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Militants led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on November 30 broke through the defenses of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the southern Idlib countryside as a part of their ongoing large-scale offensive, codenamed Operation Deterrence of Aggression.
Despite facing strong resistance, the militants advanced with speed from the town of Saraqib, which fell into their hands a day earlier.
The militants captured some two dozen towns, including Jarjanaz and Talmenes. They later pushed deeper, imposing control over Abu Duhur Air Base.
The latest push put HTS and its allies around five kilometers away from the northern Hamas countryside. The SAA maintains a large presence in the region. However, it is unclear if defenses were prepared there or if sufficient troops are still there.
The militant’s latest gains were not without losses. 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 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.
In the month leading to the offensive several reports talked about a plan by HTS and its allies to attack the SAA in 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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russia never support their allied ‘friend’. not in armenia, not in syria and not the (crap) kurds. russa itself need support from totally fucked up nk. but the fat man in nk habe eyes and can see, and a brain to think.
100% truth!! russia is more of a problem than an ally, it was she who negotiated the ceasefire with erdoğan to put pressure on assad, it was calculated, a sort of lever of pressure
north korea expects nothing from russia, it is self-sufficient, in fact russia has always voted against it at the un
what kind of arabs or muslims say and do nothing for lebanon or palestine, then the moment they do something, it is against assad. cowards and traitors. any arabs or muslims who ally with jews and english are low level scum like any slavs who ally with the english and nazis against their own people
100% true what you are saying
you are wrong. russia deserves the most blame for the current mess. russia, iran, and turkiye could cooperate and end this bloodshed. they all want the u.s.a. out of syria. but they can’t cooperate because russia is busy fighting the sunnis throughout the mena region. it still isn’t too late for the kremlin to enlist global muslim support against western aggression. just deepen cooperation with turkiye.
assad is history . road to damascus is very close ! erdogan netanyahu zionist alliance will rule syria now… :(
in the coming days, i’ll start posting in-depth analyses on syria. my writings are honest and objective. while i’m pro-sunni, i’ve decided being anti-russian or anti-iran isn’t the right approach for an inclussive discourse. from now on, i’ll push for sunni-shia-russia cooperation to end the horrible human suffering unleashed on the mena region by the western world. look for my page on patreon. it’s titled, “islamic jihad”. you can also read my daily analyses on threatwatchers.org.
i guess you are working with unit 8200?
since it’s guess, i’ll give you time to confirm or dismiss your suspicion after reading many of my publications. the good thing about my website is that you can write comments up to 200 words long and disagree with me as much as you want provided you don’t insult individuals, groups, or countries, or post malicious links. (threawatchers.org). pragmatism isn’t haram. i’ll be pragmatic with the enemies of sunnis.
islam is a cancer for humanity!!
so is your mother for giving birth to you