Early on June 5, the Israeli Air Force conducted strikes on a Syrian military facility near Masyaf. The strikes were conducted from Lebanese airspace. The Syrian Air Defense Forces intercepted several missiles, however the rest hit their targets. The bombed facility, which is run by the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center, is reportedly involved in the development and manufacturing of missiles.
Two improvised explosive devices exploded near a joint Russian-Turkish patrol moving along the M4 highway in southern Idlib on June 4. The explosions happened when the patrol was passing the militant-held town of Arihah. However, they caused no damage to military vehicles or casualties among Turkish or Russian personnel. Despite the incident, the 15th joint patrol became even longer than all the previous ones. It started in the government-held town of Tronba bypassed Arihah and reached the village of Kafer Shalaya.
The slowly but steadily expanding length of Russian-Turkish patrols is a visual confirmation of the implementation of the de-escalation deal reached by Moscow and Ankara. At the same time, the full implementation of the deal still faces serious difficulties due to the presence of terrorist groups in the area. For example, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants are still in control of Arihah and recent developments show that they are not planning to sit there idly.
Ankara understands this and its forces continue expanding a network of observation posts along the M4 highway to secure the patrols. Recently, the Turkish Army set up positions near Bsanqul, Kafer Shalaya, Urum al-Jawz and Mareian. Nonetheless, without proactive measures to put an end to the terrorist threat, the situation cannot be changed strategically.
Just recently, a new wave of violence rolled across the militant-held part of Greater Idlib after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham detained a member of another radical militant group – Houras al-Din. The militant was detained when he was collecting taxes from locals for military purposes and kept in a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-run prison in Jisr al-Shughur. Later, Houras al-Din fighters stormed the prison and freed their counterpart.
Earlier, Houras al-Din and the Turkistan Islamic Party criticized Hayat Tahrir al-Sham for having too soft a stance towards the Russian-Turkish de-escalation agreement in southern Idlib. Tensions, caused by the internal struggle for influence and resources, often grow among Idlib militant groups during the ceasefire phases of the conflict. Therefore, if some power wants to unite them and use them as at least a relatively homogenous force, a new escalation would be very useful.
On June 4, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the US-led coalition launched a security operation against ISIS cells in northeastern Syria. By June 5, SDF units had conducted several raids in a vast area between the the town of al-Shaddadi in the province of al-Hasakah and the government-held town of al-Bukamal in Deir Ezzor province. Up to 6,000 SDF members are reportedly involved in the effort. A total of at least 17 ISIS members have been neutralized so far.
I wish Israel would get attacked and wiped out – but I suppose it would be impossible to do that without wiping Palestinian refugee camps and also West Bank and Gaza out.
It would be preferable for continued economic success of various initiatives, such as the New Silk Road, to continue and for Israel to lose access to money.
America is ratcheting up its economic terror campaign against Syria with the passage of the US Caesar Act.
Syria Condemns Tightening Coercive Measures Imposed by the US Through “Caesar Act”
https://syria360.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/syria-condemns-tightening-coercive-measures-imposed-by-the-us-through-caesar-act/
And in yet another American crime, the US military deliberately destroyed 20 hectares of wheat fields near Hasaka, Syria in May–further compounding the food insecurity of that country during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump ordered US Forces to Burn Hectares of Wheat Field in Syria amid CoVID-19 Pandemic:Russia Media
https://www.ibtimes.sg/trump-ordered-us-forces-burn-hectares-wheat-field-syria-amid-covid-19-pandemicrussia-media-45482
The rap sheet of America and its Coalition of the Killing’s crimes never ends.
Their sense of superiority is usually on display by their bearing and manner . Talmudic’s eventually bring the Roof down on their heads because they are blind to the negative effects of their arrogance and actions. Their Temple was leveled two thousand years ago . They were ” Chosen ” to be trouble makers ; but their benign masks are fall]ing away ; and innocent Jews will suffer again .
The broader view is summarized in a short update by Canthama BTL #320141 on today’s SyrianPerspective; little Izzie’s pinpricks against Syria are just a tiny part of the global Anglo Zio Capitalist resource war against the MENA (Middle East and North Africa). By now the AZC campaign is deploying its NATZO and Muslim Brotherhood terrorist arms from Libya through Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran to Yemen. The MENA is hotting up because the Resistance is firming up.
CanthamaOffline #320141 Just a quick up date on Syria, Yemen and Libya:
https://www.syrianperspective.com/2020/05/syrian-citizens-resist-american-occupation-with-attacks.html#comments
Canthama updates his comment, SyrPer BTL 320195:
“Turkey [the largest NATZO army] and its Muslin Brotherhood/al Qaeda terrorist freaks will face Syria, Libya, Egypt, Hizballah, IRGC, Shia Militias, Syrian-Palestinians, the list goes on and on. Soon some southern European countries will show their true support…we already know about Greece, Cyprus and UAE, we will soon hear public support from Italy, Russia and China.”
The MENA as a whole is hotting up because the Resistance, spearheaded by the successful Syrian resistance, is firming up as a whole.