Syrian War Report – May 8, 2019: Syrian Army Liberates Another Town In Northwestern Hama
By May 8, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies had repelled a series of counter-attacks by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led forces keeping control of all the positions captured in northwestern Hama. Especially intense clashes took place near Tell Ottman where, according to pro-government sources, the SAA eliminated at least 5 militants.
Despite this, the SAA has not been able to develop on its success and push further into the militant-held area. An initial attempt to advance in the direction of Kafr Nabuda was repelled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its radical counterparts.
In the morning of May 8, the SAA advanced on Kafr Nabuda and entered the village. Clashes are ongoing.
The Damascus government employed only a limited force in this area. This means that the SAA is likely focussing on limited operations to neutralize the militant threat in particular parts of the de-militarized zone rather than undertaking a major advance on Idlib.
If the SAA adopts this kind of strategy, it will likely attempt to pull apart the militants’ strike force in Hama and Idlib through a series of tactical advances and to make gains in areas where their defense is weakened.
Meanwhile in northeastern Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have continued their steady operations against existing ISIS cells on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River. The SDF is also working to strengthen its positions on the contact line with the government-controlled area. After the collapse of Trump’s determination to withdraw US forces from the country, the US-backed group once again believes in its ability to establish a pseudo-state under Washington’s protection in this part of Syria.
US-Iranian tensions are growing amid speculations by mainstream media outlets that Iran is preparing to strike US troops deployed in the Middle East. Security Adviser John Bolton also announced that the US is deploying a carrier strike group and a strategic bomber task force to “deter” Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced this behavior saying that “If US and clients don’t feel safe, it’s because they’re despised by the people of the region” and “blaming Iran” will not help with this.
“US-Iranian tensions are growing amid speculations by mainstream media outlets that Iran is preparing to strike US troops deployed in the Middle East. ”
Oh oh! Be prepared for another false-flag attack as required by Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Typical inversion of reality, and crude projection, such a specialty of the Western fakestream media sewer. No matter how bizarre and obvious the US lie, the presstitutes report it without hesitation, and millions die. They all deserve justice in the manner that Streicher suffered, in my opinion at least.
They are despised by some people in North America also. The U.S. military is never going to leave unless they are forced to do so.
Continuous, low-level war. Expect the US and Russia to continue showcasing new weapon system ad-infinitum.
“…the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have continued their steady operations against existing ISIS cells on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River…”
This is a fiction, aka fake news. The US developed, trained, armed, and continues to pay these evil people to murder civilians and steal gold for their US overlords. The supports and promotes terrorists, it in no way opposes them.
Here in Austfailia, the ‘multi-cultural’ broadcaster, SBS, has operated from the start of the jihadist assault on Syria as a naked and hysterical propagandist for the salafist butchers. The words ‘Assad’, ‘barrel bombs’ and ‘gas attacks’ were, and still are, spat out by their mostly feminazi commentators with histrionic force. No salafist or US lie is too grotesque that they will not peddle it without restraint.
The attack on the remaining salafist butchers is described as usual, as a crime against humanity, by ‘evil Assad’ and his Russian and Iranian allies in Evil. The commentary is so deranged that even the most blatant contradictions are ignored. In one sentence the ‘victims’ are ‘rebels’ ie ‘freedom-loving Syrians’ (they have always been ‘rebels’ in lying fakestream media agit-prop)then, seconds later, it is, finally, admitted that they are al-Qaeda. Then back to the hysteria and lies.
The broadcaster has relied entirely on the jihadist propaganda arm, al-Jazeera, and the BBC and other Western disinformation sewers. No doubt soon it will be another ‘gas attack’ reported with frenzied outrage, or those dastardly ‘barrel bombs’, the ultimate weapon, so much worse than, say, Zionazi DIME munitions, or high explosives, or white phosphorus, or depleted uranium etc. The sheer human villainy of these odious liars and hypocrites still surprises, day after day, as they sink lower and lower into the ooze.
Cue howls of outrage in the UK & France that jihadis are being attacked.
Of course Syrian and Russian weapons are so inaccurate that only schools, hospitals and the heoric White Helmets are hit. Naturally the next step for the Syrians is a chemical weapons attack that the UK will feel obliged to respond to…
So predictable.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-war-idlib-airstrikes-attack-death-toll-raid-latest-fighting-peace-treaty-un-russia-turkey-a8905011.html
“I am deeply concerned by the escalation in military action by Russia and the Syrian regime in Idlib,” Mr Hunt said on Tuesday. “This has included horrifying reports of attacks on schools, hospitals and first responders.
“The latest offensive – a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement that Russia itself agreed with Turkey – is only compounding what was already a dire humanitarian situation in Idlib.”
He threatened a “swift and appropriate response” if Russia or Turkey used illegal chemical weapons.
It’s about time to ‘kalibr’ one of these banker’s highrises in the City of London…
Jihadist defenses collapse in northwestern Hama as Syrian troops seize several areas
https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/jihadist-defenses-collapse-in-northwestern-hama-as-syrian-troops-seize-several-areas/
“Led by their Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army kicked off the day by overwhelming the jihadist defenses near the historical town of Qal’at Al-Madiq: this would pave the way for their eventual advance into this jihadist stronghold.
The Syrian Arab Army would then bypass the jihadist defenses at Qal’at Al-Madiq and impose full control over the town later this morning.
According to a military source near the front-lines, the Syrian Arab Army captured the towns of Tal Hawash, Al-Kurkat, Qal’at Al-Madiq, and Al-Tuwanah in northwestern Hama.
The source added that the Syrian Army is now pushing to capture the key hilltop of Tal Sakher and its nearby town of Al-Hobeit. Once these areas are captured, the first phase of the Syrian Army offensive will have concluded.”