On March 18, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) established full control over the city of Afrin.
The city had been the main stronghold of the YPG in northeastern Syria. However, the YPG had withdrawn from it almost without fighting. A notable part of civilians had also fled to the government-held area in the province of Aleppo.
According to Turkish sources, the TAF and the FSA captured a large number of weapons and ammunition, including US-made TOW and Russian-made Konkurs anti-tank guided missiles, in Afrin.
Turkish President Recept Erdogan announced that Ankara “will have to take necessary steps to rebuild Afrin, raise infrastructure and wipe out traces of terrorists.”
“We are not there to occupy but to wipe out terror groups and to achieve peace in Afrin,” he added. However, experts doubt that Turkish forces will leave Afrin voluntarily any time soon.
Following the success in Afrin, the TAF and the FSA advanced north and northwest of the city capturing 29 more villages, which had been mostly abandoned by YPG members also. The YPG and its political wing, the PYD, sacrificed Afrin for its political ambitions rejecting all opportunities to reconcile with the Damascus government and to receive a help from the Syrian-Iranian-Russian alliance.
In Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies have liberated the areas of Saqba and Kafr Batna from Faylaq al-Rahman and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda). By March 19, the SAA had prepared to storm Ain Terma, Zamalka and Ebreen.
Reports also circulate that members of Faylaq al-Rahman are now negotiating a withdrawal agreement with Damascus. However, any wide-scale agreement will likely be not possible while Hayat Tahrir al-Sham keeps notable presence in the area.
Negotiations are also ongoing in the areas of Harasta and Douma.
In eastern Qalamoun militants attacked SAA positions near the al-Sin airbase capturing a T-72 battle tank and shooting down a Su-24, or MiG-23 – it is complicated to identify from the released video, warplane of the Syrian Air Force.
US-backed militant groups operating in the at-Tanf area are preparing to attack the SAA in eastern Syria, the Syrian pro-opposition news outlet Enab Baladi reported citing Mohanad al-Talaa, a commander of the so-called Revolutionary Commando Army.
Meanwhile, reports appeared that US-backed forces had been massing troops on the eastern bank of the Euphrates.
Syrian analysts consider a possibility that the US and its proxies may use some provocation, a shelling or a staged chemical attack, to attack government forces in eastern Syria. Such scenario becomes more likely as tensions between Russia and the US are growing.
Russia Blocks ‘Polticized’ UN Security Council Meeting on Syria Human Rights
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201803201062711239-russia-blocks-unsc-polticized-meeding/
“The United Nations Security Council cancelled a meeting on human rights violations in Syria on Monday after Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gennady Kuzmin called for a procedural vote on the briefing’s agenda.
“This really confirms the politicized nature of this initiative, that has nothing to do with concerns for Syrians itself,” Kuzmin said of the effort to hold the briefing. “We believe there is a need to cancel this briefing, and we are going to asked the distinguished president to put this situation to a procedural vote.”
The provisional agenda — which would have involved a briefing by the UN human rights chief — was put to a vote. Eight countries supported the initiative, but four others, including Russia and China, blocked it. Three council members abstained from voting.
The council’s rules required nine “yes” votes for the provisional agenda’s adoption.”
Another zionazi attempt to manipulate the unsc goes down in flames.
+1 Mir
-1 zionazis
http://theduran.com/us-war-plans-kurdish-land-bridge-israel/
Usa and Israeli long terms intentions in Syria?
3 Attempts to Use Chemical Weapons in Syria Prevented Last Week – Minister
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201803201062716025-syria-chemical-weapons/
“There is a possibility that terrorists will use poisonous substances in order to accuse the Syrian troops of using chemical weapons in the future,” Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said, adding that three attempts over the past week had been stopped.
Alexander Shulgin, Russia’s permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said last week that Russia was recording repeat cases of the use of chemical weapons in conflict zones, including their use by militants in Syria.”
The zionazis continue their false flag attempts. If there is anything a zionazi loves more than accusing others of wmd atrocities, it is using wmds to commit atrocities.
What several here have speculated about Russian jamming of u.s. electronics in Syria now appears to be true. A mystery solved.
Russian Copter-Based Electronic Jammer Spotted in Syria for the 1st Time (PHOTO)
“A photo of what looked like the Russian Mi-8MTPR-1 helicopter equipped with the radio electronic warfare system Rychag-AV in Syria has emerged on Twitter.
The Rychag-AV is considered one of the world’s most powerful jammers when it comes to disrupting the electronics of combat aircraft and cruise missiles.
The system is typically installed on Mi-8MTPR-1 choppers and can completely “blind” the enemy up to 400 kilometers (about 248 miles) away.
Additionally, Rychag-AV elements can be installed on ground-based mobile air defense systems.
Russia’s Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily cited military experts as saying that the Rychag-AV jammers added significantly to reducing the effectiveness of the US air strike on Syria’s Ash Sha’irat airbase in April 2017.
Russian sources reported at the time that only 23 Tomahawk cruise missiles hit the targets, while the remaining 36 flew off course.
Interesting the Russians are presenting this info right now with israel purportedly mustering their quislings for a major attack on Syria.
Well written piece by Eva Bartlett on the zionazi-gay media’s overt support of the terrorists operating in Syria.
‘They know that we know they are liars, they keep lying’: West’s war propaganda on Ghouta crescendos
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/421932-western-media-propaganda-syria-war/
The owners, editors and writers of these zionazi media outfits are as guilty of war crimes as the terrorists and regimes they provide support for.
40 tons of chemical weapons left by militants found in Syria – Russian MoD
https://www.rt.com/news/421919-chemical-weapons-militants-syria/
“The Syrian Foreign Ministry pointed out that more than 40 tons of poisonous substances were found on the territories, liberated from terrorists,” Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces, said on Wednesday.
Kirillov said the West won’t back off and is prepared to use any means necessary to discredit Russia. The official recalled the example of Syria’s Khan Shaykhun.
The commander also criticized the international bodies for their refusal to work with Damascus in investigating the alleged chemical attacks in the country.
In late February, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria said it had obtained information that militants in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta had been “preparing a provocation with the use of poisonous substances in order to blame the government forces of using chemical weapons against civilians.”
The release of this data “has foiled the plans of the US-led coalition to strike key Syrian military targets in order to change the balance of power in favor of the so-called ‘moderate opposition,” he said.
“The shift in focus of the 87th session of the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) Executive Council from the Syrian chemical dossier to the unsubstantiated accusations against Russia over the chemical attack in Salisbury and the violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention only confirms the conclusion that the coalition’s goals have been thwarted,” Kirillov noted.”