The Syrian War Weekly Digest
September 4, 2017 to September 11, 2017
The Syrian War is Ending and Assad is the Victor
(ed note: while it seems that Assad is fending off imperialism, led by US imperialism, there are no "victors" in war).
A message came through from Syria on my mobile phone last week. “General Khadour kept his promise,” it read. I knew what it meant.Five years ago, I met Mohamed Khadour, who was commanding a few Syrian soldiers in a small suburb of Aleppo, under fire from Islamist fighters in the east of the city. At the time, he showed me his map. He’d recapture these streets in 11 days, he said.
And then in July this year, I met Khadour again, far out in the east of the Syrian desert. He was, he said, going to enter the besieged city of Deir ez-Zor before the end of August. I reminded him, a trifle cruelly, that the last time he told me he’d recapture part of Aleppo in 11 days, it took the Syrian army more than four years to retake. That was long ago, he said. In those days, the army had not learned to fight in a guerrilla war. The army were trained to retake Golan and defend Damascus. But they had learned now.
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The neocon plot for American hegemony was hatched during the George W. Bush administration but was happily continued by Barack Obama and his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Fresh from their evil success in Libya, they thought the same combination of Arab monarchs and jihadists could dislodge Bashar al Assad and achieve the goal of destroying the few secular Arab governments still in power. But fortunately for humanity, Assad hung on long enough and the Russian Federation finally decided to back up their ally with military help.
It is good news that this war may soon be over. The United States and its allies committed a terrible crime against the Syrian people and five million of them were forced to flee their country to escape this latest example of state sponsored terrorism. There is no downside to Assad making good on his promise to take back his country from American sponsored jihadists.
“The United States and its allies committed a terrible crime against the Syrian people.”
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Israel Attacks Syrian Military Base, Killing Two
Israeli Warplanes Fired Missiles From Lebanese AirspaceIsraeli warplanes carried out an overnight attack against a Syrian military base in the Hama Province, causing considerable damage to the facility and killing at least two people. Syria confirmed the incident, but Israel has yet to officially comment.
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SYRIA: History in the Making as Syrian Arab Army Breaks ISIS Siege of Deir Ezzor
21st Century Wire says…
How many of us can truly say we have witnessed such exhilarating history in the making? Footage of the Syrian Arab Army and their allies entering the city of Deir Ezzor has just been released. Yet another one of the brutal and punishing sieges maintained by ISIS and assorted US coalition armed and funded extremist forces has had its back broken by the SAA and the stubborn resistance of the Syrian people. We are witnessing the end of our existing global order, the victory of Truth over Force and asymmetric power and the birth of a new geopolitical paradigm.
Our endless gratitude should be extended to the brave people of Syria for the gift they have given to Humanity – the proof that resistance will prevail despite all the odds against them. The following video was posted by independent Aleppo MP, Fares Shehabi, on Facebook. Watch ~
The following report is from AlMasdarNews:
“Within minutes of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) lifting the siege on Deir Ezzor city, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad contacted three top Syrian commanders, all of whom played a major role in the victory, via phone.
According to reports, the Syrian president spoke with Rafiq Shahada (who is Deir Ezzor’s Chief of Security), Hasan Muhammad (commander of the 17th Reserve Division, whose men were the first to reach Syrian forces in Deir Ezzor) and Isaam Zahreddine (the operational commander of all forces in Deir Ezzor).
In the phone conversation, President al-Assad congratulated the three commanders for the historic victory which they have now achieved.
Whilst commanders Rafiq Shahada and Isaam Zahreddine played-out the role of protecting Deir Ezzor and its residents from relentless attacks by besieging ISIS forces over the last three years,
Hasan Muhammad, the commander of the 17th Reserve Division, led the vanguard Syrian Army units which officially lifted the siege on the city.”
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Hezbollah co-leader: US nurtured ISIS monster against Syrian govt, now has to fight them
September 09, 2017
The Intercept Mistranslates Assad Speech - Smears Syria As Neo-Nazi
There have long been attempts in the anti-Syrian media to claim alignment of the socialist and anti-sectarian Syrian government with western fascist and religious supremacist elements. The latest in this propaganda genre is the just published Intercept piece Why White Nationalists Love Bashar al-Assad.The Intercept is a rather dubious news outlet founded by Pierre Omidyar, a major owner of the auctioning site eBay and its PayPal banking division. It most recent remarkable moment was its betrayal of a NSA whistle-blower who fatuously had trusted The Intercept to act professionally:
The Intercept published a leaked five page NSA analysis about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections. Its reporting outed the leaker of the NSA documents. That person, R.L. Winner, has now been arrested and is likely to be jailed for years if not for the rest of her life.As we noted back in June when the above incident happened:
The Intercept pieces are usually heavily editorialized and tend to have a mainstream "liberal" to libertarian slant. Some are highly partisan anti-Syrian/pro-regime change propaganda. [...] Some of its later prominent hires (Ken Silverstein, Matt Taibbi) soon left and alleged that the place was run in a chaotic atmosphere and with improper and highly politicized editing.(CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL POST AND TO READ THE REST AT MOON OF ALABAMA)
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Investigation: White Helmets Committing Acts Of Terror Across Syria
The supposedly Syrian NGO White Helmets were established in
Turkey, not in Syria. They are largely trained in Turkey and Jordan,
not inside Syria. They were established in March 2013 by a British
ex-military officer with $300,000 in seed funding from Japan, the U.K.
and the U.S.
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Losing in Syria, the US will target Russia more than ever
Finian Cunningham (born 1963) has written extensively on
international affairs, with articles published in several languages.
Originally from Belfast, Ireland, he is a Master’s graduate in
Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal
Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in
newspaper journalism. For over 20 years he worked as an editor and
writer in major news media organizations, including The Mirror, Irish
Times and Independent. Now a freelance journalist based in East Africa,
his columns appear on RT, Sputnik, Strategic Culture Foundation and
Press TV.
The spectacular victory this week for Syrian state forces and
allies liberating Deir ez-Zor portends an end to the war. But
celebrations should be tempered by the realization that the enemies of
Syria will shift their agenda for conflict elsewhere.
If we
segregate the many protagonists in Syria’s conflict, the two main rivals
to emerge from the melee are the United States and Russia. Russia may
have gained the upper hand in Syria. But, ironically, winning the peace
in Syria may unleash wars elsewhere.
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The West’s counter-ISIS efforts cost Iraq and Syria dearly
Dr Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Deputy foreign minister
(2005-2011).
Follow him on Twitter @Amb_Yakovenko
According to the UN, mass media, and NGOs, as a result of air
and artillery strikes by the US-led counter-ISIS coalition in Syria,
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of civilians have died.
The
number of refugees and temporarily displaced persons from Raqqa has
reached 200,000. At present, there are still 25,000-40,000 civilians in
the city, which until 2013 was inhabited by almost 300,000 people.
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