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Russia negotiating with Syrian jihadists on military bases

The Khmeimim and Tartus bases, leased until 2066, are reportedly operating as usual

Russia is negotiating with the new Syrian authorities on maintaining two of its military bases in the country, at Tartus and Khmeimim, TASS news agency has reported.

Moscow and the Syrian jihadists who seized power in the country last weekend are currently discussing "maintaining Russia's presence in Syria and its previous status," according to agency sources reportedly familiar with the negotiations. "The Russian side has secured temporary security guarantees, so the military bases are operating as usual," the source said.

On December 9, a TASS source reported that the day before, armed formations of then-President Bashar Assad's opponents had established full control over the provinces of where Russia's bases are located, but had not invaded either of the compounds.

The situation in Syria has rapidly deteriorated over the past two weeks, since assorted militants led by the Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadist group launched an offensive against the country's troops, taking over major cities and ending up in Damascus. After the collapse of the Syrian military, Assad fled the country, and was granted asylum in Russia.

According to a statement by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian diplomats have already discussed several issues with the HTS political committee, including "ensuring the security of our diplomatic mission and Russian citizens who are on the territory of Syria."

In 2017, Moscow and Damascus agreed to the stationing of Russian troops at the Tartus and Khmeimim bases for a further 49 years.

Greater Israel" requires the breaking up of the existing Arab states into small states.

© WikipediaThe delusional "Greater Israel".

"The plan operates on two essential premises. To survive, Israel must 1) become an imperial regional power, and 2) must effect the division of the whole area into small states by the dissolution of all existing Arab states. Small here will depend on the ethnic or sectarian composition of each state. Consequently, the Zionist hope is that sectarian-based states become Israel's satellites and, ironically, its source of moral legitimation... This is not a new idea, nor does it surface for the first time in Zionist strategic thinking. Indeed, fragmenting all Arab states into smaller units has been a recurrent theme." (Yinon Plan, see below)

Viewed in this context, the war on Syria is part of the process of Israeli territorial expansion. Israeli intelligence working hand in glove with the US, Turkey and NATO is directly supportive of the Al Qaeda terrorist mercenaries inside Syria.

The Zionist Project also requires the destabilization of Egypt, the creation of factional divisions within Egypt as instrumented by the "Arab Spring" leading to the formation of a sectarian based State dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood.

Al-Qaeda's Specter in Syria

Author: Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
August 6, 2012

The Syrian rebels would be immeasurably weaker today without al-Qaeda in their ranks. By and large, Free Syrian Army (FSA) battalions are tired, divided, chaotic, and ineffective. Feeling abandoned by the West, rebel forces are increasingly demoralized as they square off with the Assad regime's superior weaponry and professional army. Al-Qaeda fighters, however, may help improve morale. The influx of jihadis brings discipline, religious fervor, battle experience from Iraq, funding from Sunni sympathizers in the Gulf, and most importantly, deadly results. In short, the FSA needs al-Qaeda now...