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ISIS update 9\8\2015..Migration War
Turkey: Ankara confirms ‘short-term’ incursion into Iraq after violent clashes with PKK
Turkey Invades Iraq: Two Battalions Launch Ground Incursion In “Hot Pursuit” Of “Terrorists”
On Monday we warned that the violence in Turkey stemming from Ankara’s politically-motivated, NATO-sponsored crackdown on the PKK is escalating rapidly as are efforts to censor the media and attack (verbally or otherwise) the pro-Kurdish HDP, whose strong showing at the ballot box in June triggered an absurdly transparent effort on the part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to undermine the country’s fragile democracy by using ISIS as a smokescreen to gain international support for the resumption of civil war with the Kurds.
As a reminder, Ankara is on the offensive after a series of attacks blamed on the PKK killed multiple Turkish soldiers over the weekend. Here’s what we said yesterday: Erdogan told the the press that the war on terror would now be waged “with much greater determination” and that means more violence and more crackdowns on the media and anyone deemed to be a PKK sympathizer. Sure enough, AKP supporters massed outside the headquarters of the Hurriyet newspaper on Sunday, accusing the paper of misquoting Erdogan and on Monday, HDP offices were attacked across the country…………..
So while history doesn’t repeat itself, it damn sure rhymes and here we are again watching as the Turkish military crosses the Iraqi border as though it’s not even there (which the US does routinely) chasing “terrorists” up into the mountains.
Of course Turkish soldiers aren’t the only ones fighting Kurds in Iraq. So is ISIS. And that means that just like in Syria, Turkey (with Washington’s implicit ok) is at best distracting from and at worst impeding the battle against Islamic State, the same Islamic State which is being used by Ankara as a cover for the PKK crackdown. Of course as Erdogan will patiently explain, he’s only after the “bad” Kurds which we suppose means no US-backed Peshmerga will be harmed in the making of the latest Turkish invasion of Northern Iraq.
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War Drums Beating: Bulgaria Blocks Russian Access To Its Airspace For Syria Flights
On Monday we flagged a notable escalation in the build up to the geopolitical “main event” in Syria where, thanks largely to the West’s ambition to break Gazprom’s leverage over Europe, the US and Russia are one “accidental” run-in away from taking the “proxy” out of the term “proxy war.”
With the Kremlin now ramping up its military presence around the Assad stronghold of Latakia, the US is scrambling to do anything and everything in its power to slow the Russian build up – including putting pressure on Greece to deny Russia the use of its airspace for supply flights to Syria.
This isn’t the first time Greece has found itself in the middle of Cold War 2.0, as Athens (and notably Panagiotis Lafazanis) used Greece’s geographical position to field competing gas pipeline bids from Washington and Moscow during the height of the country’s fraught bailout negotiations.
So while we wait for Greece to pick a side between the US and Russia by either allowing Moscow to use its airspace on the way to supplying Assad or else snubbing the Kremlin and jeopardizing a potentially lucrative gas deal, at least one country has been quick to make a decision: Bulgaria…
……………………Why, you ask? According to a spokeswoman, the Bulgarian foreign ministry has “enough information that makes [it] have serious doubts about the cargo of the planes, which is the reason for the refusal.”
What’s particularly amusing here is that all of the above (Greece’s reluctance to immediately acquiesce to Washington’s demands, Bulgaria’s move to deny Russia use of its airspace, and the whole Syrian civil war) is the direct result of energy disputes. As mentioned above, Greece is being pulled between The Southern Gas Corridor and the Turkish Stream, while the South Stream debacle means Bulgaria has no reason not to side with the West. And of course the entire crisis in Syria all comes down the proposed Qatar-Turkey line.
So once again, it all comes down to natural gas and if the conflict in Syria has taught us anything so far, it’s that when it comes to energy, the world’s most powerful nations are willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of lives to protect their interests.
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Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Wins Back New Area in Sweida
The Syrian army made new gains in Sweida after heavy clashes with the Takfiri terrorists and inflicting heavy losses on them.
The army units seized back Kherbet Sa’ad region in the Northeastern parts of the Sweida province after destroying the terrorists’ hideouts in the region, military sources said.
Tens of ISIL terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured in heavy clashes with the government forces.
Also in the past 24 hours, some 11 Takfiri militants were killed in the Syrian military operations in Lattakia province.
Eleven terrorists, including 3 Turks, were killed during the operations in Wadi Basour village in the Northern countryside of Lattakia. Five armored vehicles were also destroyed.
Meantime, the Syrian government forces conducted military operations in several areas across Daraa on Monday, inflicting heavy losses on the Takfiri militants.
The army killed a group of terrorists, and destroyed their weapons and ammunition in the Northern hill of Zamrin village, 60 km North of Daraa city.
The Syrian forces also targeted terrorists’ positions to the South of Zenobia School in the neighborhood of Daraa al-Balad in Daraa city, killing and injuring a large group of them.
Elsewhere, the Syrian army troops clashed with ISIL terrorists in the Central Province of Homs, leaving at least 11 Takfiri militants dead.
The army clashed with ISIL terrorists in the vicinity of al-Bayarat area, 10 km to the West of Palmyra city in Homs.
Some 11 terrorists were killed in the clashes. Militants’ weapons and ammunition were also destroyed.
Also, the Syrian forces gained the upper-hand against the Takfiri terrorists in Deir Ezzur in Eastern Syria by purging more militants from key regions in the Eastern province.
The Takfiri terrorists withdrew from al-Teem oil wells and other strategic areas in the Eastern parts of Deir Ezzur after facing the resistance of the Syrian forces comprising army, tribal and national defense forces.
The Syrian warplanes, meantime, hit the gathering centers of the ISIL militants in Havijeh Sakr district in the Southeastern parts of Deir Ezzur city.
Tens of ISIL terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured in heavy clashes with the government and popular forces.
Deir Ezzur is an oil-rich province and ISIL is in control of some regions in the Deir Ezzur city.
Meantime, the Syrian security forces targeted positions of terrorists from Jaish al-Fateh in the Northern Province of Idlib, killing 40 Takfiri militants on Monday.
Field sources said that the army targeted hideouts of terrorists from Jaish al-Fateh near al-Shami Hospital in Central Ariha in the Southern countryside of Idlib, killing 40 militants.
Meanwhile, the Syrian airstrikes hit hideouts and vehicles of terrorists of Jaish al-Fateh in the villages of al-Mozarah, Arnabeh, Bailoun and Marata in Ariha area, inflicting heavy losses on them.
Elsewhere, the Syrian army troops continued their mop-up operations against the foreign-backed Takfiri militants in Damascus countryside.
The army targeted hideouts of al-Nusra terrorists in Beit Jin town in the countryside of Damascus, leaving a group of terrorists dead and injured.
Informed sources announced that the commander of Ajnad al-Sham rebel group alongside over 12 militants were killed in the Syrian choppers’ operations in Darayya town in Damascus governorate.
The sources said that the Syrian fighter jets conducted a number of airstrikes over Darayya in the West Ghouta (collection of farms in the Damascus countryside), killing Ajnad Al-Sham’s commander of field operations in Southern Syria.
Ajnad Al-Sham commander Abu Al-‘Izz Saqr was killed alongside 12 of his armed combatants in Darayya after a Syrian Air Force Hind Helicopter attacked the aforementioned Islamist group’s compounds at the Southwestern sector of the town on Sunday morning.
The field reports also included the list of the 12 Ajnad Al-Sham combatants that were killed by the Syrian choppers on Sunday: Nizar Abu Al-‘Aadl, Ahmad Abu Raami, Abu Dhiyya Al-Bassam, Mohammad Abu ‘Antar, Ibrahim Abu Isma’eel, Ahmad Abu Saamer, Ibrahim Abu Suleiman, Zein Abu Bara’, ‘Umar Abu Yasseen, ‘Abdel-Rahman Abu Mohammad, Bassam Abu Asmar, and Anas Abu Ahmad.
Also, the Syria Army and the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement stormed the rebels’ gathering centers in the Southern areas of Zabadani and seized full control of the city’s bus terminal, military sources said.
The sources said that the Syrian army’s 63rd Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division – in coordination with Hezbollah, the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), and the National Defense Forces (NDF) – continued their advance in the nearby areas of Zabadani on Sunday, as they secured more sites en route to tightening the chokehold around the embattled rebels’ necks.
2 PJAK Terrorists Killed, 5 Arrested in Border Clashes in Western Iran
Iraqi Army Destroys 2500-Meter ISIL Tunnel in Fallujah
Syrian Army Kills Over 40 ISIL Militants in Palmyra, Countryside
Syrian Forces Rebuff ISIL Attack, Kill over 30 Militants in Homs Province
Syrian Forces Advance in Damascus Province
Syria: Militants’ Attack on Idlib Airport Repelled
ISIL Imposes $2000 Exit Toll on Each Person Leaving Iraqi Fallujah
Takfiris’ Morale at Lowest Level as Hezbollah, Syrian Army Advance in Zabadani
Syrian Army, Hezbollah Inch Closer to Complete Control over Zabadani Region
ISIL Militants Kill 27 Comrades in North Iraq over Disloyalty
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/09/isis-update-982015migration-war.html
