SitRep Middle East August 4, 2015

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TEHRAN (FNA) – In the context of the Russian initiative to sustain the Saudi-Syrian rapprochement, KSA Intelligence Chief may visit Damascus by the end of August, according to well-informed sources.

 

More than 200 Saudi are arrested by the Syrian authorities over their terrorist activities as 700 others have joined the militant groups which are fighting the Army, Al-Manar reported.

The sources added that the Russian side has managed to convince the Saudi leaders that battling ISIL and all the terrorist groups is of a great importance for all the regional countries.

Russia considers that preserving the Saudi-Syrian-Egyptian triangle will preserve the political and security situation in the Middle East and that if the terrorist groups manage to destroy this formula, terrorism will invade the whole region and reach Europe, according to the sources.

The sources note that the Saudi-Syrian convergence is expected to reach fruitful results yet that it needs time for KSA to arrange its internal files in preparation for a strategic change.

Political Analyst: Israel behind Siege of Shiite-Populated Areas in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Abdul Rahman Al-Zala, political analyst and Head of the Islamic Unity Studies Center of Syria’s Levant, underlined that the siege of Shiite-populated areas in the countryside of Idlib by pro-Saudi Takfiri terrorists is an Israeli plot.

“The Takfiri groups supported by Saudi Arabia and Qatar with their prolonged siege of al-Foa and Kafria proved that they are dirty tools for implementing the plots by the US and Israel to disintegrate the region,” Al-Zala told FNA on Tuesday.

He noted that the attempts by the Al-Nusra Front and Jeish al-Fath terrorists to enter Kafria and al-Foa and committing horrendous crimes there proves that these groups have not learned anything about Islam.

On Saturday, Syria’s popular defense forces of the Shiite-populated town of Foa killed nearly two dozen Takfiri terrorists and injured many more. At least 23 Al-Nusra Front terrorists were killed in Foa town. The Syrian popular defense forces also seized the nearby town of Kafria.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.

Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.

Al-Nusra Kidnaps at Least Five More US Trained Militants in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA) – Al-Nusra Front kidnapped at least five more US-trained militants during an overnight raid in Northwestern Syria, reports said.

“Between Monday and Tuesday, al-Nusra Front seized at least five rebels from Division 30 in the village of Qah, near the Turkish border,” the chief of the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Last week al-Nusra Front attacked the same US-trained division, kidnapping the unit’s commander, along with seven members of the Division, according to the observatory.

Syrian Army Advancing against Rebel Groups in North of Lattakia
TEHRAN (FNA) – Informed sources in the coastal province of Lattakia said that the country’s army men have gained the upper hand against the militant groups in parts of the Northern battlefields in Lattakia province.

The sources said that several militants were killed or wounded in the Syrian army’s operations in Frunluq Forests and al-Azer Mountain. The sources added that the army has launched mop-up operations in the abovementioned fighting areas to haunt the rest of the rebel fighters.

On Saturday, Some 50 Takfiri militants were killed in Syrian air raids in the countryside of Lattakia.

The air raids hit hideouts and concentration centers of terrorists in Dweirshan, al-Rawda, al-Wadi and al-Durra in the Northern countryside of Lattakia, killing 50 Takfiri militants, most of them foreign militants.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.

Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.

Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Repels Terrorist Attack on Western Aleppo
 TEHRAN (FNA) – The Syrian army repelled the terrorists’ attack on the Western parts of Aleppo for the fourth time. The foreign-backed terrorists were pushed back from the surrounding areas of the Family House district in Western Aleppo before they could capture the area, Syrian military sources announced.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured in heavy clashes with the Syria troops.

Also in the past 24 hours, the Syrian Air Force in a statement strongly denied the news reports that one of its warplanes has been shot down in Idlib province early Monday.

Some Arab and western media claimed yesterday that a Syrian air force fighter jet had crashed in a marketplace in the Northwestern town of Ariha, killing at least 23 people.

“The report about the crash of a Syrian warplane is not true; this has actually been a US missile strike,” the Arab-language al-Mayadeen TV quoted an informed Syrian government source as saying.

Meantime, the terrorists in Syria have received hazardous chemical substances loaded in trucks crossing the borders from neighboring Jordan.

“The Takfiri terrorist groups have received dangerous chemicals in trucks which crossed Jordan into Syria through Nasib border crossing,” local Syrian sources disclosed.

The local sources also revealed that the hazardous chemical substances included chlorine agent.

Meantime, an ISIL suicide bomber blew himself up in a command center of the rival Al-Nusra Front in Idlib countryside. The suicide attack by the ISIL was carried out in Harem region of Idlib countryside and killed a large number of Al-Nusra Front terrorists, including senior commanders.

Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group, an ally of Al-Nusra Front, in a statement on Monday said that the ISIL attack on Al-Nusra Front command center has inflicted heavy casualties on the group.

Elsewhere, the Syrian army troops retook the Hamka hill in Idlib province from the Takfiri militants. The army regained control over Hamka hill in Idlib countryside. A group of terrorists were killed, and militants’ machinegun-equipped vehicles and mortar launchers were also destroyed in the operation.

Also, the Syrian government forces targeted positions of the foreign-backed Takfiri militants in Quneitra, and killed a large group of them.

The army targeted Takfiri militants’ hideouts and concentration centers in al- Hamehiyeh and al-Samadaniyeh al-Gharbiyeh villages in the countryside of Quneitra, and killed a large group of terrorists, and destroyed all their weapons and ammunition.

The Syrian forces also targeted the hideouts of terrorists, most of them affiliated to al-Nusra Front, in the vicinity of the main square of Quneitra city, killing and injuring a large group of them.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its advances in the Southern parts of the Arab country, killing tens of Takfiri militants, including a notorious commander.

The Takfiri terrorist commander was killed in the army’s operations in al-Manshieh district of the city of Daraa in Southern Syria, the Syria Observatory for Human Rights said. The UK-based monitoring group did not reveal further details, including the name of the Takfiri terrorist commander.

Elsewhere, the Syrian army and the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement made considerable gains in Idlib province, Northwestern Syria, deploying troops in a region close Jisr al-Shugour and preparing for a major offensive to take back the city.

Military sources confirmed that the Syrian troops and the Lebanese resistance forces are now only a quarter of a mile away from Jisr al-Shughour.

“The army and Hezbollah’s joint forces have deployed in a region around al-Sarmania village which is adjacent to Jisr al-Shughour… ,” a military source told FNA.

Meantime, a military expert hailed the Syrian army’s recent victories against the foreign-backed terrorists, and said that the new military gains in Hama and Idlib provinces are prelude to large-scale battles targeting the militants across the country.

“The Syrian army is conducting military operations to assess the military capabilities of the terrorists and bring them out of their hideouts to pave the way for a major battle to seize back the cities of Aleppo, Jisr al-Shugour and Ariha,” Syrian military expert Ali Maqsoud told FNA.

He pointed to the Syrian army’s strategy in its battles against the terrorist in Idlib and Hama, and said, “The Syrian army conducted unique and precise strategic military operations to bring out terrorists from their hideouts and then hunt them.”

Elsewhere, the Syrian government forces struck a heavy blow at the Takfiri militants in Sweida on Monday, leaving a large group of them dead.

The army killed all members of a terrorist group affiliated to the ISIL after monitoring their movements in al-Qaser village, 60 km to the Northeast of Sweida, a military source said.

Also, the Syrian forces killed 73 Takfiri militants in the province of Hama, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Meantime, informed sources in the Central Syria said that the country’s army has been successful in defending its positions against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists’ offensives in the Northern side of Homs city, and killed several of them.

The Sources confirmed that the ISIL terrorists’ infiltration attempts were foiled by the army men in the nearby areas of Hosh al-Talib towards Kafr Nan in al-Hola area, killing and injuring tens of the foreign-backed fighters.

Syrian Air, Ground Forces Hit ISIL Positions Hard near Palmyra

TEHRAN (FNA) – The Syrian Air and Ground Forces stormed strongholds of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the nearby areas of Palmyra, in the Central province of Homs, and forced them to retreat from their positions, military sources said.

The sources said that the Syrian army’s operations against the ISIL gathering centers at the entrance of al-Masek valley and al-Zakari valley in Palmyra’s countryside resulted in the killing and injuring of scores of rebels.

The Syrian warplanes also attacked the ISIL hideouts in the surrounding areas of Jazal and Palmyra, said the sources and added that dozens of terrorists were killed or wounded in the airstrikes.

On Sunday, the Sources confirmed that the ISIL terrorists’ infiltration attempts were foiled by the army men in the nearby areas of Hosh al-Talib towards Kafr Nan in al-Hola area, killing and injuring tens of the foreign-backed fighters.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.

Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.

Syrian Army Takes Control of Foru Town in Hama Province
TEHRAN (FNA)- Military sources said on Tuesday that the country’s army has won back the Foru town near Hama, in Central Syria. The sources said that the army’s massive offensives against al-Nusra Front’s strongholds in the countryside of Hama city resulted in taking full control over Foru town.

The sources added that the army is fortifying its position around the recaptured areas.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.

Syrian Army Foils Infiltration Attempt in Sweida
TEHRAN (FNA) – The Syrian army troops thwarted an infiltration attempt by the Takfiri militants in the Southern province of Sweida on Tuesday. The army repelled a terrorist group’s attempt to infiltrate into Tal al-Sheikh Hussein to the South of al-Tha’ala Airport in the Northern countryside of Sweida.

The army bombed the Takfiri terrorists’ hideouts and movements at the vicinity of Tal al-Sheikh Hussein, killing and injuring a number of the militants.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.

Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.

7 Militants Killed in Syria’s Lattakia
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army continued their mop-up operations against the foreign-backed militants in Lattakia province on Tuesday, killing 7 of them. The army, backed by the air force, destroyed a rockets’ depot and a car equipped with heavy machinegun belonging to the terrorists in Marj Khoukha village in the Northern countryside of Lattakia.

A military source said that 7 terrorists, most of them foreigners, were killed and 15 others were injured.

The self-proclaimed leader of a terrorist group, Abu Osman al-Tajiki, and the Lebanese militant, Ma’moun al-Hatar (aka Abu Mohammed al-Muhajer) were among the dead terrorists.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.

Syrian Army Retakes Grounds in Jisr Al-Shughour near Idlib + Video

Syrian Army Retakes Grounds in Jisr Al-Shughour near Idlib
Syrian Army units, backed by the voluntary forces, have recaptured lands near the northwestern region of Jisr Al-Shughour, inflicting heavy losses on foreign-backed terrorists in the strategic zone, known as the gate to the provincial capital of Idlib, Al-Alam News Network reports.

According to Lebanese Al-Manar TV, Syrian forces have made significant gains in the eastern parts of Jisr Al-Shughour.

Armed militants withdrew the region after suffering heavy losses, and did not take the time to even take away their military equipment, Al-Manar reporter said.

Meanwhile, Aletejah TV reported that the Syrian Army, backed by the forces from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, are “only a quarter of a mile away from Jisr al-Shughour”.

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