TEHRAN (FNA)- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has confirmed the traces of the sarin gas used in Syria are not linked with the Syrian government’s former stockpile of chemical weapons, a report by the OPCW said Friday.
The report corroborates the Syrian government’s assertions that the faction responsible for the chemical attack, as well as 11 other instances of chemical weapons use, was the Syrian opposition, masddar reported.
That’s about as high as credentials can get. Thanks for facilitating what should be everyone’s homework when vital information is missing from a news report.
CNN is pushing a propaganda narrative about some enclave on the border of Syria and Lebanon, an enclave in which it is alleged people are starving to death by the hundreds. They are showing pictures of emaciated children. Of course, the narrative is that President Assad and the Syrian government has caused the problem. Does anyone have any information which might refute this propaganda?
600-1000 terrorists on their way to attack Damascus got stuck in that town. They are holding 10,000 or so civilians hostage.. When the SAA started attacking the border in Golan heights back from the terrorists, these guys would fire mortars and shells using the city as cover so the SAA put a blockade around it. People are allowed to go to the government store and buy food but the terrorists wont allow it since they would have to pass a government check post and they don’t have Syrian id from the town. So the terrorists want the food and medicine delivered to the town so they can hold onto it and charge people for the food. But motorized transports are not allowed into the town.. but walking s allowed.. so are goats and such so they do have food but the terrorists are the ones who are eating..
There was a demonstrating last month by the civilians asking Assad and the SAA to deliver them from the hands of the terrorists.. The civilians are not allowed to leave.. They are being held hostage.. Yes they are Sunni but so are the SAA who are blockading the town.. Now these guys were even shelling the other terrorists who wanted to leave from another city a few klicks from there.. so it is not just civilians who are held hostage.. They just don’t want ANYONE to leave.. This is preventing like 4000 terrorists held up at another camp from moving to ildib and other areas.. The 150 or so foreign fighters in this town are also holding another 450 Syrian terrorists from turning themselves in, in the same town as well who made a deal with the government to change their status to civilians..
Pro-Assad march in Madaya! People calling the Syrian Army to liberate the town! 30th Nov. 2015
Video: Pro-Assad march in militant-held Syrian town
In March the town of Madaya, in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, was occupied by terrorists. On 11/30/2015 a march was held in the town in support of the Syrian Arab Army and Bashar al Assad, calling for the army to liberate the town from terrorists. Madaya’s inhabitants are predominantly Sunni.
“Are you not hungry – we are hungry!!” Civilians protest a militant blocking them from reaching food in government-held districts [of Madaya].
1000’s are starving in Madaya because Al-Qaeda & friends need human shields. Demand terrorists allowing civilians to leave!
TEHRAN (FNA)- This photo that has gone viral on the web to win the world sympathy and turn it into a global condemnation of the Damascus government has been taken in Amman, the Jordanian capital, and belongs to a Syrian refugee covered in an al-Arabiya news channel report in January 2014, where she was called Syria’s Mona Liza.
The Arab and western media outlets have been releasing images of Madaya town in the past few days which is now under the Syrian army and Hezbollah forces’ control. The images show that the residents of this town are starving and the pro-Syrian government forces prevent sending foodstuff to them.
remember when the ukies would weld shut the door to tanks and APC’s so the crew would not abandon their vehicles and run off? Well now it is a design feature.. The world will want a ton of these vehicles as soldiers wont be able to run off quiet as easily in battle.. just another first from the land that created the heaven and earth…
Here is another invention to fool those ruskies.. The ukies can crank out a million of them and place them all over ukieland in short order to stop any Russian invasion.. including dropping them from helicopters..
Its mind boggling that this could have a political solution…involving the US..how disgusting the US is. Kerry should be wearing one of those kitchen table clothes on his head.
As I said in the machine translated version before, this article is for OUR consumption only and what we are supposed to believe, after an agreement between the US and Russia on how to deal with Syria.. and how to save McCain’s terrorists and Russia getting some political mileage as well as having a chance to eradicate the terrorists infesting Syria.. So both US and Russia gains.. But the gains are not as would expect.. The mercenaries are not killed off and only transferred to Yemen and Libya while the local grunts would be terminated or captured or blend into the civilian population like the criminals before.. just exactly like what happened in Iraq and Ramadi is a great example where 5000 terrorists went to 2000 just before the Iraqi army started their assault and it turned into 600 then 500 then 400 and finally less than 200 of them fought to the death.. Now what happened to the 4800? bet you can find them in Yemen and Libya now..
Russia probably know there is no way they can defeat 20000 mercenaries on top of the 100k of other terrorists.. As it took a Russian army of 100,000 to defeat a group of 5000 Chechen terrorists and destroy the entire city to do it. Nothing even close to that is available in Syria..
Reducing the article would remove the propaganda value of the article.. Since it is a reflection of what the 3+1 wants us to believe… They cant come out and tell us the truth anyway.. Like how last week again it came out that nato forces were involved on the ground in Libya since the beginning.. from the Hillary emails that were released..
Why defeating al-Qaeda and its allies is a top priority for Assad rather than ISIS?
ISIS is a “marionette”. By Elijah J. Magnier
The question is often speculated about the reasons why Russia, Syria, Iran and the “Hezbollah” Lebanon attack mainly but not exclusively al-Qaeda fi bilad al-Shan (Jabhat al-Nusra) and its allies among the Syrian opposition rather than attacking the so-called “Islamic state” group, also known as “ISIS”, “ISIL”, “IS” or “Daesh”. For years, many Middle Eastern analysts consciously believed that a sort of “alliance exist between Assad and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi”. This sort of ignorance in Middle Eastern dynamic emanates from a long lasting “conspiracy theory” that managed to affect prestigious media worldwide.
None the less, the Syrian Army command, and now its allies, have avoided clashing with ISIS in many occasions and on several fronts. In few words, ISIS is said to be “much easier and less urgent to defeat than al-Qaeda in Syria”. Also, as key players in the Middle East and the United States of America have benefitted from ISIS presence and expansion in Syria and Iraq for various reasons, so Assad and its allies did.
The answer to such a strategy comes from one of the highest decision maker of the joint operations room in Damascus that includes Russia, Syria, Iran and Hezbollah Lebanon (3+1).
“The reasons that push the Syrian regime and its allies not to concentrate all efforts against ISIS are multiple and most importantly:
– ISIS is, in theory, the enemy of all countries and organizations. Most decision makers in the region and around the World considered ISIS as a virus that should be uprooted sooner or later. Many regional countries involved in the war in Syria prefer to keep a distance from it and avoid having their name involved with ISIS. Therefore, it is a problem for most.
– ISIS has no regional or international political horizon. Therefore, the group is excluded from any potential settlement in Syria, Iraq or in any country it has a presence. Moreover, ISIS is working hard to attract as many enemies as possible, attacking every one and every organization that doesn’t accept its governance, even those who have the same identical ideology and creed., like al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan.
– It has no political cover up or umbrella for its existence or doing by any country and no one can support ISIS publicly or in secrecy.
– ISIS is no longer directly financed by any country or oganisation. The group is self financed through the resources obtained from the sale of stolen oil and ancient archeology, the imposition of local taxes, looted banks, access to bank information and data on wealthy people living under its control, on what the group calls “spoil of war” and other income from Zakat (under different forms rather than currencies). Now that ISIS finance is under scrutiny, the greatest of its resources remain and spin within the orbit of its controlled areas.
– ISIS is not getting any training for its fighters out of the region. The U.S, U.K and the Arab and bordering countries to Syria and Iraq do not offer ISIS any direct military assistance, neither they are providing the group with new lethal weapon. ISIS is suffering from lack of military equipment and forced. It is forces to buy off the black market weapons at very high price.
– ISIS is not enjoying from the services of different joint military operation rooms, providing intelligence information, planning attacks, guiding its forces on the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy, assisting in the updating of a Bank of objectives of enemy forces on the ground to counter attack, and overtly facilitating medical assistance, logistics and movement of the fighters through borders to direct attacks.
– ISIS won’t be affected by any political gains or losses on future negotiating table in Vienna or Geneva or New York.
– ISIS is much easier to defeat because it has no local support and did not manage to integrate itself among the population. ”
In the light of the above, the commander added:” Why the Syrian army, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah would waste one single unnecessary bullet against ISIS unless it is strategically rewarding to attack its forces at the moment? If we see how the Kurdish forces are advancing in ISIS land on the northern front, with the support of the U.S Air Force, we understand that the power of ISIS is more propagandist rather than effective when confronted with an ideological force, determine to fight and hold the ground. The military Kurdish force’ progress occupying land and attacking ISIS in the North of Syria is welcomed by Damascus and doesn’t provoke it. The Kurds are advancing in an Arab area and have all the benefit to establish a harmonious relationship with the local tribes who also are against ISIS. It is engaging ISIS more and dispersing its military effort on several fronts. Moreover, ISIS does not exist in areas considered vital and rich like Idlib, Homs and the suburbs where the population is against the regime and supports the rebels. ISIS controls oil fields in the East and the North of Syria. These can be retaken. It is dominating a population in Raqqa and around it that suffers from its tyranny. The group is due to self disintegrate and can be defeated when other stronger enemies and serious threat are eliminated first. On top of these enemies is al-Qaeda fi Bilad-al-Sham, or Jabhat al-Nusra”.
“From our side, we want to establish a demarcation line with ISIS and will refrain from carrying out large military operations against the group to spare our forces (the military engagement) for another more strategic fronts. If we look at what happen in the offensive in reef Homs, like Mheen and Haw’wareen, we have retaken the two cities only because ISIS’s presence represents a possible threat to Homs. These were retaken and consolidated by “al-Redha” forces to create a defensive line that can be used in the future for when we decide to advance further in the area. In Kuweiress also, we have enlarged the corridor to create a safe perimeter to the airport so it can be used in the future for further larger military operations. To conclude, everything that ISIS doesn’t enjoy off, is, on the other hand, present among the rebels and a-Qaeda in Syria”, the source said.
On what happen in Mheen where the Syrian Army pulled out after ISIS counter attacked, the source explained: “When we see a concentration of forces coming together to attack a city or a village or a hill, in many cases it is better to avoid any infantry engagement, pull out forces and allow the air force to decimate or eliminate as many of the attacking groups as possible. We have adopted this plan in many locations and have managed, with little effort, to regain control of lost territories, inflicting a large number of killed among the assaulting forces. The presence of a precise Russian Air Force bombing is creating a real difference. Therefore, we hold the ground when necessary and possible. We try to reduce the lost of infantry and avoid unnecessary confrontation when there is no need too. ISIS animosity against the Syrian rebels is highly beneficial to us and we take as much advantage as possible from it as long as no alliance or cessation of hostility is reached between Baghdadi and al-Qaeda”.
“ On the other hand, Al-Qaeda in Syria (or the Levant, Al-Nusra Front), Ahrar al-Sham and all the Jihadists salafist who are happy to establish an Islamic Emirates like the “Army of Islam” and the “Army of conquest”, all these get physical, military and training support from abroad. Intelligence and signals information, logistical facilities and lethal new weapons are placed at their service. Not only the regional countries, but also the United States and allies use these forces, directly or indirectly, as a Trojan horse, to hit the Syrian regime. Any conquered land previously under their control is considered a gain at the political negotiating table”, said the commander.
When the Syrian regime objected to the American, French and British air strikes without coordination, Russia told President Bashar al-Assad:” Let them continue depleting ISIS and you concentrate on fighting al-Qaeda and its allies. The time is not yet ripe for the objection of their doing”. So the military focus was more on the opposition hitting vital strategic areas that represents a real danger to the State of Syria like the access to the Mediterranean, and the reefs of Latakia, Homs, Hama, Aleppo and the borders with Turkey.
“Officially, Russia has declared al-Qaeda, Ahrar al-sham and all the salafist jihadists as terrorists, rejecting any presence of these groups on the negotiating table. This is exactly what Mr. Assad declared throughout the years of war. Russia is asking from the international community to define those groups considered non-terrorists. For these reasons, the war on al-Qaeda and its allies, wherever these are present on any fronts, and the gain or lost of territories controlled by these groups represent an important factor for the Syrian regime and for the World on the political settlement discussed on the negotiation table. We shall continue making the necessary efforts to concentrate all military power against these and, simultaneously, keep an eye on ISIS, at the moment. The self declared “Islamic State” group is second on the scale of menace as it will not survive for very long. It is much easier to defeat and its danger is disproportionate”, he concluded.
Politically, ISIS “war on everybody” has been beneficial not only to Assad and his allies – even if the proportions and the comparison is not the issue here – but also to many players in the Middle East. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Jordan have contributed, directly and indirectly, to the growth of ISIS to reduce the power of the “shia and alawites crescent” (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon), to remove Assad from power (cut the military supply line between Iran and Hezbollah and all facilities offered to Hezbollah in Syria, allow Qatar Gas to transit via Syria and Turkey to Europe, reduce the danger of the Syrian Army to Israel, impose a Turkish influence over Syria or even reshape the map of Syria) and to give the power to the Sunni majority in the Levant.
The United States have also profited from the growth of ISIS. It has allowed the U.S forces to return stronger than ever to Mesopotamia; benefitted from the sale of arms to Iraq; indirectly forced Iraqi key players to carried a peaceful coup d’état against Iran’ favorite candidate the ex-Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki; welcomed a friendly new Prime Minister in baghdad, Haider al-Abadi, created a possibility to the Iraqi Kurds to call for independency from the central command in Baghdad, allowed Turkey to enter Iraq to participate to the liberation of Mosul and claim a share in the North of Iraq and increase its financial and military investment in Kurdistan. ISIS allowed the U.S to regain its military image – shaken in Afghanistan and after the Iraq war – in the Middle East by running a new kind of war with no human losses. Moreover, ISIS is exhausting Iran’s finance that is injected to support Syria with oil and cash to pay salaries and keep the various institutions standing and functioning. For the second time after the Iranian revolution, Iran is sending troops abroad to fight in thousands and not only a limited number of tens of advisors. Also, Hezbollah Lebanon is fully engaged in Syria where thousands of men have been killed and injured. Iran is also financing all costs. And last, the United States hope that Russia gets more engaged in Syria, “dirty” its hand in one way or another and ultimately fail in fully supporting Assad and its allies to defeat ISIS, al-Qaeda and allies. In all that, ISIS is a killing machine but also “a marionette”.
Just like the terrorists attacking civilians with chemical weapons and then blaming the government, murdering government officials and off duty soldiers and then blaming it as a government atrocity, The terrorists are starving the civilians and then blaming the government for it. Remember people can walk over to the government stores outside the terrorist controlled areas and buy food for set prices but they are not allowed to leave by the terrorists.
Madaya: Why would Assad starve his own supporters?
The residents of the town have clearly taken their frustrations out on the terrorists who refuse to budge and answer questions from the people on why they do not have food, and the militants do.
Most peculiar however is the siege on Fouaa and Kafraya in Syria’s northwest province of Idlib. The predominately Shi’ite towns have been two small enclaves surrounded by the terrorist axis of the Army of Conquest, which is made up of Ahrar ash-Sham, their allies in Jabhat Al-Nusra and the Free Syrian Army. Not a word has been uttered by the usual media suspects about their plight, siege, blockade, suffering, food and medical shortages. However, back to Madaya, because let’s not completely unravel the hypocrisy and contradictions, shall we?
The following image emerged on Facebook from someone within Madaya on December 17. What it claims is that the cost of 1 pound of sugar or rice reached roughly $34, 1 pound of flour cost almost $47 and 1 pound of powdered milk was going for as much as $52.
the footage of thousands of residents from the small town parading through the street just a month earlier in support of the Syrian government. Can anyone make a logical explanation why a month earlier thousands of protesters were out in support for the army, risking their lives in front of the anti-government terrorist group to display their allegiances?
Ministry of Justice: More than 11 thousand people had their legal status settled in 2015
In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry said the authorities settled the legal status of a total of 11,057 persons from different provinces who had turned themselves in and handed over their guns and vowed not to commit any act that could undermine the security of the state.
Zakharova: Turkish accusations over refugee issue absurd, an attempt to avoid responsibility
Commenting over a statement made by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davotuglu, in which he blamed Russia for the cases of refugees drowning in the Aegean Sea due to its support for the Syrian government and its vetoing of UN resolutions on Syria, Zakharova said that “such absurd accusations are nothing but an attempt by Ankara to avoid responsibility for the deaths of these and many other Syrians.”
She added that Davotuglu’s attempt to blame Russia and even the Security Council for the drowning of Syrian refugees near Turkish shores is a case of confusing case and effect, underlining the fact that Turkey is providing all sorts of support to extremist and terrorist groups in Syria.
Ex CIA agent claims Hitler faked his death and fled to Argentina… from the FBI X-Files.. https://t.co/Xk2TLKBwOX
Russian jets bombed trucks convoy from #Turkey Full of Weapons to Islamists in Dayr Jamal North Aleppo last night.. Last TOW missile video was 10 days ago… https://t.co/BtKoA9NejQ
Official statement by red Cross on Syria Zabadani Madaya Fouaa & Kafaraya under siege by the same terrorists who are not allowing civilians to buy food in Madaya .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PQmBxx-7rY
Only few Russian strikes target Daesh in Syria: US
Sat Jan 9, 2016 2:12PM
The United States says despite Russian claim of pounding Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in Syria, only a few of its airstrikes target the notorious militant group there.
Only a third of Russian airstrikes in Syria are targeting ISIL and its imprecise attacks are forcing the population to flee, fuelling Europe’s refugee crisis, Reuters quoted an unnamed senior US official as saying on Saturday.
Of the 5,000 airstrikes carried out by Russia since it began its air campaign in Syria on September 30, about 70 percent hit militants fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,
RuAF bombing of a jail and court house killed 27 FSA, 23 Nursa and 7 Inmates..
US official tells reporters 70% of 5,000 air strikes carried out by #Russia in #Syria since Sep 30th hit rebels opposed to Assad.
US supported moderate criminals selling food they stole from civilians….
Just a few days ago, also in the province of Hama, Syrian authorities have discovered, in the liberated areas, warehouses full of tons of flour and food that had been intended for the people, but instead were stored in hidden places ready to be smuggled and sold in Turkey.
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has confirmed the traces of the sarin gas used in Syria are not linked with the Syrian government’s former stockpile of chemical weapons, a report by the OPCW said Friday.
The report corroborates the Syrian government’s assertions that the faction responsible for the chemical attack, as well as 11 other instances of chemical weapons use, was the Syrian opposition, masddar reported.
Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:1
OPCW: Militant Groups Use Chemical Weapons in Syria Not Gov’t Forces
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941018000648
OPCW–whoisit?:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPCW
That’s about as high as credentials can get. Thanks for facilitating what should be everyone’s homework when vital information is missing from a news report.
I think a 2 dozen of those Russian Military Helicopters would make a big difference here.
RR
CNN is pushing a propaganda narrative about some enclave on the border of Syria and Lebanon, an enclave in which it is alleged people are starving to death by the hundreds. They are showing pictures of emaciated children. Of course, the narrative is that President Assad and the Syrian government has caused the problem. Does anyone have any information which might refute this propaganda?
600-1000 terrorists on their way to attack Damascus got stuck in that town. They are holding 10,000 or so civilians hostage.. When the SAA started attacking the border in Golan heights back from the terrorists, these guys would fire mortars and shells using the city as cover so the SAA put a blockade around it. People are allowed to go to the government store and buy food but the terrorists wont allow it since they would have to pass a government check post and they don’t have Syrian id from the town. So the terrorists want the food and medicine delivered to the town so they can hold onto it and charge people for the food. But motorized transports are not allowed into the town.. but walking s allowed.. so are goats and such so they do have food but the terrorists are the ones who are eating..
There was a demonstrating last month by the civilians asking Assad and the SAA to deliver them from the hands of the terrorists.. The civilians are not allowed to leave.. They are being held hostage.. Yes they are Sunni but so are the SAA who are blockading the town.. Now these guys were even shelling the other terrorists who wanted to leave from another city a few klicks from there.. so it is not just civilians who are held hostage.. They just don’t want ANYONE to leave.. This is preventing like 4000 terrorists held up at another camp from moving to ildib and other areas.. The 150 or so foreign fighters in this town are also holding another 450 Syrian terrorists from turning themselves in, in the same town as well who made a deal with the government to change their status to civilians..
30.11.15 residents of Madaya call on Syrian Pres. Assad & SAA to FreeMadaya from “terrorist” inhabitants.
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/685054328319557632
Pro-Assad march in Madaya! People calling the Syrian Army to liberate the town! 30th Nov. 2015
Video: Pro-Assad march in militant-held Syrian town
In March the town of Madaya, in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, was occupied by terrorists. On 11/30/2015 a march was held in the town in support of the Syrian Arab Army and Bashar al Assad, calling for the army to liberate the town from terrorists. Madaya’s inhabitants are predominantly Sunni.
“Are you not hungry – we are hungry!!” Civilians protest a militant blocking them from reaching food in government-held districts [of Madaya].
1000’s are starving in Madaya because Al-Qaeda & friends need human shields. Demand terrorists allowing civilians to leave!
http://off-guardian.org/2016/01/06/video-pro-assad-march-in-militant-held-syrian-town/
Thanks!
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941019000780
TEHRAN (FNA)- This photo that has gone viral on the web to win the world sympathy and turn it into a global condemnation of the Damascus government has been taken in Amman, the Jordanian capital, and belongs to a Syrian refugee covered in an al-Arabiya news channel report in January 2014, where she was called Syria’s Mona Liza.
The Arab and western media outlets have been releasing images of Madaya town in the past few days which is now under the Syrian army and Hezbollah forces’ control. The images show that the residents of this town are starving and the pro-Syrian government forces prevent sending foodstuff to them.
I know Daesh is an evil bunch. But this evil,even I wouldn’t have though. You’d have to be one low piece of dog s##t to do that:
“An Islamic State militant carried out a public “execution” of his mother because she asked him to leave the group, activists say.”
“Ali Saqr, 21, killed his mother, Lena al-Qasem, 45, outside the post office in Raqqa, Syria, eyewitnesses said.”
http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2016/01/isis-militant-executes-his-own-mother.html
OMG…that guy is going to have one hellva conscience problem…its amazing to me, how much people regret doing those kinds of acts, once they’re done…
That guy just didn’t ‘get it’ …that killing is number 1 in ‘thou shalt not’ …. what a fool.
Ukie patent applied for…
remember when the ukies would weld shut the door to tanks and APC’s so the crew would not abandon their vehicles and run off? Well now it is a design feature.. The world will want a ton of these vehicles as soldiers wont be able to run off quiet as easily in battle.. just another first from the land that created the heaven and earth…
https://twitter.com/Ald_Aba/status/685177374053367808
Here is another invention to fool those ruskies.. The ukies can crank out a million of them and place them all over ukieland in short order to stop any Russian invasion.. including dropping them from helicopters..
https://twitter.com/Scientific_Meth/status/685178674329550848
And other absurdities…
Sources say Sunday meeting (may consider) recognizing Al-Ahwaz (Arab Sunni region occupied by #Iran in 1925) as member of Arab League.
Ali Saqr (20) has reportedly executed his mother Lina Al-Qassem (45) in front of a large crowd in #IS #Raqqa
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685452537080627200
Its mind boggling that this could have a political solution…involving the US..how disgusting the US is. Kerry should be wearing one of those kitchen table clothes on his head.
As I said in the machine translated version before, this article is for OUR consumption only and what we are supposed to believe, after an agreement between the US and Russia on how to deal with Syria.. and how to save McCain’s terrorists and Russia getting some political mileage as well as having a chance to eradicate the terrorists infesting Syria.. So both US and Russia gains.. But the gains are not as would expect.. The mercenaries are not killed off and only transferred to Yemen and Libya while the local grunts would be terminated or captured or blend into the civilian population like the criminals before.. just exactly like what happened in Iraq and Ramadi is a great example where 5000 terrorists went to 2000 just before the Iraqi army started their assault and it turned into 600 then 500 then 400 and finally less than 200 of them fought to the death.. Now what happened to the 4800? bet you can find them in Yemen and Libya now..
Russia probably know there is no way they can defeat 20000 mercenaries on top of the 100k of other terrorists.. As it took a Russian army of 100,000 to defeat a group of 5000 Chechen terrorists and destroy the entire city to do it. Nothing even close to that is available in Syria..
Reducing the article would remove the propaganda value of the article.. Since it is a reflection of what the 3+1 wants us to believe… They cant come out and tell us the truth anyway.. Like how last week again it came out that nato forces were involved on the ground in Libya since the beginning.. from the Hillary emails that were released..
Why defeating al-Qaeda and its allies is a top priority for Assad rather than ISIS?
ISIS is a “marionette”. By Elijah J. Magnier
The question is often speculated about the reasons why Russia, Syria, Iran and the “Hezbollah” Lebanon attack mainly but not exclusively al-Qaeda fi bilad al-Shan (Jabhat al-Nusra) and its allies among the Syrian opposition rather than attacking the so-called “Islamic state” group, also known as “ISIS”, “ISIL”, “IS” or “Daesh”. For years, many Middle Eastern analysts consciously believed that a sort of “alliance exist between Assad and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi”. This sort of ignorance in Middle Eastern dynamic emanates from a long lasting “conspiracy theory” that managed to affect prestigious media worldwide.
None the less, the Syrian Army command, and now its allies, have avoided clashing with ISIS in many occasions and on several fronts. In few words, ISIS is said to be “much easier and less urgent to defeat than al-Qaeda in Syria”. Also, as key players in the Middle East and the United States of America have benefitted from ISIS presence and expansion in Syria and Iraq for various reasons, so Assad and its allies did.
The answer to such a strategy comes from one of the highest decision maker of the joint operations room in Damascus that includes Russia, Syria, Iran and Hezbollah Lebanon (3+1).
“The reasons that push the Syrian regime and its allies not to concentrate all efforts against ISIS are multiple and most importantly:
– ISIS is, in theory, the enemy of all countries and organizations. Most decision makers in the region and around the World considered ISIS as a virus that should be uprooted sooner or later. Many regional countries involved in the war in Syria prefer to keep a distance from it and avoid having their name involved with ISIS. Therefore, it is a problem for most.
– ISIS has no regional or international political horizon. Therefore, the group is excluded from any potential settlement in Syria, Iraq or in any country it has a presence. Moreover, ISIS is working hard to attract as many enemies as possible, attacking every one and every organization that doesn’t accept its governance, even those who have the same identical ideology and creed., like al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan.
– It has no political cover up or umbrella for its existence or doing by any country and no one can support ISIS publicly or in secrecy.
– ISIS is no longer directly financed by any country or oganisation. The group is self financed through the resources obtained from the sale of stolen oil and ancient archeology, the imposition of local taxes, looted banks, access to bank information and data on wealthy people living under its control, on what the group calls “spoil of war” and other income from Zakat (under different forms rather than currencies). Now that ISIS finance is under scrutiny, the greatest of its resources remain and spin within the orbit of its controlled areas.
– ISIS is not getting any training for its fighters out of the region. The U.S, U.K and the Arab and bordering countries to Syria and Iraq do not offer ISIS any direct military assistance, neither they are providing the group with new lethal weapon. ISIS is suffering from lack of military equipment and forced. It is forces to buy off the black market weapons at very high price.
– ISIS is not enjoying from the services of different joint military operation rooms, providing intelligence information, planning attacks, guiding its forces on the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy, assisting in the updating of a Bank of objectives of enemy forces on the ground to counter attack, and overtly facilitating medical assistance, logistics and movement of the fighters through borders to direct attacks.
– ISIS won’t be affected by any political gains or losses on future negotiating table in Vienna or Geneva or New York.
– ISIS is much easier to defeat because it has no local support and did not manage to integrate itself among the population. ”
In the light of the above, the commander added:” Why the Syrian army, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah would waste one single unnecessary bullet against ISIS unless it is strategically rewarding to attack its forces at the moment? If we see how the Kurdish forces are advancing in ISIS land on the northern front, with the support of the U.S Air Force, we understand that the power of ISIS is more propagandist rather than effective when confronted with an ideological force, determine to fight and hold the ground. The military Kurdish force’ progress occupying land and attacking ISIS in the North of Syria is welcomed by Damascus and doesn’t provoke it. The Kurds are advancing in an Arab area and have all the benefit to establish a harmonious relationship with the local tribes who also are against ISIS. It is engaging ISIS more and dispersing its military effort on several fronts. Moreover, ISIS does not exist in areas considered vital and rich like Idlib, Homs and the suburbs where the population is against the regime and supports the rebels. ISIS controls oil fields in the East and the North of Syria. These can be retaken. It is dominating a population in Raqqa and around it that suffers from its tyranny. The group is due to self disintegrate and can be defeated when other stronger enemies and serious threat are eliminated first. On top of these enemies is al-Qaeda fi Bilad-al-Sham, or Jabhat al-Nusra”.
“From our side, we want to establish a demarcation line with ISIS and will refrain from carrying out large military operations against the group to spare our forces (the military engagement) for another more strategic fronts. If we look at what happen in the offensive in reef Homs, like Mheen and Haw’wareen, we have retaken the two cities only because ISIS’s presence represents a possible threat to Homs. These were retaken and consolidated by “al-Redha” forces to create a defensive line that can be used in the future for when we decide to advance further in the area. In Kuweiress also, we have enlarged the corridor to create a safe perimeter to the airport so it can be used in the future for further larger military operations. To conclude, everything that ISIS doesn’t enjoy off, is, on the other hand, present among the rebels and a-Qaeda in Syria”, the source said.
On what happen in Mheen where the Syrian Army pulled out after ISIS counter attacked, the source explained: “When we see a concentration of forces coming together to attack a city or a village or a hill, in many cases it is better to avoid any infantry engagement, pull out forces and allow the air force to decimate or eliminate as many of the attacking groups as possible. We have adopted this plan in many locations and have managed, with little effort, to regain control of lost territories, inflicting a large number of killed among the assaulting forces. The presence of a precise Russian Air Force bombing is creating a real difference. Therefore, we hold the ground when necessary and possible. We try to reduce the lost of infantry and avoid unnecessary confrontation when there is no need too. ISIS animosity against the Syrian rebels is highly beneficial to us and we take as much advantage as possible from it as long as no alliance or cessation of hostility is reached between Baghdadi and al-Qaeda”.
“ On the other hand, Al-Qaeda in Syria (or the Levant, Al-Nusra Front), Ahrar al-Sham and all the Jihadists salafist who are happy to establish an Islamic Emirates like the “Army of Islam” and the “Army of conquest”, all these get physical, military and training support from abroad. Intelligence and signals information, logistical facilities and lethal new weapons are placed at their service. Not only the regional countries, but also the United States and allies use these forces, directly or indirectly, as a Trojan horse, to hit the Syrian regime. Any conquered land previously under their control is considered a gain at the political negotiating table”, said the commander.
When the Syrian regime objected to the American, French and British air strikes without coordination, Russia told President Bashar al-Assad:” Let them continue depleting ISIS and you concentrate on fighting al-Qaeda and its allies. The time is not yet ripe for the objection of their doing”. So the military focus was more on the opposition hitting vital strategic areas that represents a real danger to the State of Syria like the access to the Mediterranean, and the reefs of Latakia, Homs, Hama, Aleppo and the borders with Turkey.
“Officially, Russia has declared al-Qaeda, Ahrar al-sham and all the salafist jihadists as terrorists, rejecting any presence of these groups on the negotiating table. This is exactly what Mr. Assad declared throughout the years of war. Russia is asking from the international community to define those groups considered non-terrorists. For these reasons, the war on al-Qaeda and its allies, wherever these are present on any fronts, and the gain or lost of territories controlled by these groups represent an important factor for the Syrian regime and for the World on the political settlement discussed on the negotiation table. We shall continue making the necessary efforts to concentrate all military power against these and, simultaneously, keep an eye on ISIS, at the moment. The self declared “Islamic State” group is second on the scale of menace as it will not survive for very long. It is much easier to defeat and its danger is disproportionate”, he concluded.
Politically, ISIS “war on everybody” has been beneficial not only to Assad and his allies – even if the proportions and the comparison is not the issue here – but also to many players in the Middle East. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Jordan have contributed, directly and indirectly, to the growth of ISIS to reduce the power of the “shia and alawites crescent” (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon), to remove Assad from power (cut the military supply line between Iran and Hezbollah and all facilities offered to Hezbollah in Syria, allow Qatar Gas to transit via Syria and Turkey to Europe, reduce the danger of the Syrian Army to Israel, impose a Turkish influence over Syria or even reshape the map of Syria) and to give the power to the Sunni majority in the Levant.
The United States have also profited from the growth of ISIS. It has allowed the U.S forces to return stronger than ever to Mesopotamia; benefitted from the sale of arms to Iraq; indirectly forced Iraqi key players to carried a peaceful coup d’état against Iran’ favorite candidate the ex-Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki; welcomed a friendly new Prime Minister in baghdad, Haider al-Abadi, created a possibility to the Iraqi Kurds to call for independency from the central command in Baghdad, allowed Turkey to enter Iraq to participate to the liberation of Mosul and claim a share in the North of Iraq and increase its financial and military investment in Kurdistan. ISIS allowed the U.S to regain its military image – shaken in Afghanistan and after the Iraq war – in the Middle East by running a new kind of war with no human losses. Moreover, ISIS is exhausting Iran’s finance that is injected to support Syria with oil and cash to pay salaries and keep the various institutions standing and functioning. For the second time after the Iranian revolution, Iran is sending troops abroad to fight in thousands and not only a limited number of tens of advisors. Also, Hezbollah Lebanon is fully engaged in Syria where thousands of men have been killed and injured. Iran is also financing all costs. And last, the United States hope that Russia gets more engaged in Syria, “dirty” its hand in one way or another and ultimately fail in fully supporting Assad and its allies to defeat ISIS, al-Qaeda and allies. In all that, ISIS is a killing machine but also “a marionette”.
https://elijahjm.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/why-defeating-al-qaeda-and-its-allies-is-a-top-priority-for-assad-rather-than-isis-isis-is-a-marionette/
Just like the terrorists attacking civilians with chemical weapons and then blaming the government, murdering government officials and off duty soldiers and then blaming it as a government atrocity, The terrorists are starving the civilians and then blaming the government for it. Remember people can walk over to the government stores outside the terrorist controlled areas and buy food for set prices but they are not allowed to leave by the terrorists.
Madaya: Why would Assad starve his own supporters?
The residents of the town have clearly taken their frustrations out on the terrorists who refuse to budge and answer questions from the people on why they do not have food, and the militants do.
Most peculiar however is the siege on Fouaa and Kafraya in Syria’s northwest province of Idlib. The predominately Shi’ite towns have been two small enclaves surrounded by the terrorist axis of the Army of Conquest, which is made up of Ahrar ash-Sham, their allies in Jabhat Al-Nusra and the Free Syrian Army. Not a word has been uttered by the usual media suspects about their plight, siege, blockade, suffering, food and medical shortages. However, back to Madaya, because let’s not completely unravel the hypocrisy and contradictions, shall we?
The following image emerged on Facebook from someone within Madaya on December 17. What it claims is that the cost of 1 pound of sugar or rice reached roughly $34, 1 pound of flour cost almost $47 and 1 pound of powdered milk was going for as much as $52.
the footage of thousands of residents from the small town parading through the street just a month earlier in support of the Syrian government. Can anyone make a logical explanation why a month earlier thousands of protesters were out in support for the army, risking their lives in front of the anti-government terrorist group to display their allegiances?
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/23179/ | Al-Masdar News
Russian special forces officer…
https://twitter.com/Missilito/status/685421911208259584
IS special forces officer..
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/683642849368354817
In exchange for allowing terrorists access to medical treatment in turkey they released 300 or so civilians..
in the moment when people of kafraya& foua just entered #Damascus after 4 yeas in siege
https://twitter.com/KhaledgAlkhateb/status/682216966510239744
https://twitter.com/KhaledgAlkhateb/status/682215534029598720
Syrian Armed Forces overlook the ancient Christian city of Quraytayn … The SAA trying to free it and the terrorists holed up in Madaya are shelling the SAA soldiers.. But west only cares about Muslim towns.. who cares if the terrorists are destroying Christians..
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-armed-forces-overlook-the-ancient-christian-city-of-quraytayn-after-routing-isis-nearby/
Syrian S-200 air defense missiles being moved to Damascus..
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685115160231464960
Ministry of Justice: More than 11 thousand people had their legal status settled in 2015
In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry said the authorities settled the legal status of a total of 11,057 persons from different provinces who had turned themselves in and handed over their guns and vowed not to commit any act that could undermine the security of the state.
http://sana.sy/en/?p=65998
Zakharova: Turkish accusations over refugee issue absurd, an attempt to avoid responsibility
Commenting over a statement made by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davotuglu, in which he blamed Russia for the cases of refugees drowning in the Aegean Sea due to its support for the Syrian government and its vetoing of UN resolutions on Syria, Zakharova said that “such absurd accusations are nothing but an attempt by Ankara to avoid responsibility for the deaths of these and many other Syrians.”
She added that Davotuglu’s attempt to blame Russia and even the Security Council for the drowning of Syrian refugees near Turkish shores is a case of confusing case and effect, underlining the fact that Turkey is providing all sorts of support to extremist and terrorist groups in Syria.
Ex CIA agent claims Hitler faked his death and fled to Argentina… from the FBI X-Files..
https://t.co/Xk2TLKBwOX
Russian jets bombed trucks convoy from #Turkey Full of Weapons to Islamists in Dayr Jamal North Aleppo last night.. Last TOW missile video was 10 days ago…
https://t.co/BtKoA9NejQ
Official statement by red Cross on Syria Zabadani Madaya Fouaa & Kafaraya under siege by the same terrorists who are not allowing civilians to buy food in Madaya ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PQmBxx-7rY
footage from alshekh poor north of Daraa, another town destroyed by terrorists.
https://youtu.be/5wtrqrxJcLw
Russian camera accompanies the #SAA during the fighting in Sheikh poor Daraa
https://t.co/4vZ11Okyj0
Former wrestler, now governor, Aleksandr Karelin & singer Larisa Yakovenko visited Russian Air Base in Syria
https://twitter.com/Missilito/status/685248689892388865
How to disarm a suicide bomber..
The Syrian army kill suicide bombers from ISIL before blowing himself up near the city of palmyra
https://www.facebook.com/syriafutureagency/videos/2192948934279528/
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/01/09/445147/Russia-barely-hits-Daesh/
Only few Russian strikes target Daesh in Syria: US
Sat Jan 9, 2016 2:12PM
The United States says despite Russian claim of pounding Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in Syria, only a few of its airstrikes target the notorious militant group there.
Only a third of Russian airstrikes in Syria are targeting ISIL and its imprecise attacks are forcing the population to flee, fuelling Europe’s refugee crisis, Reuters quoted an unnamed senior US official as saying on Saturday.
Of the 5,000 airstrikes carried out by Russia since it began its air campaign in Syria on September 30, about 70 percent hit militants fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,
RuAF bombing of a jail and court house killed 27 FSA, 23 Nursa and 7 Inmates..
US official tells reporters 70% of 5,000 air strikes carried out by #Russia in #Syria since Sep 30th hit rebels opposed to Assad.
You know you’re going to have a bad day when a B-1B & 3 A-10’s show up over your head. IS problems
https://twitter.com/green_lemonnn/status/685890322619101184
A US A-10 Warthog featured in the last Aamaq video over Tishreen dam battle
https://twitter.com/green_lemonnn/status/685779853120040960
US soldiers seen at the recently captured Tishreen DAM.. near allepo..
A Russian-backed op vs al-Bab in conjunction with a US-backed op vs Manbij could be a real challenge for ISIS
https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/685805793774563328
Four-way war in Aleppo, northern Syria. Map by @edmaps, Arrow: recent attack Line: key road
https://twitter.com/aronlund/status/685446222841262080
SAA allied with Air support reportedly advancing toward Mountain Turdah and Thayyem oil field neat DeirEzZor
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/684870008569204736
SAA SRG Repel violent ISIS attack towards tairport from both sides North and East, DeirEzZor .
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/684843912058548224
SAA and NDF [Al-Ba’ath Battalions] Start storming Taqsis in western Salamiyah, South Easr Hama
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/684771316067647488
SAA advancing towards Al-Qaryatayn and have taken several points on hills in the outskirts of the town, Golan heights
https://twitter.com/DPRKJones/status/685920543283920896
Battle of Daraa, To take back the border crossing to Jordan..
Changes June 26, 2015 – January8, 2016.
https://twitter.com/MustafaWeber/status/685496436633518080
SYRIAN BATTLE MAP progress continues
https://twitter.com/petejohn10/status/685988121075445760
Syrian Battle Map of DAMASCUS, GOLAN HEIGHTS area and SOUTHERN SYRIA DARAA area
https://twitter.com/petejohn10/status/685989214920568832
SAA forces have captured Mughayriyah village near Salma. Latakia Syria
https://twitter.com/PetoLucem/status/685812786161684480
Syrian Army seizes 3 villages in northeast Latakia as the encirclement of Salma continues
https://t.co/i0Lg3Qq8iU
Syrian Army progresses along 4 axes near Marj Al-Sultan Airport in rural Damascus
https://t.co/r5OaXjGhrN
People in the capital Sanaa, Yemen are using US cluster bombs as ashtray’s.. F the USA..
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/685930280591450112
Fua & Kafarya are besieged by “rebels” but US’s Kirby blames Syria’s govt for not allowing humanitarian access
https://twitter.com/theLemniscat/status/685586776568762369
Rebels besiege, Starve and shell with mortars civilians in towns of Nubl, Zahraa, Fuah, and Kafraya.
https://twitter.com/DPRKJones/status/685932669352280065
The Besieged Shia Towns of Fuaa And Kufraya In Idlib. (AlQaeda And Allies Rebels Has Besieged Both Towns)
https://twitter.com/DR_SHAHID/status/685826356177928192
Putin Beaten Senseless by Teenage Russian Girl (video)
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2016/01/09/putin-beaten-senseless-by-teenage-russian-girl-video/
This elderly man from Madaya accuses US supported moderately criminal rebels of stealing aid and selling it for high profit.
https://twitter.com/BBassem7/status/686304272875585536
Notice how the videos released by Hezbollah are very clear, you can hear exactly what the civilians are talking about and see everything.
Video: A child in Madaya tells Hezbollah how the militants in the town attacked him & his family & stole their food
https://twitter.com/MmaGreen/status/686234009278353408
US supported moderate criminals selling food they stole from civilians….
Just a few days ago, also in the province of Hama, Syrian authorities have discovered, in the liberated areas, warehouses full of tons of flour and food that had been intended for the people, but instead were stored in hidden places ready to be smuggled and sold in Turkey.
https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/propaganda-war-madaya/
If anyone is wondering why SAA need to surround Salma and cant invade just from the south
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685913416343629824