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  1. #91
    Russia Greenlights Retaliatory Syrian Attacks on Israeli Targets -- Report


    Elijah J Magnier has learned that should Israeli forces launch more missiles into Syria the latter will now, with Russian backing, lob back missiles of its own against comparable Israeli sites


    • Russia has told Israel it has military personnel at virtually every Syrian army base and that therefore Israeli strikes against them are no longer acceptable


    Syria will adopt a new rule of engagement with Israel now that Russia has taken a tougher and clearer stance on the conflict between Israel and the “Axis of the Resistance”. Henceforth, Damascus will be responding to any Israeli strike. If it damages a specific military target it will reply with a strike against a similar objective in Israel. Decision makers in Damascus said “Syria will not hesitate to hit an Israeli airport if Damascus airport is targeted and hit by Israel. This will be with the consent of the Russian military based in the Levant”.

    This Syrian political decision is based on a clear position taken by Russia
    in Syria following the downing of its aircrafton September 18 this year.

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    The new Syrian rule of engagement – according to the source – is now as follows: an airport will be hit if Israel hits an airport, and any attack on a barracks or command and control centre will result in an attack on similar target in Israel. It appears that the decision has been taken at the highest level and a clear “bank of objectives” has now been set in place.

    The rules of engagement are changing and situation in the Levant theatre is becoming more dangerous; regional and international confrontations are still possible. The Middle East will not be quiet unless the Syrian war ends—a war in which the two superpowers, Europe, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have played essential roles. The final chapters have not yet been written.
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  3. #92
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    Kurdish-led and US-backed forces seized the town of Hajin from Islamic State group on Friday, a milestone in a massive and costly operation to drive the jihadists out of eastern Syria.
    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Syrian Democratic Forces had secured Hajin, which is the last big town held by Islamic State group in its remaining pocket of territory east of the Euphrates River near the border with Iraq.
    “After a week of heavy fighting and air strikes, the SDF were able to kick IS group out of Hajin,” Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based monitoring organization, said.


    The operation was completed at dawn, he said, a day after SDF forces fanned out across the large village in the Euphrates valley.
    On Thursday, the last IS fighters were confined to a network of tunnels and the edges of Hajin.
    SDF commander-in-chief Mazloum Kobani told Reuters on Thursday that at least 5,000 Islamic State group fighters remain holed up in the pocket of territory including Hajin and that they had decided to fight to the death.
    This includes some 2,000 foreign fighters, mostly Arabs and Europeans, along with their families.
    IS fighters pulled back to positions east of Hajin Friday and to Sousa and Al-Shaafa, the other two main villages in their shrinking Euphrates valley enclave.
    As recently as Thursday, the group posted pictures of fighting in Hajin on its social media accounts.


    US President Donald Trump this week predicted the jihadist group would be fully defeated within a month.
    “We’ve done a very, very major job on ISIS,” he said on Tuesday, using another acronym for IS.
    “There are very few of them left in that area of the world. And within another 30 days, there won’t be any of them left,” he vowed.
    More at: https://www.infowars.com/syria-kurdi...c-state-group/
    Nidalgazaui
    @Nidalgazaui
    Hajjin has been liberated! But by whom?

    This video exposes the lies of PKK propagandists who are claiming that PKK took over Hajjin
    while in reality Arabs were the ones who were fighting ISIS in Hajjin
    because PKK terrorists failed dozens of times in taking over the town.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/Nidalgaza...00981657804800

    ("Wow the Arab SDF seem to hate the PKK/YPG SDF.
    It's interesting that they claim America only gives air support to the kurds but not Arabs.
    I think (ultimately) America knows Arab SDF are loyal to Assad and once ISIS is gone...
    the Arab SDF will be joining Turkey and Assad in targeting the Kurdish SDF."
    )
    Last edited by goldenequity; 12-16-2018 at 06:30 AM.

  4. #93
    Afrin:

    VBIED explosion in the city:



    https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/stat...41502941835265


    https://twitter.com/op_shield/status...33696838930433


    https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...66904322367488


    https://twitter.com/Syrianator/statu...81475804139521

  5. #94
    Hajin

    Drexl Spivey
    Violent street battles and air/artillery strikes are raging in Hajin 24/7
    Both sides claims striking one another with heavy hits and high losses SE Deir Ezzor via
    @EuphratesPost

    Looks like ISIS is back in Hajjin.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/RisboLens...04405544394752


    Sudan


    Brasco_Aad.
    The President of Sudan, Omar Hasan Al Ahmad al Bashir, has arrived in Damascus, Syria today to pay a working visit.



    ("Ugh one of MbS main henchman. Assad should trust nothing he says
    and look to ally with Arab countries like Kuwait, Qatar, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania.
    Saudi Arabia, UAE, Sudan and Bahrain need to be isolated for what they have done in Yemen, Darfur ,Palestine ,Syria and Iraq.")

    Turkey and Qatar feeling the heat of Saudi-UAE rapprochement towards Suriya?
    This is why Turkish FM @MevlutCavusoglu all of a sudden said that Turkey is ready to cooperate with Syria this morning.
    The race is on.
    Who will be the winner?
    https://t.co/y7dMJOnmTj
    — Brasco_Aad (@Brasco_Aad)


    ("I would choose Turkey and Qatar all day. Turkey is a Russian ally and can help liberate the east from Kurds. Qatar can fund rebuilding of Syria.
    The Saudis and UAE are just US puppets who will offer Assad money to cut ties with Iran and Russia.")

    ("They are in rush to re-approach Damascus again. After they killed hundred of thousands of people for nothing!
    Should be noted that Qatar is not innocent in this as well and were the lynchpin of the events at the beginning (pipeline).")


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    Al-Masdar News
    Important intelligence sharing meeting held between #Iraq, #Syria, #Russia, #Iran in Baghdad
    https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...an-in-baghdad/
    Last edited by goldenequity; 12-16-2018 at 07:45 PM.

  6. #95
    Turkey and other world powers would consider working with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he won a democratic election, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference in Qatar on Sunday.

    Asked whether Turkey would work with Assad, Cavusoglu said Syria must hold an election. If Assad won, he told a conference in Doha and "if it is democratic election, and if it is a credible one then everybody should consider (working with him)."
    Assad won re-election in June 2014, securing 88.7 percent support in a vote which the opposition derided as a charade, saying that he faced no credible rival candidate and that no poll held amid civil war could be credible.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/turkey-consid...114934836.html
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  7. #96
    Syria


    Yusha Yuseef
    Satellite images show US-backed forces stealing eastern Syria's oil
    https://en.muraselon.com/2018/12/sat...ed-forces-oil/

    Satellite images show hundreds of (1925+) tanks and trucks belonging to the US-backed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) loaded with stolen Syrian oil, queued to move into the Turkish and Iraqi territory.
    (US basically (as before) turning a 'blind eye' to smuggling ops [STILL] benefiting both Kurd/Peshmerga-Iraq and ISIS... yup: ISIS.)

    satellite images taken by the Russian aerospace forces





    Al-Masdar News
    Turkey will not let US stop Ankara's op east of Euphrates in Syria – minister
    https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...yria-minister/



    SouthFront
    Russia Tested Iskander-M Systems And Other Modern Weapons In Syria: Top Official
    https://southfront.org/russia-tested...-top-official/


    Yeni Şafak English
    Turkish, Russian, Iranian FMs to meet in Geneva on Syria
    https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/t...-syria-3469460



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  9. #97
    Syria frontline
    Russian SF (spetsnaz), Syria






    https://twitter.com/Ozkok_/status/1074577716152856576


    Latakia:

    Al-Masdar News‏
    Several Syrian Army soldiers killed in big attack by Turkish-backed rebels in Latakia
    https://aml.ink/BKaz9


    Al-Masdar News‏
    Russian reportedly soldier killed by Turkish-backed rebels in Latakia
    https://aml.ink/DdqI2



    Hama:

    Al-Masdar News
    Large Turkish military convoy enters northwestern Syria
    https://aml.ink/WMnK1


    H.K
    Breaking: Syrian Army captures entire group of Turkish-backed rebels in northwest Hama
    https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...orthwest-hama/




    Deir Ezzor:

    Al-Masdar News‏
    Daesh takes advantage of bad weather to advance in southeast Deir Ezzor
    https://aml.ink/-RzDS



    https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...06274267357184

  10. #98
    Russia has cut its military flights in Syria from more than 100 per day to fewer than four a week, the defence minister said Tuesday, in another sign the country's conflict is winding down.

    "Flights have been reduced from 100-110 per day to two to four sorties per week, mainly for additional reconnaissance," Shoigu said, without giving a specific timeframe for the reduction.

    Shoigu told the meeting, also attended by President Vladimir Putin, that Russia "had completed the withdrawal of its main forces from Syria," not including those based at its Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/russia-slashe...141310556.html
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

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    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

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  11. #99
    The United States said Monday it was no longer seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but renewed warnings it would not fund reconstruction unless the regime is "fundamentally different." James Jeffrey, the US special representative in Syria, said that Assad needed to compromise as he had not yet won the brutal seven-year civil war, estimating that some 100,000 armed opposition fighters remained in Syria.
    "We want to see a regime that is fundamentally different. It's not regime change -- we're not trying to get rid of Assad," Jeffrey said at the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank.
    Estimating that Syria would need $300-400 billion to rebuild, Jeffrey warned that Western powers and international financial institutions would not commit funds without a change of course.
    "There is a strong readiness on the part of Western nations not to ante up money for that disaster unless we have some kind of idea that the government is ready to compromise and thus not create yet another horror in the years ahead," he said.


    Jeffrey also called for the ouster of Iranian forces, whose presence is strongly opposed by neighboring Israel, although he said the United States accepted that Tehran would maintain some diplomatic role in the country.
    Jeffrey also said that the United States wanted a Syria that does not wage chemical weapons attacks or torture its own citizens.
    He acknowledged, however, that the United States may not find an ally anytime soon in Syria, saying: "It doesn't have to be a regime that we Americans would embrace as, say, qualifying to join the European Union if the European Union would take Middle Eastern countries."

    More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-accept...210504947.html
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    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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  12. #100
    Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey's two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.

    Turkey hosts more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict in their homeland. Some Turks view them as an economic burden and a threat to jobs.
    "The number of Syrians that returned to their country after the Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations is 291,790," Soylu was quoted by state-owned Anadolu news agency as saying.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/turkey-says-n...124420168.html
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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  13. #101
    Russia has told Turkey to let the Syrian government take back areas vacated by US troops with Ankara preparing to clear Kurdish fighters from a town in the war-torn country.
    The Kremlin's Foreign Ministry said it expects the territory to be handed to Assad's forces after US president Donald Trump announced a pullout from the country last week - a move that surprised allies and sparked the resignation of two of his top aides.


    Yesterday, Moscow's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasised that territories in eastern Syria should be handed over to the Syrian government in line with international law.
    She said Moscow was unaware of any details of the planned US withdrawal from Syria, but added that the move would help peaceful settlement in Syria if implemented.

    'If the troop withdrawal happens, it would have a positive impact on the situation,' Ms Zakharova said at a briefing.

    Asked about Turkey's plans to launch an attack on the area, Ms Zakharova answered that Russia and Turkey had closely coordinated their actions in Syria, 'including military counter-terrorist operations', but would not elaborate further.


    A spokesman for Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters said that his fighters would not accept the return of government forces to areas in eastern Syria, including Manbij town, after US forces withdraw.
    Youssef Hammoud, spokesman for the Syrian National Army (SNA), which is expected to be a core force in a Turkish campaign in eastern Syria, said the return of government forces to the area would trigger 'a disaster and a catastrophe' with a new wave of refugees and the displaced people.
    Mr Hammoud said one main aim of the Turkey-led operation to reclaim eastern Syria was to create the conditions and space for the return of refugees and displaced persons, who fled the Syrian government.
    The SNA said up to 15,000 of its fighters were prepared to enter the areas once the US pulled out.
    For weeks, Turkey has been threatening to launch a new offensive against the Kurdish fighters, who partnered with the US to drive ISIS out of much of northern and eastern Syria.
    Ankara views the Kurdish forces as terrorists because of their links to an insurgent group inside Turkey.
    Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters have been moving to the outskirts of Manbij and the Turkish army continues to dispatch tanks, artillery and other equipment to the border and an area administered by Turkey in northwestern Syria, according to Turkish media reports.

    More at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-troops.html
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    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

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    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

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    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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  14. #102
    Syria Sitrep - Army To Regain Northeastern Territory - Political Isolation Ends

    The fallout from U.S. president Trump's decision to retreat from Syria develops as expected.
    Trump had announced a rapid draw down of U.S. troops in Syria. Later he spoke of a controlled process that would allow Turkey to take over the U.S. occupied areas in northeast Syria. That plan, probably initiated by National Security Advisor John Bolton, is totally unrealistic. Such an wide ranging occupation, which would be resisted by many powerful forces, is not in Turkey's interest. Nevertheless, the Turkish president Erdogan will use the threat of a Turkish invasion to press for a dismantling of the Kurdish YPG forces which the U.S. trained and equipped.


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    This morning the Syrian Arab Army (red) announced that it entered Manbij, west of the Euphrates. It established itself on the contact line between the Turkish supported forces (green) and the U.S. supported Kurdish YPG (yellow). The Syrian flag was raised in Manbij city. The move comes after U.S. troops and their Kurdish proxy forces voluntarily retreated from the area. Manbij was threatened by the Turkish military and its Jihadi proxy forces. To prevent a Turkish onslaught, the local armed groups, who collaborated with the U.S. military, invited the Syrian army to take over. This pattern will repeat elsewhere.

    A Kurdish delegation is currently in Russia to negotiate a further take over of the U.S. occupied northeastern provinces of Hasaka and Qamishli by Syrian government forces. The Kurds still hope for some autonomy from the Syrian government that allows them to keep their armed forces. But neither Damascus, nor anyone else, will ever agree to that. There will only be one armed force in Syria, the Syrian Arab Army. It is possible though, that some Kurdish units will be integrated within it.

    A Turkish delegation is also in Moscow and tomorrow Erdogan will visit there. Russia spoke out against the U.S. plan to let Turkey take Syria's northeast or even parts of it. Erdogan will not get Russian or Iranian support for any such move. Moreover, he will be pressed to leave the other areas of Syria Turkey currently occupies.

    U.S. troops are for now expected to continue the occupation near the Euphrates where the fight against remands of the Islamic State is ongoing. They wont stay long. Trump successfully insisted, against the wish of his military, to completely pull out of Syria. The people who argue against the move are, not coincidentally, the same people who furthered the rise of Islamic State. After Secretary of Defense Mattis resigned over the issue further efforts by the military to delay the retreat will likely be futile.



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    To cover the withdrawal from Syria the U.S. military established two new bases in Iraq. These are also blocking positions designed to prevent over land traffic between the Levant and Iran. It is unlikely that the U.S. will occupy those bases for long. The Iraqi parliament is already moving to again throw out all U.S. forces from its country.
    The military moves come along new political ones which reestablish Syria as a pivotal Arab state.

    Yesterday the United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus. Bahrain will follow next. Kuwait will reopen its embassy in January. Oman never closed its embassy in Damascus. Of the Gulf countries only Qatar, allied with Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have jet to announce a revival of their relations with Syria. Before the war on Syria started, the UAE and other gulf countries financed several large investment projects in Syria. These will be revived and help the country's economy back onto its feet. Egypt is expected to follow the move of its Gulf sponsors.

    Underlying the UAE move is a strategy of countering Turkey's neo-ottoman ambition. Syria is (again) seen as the bulwark that protects the larger Arabia from Turkish marauders. It signals to Turkey that any attempt to take over more of Syria will be resisted by the Gulf states and possibly even by Egypt's army. Egypt is, together with Russia, mediating between the Kurds and the Syrian government.

    The Arab move is also perceived as a counter to Iranian influence in Syria. In this it will fail. Syria was rescued from the all out attack on it by Iran's intervention. It was the Iranian General Soleimani who convinced Russia to commit troops to Syria. It was Iran that spent billions to prop up the Syrian government while the Gulf Arabs spent even more to take it down. Syria will not forget who are its foes and who are its real friends.

    Air traffic connections from Damascus to Arab countries are coming back. Last week a direct connection with Tunisia was revived. In January Gulf-Air, the official airline carrier for Bahrain, will again offer flights from Damascus. The Arab League, which in 2012 kicked out Syria, will invite it back in. Syria may well accept the offer, but only in exchange for a large compensation.

    https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/1...tion-ends.html
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  15. #103
    US commanders propose Kurdish fighters in Syria keep weapons

    YPG fighting ISIL may keep US-supplied weapons, US commanders recommend, a move that is likely to incense ally Turkey.


    'The idea that we'd be able to recover (the weapons) is asinine,' a US commander said [File: Hawar News Agency/AP]

    US commanders planning for the withdrawal of troops from Syria have recommended that Kurdish fighters be permitted to keep US-supplied weapons, a move that would incense NATO ally Turkey.

    Three officials, speaking to Reuters news agency on the condition of anonymity, said the recommendations were part of discussions on a draft plan by the US military.

    While talks are at an early stage, no decision has yet been made, the officials noted.

    The Pentagon said it would be "inappropriate" and premature to comment on what will happen with the weapons.

    "Planning is ongoing, and focused on executing a deliberate and controlled withdrawal of forces while taking all measures possible to ensure our troops' safety," said Commander Sean Robertson, a Pentagon spokesperson.

    It is unclear what the Pentagon will ultimately recommend to the White House in the coming days. But the final decision will be made by President Donald Trump, who ordered the withdrawal of about 2,000 US troops from Syria earlier this month.

    The move prompted Jim Mattis, the US defence secretary, to resign.

    The US officials said Trump's announcement has upset American commanders, who view his decision as a betrayal to the northern-based Kurdish fighters.

    The People's Protection Units (YPG), which embodies the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been the backbone of an alliance that has spearheaded the US-backed fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) in Syria.

    They are perceived as a "terrorist" group by Turkey, which has vowed to launch an operation in Syria targeting areas under the control of YPG fighters.

    'Fight isn't over'

    The US told the YPG that they would be armed by Washington until the fight against ISIL was over, one of the officials said.

    "The fight isn't over. We can't simply start asking for the weapons back," he said.

    The proposal to leave US-supplied weapons with the YPG, which could include anti-tank missiles, armoured vehicles and mortars, would reassure Kurdish allies that they were not being abandoned.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/...063446665.html
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  16. #104
    Syrian President Bashar Assad authorized Iraqi forces on Sunday to attack the Islamic State group inside Syria without waiting for permission from authorities in Damascus, the state news agency SANA said, as the two allies coordinate their fight against extremists ahead of a planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria.The announcement highlights the close relations between the two neighboring Arab countries that are both allied with Iran. IS once controlled large parts of both countries when it declared a caliphate in 2014.
    Iraqi warplanes and artillery have in the past pounded IS positions inside Syria after getting the green light from Syrian authorities.
    The extremists have been defeated in Iraq but still hold a small area in Syria close to the Iraqi border.
    On Saturday Assad received a letter from Iraq's Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi calling for both countries' coordination in "fighting terrorism."


    In Tehran, Iran and Syria signed Sunday a long-term strategic and economic agreement as the war winds down in Syria where Iran and Russia were the main backers of Assad's government since the crisis began nearly eight years ago.
    Syria's SANA news agency quoted Syrian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Mohammed Samer al-Khalil, who signed the agreement, as saying that the deal includes "full cooperation on the financial and banking levels." He added that this would allow Iranian companies to be present through investments in Syria.
    The Syrian government has gained control of large parts of the country with the help of Iran and Russia and some Arab countries, including the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, have reopened their embassies in Damascus.
    The Syrian government estimates reconstruction of the war-torn country will cost some $200 billion dollars and last 15 years.
    Al-Khalil said that "priority in the reconstruction of Syria will be given to Iranian public and private companies," according to SANA's report.
    SANA also reported that a technical delegation form the UAE visited Damascus International Airport to evaluate it in preparation for resumption of flights between the Gulf nation and Syria.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-...144705300.html
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  18. #105
    Syria - 'Country Of The Year' 2018

    George Galloway is right:


    George Galloway @Georgegalloway - 11:46 utc - 31 Dec 2018 The defeat of the imperialist armies and their head-chopping auxiliaries in the alphabet soup of Islamist extremism by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies was the most significant event of the year or any year since the US defeat in Vietnam. It will change the world.


    January 2018 - bigger


    December 2018 - bigger

    The consolidation of the Syrian government control came at a relatively low price.

    Syria's nearly eight-year-old conflict saw its lowest annual death toll in 2018 as the regime reasserted its authority over swathes of territory, a war monitor said Monday. A total of 19,666 people were killed this year as a result of the conflict, which erupted in 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported.
    ...
    "Most of those killed during the first part of the year were killed in regime and Russian bombardment of opposition areas, including Eastern Ghouta," Abdel Rahman said.
    "The majority of those killed in the second half of the year were killed in coalition air strikes," he added.

    The attack against the last Islamic State held territory north of the Euphrates and near the Iraqi border was intentionally delayed for nearly a full year. Since Trump announced his intention to have U.S. troops leave Syria as soon as possible, the U.S. military and its Kurdish proxy force suddenly make significant progress against the remnants of ISIS.

    https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/1...year-2018.html
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  19. #106
    Iraqi warplanes hit a meeting of Islamic State leaders near Deir al-Zor in Syria on Monday, destroying the building they were gathered in, the military said in a statement, without giving further details about the militants targeted.The statement said F-16 fighter jets carried out the raid around al-Sousa village in eastern Syria, as "30 leaders from Daesh (Islamic State) gangs" met in the building.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-warplan...125330030.html
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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  20. #107
    Clashes broke out between two powerful insurgent groups in northern Syria on Tuesday, leaving up to seven people dead in the most serious fighting in months in the last major rebel stronghold in the country.The al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — Arabic for Levant Liberation Committee — and the Turkey-backed Nour el-Din el-Zinki group blamed each other for triggering the fighting in the northern province of Aleppo.
    Nour el-Din el-Zinki is part of a 15-member coalition known as the National Liberation Front that has clashed with extremists in the past. Other factions in the NLF have been sending reinforcement to rebel-held parts of Aleppo to back their allies against al-Qaida-linked gunmen raising fears that the fighting will escalate.
    According to activist collectives in northern Syria, both groups used heavy weapons, including tanks, in the fighting.
    The rebel-held area is mostly in the northwestern province of Idlib that has witnessed sporadic violence since a Russia and Turkey agreed on a truce in September that averted a government offensive on the area.
    Idlib has been plagued by assassinations over the past months that left scores of people dead including al-Qaida-linked fighters.
    The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said the al-Qaida-linked fighters captured the villages of Taqad, Saadiyah and Habata. It added that fighting is ongoing in the town of Daret Azzeh.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/fighting-erup...141958429.html
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    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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  21. #108
    The Syrian regime said Wednesday hundreds of Kurdish fighters had withdrawn from Manbij near the border with Turkey, days after the Kurds appealed to Damascus for support against a threatened Turkish offensive."A convoy of units of Kurdish fighters comprised of more than 30 vehicles left the region of Manbij, heading towards the eastern bank of the Euphrates River," the defence ministry said online.
    "The information (we have) indicates that nearly 400 Kurdish fighters have left Manbij so far."
    The People's Protection Units (YPG), the main Kurdish militia in Syria, last week invited regime forces to deploy to the key city following a shock announcement that American troops would leave the country.

    The Syrian defence ministry released a video showing a long convoy of 4x4 vehicles and white pick-ups carrying fighters in combat fatigues and displaying the YPG flag.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/syria-regime-...175600243.html
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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  22. #109
    Two days of fighting in rebel-held parts of northern Syria killed dozens of people as al-Qaida-linked militants press their offensive against Turkey-backed rebels, a war monitor and activists said Wednesday.

    With their offensive, the al-Qaida-linked fighters are trying to cut off Turkey-backed fighters in the northern enclave of Afrin from those in the northwestern province of Idlib, amid concerns that Turkey might make a deal with Russia at the expense of the extremists, said Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
    "They are trying to say we are present and no one should ignore us," he said of the al-Qaida-linked fighters.
    The al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee and the Turkey-backed Nour el-Din el-Zinki group blamed each other for triggering the fighting, the worst in nearly three months.
    The Observatory said two days of fighting in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib have killed 31 people, including five civilians. Also killed were 14 al-Qaida-linked fighters and 12 Turkey-backed gunmen.
    The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said al-Qaida-linked fighters are now in full control of the strategic town of Daret Azzeh and have also captured the villages of Kafrantin, Fadra, Houta and Mkalbis.
    The Levant Liberation Committee said Nour el-Din el-Zinki militants shot dead five people, including four of its fighters, last week. It added that a local court released an official with the Nour el-Din el-Zinki after questioning him leading to tensions in the area.
    Abdurrahman said al-Qaida-linked HTS took the killing as a pretext to launch its attack.
    Also Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said the fight against terrorism in Syria and the Mideast must continue. The remarks came in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to a statement from the French presidency, Macron called on "avoiding any new destabilization" in the region.

    More at: https://news.yahoo.com/fighting-amon...113839446.html
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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  23. #110
    The Result of Washington's failed regime change/terrorist proxy war and direct occupation attempt in Syria - Elijah Magnier nails it:

    • "Indeed the Levant is returning to the centre of Middle East and world attention in a stronger position than in 2011.
    • Syria has advanced precision missiles that can hit any building in Israel. Assad also has an air defence system he would have never dreamed of before 2011 ...
    • Hezbollah has constructed bases for its long and medium range precision missiles in the mountains and has created a bond with Syria that it could never have established if not for the war.
    • Iran has established a strategic brotherhood with Syria thanks to its role in defeating the regime change plan.
    • NATO’s support for the growth of ISIS has created a bond between Syria and Iraq that no Muslim or Baathist link could ever have created: Iraq has a “carte blanche” to bomb ISIS locations in Syria without the consent of the Syrian leadership, and the Iraqi security forces can walk into Syria anytime they see fit to fight ISIS. ... That is the result of 2011-2018 war imposed on Syria." - Elijah Magnier
    "Let it not be said that we did nothing." - Dr. Ron Paul. "Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone." - Sophie Magdalena Scholl
    "War is the health of the State." - Randolph Bourne "Freedom is the answer. ... Now, what's the question?" - Ernie Hancock.

  24. #111

    ISIS John F. Kerry & Obama's regime change jihad

    Jihad John Kerry the deaf, dumb, and blind Sheik of ISIS

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  25. #112
    So we are still in Syria with Still NO END in sight..

    had some hopes up, for a minute.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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  27. #113
    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    So we are still in Syria with Still NO END in sight..

    had some hopes up, for a minute.
    Don't fall for Graham's bluff.
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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  28. #114
    Syria's President Assad is fast "coming in from the cold" a recent AFP headline concluded. This not unlike the history of Libya's Gaddafi, suddenly going from international pariah status to being courted by the Bush administration starting in 2004, culminating in Condoleezza Rice sharing a late night dinner with the late Libyan dictator during an official visit in September 2008 (though later returning to "pariah" in 2011, leading to a bloody field execution). But for Assad, who's long long promised to "liberate every inch" of natural Syria now a greater possibility given US plans to pull all troops out of the country likely within months things could be moving faster than anyone expected.
    An exclusive report by Middle East news site, Al Masdar, suggests the UK could be the next to reestablish official diplomatic relations with Assad, as the British Embassy in Damascus appears to be undergoing construction after being shuttered for most of the conflict following the suspension of all services in 2012. Could Britain be readying to reopen its embassy in Syria following similar preparations by a spate of Arab nations, most notably the UAE?


    Al Masdar News was able to confirm the following by visiting the British embassy location in Damascus:
    The British Embassy in Damascus is undergoing construction, despite the fact that it was closed at the start of the Syrian conflict.
    According to an Al-Masdar field correspondent who visited the site, the British Embassy in Damascus was indeed under construction, marking the first time since its closure that any work has been done to the building.
    Syrian government officials, who would be kept apprised of any impending plans or construction works, declined to comment:
    Al-Masdar reached out to the Syrian government about the mysterious construction; however, the official in Damascus declined to comment on the project.
    The project reportedly began earlier this week and the construction focused on the front entrance of the building.
    Iranian media is also currently circulating reports of renovations underway on the UK's embassy to Syria, via Fars News:
    The Arabic-language Rai al-Youm quoted informed sources as saying that the renovation process of the UK embassy in Damascus has begun on Thursday.
    The sources pointed to the presence of an interior renovation team in Damascus, and said that the embassy is preparing for reopening in the near future.
    In a relevant development in late December, as Arab states had rushed to resume ties with Damascus, former Britain's Ambassador to Syria Peter Ford said "Washington is not powerful enough to block restoration of Arab states' diplomatic relations" with Syria.
    Crucially, news of construction on the embassy building comes the same day UK's Foreign Ministry has announced it's officially given up on hoped-for regime change in Syria. From the start of the war UK intelligence has been at the forefront, alongside the CIA, of regime change efforts including funding, arming, and training opposition forces in Syria.


    First, a week ago the embassy of the United Arab Emirates was formally re-opened in a ceremony in Damascus - the first time a Gulf country re-established official relations with the Assad government since all GCC states first shuttered their embassies there in 2012. And more significant, following this Gulf nations are now reportedly leading efforts to readmit Syria into the Arab League after the organization expelled Damascus eight years ago when the conflict first began.
    Should the British embassy in Damascus indeed announce that it will open in the coming months, this will mark the beginning of Assad's acceptance once again by the West, and would further likely green light a Syrian and Russian attack on Idlib which is the last large al-Qaeda bastion in the country.

    More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-...-regime-change
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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  29. #115
    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Don't fall for Graham's bluff.
    ???
    Ground Reports say they are still there..
    and are not moving to any exits.

    What is your point?? Believe another false statement,, Because what? Trust the Plan,,Playing the Game,,4D chess, What exactly should I be watching for?
    What have I not seen before?
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

    Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
    It's all about Freedom

  30. #116
    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    ???
    Ground Reports say they are still there..
    and are not moving to any exits.

    What is your point?? Believe another false statement,, Because what? Trust the Plan,,Playing the Game,,4D chess, What exactly should I be watching for?
    What have I not seen before?
    We have already pulled some troops and we are preparing to pull the rest, all the other players in the area are preparing for our pullout and Ron doesn't believe Graham.

    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    Leaving Syria: Will Trump Hold Fast?



    Sen. Lindsey Graham claims that Trump backed down on removing troops from Syria after having lunch together. President Trump has indicated no such thing. Meanwhile polls show support for the troop withdrawal? Is this a case of neocon wishful thinking?

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    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

    A Zero Hedge comment

  31. #117
    Last month, President Trump announced that the US would be withdrawing its troops from Syria over a period of several months

    “Just to clarify, we do not — we do not intend to have an indefinite military presence in Syria. The president has made the decision that we will withdraw and we are formulating the plans to do that right now,” a senior State Department official said on Friday.


    Speaking further, the official noted that the US had no plans to facilitate the deployment of Arab forces to Syria.
    “We explore a variety of options, but we do not have any plans right now to facilitate Arab forces going into Syria,” the official told reporters.

    More at: https://www.infowars.com/us-doesnt-i...yria-official/
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

    A Zero Hedge comment

  32. #118
    Anyone here remember Vietnam?

    I was at Ft Polk Louisiana,, Volunteer Army,, when the fall of Saigon was televised..

    I have noticed we are still in Afghanistan (for longer than Vietnam)
    and Iran despite claims otherwise..

    and Jordan,, and Yemen,,

    so You can imagine how your vague assurances seem hollow and tinny,, like worn out recording.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

    Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
    It's all about Freedom

  33. #119

    Exclamation

    Trump Is A Pied Piper For The New World Order Agenda


    The con game is to get liberty advocates to invest themselves fully in Trump, to the point that we end up owning every mistake he makes, and every disaster that is pinned on him. There is a concerted propaganda campaign targeting the liberty movement which is telling us that Trump is playing “4D Chess;” that Trump is planning a “coup” against the banking elites, that Trump is planning to bring down the Fed as a means to save the U.S., and even that Trump is working with Jerome Powell to crash the globalist system as a means to “restore the Republic.”

    While Trump throws a bone to conservatives at times, including promises of a border wall, or a pull-out in Syria, there is no evidence to support the fantasy that Trump is some kind of ingenious tactician battling the forces of evil using his wits while inside the system. But, there is considerable evidence as I have linked above supporting my position that Trump is controlled opposition working with the globalists to initiate a collapse that will be blamed on conservative ideals and limited government liberty activists. We shall see in due course. It is unfortunate though how many otherwise very intelligent people within the liberty movement have bought into Trump as a hero on a white horse.

    The activists and alternative media are the real heroes. They are the people that pushed liberty philosophy into the mainstream. Trump merely rode the wave that they created. Even if he was a legitimate conservative and constitutionalist (which he is not), the movement doesn’t need his leadership. It never did. The globalists know this and hope to chain us to Trump as he sinks into historical oblivion, destroying us all in the process.
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    You only show up to attack Trump when he is wrong
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  34. #120
    Quote Originally Posted by RonZeplin View Post
    Trump Is A Pied Piper For The New World Order Agenda


    The con game is to get liberty advocates to invest themselves fully in Trump, to the point that we end up owning every mistake he makes, and every disaster that is pinned on him. There is a concerted propaganda campaign targeting the liberty movement which is telling us that Trump is playing “4D Chess;” that Trump is planning a “coup” against the banking elites, that Trump is planning to bring down the Fed as a means to save the U.S., and even that Trump is working with Jerome Powell to crash the globalist system as a means to “restore the Republic.”

    While Trump throws a bone to conservatives at times, including promises of a border wall, or a pull-out in Syria, there is no evidence to support the fantasy that Trump is some kind of ingenious tactician battling the forces of evil using his wits while inside the system. But, there is considerable evidence as I have linked above supporting my position that Trump is controlled opposition working with the globalists to initiate a collapse that will be blamed on conservative ideals and limited government liberty activists. We shall see in due course. It is unfortunate though how many otherwise very intelligent people within the liberty movement have bought into Trump as a hero on a white horse.

    The activists and alternative media are the real heroes. They are the people that pushed liberty philosophy into the mainstream. Trump merely rode the wave that they created. Even if he was a legitimate conservative and constitutionalist (which he is not), the movement doesn’t need his leadership. It never did. The globalists know this and hope to chain us to Trump as he sinks into historical oblivion, destroying us all in the process.


    Libertarians get scared if they start to win.

    What would the author have us do?

    All we can do is take what we can get and push for more.
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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