Posted on 09/04/2017 9:07:58 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Syrian troops are now at the gates of the Islamic State-besieged city of Deir ez-Zor, the governor of the province said, as the government forces continue to press forward, obliterating terrorist positions in the vicinity and on the outskirts of the city.
“The heroes of the army will arrive at Deir ez-Zor in 24-48 hours at the most,” the governor of Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, Mohammed Ibrahim Samra, told Reuters, adding that the Syrian Army was only 18-20 kilometers (11-12 miles) away from the city.
Earlier, an elite unit of the Syrian Army, called the Tiger Forces, came within 18 kilometers (11 miles) of the besieged city after destroying IS (Islamic State, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorist positions on the Bishri mountain chain, Al-Masdar News reported.
Despite massive redeployment of fighters and military hardware by the Islamic State terrorists from other parts of Iraq and Syria to Deir ez-Zor, the Syrian Army, with the help of the Russian Air Force, has been advancing toward the city on several fronts.
The key Euphrates city of Deir ez-Zor has been under terrorist siege for two and a half years, after being cut off from government-held areas in May 2015 during the jihadists’ offensive on Palmyra. The surrounded city, alongside a neighboring military base and airfield, have since been supplied with food and ammunition via airdrops by Russian and Syrian transport planes and helicopters.
On Sunday, the Syrian Army attacked IS barricades on the southwestern outskirts of the city, Sana news agency reported, killing several terrorists and seizing their weapons and ammunition.
“We carried out at dawn a successful raid against one of ISIS terrorists’ barricades in the direction of the Water Resources area through crawling and infiltrating it and throwing several bombs when we almost approached the area, killing all...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtmwy-XlOjo
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but—— the real question is ‘will Hillary and Baraq be able to get help to them in time’?
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Good riddance!
McCain will be very heartbroken.
I was about to post this.
Where are FR’s resident elderly neocons to tell us the the Syria government is helping ISIS?
When there are no good choices, you take the best among a bad set of options. Assad is bad, but all viable alternatives are worse. I am cheering for Assad.
“Where are FR’s resident elderly neocons to tell us the the Syria government is helping ISIS?”
You people are simply PUTIN ENABLERS, for thinking that Syrian Government win would be preferable. Now go back to licking pretty-boy Putin’s boots..
(that’s about all you’ll get until the NeverTrumper Neocons show up here - they’re much better at it than me faking it)
Hmmmm. Can we airdrop them into Pyongyang?
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This is huge news!
Southfront has more detail: this from yesterday.
I'm not buying what the globalist maniacs are selling anymore. None of the guys we overthrew were bad. Assad isn't a bad guy for his nation. They were running competent governments, and their elections could not have been less fair than how the dems nominated hillary and tried to overturn Trump's election. Could their legislative bodies possibly have been worse than our DC legislative sellouts?
It's not easy to say this as someone who has always believed in my nation. While globalist maniacs were running amuck with regime change that created chaos in formally stable nations, North Korea and its very paranoid leader have been enabled by the previous three administrations. And go figure. One reason he's paranoid is he fears the US will pull the regime change thing again if he can't defend himself.
Just like the Russkies killed Baghdadi? Oh well, 3 years on, let’s hope they can make progress in a state the size of Florida.
Fine, I’ll say he’s bad, he helped Terrorists have a haven for attacking us in Iraq, he’s the main reason people are fleeing Syria, that means refugees in Western Europe and even here, his daddy helped kill 250 Marines. He buys gas from ISIS, no reason to trust him.
Maybe everything you’ve said is true, maybe not. Look at a map. If Assad’s regime were to fall, ISIS would have a corridor to the Med. There can’t be anything good about the attempts to topple Assad, considering McCain’s involvement and that weapons from Benghazi ended up in the hands of ISIS.
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““Where are FR’s resident elderly neocons to tell us the the Syria government is helping ISIS?””
Anyone taking state sponsored Russian media as gospel can’t be convinced otherwise.
Oh by the way, yes, Hezbollah just let a bunch of ISIS fighters off the hook in Lebanon, so coalition strikes bombed them.
Yes, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, Russia, all allies.
Where are the sad, elderly neocons you ask? They are too busy masturbating while watching YouTube videos of Bill Kristol’s wax, potato-face calling Americans stupid and lazy.
It appears Assad’s assault is by Syria’s Tiger forces & Iranian Republican Guard forces. Iran’s military and Hezbellah are a huge portion of Assad’s military in some parts of the country.
They are hurrying to try and take Deir Ezzor before the Kurdish lead SDF does. It is strategic in relation to the oil fields. ISIS in Raqqa is close to finished. Assad knows the next step by the SDF will be Deir Ezzor.
The thrust now is by Russian Air force. We will see when Assad’s forces actually arrive.
From Twitter here is the latest map of Deir Ezzor. From a source I know is reliable.
Doloroso @Pyrmha108
Deir Ezzor - kicking off tomorrow - prayers for everyone involved in destroying this Daesh filth. . #BlackFlagDown
https://twitter.com/Pyrmha108/status/904155607455981568
The Yellow is the SDF forces (SDF has always avoided conflicts with Assad forces. Only violation has been Iranian elements)
The Red is the Assad (Tiger & Iranian Guard Forces)
ISIS is about to get it from both sides. Kicked to the curb.
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