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.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” – teddy roosevelt
Aleks Black
7 years ago
FSA losses must be staggering to lose ground so fast so early in their offensive. It seems like the Turks put the entire operation together to give ISIS a fighting chance to regroup and reform their lines after the collapse in Deir Hafer, Palmyra, Deir Ezzor, Tabqa. Unless the FSA stages a major counter counter offensive, in 1 week SAA will be pulling up on Raqqa from the south. SAA reinforcements will pour to Ithriya before the jihadists get cold in hama
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” – teddy roosevelt
FSA losses must be staggering to lose ground so fast so early in their offensive. It seems like the Turks put the entire operation together to give ISIS a fighting chance to regroup and reform their lines after the collapse in Deir Hafer, Palmyra, Deir Ezzor, Tabqa. Unless the FSA stages a major counter counter offensive, in 1 week SAA will be pulling up on Raqqa from the south. SAA reinforcements will pour to Ithriya before the jihadists get cold in hama