Lavrov: The breakup of Syria cannot be tolerated

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►Lavrov: The breakup of Syria cannot be tolerated
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/rus...28Fort+Russ%29

Moscow has highlighted that the breakup of Syria cannot be tolerated or else it will become a chain reaction across the entire Middle East.

"First of all, fight against terrorism must be ended, but it is also necessary to start thinking how to restore Syria’s unity,"
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"No division must be allowed, a chain reaction will sweep the Middle East.
This is what some would seek to achieve, those for whom it is advantageous to maintain here constant chaos, a mess," he added.


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►Pentagon Delivers 200 Trucks of Arms to Kurds for US's Next War Against Syria and Russia
http://russia-insider.com/en/militar...russia/ri21024

"These weapons are not intended for fighting Daesh (ISIS) which is on the verge of being eradicated -
rather, for the next war against Syria."

On 11 and 19 September 2017, the first 200 lorries of arms and ammunition that the Pentagon offered to the YPG,
have been delivered in two separate convoys to Hasakeh.

The lorries were coming from the Kurdish region of Iraq and passed through the Semalka border checkpoint.

All the arms and ammunition were manufactured by the former USSR
apart from the US army’s L-ATV vehicles manufactured by the US company, Oshkosh.

Thierry Meyssan
►The US Could Not Break Syria With ISIS, So Now It Will Try With Kurdistan
http://russia-insider.com/en/militar...distan/ri20981

"Either way the plan is to balkanize Syria."

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Race for Syrian Oil

https://southfront.org/wp-content/up...134.jpg?x91840





ISIS Surrounded

https://southfront.org/wp-content/up...Map.jpg?x91840

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Continuing reports of Kurds
joining
arming
supplying
and
repairing/treating ISIS wounded back to battle SAA
and crying to 'media' when RuAF/SyAF airstrike the pocket.

Basically same scenario as
CIA/Pentagon in Aleppo & Idlib
Israel in Quinetta/Golan
Turkey/McCain from very beginning

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UPSTREAM

ISIS renegades upstream fighting for their own survival.



DOWNSTREAM (PMUs cross the border Iraq/Syria)

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Breaking: Satellite images reveal #US forces operating freely in #ISIS areas
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...ly-isis-areas/



BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense just released several satellite images
of the U.S. military and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
freely traveling in the Islamic State (ISIS) held areas of the Deir Ezzor Governorate.

“Without resistance from ISIS militants the SDF troops are moving along the left bank of the Euphrates river towards the town of Deir Ezzor,”
the statement from the Ministry of Defense read.

“There are not even signs of organization of a battle outpost,” the Russian Ministry of Defense added.

The images below show U.S. armored vehicles and equipment
in this ISIS-held part of Deir Ezzor between the dates of September 8-12.





The Syrian and Russian military commands have accused the US and their allies of land grabbing in the Deir Ezzor Governorate,
while not actually fighting the Islamic State forces.

Most recently, the SDF took control of the Taybeh Gas Plant along the eastern bank of the Euphrates;
however, recent photos reveal that the site was fully intact, unlike most structures the Islamic State abandons.

The U.S. Coalition has not commented on these accusations by the Russian military.

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Someone finally translated this video on the outnumbered Russian Military Police Unit Repel Al-Nusra Ambush in Idlib that happen a few day ago.



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Russian lieutenant general dies in #Daesh shelling in #Syria - MoD
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2...general-syria/

Russia's Lt. Gen. Asapov, who helped Syrian forces during the operation to lift the blockade of Deir ez-Zor,
died as a result of Daesh shelling, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Lt. Gen. Valery Asapov died after sustaining a "fatal injury" in the "sudden Daesh mortar shelling," the ministry said.



was close to the president Putin


Brasco_Aad- @Brasco_Aad 13 min.
#Russia/n Military source: 'the General and two Colonels perished under mortar fire by precise guidance'

Enrico Ivanov@Russ_Warrior 1 min.
The #US will pay a heavy price, they clearly provided coordinates to #ISIS. There will be many surprises for them in next weeks in #Syria.

[AZJoe]

Breaking: Satellite images reveal #US forces operating freely in #ISIS areas
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...ly-isis-areas/



BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense just released several satellite images
of the U.S. military and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
freely traveling in the Islamic State (ISIS) held areas of the Deir Ezzor Governorate.

“Without resistance from ISIS militants the SDF troops are moving along the left bank of the Euphrates river towards the town of Deir Ezzor,”
the statement from the Ministry of Defense read.

“There are not even signs of organization of a battle outpost,” the Russian Ministry of Defense added.

The images below show U.S. armored vehicles and equipment
in this ISIS-held part of Deir Ezzor between the dates of September 8-12.





The Syrian and Russian military commands have accused the US and their allies of land grabbing in the Deir Ezzor Governorate,
while not actually fighting the Islamic State forces.

Most recently, the SDF took control of the Taybeh Gas Plant along the eastern bank of the Euphrates;
however, recent photos reveal that the site was fully intact, unlike most structures the Islamic State abandons.

The U.S. Coalition has not commented on these accusations by the Russian military.

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Deir Ezzor:

Lucifuge Rofocale- @rofoca_lucifuge · 5 hod.
►Russia is to set up a new large military air base at the military airport, DeirEzZor.




SouthFront- @southfronteng · 2 min.
►US-backed Forces Push For Another Oil Field While ISIS Attacks Syrian Army Near Deir Ezzor


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKaViFHXkAAh01T.jpg:large

Aldin@aldin_ww · 15 min.
►Footage of Russia Military constructing pontoon bridge over Euphrates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ep...ature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nd...ature=youtu.be



Russian Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov killed in Deir Ez Zor by IS.
Photos show him on 'frontline' during Euphrates river crossing.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKpXoq4WkAAK-sk.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKpXqahWAAAo9Mn.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKpXraAWkAAm62f.jpg:large






Afrin:


Ali Özkök- @A_Ozkok · 48 min.
►"Turkey now taking joint moves with Iran and Russia to establish a de-escalation zone in the area of Afrin," the Turkish PM said.
(Another quite clear message to Kurds.)

►PUTIN, ERDOGAN TO HOLD WORKING MEETING IN ANKARA ON SEPT 28 - KREMLIN






Al Tanf: (Jordan/Syria border)

►(Video emerges) US troops trained Syrian rebels to use TOW missiles against Syrian Army tanks
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...an-army-tanks/

►CENTCOM has now closed the (failed) Al Tanf base on Jordanian border.






Homs:

Hamosh- @Hamosh84 9 hod.
►Homs with "peaceful" rebels in 2014 vs "regime" in 2017

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKmL0gIXcAItSOk.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKmL0gNXoAEegdQ.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKmL0gLXUAAhFib.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKmL0gLWsAAqzYO.jpg:large






Damascus:


Combat Aircraft- @combataircraft 41 min.
Breaking: Syrian military downs possible aircraft in rural Damascus

Al-Masdar News-@TheArabSource 6 hod.
Video footage of Syrian missile striking possible aircraft over west #Damascus
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...west-damascus/
Syrian Air Defense fired a surface-to-air missile from the Mezzeh Airport in west Damascus
towards a possible unmanned aircraft (UAV) near the Golan Heights border.

Wael Al Hussaini- @WaelHussaini
Confirmed: target was an armored UAV, it was shot down 30 Km from the Buk launcher.







TREACHERY

►‘US military high-tech consistently ended up with terrorists during Syrian war’
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/404438-us...rorists-syria/

►Very Dangerous Escalation In Syria
https://southfront.org/dangerous-esc...medium=twitter


CENTCOM DENIES

TASS
►US-led coalition denies charges of US units leading Syrian 'opposition' through IS lines
http://tass.com/world/967425
(LIARS: Denying what is plainly seen on satellite imagery and the funding/arming/training/directing we've known since the start of the Syrian proxy insurrection since 2012.)


ISIS ADMITS

Al-Masdar News-@TheArabSource · 4 min.
►Breaking video: ISIS fighter admits that ISIS is forbidden to attack Kurdish forces in Deir Ezzor
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...es-deir-ezzor/

A video has just been released on social media showing the interview of an ISIS fighter from Deir Ezzor who admits that the terrorist group’s forces in the region are forbidden by their commanders from attacking US-backed, Kurdish-led militias.

The interviewee, Mohammed Moussa al-Shawwakh, says that his group, tasked with defending the area around the Conoco Gas Fields, was ordered to allow Kurdish forces to enter the strategic site. The order, he says, came from a top regional emir (leader) called Abu Zaid.

The ISIS fighter’s confession goes on to mention that Kurdish-led forces were also allowed to enter other gas and oil fields in the region in order to make propaganda videos.

Mohammed finishes the interview by saying that he knows for a fact that the US is attempting to establish an alliance between Kurdish forces and ISIS in Deir Ezzor province in order to undermine government-led military efforts to liberate the region.





NEW

Qunitera: (Golan)

Wael Al Hussaini- @WaelHussaini
Moments ago an Israeli jet fired a missile against a Russian or Syrian (?) Su-24 over Qunitera
The Su-24 dropped flares and escaped.

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Wael Al Hussaini- @WaelHussaini 60 min.
Russia began to re-construct DeirEzzor AB
The AB will become the second RuAF base in #Syria
Maybe larger than Khmemeim


Wael Al Hussaini- @WaelHussaini 33 min.
Most likely #Russia deployed an S-300 battery in #DeirEzzor AB

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RUSSIAN STRATEGIC BOMBERS HAVE FIRED CRUISE MISSILES AT ISLAMIC STATE TARGETS IN SYRIA - RIA CITES DEF MIN

►CRUISE MISSILES STRUCK TARGETS IN DEIR AL-ZOR AND IDLIB PROVINCES - RIA CITES DEF MIN

RT-@RT_com · 7 min.
►BREAKING: Russian long-range bombers target ISIS positions in Idlib & DeirezZor – MoD
https://www.rt.com/news/404651-russi...rs-isis-syria/



CRUISE MISSILE STRIKES WERE CARRIED OUT AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM US SPECIAL FORCES AND US-BACKED MILITIA - RIA CITES DEF MIN

Russian Tu-95MS bombers launched Kh-101 cruise missiles on targets in Syria


Hama

BREAKING: Russian helicopter shot down by US-backed rebels in rural Hama
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...ls-rural-hama/

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:50 P.M.) – Moments ago, Jaish Al-Izza (Free Syrian Army group)
claimed it had gunned down a Russian chopper over the northern countryside of Hama.

According to a bulletin released by the aforementioned FSA group on Tuesday evening,
its fighters launched an anti-tank missile into the skies and struck a Russian chopper,
reportedly bringing it down south of Khattab town.

Jaish Al-Izza notably stressed it used a TOW missile launcher;
this sophisticated weapon is manufactured in the US and has been supplied generously to FSA factions across Syria.

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IDLIB
Ali Özkök- @A_Ozkok · 4 hod.
Turkish troops and armoured vehicles deployment to #Hatay province goes on. #Turkey makes ready for a ground incursion in #Idlib vs #HTS.

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Syrian Foreign Minister: US supports ISIS, Kurdish autonomy negotiable
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...my-negotiable/



US
American military planes regularly airlift and transport ISIS terrorists from battle zones to safe areas,
presumably to use them in later offensives elsewhere.

“We have information and eyewitnesses on transporting ISIS terrorists aboard American aircraft,
and maybe the US wants to use ISIS terrorists in other areas,”

The Foreign Minister reiterated that all US military operations in Syria
are “illegitimate, and it came without permission of the Syrian government,”

IRAQ
Regarding the issue of potential Kurdish secession from Iraq following the September 25 referendum in the region,
Muallem stated that Syria would under no circumstance accept the disintegration of neighbouring Iraq.
“This issue is categorically rejected by us, and we are with the unity of Iraq.”

ROJAVA
However, this does not mean that Damascus is opposed to the idea of increased Kurdish autonomy in Syria itself, the minister said.
“The Syrian Kurds want a type of self-management within the borders of the Syrian Arab Republic,
and this issue is negotiable and can be discussed,
and when we eradicate ISIS (Daesh), we can sit with them and agree on the shape of the future.”

This statement marks a clear olive branch from the Syrian government to the US-backed Kurdish YPG (“People’s Protection Units”) forces,
which is currently fighting ISIS in the city of Raqqah, the terrorist group’s de facto “capital”.

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Unconfirmed report: #SDF crossed Khabur river at al-Shuwar in eastern DeirEzZor

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Breaking: Satellite images reveal #US forces operating freely in #ISIS areas
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...ly-isis-areas/

Time for missile attack on ISIS stations? Let Washington try to explain why it has special forces embedded alongside ISIS encampments.

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Russian Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov killed in Deir Ez Zor by IS.

Al Tanf: (Jordan/Syria border)
►(Video emerges) US troops trained Syrian rebels to use TOW missiles against Syrian Army tanks
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...an-army-tanks/

TREACHERY
►‘US military high-tech consistently ended up with terrorists during Syrian war’
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/404438-us...rorists-syria/

►Very Dangerous Escalation In Syria
https://southfront.org/dangerous-esc...medium=twitter

CENTCOM DENIES
TASS
►US-led coalition denies charges of US units leading Syrian 'opposition' through IS lines
http://tass.com/world/967425
(LIARS: Denying what is plainly seen on satellite imagery and the funding/arming/training/directing we've known since the start of the Syrian proxy insurrection since 2012.)

ISIS ADMITS
Al-Masdar News-@TheArabSource · 4 min.
►Breaking video: ISIS fighter admits that ISIS is forbidden to attack Kurdish forces in Deir Ezzor
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...es-deir-ezzor/

Washington Playing with Dynamite and Terrorists:

Russian Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov, one of the senior Russian military advisers working on the ground in Syria, was fatally wounded at a command outpost manned by Syrian troops …

According to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, the death of the general is the price Russia was forced to pay for America’s hypocritical policy. …

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has accused the United States of supplying Syrian terrorists with sensitive information that allegedly allowed them to surround a detachment of Russian military police on September 18. … the US leaked the data in order to impede an offensive by the Russian-supported Syrian troops in Deir ez-Zor.

… US security services orchestrated an al-Nusra Front offensive near the city of Hama in the Idlib province, which was launched in an attempt to thwart the Syrian Army’s Deir ez-Zor operation. The Ministry reported that the Russian servicemen deployed to the area to monitor ceasefire in the de-escalation zone were specifically targeted in the attack.

The Russian MoD published aerial images which show US Army special forces equipment located north of the Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor, where Islamic State (IS) militants are deployed. … The images … in areas controlled by IS, also showed US Humvee armored vehicles used by the US Army’s special forces.

US and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) feel safe in the IS-controlled territory. As of September 26, the US Defense Department has been silent on the evidence.

There has been a lot of talk about the United States supporting terrorists in the Middle East, from photos released from abandoned IS hideouts with US made weapons, to reports of collaborating with IS in Syrian airstrikes. Some reports say the US created IS. As The New American has documented extensively, official US intelligence documents show that multiple Western and Islamic governments allied with Washington, have also supported IS, al-Qaeda, and other terror groups in Syria.

Last September, Abu Al Ezz, an al-Nusra unit commander, claimed the group has been delivered US weapons by third party governments that Washington supports. “We have the American-made TOW missiles, and the situation in some areas is under control,” Al Ezz added in an interview with Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper. When asked if the TOW missiles were initially intended for Jabhat Al-Nusra or if the group obtained them from the moderate Free Syrian Army, the jihadist clarified: “No, the missiles were given to us directly.”

According to The Washington Post, under a “three-year-old program initiated by the United States, rebel groups that have been vetted by the CIA receive support in the form of salaries, light arms and ammunition, and limited quantities of anti-tank missiles.” The CIA’s Train and Equip program for so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels was reported to restart in early April after being frozen in February of this year.

Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, a member of both the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, has proposed the HR 608 “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” that would prohibit any US assistance to terrorist organizations in Syria as well as to any organization working directly with them. The bill includes a ban on military sales and other forms of military cooperation with other countries that provide arms or financing to those terrorists and their collaborators. …

After returning to the US, Representative Gabbard appeared on CNN to claim that the US intervened in that conflict on behalf of terror groups.

The legislation has a companion bill introduced in the Senate by US Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky). The S. 532 “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” …

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Not 2 be missed (if you've never read Jack Murphy's article or seen the interview. )

US Special Forces sabotage White House policy gone disastrously wrong with covert ops in Syria
https://africanspress.org/2017/05/28...-ops-in-syria/

November 2016 Jack Murphy interview in Damascus, Syria with Brad Hoff for TheCanary.co (UK)

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Hama

BREAKING: Russian helicopter shot down by US-backed rebels in rural Hama
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...ls-rural-hama/

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:50 P.M.) – Moments ago, Jaish Al-Izza (Free Syrian Army group)
claimed it had gunned down a Russian chopper over the northern countryside of Hama.

According to a bulletin released by the aforementioned FSA group on Tuesday evening,
its fighters launched an anti-tank missile into the skies and struck a Russian chopper,
reportedly bringing it down south of Khattab town.

Jaish Al-Izza notably stressed it used a TOW missile launcher;
this sophisticated weapon is manufactured in the US and has been supplied generously to FSA factions across Syria.

Confirmed: No Russian attack helicopter was shot down over Hama
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...ter-shot-hama/

[AZJoe]

From Dr. Ron Paul:

Now that the defeat of ISIS in Syria appears imminent … Washington’s interventionists are searching for new excuses to maintain the illegal US military presence in the country. …

Obama initially involved the US military in Iraq and Syria to “prevent genocide” of the Yazidis and promised the operation would not drift into US “boots on the ground.” … the US military became steadily more … The US even built military bases in Syria despite having no permission … Imagine if Syria started building military bases here in the US against our wishes. …

US-backed “moderates” turned out to be either Islamist extremists or Kurdish soldiers for hire. According to a recent report, the US has shipped two billion dollars worth of weapons to fighters in Syria … Much of these weapons ended up in the hands of ISIS directly, or indirectly … ISIS or al-Qaeda. …

Obama … claimed that the Syrian leader was committing genocide … and that regime change was the only way to save Syrians. … when eastern Aleppo was about to be liberated by the Syrian government, the neocons warned that Assad would move in and kill all the inhabitants. They warned that the population of eastern Aleppo would flee … But … 600,000 refugees returned to Syria by August. Half of the returnees went back to Aleppo …

The neocons and “humanitarian interventionists” lied. Just as they lied about Libya, Iraq, and so on.

While it was mostly ignored by the mainstream media, just this week a Christian was elected speaker of the Syrian parliament … 58-year-old Orthodox Christian …

How many Christians does our “ally” Saudi Arabia have in its parliament? Oh I forgot, Saudi Arabia has no elected parliament.

Why does it seem that US policy in the Middle East always hurts Christians the most? In Iraq, Christians suffered disproportionately from the 2003 US invasion. In fact there are hardly any Christians left. …

The US is not about to leave on its own. With ISIS all but defeated in Syria, many in Washington are calling for the US military to continue its illegal occupation of parts of the country to protect against Iranian influence! Of course before the US military actions in Iraq and Syria there was far less Iranian influence in the region! So US foreign interventionism is producing new problems that can only be solved by more US interventionism? …