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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has repelled an attack by the Lions of the East Army militant group on the ancient city of Palmyra from the direction of the US-occupied area of al-Tanf, the Russian Centre for the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria said on September 1. According to the Center, two militants were killed and two others were detained.
“The militants’ objective was to conduct a series of terrorist attacks in the vicinity of the city of Palmyra and to ensure the passage of the main forces of about 300 militants to capture the city within the next week,” the Center said.
On September 2, pro-US sources claimed that US-backed forces had repelled an SAA attack on al-Tanf. However, no further details were provided.
On the same day, explosions rocked the Mezzeh airbase northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus. Several ammo depots and facilities inside the airbase were destroyed. Following first reports on the incident, some sources rushed to claim that the explosions had been caused by Israeli strikes. However, according to the Syrian state media, the explosions were caused by a technical failure. A source in the SAA told SouthFront that these depots had contained weapons and IEDs seized from militants in during the last few months.
Iran has provided the Popular Mobilization Units in Iraq with ballistic missiles in order to increase its capabilities “to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes”, according to a report released by Reuters on August 31 and citing “Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources”.
“The Zelzal, Fateh-110 and Zolfaqar missiles in question have ranges of about 200 km to 700 km, putting Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh or the Israeli city of Tel Aviv within striking distance if the weapons were deployed in southern or western Iraq,” Reuters said in the article meaning that Iranian statements saying its ballistic missile program is defensive are untrue.
On September 1, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi commented on this report saying that these claims are “fabricated and nonsense.”
“Such news merely is to cause panic among countries in the region and are in line with their policy to spread Iranophobia … They seem to target Iran’s foreign relations mainly with its neighbors,” Qasemi said adding that “Such reports are not precise.”
The diplomat added that the PMU’s missiles are produced by the group itself and “they were unveiled during ceremonies” to celebrate the victory against ISIS.
On August 30, the Israeli Image Satellite Intelligence (ISI) company released a report dedicated to the alleged Iranian surface-to-surface missile production in Syria. The US and Saudi Arabia have also repeatedly accused Iran of supplying ballistic missiles to the Houthis in Yemen.
The growing Iranian influence in Syria, Iraq and in the Middle East in general are the source of the constantly growing concern of the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Thus, they are actively conducting media, diplomatic and even limited military, like Israeli strikes on Syria, efforts to limit the Iranian influence. The ongoing media campaign on the aggressive intensions behind the Iranian ballistic missile program is designed to create another pretext to increase pressure and possibly to impose new sanctions on Iran by the US-led bloc.
The israelis/zionazis want to keep Iraq in chaos, as well as Syria.
‘US coddling of Israel’s interests prolongs’ conflict in Syria, says top Syrian envoy
http://tass.com/world/1019717
“It is impossible to end the Syrian crisis because of US meddling, since Washington has been coddling the interests of Israel, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
“The Syrian people and the Syrian government want the crisis to end today. However, it is impossible because of external interference led by the United States,” he said, adding, “this interference satisfies the interests of Israel and runs counter to those of the Syrian people.”
“The main goal of this intervention is to prolong the crisis,” Muallem pointed out. “This is why I cannot provide a specific time on when it will end. However, I can confirm that our people and leadership very much hope that the crisis will come to an end soon,” the Syrian top diplomat said.
“They [the Americans] have trained certain groups of Syrians, which have various names, to destabilize the situation in Syria. In this connection, they have carried out a military operation in the city of Palmyra. However, their attack failed as two of the attackers were caught and confessed to having been trained at the Al-Tanf base under the command of the US military. This is why the United States’ attempts will fail, leading only to great human casualties,” Muallem stressed.
He pointed out that “the Americans many times told the Russians that they would withdraw from the Al-Tanf area, located in southern Syria near the border with Jordan and Iraq, but they have not yet fulfilled this promise.”
On September 1, Syrian troops seized militants sent to carry out terrorist attacks in Palmyra. According to the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria, US instructors deployed to the Al-Tanf base trained the saboteurs.”
“The growing Iranian influence in Syria, Iraq and in the Middle East in general are the source of the constantly growing concern of the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Thus, they are actively conducting media, diplomatic and even limited military, like Israeli strikes on Syria, efforts to limit the Iranian influence. The ongoing media campaign on the aggressive intensions behind the Iranian ballistic missile program is designed to create another pretext to increase pressure and possibly to impose new sanctions on Iran by the US-led bloc.”
Disinformation borne of an ‘ongoing media campaign’ or Persian-Arab self-destruction on the eve of battle? Ego can be the enemy of protracted, transnational alliances. During moments of national emergency, Debka is not embarrassed to descend into propaganda. Most of the time it’s a fairly decent source of ME realities.
https://www.debka.com/rupture-between-irans-top-ally-nasrallah-and-its-top-general-soleimani/
For an outlet that at times “descends into propaganda”, at that point they are best ignored. After all, if anyone listens to them knowing that at times they “descend into propaganda”, then that person has to know in advance on what cases this is occuring.
The danger is that if you treat them as legitimate, one day you might believe a story not realizing that this is one of their descents into propaganda. Logic dictates that if a news source at times descends into propaganda, then an logical, intelligent reader must assume that everything is propaganda since they can not assume that they can be 100% accurate at spotting which is which.
“Iran Moves Missiles To Iraq”. Or more correctly, to Peoples Mobilization Units, an Iraqi resistance movement which has been fighting both NATZO ISIS and NATZO ISIL, both in Iraq and in Syria.
The Iranian Leadership would be fools if they didn’t arm their anti-NATZO allies.
If anyone believes anything the MSM says, please seek professional help. Why waste time with a news source when you know anything and everything they say is a lie? Best solution: Turn them Off!
Wouldn’t it be great if the MSM tried to tell a lie, and no one heard it?
The zionazi-gays threaten Syria, Russia, Hizbulla and Iran using their loyal, colonial jailhouse suka, trump.
Trump warns Assad against ‘reckless’ attack on Syria’s Idlib
https://www.rt.com/usa/437551-trump-assad-idlib-warning/
“Russia, which has yet to comment on the latest statement from the US leader, has been working for weeks to establish humanitarian corridors in Idlib province. Shortly before Trump’s tweet, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that Russia, Turkey and Iran are working to separate armed opposition and terrorists in the area so that any potential military operations spares civilian lives. At the same time, Lavrov stressed that terrorists in Syria are still being supplied with weapons and munitions.
For the last couple of weeks, the Russian military has also been warning that militants are preparing to stage a fake chemical weapons attack in Idlib in order to frame Damascus. Moscow repeatedly raised concern that such a false flag attack could serve as a pretext for the US and its allies to carry out airstrikes on Syrian government targets, which would further jeopardize the reconciliation process in the country.”
See also:
Trump Warns Syrian Government Against Operation in Idlib Province
https://sputniknews.com/us/201809041067722823-trump-warns-syrian-government-against-idlib/
“Trump has warned Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad against conducting a military operation in Syria’s Idlib province, which remains a stronghold of insurgency in the country.
US President Donald Trump warned the Syrian government as well as Russia and Iran against the Syrian army’s possible offensive in the rebel-held province of Idlib.”
The US is operationally psychotic. The schizophrenia, split from reality, has manifested not just in Trump’s noggin or Mattis or Pompeo or Bolton or Votel or any of the others in power. It has overcome every American official in all sectors of policy and operations.
What will happen if they act out their psychosis is potential catastrophe.
I think the Russians know how to handle them. If not, a lot of Americans are going to die in Syria.
Just like in Ukraine, where Putin will handle them there.
Russia is on a war footing as a nation. Every sign of a country preparing itself for an incoming attack is present.
Naturally, the Russian’s will not wait for such an attack. They will move on the leading edge of the attack before it rolls 100 meters.
In Syria, the US will be in a war they really don’t want. They want to make war, but not suffer war.
Russia intends to make certain that suffering losses is what Trump and the US will achieve if they start something new.
Warnings have been issued to all capitals, the UN, all sectors operating in and near Syria. They understand that Russia means to destroy all the terrorists in Idlib.
What is Trump going to do? Order an air war to shoot down Russian Aerospace?
Attempt to crater the runways at Latakia? Which at that small base would mean Russians killed.
A move like that would mean the Russians would take apart Incirlik, the Qatar base, the Israeli US base, and whatever carriers were within 1000 kms. It simply is an invitation for nuclear war as the next step from there.
The US won’t start something they cannot stop. And they cannot stop Russia.
It seems to me that NATZO is freely misusing its globalist AZC character to recruit mercenaries from all over the world, but the Leaders of NATZO (Israel and its satraps in Washington, London and Paris) throw up their hypocritical hands in faux indignation when the Syria and Allies do the same. Here is Ziad Fadel, editor of SyrPer, on this subject, preparatory to the great battle for the Liberation of Idlib and the cleansing out of the last NATZO mercenaries. [Comments by NGM]:
“The Russian Navy is poised to give ground support to the Syrian Army with the missile cruiser, the Ustinov. .. The Russian Air Force is ready to provide air cover out of the now sprawling Humaymeem Air Base which used to be Latakia’s International Airport. Near Slinfeh, my wife’s home town, are hundreds of committed fighters from Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran. ..
If the French, British and Americans engineer a false flag event, such as the use of CW, it will not be easy to justify any kind of assault on Syrian government forces while the Russians are so visible militarily. It is clear today that President Putin wants to bring this war to an end and get his troops mostly back to Russia. That will not happen unless a campaign to oust the terrorists is begun. .. T-72 tanks and T-90 tanks all are equipped with the Saraab 1 and 2 anti-armored rocket deflector system and render the [U$ terrorist supply] TOW platform about as useful as lipstick on an armadillo.
,,. I am also pleased to inform my readers that members of the FSA [former NATZO quislings now reconciled with the Syrian government] who volunteered to fight alongside the Syrian Arab Army are doing exactly that; and have complemented our capabilities with much knowledge about how the terrorists function after training with British and American spooks. Their role is invaluable and their loyalty is not in question any longer.
.. But, the very presence of so many Chechens, Daghestanis and Uzbekis [mercenaries imported by NATZO] is a reminder that the disease can only spread if you don’t extirpate it. China, too, has an interest in making sure the hundreds of Uighers don’t manage to repatriate in Jinkiang Province where the training they have received .. from the Turks [Turkey is a NATZO member] won’t haunt a generation of Chinese soldiers. The Chinese want to see the Uighers exterminated [those Uighers who have come to Syria as trained NATZO mercenaries].”
But, the U.S., Britain and France, want just the opposite.
[The Anglo Zio Capitalist regimes who run FUKZU$A want to see the whole of EurAsia aflame with proxy wars. Whereas Syria, Iran, Hezb, Iraq PMU, Russia and China are building an Allied solidarity which will check the AZC and its Imperialist policy of Divide and Conquer the Globe. — comment by NGM].
US, Allies Supply Arms to Nusra, Daesh Through Third Countries – Damascus
https://sputniknews.com/world/201809041067735166-us-arms-supply-terrorists/
“The US and its allies supplied weapons to Daesh* and Nusra Front* terrorists, including via third countries such as Ukraine, according to Alaa Saeed Din Hamdan, the first secretary of the Syrian Foreign Ministry’s international relations department.
“It is obvious that the United States and its allies are supplying a huge amount of ammunition and weapons, using third countries such as the Eastern European countries, Ukraine, and the Balkan states, to fuel the Nusra Front and Daesh,” the official said.
Syria has advanced in the destruction of international terrorism, but the actions of external players are hampering its victory, he added.
Hundreds of tons of weapons were once delivered through Jordan’s port to southern Syria into the hands of terrorists, official added.
“The United States is supplying arms to other terrorist groups. They act through intermediaries and play an important role in the black market in the illicit arms industry,” he said.
He noted that “there is a strong link between the illegal arms trade and the continuing actions of terrorists in Syria.”
Breaking: new attacks on Syria by Jew-nazi, inc.
Breaking: Israel reportedly bombs strategic Syrian town
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-israel-reportedly-bombs-strategic-syrian-town/
“Minutes ago, a military source in western Syria told Al-Masdar that several explosions rocked the strategic town of Masyaf in western Hama.
According to the source, an Israeli warplane was spotted flying along the Syrian-Lebanon border before crossing into the Homs Governorate.
The source added that five missiles struck the Wadi Al-‘Ayoun area.
Masyaf was the location of the July assassination of a Syrian scientist; it was believed Israel was behind this.”
Update: Syrian Air Defense attempts to confront Israeli missiles, explosion reported in Baniyas
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/update-syrian-air-defense-attempts-to-confront-israeli-missiles-explosion-reported-in-baniyas/
“According to a military source in nearby Mhardeh, at least five missiles struck the Wadi Al-‘Ayoun area, causing a number of powerful explosions that could be heard throughout Hama, eastern Latakia, and eastern Tartous.
The source said that the Syrian Air Defense attempted to foil the attack; however, the Israeli missiles managed to reach their intended targets.
Furthermore, a powerful explosion was reported from the large coastal city of Baniyas in the Tartous Governorate.”
Update: One killed by Israeli attack on western Syria
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/update-one-killed-by-israeli-attack-on-western-syria/
“According to a military source in Mhardeh, at least one person was killed and four others were critically wounded as a result of this Israeli attack in the Hama Governorate’s Masyaf District.
The source did not specify whether or not the person could was military personnel or a civilian.”
Syrian Air Defenses Down Several Missiles Fired by Israeli Warplanes – Reports
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201809041067744451-hama-explosions-syria/
“One person was killed and four others wounded in Israeli air strikes on a Hama suburb, Syrian national news agency SANA reported citing hospital officials.
Earlier, SANA reported that Syrian air defenses thwarted several rockets launched by Israeli planes in the Wadi al-Uyun region in Hama province and in Tartus. The state agency stated that military air defenses were used to confront several rockets fired by Israeli planes near Hama.
It is still unknown whether the airstrikes were carried out in close proximity to the Russian naval support facility in Tartus.
On July 23, Israeli planes attacked positions in the province of Hama (220 km from Damascus) from Lebanon’s airspace, causing no casualties. At the time, Syria’s air defenses had managed to intercept three missiles.
On August 3, the Syrian military shot down an Israeli drone over the suburb of El-Kiswa in southwest Damascus.”
Info still sketchy and contradictory.