28 feb

Alexander Mercouris – East Ghouta: the last great battle of the Syrian war?

I suspect that something similar will happen in east Ghouta, though with the Syrian army much stronger than it was in Aleppo in 2016, and with the Jihadis in east Ghouta much weaker than were the Jihadis fighting in eastern Aleppo in 2016, I expect the process this time to be much shorter.
Already there are reports of the Syrian army making significant territorial gains as it closes in on the Jihadis in east Ghouta.
As for the Western powers, they have neither the means nor the will to prevent what is going to happen, which is the eventual liberation of east Ghouta from the Al-Qaeda led Jihadi terrorists who control it.
Though it may take a little time I expect the whole of east Ghouta before long to be under the control of the Syrian government.
At that point the Syrian government will be able to turn its full attention to the gathering crisis in Syria’s Kurdish areas far away in Syria’s north.

Syriens FN-ambassadör i samband med omröstningen om en resolution om East Ghouta

27 feb

proletaren.se – Vad andra medier inte berättar om östra Ghouta

Visst finns det anledning att oroa sig för civilbefolkningen i östra Ghouta och Damaskus. Men fred och säkerhet kan aldrig uppnås så länge al-Qaidaextremister tillåts ockupera förstäder och terrorisera miljontals syrier.

21 feb

proletaren.se – Kriget i Syrien Terroristernas kontroll av östra Ghouta omöjliggör fred

Kriget i Syrien har pågått i sju år. Vid varje flygbombning, varje markstrid och varje raketattack skördas nya offer och byggnader och infrastruktur förstörs. Syrien och dess folk är i desperat behov av ett slut på det blodiga kriget och av en massiv satsning på återuppbyggnad.
Dialogkongressen i ryska Sotji 30 januari i år var ett hoppfullt steg på vägen mot fred. Den visade att den syriska regeringen liksom delar av politiska och väpnade oppositionen ser samtal och parlamentariska val som lösningen för framtiden.
Men det finns allvarliga hinder på vägen. Ett av hindren är östra Ghouta.
För att förstå varför den syriska regeringen sätter in sin armé för att återta östra Ghouta är följande punkter viktiga…

jinge.se – Slaget om Damaskus med lögnen som extra vapen

Syriens arabarmé, spjutspetsen i den väpnade kampen mot terrorismen i världen har inlett en slutoffensiv mot östra Ghouta mot de kvinnofientliga, antidemokratiska, religiöst mycket intoleranta, Väst-stödda terroristerna i al-Nousra och andra terroristorganisationer, vilka hållit stadsdelen under kontroll sedan några år. Detta rapporterar media runtom i världen, i Sveriges Radio med den mycket förskönande beteckningen ”opposition”. Och en ansvarig på FN talar om brott mot folkrätten – för försöken att befria staden, varvid tyvärr många civila dödas. Inte för terroristernas närvaro och förtryck, ej heller för stödet till dem från USA & vissa allierade. Tyvärr dödas oskyldiga civila som i alla strider.

Pål Steigan – USA trener IS og IS-liknende styrker i Syria og kaller dem «demokratiske krefter»

Nå skriver Almasdarnews at det finnes solide bevis for at USA trener disse krigerne fra IS og IS-liknende grupper og organiserer dem i en ny styrke som skal fortsette krigen mot Syria. Denne styrken kaller de Deir Ezzor Military Council (DMC). De har samme ideologi som IS, men de selges nå inn som «demokratiske krefter». DMC er skapt av US State Department og CIA og krigerne deres står på USAs lønningsliste, skriver AMN.
DMC består av to grupper folk, skriver AMN videre: 1) syriske opprørere eller stammefolk ved Eufrat som sluttet seg til IS da de tok kontroll over Deir Ezzor-området i 2013-2014, 2) jihadister fra al-Nusra som sloss mot den syriske hæren til de ble fordrevet av IS i 2014. Disse krigerne ble fanget opp av CIA i Jordan.

18 feb

Pål Steigan – Er det ikke på tide å ta inn over seg hva Syria-krigen egentlig er?

Krigen i Syria har snart pågått i sju år etter den spede begynnelsen i form av det såkalte opprøret i 2011. Siden da har hundretusener blitt drept, millioner drevet på flukt og et av FNs medlemsland revet i stykker. Titusenvis av tonn med våpen er pøst inn i landet – og fortsatt er det mange som ikke ser hva denne krigen er, men klamrer seg til forestillingen om at den er en krig (eventuelt en «revolusjon») «mot diktatoren Assad». Har de noen gang prøvd å tenke gjennom hvor disse titusenvis av tonn med våpen kommer fra? Kan de ikke kjenne igjen en imperialistisk krig via stedfortreder når de ser den?
Man behøver ikke ta våre ord for det. Hvis man foretrekker det kan man lese hva USAs forrige visepresident Joe Biden sa til studentene på Harvards John F. Kennedy Forum 2. oktober 2014. I en svært åpenhjertet tale viste han til hva USAs allierte Tyrkia, Saudi-Arabia og De forente arabiske emirater gjorde i Syria:
“They were so determined to take down Assad and essentially have a proxy Sunni-Shia war, what did they do? They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens, thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad — except that the people who were being supplied were al Nusra and al Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the world.”
Kort sagt, USAs visepresident innrømte allerede for snart tre og et halvt år siden at Syria-krigen er en stedfortrederkrig der USAs nærmeste allierte i Midtøsten har finansiert og væpnet terrorister og leiesoldater og forsynt med med tusenvis av tonn med våpen. Det han ikke sa, men som vi vet svært godt fra andre kilder, er at USA i høyeste grad har hjulpet sine allierte med å skaffe våpen til disse terroristene. Pentagon har kjøpt østeuropeiske våpen på Balkan og i tidligere Warszawapakt-land og sammen med kriminelle nettverk fraktet dem via Tyrkia og Saudi-Arabia til Syria. Disse våpnene har svært raskt havnet i hendene på al-Qaida og den såkalte islamske staten, som ikke er noe annet enn en franchise som de islamistiske statene bruker til sine formål, et slags Blackwater med Koran. Det Joe Biden heller ikke sa, naturligvis, er at også Israel hele tida har hatt en hånd og en arm med i dette spillet.

13 feb

Varning för att ännu en desperat kemvapenhändelse är under planering i Syrien

sputniknews.com – Russian MoD: Al-Nusra, White Helmets Preparing Provocation With Chemical Weapons

”On the evening of February 12, the Russian center for reconciliation received a telephone call from the resident a settlement in the Idlib province, informing about a forthcoming provocation, using poisonous chemicals, to air it on a foreign television channel. According to the person, on the afternoon of February 12, the al-Nusra Front militants delivered brought more than 20 bottles of chlorine and personal protective equipment on three cars,” the Russian military stated.
According to the center, representatives of the local branch of the White Helms conducted rehearsals of providing ”first aid” in individual means of protection to allegedly ”affected local residents” from poisoning.

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newsvoice.se – Mats Gabrielsson: SVT och SR gör falska reportage om Aleppo

”Jag anklagar SVT och SR för att spridit felaktig information och fake news om kriget i Aleppo. Jag anklagar dem för att vara partiska, vinkla och hänge sig åt propaganda och förvilla allmänheten om en av vår tids värsta konflikter”, skriver filmaren Mats Gabrielsson, som har varit på plats i Aleppo. I videoklippen ovan visar han en annan bild av Aleppo, en stad i ett land som badar i sitt eget blod, något som svenska medier medverkar till.

11 feb

moonofalabama.org – Syria – U.S. May Have Arranged ”Self Defense” Attack On Syrian Government Forces

Is the U.S. military emphasizing the ”SDF headquarters location” because the headquarter was no longer there as the SDF had already withdrawn from it? And why is a tank round landing some 500 meters away seen as a direct attack? Tanks rounds may deviate from the targeted point by a meter or two. There is no chance that rounds landing some 500 meters away were intended to hit the headquarter location. Whatever the Syrian forces have been hitting at, if they hit at all, was not the SDF headquarter location.
The story the U.S. military is trying to sell here stinks.
The incident seems comparable to the unprovoked U.S. attack on Syrian troops in September 2016. That air attack killed 100 Syrian troops who were then encircled and holding out against Islamic State forces. At that time it nearly enabled the Takfiris to eliminate that last Syrian government position in the east.

almasdarnews.com – Syrian Army seizes large cache of weapons left behind by ISIS in northeast Hama

almasdarnews.com – Rebels fire rockets at elementary school in Damascus, 2 children killed

10 feb

presstv.com – Syria shoots down Israeli F-16 jet, pilots eject

The Syrian military has hit at least one intruding Israeli F-16 warplane that attacked positions inside Syrian territory, sending it down in flames and smoke.
Syrian state TV cited a Syrian military official as saying that Syrian aerial defense had responded to Israeli “aggression” against an army base in central Syria.
The official said more than one Israeli aircraft had been hit.

Alexander Mercouris – Military balance shifts: Syria shoots down Israeli F-16

Syria’s success in shooting down an Israeli F-16 shows the marked improvement in combat capability of the Syrian military

presstv.com – A history of Israeli military aggression against Syria

Below is a quick look at Israel’s acts of military aggression against Syria…

Syrian air defense responds to new Israeli raids

8 feb

almasdarnews.com – Details from the US bombing of pro-government forces in Deir Ezzor

The U.S. Coalition carried out an alleged ‘defensive’ attack against the pro-government forces in the northeastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate last night.
While the U.S. claimed “100 pro-regime fighters” were killed in the attack, a Syrian military source reported that approximately 25-30 tribal fighters were dead and many more severely wounded by the Coalition assault.
According to the military source, the pro-government forces that were attacked by the U.S. Coalition were members of the large Al-Baraka tribe, who have fought the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in the Euphrates River Valley for years.

almasdarnews.com – Syrian gov’t issues official statement condemning Coalition bombing

“This new aggression, which constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity is directly in support of terrorism; it also reveals the disgusting nature of America’s intentions against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and people of Syria,” the statement began

almasdarnews.com – Russia raises questions about US attack on Syrian government forces

The pro-government Syrian militiamen have come under attack by the US-led coalition while they were conducting an operation against Daesh terrorists north of the city of Deir ez-Zor. The information about the incident contradicts US claims that the Syrian militias attacked Washington’s allies.

Alexander Mercouris – US bombs Syrian military east of Euphrates river

7 feb

almasdarnews.com – Russia’s top diplomat believes US has plans to divide Syria

The United States has plans to divide Syria, Russia will discuss the issue with its American counterparts, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a master class session for the finalists of the Leaders of Russia contest on Wednesday.
“Looks like in Syria, the Americans have embarked on the course aimed at dividing the country,” the minister said. “Plans for the actual partition of Syria do exist, and we are aware of that. We will ask our American counterparts how they see all that.”
According to Russia’s top diplomat, the US gave up the assurances that the only purpose of its presence in Syria without an invitation from the legitimate government is to defeat the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia).
“Now they say that this presence will continue until they are convinced that a stable political settlement process, which will lead to a change of regime (of President Bashar al-Assad), has begun in Syria,” he pointed out.