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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
same old fake names same old games .
typical pro nazi .
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
naive baby talk sucked in .played like fiddles. entrapped like silly rabbits .
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.
just shut the fuck up.
blahblah, get a brain transplant will do you a world of good!
yes we know you know its not russia’ who’s been creating the crimean wars . .
divisions are their tools of multiplication adding up their profits .
sizeable players seem to be non local arab, i believe (?) uighurs, tajiks,uzbeks, turkic, even dumbf’ck ukies. of course, sunni wahabbis always been there, and they’re all eager to be off to paradise, where all the girls are 😄😄💣
assad is history . road to damascus is very close ! erdogan netanyahu zionist alliance will rule syria now… :(
syria is the one arab state that irael has a real chance to invade, successfully. holding it might be more challenging.
israel is king charles kingdom. that’s why they don’t have a constitution imo .charles just isn’t boastful of his dominions .he’s humble .
nothings what it seems .
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.
i don’t need to write or read your bullsh*t i can see who is doing what for palestine and who isn’t. since you call yourself a “sunni”, which i really doubt, then tell me where were all those big sunni nation the last 14 months when gaza been slaughtered? and who was there for gaza the next day of 7 oct. can you answer me that?
unfortunately, i’m being censored. your question deserves a long analytical answer. but i’ll try and say something.
1. neither iran nor hezbollah declared war on israel even after israeli strikes on iran.
2. iran and hezbollah were quick to accept a flawed ceasefire deal despite pledging continous fighitng over gaza. it means nasrallah and iran’s support for gaza was a p-r stunt.
3. iran restrained hezbollah from unleashing its full military might on israel, correctly fearing that a massive hezbollah onslaught would provoke intense israeli attacks on the shaky government in tehran.
4. turkiye needs nuclear deterrent to deploy troops to gaza. pakistan would have provided that if not for the coup against imran khan. no need for bluster and hot air.
nah the attacks by iran on the jews illegally occupying palestine were successful and the scum saw, like everyone else, that the iron dome was out of date and leaked like a sieve. no good. so the poor friggin jews had to beg the americ*nts for help and received one thaad-system.
5. iran helps sunnis in gaza but kills them in iraq, syria, and yemen. iran helps sunnis in gaza but helps christian armenia over shiite azerbaijan. do you think this policy is sincere or even consisten?
nothings what it seems the cia took out the shah and put in khomenei .allegedly .the cia was hitler’s security .
i turn your question back to you: tell us how iran helped gaza in this war.
i am not surprised that you been censored because of the bullsh*t you are writing and keep making ads about your terrorist website.
1. todays world you don’t need to declare war on other nations anymore. what are we still in the 1800? look at the usa, when was it last time the declared war on other nation?
2. very quickly to make ceasefire? did you notice its been 14 months this war been going on? pr stunt?! just that make me know that you are useless “analytic” if they wanted, they could just do as the rest of the sunni countries. do nothing and save themselves the destruction, no?
4. that is a complete bullsh*t. the man said one will knock on the israhell door. i guess he didnt say which night. and what about the rest of the sunni muslim countries? saudi?? they could close the red sea totally. egypt 105 mill people right next to gaza!!!!! what excuse do you have there?! jorden!? next to the west bank!!
4.seems like all sunni countries cant find gaza on the map! but do you do? you go after those that is actually doing something and putting their lives at risk with their homes and families and then you say. why didnt they do more?
5.hell yes! you think any normal thinking human being what to live under the rule of isis!?!? these head choppers that sold girls as sex slaves and killed their prisoners in the most gruesome ways possible. and they only went after all others but the israhelli. you think iran should let this just go by?!
for the last question of yours. who do you think gave weapons to gaza? iran and smuggled be hezbollah. who is blocking the red sea? the houthis with weapons from iran. the same goes for iraq and hezbollah and they all fought israhell for the last 14 months. what iran did in those 14 months for gaza is more than any sunni muslim country have done for over 40 years combine! so again i ask you. tell me sunni country that did something for gaza the last 14 month, just one!! and no bullsh*t excuses
answer to quest 3 and part of question 5 is under review. i dont want to write it again. it comes up when southfront allows it.
for your information, iran’s first target for war isn’t israel or america. it’s the sunnis for the region. the mullah’s first and only brave war has been against iraq’s sunni government. this doesn’t mean i support saddam.
no iran’s for wef .
you mean it’s disappeared so there’s no knowledge of it allowed here .
okay, so you have the audacity to claim that iran armed hamas. that’s the problem. what type of weapons did you provide? light arms against tanks, ships, and jet bombers. gaza would have been better off unarmed. israel cannot launch a full-scale war on 2million unarmed civilians. understand that you can’t pit hamas against israel. odds simply to much for hamas. fight israel directly if you really want to liberate gaza. remember salahuddeen.
iran’s autocracy .not democrat .
i don’t support isis either. i’m a pure muslim agianst all forms of armed rebellion or terrorism. i also don’t support violent protests.
sufi s the word .it’s not news
isis horus and seth .or ihs .
check reply above. come to threatwatchers.org tomorrow and defend your claims. space too little here.
egyptian junta and jordanian élites are well paid by usa taxpayer money to stay silent when the real rulers of the west, the jews, kill everyone in gaza.
you’re parroting the propagandas tbey peddle repeatedly. you have no idea and you wouldn’t believe the truth .that’s their secret weapon.
i’m no supporter of saudi arabia and other u.s. puppets. when i say sunnis, i don’t mean puppet leaders.
turkiye has helped several countries in a manner iran cannot even attempt due to cowardice. trukiye invaded syria, protected idlib for 8+ years, foiled saudi/emirati/egyptian/american plans in libya.
the problem about isreal is their nukes. turkiye needs nuclear protection, and it’ll get it directly or indirectly. no need for bluster and hot air when you aren’t ready to fight.
hezbollah, not iran, fought israel for 3 months, not 14. those needle prick attacks pre- september were for p-r. contrast your 3 or 14 months with taliban’s 20 years against 27 nations includding america, britain, and france. hezbollah is a horrible joke. i am no supporter of america’s gulf puppets tyrants. i support people like erdogan, imran khan, mahathir, tamim, burhan, dbeiba, and others. i don’t support mbs, mbz, sisi, etc. these guys+iran are our main problem in the muslim world.
wahhabi countries with white hoes and ferraris.
the british set up the saudi royals
no theyre repeating the 1930s they’re staging sensational stories of wars whilst the real deals being conducted in parliament with legislations being pushed through under the cover created by the action .people are just stupid pathetic compliant clones and they don’t even know it .
i’ve decided to write an in-depth article on how iran “never ever” intended nor helped gaza. it used gaza. it uses hezbollah. i’ll try and publish this article tomorrow at threatwatchers.org. come and prove me wrong. plenty of room to comment. little room here on sf.
war declarations need not be explicit. israel declared war on gaza. azerbaijan declared war on n-k. saudi arabia led a coalation against houthis, russia’s smo, turkiye against syria in 2020, egypt against libya in 2020, etc.
you still haven’t told me one sunni country that did anything for gaza. not one! especially turkey!!!! the biggest liars!!!! they gave gaza nothing but hot air and bullsh*t. and they trading with israhell and have israhell embassy in ankara!!! what more you need!?! every time i ask about this you come some bullsh*t excuse. you are wast of time!
the main is the dog erdogan! who is the really enemy of islam! how much money did he steal from his own people!? neither would turkey ever ever ever enter palestine. they nato country and israhell ally. i need to ask are you mentally ok!? or do you just lie to yourself to feel better!?
how many times did turkey fight israhell? can you say zero seconds? you are full of crap man.
they use everyone they can deceive successfully and that’s about 99.9999 %
“america is our barracks ” churchill .
are you rip van twinkle been asleep.for 40 years or just drunk ?
being sensible and not geing drawn into traps like rabbits .children take baits .
200 words you’re too generous.
islam is a cancer for humanity!!
so is your mother for giving birth to you
at least his mother didn’t teach him to despise everyone who isn’t a muslim… every religion is the religion of satan. this can be seen in the orders that believers have to follow. walking around a black stone is a ritual and not a service to god. satan demands such senseless rituals and not god. priests, places of worship and holy books are an insult to god.
i guess she taught him to hate 2 billion people and i guess a couple of other races too, no?
hts used the infinite ammo cheat that many rebel groups around the world use. or to use some guy’s words: nothing to eat but infinite ammo.
or-“castrated” with the tacit approval of binny and vladimir “pootie-poot”!… i wonder what putin will get as the consolation prize that probably has something to do with ratcheting down the mischief in the eastern donbas?,,,
to avoid beeing encircled, israël need to destroy the shia crescent. indépendant and organised muslim countries are more dangerous than a bunch of beheaders who kill each others…. that why they used sadam against iran then destroyed irak and so on…. to survive, they need chaos in the countries they fail to control.
they use their control to create chaos that fuels profits .
the russians have once again failed their “great ally” …heheheh
is this “hehehehe” business just a written transposition of your tourette’s disability ? you seem insecure.
los turcos son unos mañosos traidores se estan aprovechandose de que rusia esta ocupado en ucrania contra la otan para recrear el el gran imperio otomano lo mas grande posible y garantizado por los ingleses y sus 90 submarinos nucleares contando los de sus perros de eeuu y francia
surrender to islamo terrorists who will cut your head of alive, proofs that you must be a braindead moron and coward at the same time.
saa is 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.
the foolished putin erdogan fake agreement caused this scenario.syria army were supposed to pushed out all rebels from syria.trump wiil also fool putin because he trust traitors more then his army.
he’s pragmatic .he’s diplomatic .
he’s not god .
erdogan got few hour before alepo invasion go ahead from putin to activate s400 against himself.not knowing what the emperor pumpkin head big shoes double tongue erdogan are up to..
all entrapments same old same old formula. transparent as .
1.turkish military educated these rebels.
2.turkey paid salaries to these rebels.
3.russia’s and iranian backed esad loosed aleppo city.
4. winners (turkey,usa,israel,pakistan, ukraina) 1 – looser (russia and iran backed esad 0)
5.putin fires general after major losses
syrian 2nd biggest city aleppo, entered under turkish control before trump with ukranian help….