Syrian War Report – Dec. 12, 2018: Russian Military – Govt. Forces, Militia Retook 96.5% Of Syria
1,411 residential areas have been liberated from ISIS terrorists since the start of the Russian military operation in Syria, Head of the Russian National Defense Management Center Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev said on December 11, during a joint meeting of the interdepartmental coordination of the Russian and Syrian headquarters for the return of refugees.
He noted that the Russian Armed Forces successfully completed their operation of mopping up terror groups in Syria, including thousands of ISIS fighters. According to Mizintsev, only a few ragtag US-backed groups survived in the Trans-Euphrates region and near Al-Tanf. The remaining members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Jabhat al-Nusra) were blocked in the Idlib de-escalation zone.
The colonel general also commented on the situation in the US-occupied area of at-Tanf where, he said, 6,000 militants are staying and the US-led coalition is preventing delivery of humanitarian aid to refugees in Rubkan camp.
During the same meeting, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Igor Tsarikov said that the US-held area is the source of destabilization in this part of the country.
Besides this, Clolonel General Mizintsev revealed that refugees reception centers had been set up in 412 localities and conditions have been created to receive 1,497,650 people. 10 ports of entry are now active at the Syrian-Lebanese border, Syrian-Jordanian border, in the Damascus International Airport, and in the port of Banias. Over 290,278 Syrians have returned from foreign states to their homeland since the start of the year.
Active efforts are being contributed to restore the destroyed infrastructure of the country. Since the start of 2018, 4,690 residential buildings, 266 medical facilities, 1,464 education institutions, 1,022 electrical substations, 14,239 industrial facilities, 284 water stations, 206 schools and multiple other facilities have been restored.
It is also interesting to note that according to Clolonel General Mizintsev, over 96.5% of the country has been retaken by pro-government forces and militia. Taking into account that a large part of northwestern Syria is controlled by the Turkish Armed Forces and various militant groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the northwestern part of Syria is controlled by the US-led coalition and its proxies, the US-controlled area of al-Tanf and ISIS cells operating in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert as well as in the Euphrates Valley, it does not seem like pro-government forces are in control of 96.5% of Syria.
As shown in this article, even the U.S. Department of Defense is concerned that American actions in both Syria and Iraq are creating a new group of terrorists:
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2018/11/operation-inherent-resolve-creating.html
With 20,000 to 30,000 ISIS members still in both Iraq and Syria, there is a strong possibility that they can reinvent themselves as an insurgent or terrorist force.
American history shows that unless they’re able to install a crony Gov., they will be militarily evicted from any sovereign state that they are occupying. They have been completely unable to even achieve a partition in Syria. It’s only a matter of time.
This information is not reliable or 96% of what is meant here?
And the Idlib province where all the remainder ISIS rats were sent and found a haven?
I can’t understand how a russian responsible officer can say that.
Maybe it is 96% of the “residential areas”.
There are quite few urban settlements still not under syrian government control.
I am now waiting to see what excuse Washington will put forward to justify the presence of US troops in Syria, who are there without the permission of the Syrian Government and in contradiction of international law.
In their arrogance they don’t need an excuse,they do what they want and will continue to do so until someone calls their bluff.those illegal bases are wide open to attack,thats what must happen.
International law?
Pffffft.
American don’t need no stinkin’ international law.
International law is whatever the hell the Americans say it is at a particular moment.
This is what the USA’s “rules-based international order” really means.
An America-led New World Order.
Pax Americana: Pompeo tells UN, WTO, ICC to bow and comply with US-led world order
https://www.rt.com/news/445731-new-pax-americana-pompeo/
“it does not seem like pro-government forces are in control of 96.5% of Syria.”
Exactly. “Militia” seems to include US proxy forces like the SDF!
I’m seeing more and more altmedia pundits crying that the “war is won” and “the war is over” when clearly it aint — it is just entering a new phase. My greatest fear is another so-called frozen conflict, like Korea or even the Golan. Such an outcome would be BS of the highest degree.
“it does not seem like pro-government forces are in control of 96.5% of Syria.”
Usually Southfront reports are of good quality, but this time somebody there dropped the ball. It could be due to mistranslating the original Russian MoD material (speculation, original isn’t linked to in the article), could also be the author isn’t versed well on this subject and confuses who Syria is officially at war with. Ironically, the author failed to understand the meaning of what they wrote at near the beginning of this report:
“He noted that the Russian Armed Forces successfully completed their operation of mopping up terror groups in Syria, including thousands of ISIS fighters. According to Mizintsev, only a few ragtag US-backed groups survived in the Trans-Euphrates region and near Al-Tanf. The remaining members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Jabhat al-Nusra) were blocked in the Idlib de-escalation zone.”
Syria is at war with those groups who refused to negotiate, basically isis and al qaida. Those groups who do negotiate, do not initiate attacks on Syrian forces, even if they are fronts for israeloamerica or turkey are not considered part of the war. These latter are the majority in the areas occupied by both turkey and the usa, btw.
The Syrian kurds are a special situation where there are factions who want to remain Syrian, under varying degrees, and those who don’t. Sorting this out will be through negotiations, not war. At least now.
The Syrians essentially consider unredeemable terrorists the enemy they are at war with. The others, it’s not cut and dry, alot of grey area between war and peace, but they are talking. More are returning to Syria than walking away.
This strategy by Syria/Russia has worked very well in clearing Syria of zionazi-gay forces. It has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, if not more. They obviously intend to continue this winning strategy.
The zionazi-gays really hate this because they can not defeat this reconciliation strategy without going to full scale war and dropping the mask.
According to the map at the end of the video, it looks like the USA has expanded the amount of territory under its influence. Will this be the future Kurdistan?