Fresh news from Hama, Syria

[Stratford57]

RE: Fresh news from Hama, Syria
※→ cnelsen, et al,

This is disinformation.

The "ZeroHedge.com/ABC Media, LTD" is a very low budget media outlet that redistributes articles or rewritten copy already published by a more established internet publication, open source broadcast program, or formal press releases (government and commercial interests).

Press releases from such sources as the Russian Ministry of Defense (RU/MOD) are not uncommon.

BTW: The Russian Federation does not use the term ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria). It uses the more accurate term DAESH, which is the transliteration of al-dowla al-islaamiyya fii-il-i’raaq wa-ash-shaam, which is in English ISIS. ISIS acronym formed from the transliteration of the English --- whereas DAESH acronym is formed from the transliteration of the Arabic.
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The most recent Russian Idlib airstrike footage for the area.

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Russian warplanes hit Jabhat al-Nusra targets, helping repel offensive

Amazing result of the fight that had been lasting for several hours.
29 russians against about 1000 US backed terrorists.
3 russians injured from one side and about 850 terrorists dead, 11 tanks, 4 IFVs and some other vehicles destroyed from another.

And when there are such results of fight, someone still really believes that there is russian army in Ukraine? Have been fighting for 3 years without any success?

Because there is one point about this – such a fairy tale exists only in a Russian parallel reality.

Info is from Russian military ministry. Official one.

The result of Russian army year activity in Syria is fairy tale as well, isn't it?
5 years of war by US coalition against ISIS lead to grow of terrorists and their territories and a year after Russians came Syria is almost cleared.

You look like a barking dog from well known proverb "while dogs are barking caravan keeps moving"

Russia Releases Photos Showing US Special Ops At ISIS Positions In Syria

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Over the last several months, there has been an up-tick in the concerted effort to link the US to DAESH/ISIS; an attempt to make it appear that the US is providing all measure of support. The allegation is that US Special Forces set the conditions which permitted DAESH/ISIS to escape Mosul - to Raqqah - then to Dayr al-Zawr (Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor). Sputnik News reports that MG Igor Konashenkov (RU-MOD) made two comments that seemed to support the ascertain.

"To avoid unnecessary escalation, the command of the Russian forces in Syria gave the US partners an advance notice, through an existing communications channel, on the [territorial] borders within which the military operation in Deir Ez-Zor would be conducted," Konashenkov said."

"Konashenkov pointed out that the Russian intelligence services had discovered no clashes between Daesh fighters and any armed representatives of "third parties" on the eastern bank of the Euphrates in the last few days. He added that "only representatives of the international coalition themselves" could say how opposition members or coalition allies could make their way into the midst of Daesh troops without any fighting."​

Similarly, RT-News (Published time: 20 Sep, 2017 21:32) wrote:t

The Russian Defense Ministry says that, according to their data, an offensive launched by Al Nusra terrorists and their allies in Syria was orchestrated by the US security services, aiming at derailing the Syrian Army operation near Deir ez-Zor.

“According to our intelligence data, the offensive was instigated by the US security services to stop the successful advance of the government forces to the east of the [city of] Deir ez-Zor,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, commenting on the incident.​

RT-News further wrote:

Earlier, Russian officials already suspected the US of having links to some radical groups in Syria and even of attempts to let Al Nusra terrorists off the hook. On September 11, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the situation around the Al Nusra Front terrorist group remains “highly ambiguous” as it was repeatedly spared in the operations conducted by the US-led coalition and its allies.​

The problem with the US involvement in the rich atmosphere of the Jihadist, Virulent Fedayeen, Hostile Insurgent, Radicalized Islamist, and Asymmetric Fighters that is the Middle East, is that no matter what side the US supports (and by extension this includes Israel, America's only regional ally) in the eyes of the some factions we will be describes as doing wrong, supporting terrorism, or profiteering from the conflict.

See:
• Russia warns US it will strike back if militia attacks in Syria don’t end •

Most Respectfully,
R

Thanks for your position, RoccoR. Let's briefly compare Russia's and Pentagon's actions in Syria.

German journalists:

The commercial cargo ship was commissioned by the Pentagon’s Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to haul 1,600 tons of ammunition to Syria’s neighbors Turkey and Jordan, and from there almost certainly on to US-backed rebels fighting the Islamic State (ISIS).

The transportation operation is part of one the Pentagon’s biggest buy-ups of Soviet-style weapons in its history – as much as $2.2 billion by 2022 – as it seeks to arm Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State.

The Pentagon told BIRN and OCCRP that in 2016 it delivered equipment to “vetted Syrian Opposition” groups in 20 airdrops, 100 cargo flights, and 500 truckloads. It added that the pace had increased as efforts to retake Raqqa, the so-called capital of ISIS, had been upped.

The weapons was going through Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Ukraine.
The Black Sea Route to Syria - OCCRP

End User Certificate says: items will not be delivered or exported by any third party. However the end user has not been specified. The German journalists claim: weapons certified this way were coming directly to terrorists in Syria.

Russia:
Syrian armed forces supported by the Russian Air Force have regained control of 87.4 percent of the country, Russia’s military said, adding that Russian warplanes had destroyed over 96,000 terrorist targets in the course of the two-year campaign.

Since September 30, 2015, when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of the Russian jets and helicopters to Syria at the request of the Syrian government, they have conducted more than 30,000 sorties, annihilating more than 96,000 targets, according to data cited in the publication.

Among the terrorist positions destroyed in the raids were 8,332 command posts, over 53,700 militants of terrorist groups, and almost a thousand training camps, as well as 6,769 oil and ammunition depots.

Since the launch of a two-year bombing campaign, Russian warplanes have inflicted serious damage to the oil infrastructure seized by IS, which is believed to be the main source of income for the terrorists.

A total of 212 oil fields and 184 oil plants and refineries that fell into hands of ISIS were destroyed by the Russian Air Force.
Over 87% of Syrian territory liberated from ISIS – Russian MoD

Quite a difference, ha?

 

[RoccoR]

RE: Fresh news from Hama, Syria
※→ Stratford57, et al,

From a purely objective view, I have to commend the Russians one their success (both political-military; and, manipulating how they are portrayed in the media and public perception).

German journalists:

The commercial cargo ship was commissioned by the Pentagon’s Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to haul 1,600 tons of ammunition to Syria’s neighbors Turkey and Jordan, and from there almost certainly on to US-backed rebels fighting the Islamic State (ISIS).

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Nothing that SOCOM field activities do is done without the sanction of the Office of Special Activities (OSA). The activities of the Pentagon and SOCOM are NOT their own to decide (one of the few times you can say: "ever).

The transportation operation is part of one the Pentagon’s biggest buy-ups of Soviet-style weapons in its history – as much as $2.2 billion by 2022 – as it seeks to arm Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State.

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Historically, this is OSA's legacy specialty, particularly when teamed with Special Forces who specialize in training foreign military and paramilitary elements.

The Pentagon told BIRN and OCCRP that in 2016 it delivered equipment to “vetted Syrian Opposition” groups in 20 airdrops, 100 cargo flights, and 500 truckloads. It added that the pace had increased as efforts to retake Raqqa, the so-called capital of ISIS, had been upped.

The weapons was going through Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Ukraine.
The Black Sea Route to Syria - OCCRP

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Yes, I can believe that. I have been surprised at how, in the shadows, accommodating the Russian Federation has been in the realm of the quiet activities.

End User Certificate says: items will not be delivered or exported by any third party. However the end user has not been specified. The German journalists claim: weapons certified this way were coming directly to terrorists in Syria.

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Yes, there are a few things in play here that that might give the appearance that OSA and SOCOM are "directly to terrorists in Syria; not withstanding that some weapons shipments are flat-out by ambiguous activities for profit and gain.

• The shipments might be tracked by assets or resources of the Office of Technical Services (OTechS). This is done to detect, exploit, and then neutralize cashes, arsenals and key storage areas; or troop/personnel concentration.

• The shipment may have been intentionally diverted by the intended receiver, attempting to exploit the situation or encapsulate or envelop the element described as "terrorist." BTW: There are terrorist being used by both sides in the war. AND, some which will become, from out of the battlefield remnants, a new threat.

• It may be the terrorist identified by the journalist are actually the a controlled resource for Blue Covert Purposes.

• It may be the case the a nefarious arms dealer has forged documentation to make it appear the Americans are proving the small arms and light weapons (SALW) to avoid Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) entanglements; or to confuse the outside observers as to the point of origin and actual provider.​

I could continue the list, but I think you get the picture. The reality of events are not what they may seem to be.

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Since the launch of a two-year bombing campaign, Russian warplanes have inflicted serious damage to the oil infrastructure seized by IS, which is believed to be the main source of income for the terrorists.

A total of 212 oil fields and 184 oil plants and refineries that fell into hands of ISIS were destroyed by the Russian Air Force.
Over 87% of Syrian territory liberated from ISIS – Russian MoD

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Well, the destruction of oil field pumps and processing activities is not such a big deal. They are in the open, and highly vulnerable. But for advertorial purposes and messages of persuasion, this sounds great. And combat wise, the Russian do as good as Americans. But it is a war of images. The Russian Federation projects their image, and the US projects its image. In many cases, the Russians do much better.

Most Respectfully,
R