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(MOSCOW) TASS – A 14-year-old boy was killed in the Syrian region of Al-Hasakah in a clash of US troops with local civilians, while another civilian was wounded, Major General Yuri Borenkov, the chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Parties in Syria, said on Wednesday.
According to the general, “a conflict broke out [between the US service members and locals] triggering the US troops to open fire on the civilians with the intent to kill.”

Leaked documents from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) suggest that high-level officials have indeed manipulated or ignored the empirical findings of its ground investigation team in Douma, Syria. Did the OPCW fail to maintain an adequate chain of custody when collecting evidence in Douma, and at other sites? Are the Western-funded and militant-aligned White Helmets a reliable and neutral source for such important evidence gathering?

Once again, Turkey has upped the war rhetoric – this time threatening the Syrian military directly, and  Russia by extension. As Damascus continues its advances toward liberating terrorist-occupied Idlib province, Turkey’s President Erdogan’s game of geopolitical backgammon in Syria will become increasingly problematic, not only for Turkey, but for the US as well. 
21WIRE editor Patrick Henningsen spoke to RT News International about the increasingly risky situation that is presently unfolding in northern Syria. Watch:

If you are viewing the situation in Syria through a western lens, then you might be looking at the world upside down and backwards. Such is the degree of distortion by the west, as narrative managers in politics, media, and NGOs work overtime to try and convince a clueless western public that the terrorists occupying the de facto Islamic State of Idlib – are really just democracy-loving ‘freedom fighters.’ 
South Front says…

Over the last few months, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its Russian allies have been advancing into the heart of Idlib province – the last remaining terrorist stronghold in Syria. Not everyone is happy about the effort by Damascus to retake is own territorial areas in the north, not least of all Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is now threatening the SAA and its allies with military force if they continue with operations to dislodge Turkish and US-backed terrorist forces currently holed up in Idlib, and neighboring Afrin.

This week, 21WIRE editor Patrick Henningsen appeared on #MOATS television and radio show with host George Galloway, to discuss two important stories from last week – the presentation of the OPCW Douma Leaks at the UK House of Commons, and the extradition case of Julian Assange at Westm

The Battle for Idlib saw a key militant stronghold fall yesterday, as Syrian Army forces stormed the Idlib town of Maarat al-Numan, pushing the HTS/Al-Nusra terrorist brigades into a retreat position, further north towards the Turkish border.
This important strategic advance will give Damascus addition leverage towards securing the all-important International Road which links Aleppo to Damascus, and also to free up addition resources push harder against militants encamped in the western Aleppo countryside.

Syrian Arab Army pushes into city of Maarat al-Nu’man, a key terrorist stronghold in Idlib (Image Source: SANA)
Khaled Iskef
21st Century Wire

Military analysts at South Front provide a brief overview of recent battlefield developments in Syria:

Ahrar Al Sharqiya militant testing out US supplied TOW Missile unit in Aleppo countryside (Image: SMMS)

Khaled Iskef
21st Century Wire