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Idlib: Syria's Final Battle With Terrorists (if West Stays Out of it)

RT
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:14 UTC

Syrian forces are gearing up to take the last terrorist stronghold, the US is boosting its military presence, and Russia is warning of a false-flag chemical attack. RT looks at the aligning of forces ahead of the battle for Idlib.

American warships, cruise missile delivery systems, strategic bombers and other hardware has arrived to the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf earlier this week. Washington is denying that any buildup is taking place, but Moscow says the assets are being gathered for a massive strike against the Syrian government.

A provocation with chemical weapons, staged by the jihadists, will be used as a pretext for the attack, and Damascus will again be groundlessly accused of poisoning its own people, Russia said. In April, a massive bombardment of Syria by the US, UK and France was triggered by what Russia says was a similarly staged false-flag operation.

Jabhat al-Nusra and other militants in Idlib stand no chance against the Syrian military, backed by Russia and Iran, but Western interference may give them a fighting chance. The US and its allies are making every effort to preserve jihadist forces and use them to remove Syrian president Bashar Assad from power, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently said.

And if the violence escalates in Idlib, the two million strong population of the northern province will be put in grave danger as the terrorists basically hold the people hostage and use them as a human shield.

The Russian Reconciliation Center continues talks to achieve a peaceful resolution of the Idlib standoff. However, the militants seem reluctant to lay down their arms, which makes the coming days crucial for the fate of Idlib and the whole of Syria.

Reader Comments

Joyly · 2018-08-30T20:37:29Z

It's time for Syria to have peace. Anything that can be done to prevent war should be done.

Brakar · 2018-08-30T22:31:44Z

the west will for sure stay out if there is risk involved (to the west). will show if loot n no risk (to the west). kind of tradition

Rabelais · 2018-08-31T11:00:29Z

"...the militants seem reluctant to lay down their arms."

Because their western handlers are telling them they have their backs. It remains to be seen what Russia's actions will be when, not if, it goes down as scripted. Its time the west got its nose bloodied in no uncertain terms.

katesisco · 2018-08-31T15:34:40Z

The military objective, of which the decade of fighting has been but a prelude, is the creation of a new nation, that of Rojava and this coming battle is to claim the land from the established area of Rojava province of Syria to the Med for a pipeline for Iraqi oil and gas.

The US acts from a position of former strength as a world power that invades at will and only Russia seems willing to oppose such action. Sadly, as all wars prove, there will be no winners. It was planned so that the majority of Syria be decimated and only the Rojava area be preserved as has been done. This was planned to take place during the height of the Harmonic Convergence of planets being amassed on one side of the sun as this creates more magnetism and pressure here on Earth. This enables so-called cloaking as atomic spins are energized and more able to be adjusted.

As all past war makers know, all plans fall apart upon implementation.