L445
Pretty much agree with you, except here:
“Syria has allowed Iran to base on their soil. That opens Syria to Iran’s enemies.”
Syria invited Iran, Iran has every right to be there. The zionazis bitching, on the other hand, have zero rights here. Absolutely none. They are a war criminal country of criminal elements with zero legitimacy for their claims and very existence.
Besides that, though, the zionazis are using their propaganda line about Iran in Syria the same way their quisling trump regime used the zionazi cw falseflags in Syria. It is all horsegovno. A pretext for planned aggression about greater israel expansion. The zionazis want large chunks of Syria and Lebanon for liebesraum and resource aquisition, Iran is one of those in their way, as is Russia.
This is what it is about. If Iran wasn’t in Syria, the zionazis would be suka’ing about Iran being in Iran.
And the zionazis would be inventing other bs reasons to attack Syria, instead of their nonsense about Iran. It really doesn’t matter with this freakshow, any pretext will do as far as zionazia is concerned.
Suddenly many commenters here are claiming that Putin is secretly Netanyahu’s tool. These people should explain why Russia opted to destroy ISIS and Al Qaeda in Syria; that was a serious kick in the rear to Israel. If Putin is a slave of the Zionists, why did he do that?
Russia not defeating ISIS in Syria would result in regime change (Assad gone), new regime installed by CIA/Pentagram and Putin losing their Russian naval facility in Tartus which is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy
Russia not defeating ISIS in Syria would result in regime change (Assad gone), new regime installed by CIA/Pentagram and Putin losing their Russian naval facility in Tartus which is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy
You are still not showing that Putin’s a tool of Netanyahu. A slave of Israel would withdraw from Tartus — and from the Middle East entirely — allowing Israel to dominate the area. Instead, by destroying ISIS and Al Qaeda, which Israel has been supporting, Putin gave the Zionists an enormous setback. Why would a shabbos goy do that?
Assad: Why talk to Trump if he doesn’t control the US?
https://www.rt.com/news/426342-trump-assad-deep-state-syria/
“In an exclusive interview with Athens daily Kathimerini, Assad said there was no reason to meet face-to-face with Trump, since the US president “says something today, and does the opposite tomorrow,” and is likely not even in control of policy decisions.
“[W]e don’t think the president of that regime is in control,” Assad told the paper, referring to Trump. “We all believe that the deep state, the real state, is in control, or is in control of every president, and that is nothing new. It has always been so in the United States, at least during the last 40 years, at least since Nixon, maybe before, but it’s becoming starker and starker, and the starkest case is Trump.”
Assad also dismissed the possibility of a third world war breaking out in Syria, telling the Greek newspaper that Moscow’s levelheadedness has so far prevented a catastrophic escalation – even as the US aims to expand the conflict. Asked directly if he was concerned about the possibility of a third world war, Assad replied: “No, for one reason: Because fortunately, you have a wise leadership in Russia, and they know that the agenda of the deep state in the United States is to create a conflict. Since Trump’s campaign, the main agenda was against Russia, create a conflict with Russia, humiliate Russia, undermine Russia, and so on,” the Syrian president said.
Assad ended the interview by vowing to reunify Syria and restore its sovereignty, adding that the US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are ultimately responsible for the seven-year war and must be held accountable for supporting “terrorists” fighting in Syria.”
Assad doesn’t agree with the websayanim spam here. Gee, what a bleeping surprise. :-D
Israel Using ‘Planned Provocations’ to ‘Get the US into a War With Iran’
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201805111064343876-israel-provocations-us-war-with-iran/
“The escalation of violence near the Golan Heights and Damascus this week is part of a neoconservative plan to lasso the US into war with Iran, an expert told Sputnik.
Mark Sleboda, a security and international affairs analyst, says the most recent escalation of violence between Israel and Syria shows Israel intends to start a conflict with Iran and seek US support for a larger war campaign.
What Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “wants, more than anything else, is to get the US into a war with Iran,” Sleboda told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear on Thursday.
“There are plenty of neocons in Washington surrounding [US] President [Donald] Trump that want the same thing and are all too willing to play along with this,” the analyst said.
Almost immediately after Trump began his speech announcing the US’ exit from the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, on Tuesday, Israeli authorities put their soldiers on “high alert” in the Golan Heights, citing heightened Iranian activity across Israel’s northern border.
Within hours of Trump’s announcement, Damascus accused the Israel Defense Forces of firing on targets south of the Syrian capital in the al-Kiswah area. Western media later called one of the targets an Iranian convoy.
If it seems like these developments were orchestrated, it’s because they probably were, Sleboda told hosts Brian Becker and John Kiriakou.
“In fact, the Russian Duma member who heads up the Foreign Relations Committee specifically called out that this looks like a planned provocation intended to be conducted in stages up an escalatory ladder,” the Moscow-based analyst noted.
“Israel, which has previously claimed that it was attacking Syria — it’s attacked Syria illegally, aggressively, over 100 times since 2011, since the conflict began,” Sleboda said of Israel’s involvement in the Syrian civil war. “But they’ve been ramping it up.”
The war against Syria is israel’s baby all the way.