On March 22, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the villages of Baay, Basufan, Kafr Nabu and Burj Haydar south of the city of Afrin from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). According to unconfirmed reports, the TAF’s artillery even shelled positions some of the Syrian Arab Army north of the city of Aleppo.
Since the fall of Afrin on March 18, the TAF and the FSA have been slowly but steadily expanding their control south of the city. Some local sources indicate that Turkey considers an advance in order to take the town of Tell Rifaat, near which Syrian government forces had established a number of checkpoints.
Meanwhile, YPG members continue conducting hit-and-run attacks against Turkish forces in the area of Afrin formally controlled by the TAF and the FSA.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert announced on March 22 that U.S. forces are not going to leave Manbij and no agreement had been reached between Washington and Ankara on the issue. The US-Turkish relations over US support to the YPG and especially, the YPG presence in Manbij, remain complicated.
Meanwhile, the Turkish media speculates that Turkey is preparing to launch a military operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the area of Sinjar Mount in northern Iraq. The advance will allegedly be entitled Operation Tigris Shield and may take place after Iraqi elections set for May 12.
In the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, a first batch of Ahrar al-Sham militants left the area of Harasta on March 22. On the next day, the evacuation continued.
Meanwhile, reports appeared that the Syrian government and Faylaq al-Rahman have reached a ceasefire agreement, which is set to be implemented on March 23. If the agreement succeeds, the withdrawal of Faylaq al-Rahman members from Ain Tarma, Ebreen and nearby areas are expected by pro-government experts in the near future.
The ceasefire agreement followed reports that the SAA had established full control over Ain Tarma’s farms and started preparing to storm this key militant stronghold.
According to the Russian military, about 95,000 people have left the militant-held area of Eastern Ghouta since the implementation of the daily humanitarian pause on February 28.
The expected liberation of Eastern Ghouta will further impact the balance of powers in Syria and will open an opportunity for the SAA to launch a large-scale operation against ISIS in southern Damascus where the situation has recently deteriorated.
Unlike US-led coalition, Russia not hitting civilian homes in Syria with incendiary bombs – MoD
https://www.rt.com/news/422182-russia-airstrikes-ghouta-white-helmets/
“Russian Air Forces are not carrying out airstrikes on residential areas in Eastern Ghouta and don’t use incendiary bombs, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, refuting reports by Syrian pro-opposition activists as “glaring falsehoods.”
“Russian aviation doesn’t strike residential areas in Eastern Ghouta and, moreover, it doesn’t use incendiary ammunition, unlike the US-led international coalition,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The damning reports by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the White Helmets group are a “glaring falsehood,” the ministry added, calling the two groups “swindlers” who are taking advantage of the sorrow of the Syrian people.
The civilians fleeing Eastern Ghouta through humanitarian corridors say that the White Helmets were only operating in the areas controlled by Al-Nusra terrorist group and never provided any assistance to the population, the Defense Ministry said. “The same is confirmed by the representatives of the armed opposition, who made a decision to leave Eastern Ghouta for the Idlib de-escalation zone,” it added.
“Taking these facts into account, the blind readiness of some European media to report any false information with reference to the White Helmets once again causes our bewilderment,” the ministry said.
The internationally-funded White Helmets… However, the group has also been plagued by allegations of having ties with terrorists and producing fake reports. The humanitarian activists were filmed carrying weapons and sporting military uniforms, with Syrians accusing them of stealing valuables from the injured, of pillaging and other criminal acts.
As for the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, RT’s investigation in late 2015 revealed that, despite its convincing name, the organization is actually run by a single man in Coventry, UK, who last visited Syria nearly two decades ago.”
In a normal society, people would not accept the govno the zionazi-gay media vomits out. They would at the very least avoid these turds, and seriously make the war criminals/traitors lives hell on Earth.
As for the regime quislings, look back at the resistance to the war crimes of the american regime in Vietnam/S.E. Asia. Look at the pathetic pindo resistance now to equally abominations. Same pretty much goes for the rest of israel’s colonial populations. A bunch of zombiefied jailhouse sukas loving their degradation.
Amazing how the zionazis managed to dumb down and zombiefy the populations of their western colonies. These idiots will literally now buy anything zionazia sells them. At any price demanded, and not just tip, but over tip the salesman.
You can say that about the elites of those zionised countries – they are very greedy and stupid, and fantasize about what they see in Holywood (zio) films.
Al-Jafari: The West’s fuss about Syria will fade away as terrorists’ defeats continue
https://sana.sy/en/?p=131499
Syrian Army secures 4500 civilians from Eastern Ghouta via al-Wafedeen Camp safe corridor – Video
https://sana.sy/en/?p=131525
Harasta city free of terrorism as a second batch of militants and their families leave it for Idleb
https://sana.sy/en/?p=131540
Army liberates 60% of Ein Tarma town, discovers trench used by terrorists in Ghouta
https://sana.sy/en/?p=131578
Human Right Council adopts resolution condemning Israeli violations of Golan and rejecting settlements
https://sana.sy/en/?p=131617
its so weird that now we are ‘rooting’ for the FSA – who were the bad guys in the last match – I suppose that’s what mercenaries are – fighting for the highest bidder – not ideological
Interesting clip from Syrian News Agency, shows that Saudi Arabia — despite holding the chair — is not able to prevent UN HRC from accepting pro-Syrian resolutions:
“Geneva, SANA – The UN Human Right Council in Geneva adopted on Friday two resolutions; the first condemning the violations by the Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied Syrian Golan, demanding the authorities comply with international resolutions, especially UN Security Council resolution no. 497 of 1981, which rejected the occupation’s decision to impose its laws on the Golan and considered it null and void, and the second rejecting building settlements in occupied Arab lands.”
This Weekend in Ghouta.
“1) Harasta.
Harasta’s terrorists are in the process to take a one way trip to NATO’s Jihadistan Idlib, lots of them left yesterday and more will today and tomorrow.
2) Irbeen, Ain Terma, Jobar.
On going negotiations with rats in Irbeen, Ain Terma, Zamalka and Jobar, there are few different terrorist factions there but largely dominated by the hardcore Al-Rahman Legion.
The key here is for them to see their brother rats in Harasta are taking their families to hellish Jihadistan (give them hope) but in the meantime bomb the hell out of them (last night the whole area was visited by dozens of SAAF and RuAF bombers, no one slept there), clearly the intention is to break their will and speed up the deal. Aleppo 2.0 in the last week of its liberation.
3) Douma.
The most difficult pocket to deal with has been Douma, this is where JAI dominates, this is where most of the civilians in East Ghouta are also located, mind that 85,000+ civilians left the southern/central parts of the old East Ghouta pocket, in Douma is expected to have 100,000 civilians and a lot of terrorists still, and finally this is the HQ of NATO operatives, dozens of them.
Douma has broken the reconciliation deal twice already, Wadi Barada 2.0, a new try is on going but the resistance is not coming from the locals but from clear demands from KSA and Israel for them to fight to the last. The SAA knows the civilians ware desperate to get out, so an internal struggle may happen. To help speed up the process Douma received a special treatment last night, non stop bombing and the Tiger Forces are probing new areas to advance.
Important to say that Douma is the area where NATO is pushing for a CW false flag, they tried 2 days ago but the video was pathetic and no one bought that thing, but the risk is high.
France & UK regimes are particularly is desperate mode, it seems both countries either have a lot of operatives there or too many secrets (equipments, CWs or else) there that in case of a major reconciliation it will be widely exposed.
The SAA strategy to split East Ghouta in pockets to cut deals is working, Harasta is done and maybe other will follow, the key point is that the terrorists’ morale is rock bottom, so Russia/Syria push for a deal constantly while bombing. Time is of great importance, the sooner it happen, the lesser the risk for a CW false flag in Ghouta, which NATO is still eagerly pushing for, that is why today and tomorrow will be key, on going negotiations may speed up this process.” (Canthama)
Do you have some specific info to back up your claim about NATO operatives being trapped in Douma?
I have a hard time believing this, as NATO certainly knew about upcoming offensive to liberate Ghouta and would evacuate their staff long before offensive started.
NATZO (including Israel) is well known for its Military Intelligence. The Allied Leaders — Dr.Assad, Rev.Nasr’Allah and Pres.Putin — are well known for their human intelligence. Neither side is publishing. According to Canthama we may never know because a totally embarassed NATZO might be willing to make valuable concessions to the Allies in order to buy back its captured Spec Ops and Spy Ops in a secret deal. Wait and see.
GPS Spoofing in the Eastern Mediterranean & over Syrian Airspace?
Writes Tom at Syrper:
“The Western coalition ceases for an indefinite period the flights of combat aircraft over Syria in connection with the deployment by the Russian military of new air defense and EW systems. Google translated.”
http://xn—-ctbsbaa3aibxhck.ru-an.info/новости/россия-закрыла-небо-сирии-для-авиации-великого-пиндостана-и-его-сообщников/
“The military aviation of the United States and its allies stops flights in the Syrian airspace until “an emergency is necessary.”
A number of information resources and websites specializing in Syrian military topics report that this decision was made because of insecurity of flights in connection with the “activation of the Russian military by new air defense systems and electronic warfare systems”.
Apparently, we are talking about additional air defense and EW systems that were deployed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the territory of the Arab Republic after the emergence of a real threat of a massive missile attack on the territory of Syria.
Western and Arab media reported that additional batteries of the S-400 complex were additionally placed, helicopters equipped with the electronic warfare system REB “Lever-AV” were also seen.
The effectiveness of the Russian S-400 long-range and medium-range anti-aircraft missile system has been said a lot, it has no analogues, and many countries in the world are ready to acquire it. The Pentagon, despite all its arrogance and arrogance, S-400, to put it mildly, fears, reports newsli.ru. The mood of our American “partners” and the EWL “Lever-AB” system, which was noticed, at least on two Russian helicopters, which recently arrived at Russian bases, obviously spoils the mood.
It is not known how many more such complexes are deployed by Russian military in Syria, but each such complex is capable of providing group defense of ground equipment and ships against enemy air strikes within a radius of up to 300 km.
The command of the western coalition, most likely, took a pause to assess the changed situation in order to determine the possible consequences after the missile strike against Damascus.”
Sputnik had an article on those ew helicopters I posted here several days ago.
Russian Copter-Based Electronic Jammer Spotted in Syria for the 1st Time (PHOTO)
https://sputniknews.com/military/201803201062718631-syria-russian-helicopter-rychag-jammer/
“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.
White helmets today 24 March “claiming “”phosphorous bombs and napalm gas” in east Ghouta…..still attempting to get usa in action…?
All Syrian Terrorist Groups Receive Weapons, Tasks From Abroad – Russian MoD
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201803241062857351-syria-terrorists-weapons-mod/
“Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Valery Gerasimov said Saturday that all terrorist groups in Syria had been receiving weapons, money as well as combat tasks from abroad.
“Let’s take Syria, for example. Before Russia stepped in the war on the side of the Syrian government, the country had been waging an undeclared war for its right for existence,” Gerasimov said.
Earlier this month, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said that US special operations forces and other military units had contributed to the creation of a safe haven for terrorists in western Syria.
The US, which entered Syria without getting the go-ahead from the country’s authorities, has repeatedly been accused of supporting terrorists there.
On Situation in Eastern Ghouta
Overall 4,979 militants and their family members have been evacuated from the settlement of Harasta to the Idlib province,” the statement read.
According to the statement, a new humanitarian corridor has been opened in Eastern Ghouta on Saturday near the settlement of Irbin to let the militants and their families evacuate from the city.”
https://syria.liveuamap.com/
Live map shows how Syria’s so called “civil” war against NATZO terrorism has almost ended (red area free of terrorists); but the big “undeclared war” in Syria between NATZO and the Allies of the Multipolar World is about to begin (green and yellow areas in Northern Syria controlled from NATZO in Turkey, green areas in Southern Syria controlled by NATZO in Jordan and in Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan, and grey areas in Eastern Syria controlled by NATZO occupation force in Iraq.