https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-july-13-2018-syrian-army-liberated-daraa-city/
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In the evening of July 12th, units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Russian Military Police entered the southern, militant-held part of Daraa city de-facto restoring the government control of the area.
This part of the city had been in the hands of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its allies since 2012.
At the same time, militants started surrendering their remaining positions south of the city. These developments are a part of the reconciliation reached between the leaders of militant groups and the Damascus government with assistance of Russia.
Separately, government forces also entered the villages of Kafr Shams, Inkhil and Muzayrib in western Daraa.
Under the reached deal militants are handing over their heavy and medium weapons as well as military equipment to the SAA and are getting two options: to settle their legal status with the government or to withdraw to the militant held areas in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo.
According to some pro-opposition sources, the Russians did not recommend militants to choose the withdrawal options during negotiations on the deal because Hayat Tahrir al-Sham forces in the province of Idlib will become a next target of the Russian-backed operation of the SAA. This open secret triggered a new round of complains in pro-militant media outlets and among pro-militant activists.
Meanwhile, the ISIS-affiliated Khalid ibn al-Walid Army entered the villages of Hayt and Khirbat Y’ala in western Daraa thanks to an agreement with members of the so-called moderate opposition there. Over the past few days, the Syrian Air Force has carried out a number of strikes on targets near Hayt thus attempting to deter the terrorist group. However, this did not help.
With the liberation of Daraa city, the remaining militant-held areas in western Daraa became the main target of the SAA and its allies. Some clashes have already been reported near Yadudeh and Muzayrib.
Cells of the Ghadab al-Zaytun amred group affiliated with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have carried out two attacks against Turkish-backed militant groups in the province of Idlib. 5 militants were killed in two separate attacks on July 9 and 10.
On July 11-12, Russian President Vladimir Putin held separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Foreign Policy Adviser Ali Akbar Velayati. During the both meetings, the sides discussed the situation in Syria and in the Middle East in general.
The repeated visits of Netanyahu to Moscow shows Israel’s attempts to get Russian support in Israeli attempts to drive Iranian forces out of Syria. However, the practice shows that Moscow is not going to assist Tel Aviv in this goal.
And the Israel regimen never will get the rip of the union between Syria, Hezbola, Iran and Russia. The goal of Russia is to get solutions without war, something very difficult having seeing the situation in the middle East and the political position of Israel and his allieds.
OPCW findings regarding Douma nerve gas attack: Grim reading for Western ideologues
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/432668-douma-syria-opcw-report/
The findings of the OPCW’s interim report, produced on the back of its on-site investigation into allegations that a nerve gas attack took place in Douma on April 7, make grim reading for the army of morally bereft Western ideologues and their apologists who’ve made a career out of defending the indefensible. Or at least, that is, they should make grim reading.
To wit:
“The results show that no organophosphorous nerve agents or their degradation products [emphasis added] were detected in the environmental samples or in the plasma samples taken from alleged casualties.”
Hey, the comment finally made it through. This was the 3rd attempt since Thursday am.
Shock, Horror! Zionist Settlers Start Abandoning Their Tomato & Jihadi Growing Kibbutz in Lovely Al Tanf!
https://twitter.com/raedsyrian002/status/1018086399357128711
West Daraa Collapsing Quickly. UNDOF line & ISIS Pocket In Sight.
““NW-west Daraa is almost totally liberated, few cities left after several ones reconciled with the Government. The latest was al Harra which controls the most important hill in the whole area (Tall Harra), the hill that used to host a Russian radar base in Syria for many decades.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.061047&lon=36.006317&z=13&m=b
Meanwhile, the RGs are advancing at the moment toward Tell Mutawwaq al-Kabeer and al-Sagheer, both hills command most of the Horan plains and will force the cities of Miner, Jasim and Nawa to surrender. After that, it would basically push the frontline to the UNDOF line and ISIS pocket.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.061047&lon=36.006317&z=13&m=b ”
The overnight advance was a success and both Tell Mutawwaq al-Kabeer and al-Sagheer were controlled and with them, came the check mate on Jasim and Khirbet Surayeh, both liberated or in the process of delivering weapons to the SAA.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.976988&lon=36.077557&z=13&m=b&gz=0;360393619;329469579;0;649443;156211;61940;1007652;0;889205;506924;243759;694066
The situation now is of total pressure on Nimer city, between al Harra and Jasim, it will fold today, then the frontline will be brought to a mere 10 kms on avg to the UNDOF zone.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.977564&lon=36.077728&z=11&m=b&gz=0;359723281;329363693;109863;1612122;0;927330;672912;1111529;865173;846732;830841;817945;556182;518503;1826477;0
The map below brings the real situation after all the current reconciliation is finished today. Two key cities left, Nawa which will reconcilie soon (partially under al Qaeda) and Tasil (under ISIS), all the remaining villages are way smaller with reduced civilian population.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.044357&lon=36.076355&z=10&m=b&gz=0;357598114;327266422;617980;5367369;1139831;4758565;988769;4344795;1153564;4206829;2499389;4264317;2609252;4080340;2197265;3792799;2128601;3286497;2650451;2238450;3707885;1385274;2774047;311874;1318359;0;0;115521;82397;450450;96130;473544;1318359;2296067;769042;3792799;604248;4022839;796508;4597677;480651;5195109
The total frontline ex Golan Height would be reduced to 80 kms +-, with some cauldrons on the north of Quneytra already formed that will be dealt in not time thus reducing the frontline to less than 50 kms. The key for this reduction is Naber al Saber, cross road town that once liberated the whole north of Quneytra becomes isolated by fire control.” (Canthama)
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.083487&lon=35.946579&z=13&m=b
UNDOF Line.
“The SAA will respect the UNDOF line, the priority is to liberate the north at the moment, using military forces, and reconcile with NE/Eastern Syria. ” (Canthama)
More On the Sorry Fate of the Zionist Settlers in Lovely Al Tanf.
“With the control of Daraa and Quneytra by the Syrian Government, the US backed terrorists in al Tanf would be redundant to the NATO’s “regime change” strategy, costly/risky to be kept and a threat to Jordan’s security.
Most of these terrorists come from southern Syria with relatives in Rukban refugee camp, once the south is secure and pacified, these refugees will try to come back to their cities and homes, so do the terrorists which will have to reconcile, most of them at least.
Having said that, it is only logical al Tanf will be terrorist free, Rukban refugee camp will be shut down and all remaining in al Tanf will be US forces, a catch 22 for the US to secure this position, that is why it is most likely after Monday the US will announce something related to that.
Jordan is playing ball now with Syria, the Jordanian regime after 7 years in bed with the terrorists that devastated Syria and Iraq, understand its very future depend on re establishing trade with Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, and even Turkey, through Syria and Iraq. There will be a price to be paid by Jordan for the betrayal to fellow Arabs of Syria and Iraq, not sure what will be though, maybe through the 3 millions Palestinians living there….
Would like to add on what was mentioned few days ago, SAA forces started to move up north, the battle for Idlib will start somewhere around end of August- beginning of September, with the current frontline in NW Daraa and Quneytra reduced to 80 kms and soon to be 50 kms, the amount of troops required to storm the last al Qaeda and ISIS will be far less than what was brought initially to fight in the south.
Before the battle of Idlib-west Aleppo, northern Hama and NE Lattakia starts, we will see a severe intra terrorists war, turkish regime troops being living some areas and very active RuAF and SAAF air attacks for weeks, it will most likely be a multi front offensive but with focus on northern Hama and M5.” (Canthama)
West Scrambling to Find Options to Pull White Helmets Out of Syria – Reports
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201807151066373916-west-to-rescue-white-helmets/
“Several NATO countries have discussed the possibility of evacuating the White Helmets from Syria, specifically from Daraa province, with US President Donald Trump, CBS News reported, citing an anonymous US official. According to the media outlet, western countries are afraid that Damascus could “assassinate” the NGO’s members as it advances through Daraa province.
“They are promising no retribution on anyone in the southwest but nobody trusts or believes that,” the source told CBS.
The US official noted that the plan to pull the White Helmets out of Syria is a part of a general US withdrawal plan, earlier announced by Trump, who wants to reduce the country’s presence in the Syrian Arab Republic and let other countries deal with the problem. The source also added that Washington has practically admitted that Damascus will eventually regain control over the whole of Syria by evacuating its forces and NGO members.
The media source points out that most of the talks on the topic took place on the sidelines of NATO summit on July 11-12 in Brussels, but the issue might also be raised by Trump during his negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16.
The anonymous western diplomat explained to CBS that western allies are studying how the White Helmets could possibly be extracted hastily and that their options are limited in this regard. Thus, in the event they fail to find a solution in time, they might be forced to try and ask Putin for help, although they have little hope of that, since Moscow cooperates with Damascus.”
Well, well, well, it seems somebody is desperate about the fate of their covert operatives. Gee, imagine the image hit if these scum were captured and exposed. Even worse, prosecuted as war criminals.
Will trump get down on his knees and plead with Putin:
“Pease, pease, Mister Presseedent Putin, don’t let the A-rabs get our special forces…massa netanyahoo will impeach me, take me off the vip human organ list, and marry melania off to a saudi prince.”
Another right wing, capitalist Jew-nazi provocation. The pathetic things are quite desperate.
Israeli Rockets Strike Syrian Military Position in Aleppo – Reports
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201807151066381254-israel-strikes-syria-position/
“Israel has conducted a rocket strike on Syrian military positions north of Nairab airport in Aleppo, local media reported Sunday night.
Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quotes a military source as saying that Israel had struck Syrian military positions north of the airport in Aleppo. Several reports on social media say that several aircraft took part in the strike, which according to those reports lasted up to 10 minutes.”
‘Israeli rockets’ strike Syrian military positions near Aleppo – state media
https://www.rt.com/news/433288-syria-military-aleppo-strike/
“The strike targeted “one of our military positions north of the airport in Aleppo,” a military source told the Syrian Arab News Agency, stressing that the damage from the aggression was “limited to material.”
The source denounced the raid as a “desperate attempt to support the defeated terrorist groups” in Daraa and Quneitra, where the Syrian army is actively working to defeat them. Furthermore, the publication accused the IDF of being “directly involved” in raising the morale of militants from al Nusra and other terrorist groups.”
“IAF attacked a supposed Iranian base north of Aleppo’s International Airport minutes ago, it seems 4 Syrian soldiers were killed in the attack, but more confirmation is needed.
No info on the route IAF used to reach that far, but it seems possible IAF used eastern Syrian airspace under US protection and on air refuelling for it. More news will come along soon.
The most important hill in all southern Syrian was declared liberated from al Qaeda few minutes ago, Tall Harra. This is were a very sophisticated SyAAD air defense base with Russian monitoring base existed for decades before the terrorists overran it back in 2015.
There is no doubt that this Syrian victory is linked to Israeli attack above, Israel is very concerned with SyAAD and missiles in the most strategic place near the occupied Golan Heights.” (Canthama)
RuAF In Action Close to UNDOF Line.
“In #Syria, For the first time, #Russia/n Jets bombed jihadists in #Qunietra province close to Israeli deployment in the occupied Golan heights. Russia informed #Israel of its military activity.” (Elijah Magnier)