Syria/Iraq update 9/07/2020..Turkish Military Strikes Syrian Army

Turkish Military Strikes Syrian Army, Suffers First Casualties Since March

A shelling from Turkey.

Lavrov pays visit to Assad in Damascus

Turkey continue to build-up its forces inside occupied territories of Syria

Dangerous clashes portend wider conflicts in Syria Russian-backed regime forces continue sweeping operations in Syrian desert, searching for ISIS cells Syrian Kurds are getting closer to Russia, and this has angered Turkey Kurdish Girl Soldiers: Heroines or Victims in Syria’s Civil War? Dangerous clashes portend wider conflicts in Syria Syria has too many military fronts and too many contending players. These, taken together, have created an uneasy calm before the major storm that is to come. At Idlib, Russian and Turkish forces have been patrolling the six-kilometer-wide security corridor along the M4 highway, but the highway remains closed to traffic. There are reports that the Syrian government and its Russian advisers are planning a major assault to decimate the entrenched Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and recover this last bastion of rebel-held territory. Turkey seems to be ambivalent and is perhaps negotiating with Russia the possible accommodation of its interests in Libya in exchange for its acceptance of some initial moves against HTS at Idlib. Russian-backed regime forces continue sweeping operations in Syrian desert, searching for ISIS cells Regime forces, loyal militias and Russian-backed militias are continuing broad sweeping operations in the Syrian desert in Homs countryside and the triangle of Aleppo-Hama-Al-Raqqah, searching for ISIS cells. These sweeping operations are backed by considerable Russian support through intensive airstrikes on a daily basis, in an attempt to contain ISIS escalating operations in the region.

On Friday, SOHR sources reported Russian jets execute intensive airstrikes on a daily basis, targeting ISIS positions in the Syrian desert, in an attempt to put an end to the escalating ISIS activities there. In the recent times, ISIS unleashed several attacks targeting various positions of regime forces and loyal militias in the Syrian desert. Syrian Kurds are getting closer to Russia, and this has angered Turkey BERLIN: The self-governing Kurds in northeast Syria have every reason to fear Turkey and the Islamist militias allied with them. According to the latest reports, the kidnappings of Kurdish women in Afrin are increasing, as are confirmations that the occupation of the Syrian territories conquered by Turkey amounts to a “Turkification”. It is well known that the Islamist militias are acting brutally in the occupied territories. According to observations by the US Africa Command, they also confirm their bad reputation during their deployment in Libya. Interesting about this is an article that appeared in a US military publication a few days ago, according to which the Turkish secret service used the CIA support program of Syrian opposition militias to recruit Islamists according to their own interests.

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An Iraqi group called Saraya Alwiya al-Dam has claimed responsibility for two recent attacks