On August 31st, the brilliant anonymous German intelligence analyst who blogs as “Moon of Alabama” headlined “Syria – Coordinated Foreign Airstrike Kills Leaders Of Two Al-Qaeda Aligned Groups”, and he reported that,“Some three hours ago an air- or missile strike in Syria’s Idleb governorate hit a meeting of leaders of the al-Qaeda aligned Haras-al-Din and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) aka Jabhat al-Nusra. Both were killed.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Moscow meeting between Putin and Erdogan.
The Presidents of Russia and Turkey agreed to “normalize” the situation in Idlib, Syria, but the details as to how this would happened were not shared with the press and media, leaving many to wonder what this means for Turkey and its relationship with the US and NATO.
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In a rather surprising announcement, US Central Command claimed to attack a takfiri training camp in the terrorist stronghold of Idlib province (Syria) where Ansar al-Tawhid and similar groups were present. According to (US) Centcom and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, forty or more militants were killed in the strike, including senior terror leaders.
IMAGE: Russian Special Forces fighting al Qaeda in Idlib, Syria.
At least sixteen militants of the Ahrar al-Sham Movement were killed on August 30 in a supposed raid by the Russian Special Forces.
According to the available information, a unit of the Russian Special Forces raided the militants’ position between the towns of Qasabiyeh and Hursh Abdin in southern Idlib after a successful infiltration.
The liberation of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province by the Syrian army and its Russian ally marks another important victory towards ending the eight-year war in Syria.
Last week saw the return to relative normalcy in the northwestern town which had been held under siege by al Qaeda-affiliated militants for over five years. Situated south of Aleppo on the road to the capital Damascus, Khan Sheikhoun was officially declared under the control of Syrian state forces on August 21 after a hard-fought battle against militants.
Syrian Arab Army inside of Khan Sheikhoun after declaring full control over the city on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 (Image Source: Al Masdar News)
A military operation of Syrian troops in the town of Khan Sheikhoun does not violate any agreement, including agreements between Russia and Turkey on the formation of the de-escalation zone in Idlib, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
These scenes of jubilation and joy will never be shown by the Western media terrorist acolytes as they try to maintain the "bad SAA vs good rebel" narrative that has been utterly exposed as a lie and a hoax from day one of this filthy war against Syria - waged by the U.S, UK, EU and their lackeys in Turkey, Gulf States and co-engineered by Israel.
Syrian Christians have supported President Assad and the Syrian Arab Army from day one alongside all minorities in Syria. The SAA is fighting to protect "religious freedom", the terrorists monsters would destroy all that represents pluralism and diversity. Which would you support?
After a period of stagnation, progress is now visible on several Syrian fronts – notwithstanding counter-efforts by Western powers and Turkey.
The following is an up to date battle map of the Syrian war theatre devised by military analysts at South Front:
This has been a difficult week for Western and Gulf state-backed terrorist militants in Syria. Still, based on all available data, it’s clear that the US and Turkey are still actively protecting al Qaeda and ISIS positions in Syria.
