Israel former intelligence chief: SAA is no more a threat to us because he used 90% of this missiles against opposition
http://fb.me/7PrD9stpf
Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Not so sure that Assad and Putin realized that IS has sucked them into a war of attrition........
Several of the regime forces and militias including 3 officers, were killed at the outskirts of Tadmur archeological site by Daesh rocket shellings after withdrawing fromthe town towards Sakhne, Tybe, Al Kowm and AlHyl oild field.
Daesh destroyed as well 3 regime military engines with guided missiles in Jabal Tar neighborhood at the west of Tadmur as 2 regime spots with two carbombs, according to Amaq.
Clashes happened at the eastern entrance in the town, along with russian air attacks on the 3rd plants, on Sakhne and outskirts.
Daesh is mostly based in the orchard area, the military airport and town jail, northern Jamiya and the eastern entrance of the town.
Israel former intelligence chief: SAA is no more a threat to us because he used 90% of this missiles against opposition
http://fb.me/7PrD9stpf
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National Ideological Resistance (#Syria-n Hezbollah) among the forces that have taken Palmyra
https://justpaste.it/muqawamawataniyatadmur27march …
Russian airstrikes vs. IS. Remains true most airstrikes against rebels. Once just north of Aleppo city,IS thus gained ground from rebels
But Russian-backed campaign to break siege of Kweiris airbase inadvertently took pressure off rebels in far north Aleppo countryside vs.IS
This is why IS didn't really gain ground after sieges of Nubl and Zahara' broken while SDF took ground west and south of Azaz.
Meanwhile since 'withdrawal', Palmyra subjected to huge bombardment campaign over some weeks. Combined w/ ground manpower, Palmyra retaken.
CrowBat.....what do you think???
Assad already has no real interest in Geneva talks & transition. His victory in Palmyra removes any reason for him to discuss political change.
If Geneva fails & even if ISIS faces more defeats, a 100,000 strong opposition + Al-Qaeda (c. 10,000) will remain & they’ll fight for yrs.
So in fact Putin has allowed himself to be boxed in by both Assad and Iran....as Putin has now gone on recorded that he will not physically throw out Assad for at least 18 months...Assad says he will stay though....
Assad defeat of ISIS in Palmyra is a two-fold victory:
- Justifies regime CT role
- Weaken political process (0 appetite for transition)
Russia will now work to have it appear that the so called victory was all the doing of Assad....not the RuAF and the Shia mercenaries.....
Putin congratulates Assad on liberating Palmyra
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/world/P.../shdaily.shtml …?
What an interesting turn of events......
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Dmitri Smirnov: Putin orders Shoigu to help to de-mine Palmyra: i.e. our troops will be legally at a strategic point https://twitter.com/dimsmirnov175/st...24162823008256 …
Battle for Palmyra was all about the war of position in Syria, not fighting ISIS.
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Assad army drop leaflets on north #Homs villages: join Assad army or go to jail for 15 yrs.
https://youtu.be/PcSxjrXZ9qk
Aftermath car-bomb targeted #Samada #Idlib.
At least 5 dead & many wounded in a car bomb explosion in Sarmada near the Turkish border in rural #Idlib, #Syria
http://youtu.be/ADH77BiSexk
Again today several Assad airstrikes targeted Uqayribat in north rural #Hama, #Syria
ISIS offshoot Harakat al-Muthana commander Abu Omar Mandi has been killed by rebels during clashes in west rural #Daraa, #Syria
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Assad’s #Palmyra strategy: Give town to #ISIS for a year, call in Russian airstrikes & Iranian terrorists, retake destroyed town. Victory!
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Palmyra Update........
PalmyraRev1
Syrian regime forces and militias sustain at least 30 deaths after A car bomb hit a convoy on the outskirts of #Palmyra Airbase. 18:00
The deaths of more than fifty Shiite guerrilla element due to the
Daash organization blew up three booby-trapped cars, ...
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Vesti.Ru: Zakharova: Diplomacy in combination with bombing works miracles.
https://twitter.com/vesti_news/statu...24918561107968 …
Queue for the Kremlin" RUS TV boasts that so many "high profile guests" come to meet Putin (eg Kerry, Steinmeier)
Russian info war hard at work.......
RUS TV. "Terror in Europe". Anchor: "1st Paris. Now Brussels. How many more before we work together to change world"
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After #BrusselsAttacks (and now #Palmyra), don't forget Assad's role in building the Islamic State up this far.
http://mme.cm/Q3AW00
In Bala, E Ghouta clashes continue bet. JaI rebels & Assad forces/militias who almost everyday are trying to advance
Amazing Stamina by #JaI..
Assad is throwing wave after wave of shia mercs at #Ghouta.
Russian TOS-1A, Palmyra :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbDITajGEk …
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...myra-from-isis
Assad hails Syrian regime's capture of Palmyra from Isis
NOTE: the French delegation Assad is referring to is a French right wing nationalist/fascist group.The Syrian and Russian governments have hailed their recapture of the ancient oasis city of Palmyra from Islamic State, ending a 10-month ordeal that saw the destruction of some of the historic site’s most famed monuments.
The battle for the city is the latest in a string of defeats for Isis, now in retreat across Syria and Iraq, where it once controlled vast tracts of territory: nearly half of Syria and the desert plains of Nineveh and most of Anbar in Iraq.
Palmyra’s reclamation by Assad’s army, after weeks of intense combat, was aided by some of the heaviest Russian airstrikes since Moscow launched its military intervention last autumn. It is also a significant morale boost for the embattled Syrian strongman as well as the Kremlin.
“The liberation of the historic city of Tadmur (Palmyra) today is an important achievement and is evidence of the efficacy of the strategy adopted by the Syrian army and its allies in the war on terrorism,” Assad told a French delegation in Damascus.
A televised statement by the Syrian military said it had established full control over Palmyra, which was conquered by Isis last May. “We have restored security and stability to the city of Palmyra, and established full control on the surrounding, commanding hills,” the Syrian military said in its statement.
State TV said troops were working on clearing mines from the town and its monuments, where numerous booby traps were laid down by the militants before their retreat.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, congratulated Assad on the victory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday. “Assad highly valued the help Russian air forces have provided and underlined that such successes as regaining Palmyra would have been impossible without Russia’s support,” he told the Tass news agency.
Russia has long insisted that it sought to fight terrorist groups through its intervention in Syria, when in reality its attacks have predominantly targeted mainstream opposition groups battling to overthrow the Syrian president.
But the victory in Palmyra is likely to boost the Kremlin’s campaign, which has always portrayed the Syrian leader, whose violent response to protests sparked the creation of an armed opposition, as an effective force in fighting terrorism.
“Our army, in cooperation with its friends, is the only effective force able to fight and eliminate terrorism,” the Syrian military said in its statement after securing Palmyra.
The fall of the city to Isis gained worldwide attention as it hosts some of the most well-preserved ruins of antiquity. Isis destroyed the iconic temples of Bel and Baalshamin as well as the Arch of Triumph, looting graves and using the amphitheatre to stage executions.
Palmyra’s contemporary strategic importance lies in its location in central Syria; while under Isis’s control, it was a gateway to threaten the more densely populated government-held provinces to the west, including Homs and Damascus.
Its recapture means Assad’s forces can use Palmyra as a stepping stone for offensives against Isis-held territory in Syria’s eastern desert, where the militants are entrenched in Deir ez-Zor, as well as the self-proclaimed caliphate’s de facto capital in Raqqa.
The Syrian military said it would use Palmyra as the staging ground for just such a campaign, but it remains to be seen whether it has the manpower to attempt such a large-scale effort, debilitated as it is by five years of civil conflict.
The defeat is a remarkable turn of fortunes for Isis, which has seen its territory in Syria and Iraq recede under disparate offensives throughout the two collapsing nation-states. The group has turned instead to attacks abroad to bolster its faltering morale.
Less than a year ago, in May 2015, the group had conquered Palmyra and Ramadi west of Baghdad, and established control over approximately half of Syria’s landmass.
But last November it lost Sinjar, the ancestral homeland of the Yazidi community, to a US-backed Kurdish offensive. Ramadi was liberated by Iraqi counter-terrorism troops, and the group has continued to lose territory in northern Syria, including its strategic hub in the town of Shaddadi, to Kurdish forces.
Continued.....
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FRANCE 24
✔ @FRANCE24 Putin hails Palmyra recapture, trumpets Russian role
http://f24.my/1UVd5r0
The Russian "narrative" is that now both Assad and his SAA are to be considered by the West as reliable partners in the war on terrorism and that the West should be helping Assad not wanting to remove him......this "narrative" is will be fleshed out more by the Russians over the next few days.....MOSCOW (AFP) -
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hailed Syria's recapture of the ancient city of Palmyra, while stressing the role of Moscow's military in reversing the Islamic State tide.
The recapture of the ancient city represents a major victory over the Islamic State group, whose fighters had destroyed many monuments at the UNESCO world heritage site since they overran it in May last year.
Putin phoned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to personally congratulate him Sunday, the Kremlin said.
"Putin congratulated Assad on Syrian forces successfully completing a large-scale operation to liberate Palmyra with the support of Russian air and space forces," the Kremlin said in a statement.
Assad in turn "expressed gratitude for the effective help given by the Russian ... air forces to Syrian forces," the Kremlin said.
The Syrian leader told Putin "successes such as the liberation of Palmyra would be impossible without Russia's support," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti state news agency.
Backed by a barrage of Russian air strikes, Syrian troops and allied militia launched a major offensive to retake the desert city earlier this month.
Moscow pledged its full support despite announcing on March 14 a surprise order from Putin to start withdrawing armed forces from Syria.
Russian state television on Sunday emphasised that its troops played a key role in the liberation of Palmyra.
"The support of Russian aviation helped to fully push out terrorists from ancient Palmyra," reported state-controlled Channel One television.
The Rossiya-1 channel has repeatedly aired spectacular aerial footage obtained from a drone it sent up over Palmyra, showing the colossal damage wreaked by IS to the historic monuments.
"What the rebel fighters did not have time to destroy while they controlled Palmyra, the Syrian army has saved, with support from the Russian air and space forces," reported Rossiya-1's war correspondent from Palmyra on Sunday.
Putin has ordered the defence ministry to provide "maximum assistance to the Syrian side in clearing mines in the liberated territories, taking into account their significance for world culture," the Kremlin said.
Putin told Assad he hoped "international experts will be able to start work on preserving and restoring the historic appearance of ancient Palmyra immediately after the mine-clearing operation finishes," the Kremlin said.
Putin earlier Sunday spoke by telephone with UNESCO chief Irina Bokova about the fate of Palmyra.
Putin and Bokova agreed that UNESCO, along with Russia and Syria, will soon be able to assess "the damage caused by terrorists to Palmyra and also develop a plan to restore what can still be restored," Peskov said.
Assad described the conflict in Syria, now in its sixth year as a "struggle for oil" to Putin, while adding: "There is a lot of oil everywhere but there is only one Palmyra", Peskov said.
The Syrian leader praised "Russia's political and diplomatic efforts" in resolving the conflict, the Kremlin said.
Russian armed forces will continue to help the Syrian regime to "fight terrorism and rid their land of extremist groups" Putin was quoted as saying by Peskov.
Both Assad and Putin expressed "hope for progress to be reached in dialogue between the Syrian sides and in promoting constitutional reforms," the Kremlin said.
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Sure, Mrs. Zakharova, especially the latter part: what the Daesh didn't destroy in Palmyra Museum in 10 months, was destroyed by a single Russian bomb (note the hole in the roof: since Daesh operates no air force... well, guess you know what I mean):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q16IRoWln9o
So, seems the Soviets have liberated Warsaw... erm... sorry: IRGC, Russians, Hezbollah and... nah... man, this is so hard to formulate because nothing of the news we're getting these days resembles reality and there are such strong historic parallels.... but let me try it again (this is really hard): the 'SAA claims to have liberated Palmyra'.
Got it.
That is:
- 1 brigade of Hezbollah + 'Jalil Force' (new formation?) + Tiger Force + SSNP ('Hurricane Eagles') attacked directly from the north
- 1 brigade IRGC + BPM from the west
- Liwa Fatimiyoun, Desert Falcons, Maghaweer al-Bahr Regiment (now 'advanced' in status to 'Navy Seals'... :lol: ) + 1 Tiger Force and few other of Syrian PCMs from the south (they captured the air base).
Seems that Daesh largely run away. Guess, their gang in Palmyra haven't heard about their Iraqi Emirs beheading anybody who abandons position...
Well, with exception of one idiot, who hit a convoy of one of IRGC's gangs of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists near Palmyra air base with a car-bomb, killing about 50.
In words of Assadists, 'no problem: we have thousands of them'...
But of course, official Damascus already claimed '400 Daesh KIA in Palmyra'. Heaven only knows... nah: they're laicists and know no God... OK, Assad's pockets only know how they came out with that number by now? Perhaps gauging by their own...?
And of course, nobody can care less about whatever happened to the local population. Majority seems to have fled, but there are already reports about arrest of at least 40 - by 'victorious SAA'. The notorious Palmyra Prison was blown up by the Daesh, but somebody has to construct a new one, and then fill it too...
That said: FSyA sources in Turkey report that thousands fled to Raqqa (yup, Daesh held area), from where the Daesh lets them cross to FSyA held Azaz-pocket, in northern Syria...
Just the end of another Syrian city/town, like it happened already dozens of times before. How many to go...?
Today's K.Pravda on Syrian army retaking Palmyra: "Without Russia's support this victory would have been impossible"
Notice the not so subtle Russian "narrative" of we alone are the only ones from the West actively fighting IS so join our "anti-IS group" as the one led by the US is not achieving anything.
AND all must now support Assad as he is really fighting IS.
Kommersant: "Orders for RU weapons that surged as result of Syria showcase exceed several times the cost of the Syrian operation"
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Foreign fighters from Europe to ISIS
1 Russia 2400
2 France 1700
3 UK 760
3 Germany 760
5 Belgium 470
Russia has the same goal as IS. Both terror organisations needs to be dealt with very seriously to protect democracy http://www.sydsvenskan.se/opinion/pe...det-nya-kriget …
Europe suffers an onslaught of terrorism now but the 70s and 80s were way worse.
https://www.statista.com/chart/4093/...pe-since-1970/ …
Yury Barmin @yurybarmin
They won't be manually demining Palmyra. Like 2 y/ago in Damascus, Russian UR-77 mine cleaning vehicles will be used https://twitter.com/NoahSneider/stat...34265768898560 …
Russian commenter outside of Russia with good contacts inside Moscow......
This is ridiculous, even by Fisk's standards. He wants Assad, a man responsible for mass atrocities, to be thanked!
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...-a6955406.html …
Western MSM writers that support Assad is an interesting field of research when one attempts to ask the question...Why??
Even more interesting is why they would allow themselves to be tied into Russain info warfare knowingly...
Assad tells French MPs Kurds can have some sort of "decentralised region" via @hxhassan PYD killed the baby https://twitter.com/hxhassan/statuse...43708074467328 …
These French MPs referred to are from the French right wing populist Front National.....Le Pen's group.
Reference the Kurds....
PYD accused of inciting to assassinate by the KNC
The Kurdish National Council (KNC) who is participating to the Geneva peace talk, accused in a statement released today PYD of inciting to assassinate the KNC president and members involved in Geneva peace talks.
“The Democratic Union Party (PYD) trumped-up with fabricated and misleading charges, in a play as usual, to prepare a complaint on behalf of the families of martyrs, an introduction to the so-called (Court of Justice) in al-Qamishli, against “Ibrahim Berro” “President of the Kurdish National Council in Syria, “Abdul Hakim Bashar, and Fuad Aliko the Kurdish member of delegation negotiating in Geneva -3 “.
The statement pointed out that PYD is paving the way to legalize political assassinations and a way to ban democracy activities or values.
“… a way to gagging, preventing freedom of expression through the threat, we hold the PYD responsibility of being exposed to any risks that may occur against the council members inside the country or abroad .”
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Syria, Aleppo Nth rif, rebels thwarted Daesh attempt to infiltrate Mare
Syria, Aleppo Nth rif, rebels have thwarted Daesh attempt to infiltrate Azaz
Interesting, some members of Harakat al-Muthana have allegedly defected & formed Katibat al-Murabitoun
Casualties reported in a bomb explosion near the St Georges Assyrian Church in Ras al-Ayn, #Hasaka, #Syria
A 13 year old girl was killed today & several others wounded in Maysar district, #Aleppo by Assad artillery shelling from al-Nayrab airbase
Syria clashes between rebels and #ISIS in Marea in #Aleppo countryside while Coalition jets targeted IS HQ in #Jarablus near Turkish border
Only 896 breaches in Syria since cessation of hostilities agreement
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