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Western supported 'moderate opposition' commiting acts of terrorism, attacking civilians in Aleppo


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:51 UTC
Nusra Front
© File photo. Hosam Katan / ReutersMembers of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carry their weapons as they walk near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city.
The West's "moderate" opposition is shelling residential areas in Aleppo, Syria alongside Al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front, a letter sent to the UN by Damascus says. Moscow reports 2,000 terrorists and "moderates" are now attacking the city's Kurdish district. In the letter, which was addressed to the UN Secretary General and the Head of the UN Security Council, the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry complained about ongoing attacks on safe neighborhoods in Aleppo, accusing some "moderate" opposition groups of cooperating and coordinating with Al-Nusra and its affiliates in conducting them, state-run SANA news agency reports, citing the document.

The ministry also accused some regional powers, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, of "sponsoring terrorists" and attempting to derail the peace negotiations in Geneva.

UPDATE: Al-Nusra militants have ramped up shelling of Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, which is said to be controlled by Kurdish forces. Over two thousand militants are taking part in an attack in and around Sheikh Maqsood, and rebel groups belonging to the so-called"moderate opposition" are part of the forces amassing in that area, a spokesman for the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides told TASS.

Comment: 270 civilians have been killed in the last day alone because the US and its vassals refuse to designate groups who commit regular acts of terrorism as terrorists. Despite the worthless and empty words coming from the West about 'fighting terrorism' it should be blatantly clear that the West is NOT at all concerned about fighting terrorism. They're interested in supporting terror in order to maintain the US' global hegemony.

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Lavrov: Future Russian military actions in Syria won't be surprise for US


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:58 UTC
Lavrov
© Russian Defence Ministry
Russia's future actions in Syria won't come as a surprise to the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.

Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia and the US exchange information twice a day on cooperation in Syria.

"We will decide on how our aerospace forces will operate based on our assessment of the situation. We share this assessment with the Americans daily during video conferences between the Hmeymim base and the US command in Amman, Jordan. Therefore, there will be no surprises for the Americans here," Lavrov told reporters.

Russia has warned the United States in advance that it would support the Syrian government's military actions against extremists in Aleppo, he said.

"We have warned the US side in advance about what is taking place in Aleppo and around it now, and they know that we will continue supporting the Syrian army from the air to not allow the terrorists to take over the territory."
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Lavrov says Russia to give strongest air support to Syrian army in Aleppo area


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:27 UTC
Russian fighter jets
© Igor Kovalenko / Sputnik
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia will provide "the most active" air support for Syrian ground troops in and around the city of Aleppo to prevent terrorists from seizing it.

"We will decide on how our air forces should act, depending on the situation," Lavrov said in a media conference following talks with his Finnish counterpart. "This will not be a surprise for the Americans."

Al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda offshoot in Syria, went on an offensive in Aleppo last week. The Russian military blamed the US for stalling Russian airstrikes against the terrorist group's forces in the region. The US said moderate rebel groups mingled with the terrorists in some areas and that Russia should use caution and not strike those groups by mistake.

"We believe there was plenty of time for the 'normal' opposition to leave Nusra Front territories since February. Those who didn't part ways with the terrorists have only themselves to blame," Lavrov added.

Moscow hopes that the US is not trying to do anything behind Russia's back, Lavrov said.
"We expect our partners to cooperate with us honestly and not try to use our regular contacts to secretly go with a Plan B, C or D behind our back."
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Attention

UK special forces operating in Syrian front line against Daesh


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:17 UTC
British soldiers in Jordan
© AFP 2016/ MOD
The United Kingdom's special forces are fighting alongside rebels in Syria to defeat Daesh terrorist organization, British media reported Monday, citing rebel commanders.

The British troops based in Jordan reportedly crossed the border to assist the New Syrian Army (NSA), comprised of former Syrian special forces, when it defended the village of Tanf in Syria'a southeast.

"They helped us with logistics, like building defences to make the bunkers safe," NSA 1st Lt. Mahmoud Saleh told The Times newspaper.
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Bad Guys

Al-Nusra Front militants attacks Syrian Army after crossing Turkish border


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:14 UTC
Al-Nusra Front militants
© AFP 2016/ Fadi al-Halabi / AMC
Al-Nusra Front militants attacked divisions of the Syrian army after illegally crossing Syrian-Turkish border on Friday, the Russian military announced.

Over 200 Nusra Front terrorists attacked units of the Syrian army after crossing the border from Turkey, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"More than 200 terrorist from the Nusra Front terrorist organization illegally crossed the Syrian-Turkish border near the town of Beisun and attacked positions of the units of the Syrian armed forces," the ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website.
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US sailors slapped with full alcohol ban, confined to Okinawa base - all 18,600 of them


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:28 UTC
sailors confined to base alcohol ban
© Mike Blake / Reuters
Three separate scandals involving American servicemen and contractors in a highly-controversial Navy base in Japan's Okinawa have finally resulted in an all-out alcohol ban on all the 18,600 sailors. The measure is the latest and comes after a Marine's drunk-driving stunt.

Adding to the two cases involving murder and rape of two young Japanese women, a third incident saw a US sailor with six times the legal alcohol limit go on a joyride, hitting two cars in the wrong lane. The officer, Aimee Mejia, who was assigned to Kadena Air base, is now being held by Japanese police.

This is all in the midst of now nationwide anger over the antics in Okinawa, not to mention earlier opposition to such a prominent American presence on the island.

The latest incident took place as US forces were observing a 30-day period of mourning for the earlier murder victim. Part of the gesture by the American military included imposing strict measures on its servicemen and women, such as curfews and a partial alcohol ban when off base.

Starting Monday, all American sailors in Japan are banned from consuming alcohol on and off the premises. More severe movement restrictions were also imposed - the soldiers can now only go to the store, the gym and the gas station, according to the Japan Times.
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Info

Out of the deep blue: US nuclear sub throws Norway into a panic


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:37 UTC
Tromso, Norway
© Flickr/ The Municipality of Tromso
In recent years, submarines and Scandinavia have become synonymous, to a large extent owing to a number of painfully unsuccessful witch-hunts against Russian subs by the Nordic countries. Last week, a US nuclear submarine emerged off Norway's coast in Tromsø supposedly for changing crews, which somehow added fuel to the fire.

Spokesperson Brynjar Stordal of the Joint Headquarters confirmed the submarine had the so-called administrative assignment of swapping crews and carrying out a number of tasks before going out to sea, yet refused to specify the type of the submarine. No further indication was given, except for the fact that it was American and had Norfolk as its homeport.

"I will not say exactly how common this is, but from time to time US submarines do come into Norwegian territorial waters with such calls, upon which they are granted permission from the Norwegian Joint Headquarters, Stordal told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.
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Bad Guys

State Department won't release Hillary Clinton TPP emails until after election

David Sirota
International Business Times
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:07 UTC
clinton emails ttp
© Wikimedia
Trade is a hot issue in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. But correspondence from Hillary Clinton and her top State Department aides about a controversial 12-nation trade deal will not be available for public review — at least not until after the election. The Obama administration abruptly blocked the release of Clinton's State Department correspondence about the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), after first saying it expected to produce the emails this spring.

The decision came in response to International Business Times' open records request for correspondence between Clinton's State Department office and the United States Trade Representative. The request, which was submitted in July 2015, specifically asked for all such correspondence that made reference to the TPP.

The State Department originally said it estimated the request would be completed by April 2016. Last week the agency said it had completed the search process for the correspondence but also said it was delaying the completion of the request until late November 2016 — weeks after the presidential election. The delay was issued in the same week the Obama administration filed a court motion to try to kill a lawsuit aimed at forcing the federal government to more quickly comply with open records requests for Clinton-era State Department documents.

Comment: More back room manoeuvrers to protect the failing Killary campaign.

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Info

Is the UK Parliament preparing to ignore public vote for Brexit?


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:21 UTC
UK flag
© Francois Lenoir / Reuters
MPs who support remaining in the European Union may use their majority in Parliament to sidestep the public altogether and vote to keep Britain in the EU's single market, meaning free movement of people, goods and services would stay despite a 'Brexit'.

A number of pro-'Remain' MPs have suggested using their 257 person majority to vote to keep the UK within the European Economic Area (EEA), which mandates the free movement of people, goods and services, even in the event of a Brexit, the BBC reports.

"We would accept the mandate of the people to leave the EU," one unnamed minister told the broadcaster.

"But everything after that is negotiable and Parliament would have its say. The terms on which we leave are entirely within my remit as a parliamentarian and that is something for me to take a view on."
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Raqqa will be recaptured by the Syrian Army


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:54 UTC
Syrian army
© Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), assisted by Russian warplanes and its local allies, will free the city of Raqqa, which Daesh turned into the capital of its terror caliphate, political analyst Catherine Shakdam told Radio Sputnik, pointing to the liberation of Palmyra as the moment when the tide of war changed in Damascus' favor.

The SAA and the Desert Hawks, Syria's special forces, are reported to be only 11 miles away from the al-Tabqa city, home to a major dam and a key military airbase, captured by Daesh in August 2014. The city is located some 34 miles southwest of Raqqa and the SAA is moving towards the embattled stronghold, a Syrian brigadier general told Sputnik.

It all started with Palmyra

This offensive would not be taking place if Russia had not offered its military assistance to Damascus in September 2015. In late March, Palmyra, home to the priceless ancient ruins that Daesh partially destroyed in the ten months it controlled the city, was liberated by Syrian forces.

Comment: Further reading: Syrian Army joins the race to liberate Raqqa from ISIS

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