Syrian War: News #17

JohninMK wrote:Found this map, don't know the author but it seems to give a pretty good indication of the main areas of activity by the SAA. Sorry its Twitter but neither the Syrian or Russian Governments are issuing maps atm.

GarryB wrote:But internet fanbois want progress now or the leaders need to be shot or replaced...

"It was stressed that the resolution of the [UN Security Council] 2401 does not apply to military operations against IGIL (the obsolete name of the terrorist group Islamic State, IG), Jebhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda (all three organizations are banned in Russia), related organizations and other terrorist groups, this struggle will continue, despite the attempts of certain external players to involve terrorists and associated forces of opposition fighters in order to realize their plans to overthrow the lawful authorities of Syria and division of the country, "the statement said . It notes that the parties "agreed to continue the exchange of views on this issue."

Not just Guta
The Russian diplomatic mission reported that "the ambassador drew the attention of the British side to the fact that not only East Guta and Idlib, but also other regions of the country are facing the humanitarian problems" and "called for similar steps to ensure the delivery of humanitarian supplies to the area of ​​El Tanf , the refugee camp of Er-Rukban and Rakku. " "Assistance must be provided impartially and not conditioned by the achievement of certain political goals," the embassy said in a statement.

MOSCOW, February 28. / TASS /. The most difficult humanitarian situation in Syria has developed in areas that are under the control of a coalition led by the United States - At-Tanf and Rakke - urgent measures are needed from international organizations to resolve it. This was stated on Wednesday by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov.


What is happening in the Syrian East Guta
"Today, the most difficult situation for the peaceful population of Syria has developed in those areas, controlled by the US-led coalition and the armed opposition groups under its control." After loud statements about the release from IGIL (formerly banned in the Russian Federation, the group "Islamic State" - TASS commentary) ) these areas turned into "black holes", the situation in which is absolutely opaque for either the Syrian government or international observers, "Konashenkov said.

The general added that "these areas turned into recreation areas for militants, where yesterday's bandits, who replaced the black IGIL flags with the" opposition "banners, are being treated, gaining strength and rearming to terrorize civilians."

According to the official spokesman for the military department, the situation in the Ruhrbahn refugee camp, which is located in the zone of responsibility of the United States military base in El Tanf, remains extremely difficult.


UN: it is impossible to deliver humanitarian aid to East Gutu
"Up to 60,000 refugees residing in the camp are forcibly detained by militant groupings of Er-Ruqban, militants are on checkpoints and patrols are being carried out by militants." "To travel outside the A-Tanf zone through Syrian checkpoints to the command of illegal armed formations [illegal armed formations ] allows only those whose relatives remain as "hostages", - said Konashenkov.

As the general noted, in connection with the difficult living conditions among those who are in Er-Rukban, "the incidence, including fatalities, is high." At the same time, 20 Jordanian medical volunteers "only in exceptional cases" and with the permission of the militants take the seriously ill patients to the nearest hospital.

"Improving the situation could be humanitarian convoys and the evacuation of those in need of treatment to Damascus health facilities, as is done for seriously ill people in Eastern Guta," the general added.

The situation in Rakka
"The situation of civilians in Rakki, as we have repeatedly stressed, is characterized as a" humanitarian catastrophe "that its" liberators "persistently do not want to notice from the international coalition led by the United States," said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry. He noted that aviation destroyed more than 80% of buildings in the city, there are no water supply and electricity in residential areas.

Daily explosions of ammunition and improvised explosive devices, which are littered with city ruins, have occurred since the time when the American coalition announced the release of Rakki from IGIL, the number of victims of civilian explosions has approached four hundred, "Konashenkov said.


According to him, at the moment there are about 40 thousand inhabitants in Rakka, whereas by the beginning of the storming of the city more than 200 thousand people lived there.

"However, despite this disastrous situation in Raccoon, the US State Department and the Pentagon have officially announced that they are not even considering the programs for restoring the city's infrastructure," the official spokesman for the Defense Ministry said. "I want to stress that the current situation in Rakka strikingly contrasts with the progress of restoration work in Aleppo and other dozens of Syrian cities exempted from terrorists.Today anyone can come to Aleppo and see how the enterprises, residential quarters, ra markets, railway stations, airports, medical and educational institutions, nothing like this in Racca and is not expected until this city is under the control of the US occupation forces, and not the legitimate government of Syria. "

"Urgent action by international humanitarian organizations is needed to eliminate the gravest humanitarian situation in Rakka and at Tanfa, and the peaceful population of Syria can not and should not endlessly remain hostage to Washington's senseless geopolitical games," the general concluded.

par far wrote:
LOL, I know it will never happen but just imagine if it did happen, the butt hurt in Israel would be unreal.