Konflikten i Syrien

"Hotet från shiiterna, menar man, är så överhängande att alla oavsett gruppering som krigar mot Assad gör en god gärning. "

Intervjuad person: "Islamiska staten är för brutal men i grunden förstår vi vad gruppen står för. Alla behövs i kampen mot Assad."

US, British, Jordanian Forces Readying for Possible Joint Operation in Syria

TEHRAN (FNA)- Intelligent agents reported that the US, British and Jordanian forces are preparing for a possible invasion of Syria under the pretext of war on ISIL terrorists.

According to reports, Damascus has gone on the alert after intelligence reports gathered from surveillance drones suggested that the US, Britain and Jordanian militaries may be prepping a massive invasion of Syria.

Nearly 400 American and Jordanian military vehicles have been located at a Jordanian military base near the Syrian desert border, the reports said, adding there is no ISIL terrorists in the region in which the US, British and Jordanian forces are operating.

The reports further added that activities of these three countries at border are aimed at gathering Arab and Western forces in al-Zarqa camp in which there are now almost 4,500 gunmen.

The report went on to say that the gunmen in al-Zarqa camp have gone under training to battle the Syrian army to stretch a belt around Syria, a plan that is nothing more than an occupation.

The intelligence reports also said that the military convoys of the US, Jordan and Britain may launch an assault to help the West-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) around the Al-Tanf border crossing.

Reports also said that the Syrian Army troops, in response to the possible attacks by the US, British and Jordanian forces on their soil, have launched a large-scale operation along the Damascus-Baghdad highway to drive FSA out of the border crossing of al-Tanf.

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The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will arm Syria’s Kurdish fighters “as necessary” to recapture the key Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, despite intense opposition from NATO ally Turkey, which sees the Kurds as terrorists.

The decision is meant to accelerate the Raqqa operation but undermines the Turkish government’s view that the Syrian Kurdish group known as the YPG is an extension of a Kurdish terrorist organization that operates in Turkey. Washington is eager to retake Raqqa, arguing that it is a haven for IS operatives to plan attacks on the West.

Dana W. White, the Pentagon’s chief spokeswoman, said in a written statement that President Donald Trump authorized the arms Monday. His approval gives the Pentagon the go-ahead to “equip Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces as necessary to ensure a clear victory over ISIS” in Raqqa, said White, who was traveling with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Europe.

While White did not mention the kinds of arms to be provided to the Kurds, other officials had indicated in recent days that 120mm mortars, machines guns, ammunition and light armored vehicles were possibilities. They said the U.S. would not provide artillery or surface-to-air missiles.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit President Donald Trump in Washington next week. An Erdogan adviser, Ibrahim Kalin, met on Tuesday with Thomas Shannon, the State Department No. 2 official.

On Syria, the two will talk about de-escalating the civil war, humanitarian assistance and how to "set the stage for a political settlement of the conflict.”

Syrian Army Sends Hundreds of Reinforcement Troops to Jordan Border to Confront US-British Plots

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army has dispatched hundreds of its forces stationed in de-escalation zones to the Southern borders of the country near Jordan, local sources revealed on Thursday.

Local sources in Sweida reported that the Syrian government has deployed its forces, stationed in the province, in regions near the Jordanian border after the recent moves by the US, British and Jordanian military men and terrorists.

Meantime, heavy clashes continue between the Syrian army forces and the terrorists in Zaza and al-Saba'a Bayar regions in the Southeastern Badiyeh of Homs near the borders with Jordan after a major offensive by the militants two days ago.

Army sources also said that the air force, artillery and missile units are pounding the conflict zones.
Opposition groups' media sources confirmed on Wednesday that the Syrian Air Force has bombed terrorists' concentration centers heavily along the border with Jordan in retaliation for the militants' attack on pro-government forces in the region.