Started with protests in Daraa in 2011, the Syrian conflict rapidly turned into a war with a number of foreign powers supporting various militant groups (including al-Qaeda-linked) against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Since then, the country has been a point of instability in the Middle East.
Russia began a military intervention in Syria in 2015 after an official request by the Syrian government for military help against militant groups.This allowed the Syrian government to survive and to regain initiative in a battle against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), ISIS and other militant groups.
But this time there are less ISUS reserves available for offensive ops, they are on the defensive up north. Hope that SAA will move north from this line, to widen salient and secure gas fields.
don’t forget that also the SAA situation in Aleppo province is much better: they don’t have to worry much about any possible southwards attacks by the moderate fucktards to divert resources from the ISIS front. Of course, there are the turks. But if they start fighting the Syrian government directly it would be a political and strategical suicide.
Looks like another salient getting ready to be cut off…again.
But this time there are less ISUS reserves available for offensive ops, they are on the defensive up north. Hope that SAA will move north from this line, to widen salient and secure gas fields.
don’t forget that also the SAA situation in Aleppo province is much better: they don’t have to worry much about any possible southwards attacks by the moderate fucktards to divert resources from the ISIS front. Of course, there are the turks. But if they start fighting the Syrian government directly it would be a political and strategical suicide.