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Kiev’s martial law is cover for offensive action against rebels – Moscow

Published time: 5 Dec, 2018 10:05

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FILE PHOTO. President Petro Poroshenko meets with soldiers in eastern Ukraine. ©Mikhail Palinchak/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters 

 

Moscow believes the Ukrainian government is set for a flare-up of hostilities against rebels in the east, using the newly-imposed martial law to cover up its preparations.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has called on international observers, monitoring the situation in Ukraine, to step up their efforts to prevent possible provocations.

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Rebel yell: Southern nationalists again crying ‘secede’

Southern nationalists seek “nothing less than the complete reconquest and restoration of our patrimony – the whole, entire South.”

AP - August 12, 2017

 

As 21st century activists seek to topple monuments to the 19th century Confederate rebellion, some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederates tried and failed to do: secede from the Union.

It’s not an easy argument to win, and it’s not clear how much support the idea has: The leading Southern nationalist group, the Alabama-based League of the South, has been making the same claim for more than two decades and still has an address in the U.S.A., not the C.S.A.

But the idea of a break-away Southern nation persists.

The League of the South’s longtime president, retired university professor Michael Hill of Killen, Alabama, posted a message in July that began, “Fight or die white man” and went on to say Southern nationalists seek “nothing less than the complete reconquest and restoration of our patrimony – the whole, entire South.”

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After “Liberation,”

After “Liberation,” U.S. To Give Control Of Raqqa To “Rebels”, Not Syrian Government

The Syrian city of Raqqa – the “stronghold” of terror group ISIS – will be governed by a “civilian council” with the support of U.S. troops following its “liberation” from terrorists. Their refusal to return the city to the Syrian government will only worsen the nation’s six-year-long civil war.

By Whitney Webb

Global Research, April 21, 2017

MintPress News 20 April 2017

 

While the public justification for the presence of United States troops in Syria has long been focused on fighting the terror group Daesh (ISIS), the recent actions of the U.S. and its allies within Syria continue to suggest that fighting terrorism is merely a cover for a very different type of operation, one that seeks to keep Syria fragmented and destabilized long after any terrorists are defeated.

On Tuesday, the U.S.-allied militias that have been encircling Raqqa – the de facto stronghold of Daesh – announced that they had formed a “civilian council” to govern Raqqa after its capture from Daesh militants. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S.-backed militia that comprises a large number of Syrian Kurds, claim to have spent six months setting up the council, with a preparatory committee having met “with the people and important tribal figures of Raqqa city to find out their opinions on how to govern it,” Middle East Eye reported.

SDF spokesman Talal Selo stated that some towns near Raqqa had already been turned over to the council following a successful operation to drive out Daesh forces.

The U.S. military had previously hinted that power would be given to rebel groups following Raqqa’s “liberation” when the head of U.S. Central Command General Joseph Votel told the Senate in early March that military officials anticipated “that America’s allies will need assistance preventing their [Daesh’s] return and establishing Syrian-led peacekeeping efforts” after a successful operation.

Considering that the Syrian government is far from being one of “America’s allies,” Votel’s statement implied that the U.S.-backed militias would be given control of Raqqa and the surrounding area, despite the implications this would have for Syrian sovereignty and further destabilization in the war-torn country.

As MintPress previously reported, Votel also told senators that “conventional U.S. forces would be required to stabilize the region once ISIS fighters are flushed from Raqqa,” meaning that the current U.S. troop build-up around Raqqa is by no means a temporary deployment, but rather the foundation for creating a standing army.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has not been surprised as to what the U.S.-backed operation to remove Daesh from Raqqa would bring.

Last week, Assad told Agence France-Presse:

“We support whoever wants to liberate any city from the terrorists, but that doesn’t mean to be liberated from terrorists and being occupied by American forces, for example, or by another proxy, or other terrorists. So, it’s not clear who is going to liberate Raqa. Is it really Syrian forces that are going to hand it over to the Syrian army? Is it going to be in cooperation with the Syrian army? It’s not clear yet.”

Given that the Trump administration’s current position involves the removal of Assad from power, keeping Raqqa out of the Syrian government’s control via a U.S.-backed militia seems like a clear attempt to force Assad’s hand.

While Assad had previously stated that the country’s civil war would likely conclude this year – barring foreign intervention – a U.S.-military-supported rogue government in Raqqa would prevent the Syrian government from reacquiring its territory. Any attempts by the Syrian Army to take back Raqqa from the SDF and U.S. military could allow U.S. officials to demonize Assad and take stronger actions to remove him from power.

However, the U.S. plan is unlikely to go smoothly, given the Kurds’ dominant presence in the SDF. Turkey, Syria’s northern neighbor, will probably not be happy to see a Kurdish-majority group gain governing power over a region near its border, as the Turkish government has long considered Syrian Kurdish militias, including those backed by the U.S., to be terrorist groups. Turkey has repeatedly bombed U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds for this very reason.

Whitney Webb is a MintPress contributor who has written for several news organizations in both English and Spanish; her stories have been featured on ZeroHedge, the Anti-Media, 21st Century Wire, and True Activist among others – she currently resides in Southern Chile.

The original source of this article is MintPress News

Copyright © Whitney Webb, MintPress News, 2017

 long been focused on fighting the terror group Daesh (ISIS), the recent actions of the U.S. and its allies within Syria continue to suggest that fighting terrorism is merely a cover for a very different type of operation, one that seeks to keep Syria fragmented and destabilized long after any terrorists are defeated.

 

Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist:

Hillary Approved Sending Sarin Gas to Rebels to Frame Assad, Start Syrian War… Chris Hedges: It’s Our Bombs, Not Trump’s Comments, that Fuel Hatred Towards the United States

Submitted by IWB, on October 11th, 2016

 

In April of 2013, Britain and France informed the United Nations that there was credible evidence that Syria used chemical weapons against rebel forces. Only two months later, in June of 2013, the United States concluded that the Syrian government did, in fact, use chemical weapons in its fight against opposition forces. President Obama immediately used this chemical attack as a pretext for invasion and authorized direct U.S. military support to the rebels, according to the White House.

Since the US has been funding these ‘moderate rebels’ more than 250,000 people have been killed, over 7,600,000 have been internally displaced, and 4,000,000 other human beings have been forced from the country entirely.

All of this death and destruction carried out by a sadistic army of rebels who’ve been funded and armed by the United States government, based on, what we are now told, was a complete fabrication.

World renowned journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed, in a series of interviews and books, that the Obama Administration falsely blamed the government of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad for the sarin gas attack that Obama was trying to use as an excuse to invade Syria.

As Eric Zuesse explained in Strategic Culture, Hersh pointed to a report from British intelligence saying that the sarin that was used didn’t come from Assad’s stockpiles. Hersh also said that a secret agreement in 2012 was reached between the Obama Administration and the leaders of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, to set up a sarin gas attack and blame it on Assad so that the US could invade and overthrow Assad.

http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/05/03/pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist-hillary-approved-sending-sarin-gas-to-rebels-to-frame-assad-start-syrian-war/

 

German FM warns of global confrontation, Israel pushing for confrontation between America and Russia

All chronologically detailed since 2012 and people know, they just don’t care!

 

Free Syrian Army is a military coup….

The Free Syrian Army is the main opposition army group in Syria. It is composed of defected Syrian Armed Forces personnel, who have been active during the Syrian Uprising. The formation of the opposition army group was announced on 29 July 2011 in a web video released by a group of uniformed defectors from the Syrian military, who called upon members of the army to defect and join them. The leader of the men, who identified himself as Colonel Riad al-Asaad, announced that the FSA would work with demonstrators to bring down the system and declared that all security forces attacking civilians are justified targets. Riad al-Asaad has stated that the Free Syrian Army has no political goals except the liberation of Syria from Bashar Assad’s government. The FSA has also stated that the conflict is not sectarian, and that they have in their ranks Alawis who oppose the government, and that there will be no reprisals when it falls. On 23 September 2011, the Free Syrian Army merged with the Free Officers Movement and became the main opposition army group. By early December, there were an estimated 15,000 to 25,000 defectors from the armed forces according to activist and media sources, western intelligence sources estimated greater than 10,000 defectors, By the middle of January, the Free Syrian Army reported because of continuing defections a total of 40,000 men in its ranks. The actual number of soldiers defecting to the Free Syrian Army is unknown.

Explaining The Syrian Uprising (part of the Arab spring)

Goals –

Resignation of Bashar al-Assad
Democratic reforms
Regime change
Expanded civil rights
Recognition of Kurdish rights
Abolition of the Supreme State Security Court
Lifting of the emergency law

Characteristics –

Assassinations (government claim)
Civil resistance
Calls for sanctions
Demonstrations
General Strikes
Hacktivism
Hunger strikes
Insurgency by defectors
Mutiny Self-immolations
Suicide bombings (disputed, government claim) Sit-ins
Violent resistance in Homs (beginning in September), Hama, Daraa, Idlib, Douma, Zabadani, Saqba, rural Damascus, and Rankous.

Concessions given –

Emergency law lifted
Supreme State Security Court abolished
5,994 political prisoners released out of 30,000 detained
General amnesty from 15 March 2011 – 31 January 2012
Local administration reformed
Tax cuts
Increase in public sector salary
Citizenship granted to Kurds

So the Syrian government has given into all their demands except the president himself stepping down… what!!! you say, thats correct all the concessions are meeting the demands of the Free Syrian Army (FSA)

So why the military coup is still active?

Simply because of one man President Assad.

Now the FSA, have about 40,000 active members amongst it’s ranks…

The population of Syria is 22,000,000 people.

The president is responsible for the safety of 22,000,000 people.

Think about this, if a president has given concessions based on the FSA demands, all that is left is the rest of the 22,000,000 millions he needs to keep safe.

Free Syrian Army is attacking and defying the government and taking on the Syrian Army, the Syrian Army is in charge of protecting the interests of government and people of Syria.

It’s their doctrine to uphold the current Syrian regime…

President Assad has promised and is delivering on a more democratic infrastructure shifting from the old days to the new, effectively listening to the needs and wants of the Arab Spring movement..

Now I want to put this into perspective, if the government of any country is being overthrown by a faction of ex-military personnel, then violence will ensue, and civilians will get caught in the middle.

People blame Hamas for hiding within civilians when they are attacked using “Human Shields” as part of thief tactics. Well the free Syrian Army is doing exactly the same. They continue to threaten and attack the majority of Syria and that’s a fact.

Assad has no choice but to tackle this situation head on, the Syrian army are defending their government infrastructure and military institutions…

Now CNN and the UN fully back the Free Syrian Army, for reasons unknown to me…. most of you probably come to the same conclusion of possibility like me, from what I can see some outside influences have infiltrated themselves into the FSA, groups like the Muslim brotherhood and possibly al-Qaeda insurgents hell bent of utilizing the situation for their own purposes. However the latter I doubt, because I have always thought of al-Qaeda as a non existent group… I really don’t know why a military coup by a minority is gaining so much support, if anything they are terrorizing Syria and using it’s locals as bait to draw the outside world into supporting a cause for regime change…

Who does that support outside of Syria?

Is this situation benefiting certain groups with a possible Iran invasion on the cards?

All you have to ask yourself is that if a military coup of minority was happening on your country and they tried taking over the leadership, Wouldn’t the areas of occupation by the minority forces be under the threat of violence and conflict?

https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army

https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria

URGENT: MSM Syria Lies NEED TO BE EXPOSED…Before It’s Too Late

OCTOBER 10, 2016
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By James Corbett

The world once again finds itself hurtling to the brink of war, and once again the establishment mouthpiece puppet propaganda media is leading the charge. This time around their lies defy description. In the sick world of the would-be warmongers, child beheading terrorist scum are now the heroes. The blood of the innocents that spill from here on in covers the hands of the mainstream media propagandists.

Very interesting at the 10 min mark where the now ex general says in 2007 that America are going to ‘take out’ 7 countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & finishing with Iran. Well the countries aren’t in that exact order but it looks like they’re in the middle of what they set out to do

Gaddafi, days before being assassinated by NATO (Clinton) supported rebels:

“You are bombing the wall that stopped mass migration into Europe! Libya is a wall, you are destroying it you fools!”

Submitted by IWB, on September 13th, 2016

 

We never learn. Now we want Assad gone because he is oh-so-brutal. Suddenly became brutal when he didn’t let the pipeline go through.

Houthi Rebels Invade Saudi Arabia

Launch Ballistic Missile In Counter-Offensive

TOPICS:Brandon Turbeville Saudi Arabia

July 25, 2016

By Brandon Turbeville

While the war in Syria continues to rage and the world’s focus oscillates between American elections, terror attacks in Europe, and a failed Turkish coup (which no one really understands), a scrappy band of rebels in Yemen has not only withstood an onslaught from the Saudi-led coalition, they have managed to launch a counteract that amounts to an invasion of Saudi Arabia.

Despite the fact that the Saudi-led coalition has launched a full-on attack and invasion of Yemen, a group of poorly armed and poorly trained “militiamen” have successfully defeated the Saudis, Qataris, and Emirates – themselves backed by the United States in terms of intelligence and strategic assistance – and have not only dealt massive blows to coalition forces but have now managed to inflict blows to the Saudis on their own territory.

In a story that went virtually unreported in the West, the Houthis managed to wrest control of three Saudi military bases in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan province, located near the Saudi-Yemen border in January of this year. The bases Jabal al-Doud, al-Aril, and Madba were all seized by Houthi forces and fighters with “allied Popular Committees.”

In addition, the Houthi forces along with Yemeni soldiers launched retaliatory shelling strikes inside Saudi Arabia’s al-Makhrouq military base in the southern Najran region.

Houthis and allied Yemeni fighters have long been inflicting heavy damage upon Saudi and Saudi-led coalition troops and vehicles deployed on the ground inside Yemen as well as occasionally downing coalition jets. The fighters have also managed to damage Saudi ships located off the coast.

Now, in July, 2016, Houthi forces are launching ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia. According to reports coming from Al-Masdar, Houthis launched a Tochka ballistic missile toward the Ahad al-Masarihah Military camp, resulting in a heavy death toll of Saudi soldiers as well the destruction of several armored vehicles.

“The Houthi forces do not typically fire missiles into Saudi Arabia; however, due to the recent battles taking place along the vast Yemeni-Saudi border, the anti-government units have committed to an all-out war against the rich Gulf kingdom” writes Leith Fadel of Al-Masdar.

Houthi forces also appear to be on the verge of expelling Saudi forces from central Yemen. Citing military sources, SABA (Yemen News Agency) reports that Houthi forces have taken control of the al- Sha’aour area and secured all roads in the region.

As Tony Toh reports for Al-Masdar

Al-Sha’aour is located at the northern side of the Hazm Al Udayn region in the Al Udayn district. Al Udayn is the last district in the Ibb governorate that is under Hadi loyalists control.

Before the Houthis arrived at Ibb, Al Udayn was considered one of Al-Qaeda’s primary strongholds, as it had a large militant presence there due to the mountainous terrain and Yemeni regime’s military negligence.

Currently, the Houthi forces and allies are launching an operation to drive out the remaining Hadi loyalist pockets in Al Udayn in attempt to fully secure Ibb governorate.

Throughout the entire affair, Houthi forces have revealed the Saudis as nothing more than a military paper tiger incapable of actually defeating a rebel force in a neighboring country. However, after this string of victories and the fact that Houthi and Houthi-allied forces have actually managed to successfully invade Saudi territory, KSA’s weakness appears to be even greater than what many informed observers may have suspected.

There is little doubt that KSA will have to deploy a number of troops on its border to slow the Houthi advance into Saudi Arabia but, assuming it is actually able to do so, another question arises. How long will it be before disgruntled elements within Saudi Arabia realize that the force that has been oppressing them for so long is not even capable of defending itself against a ragged group of determined revolutionaries in another country? How long will it be before these elements decide it is their turn to challenge the monarchy?

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Brandon Turbeville – article archive here – is the author of seven books, Codex Alimentarius — The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria, and The Difference it Makes: 36 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Should Never Be President. Turbeville has published over 650 articles on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbeville’s radio show Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. His website is BrandonTurbeville.com He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com.

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http://www.activistpost.com/2016/07/houthi-rebels-invade-saudi-arabia-launch-ballistic-missile-in-counter-offensive.html

EXCLUSIVE: US-backed "moderate rebels" shell Aleppo residential areas and hospital

EXCLUSIVE: US-backed "moderate rebels" shell Aleppo residential areas and hospital

 

        

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Syria Update: Madaya Starving From Blockade by Syrian Rebels

January 9, 2016

Rusvesna

Translated from Russian by Kristina Rus


Update from Timur: Supply route of the terrorists cut off in Darayya boiler, Madaya residents suffer from famine because of the militants


A Ukrainian citizen, a native of Donbass with callsign Timur reports the latest information on the situation in Syria to "Russian Spring", currently fighting for the Kurdish resistance and in charge of coordinating with the Syrian army.


The situation in Syria (January 8, 2016)

In the province of Aleppo, the Syrian air force carried out an airstrike on the positions of militants in Tel Ajar and Tatomrash. And as a result of the attack, after artillery preparation, troops of the Kurdish militia entrenched on the outskirts of Tatomrash.

In the province of Latakia the government troops and people's militia  took strategically important areas with the support of the Russian air force— Tel-Herba, Juba mountain and height 1023. The military reports that dozens of militants have been destroyed. 

The heights near the village of Sarraf, as well as warehouses of weapons and ammunition in Dagdagan have been captured.

Darayya boiler continues to boil

In province of Daraa the Syrian aviation powerfully covered the positions of the militants near the town of Sheikh Miskin, Nawa and Atbaa. In total, about 150 militants of Jabhat al-Nusra and the Free Syrian army have been killed.

The military took control of a section of the road Sheikh Miskin — Nawa, cutting the second most important supply route of the militants. In the province of Homs near the city of Al-Qaryatayn government troops together with units of the people's militia clashed with a group of bandits, destroying 13 militants and a "tachanka".

In the Darayya boiler as a result of fire on militant positions an observation post was destroyed. Today the terrorists have lost one of "tachankas" and 18 people killed.

Blockade of Madaya

Difficult situation remains in the besieged city of Madaya near Damascus, which suddenly became famous thanks to the recent fakes from the opposition, which were then spread worldwide by the BBC and other 'advocates' of human rights.

Reporting about starving residents, they forgot to mention that the residents are starving due to 600 fighters of Ahrar ash-Sham, Jabhat al-Nusra and Free Syrian army entrenched in the city, who made the residents a bargaining chip in their negotiations with the government, hiding behind them as a human shield.

There is food in the city, but it is available only to those who have money, because the militants inflated the prices, including for "humanitarian aid".

The opposition also failed to mention about the recent demonstrations in the city, where residents demanded that the militants leave and allow the army to enter the city. They don't mention that yesterday the government gave the green light for delivery of UN humanitarian aid to the city

Damascus awaits new terrorist attacks 

The threat of terrorist attacks remains in the capital of the republic and throughout its territory. This time, according to intelligence, booby-trapped business class vehicles could be used.

Hillary’s Syrian Rebels Arrive In New Orleans

It has now come to light that refugees are already coming into the New Orleans area

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