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US and Russia Exchange Allegations of Ceasefire Violations
What to Expect from New Cessation of Hostilities in Syria
“US-backed militants not abiding by Syria truce”
…………. It is understandable why the US is not eager to make it public, because at first they would have exposed the forced need to coordinate with Russia that earlier at the White House and the State Department was considered unacceptable (if you remember, Shoigu and Lavrov last year offered US to conduct joint activities in Syria and the Pentagon and the State Department sent the proposals far and straight, but as we see, the situation over the past few months has changed dramatically – now the United States was forced to go to such coordination and to hide this inconvenient with their point of view, the fact), as well as liabilities related to the bombing of groups which previously received US weapons and now works closely with the United States controlled groups, which are also closely intertwined in various parts of Syria. In the United States seems very Trump rejoice this leak, as the Democrats campaign is based on the accusation Trump indulging in Russia, and now it turns out, Obama is the obvious concessions and still trying to hide them from the public concerned.
It is worth remembering that the current line of the administration of the White House and the State Department has not previously been criticized (including officially) by the Pentagon and the CIA, who insist on a tougher line against Assad and Russia. So it is possible that the information leaked “the hawks” in the Pentagon and Republicans dissatisfied with Obama’s policies.
Russia of course takes this uncomfortable situation to Obama, who do not give quietly see out the last few months and offer to publish that hit and the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign, as the foreign policy of democracy in the Middle East once again appear weak, compromising and inconsistent. There certainly is interesting, whether there is a Russian-American agreements in something else, but even in this form of the agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States look like a series of apparent concessions from the White House.
‘Syrian rebels using ceasefire to gain better battlefield positions’ – fmr Pentagon official
Russia, US accuse each other of ceasefire violations in Syria
Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls
https://www.yahoo.com/news/syria-ceasefire-deal-balance-aleppo-aid-stalls-125326539.htm
Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peacemaking efforts as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce. An organization that monitors the war also said the Syrian army had begun moving away, but insurgent groups in Aleppo said they had not seen the army withdrawing from the Castello Road, needed to allow aid deliveries into the city, and would not pull back from their own positions near the road until they did. The Pentagon said it could not confirm reports of a withdrawal but U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the ceasefire was holding “by and large”, adding both Washington and Moscow believed it was worth continuing.
But there were growing accusations of violations by each side, with a Syrian military source saying the rebels were responsible for dozens of breaches including gun, rocket and mortar fire in Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Latakia. The rebels said Syrian army jets had struck in Hama and Idlib, and used artillery near Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said it had documented attacks by both sides, and that despite widespread calm between rebels and the army, the first civilians had been killed since the truce began on Monday. Two civilians killed on Thursday were children in government-held areas, one in Aleppo and the other in Syria’s southwest, it said. In addition, air strikes against Islamic State militants in the town of al-Mayadin near Deir al-Zor had killed at least 23 civilians, it said.
Control of the Castello Road is divided between the government and rebels who have been battling to topple President Bashar al-Assad for more than five years. It has been a major frontline in the war. “The Syrian army … began the staged withdrawal of vehicles and personnel from the Castello Road to ensure the unimpeded delivery of aid to eastern Aleppo,” said Lieutenant-General Vladimir Savchenko, head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre in Syria in remarks broadcast on state television. The Observatory said the army had started to withdraw from positions on the road, but that Russian troops, whose air force has helped Damascus blockade rebel-held Aleppo, had replaced it.
An official in an Aleppo-based Syrian rebel group said late on Thursday the army had not pulled back. “There is no withdrawal by the regime from the Castello Road,” Zakaria Malahifji, of the Aleppo-based rebel group Fastaqim, told Reuters.
U.N. WAITS FOR PERMITS
The U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said the United States and Russia were expected to manage the disengagement of forces from the road, but criticized Damascus for failing to provide permits needed to make aid deliveries to other areas. The U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said both the rebels and the government were responsible for delaying aid deliveries into Aleppo. “The reason we’re not in eastern Aleppo has again been a combination of very difficult and detailed discussions around security monitoring and passage of roadblocks, which is both opposition and government,” he said.
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Syria: US Soldiers Leave Key Town in Northern Aleppo after FSA Warning
Video footage released on Friday showed that at least 25 US Army soldiers deployed in the key town of al-Rai engaged in serious disputes with the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) terrorists before leaving the town, while other reports indicated brief clashes between the two sides.
The FSA militants and their allies threatened to kill the US soldiers operating inside al-Ra’i on Friday if they declined to leave the town.
The FSA terrorists continued threatening the US military personnel even as they were leaving al-Ra’i.
Other reports from the town indicated that the FSA fighters engaged in first fighting with the US military personnel after threatening them.
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Syrian army establishes control over al-Sanouf hill in DeirEzzor
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The army units took full control of al-Sanouf hill in fierce clashes with the terrorists to the West of Deir Ezzur city after inflicting heavy losses on the terrorists in heavy fighting.
The terrorist groups also sustained heavy casualties in other key provinces across Syria.
Deir Ezzur
The Syrian army backed by popular forces seized back control of a strategic hill in the Western parts of Deir Ezzur after heavy clashes with the ISIL militants.
The Syrian army units launched special operations night on ISIL’s gatherings and fortified positions, establishing control over al-Sanouf hill in the West of Deir Ezzur city.
The army forces restored control over al-Sanouf hill after tough battle with the ISIL terrorists, killing tens of militants and injuring many others.
Also, a number of weapons and ammunition belonging to the terrorists were destroyed during the offensive.
Also, the ISIL terrorist group sustained heavy causalities in the Syrian army’s special operations in the Southwestern parts of Deir Ezzur.
The ISIL terrorist group in Deir Ezzur faced with the army and popular forces’ rapid advances as pro-government troops started a new round of military operations in the Southwestern parts of the province.
Pro-government forces recaptured several checkpoints near the Tayyem Valley after a series of fierce clashes with militants.
According to a battlefield source, the pro-government forces killed 50 militants and wounded several others during the operations.
Meantime, a field source said on Thursday that The ISIL terrorist group gunned down two of its most notorious commanders in Deir Ezzur for unknown reasons.
According to the source, Maysar al-Kalizi and Anas al-Abdon were executed by ISIL’s security forces.
The ISIL has executed a large number Syrian and Iraqi citizens for not joining the group and also over spying charges. The militant group has also killed its senior commanders, security forces and fighters in Syria and Iraq for various reasons, including fleeing the war fronts.
Aleppo
The Syrian Army started withdrawal of heavy military equipment to create a demilitarized zone along the Castillo road in Aleppo province, a senior member of the Russian General Staff stated on Thursday.
“The Syrian government troops have stopped firing and begun to withdraw their tanks, IFV and artillery to a set distance to create the demilitarized zone,” said Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir, first deputy chief of the Russian General Staff’s main operational department.
“The Russian Aerospace Force and the Syrian Air Force have stopped airstrikes on areas where opposition units may be located,” Poznikhir told reporters.
“The Russian side is completely fulfilling its obligations under the ceasefire agreement. A checkpoint created on Castillo Road has been handed over to the Red Crescent Society. The people’s self-defense units ‘Bustan’ and ‘Shield’ are defending the checkpoint,” Poznikhir said.
He added that the Russian Defense Ministry has no information related to similar actions by militant groups controlled by the US.
Quneitra
Syrian Army deployed a massive convoy of reinforcements from the Sweida province to the Golan Heights after the militants mobilized more forces to launch multiple offensives in the border region.
According to a Syrian army source, the convoy that arrived in Golan Heights was made up of forces from the National Defense Forces (NDF), Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), Druze fighters of Jaysh Al-Muwahiddeen, and the 5th Armored Division of Syrian Army.
Most of the non-army reinforcements are volunteers from the Sweida province that traveled to the Golan Heights to protect their people from the militants.
The militant groups suffered heavy losses in the Golan Heights after they launched three failed assaults to capture government-controlled villages in Quneitra.
“The army troops and popular forces fended off several terrorist attacks in Quneitra in Southwestern Syria in the last several days, inflicting heavy causalities on the terrorists,” the army said.
Based on reports, more than 65 terrorists, including top commanders, were killed and tens of other were wounded after pro-government forces repelled their attacks.
According to the reports, wounded terrorists continue to be taken from Quneitra battlefields to Israeli hospitals in the occupied Golan Heights.
Homs
The Syrian army has gone on the alert in Homs after the ISIL launched a first round of assaults to capture government-controlled regions in the province, specially the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur).
According to a battlefield source, the Syrian army troops are guarding the areas near Palmyra after several intelligence reports from the Russian advisors indicated a massive build-up of ISIL forces along the International Highway.
Moscow announced that the Russian bombers targeted a group of terrorists as they were readying for an offensive on the Syrian city of Palmyra in Homs province, killing 250 militants and destroying 15 vehicles.
“Yesterday, the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted airstrikes to the North of Palmyra where a group of Daesh [ISIL] terrorists were preparing offensive on the city,” Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir, first deputy chief of the General Staff’s Main Operational Department, said at a news briefing at the Defense Ministry.
According to the Russian general, some 250 terrorists were killed and about 15 vehicles armed with large-caliber machine guns were destroyed in the airstrikes.
Hama
The Syrian army sent a large number of fresh forces to strategic regions in the Northern part of Hama province to start military operations in the region soon as serious breaches of ceasefire by the terrorist groups continue unabated.
The decision to send more forces was made following the militants’ continued attacks on the Syrian government forces in Hama province after the ceasefire took effect on Monday, and after they captured a number of villages which were under the control of their pro-government forces.
According to battlefield sources, the Syrian army soldiers and their allies are preparing to start fresh military operations to take back lost lands from the terrorists.
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