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..of course the next year, he'd authorized the invasion of French North Africa without warning or declaration of war even though we had open diplomatic relations with the Vichy government.
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My Dad is the tall man standing in the doorway. He was a Secret Service Agent on the Presidential detail for the entire war, on the plane for the Casablanca trip, at Yalta and agent in charge at Warm Springs when FDR died. He remained on the detail for Truman for the rest of the War, traveling to Potsdam and the SF conference to establish the UN before transferring to the State Department. In 1958, he was the Chief of Security for the entire State Department and personally ran the Khrushchev visit security, where he was famed for deciding the he would not visit Disneyland.
Standing behind Churchill at the Quebec Conference
Here the question was asked: where are the promised Iranian troops and Hezbollah?
The latter is simple: the Lebanese group suffered serious losses in its command and rank and file during the last war with Israel. Therefore, Hezbollah was able to deploy only small forces in Homs, which is most likely its current limit for such operations.
In the case of Iran, everything is more complicated: even if we leave aside the political aspects, the question of logistics arises, namely how to ensure the transportation of troops and material and technical resources. The land corridor through Iraq is closed - Deir ez-Zor was taken by the Kurds, and the desert highway by militants from At-Tanf. The Israeli Air Force does not allow all this to be airlifted to Damascus, threatening to simply shoot down the aircraft.
So in this situation, Iran can only wish Assad a good mood, since it currently has no real opportunity to provide large-scale military support and preserve its “Shiite crescent.”
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[Regnum] In Dagestan, law enforcement officers detained 12 members of a terrorist cell who were planning a major terrorist attack. This was reported on December 7 by the press service of the regional FSB department, providing a video of the searches and detention.
“As a result of operational and investigative measures carried out by the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Dagestan in cooperation with the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 12 members of a secret cell of a terrorist organization banned in Russia, who were planning to carry out a major terrorist act, were detained,” the security forces specified.
During searches of the suspects' residences, small arms, two assembled homemade explosive devices with a capacity of one kilogram of TNT equivalent each, components for their manufacture, 20 bags of ammonium nitrate with a total weight of one ton, and ammunition were found. The security forces destroyed everything on the spot.
The FSB Directorate for the Republic of Dagestan added that the detainees are giving confessions. The issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being decided, the department noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on December 2, five people were arrested in Dagestan for two months on suspicion of preparing a series of terrorist attacks. According to security officials, the criminal group was organized in the Kizlyar region. Components for making a bomb were seized from the detainees.
In late November, law enforcement officers detained two residents of Dagestan suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in one of the republic's state institutions. According to investigators, residents of the village of Kurush in the Khasavyurt district purchased components for making a bomb in June and wanted to detonate it in a state institution to destabilize the situation in the region. They did not have time to assemble the explosive device, as they were detained.
The term of house arrest was extended for the wife of the former head of the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, Aishat Omarova, whose son was liquidated by security forces. This was reported on December 7 by the press service of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala.
“The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala extended Aishat Omarova’s house arrest until February 8, 2025,” the court told RIA Novosti.
In October, Omarova was detained on suspicion of embezzlement and official forgery. According to investigators, in 2014, Omarova, who worked as a kindergarten manager, fictitiously hired her relative as a clerk. As a result, budget funds in the amount of more than 121 thousand rubles were stolen through embezzlement.
That’s apparently only about US$1200. They’re going after the family root and branch.
The woman's husband, former head of the Sergokalinsky district Magomed Omarov, and one of Adilpasha's sons are also under investigation. They are accused of fraud, and both have been arrested.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 23, attacks were carried out on two Orthodox churches, two synagogues and a traffic police post in Derbent and Makhachkala. As a result of the attack by armed militants, 22 people were killed and more than 40 were injured. Five militants involved in the attacks were eliminated by security forces. Among them was 31-year-old Osman Omarov, the son of the former head of the Sergokalinsky district, Magomed Omarov.
[GEO.TV] At least 22 bad boyz were potted and six soldiers martyred in three separate engagements in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.
The military's media said the three separate engagements took place in KP's Tank, North Wazoo, and Thall districts from December 6 to 7.
In Tank district, it said troops effectively engaged the terrorists' location during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Gul Imam area on the reported presence of terrorists.
Resultantly, 9 bad boyz were potted while six got injured, the military's media wing said.
In another operation, security forces successfully neutralised 10 forces of Evil in North Waziristan.
In a third encounter, as per the ISPR, the security forces thwarted terrorists' attempt to attack a check post in Thall district and killed three more terrorists.
However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat... six soldiers, having fought gallantly, paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced shahadat during the intense exchange of fire, said the ISPR.
[GEO.TV] In a major development, rival tribes in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district have finally agreed to an ''indefinite ceasefire'' after deadly festivities that claimed at least 133 lives, announced the Kohat Region Commissioner on Friday.
The development came following a grand Jirga, organised to ensure sustainable peace in the restive territory, under the chairmanship of the Kohat region commissioner.
The jirga was attended by over 100 individuals, including elders, from the rival tribes.
The recent episode of festivities triggered by ambush on two separate convoys under police escort, resulting in 52 deaths on November 21. Subsequently, festivities between the warring clans escalated despite efforts to broker a ceasefire.
The violence claimed at least 133 lives and injured 186 others, in total.
In a statement issued today, the commissioner said: "Tribal elders from both sides have agreed on an indefinite ceasefire," adding that the parties have expressed resolved to "sit together" to establish lasting peace in the region.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!... KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur hailed the peace efforts of the grand jirga and met the members of the body, said adviser to KP Chief Minister on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif quoting the provincial chief executive.
''Over 100 people from both sides attended the jirga,'' he said, adding that it was decided that firing posts would be vacated until the final decision of the jirga.
[Jpost] The natural gas production platforms have been shut down multiple downs since the start of the war last year.
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth described to Bloomberg on Friday the effectiveness of the Iron Dome in protecting Israel's natural gas assets.
“These facilities have been targeted by rockets and missiles from Hezbollah,” Wirth said.
“The naval version of the Iron Dome has proven to be effective in interdicting. We’ve had autonomous underwater attacks as well.”
The natural gas production platforms have been shut down multiple downs since the start of the war last year.
Israel considers the Leviathan and Tamar natural gas platforms to constitute a key strategic asset in the Israeli energy sector, giving the state a measure of energy independence.
ISRAEL'S ENERGY SECTOR
Since the start of gas production in 2019, the Leviathan platform has provided approximately 40% of Israel's electricity consumption.
In addition, the platforms export natural gas to Egypt and Jordan under export agreements signed with these countries, amounting to billions of dollars.
Chevron holds 39.66% of the rights in the Leviathan reservoir and 25% of the rights in the Tamar reservoir, alongside other various Israeli partners natural gas partners.
The gas field has been a source of conflict with Lebanon in recent years, with Hezbollah threatening to target it in major attacks.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was strongly criticized for a 2022 deal with Lebanon, which would allow for joint gas exploration and profit sharing due to Hezbollah's influence over the Lebanese government.
This led multiple MKs to push him to cancel the deal after the start of the war.
Reports claim that the Israeli Defense Force has launched a ground operation into Syria's Quneitra Province, deploying tanks and armored vehicles from the Golan Heights. Israel characterizes this military action as a measure to bolster border defenses in response to regional instability.
🚨 Breaking: Bashar Assad has delivered a message to the US 🇺🇲 through UAE, that if America helps him stay in power, he promises to cut all ties with Iran and Hezbollah.
#8
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1khVbWdu
Israeli air strikes hit southern Syria, state media reports May 6, 2021 ·
Israel carried out airstrikes overnight in the southern Syrian province of Quneitra, Syrian state media and a war monitor said Thursday...
For years Israel has wanted to neutralize Quneitra. for
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At least Bashar can go back to his British Ophthalmology practice
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In light of these recent developments involving Hezballah, and Iran, and Syria … is it true that Antony Blinken will be leading additional Mourning Sessions — at taxpayer expense — at the U.S. State Department?
Since then at the latest it has been clear that Israel seriously intended to diminish Hezbollah's capabilities which would clearly shift the balance in power in Syria to the detriment of Assad/Iran/Russia.
Why hasn't Russia made any viable contingency plans for this event?
[Wash Examiner] President-elect Donald Trump called for nonintervention in Syria, blaming the escalating situation on former President Barack Obama.
In his first public statement on the recent anti-government offensive in Syria, Trump voiced his preference for neutrality in the conflict, while suggesting that the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could be good for Russia and Syria.
"Opposition fighters in Syria, in an unprecedented move, have totally taken over numerous cities, in a highly coordinated offensive, and are now on the outskirts of Damascus, obviously preparing to make a very big move toward taking out Assad," he said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump said that Russia would be unable to stop the rebel advance on Damascus due to being tied up in Ukraine. He then blamed the whole situation on Obama.
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The rebels took the former prime minister's office. Then they escorted the PM to the Four Seasons hotel instead of shooting him.
Maybe they aren't so bad.
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Maybe they aren't so bad.
Or this is a much more savvy marketing campaign than the Taliban did a few years ago, Lord Garth, to keep the conquered populace and potential foes abroad quiescent while Al Qaeda in Syria consolidates its gains.
#9
Trump ‘danger to everyone’ UW-Madison LGBT scholars say
To paraphrase an old joke - "What do you mean 'We' white man?"
I doubt if any of the newly awaken Black and Hispanic males who've join the white males, among the 72 million who voted for Trump, constitute the 'everyone' he's referring to.
#10
Trump: 'The war must end, but Israel must win' US President-elect Donald Trump told Meet the Press that he does not believe that many of the hostages in Gaza are alive: I hate to say it, I think you have far fewer hostages than people think.''
Wigged out? Shrieking freely of seizing
The assets and kiddies you're squeezing
While fearful of violence
From long-suff'ring silence?
Keep digging those holes... or quit teasing.
#13
Welcome to Afghanistan 2.0 Problem is the fundamentalist porKoranimals that will now be a jihad base. But as long as they aren't Russians. Short sighted to say the least.
[NAHARNET] Hezbollah is pulling its forces from the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus and the Homs area, a source close to the Lebanese group said Sunday, as their ally President Bashir al-Assad faces a rebel offensive.
The group "has instructed its fighters in recent hours to withdraw from the Homs area, with some heading to Latakia (in Syria) and others to the Hermel area in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ," the source told AFP, noting that "Hezbollah fighters have also vacated their positions around Damascus."
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It is a time of great opportunity for promotion within the Hezbollah hierarchy. More likely you’ll get killed. Inshallah.
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Rumors that the IL-76 carrying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has either Crashed or carried out an Emergency Landing to the West of Homs, after having taken-off earlier from Damascus International Airport. The Aircraft descended to 1,600ft before disappearing from Radar.
🚨 Syria: US official told Reuters the Assad regime in Damascus could even fall in the coming hours. Consensus building that the dictatorship may not survive through the weekend. Russian soldiers tasked with protecting the dictator are fleeing the country. https://t.co/vwiMxOPiVrpic.twitter.com/LhY8dDBljH
Footage from the City of Douma just to the Northeast of the Syrian Capital of Damascus, confirming that Fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) have taken the City. pic.twitter.com/Z9nDIOpWE7
Some of the troops were maimed and are currently receiving medical treatment, he added.
Rebels on a lightning advance through Syria said they were nearing Damascus on Saturday, although Bashir al-Assad's government denied that the army had withdrawn from areas around the capital.
"Our forces have begun the final phase of encircling the capital," said rebel commander Hassan Abdel Ghani.
The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS) told fighters to prepare to take the seat of Assad's government, just over a week into a renewed rebellion in the long dormant conflict.
"Damascus awaits you," said HTS's Ahmed al-Sharaa in a statement on Telegram, using his real name instead of his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.
Rumint: Assad may have been shot down and killed in his plane while fleeing Homs
🚨Unconfirmed reports from Homs of people hearing a massive explosion from the area where Assad's airplane lost signal.
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Personal opinion: Bashar al-Assad probably fled with his family over the past two days, during his trips to Iran and Russia. The individuals on the IL-76 plane that crashed tonight were likely high-ranking members of the regime.
Be aware that Russia and Iran may attempt to frame the situation as if Assad was on the plane to prevent people from tracking him and his family down.
And then this link
Russian S-300 at Tartus might have just shot Assad's plane out of the sky
Altitude when contact was lost 1750~ ft IVO Khirbet Tin Nur Syria which has an elevation is 1739 ft.
Reports claim Israeli tanks crossing into Syria buffer zone
After the collapse of the Assad regime overnight, Syrian reports claim that Israeli tanks have crossed the border into Syria from the Golan Heights. The unconfirmed reports say that Israeli forces pushed into the buffer zone in the Quneitra area, and launched artillery shelling in the area.
“This country can be a normal country that builds good relations with its neighbors and the world… but this issue is up to any leadership chosen by the Syrian people. We are ready to cooperate with [that leadership] and offer all possible facilities,” Jalali says in a speech broadcast on his Facebook account.
Syrian rebels also say Damascus is “now free of Assad,” calling on Syrians abroad to return to their newly freed country.
An Associated Press journalist in Damascus reports seeing groups of armed civilians along the road in the outskirts of the capital and hearing sounds of gunshots. The city’s main police headquarters appeared to be abandoned, its door left ajar with no officers outside, they say.
Another AP journalist shoots footage of an abandoned army checkpoint where uniforms are discarded on the ground under a poster of Assad’s face.
Hezbollah retreats from key city on Syria-Lebanon border, in major blow to group
Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Hezbollah terror group has withdrawn from the Syrian city of Qusayr along the border with Lebanon shortly, before rebel forces seized it, Syrian army sources say.The city had been a key holding for Hezbollah, which relies on a nearby crossing to smuggle Iranian weapons into Lebanon and fighters in and out of Syria since the terror group seized Qusayr in 2013 at the early phase of the Syrian conflict.
The Syrian sources tell Reuters at least 150 armored vehicles carrying hundreds of Hezbollah fighters left Qusayr in phases. Israel, which has repeatedly hit Hezbollah weapons depots and underground fortifications it had built in the city, hit one of the convoys that was leaving, one source says, without elaborating.
Earlier, the Hezbollah-linked al-Manar network reported that Israeli planes had carried out an attack in the area Qusayr. The Israel Defense Forces said Friday it had bombed several roads in the Qusayr area as part of a concerted campaign to stymie attempts to smuggle Iranian weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
As the rebels advanced this past week, Syrian forces appeared to melt away, putting up no resistance, with several reports of defection. Russian forces carried out occasional airstrikes.
Aron Lund, a Syria expert with Century International, a New York-based think tank, and a researcher with the Swedish Defense Research Agency, said the developments in Syria are a geopolitical disaster for Russia and Iran.
“They too were surely surprised by what happened, and they have all sorts of resource constraints,” including Russia’s war in Ukraine and Hezbollah’s losses in Lebanon and Syria.
EXHAUSTED AND BROKEN
While Syria’s conflict lines have been largely stalemated since 2020, the country’s economic woes have only multiplied in the past few years.
The imposition of US sanctions, a banking crisis in neighboring Lebanon, and an earthquake last year contributed to the fact that almost all Syrians face extreme financial hardship.
That has caused state institutions and salaries to wither.
“If you can’t pay your soldiers a living wage, then maybe you can’t expect them to stay and fight when thousands of Islamists storm” their cities, Lund said. “It is just an exhausted, broken and dysfunctional regime” to start with.
Part of the insurgents’ attempt to reassert their grip on Aleppo, the city where they were ousted in 2016 after a grueling military campaign, was to issue a call to government soldiers and security agencies to defect, granting them what they called “protection cards,” which offer some sort of amnesty and assurances that they won’t be hunted down.
The spokesman for the insurgents, Hassan Abdul-Ghani, said more than 1,600 soldiers have applied for the cards over two days in Aleppo city.
Hundreds of defectors lined up outside city police stations Thursday to register their details with the insurgents.
Hama native Hossam al-Bakr, 33, who served in Damascus and defected four years earlier to Aleppo, said he came to “settle his position” and get a new ID.
The laminated card handed out to each defector was titled the “defection card.” It showed the name, ID number, and place of service of each defector. It is issued by “The General Command: Military Operations Room.”
On Thursday, Maj. Mohamed Ghoneim, who was in charge of registering the defectors, said more than 1,000 soldiers or police officers came to register. Some who had their official guns handed them over, he added.
“There are thousands who want to apply,” he said.
Defectors line-up to register their details with Syrian insurgents in Aleppo, Syria, to defect, granting them what they called "protection cards," which offer them some sort of amnesty and assurances that they won't be hunted down.AP Photo/Omar Albam pic.twitter.com/bHHYNkH8rX
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wow
Nov 29 Aleppo taken;
Dec 5 Hama taken;
Dec 6 Homs taken;
Dec 8 Damascus taken
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Russia shown as weak overseas, Iran lost the land bridge to supply Hezbollah. even though the rebels are most likely little better, a good day for Israel.
If Georgia throws off the Russian yoke, Russia will be little more than a joke and ripe for pushing to collapse.
This is the flight radar recording of Assad's plane. This is far outside of my expertise. If any pilots see this, let me know what you think. From a layman's perspective it looks like he may have been shot at, hard turn to evade, gotten hit & went down. pic.twitter.com/rZe3zNuPYD
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Perhaps a family member with a plane full of cash and documents too bulky for the land E&E? Linked video gives a pretty good insight into the level of storage for important things now obviously removed in some haste!
President-elect Donald Trump seems dead set to put Syria in the rearview mirror during his second term, referring to the country as the place “where former President Obama refused to honor his commitment of protecting the RED LINE IN THE SAND, and all hell broke out, with Russia stepping in.”
“There was never much of a benefit in Syria for Russia, other than to make Obama look really stupid,” Trump continued. “In any event, Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, and THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!”
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^ I might add though, Obama never needed Syria or the Russians to make him look stupid. He does that quite well all by himself.
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22K feet in 8 seconds
Quite a ROD there. You'd have to, um...
Four miles above Wile E. Coyote
A contrail crawled, peaceful and floaty.
Cue long johns (Johns Manville),
A rocket, and anvil
(not counting the weight of peyote).
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Syrian Army Strengthens Positions in Damascus Suburbs
[Regnum] Syrian troops are strengthening their positions in the suburbs of Damascus amid terrorist attempts to destabilize the situation. This was reported on December 7 by the Arab Republic's Defense Ministry.
“Our armed forces units have strengthened their positions in all areas of the Damascus suburbs and the southern district to prevent any incidents as a result of the unrest that terrorists are trying to provoke,” the Syrian General Army Command clarified.
It is noted that the Syrian army continues to carry out operations against militants in Homs, Aleppo and Hama. Hundreds of terrorists, dozens of vehicles, many headquarters, weapons and ammunition depots have been destroyed.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on December 7, a meeting was held in the capital of Qatar, Doha, between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. They called for an immediate end to military actions and the beginning of a dialogue between the government and legitimate opposition forces.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to provide military assistance to the Syrian army and are trying to do everything possible to counter terrorists in the republic, said Sergey Lavrov. Support is provided with the help of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which are based in Khmeimim. Using terrorists for geopolitical purposes of any country is unacceptable, Lavrov emphasized.
Militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region on November 27. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. The Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against militants in Aleppo and Idlib on November 29. The authorities of a number of countries, including the United States and China, called on their citizens to leave Syria.
More from regnum.ru Lavrov denies withdrawal of Russian ships from Syrian Tartus
Military exercises are currently being conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported on December 7 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in response to a request to comment on information from a number of media outlets that Russia had allegedly withdrawn its ships from a base in the Syrian port of Tartus.
Lavrov explained the departure of warships from Syrian Tartus as exercises
“Military exercises are underway in the Mediterranean,” the head of the Foreign Ministry said at talks taking place in the capital of Qatar.
Lavrov suggested that those who disseminated information about the withdrawal of ships may have misinterpreted images from satellite photographs.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier the Russian Foreign Minister held a meeting in Doha within the framework of the Astana format with the heads of the Turkish and Iranian Foreign Ministries, Hakan Fidan and Abbas Araghchi. The main topic of the ministers' conversation was the escalation that is being observed in Syria.
Tartus is home to a Russian Navy logistics base. In June, exercises were already held here, in which the Syrian military participated together with the Russian Armed Forces. During the maneuvers, attacks by a potential enemy on the base were repelled.
Air defense units' servicemen hit targets simulating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The mock enemy's sea drones were destroyed by the crews of the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) together with the crews of the Black Sea Fleet's anti-sabotage boat Kadet and small missile boats of the Syrian Navy.
Even more from regnum.ru Lavrov said that the Russian Armed Forces are helping the Syrian army
The Russian Armed Forces continue to provide military assistance to the Syrian army and are trying to do everything possible to counter terrorists in the republic, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his speech at the Doha Forum.
“Russia is providing military assistance to Syria with the help of the Aerospace Forces based in Khmeimim,” the diplomat said.
Lavrov also clarified that Russia is doing everything possible to counter terrorists in Syria and stated that using terrorists for the geopolitical purposes of any country is unacceptable.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 27, militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. On November 29, the Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against militants in Aleppo and Idlib.
In his article, Regnum News Agency observer Leonid Savin pointed out that behind the interests of the Islamists trying to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, there is Turkey with its interests in destroying the military-political structures of the Kurds, and in a broader context, we are talking about following the strategy of neo-Ottomanism and pan-Turkism.
On December 7, following a meeting in the Astana format, the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Russia, Turkey and Iran called for an immediate end to violence in Syria. Lavrov said that it was unacceptable to allow terrorists to seize land in the SAR. The ministers called on the parties to the conflict to engage in dialogue and reaffirmed their commitment to Syria's sovereignty.
Yet more from regnum.ru Syrian Defense Ministry Denies Reports of Troop Withdrawal from Damascus
The Syrian Defense Ministry has denied reports of the republic's armed forces withdrawing from Damascus. The ministry's press service published the statement on December 7 on Facebook (which is owned by Meta, a company recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).
“Any news about the withdrawal of units of our armed forces present in all areas of the Damascus countryside is not true,” the defense ministry emphasized.
Ministry officials said that false information is being spread by terrorist organizations in an attempt to sow panic among civilians.
Earlier, the Defense Ministry called information about militants breaking through to the city of Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs province in the central part of the republic untrue. The settlement is located 67 km from the city of Homs, the center of the province of the same name.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 27, militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. On November 29, the Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against militants in Aleppo and Idlib.
On December 6, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported that the government army had strengthened its defense line in Homs province. The report noted that information about the army's withdrawal from Homs was not true.
In his article, Regnum News Agency observer Leonid Savin pointed out that behind the interests of the Islamists trying to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, there is Turkey with its interests in destroying the military-political structures of the Kurds, and in a broader context, we are talking about following the strategy of neo-Ottomanism and pan-Turkism.
On December 7, following a meeting in the Astana format, the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Russia, Turkey and Iran called for an immediate end to violence in Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that it was unacceptable to allow terrorists to seize land in the SAR. The ministers called on the parties to the conflict to engage in dialogue and reaffirmed their commitment to Syria's sovereignty.
Even more from regnum.ru Syrian and Russian Aerospace Forces strike terrorist supply routes
Syrian troops, together with the Russian Aerospace Forces, launched massive strikes on terrorist positions and supply routes. This was reported on December 7 by the press service of the Syrian Arab Republic Defense Ministry.
The department specified that Syrian and Russian aircraft carried out strikes in the province of Homs, destroying dozens of terrorists and units of equipment. The government army is also conducting intensive shelling of militants' deployment sites and supply lines in the provinces of Hama and Homs.
"Our forces operating in the provinces of Hama and Homs are carrying out massive strikes with cannon and rocket artillery on the positions and supply routes [of terrorists]," the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 27, militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. After that, the Syrian military launched a counteroffensive against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) militants in Aleppo and Idlib. The government army also managed to liberate the city of Al-Bakum.
On December 2, the command of the Syrian government army stated that the country's troops and the Russian Aerospace Forces had destroyed more than 400 militants in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces in a few hours.
On December 3, in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out the need to stop terrorist aggression against that country.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that Russia resolutely supports the efforts of the Syrian authorities amid the escalation.
On December 7, The New York Times reported, citing officials, that Iran had begun evacuating its military commanders, diplomats and advisers from Syria. They and their families, as well as ordinary Iranians, are being sent by plane and land to Tehran, Iraq and Lebanon.
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Who was it that said Russia will never let Syria fall?
[PJMEDIA] Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... is abandoning its Syrian ally following rapid gains made by Islamist rebel forces, who are now closing in on the capital Damascus.
''Iran is starting to evacuate its forces and military personnel because we cannot fight as an advisory and support force if Syria's army itself does not want to fight,'' a prominent advisor to the Iranian regime, Mehdi Rahmati, told the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... ''The bottom line,'' he said, ''is that Iran has realized that it cannot manage the situation in Syria right now with any military operation and this option is off the table.''
The unspoken reason Iran is leaving Syria is that Israel smashed Iran's proxy Hezbollah, fatally weakening its ability to carry out operations outside of Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... Significantly, Iran is pulling out its powerful Quds Force and other Revolutionary Guards units. They see the writing on the wall, and know that Syrian President Bashir al-Assad is doomed.
Assad still has his Russian ally, but President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... is extremely unlikely to send ground forces to Syria while he's heavily engaged in Ukraine. The Russian Air Force can help, but Assad needs boots on the ground to fight the Islamists.
By Dylan Malyasov
Dec 7, 2024
Modified date: Dec 7, 2024
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is marshaling all available military forces and resources to fortify Damascus, his government’s final stronghold, as opposition forces make significant territorial gains. The battle for Syria’s capital appears to be escalating toward a critical juncture.
Reports from the ground indicate that opposition forces have seized control of Daraa and reached the city center of Homs, although the latter has yet to be fully captured.
Meanwhile, Assad’s regime has pulled back from key positions in Deir ez-Zor, Suwayd, and Mashara village in central Quneitra, leaving strategic areas vulnerable to opposition advances.
The Southern Operations Room of the Syrian opposition has announced ambitious plans to push toward Damascus. “Our target is Damascus, and our meeting point is Umayyad Square,” the group’s spokesperson declared in a recent statement. This unified opposition effort has already led to substantial territorial gains, particularly along Syria’s southern border with Jordan, where insurgent forces now control roughly half the frontier.
This surge from the south has exposed the Assad regime’s vulnerabilities. Local uprisings and insurgent activity have destabilized areas long considered under regime control. Rebel forces’ swift advances have reportedly faced little resistance, with regime-aligned police and isolated military outposts proving ineffective in halting the offensive.
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Even More from Boris Rozhin: The Collapse of Syria
It is unlikely that Bashar al-Assad's government will survive until next weekend.
Damascus may fall in the next 24 (maximum 48) hours.
There is no serious interaction between the Syrian army and the Syrian security forces, as well as no serious resistance. In fact, the Syrian security forces are not defending their own country. Individual exceptions only emphasize the picture of general disintegration. It is no longer so important whether everything fell apart on its own or whether there was betrayal somewhere - the fact itself is important. Syria in its previous form is living out its last days. If any assistance was planned, it simply will not be in time - the Syrian army and state are disintegrating as quickly as possible.
Russia will have to solve the following issues:
1. Preservation of its military bases in Latakia.
2. Evacuation of its citizens and military from Damascus.
3. General minimization of consequences and costs.
Iran is effectively left without the land corridor that Soleimani built in 2017. This is a strategic defeat. My emphasis
Syria will most likely face a long war on the ruins of the state in the style of Libya and Afghanistan. Millions of refugees and terrorists spreading across the region are included.
Relying on the captured areas of Syria, radical Islamism will certainly give its ugly shoots in many countries. Including here, it will try.
Yet more from Boris Rozhin: On the situation in Syria. 12/07/2024
The situation in Syria continues to develop according to the most negative scenario.
The Assad government continues to lose territory without significant resistance, the army is in a semi-decayed state. Organized resistance of individual units does not change the overall bleak picture. It is very likely that Syria in its familiar form will soon cease to exist and will be directly or indirectly divided, and its territory will repeat the fate of Afghanistan and Libya.
The probable loss of Homs can significantly accelerate the processes of disintegration of the state apparatus and the remaining state logistics.
At the same time, Russia risks losing its bases in Latakia (which will affect both the positions of the Russian Federation in the Middle East and operations in Africa, which, among other things, relied on Khmeimim), and Iran is actually on the verge of losing its land corridor (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon), which was Iran's main conquest in the Syrian war. All this will seriously change the alignment of forces in the Middle East.
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...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
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...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
