On March 22, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the villages of Baay, Basufan, Kafr Nabu and Burj Haydar south of the city of Afrin from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). According to ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – March 21, 2018: Three Chemical Weapons Attacks Are Prevented
Three attempts by militants to use chemical weapons in Syria were prevented last week, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on March 20. “Despite attempts by militants to disrupt peace initiatives in East Ghouta, we are negotiating with the leaders ...
Read More »Afrin week 8: Kurdish stubbornness spells their doom
By Aram Mirzaei It’s been 8 weeks since Turkey together with its jihadist forces launched operation Olive Branch to clear the Afrin region of US-backed Kurdish militias (YPG). During these weeks, YPG forces have been taking a beating, losing well over ...
Read More »Russian MoD: US is preparing a chemical false flag attack in Syria to justify US attack
Today, Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy and spokesman of the Russian Defence Ministry Major General Igor Konashenkov held briefing in the National Centre for State Defence Control. According to Sergei ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – March 16, 2018: Army Evacuated Over 12,500 Civilians From Eastern Ghouta
On March 15, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies liberated the village of Hamuriyah in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta from members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and Faylaq al-Rahman. ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – March 15, 2018: Militant Advance In Northern Hama Ends In Failure
On March 14, ten so-called “moderate opposition” groups launched a large-scale attack on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Hama and captured the villages of al-Hamamiyat and Karnaz. According to a released statement, the attack was dubbed ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – March 14, 2018: Government Forces Liberate Key Area In Southern Damascus
On March 13, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) entered the area of al-Qadam in southern Damascus after local militants had been evacuated from it. Militants had been forced to sign an evacuation agreement with Damascus after ISIS units operating in ...
Read More »Syria the day after Putin’s speech; Who’s Doing What in Syria Part III
by Ghassan Kadi Much has been said about Putin’s 1st of March 2018 speech; a speech that should well and truly be known in the future as the “Putin Manifesto”, and no analysts have been better able to examine its political and ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – March 13, 2018: US Officially Threatens To Strike Syrian Army
On March 12, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley actually threatened that the US will strike Syrian government forces if they don’t halt their operation against terrorists in Eastern Ghouta. “We also warn any nation that is determined to ...
Read More »Lavrov: U.S Strike On Syria Will Have “Grave Consequences”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned on March 13 that a new US strike on Syria [Washington threatened to do this on March 12] will have “grave consequences”. “If a new strike of this kind takes place, the consequences will be ...
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