Syrian War Report – Apr. 29, 2019: Russian, Syrian Forces Rain Hell On Idlib Militants
ISIS and al-Qaeda have used the recent break in counter-terrorist operations across Syria to re-group and expand their activity.
Over the past two weeks, ISIS cells operating in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert carried out several successful attacks on positions and convoys of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies. At least two dozens of pro-government fighters were killed and several vehicles were eliminated or captured by ISIS terrorists. The ISIS linked news agency Amaq released a series of photos showcasing the terrorist group’s successes in the area.
The expanded ISIS activity in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert has recently become a significant issue for pro-government forces. So far, the SAA and its allies have not employed comprehensive measures to get rid of ISIS cells in the desert. If the situation remains same, ISIS will continue attacks on SAA positions and convoys and may even expand its influence in this part of Syria further.
ISIS cells continued planting IEDs and conducting ambushes on the eastern bank of the Euphrates. For example, on April 27, a car bomb exploded near barracks of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the city of Raqqah.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Horas al-Din, Ahrar al-Sham and other radical groups have also intensified operations. On April 26 and April 28, militants shelled the government-held area in the province of Lattakia, including Russia’s Hmeimim airbase, with unguided rockets.
HTS attacked SAA positions in western Aleppo. A spokesman for HTS claimed that that 45 SAA soldiers and officers were killed during the clashes. These claims were denounced by military sources contacted by SouthFront. According to the sources, the SAA did not suffer from notable casualties while HTS lost several fighters. Despites this, the situation in the area remains tense.
Militant actions triggered a fierce response from the SAA and the Russian Aerospace Forces. The SAA launched a OTR-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missile at a unidentified target near the town of Benin in southern Idlib. Russian aircraft pounded terrorist positions near Kansafra, Almaouzrah, al-Sheikh Idris, Tell Huwash and nearby points. Pro-militant sources said that these actions are a blatant violation of the ceasefire regime.
In the afternoon of April 28, the Tabqah crossing, which links the government-held areas with the territories controlled by the self-administration in northeastern Syria, witnessed unusually tensions between the SAA and the SDF. According to a report by the North Press Agency, units of the SDF attempt to dig a deep trench near the crossing. This uncoordinated move provoked a response from the SAA, that advanced towards some positions in a nearby empty area known as Hawrat al-Jriat.
The crossing was closed after this incident. Attack Helicopters of the US-led coalition were seen flying over the area. The incident was exaggerated by some media outlets, which claimed that the SAA made advances against the SDF. However, all developments in fact happened in the no-man land.
Time is coming for militants to move somewhere else .
I believe there is still some room in Hell.
“Over the past two weeks, ISIS cells operating in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert carried out several successful attacks on positions and convoys of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies. At least two dozens of pro-government fighters were killed and several vehicles were eliminated or captured by ISIS terrorists. The ISIS linked news agency Amaq released a series of photos showcasing the terrorist group’s successes in the area.”
The info is unsourced or sourced to a terrorist site. Is this info backed by credible sources, or all sourced to the zionazi-gay terrorist side? More importantly, the info is presented without challenge. But further down in the report, other terrorist inflated claims are challenged:
“HTS attacked SAA positions in western Aleppo. A spokesman for HTS claimed that that 45 SAA soldiers and officers were killed during the clashes. These claims were denounced by military sources contacted by SouthFront. According to the sources, the SAA did not suffer from notable casualties while HTS lost several fighters. Despites this, the situation in the area remains tense.”
That first part quoted is how the zionazi-gay propagandists report “news”, while the second is how to do a brief news report when info available is conflicting.
@vot tak
So its just a slight setback to gay propagandists, which could also be interpreted as progress toward the war on real woman, chalk up one point fer the real woman.
Syrian government entitled to ensure security in Idlib, notes Lavrov
http://tass.com/politics/1056364
“According to him, the remaining members of the Islamic State and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) terror groups outlawed in Russia continue to stage provocations and are reluctant to abide by ceasefire agreements. “This is what is going on in the Idlib de-escalation zone,” Lavrov said.
“We seek to ensure the implementation of Russian-Turkish agreements on resolving the Jabhat al-Nusra issue in the Idlib de-escalation zone,” he noted. “As Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, Russia cannot tolerate these terrorists remaining safe there like in a preserved area,” Lavrov said.
“There’s a limit to everything. The situation in Idlib and other areas where terrorists are still active cannot go on like this forever. We will proceed from the fact that the Syrian government has every right to ensure the safety of its people on its territory,” the Russian top diplomat emphasized.”
Seems like somewhere in there one could reiterate Ronald Reagan’s “trust but verify” statement.
“ISIS and al-Qaeda have used the recent break in counter-terrorist operations across Syria to re-group and expand their activity.”
This is what happens when you let up. I don’t see why the Russians and the SAA aren’t “raining hell” on the terrorists/militants every day while they are still in Syria.
It’s passivity which allowed them to get into Syria and become strong in the first place.
They are raining hell pretty much every day. Or have been, the last few weeks anyway.
The reality is that airstrikes aren’t much help against the thousands of ISIS terrorists that are inhabiting and hiding throughout the vast Syrian Badiya desert. Those have to be cleared out manually, and with high losses. There will be a lot of ambushes. It’s unavoidable. And that will come at a high cost for the Syrian military. Meanwhile, these scattered groups of ISIS fighters are receiving undercover support from the United States. This makes it difficult to finish them off for good.
As for Idlib, there’s a good chance that the US will drop bombs on the Syrian Army if they attack Idlib with the intention to re-take the entire province using a chemical weapons false flag. If I were commanding the Syrian Army, I would wait until a time when it’s convenient to take out the trash. Like during the next US presidential election, for example.
Time is on Syria’s side. It is not on the side of the terrorists, who are losing dozens of men to airstrikes daily as well as constantly fighting miniature wars between themselves over limited resources that results in the attrition of more fighters, and it is not on the side of those in the middle of the desert who are suffering from hunger and thirst. Remember that at all times.
One can only assume that the SAA intel their associates are well ensconced in the Idlib area and keeping tabs on placement and activity. When the time comes they should be able to drop a night of the long knives on the various proxies camped out in Idlib. It seems that there is a collective waiting in effect at the moment. As if Russia is advising Syria to let things in the USA play out a bit further and strike when the time is right.