War in Syria 4

Russian MoD: West Wants To Cover Traces of 'Barbaric' Bombings in Raqqa

https://sptnkne.ws/fJQE

"Barbaric bombing of the US and the Coalition  aircraft have buried thousands of civilians liberated from IS under the ruins of Raqqa..."

Military Situation in Syria and Iraq On Nov. 1, 2017

http://dlvr.it/Pyfwhq

Map Update

Also: reports indicate Syrian government forces have nearly completed libertion of Deir Ezzor

ISIS Defeated In Syria And Iraq - Main Street Media Ignores it  -  by Pepe Escobar

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48186.htm

"This is History in the making...So History in the making must be silenced."

US Rescue of ISIS In Raqqa Exposed

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/11/16/isis-n16.html

'Fictitious Probe, Baseless Accusations': New Extension of Syria Chemical Inquiry

https://www.newcoldwar.org/fictitious-probe-baseless-accusations-russia-...

"Russian UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia committed after the vote, 'Any extension of the JIM mandate is only possible for us if the fundamental flaws in its work are rectified..."

Joint Statement By Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey

http://en.kremlin.ru/supplement/5256

"...Establishing peace and stability in Syria."

'US Goal in Syria Was To Weaken or Destroy It'

https://sptnkne.ws/gbhS

"Tim Anderson, an academic expert in economics and international politics from the Univesity of Sydney, pondered the US role in the standoff in Syria..."

CrossTalk: Ending Syria's Proxy War (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/410804-war-syria-terrorist-forces/

"The years-long catastrophe in Syria is drawn to a close. Foreign opposition backing is waning and terrorist forces are in retreat and face eradication. But the struggle is far from over. The war is essentially won, though winning a lasting peace will be no easy task."

At least Canada has supported Syrians by taking in refugees from Syria's civil war. Unfortunately many Sunni Muslims from Syria still need help desperately.

CrossTalk Bullhorns: Double Cross 

https://youtu.be/O6P6Ka_YfIY

"Double-crossed? You would think so if you are a Kurd. Also, just how many US troops are in Syria anyway...?"

Syrian Army's Idlib Offensive: Endgame in Sight? (and podcast)

https://sptnkne.ws/gmsH

"John Wight is joined by author and academic Tim Anderson, to discuss the Syrian army's latest under-reported Idlib offensive..."

Free Syrian Army Commanders Visit Washington - Reports

https://southfront.org/free-syrian-army-commanders-visit-washington-repo...

"The FSA is ready to fight Iran in Syria with support from the USA..."

'Syriennes'

https://youtu.be/_S_zmlDuGKU

Julien Rochedy's documentary about women in Syria

Turkey Vows To 'Eliminate Any Threat' After US Announces Border Force in Syria (and vid)

https://on.rt.com/8wwm

"What the US is trying to do there is to establish some influence on the eventual settlement for Syria and to do that they want to control some territories and to do that they need to keep their allies supported and trained.' The plan to establish the unit has also been condemned by Russian officials, who claimed Washington is pursuing shadowy goals in the region..."

Russian Journalists Blow Lid Off Alleged US Terrorist Training Network in Syria

https://sptnkne.ws/g2Y6

"US instructors training ex-Daesh militants at Al Janf, southern Syria."

Syria - Tillerson Announces Occupation Goals - Erdogan Makes Empty Threats

https://t.co/GzO4IpDAMO

"For a few days now Turkey has threatened to invade Afrin, a Kurdish held canton in the north-west of Syria..."

CrossTalk: Obstructing Syria (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/416379-isis-syria-us-military/

"With IS and its allies defeated or facing defeat in Syria, many questions arise. What justification exists for the US to maintain military forces there? Does Washington want Syria partitioned and if so, why? CrossTalking with Afshin Shahi, Mohammed Cherkaoui, and Jonathan Steele."

'US Managed To Betry Both Turks and Kurds' (and vid)

https://on.rt.com/8xff

"...Glazebrook noted it is amazing that the US in the past week has managed to 'completely betray both its rival allies in this conflict. First, betrayal of Turkey - announcing this Border Security Force, made up primarily of Kurds, without any consultation with Turkey. And then, as sooon as Turkey makes an issue of it, immediately drop the Kurds altogether, saying 'we have nothing to do with them, and basically give Turkey a free hand to slaughter them. Betrayals left, right and center', he added.

'I hope that the rest of the world is paying attention that there is nothing to be gained from offering yourself up to carry out the bidding of empire, as Turkey is learning the very hard way right now, and so are the Kurds, actually,' Glazebrook pointed out."

Syria: Turks Attack Afrin, US Strategy Fails, Kurds Again Chose The Losing Side

https://t.co/Hz4NoiV3h0

"...Just a few months ago the Kurdish project in Iraq failed miserably. The Iraqi government took back all gains the Kurds had made over a decade and the US did nothing to help the Kurdish 'allies'. Why did the Kurds in Syria believe that their immense overreach will have a different outcome?"

US Escalates War For Annexation of Syria

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/25/pers-j25.html

"The US plans to permanently occupy parts of Syria, impose a client regime of its own choosing and deny the influence of its rivals..."

Turkish Invasion Pits Neocons Against Traditional Imperialists  -  by Mike Whitney

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48720.htm

"US foreign policy in the Middle East is not merely adrift, it is in a state of severe crisis. Even as Turkish tanks and war planes continue to pound US allies in northwestern Syria (The Kurds), power-brokers in the White House and the Pentagon are unable to settle on a way forward. The present disaster that is unfolding in the Afrin canton in Syria's northwest corner could have been avoided had the Trump administration abstained from announcing that it planned a permanent military presence in east Syria, which implied its tacit support for an independent Kurdish state. This, in fact, was the trigger for the current crisis, the provocation that set the dominoes in motion..."

The Syrian Madhouse Gets Even Crazier  -  by Eric Margolis

https://ericmargolis.com/2018/02/the-syrian-madhouse-gets-even-crazier/

"...All this is a huge, dangerous mess. US and Russian forces are now a rifle's shot from one another while their warplanes buzz the skies overhead. Iranian and US forces are nearing a confrontation, something that would delight the Trump White House. US and Turkish forces are nearing confrontation. Today's intervention is part of Israel's plan to fragment Syria and gobble up its water and fertile land resources.

Were it not for the steady hand of Russia's leader Vladimir Putin, a US-Russia clash might have already occurred. While this dangerous game of chicken goes on, US and NATO forces are busy probing Russia's border in the Baltic, Eastern Europe and the Black Sea. The hunger for war grows..."

On the Syrian Occupation And The New Face of Imperialism

https://steemit.com/syria/@caitlinjohnstone/on-the-syrian-occupation-and...

"US forces have attacked the Syrian military, reporting over a hundred deaths. The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is calling the air strike a massacre, a war crime, and a crime against humanity..."

Syria Shoots Down Israeli F-16 Jet, Pilots Eject

http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/10/551847/Israel-attack-Syria

"The Syrian military has hit at least one intruding Israeli F-16 warplane that attacked positions inside Syrian territory, sending it down in flames and smoke. The Israeli military confirmed that one F-16 had gone down in northern Israel, and that its two pilots had ejected and had been located and transferred to hospital..."

CrossTalk Bullhorns: The Truth Will Out (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/418504-syria-proxy-war-issue/

"While Washington's political elites chatter endlessly about memos, the US continues to deepen its role in the Syrian proxy war. Of course there is no public debate about this..."

US Has No Evidence of Syrian Use of Sarin Gas, Mattis Says

https://apnews.com/bd533182b7f244a4b771c73a0b601ec5

"The US has no evidence to confirm reports from aid groups and others that the Syrian government has used the deadly chemical sarin on its citizens, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday..."

Tip-Off Received on Al Nusra, White Helmets Plotting Chemical Weapons Provocation in Syria - Moscow

https://on.rt.com/8z15

"Russia's Center for Reconciliation in Syria says it's been warned that Jabhat Al Nusra terrorists brought in chlorine containers to a local village; where they aimed to work with White Helmets to stage 'a provocation'..."

Syria On Fire (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/418979-islamic-state-war/

"The stakes couldn't be higher. And it is happening in Syria. The goal of destroying IS is largely complete. Now the Syrian war is entering a new stage. Who are the players and what are their aims? And what does winning mean?"

Feb 21, 2018 - Syrian War Report (and vid)

http://dlvr.it/QHDmsv

"Government forces enter Afrin."

Russia Calls For UNSC Meeting Over Situation in Syria's East Ghouta

http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/21/553183/russia-unsc-syria-ghouta...

"The Russian military has announced that armed groups in Syria's militant-held Eastern Ghouta are preventing civilians from exiting the conflict zone. 'Calls by the Russian ceasefire monitoring center for illegal armed rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta to cease resistance, lay down their weapons and regularize their status has produced no result,' said the statement.

'A critical humanitarian and socioeconomic situation is developing in Eastern Ghouta,' it added. Meanwhile, Russia has called for a UN Security Council meeting to be held on the situation in Eastern Ghouta. Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia added that the Western appeals to halt the violence in E Ghouta were one-sided and paid no attention to the Syrian government's position. 'There are terrorists there who the Syrian army is fighting and the terrorists are shelling Damascus,' he said, adding 'that is being neglected."

The UNSC Mandated Ceasefire Will Not Hold

https://t.co/JxwYfk1L0r

"The huge propaganda campaign about east-Ghouta is certainly not over humanitarian concern or over adherence to some legal rules of war. Last year the US destroyed Raqqa with more than 31,000 artillery rounds and a large air campaign and killed more than 3200 civilians. It even destroyed the water-pipeline to Raqqa that supplied the inhabitants of the city - a clear warcrime.

Back then the UN requested a ceasefire to evacuate civilians. The US rejected that out of hand. It later let the remaining Islamic State fighters escape from Raqqa and is now retraining them for further attacks on the Syrian state..."

Israel Arms At Least Seven Syrian Rebel Groups

https://news.antiwar.com/2018/02/19/israel-army-at-least-seven-syrian-re...

"Israel's mounting interest in Syria's war, and in particular in picking fights with the Assad government, Iran, and any other Shi'ite factions in the country, have included reports by analysts of a growing amount of Israeli arms and ammunition flowing across the border for rebels."

Arab Daily: British Diplomatic Cable Unveils US Plans to Disintegrate Syria

http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13961205000734

Western strategy in Syria. The 'Small Western Group on Syria'.

Militants Shell Humanitarian Corridor in E Ghouta, Syria

https://youtu.be/r0LomZl2-PU

"Civilians could not leave eastern Ghouta on Tuesday as humanitarian corridors have been shelled...
 

Analysts Alarmed Over Pentagon's 60.000 - Strong Syrian Rebel Force (and vid)

https://on.rt.com/90ms

"Analysts have warned that US-supported groups in Syria often defect to extremists with their weapons. That's after it was revealed the Pentagon plans to spend around $300 million to train and equip a 60,000 strong army in Syria. Another expert said an armed formation will help Washington tighten its grip over rebel-controlled parts of Syria, while stressing that the US 'hostile military presence in Syria' has no legal basis..."

 Is the US Ramping Up Its Military Presence in Syria and Preparing To Attack Iran for Israel? (and vid)

https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2018/03/08/col-lawrence-wilkerson-is-the-u-...

"...[Avigdor] Lieberman exemplifies where Israel is headed - toward a massive confrontation with the various powers arrayed against it, a confrontation that will suck America in,  perhaps terminate the experiment that is Israel and  do irreparable damage to the empire that America has become. Nowhere does my concern about such a war focus more acutely at the moment than in Syria..."