🇮🇷🇸🇾🏴 On the Arrival of Seyyed Javad Ghaffari in Syria

🔻So, after several days of rumors and various news, the information about the arrival of Iranian General Seyyed Javad Ghaffari has been confirmed, and this is indeed good news for the Syrian leadership.

▪️Seyyed Javad actively participated in the fight against ISIS and was the right-hand man of the late General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by the Americans. After his death, it was he who was responsible for the operations of the "axis of resistance" in Syria and Iraq.

▪️He is a complex person (and some of our team had the opportunity to meet him personally), who spoke out against any agreements with terrorists and talked about the need to completely destroy extremist groups, including in Idlib.

▪️Due to his position in the administration of Bashar Assad and in Hezbollah, who sought negotiations, he was asked to be removed from operations in Syria, which is why he returned to Iran. But now, when the situation has reached a critical point, he has been brought back to provide assistance.

❗️Why do we consider this good news for Syria? He is a representative of the old guard of the IRGC, and he really knows his business. It's no coincidence that the pro-Turkish channels call him the "butcher of Aleppo", who caused them many problems in past years.

Given how much Hezbollah has weakened and how many Iranian generals have been lost in Israeli air strikes, his arrival will provide assistance to the Syrian leadership. And how much, we will see very soon.
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🇸🇾🇺🇸🇹🇷 Given the recent news about the arrival in Syria of the well-known IRGC general Seyyed Javad and the Iraqi paramilitary formations "Hashd al-Shaabi", it becomes clear why the US aviation has intensified its activity over Syria and Iraq.

Over the past two days, at least three MQ-9A Reapers from the Es-Salem air base in Kuwait and one RC-135 have been circling over Iraqi territory. Over Syria (in the areas of At-Tanf, Deir ez-Zor and Hasakah), there are seven MQ-9A drones.

They were apparently tracking the activities of Iranian units and Iraqi militia. However, information about strikes against them has not been confirmed, although A-10 attack aircraft did fly missions.

The US aviation was also actively operating along the Syrian coast: several Reapers, MQ-4Cs and P-8A Poseidons. Given the ceasefire in Lebanon, it is clear what purpose they are serving now.

The only question is, whose interests are they serving?
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❗️🇸🇾🇺🇸 Crisis in Syria (Deir ez-Zor province): SDF attempt to advance on SAA positions
Situation as of 3:00 PM on December 3, 2024

Early in the morning, media resources of the "Deir ez-Zor Military Council" - an Arab militia that is part of the pro-Kurdish "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) and supported by the US - announced the start of the "Battle for Reclamation" operation.

▪️Militants began an attack on the positions of the Syrian troops and pro-government tribal militias in the direction of several settlements in the vicinity of the city of Deir ez-Zor. They received limited support from the US forces stationed at the Conoco gas field base.

▪️Initially, the SDF had some success, inflicting damage on the government forces. However, failing to secure the support of the Arab tribes and after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) redeployed reinforcements from the National Defense Forces (NDF), they lost the initiative and were forced to retreat, suffering several casualties.

In the SDF press service statement, they claimed the offensive was undertaken at the request of the local residents of As-Salhiya, At-Tabiya Jazira, Khatla, Khsham, Marrat, Mazlum and Huseiniya, who fear the threat of expansion of the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS) due to the distraction of the Syrian authorities in the northwest of the country.

🔻In reality, the situation is different: the leaders of the pro-American groups in Deir ez-Zor have long been sharpening their knives for the lands controlled by the official Damascus along the Euphrates. The Syrian authorities use them to infiltrate cells of the "Tribal Army" into the Kurdish-controlled zone, which carries out raids there.

The reaction of pro-government internet resources, which have used rather neutral terminology to describe the transfer of some territories in Aleppo to the SDF, and after the events of this morning called the Kurds "separatist militias", looks quite remarkable.

📌Although the offensive was repelled, further attacks are likely to continue in the near future, depending on the ability of the SAA to stabilize the situation in Hama and Aleppo. And as we previously reported, interested parties will also try to destabilize the situation in the Arab Republic from this direction.

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🇸🇾🖇 On the Fall of Hama

Today, militants from the terrorist organization "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" entered Hama: the city held out for five days. At the moment, the presence of terrorists is recorded in the northern part of the city and at the military airfield located to the west.

The official communiqué of the Syrian Arab Army states that the units left the city in order to preserve the lives of civilians and move the fighting outside the city. In essence, the provincial capital was surrendered without even trying to cling to the neighborhoods.

Over the past day, the Syrian organs of information disgrace (they cannot be called otherwise) have called not to believe the information of the militants, to trust only official sources, not to succumb to propaganda. All this time, the information resources of the militants simply flooded the information field with various fake and not-so-fake videos and resonant statements.

Ultimately, the phase of "we control everything, don't believe the lies" has turned into the phase of "we have left the city".
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson (Moscow, December 5, 2024)

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• We would like to have normal relations with all countries especially with the United States. We don't see any reason why Russia and the United States cannot cooperate for the sake of the universe.

• The Ukrainians would not be able to do what they're doing with long-range modern weapons without direct participation of the American servicemen. We don't want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia as it were, we are sending signals. <...>

[The US and its allies] must understand that we would be ready to use any means not to allow them to succeed in what they call strategic defeat of Russia. They fight for keeping the hegemony over the world on any country, any region, any continent. We fight for our legitimate security interests.

• We don't want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia, we are sending signals. We hope that the last one, a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called #Oreshnik was taken seriously.

• When the United States and other Western countries recognized unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, they said this is the self-determination being implemented. There was no referendum in Kosovo — unilateral declaration of independence. <...> And when a few years later, Crimeans were holding referendum with invitation of many international observers, not from international organizations, but from parliamentarians in Europe, in Asia, in post-Soviet space, they said that they cannot accept this because this is violation of territorial integrity 🤷‍♂️

The UN Charter is not a menu. You have to respect it in all its entirety 👉 #UNCharterIsOurRules

• I think [Donald Trump] is a very strong person. A person who wants results. Who doesn't like procrastination on anything. But this does not mean that he's pro-Russian as some people try to present him. The amount of sanctions we received under the Trump administration was very big.

#Ukraine

• We strongly prefer peaceful solution through negotiations on the basis of respecting legitimate security interest of Russia, and on the basis of respecting the people who live in Ukraine, who still live in Ukraine being Russians. <...>

No military bases, no military exercises on the Ukrainian soil with participation of foreign troops. <...> We cannot tolerate a deal which would keep the legislation which are prohibiting Russian language, Russian media, Russian culture, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, because it is a violation of the obligations of Ukraine under the UN Charter.

• We are not talking about exterminating anybody's population. We don't have any intention to exterminate Ukrainian people. They are brothers and sisters to the Russian people.

• It is becoming clear that there is a fatigue in some capitals, and there are talks every now and then that the Americans would like to leave [Ukraine] with the Europeans and to concentrate on something more important.

#Syria

• The Americans in the east of Syria groom some Kurdish separatists using the profits from oil and grain sold, the resources which they occupy. <...> The information [on who's backing Islamist groups] which is being floated and it's in the public domain mentions among others the Americans, the Brits. Some people say that Israel is interested in making this situation aggravate. So that Gaza is not under very close scrutiny.

🇷🇺🇸🇾 In the context of the fall of the Bashar Assad regime, everyone is interested in a simple question: what about Russia?

▪️The coastal cities of Latakia and Tartus have not been affected by combat operations. There was sporadic gunfire overnight, but this can be attributed to the traditional Arab celebratory gunfire in view of the victory of the opposition-terrorist forces.

📌A few days ago, terrorists from the "Islamic Party of Turkestan" tried to advance in the mountainous Latakia, but the fighting ended before it even began. Apparently, the order was given not to move towards the coast.

▪️Both in Tartus and Latakia, Alawites, Shiites, and Christians from all over the country have fled. In essence, the coastal region is turning into a new ethno-confessional enclave.

▪️Questions arise about the whereabouts of the 25th Special Forces Division led by Suheil al-Hassan: it is quite possible that the units of the 25th Division were withdrawn precisely to the coastal region, taking up positions on the mountain passes and key highways.

▪️Russian military facilities throughout the rest of Syria have been scaled down, and the contingent has been withdrawn towards Hmeimim. Decisions have already been made to return some units to Russia, while others remain. Given the rapidly changing situation, the Russian army contingent will naturally undergo changes.

▪️Separate security and support units at strategically important facilities in central Syria still remain. But according to data on the Internet, the militants are bypassing them. Open sources have only shown footage of a couple of abandoned Russian Armed Forces positions and command posts, with no desecration of military facilities at all.

📍The HTS terrorists have already stated that they will not tolerate the presence of foreign military bases on Syrian territory. But if the status of the so-called Alawistan is similar to that of Transeufrates, then there will be no conflict here.

📌Given the insider information on the results of the negotiations, the chances of forming a separate Alawistan / LaTartus / LAOS (Latakia Autonomous District of Syria) do exist. How it will be implemented in practice and whether it will be - that's a good question.
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🇸🇾 About the Alleged New Government of Syria

Arab media have published the alleged composition of the Syrian government that is to be formed by the opposition within 18 months. Until then, transitional authorities will be in power: a new constitution is also to be written in the process.

A place in the cabinet has been given to everyone: from the leader of the terrorist organization Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Abu Muhammad al-Julani, to members of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (NCSROF) and independent activists and politicians, such as Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib.

The new cabinet is allegedly composed of the following individuals:

▪️Riyad Hijab - former Prime Minister of Syria. In 2012, he was dismissed and then defected to the "Free Syrian Army" (FSA) and settled in Qatar, from where he called on officials and officers of the SAA to desert. Until 2017, he was the head of the opposition High Negotiations Committee.

▪️Abu Muhammad al-Julani - the leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, which led the "march" on Damascus. He was once the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of the terrorist organizations ISIS and al-Qaeda. Now in the West he is known as the "progressive jihadist" Ahmad al-Shara'a.

▪️Hadi al-Bahra - the head of the NCSROF, which is supported first by Western countries and then by Turkey. It, in turn, heads the pro-Turkish "Interim Government of Syria" (IGS), located in the territories controlled by the "Syrian National Army" (SNA) in the north of Aleppo province.

▪️Faisal al-Qasim - originally from the As-Suwayda province in southern Syria, a Druze by nationality. A TV host with a separate show on Al Jazeera. Apparently, his belonging to a religious minority and a kind of "specialization" opened the way for him to the Ministry of Information of Syria.

It is noteworthy that the majority of the possible ministers are members of the NCSROF, not very popular in the opposition Syrian environment. This is not surprising - they spend most of their time and sit outside of Syria, in particular on the territory of Turkey and Qatar.

It cannot be said that the "Government of Salvation of Syria" (GSS) formed by the terrorists of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham in Idlib is popular. However, unlike their colleagues, they were able to form quite strong state institutions and even subordinate the formations of the former FSA.

🔻However, such a layout may well suit the West: the members of the NCSROF are people who have "not stained their hands with blood", these are kind of "secular democrats", representatives of the "moderate part of the Syrian opposition". Hence, HTS received only one seat in the cabinet, where Ahmad al-Shara'a took the post of Defense Minister.

How strong such a government will turn out to be is another question. It is also overlaid by the huge abundance of diverse factions of the "Syrian revolution", a large part of which sees democracy as disbelief, the opposite of what they fought for.

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