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…Omitted by CNN, BBC, al-Arabiya, al-Jazeera, SkyNews,
al-Nahar, Turk Press and several other Saudi and western-affiliated news
media are reports from the towns of Foua’a, Kafria in Idlib and
al-Zahra and Nubl in Aleppo where the Jaish al-Fatah—a terror group
linked to al-Nusra, Ahrar ash-Sham, and Jund al-Aqsa, al-Qaeda and
reportedly the Islamic State—is attacking thousands of Shiites. Earlier
this week Jaish al-Fatah attacked Foua’a with Grad missiles, but this
was not reported by the corporate media.

The so-called
coalition led by the United States is on record as targeting food. In
September, 2014 air strikes hit grain silos in northern and eastern
Syria, killing civilians.

The corporate media echoed the Pentagon
and issued a now typical disclaimer for the action: “The aircraft may
have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian
town of Manbij for an Islamic State base.

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Syrian Arab Army Operation in Daraa City

Russian Air Force Bombs Al Qaeda Prison in Idlib
Ma’arat Al-Nu’man is a historical city in the heart of the Idlib Governorate; it is well-known for its rich archeological history that dates back to the Medieval Times. However, the city that used to attract many western tourists is now a Jihadist stronghold controlled by the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” and their allies from the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Since its capture by the Jihadists in the Spring of 2014, Ma’arat Al-Nu’man has transformed into a city that is heavily indoctrinated in Shari’ah Law.

On Saturday morning, the Russian Air Force greeted the Jihadist forces controlling Ma’arat Al-Nu’man with a series of powerful airstrikes at the city’s Central Prison, killing over 20+ militants, including the defected Air Force officer, Colonel Fayez Al-Hussein. Following the Russian Air Force’s precise airstrikes, western publications and the Islamists attempted to depict a completely different series of events. Alleging the Russians killed mostly civilians at the Ma’arat Al-Nu’man Central Prison; this raised the question: why were civilians imprisoned there in the first place? The building could barely sustain the Jihadists mortar shells in the Spring of 2014, so the idea that it would provide shelter to civilians is out of the question.
Big Lies About Russia’s Syrian Campaign Persist. Pentagon Awestruck by Moscow’s Formidable Military Power
Stephen Lendman

Washington’s view on Russia’s Syrian campaign depends on who’s commenting at different times along with what the Western media reports or suppresses.

Pentagon commanders are awestruck by Moscow’s formidable military power, its sophisticated weapons matching or exceeding their own capability, outdoing the prowess of other NATO countries.

Its navy once derisively called “more rust than ready” is reinventing itself impressively. Its overall military capability dispels the myth about unmatched US superiority.

Its Syrian campaign since September 30 has been devastatingly effective by any standard, permitting government ground forces to recapture lost territory, making slow and steady gains.

Peace remains elusive. Expect late January talks to be no more successful than earlier ones. Washington wants US-controlled puppet governance replacing Syrian sovereign independence.

Russia’s intervention changed the dynamic on the ground dramatically – short of hastening an end of conflict.

Protracted war continues. US and allied support for ISIS and other terrorist groups means endless conflict and instability.

Syria is like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya – ravaged and destroyed by US imperialism, devastated by continued war, Russia making a huge difference but unable alone to turn around a troubled region as long as Washington remains hardline.

Yet its campaign remains impressive by any standard, continuing without letup. US propaganda portraying it as ineffective or striking the wrong targets is utter rubbish.

Early in the campaign, Putin said Russia’s “objective is to stabilize the legitimate authority (in Syria) and create conditions for a political compromise.”

He also wants ISIS and other terrorist groups contained – fought abroad, preventing them from gaining a foothold in Central Asia, threatening Russia’s heartland.

At the same time, he knows as long as US imperial policy remains unchanged, endless wars, instability and chaos reflect the new normal, continuing ahead without letup, affecting other countries yet to be targeted – a permanent war agenda risking WW III.

On January 9, The New York Times, Reuters and other media sources cited an unnamed senior US official’s Big Lie instead of debunking it – claiming “only a third of Russian airstrikes” was hitting ISIS targets.

Thousands of Russian sorties and strikes hit ISIS and other terrorist groups with pin-point accuracy, causing major disruptions in their operations, permitting Syrian military advances.

Claiming otherwise distorts reality on the ground, ignoring Russia’s real war on terrorism, polar opposite to Washington’s phony one, supporting the scourge it claims to oppose.

The unnamed US source claims most Russian airstrikes hit anti-Assad rebels, so-called moderates, along with killing civilians in residential areas and market places, using few precision-guided weapons.

False on all counts! All anti-Assad militants are terrorists, imported from scores of countries, trained by CIA operatives and US special forces in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, maybe Israel and elsewhere – along with their counterparts in these countries.

Russia’s precision-guided weapons are as technically advanced as any in the West, used exclusively in its Syrian campaign with devastating effectiveness, targeting ISIS and other terrorists alone, avoiding civilian areas.

Big Lies otherwise persist – Washington the epicenter of managed news misinformation.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at [email protected].

His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.