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RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN SYRIA: THE DETAILS; A SYRPER EXCLUSIVE
The
diplomatic world is abuzz with talk about the audacity of Vladimir
Putin’s gambits in the Crimea, Ukraine and, now, Syria. Notwithstanding
all the anti-Russian palaver in the Western Press, an institution which
is becoming increasingly ignored and despised by people in the streets,
the Russian moves are predictable and consistent with Russia’s patently
justified insistence on a world devoid of a unipolar monopoly like that
of the United States. Since the beginning of the Syrian war, a war
planned by the United States, Britain and France, as has been revealed
by Wikileaks and the former French foreign minister, and funded mostly
by the Saudi Arabian and Qatari kakocracies, and facilitated by the
Turkish Neo-Ottoman megalomaniac, Recep Tayyip Erdoghan, Russia has
stood firmly on the principle of non-intervention in the internal
affairs of other countries, a posture historically snubbed by the U.S.,
France and the U.K. While Russia provided Syria with armaments, it did
not do so in violation of any U.N.S.C. resolution nor was the
provisioning of the Syrian Army free of charge. Those days when the
Soviet Union unloaded vast quantities of weapons on allies are over.
Today, Moscow expects payment for its products. And, today, Syria
(which had zero debt in March 2011) has mortgaged the naval base at
Tartous, accepted a line of credit with Moscow, and has depended on its
closest ally, Iran, for further help. All this clever leveraging
resulted in the Syrian government being able to withstand the war crimes
committed by the American sociopaths in Washington. Syria is solid and
its economy is improving despite the ravaging of its infrastructure by
mostly foreign terrorists and some Syrian traitors whose fates are
sealed in Syrian blood.
Russian advisers are a part of the
relationship between Syria and its giant ally to the north. New weapons
systems have to be absorbed without sending much-needed personnel to
Russia for training on them. Russia simply sends the weapons by sea,
mostly, along with the experts for training who are flown in usually to
the Mazza Airbase outside Damascus. For a time, Russia also provided
tactical advice to the Syrian high command based on Russia’s own
experience in fighting terrorism both in Afghanistan and Chechnya. That
relationship was interrupted for a short time as the Syrian government
experimented with Iranian general Qassem Solaymaani’s new strategies – which did not produce the results expected. Today, Russia is back. Why?
Most
of this essay is based on actual evidence produced by our sources in
Latakia. There is also room here for studied speculation as to the
timing of the Russian intervention. I do not use the word
“intervention” in a manner to suggest that the Russian army is taking
over the battle from the Syrian Arab Army. Not by any means. Here,
intervention means that Russia is going beyond merely diplomatic and
armament support for the Syrian government. Russia, has embarked on a
new plan designed to ramp up the costs to those countries embedded in
institutionalized terrorism; i.e. the U.S., U.K. France, KSA, Qatar and
Turkey.
All this is taking place with the clues abounding.
King Salman of Saudi Arabia planned a much-trumpeted visit to Moscow in
order to discuss how the Saudis could unhitch Russia from Dr. Assad.
The king cancelled citing poor health. SyrPer has learned that the king
of the pre-Iron Age kingdom cancelled because Sergei Lavrov told his
counterpart in Riyaadh, ‘Aadil Jubayr, a notorious American
puppet, that Putin would not discuss anything having to do with Assad,
but, that he was hoping oil prices would be on the agenda. Although,
King Salmaan, was going to discuss prices, he wanted to condition
cooperation in pricing with Russian abandonment of the Syrian president.
(I have discussed in previous essays the Saudi and Turk obsession with
Assad’s ouster.)
Another clue to how President Putin is
thinking occurred just 2 weeks ago when he dragged in the Turk
ambassador to Moscow telling him to convey to Erdoghan a Russian “go to
Hell”. He told the ambassador, whose jaw reportedly sunk to floor level,
that he was considering breaking diplomatic relations with Ankara if
Erdoghan continued to support terrorists in Syria and Iraq. He
concluded by calling Erdoghan a “Hitler”. Turkey is now on notice that
the Russian bear is not pleased with the actions of its president.
Judging by election results, even the people of Turkey are now turning
against Erdoghan and his Muslim Brotherhood political party.
Even
General Gerasimov, Russia’s very hard-lined and aggressive Chief of
Staff, weighed in by issuing a warning to Erdoghan that there are
missiles aimed right at his bedroom. The general would never have made
such a statement unless he knew the Kremlin would not object. Sergei
Lavrov, who is of Georgian and Armenian ethnic extraction, has
understood the Ottoman mentality of Erdoghan, and has also been
preparing the ground for the events which we are about to discuss.
And
remember how Russia supposedly delivered a wing of MiG 31B “Foxhounds”
to Syria. In truth, and we have been telling our readers for years,
Syria has had the MiGs since at least 2007, but, were prohibited from
using them except in a “theater war” with the Zionist Ghetto State. The
MiG 31Bs were stored in underground, fortified hangars at different
airbases in order to avoid any mass destruction. They were not
permitted to fly, although Syria violated its agreement once when the
Zionists struck the Jamraayaa complex on May 5, 2013 claiming
they were hitting weapons systems destined for Hizbollah. Syria struck
back by flying one MiG 31B from a base in Tartous Province over the
Mediterranean to fire missiles at the Zionist nuclear site in Dimona.
Russia has also announced new naval drills off the coast of Syria to start this Tuesday.
It is another sign of growing Russian impatience with American, British
and French temporizing and hypocrisy in the war against terror.
In
order to transfer large numbers of troops to Syria along with new
technology, Russia needs to fly over various countries on specific
routes. I have already responded to one reader who bewailed the
Bulgarian government’s rejection of such fly-overs. The Bulgarians
insisted on the duty to inspect the airplanes. Russia told the
Bulgarians “nyet” and has secured other routes. Bulgaria is playing
with fire as it tries to placate the Americans whose irrational behavior
implies a genuine paranoia about how the events they are conducting in
Syria are playing out. Greece has okayed the over-flights, however, the
route appears out of the question, now. But the best option, is that
of the Caspian Sea over the nations of Iran and Iraq, neither of which
has any objection to Russia using their airspace. That problem is
solved completely. (Russia’s best option would be over Turkey, but, the
absurdity of that should be obvious to all.)
We
can confirm the following facts on the ground: Russian ships are
docking at both ports of Tartous and Latakia. Russia is expanding an
airbase to the east of Latakia on flat ground. This airbase is
protected by a huge constellation of air defense installations which
include the S-300 and Pantsir systems. The runways being extended by
the Russian and Syrian engineers appear designed to handle larger supply
aircraft like the Antonov 124. In addition to this, a reported
regiment of Speznaz troops are presently in the town of Slinfeh,
(my wife’s home town where we have no paucity of sources) along with
military analysts. One relative told me everyone is learning some
Russian and that, since their arrival, tourism has increased due to the
stability and security attendant to the Russian’s arrival.
The
presence of Speznaz anti-insurgency forces from Russia disclosed a sad
reality which occurred a few days ago. I was told by a source, ‘Ali, that a highly trained sniper near the town of Al-Rubay’ah
had held down Syrian troops for 4 weeks preventing them from
advancing. The Speznaz commander learned of this problem and dispatched
commandos trained to liquidate snipers like him. The Russians killed
the sniper within two hours causing some consternation among Syrian
field commanders. As it turned out, a renegade officer in the SAA, was
discovered and arrested. He was deliberately preventing our troops from
assaulting the sniper’s position. His communications with Alqaeda in Hatay, in Turk-Occupied Syria, revealed the whole story. He will be executed for treason.
Look carefully at the map provided. Scroll about to see why Slinfeh
was selected. It certainly was not just because of its incredible
beauty. It sits at the highest level of the mountain range under the
shadow of one of Syria’s most powerful communications beacons. It is
right at the summit, which if crossed, takes you down a magnificent
route with the entire Waadi Al-Ghaab presented like a
crazyquilt blanket. You can see everything as you wind your way down
from the cool heights to the windy and hot valley below. Jisr Al-Shughoor lies just below Hallooz and Ghassaaniyya,
the quaint Christian villages violated by the stinking wretches from
Tunisia and Libya who brought their virulent strain of syphilis with
them. Russia appears to be interested in any area which borders
Turkey. We might want to watch how this focus on Erdoghan evolves.
Both
Turkey and the Zionist Entity appear to be investing more in the
conflict. This comes at a time when Cameron and Abbot have made the
decision to intensify their roles despite the misgivings of millions of
their citizens. This ratcheting up of the so-called war against ISIS
has been interpreted in Moscow as a poorly disguised campaign to destroy
Syria fully and finally, to turn it into Libya. Sergei Lavrov said
exactly that yesterday when he told the world Syria would not become
another Libya – a reminder of the seething anger in both Moscow and
Beijing over the ruse played on them at the UNSC which led to the
annihilation of the Libyan state and the senseless murder of its leader
by an illiterate Libyan teenager – and all this to supposedly protect
civilians. Now we have the same ISIS created by the West giving the
West the excuse it needs to go in and finish off the government in
Damascus. I am afraid the pariah regimes in Washington and London are
in for a big surprise.
This is what I know so far about the
Russian presence in Syria. I know there are more advisers flying into
Damascus for what is an assertion of Russia’s absolute insistence on
protecting its allies. With Iran now out of the embargo status which
kept it from flexing its muscles fully, Moscow knows it has the kind of
depth and support it needs to help the Syrian people to rid themselves
of this plague once and for all. ZAF
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