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The intelligence services of Ukraine and the United States are plotting attacks against Russian forces in Syria and recruiting militants from the war-torn country for Kiev forces, Sputnik reported on June 30, citing a Syrian diplomatic military official.
The unnamed official told the Russian news agency that Ukrainian and American intelligence officials are operating from the Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan.
The recruitment of Syrian militants is being directed by the honorary consulate of Ukraine in Erbil, Farhad Ali Shakir, the official said, adding that the militants will be trained at bases in Iraq by Ukrainian officers who prepared for this task in U.S. institutions.
“As the American administration’s planned path for the conflict in Ukraine is failing, the U.S. is taking additional steps to increase the recruitment of those willing to fight into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the source explained.
The source alleged that the CIA, the U.S. main intelligence agency, is now negotiating with the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and the heads of several Arab tribes in Syria to recruit militants for Kiev forces, with a monthly salary for each militant of up to $2,000.
The YPG is the core faction of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control a large part of Syria’s northeastern region including the border line with Iraq’s Kurdistan.
Attempts by Kiev forces to recruit military from Syria were first reported just a few days after the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine in February of last year.
Last April, a report by The Washington Post citing leaked U.S. intelligence documents revealed a plot by the Ukrainian intelligence and the SDF to launch attacks against Russian bases and key oil fields in Syria. The SDF has since denied any involvement in such a plot.
Ukraine launched its so-called spring counteroffensive early on in June. However, its forces are yet to make any meaningful gains on the ground, despite sustaining heavy losses. Ukraine and the U.S. are likely stepping up efforts to recruit Syrian militants in order to use them as cannon fodder on hot fronts.
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not a problem, russia has always managed to exterminate the verminous terrorists washington has sent at it for decades. ask shamil basayev when you get to hell, he will tell you who sent him there.
it’s a goog idea for syrians to fight russia in ukriane. weakening russia through ukraine, may free their land when russia can no longer sustain its operations. unlike in syria where not much western weapons reache russia’s enemies, fighters get all the weapons they need in ukraine. sending battle-hardened syrian muslims to ukraine may fundamentally alter the war against russia. a russian defeat in ukraine is good for the sunni muslim world.
someone in russia wants to know how being a battle-hardened syrian muslim can keep someone from being blown up into little tiny pieces.
happy pride day to you.
sdf is pro-russia, kdp is pro-turkey, puk is pro-iran. i don’t know how it will play out.
how could an entity created, funded and operated by the usa be pro-russia?
sdf is ypg plus some arab factions. assad has always helped ocalan.
when it comes to choosing between america and russia, which do you think they’ll choose? you can’t serve two masters at the same time. sdf will cooperate with anyone that lends it some protection from turkey.
so they will help russia because american will abandon them.
they will stop squabbling and get organised, which is what is happening. they have no choice but to trust each other. the brics could cease trading with the western countries and just trade amongst themselves and not notice the difference.
sdf if n-o-t pro russian. their loyalty is to america and the zionists. they will immediately collapse without america’s protection. sdf doesn’t want america to be defeated because it may spell the end of rojava. so, there’s no way they can be pro-russian. they just lie low in order to not provoke the russians.
then why did the assad regime helped ocalan and ypg in the past?
start dumping weapons to their enemies.
happy pride day to all gay muslims in the comments section of sf.
time for russia to clear out the us from syria and clear out the terrorists too.
they had an agreement with terrorists, i.e. unhuman genocidal ogres which (notice: not ‘whom’) shitsultan is merdolfgan
they didn’t have any agreement. russia backed down after the events of march 2020. it’s now clear to them that turkey will protect syrian muslims even at the cost of a war with russia. that’s the quality of a true muslim leader.
it depends on what syrian “muslim” group. hezbollah? muslim brotherhood? madkhalis? hts?
the priority to clear the us out of syria should take precedence over any issues with turkey or hts. russia and syria should be very focused on destroying the us presence in syria and eliminating the sdf, in collaboration with turkey
they have to be sure to not beeing stabed in the back before turning against us in syria. turkey is a nato member.
then turkey should make the first move. russia and turkey should hold a yalta-style conference about who will control which part of the former sdf area after us-drugged imbeciles and smackheads have been cleared from the region
yes, its first move: to die
turkey + russia + iran + syria will outgun the u.s. throughout the mena region. the u.s is lucky iran got no balls otherwise america would have been ejected from the region. if iranian leaders have even 1/3 the balls of their turkish and afghan counterparts, the u.s. will definitely back down. iran wont do shit even if it gets the nukes its pursuing. just a bunch of mouthy cowards.
you have said in the past that you support turkey and you want to cooperate with iran but you hate russia and syria, now you want all these 4 to cooperate.
a stuff will never be a human being
‘shitinfo’ go farting by that stuff, merdolfgan
it is because russia and assad are ok with sdf.
i wonder why you get most things wrong. sdf has seized syria’s oil wealth from assad. america is in syria via the sdf. they are protected by the same america that is killing thousands of russians in ukraine as we speak.
russia and assad want to use sdf as a bargaining chip against turkey. that’s all.
there are trade pacts between them. i don’t know if they break apart. however, iran, iraq and hezbollah dislike the sdf and support turkey on this.
project ukraine must be getting desperate.
didn’t see this coming?sarcasm, what else would these us and ukrainian degenerates be doing then terrorizing and destabilizing.
jens army of retired dishwashers downvoting all paid one used condom by sawyer
sf is really random farting sillyness selling them as news
if any syrian or ieaqi wants to fight for the evil empire after it has destroyed and is now exploiting their countries, then they ain’t right in the head. now has never been a better time to give the invader the boot.
to the average syrian sunni, russia is an even greater aggressor than america. and sunnis make up 74% of syria’s pre-war population. russia has killed more syrians over the last 8 years than all other groups combined. this is the reason why they (sunni syrians), and myself hate russia and pray for their defeat throughout the world. those russia massacred are mostly civilians. at least 400,000 by conservative estimates. how many did turkey or the u.s. or even iran kill?
poppycock.
which group of the sunni syrians? they are so divided themselves. a great deal of themselves support the regime though. they have certain interests probably.
russian lead and steel doesn’t differentiate between nationalities, they’ll get turned into minced and roasted all the same. learn how to tie a turniquet with no hands, and bring multiple ones.
i support america in ukraine. russia should be taught a lesson. it’s one bruttish country. you can discern their brutal and blood thirsty nature from the comments on this website. they have no war tactics. all they do is use brute force to clear whatever obstacle that’s in their way regardless of how much casualty it inflicts on civilians. putin is our modern hitler. if anything, syria proves that.
the commenters are nothing. just basement dwellers. ukrainians are hardline, resembling the bosniaks. most neo-nazis and jihadis are fighting for the kiev regime. these groups have attacked the peoples of eastern and southern ukraine also.
the ukrainian and american losers have been scraping the scum layer of the barrel for a long time now
why ever would poopcraine ever need new soldiers????
heheheh