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Militants led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) developed their large-scale offensive against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), codenamed Operation Deterrence of Aggression, on November 30 afternoon.
In Aleppo, the militants expanded their control in the city despite heavy clashes with the SAA and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which arrived recently. The militants took losses. However, they captured Aleppo international Airport.
The militants also advanced in the countryside of the governorate, with Turkish-backed factions imposing control of the Kuweires Military Aviation Institute.
Meanwhile, HTS and its allies claimed complete control over the governorate of Idlib, including the entire countryside. Dozens of towns in the southern and eastern countryside fell into the hands of the militants, who advanced under intense Russian and Syrian airstrikes.
After their success in Aleppo and Idlib, the militants pushed into Hama capturing several towns in the northern countryside. One of the towns captured by the militants is said to be Murek, which is located less than 25 kilometers away from Hamas city.
At least 155 militants of HTS, 28 others from Turkey-backed factions and some 79 Syrian troops have been killed since the start of the offensive in Aleppo and neighboring Idlib on November 27, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based pro-opposition monitoring group.
The so-called Operation Deterrence of Aggression was launched early on November 27 from the Greater Idlib region, which includes Idlib city and parts of the governorates countryside as well as several towns in the northern Lattakia countryside, the northwestern Hamas countryside and the western countryside of Aleppo.
The Turkish military maintains a large presence in the region. However, HTS is the de-facto ruler. The terrorist group’s offensive put an end to a ceasefire agreement that was brokered by both Russia and Turkey on March 5 of 2020.
In the month leading to the offensive several reports talked about a plan by HTS and its allies to attack Aleppo city in order to take advantage of the distraction caused by the ongoing Israeli war on both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Moreover, Russian intelligence warned that the secret services of the Kiev regime were actively providing support to militants in Greater Idlib.
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not looking good for the syrian army..
this is also happening because of “not any thinkers allowed” -nat0 keep getting their a$$e$ handed to them in kursk and the remaining mop up by russian forces in the eastern donbas. my single biggest question for china and india given all that cheap russian oil and gas -where are they in supporting their most prodigious briics partner with their military personnel?…
obviously lot of brilliant minds at russian mod too, always on the back foot while the pindos do whatever they want
counting those dead ukie/nato “mercs” that just keep piling up!… with as many trophies as the russians have in the last month… was sort of hoping by now they would stack them into a neat pyramid and let them rot above ground with a before and after shot!…
it seems parts of saa have turned against assad. 4th division is fighting republican guards inside damascus. it might be they try to kill bashar al assad tonight.
nothing about that anywhere ??? . of course this operation by the us and israel is to depose assad and install their own puppet . waiting for isis to make an appearance so the us will have to go to the aid of the syrian people and remove assad in the process.
it was a surprise attack by rebel terrorist the syrian army only had months of warning to be ready 😃😂
blitzkrieg against a weak oppenant
weak? i’d say more like non-existent.
this is the end of secular syria . russia is very weak now !
steiners army doesn’t exist which makes you weaker still. devoid might be a better word .
russia is everything else than weak. but the saa didn’t do their homework and have to pay in blood now.
whos the king of the castle?
the elders of zion
the syrian army looked like the byzantine army, corrupt and weak. this is a disgrace for russia and iran.
the problem is that hbz who repel the israeli invasion are deployed in south lebanon and saa regular army is a complety joke againts these terrorists
if not russia and iran steps in this will be the biggest victory of usirael in decades. that russia is locked in syria doesn’t mean it can’t work with iran, here we need elite air born troops special forces. iran has this. if no action iran will be totally defeated. that assad failed can be investigated at a later stage. now it’s time for action.
the syrians need to hold their damn positions and allow air power to attack the roads. this isn’t hard, there are only like two major highways we are talking about
yevgeny prigozhin’s ‘accident’ with the grenade is a gift that keeps on giving.
nice work russia!… remembering all your sacrifices 11 years ago now all for nought!…
iran and russia and north korea and china need to form a coalition and send troops to regain control of syria and oust all the headchopoers, foreign invaders and occupiers and regain the sovereignty and stability of syria
what a juvenile idea. i believe it’s time for russia to let go of syria and focus on ukraine. russia needs a new approach to the sunni muslim world. no more military interventions except to support the majority. withdraw support for all u.s. puppets in the region. don’t sell them weapons because that angers muslims. 26 million muslims in russia! only 4 million in america. russia should replace nato as turkiye’s ally.
good idea. leave the me to israel and the us. abandon iran so they can be decimated.. if you had been in charge of england you would have given up with dunkirk. the us would have walked away at pearl harbor. ukraine-lebanon-israel-us-syria-iran all linked and you want to break the chain. nice one. syria falls to israel and the us leaves iran naked , then jordan and egypt . you sound like a neo-con supporter of israel.
yes he does….
russia needs to hold the harbor of tartus and khmeimim air base for geostrategical reasons. so the russian bear will defend these strongholds with teeth and claws. iran and syria will help for their own good.
i’m trying to make sense of what happened to the saa, iranian militias, and russian forces in syria. if you have a good idea or critical information on what happened, could you send it to my by email here: henngwah@gmail.com. i want write an in-depth analysis tomorrow for threatwatchers.org. i invite you guys to share your thoughts there. no censorship and you can type comments of up to 300 words. it’s a new website but i’ll work on it aggressively.
it is simple: some got martyred, some are still fighting. no need for an external website collecting our data.
is saa made if plastic? this is shameful. couple of ragtag jihadists piercing through their lines like knife in butter.
russia was actually baby-siting them. time to move on for russia. syria created serious problems for russia in the sunni muslim world. for example, i had always prefered russia over the u.s. and still do. almost travelled there to study nuclear physics. but the syria intervention was too much for me to handle due to the high number of civilian deaths. if only russia could talk things over with turkiye. sudan might be a perfect option for a naval base.
i’m always saying so.
do you finally realize how weak russia is?
hts doesn’t consist of ragtag jihadists. these are us/israel funded and trained mercenaries.
maybe zionists are right, maybe arabs really are an inferior species? i mean, look at this, the syrian army pretty much doesn’t exist, they’ve left all these areas completely defenseless. at this point syria is just up for grabs, i bet if the dominican republic would send 20 well trained and armed soldiers they could seize control of damascus and the saa would just surrender. and not just syria, all arab countries are like this.
hahaha haha 🇷🇺=🤡 😆😆😆
humiliated russia smell shit. 🤣
my hillbilly homo ex husband sawyer humiliated again by russia
it’s fascinating how incompetent the syrians and iranians are at defending their own territory. when your intel is and defenses are so horrible, you almost deserve to be overrun and your territory gets seized.
only incompetence is amerikunts—one trillion$ annually to fund terrorists and humiliated by taliban houthis vietcong and trannies in their gay bars
saa a big fckin joke.
morons, cowards and traitors.
6 years building defense lines and got overrunned in only 2 days?
despite having 5 times more troops, armament and air superiority including russian air support.
reports on the ground say most saa troops rund away or surrender and terrorists move forward with no or only sporadic resistance.
wtf?!
assad, putin and mullahs beeing fooled again like in minsk 1-2.
there should have been no ceasefire. saf and ruaf should have bombed idlib to smithereens!
humiliation of russia continues.
why amerikunt humiliated tantrums? russian superiority upsetting? or is the 20 years of sodomy by taliban?
putin let those turks in 2019….what a loser.
like the stupid nazis al nusra terrorists lose focus over-extend…600 dead amerikan proxies past 48 hrs
in my amerikan trailer park fentanyl only 4$
esad will run to russia tonight. the plane is ready.