Posted on 10/10/2015 7:29:02 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
Over 1,000 Militants Surrender To Syrian Army In Last 24 Hours
The development came after President Bashar al-Assad in a televised address in July pardoned all soldiers who have fled the army, saying that his words served as a general decree to relevant officials.
Hundreds of foreign-backed militants surrendered to the government troops in the province of Daraa, Syria's National Reconciliation Committee announced on Monday. Hundreds of foreign-backed militants surrendered to the government troops in the province of Daraa, Syria’s National Reconciliation Committee announced on Monday.
Over 1,000 terrorists laid down arms and surrendered to the Syrian authorities over the past 24 hours in Daraa, the Syrian local sources also confirmed.
The militants also turned over their cache of ammo to the authorities, both sources added.
The development came after President Bashar al-Assad in a televised address in July pardoned all soldiers who have fled the army, saying that his words served as a general decree to relevant officials.
Hundreds of gunmen have been laying down their weapons and turning themselves in to authorities in areas across the country.
The militants also turned over their cache of ammos to the authoritie The militants also turned over their cache of ammos to the authoritie
This number seems to be on the rise as the army has been making steady gains in the battlefield against the terrorist groups, recapturing an increasing number of regions, including strategic sites, which helped cut off many of the militants’ supply routes and forced them to surrender or run away.
Also in the past 24 hours, the Syrian air raids destroyed concentration centers of the ISIL, al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups in Hama and Idlib.
The Syrian warplanes conducted airstrikes against positions of ISIL and the so-called Jeish al-Fath terrorists in the countryside of Hama and Idlib.
The airstrikes hit positions of the ISIL terrorists in al-Rahjan village, 50 km to the Northeast of Hama City, destroying a number of terrorists’ vehicles with all arms, ammunition and equipment on board.
The airstrikes also hit positions of al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups in Aqrab village in the Southwestern countryside of Hama, killing scores of terrorists.
A number of vehicles belonging to Jeish al-Fath terrorists were also destroyed in airstrikes in Abdin village in the countryside of Ma’aret al-Nu’aman in Idlib countryside.
Meantime, the Syrian fighter jets pounded hideouts of the Takfiri militants in the countryside of Homs.
The Syrian air raids destroyed Takfiri terrorists’ hideouts and vehicles in al-Qaryatain, al-Sa’an, and in the vicinity of al-Sha’er field in Homs countryside.
The Russian air group in Syria is using Kh-29L air-to-surface missiles to conduct airstrikes against the ISIL militants, the Russian military said Sunday.
“A Kh-29L surface-to-air missile is equipped with a semi-active laser guidance system. When the launch is conducted, a pilot illuminates a target with a laser sight. At the same time an aircraft can continue the flight,” Aerospace Forces Spokesman Colonel Igor Klimov said.
Also, the Syrian army conducted military operations against the foreign-backed Takfiri militants in Aleppo province, leaving hundreds of them killed and injured.
Hundreds of terrorists were killed or wounded in Aleppo City and its countryside in the past 24 hours, a military source said.
Elsewhere, at least 28 militant fighters of the ISIL terrorist group were killed during clashes with the Kurdish forces in the Northeastern Syrian province of Hasaka.
“The YPG forces besieged the ISIL militants near Mount Abdulaziz and killed dozens of terrorists and destroyed several vehicles,” a spokesman for the YPG Media Center told ARA News.
Also, gunmen from the Jeish al-Fath coalition of extremist groups are pulling out their forces from Idlib and other towns in Northwestern Syria.
The radical group started moving towards the Turkish border on Saturday after having experienced “the efficiency of the Russian aerospace forces’ strikes,” the As-Safir Arabic-language daily reported.
The coalition is led by al-Nusra terrorist group, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, which is sponsored by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. The group seized the Idlib province this spring.
The report said field commanders fear at any moment the attack of Syrian forces supported by Russian warplanes on the key town of Jisr al-Shugour, on the Lattakia-Aleppo highway.
Hope it’s true.
They probably weren’t volunteers.
proof positive that Obama never even tried to win.
Once the Russians moved in, they probably let it be known that they had a deal to offer: surrender, and we let you live.
That’s how you run a war. You don’t run it with liberal college professors desperately trying to “understand” the enemy.
These surrenders are most likely not ISIS but rather the Kurds. ISIS doesn’t surrender and Asad also considers the Kurds as terrorists.
I don’t know what to believe anymore. Then again, I never have known.
Can someone explain to me the Kurds and PKK? I understand the latter are.communists.
Hmmm...Now Syria and Russia have picked up hundreds of millions of dollars worth of American military equipment...
Naw, the Kurds are 30+million people who live in Northern Iran, Northern Iraq, Syria and Turkey...They claim their homeland encompasses real estate in these Countries...
Saddam Hussein didn't care much for them and he used to bomb them regularly while using chemical weapons on them as well...
Turkey doesn't like them because they claim land which Turkey also claims...They are in constant battle with the Turkish military...PKK is the name given to the group of Kurdish militants who are fighting in Turkey and parts of Iraq...
The Kurdish people love the United States...They aren't too fond of Obama since he refuses to give them any military equipment to fight ISIS...They are the enemies of ISIS and Al Qaida and until Russia showed up, they were doing the most damage to these terrorist groups...They are not muzlims...
I know the feeling, lots of disinformation from state-controlled media.
Fred, who is FARS News Agency?
Nevermind, looked it up: The Fars News Agency (FNA) is a news agency in Iran.
Less than a grain of salt. Might as well post “what the mullahs want you to believe.”
Thanks, I had doubts when I posted it. Would like it to be true however.
I know, that's the seduction of it.
The internet and the ease of manipulation really worries me. There are very sophisticated masters of propaganda expending great effort online.
We have the administration line, their sock puppets in the liberal media; but, this is bush league compared to the state sponsored disinformation from the pros working for our enemies.
I really worry about "viral" in the hands of the enemies of our civilization. I think the internet has a real effect of turning the world into a mob.
Thanks much for your reply.
And now those Syrian refugees and their fellow jihadist can stop freeloading in Europe and go back home, so the Germans et al can leave their homes (which they were goading them not to do) and the stores can stop being sacked and the healthcare system does not have to be overwhelmed with their exotic diseases and rampant STDs..
It’s all good imo.
This is good news in the short term. Obama must be rolling in his own bug bath.Looks good on him.
Vladimir Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize!! ( Progressive socialists everywhere are having brain farts! LOL)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140307-putin-nobel-peace-prize-politics-syria/
(Please)
The Fars News Agency is a news agency in Iran. While it describes itself as “Iran’s leading independent news agency”, news organizations such as CNN and Reuters describe it as a “semi-official” news agency. -Wikipedia
Amazing what a little real leadership can accomplish.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/11/us-mideast-crisis-russia-saudi-idUSKCN0S50VW20151011
didn’t see this on ‘the news’
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