Source: Press TV
Russia says 62 Syrian forces have been killed in airstrikes by US-led coalition jets on army positions near Dayr al-Zawr military airport.

“Warplanes from the international anti-terrorist coalition carried out four airstrikes today against Syrian forces surrounded by the Daesh group in the Dayr al-Zawr air base,” the Russia army said in a statement. “Sixty-two Syrian soldiers were killed and a hundred others were injured in these strikes.”

Two F-16 and two A-10 jets entered Syrian air space from Iraq to carry out the attacks, according to the statement.

It added, “Straight after the coalition’s strikes, Daesh militants launched an offensive.” “If these strikes were due to an error in the target coordinates, that would be a direct consequence of the US’ refusal to coordinate with Russia its fight against the terrorist groups in Syria.”

The Syrian General Command referred to the incident as a “serious and blatant aggression” against the Syrian army, adding that it was also “conclusive evidence” that the US-led coalition is supporting Daesh militants.

Confirming the reports, the US military says it halted the attack after Russian officials said the targets were Syrian government forces and not Daesh Takfiri militants.

“Coalition forces believed they were striking a Daesh fighting position,” said the statement.

It added that the coalition would never intentionally attack Syrian forces, and that it will review the bombing and circumstances which led to it.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 80 soldiers were killed in the attacks.

Immediately after the US attack, Daesh launched a major offensive in the region and briefly took control of it before Syrian forces managed to retake it.

Emergency UNSC meeting

Following the attack, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it is calling for a Security Council emergency meeting. Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the attack had also jeopardized a Russian-US agreement on Syria.

“We demand a full and detailed explanation from Washington. That explanation must be given at the UN Security Council,” said Zakharova during a televised broadcast.

“The Russian ambassador to the UN has been tasked with convening an urgent meeting of the Security Council over this issue,” she added.

On September 9, Moscow and Washington agreed on a milestone deal on the Syrian crisis after some 13 hours of marathon talks in the Swiss city of Geneva. The truce went into effect at sunset on September 12. The deal’s initial aims included allowing humanitarian access to the war-hit regions and joint Moscow-Washington attacks against militant groups that are not part of the truce agreement, namely  Daesh and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.

“We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: That the White House is defending Daesh…Now there can be no doubts about that,” she stressed.

Before Russia’s announcement, Syria’s foreign ministry called on the UNSC to condemn the attacks and to make the US respect Syria’s sovereignty.

“The Syrian Republic demands that the UN Security Council condemn the American aggression and force the United States not to repeat it and to respect Syria’s sovereignty and the unity of its land and people,” said a statement.

US warplanes have been conducting airstrikes against Daesh in Iraq since August 2014. Some Western states have also participated in some of the strikes in Iraq.

Since September 2014, the US and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out airstrikes against Daesh inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.

The US-led coalition has done little to stop Daesh’s advances in Syria and Iraq. Some analysts have criticized the US-led military campaign, saying the strikes are only meant to benefit US weapons manufacturers.

The US-led aerial campaign in Syria has also been criticized for lack of efficiency and high civilian casualties. In July, a US airstrike reportedly killed at least 70 civilians, mostly women and children near Manbij in northern Syria.

By on the ground journalist Afraa Dagher
Source: Syrian News
On Monday 5 September, in the morning, six takfiri bombings murdered 40 Syrians and wounded dozens more.

Twin bombings struck Tartous countryside, which suffered the largest casualties. A car was remotely detonated on Arazona bridge and was followed by a double tap suicide bomber to kill those who rushed to help the wounded.

In al Hasaka, a motorcycle was remotely detonated on the roundabout, killing 5 and injuring 2. Another car bomb exploded at the entrance of Bab Tadmur neighborhood in Homs, martyring 4 and wounding 10.

The West does not ask the “moderate” terrorists to stop bombing Syria.

The double suicide bombers in al Sabbounoura (Damascus) only killed one, and injured 3.

These six bombings come one day after Israel launched three missiles against Syrian Arab Army military sites. Israeli media reported the breach of Syrian sovereignty as “retaliation” for a mortar landing in the Israel occupied Syrian Golan, from the non-occupied Golan. Though Israel is not specifically a member of the fascist coalition bombing the SAR on a regular basis, Israel has independently bombed the SAR on more than one dozen occasions since the crisis was launched in 2011. It is no secret that Israel has frequently come to the rescue of the terrorist al Qaeda factions against Syria.

In her report from Syria, Afraa Dagher notes that the new spike in terror is related to recent and significant gains made by the Syrian Arab Army (committed to liberating all of Syria from the terrorists).

In her report from Syria, Afraa Dagher notes that the new spike in terror is related to recent and significant gains made by the Syrian Arab Army (committed to liberating all of Syria from the terrorists).

By Eva Bartlett
Back today from a few days in Aleppo (leaving this morning). My second trip varied from the first one month ago. Then, northern Aleppo areas of Mallah farms, Castello road, Bani Zeid, Lairamoun Industrial area were occupied by NATO’s terrorists. Now, they are liberated.

Then, the only route in was via the Ramouseh road, already dangerous for the 500 metres or so of exposure to foreign-backed terrorist snipers. Now, that road is closed for the protection of civilians from terrorist sniping and shelling.

This time, the road into Aleppo was the military-mainly SAA-liberated Castello road via Aleppo’s newly-liberated Bani Zaid district. The Castello road, mostly a dirt path sometimes several cars wide, sometimes narrow, still has some risk. While entering on Sunday, at one point a soldier at a checkpoint halted the car and instructed to wait until the vehicle ahead of us was a bit further on, to keep a distance between vehicles–in case one is targeted, it lessens the risk of damage to other vehicles. When leaving this morning a soldier urged the driver to floor it: mortars are falling.

In early July in Aleppo, terrorists’ missiles, mortars and explosive bullets fell on the city of over 1.5 million. This time too (all the time actually), although the areas liberated from terrorists are no longer sources of hell-canon fired explosive gas canisters, missiles, rockets and mortars.

The destruction in Bani Zaid and Lairamoun industrial area was vast, with terrorists holed up in the district since late 2012, firing their rockets/missiles/mortars/gas canisters/explosive bullets on Aleppo civilians from these and other areas they still infest. While the cleanup and rebuilding will be a long process, these liberated districts are at least no longer a source of terrorism.

Throughout the neighbours, evidence of terrorists bunkering in behind over-turned buses and other vehicles, and behind walls of barrels.

En route to/from Aleppo (the same northern road I took to Nubl/Zahra’a in July) terrorists’ spent gas canister bombs littered the countryside, on farmland and near homes. It is these improvised bombs (as well as foreign-supplied missiles, rockets, explosive bullets, mortars) which have been killing Syrians in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria.

The liberation of Aleppo neighbourhoods by the Syrian Arab Army and allies unsurprisingly got pretty much no recognition in corporate media. Nor does the terrorism perpetrated by western-backed terrorists. But visiting the areas, meeting some of the liberators and protectors (including the Syrian civil defense**actual defense and rescuers, not a western creation/figment of the imagination as with the so-called “White Helmets” terrorists)–and knowing that life can return to these areas as it has in other liberated Syrian towns and cities–was profoundly moving. It was an honour to be there.

*An article I wrote based on interviews with doctors in Aleppo in July 2016:Article

Al Masdar News
Aleppo, Syria (6:00 A.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Jaysh Al-Fateh (Army of Conquest) have once again entered the Aleppo Artillery Base after launching a powerful assault near the Al-Ramouseh District in the southern sector of the provincial capital.

According to a military source in Aleppo City, the jihadist rebels entered the Artillery Base after infiltrating the Syrian Arab Army’s first line of defense that was already fractured from the first attack.

The military source added that the jihadists seized half of the base before they were forestalled by the Syrian Armed Forces. With reinforcements pouring into the base with every passing second, it is unlikely that the Syrian Army will give up easy on the base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQU8X8PIM4

Source: South Front
Abu Walid al-Shishani, leader of Jund al-Sham terrorist group has stated that his fighters can no more block the Syrian Arab Army’s advances.

In a video message released on Wednesday, Abu Walid al-Shishani, leader of Jund al-Sham referred to the dire situation of his forces in Syria, and noted that they are no more able to oppose the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the Latakia province. Shishani also noted that the number of his forces have decreased.

The statement was released after the SAA and its allies liberated over more than 300 square kilometers of lands in North Latakia.

We remember, on Jan.12, the SAA took control of the strategic town of Salma Northeast of Lattakia province.