Equation
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ALL this because NATO doesn't want to see Russia having a Naval and military bases in Syria from the beginning.
ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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Dizasta1
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ALL this because NATO doesn't want to see Russia having a Naval and military bases in Syria from the beginning.
It goes far deeper than that my friend. They US-NATO wanted to cut off Russia completely from accessing the Mediterranean Sea. They did this by inciting, state-sponsored regime change in Ukraine.
The idea was that once there was a Pro-West government installed in Ukraine. That this Pro-West government would have null and void the lease of Sevastopol to the Russian Navy. Effectively throwing out Russian military presence in the Black Sea altogether.
Why Crimea is so important and was essential for US-NATO take such a big gamble (in which they failed miserably) was because, anyone with the basic knowledge of Naval Warfare in the Black Sea would know that the one who controls Crimea, commands the Black Sea.
The other reason why Ukraine needed to be flipped over to the US-NATO camp was because the former Soviet Union had invested heavily in most shipbuilding capabilities, in Ukraine. From the infrastructure to build Gas Turbine engine (industrial scale), to heavy displacement ship building. As the Black Sea is the only "Warm Water" the Soviet Union, now Russia have ever had.
So you can appreciate why Russia took swift action in taking back Crimea. Yes, you heard that correct, Crimea was NOT part of Ukraine, it was redrawn as part of Ukraine S.S.R (Soviet Socialist Republic) back in the day. Historically, and you can find a plethora of evidence to prove that Crimea has always been part of Russian territory.
And the reason for the West to go through all of this trouble, keep Russia cut off from the Black Sea, in order to keep Russia from accessing the Mediterranean Sea, and with it the Naval Base in Tartus, Syria. Is because US-NATO do not want Russia to challenge the West in the Middle East. As everyone has seen the fruits of Western labor, Iraq destroyed, Libya ruptured, Yemen in flames, Somalia scorched and Syria reduced to rubble.
It is a fact that had the Russian Federation not stepped in and provided the Syrian Government assistance. That the world would have witnessed (in its usual comatose state), Syria turn into another Libya, Iraq and Yemen.
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timepass
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Syrian government ground forces attack Ghouta despite Russian truce plan...
"Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave on Wednesday, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both sides said.
Hundreds of people have died in 11 days of bombing of the eastern Ghouta, a swathe of towns and farms outside Damascus that is the last major rebel-controlled area near the capital."
"Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave on Wednesday, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both sides said.
Hundreds of people have died in 11 days of bombing of the eastern Ghouta, a swathe of towns and farms outside Damascus that is the last major rebel-controlled area near the capital."
Dizasta1
Senior Member
Shelling from E. Ghouta which hit Russian embassy in Syria ‘won’t be tolerated forever’
Moscow is not going to keep tolerating the daily shelling of Damascus by eastern Ghouta militants that recently hit the Russian embassy in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said after meeting Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
The current hotspot of the Syrian crisis – Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus – is being used by numerous terrorist groups as a base, from which they launch attacks on the capital and other areas in the country, Putin said, responding to a Russian media journalist’s question on the situation there. Damascus is being shelled up to 80 times a day from the besieged area.
Putin particularly stressed that the Russian embassy in Damascus has come under mortar fire. The building has been shelled and suffered damage on numerous occasions during the Syrian conflict. On February 6, the Russian trade mission in the Syrian capital was also targeted. Luckily, the building was unoccupied, but civilians were injured in the attack.
“It’s well-known – at least, we know this well in Russia – that shells land even on the territory of the Russian embassy and trade mission. Are we going to tolerate this forever?” the president wondered.
Kurz urged Russia to influence the Syrian government and the situation in the country in order to facilitate a diplomatic resolution of the conflict.
“I appeal to Russia, as it has influence there [in Syria] and has a responsibility. Being a superpower, it can influence the regime [of President Bashar Assad], the situation in Syria. Therefore, we hope that everyone will return to the negotiating table and swiftly stop this war,” Kurz said.
“The situation is difficult [in Syria], the prospects of the peaceful settlement depend on the warring parties – on their internal desire to achieve this settlement and preserve the territorial integrity and unity of their country,” Putin said, adding that “the influence of regional countries and key international players is very important.”
According to the Russian leader, Moscow will “strive to establish political dialogue” and ensure the beginning of the work on the new Syrian constitution. Russia will also work to turn the de-escalation zones in Syria into “areas of cooperation between Damascus and the opposition,” he added.
The Ukrainian issue was also discussed during the talks, with Putin reiterating that Moscow wouldn’t object to the deployment of international peacekeepers in the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The President also said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which will connect Germany and Russia via the Baltic Sea, is “an absolutely depoliticized” project. He said the pipeline isn’t viewed as “an alternative to the Ukrainian transit route,” adding that Moscow is ready to continue co-operation with Kiev in this area. According to Kurz, Austria has “a positive approach to the [Nord Stream 2] project as well as Germany and other states,” but a lot of details have yet to be worked out.
Moscow is not going to keep tolerating the daily shelling of Damascus by eastern Ghouta militants that recently hit the Russian embassy in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said after meeting Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
The current hotspot of the Syrian crisis – Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus – is being used by numerous terrorist groups as a base, from which they launch attacks on the capital and other areas in the country, Putin said, responding to a Russian media journalist’s question on the situation there. Damascus is being shelled up to 80 times a day from the besieged area.
Putin particularly stressed that the Russian embassy in Damascus has come under mortar fire. The building has been shelled and suffered damage on numerous occasions during the Syrian conflict. On February 6, the Russian trade mission in the Syrian capital was also targeted. Luckily, the building was unoccupied, but civilians were injured in the attack.
“It’s well-known – at least, we know this well in Russia – that shells land even on the territory of the Russian embassy and trade mission. Are we going to tolerate this forever?” the president wondered.
Kurz urged Russia to influence the Syrian government and the situation in the country in order to facilitate a diplomatic resolution of the conflict.
“I appeal to Russia, as it has influence there [in Syria] and has a responsibility. Being a superpower, it can influence the regime [of President Bashar Assad], the situation in Syria. Therefore, we hope that everyone will return to the negotiating table and swiftly stop this war,” Kurz said.
“The situation is difficult [in Syria], the prospects of the peaceful settlement depend on the warring parties – on their internal desire to achieve this settlement and preserve the territorial integrity and unity of their country,” Putin said, adding that “the influence of regional countries and key international players is very important.”
According to the Russian leader, Moscow will “strive to establish political dialogue” and ensure the beginning of the work on the new Syrian constitution. Russia will also work to turn the de-escalation zones in Syria into “areas of cooperation between Damascus and the opposition,” he added.
The Ukrainian issue was also discussed during the talks, with Putin reiterating that Moscow wouldn’t object to the deployment of international peacekeepers in the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The President also said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which will connect Germany and Russia via the Baltic Sea, is “an absolutely depoliticized” project. He said the pipeline isn’t viewed as “an alternative to the Ukrainian transit route,” adding that Moscow is ready to continue co-operation with Kiev in this area. According to Kurz, Austria has “a positive approach to the [Nord Stream 2] project as well as Germany and other states,” but a lot of details have yet to be worked out.
Jura The idiot
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Jura The idiot
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Jura The idiot
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Wednesday at 11:37 AM
and
more or less agree (Government advancing in southeastern part of Eastern Ghouta Pocket):
and right now
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more or less agree (Government advancing in southeastern part of Eastern Ghouta Pocket):
Non Story. There is no competition over Syria's reconstruction, Most of the foreign sponsored players are more interested in competing over Syria's destruction.
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Jura The idiot
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Feb 24, 2018
as for #2, sometime last week Kurds left
as for #3, Turks are reportedly attacking now:
in short, looks like Turks work on increasing 'cordon sanitaire'
as for #1 from the above post, during last week Turks very slowly advanced around the eastern bank ofFeb 10, 2018
and two weeks later, added in red, completely schematically (I hope previous lines from the above map are visible):
- in northeast, Turks connected their gains with the area around and threaten
- in northwest, Turks merged two their previously gained areas and threaten
- in southwest, Turks from the recently extended taken area threaten
as for #2, sometime last week Kurds left
as for #3, Turks are reportedly attacking now:
in short, looks like Turks work on increasing 'cordon sanitaire'