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Syrian Turkmen militia supplied with German-made tanks

Syrian Turkmen militia supplied with German-made tanks

2 December 2019
The Syrian Turkmen militia, renowned for supporting the Turkish army against the PKK/YPG, has just received at least two Leopard 2A4 tanks (upgraded version featuring a digital computer).
These tanks are manufactured by the German company Krauss-Maffei, which supplied the near totality of NATO forces throughout the 1980’s. The Turkish army bought 340 of them, around 50 of which were deployed in Syria and about a dozen were destroyed in battle.
This is the first time that a militia in the (...)

Interview of Bashar el-Assad with “Paris Match”

by Bashar al-Assad, Régis Le Sommier

Interview of Bashar el-Assad with “Paris Match”

Damascus (Syria) | 28 November 2019
Régis Le Sommier with President Bachar el-Assad
After nine years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, supported by Russia and Iran, is the only master on board. Here is the full interview given to Paris Match.
Paris Match. Our last interview was five years ago, almost to the day. It was November 2014, your government only controlled one third of the country. Today your armies are back at the Turkish border. Do you feel you have won the war?
Bashar al-Assad. I would like to be (...)

In Syria, Christian populations protected by Russian Army

In Syria, Christian populations protected by Russian Army

20 November 2019
The Russian army has deployed to Tal Tamr, in northern Syria, to protect the population from abuses at the hands of the Turkish army and the PKK/YPG Kurdish militias.
The city of Tal Tamr was annexed by the PKK/YPG to "Rojava", the state devised by the Pentagon in 2013 as part of the plan for redrawing the Middle East. At that point, the PKK-YPF proceeded to push out many Assyrian Christians, who constituted the majority, replacing them with Kurds.
For its part, the Turkish army is (...)

Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Small Group on Syria

Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Small Group on Syria

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 14 November 2019
The Foreign Ministers of Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America strongly support the work of the UN Secretary-General and UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2254.
In recent weeks, the UN has opened a door to progress in the political process with the launching of the Constitutional Committee, which could be a first step towards a political solution. After more than eight years (...)

Christians fleeing northeastern Syria

Christians fleeing northeastern Syria

14 November 2019
As shown on the map of Operation Peace Spring, first released by the Turkish Government’s news agency Anadolu, Turkish troops have limited their occupation to a strip along the Turkish border extending 32km into Syrian territory, with the exception of the Syrian city of Qamishli.
However, it is now clear that Turkey and the YPG are pursuing a common policy of expelling Christians from the strip, including those in Qamishli.
In the late nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth, (...)

The Insoluble Contradictions of Daesh and the PKK/YPG

by Thierry Meyssan

The Insoluble Contradictions of Daesh and the PKK/YPG

Damascus (Syria) | 12 November 2019
We only know what is happening in the Levant through the war propaganda of the country in which we live. We ignore other points of view and, more importantly, how our armies have behaved. To disentangle the true from the false, historians will have to examine the available documents. However, what the Western military literature tells us contradicts the statements of politicians and the narrative in the newspapers. It is only by becoming aware of the existence of the Pentagon’s strategy since 2001 that we will be able to understand what really happened and why such contradictions are occurring today.

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Russia and Turkey on Syria

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Russia and Turkey on Syria

Geneva (Switzerland) | 29 October 2019
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey as guarantors of the Astana format held the trilateral meeting and consultations with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Mr.Geir O. Pedersen in Geneva on 29 October 2019.
The Ministers:
1. Reaffirmed the strong commitment of the Astana guarantors to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and emphasized that (...)

NATO behind the Turkish attack in Syria

by Manlio Dinucci

NATO behind the Turkish attack in Syria

Rome (Italy) | 25 October 2019
Several members of NATO are currently weeping crocodile tears about the terrible luck of the Kurds, thus masking the fact that they had in fact green-lit « Operation Peace Spring » in advance. To crush any doubt, the General Secretary of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, journeyed in person to Ankara, three days after the beginning of combat, to declare NATO’s support for Turkey.

Syria takes back its oil fields

Syria takes back its oil fields

24 October 2019
On 23 October 2019, President Putin’s Special Envoy in the Middle East, Mikhail Bogdanov, asserted that all Syrian oil and gas sites must return under the control of the Syrian Arab Republic.
President Bashar al-Assad had already granted concessions to Russian companies, which have so far not been able to exploit them.
During the negotiations preceding the Turkish "Operation Peace Spring," the United States had insisted that the Rojava oil fields be operated by US or Israeli companies. (...)

Putin urges Erdoğan to keep commitments

Putin urges Erdoğan to keep commitments

23 October 2019
On 22 October 2019, in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Their five-hour meeting centered around bilateral trade relations and Turkey’s "Operation Peace Spring" in Syria.
The S-400 Air Defense System was delivered on schedule and without any snags. The construction of both the Akkuyu Civil Nuclear Power Plant and the Turkish Stream Pipeline is proceeding according to plan.
The two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (...)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Turkey and the Russian Federation

Memorandum of Understanding Between Turkey and the Russian Federation

Sochi (Russian Federation) | 22 October 2019
President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of The Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin agreed on the following points:
1. The two sides reiterate their commitment to the preservation of the political unity and territorial integrity of Syria and the protection of national security of Turkey.
2. They emphasize their determination to combat terrorism in all forms and manifestations and to disrupt separatist agendas in the Syrian territory.
3. In this framework, (...)

Press statement following Russian-Turkish talks

by Vladimir Putin

Press statement following Russian-Turkish talks

Moscow (Russia) | 22 October 2019
Vladimir Putin: Mr President, ladies and gentlemen,
We thank the President of Turkey for accepting our offer made during a recent telephone conversation, and today he and representatives of his delegation arrived in Sochi to discuss the developments in the Syrian Arab Republic, including in the northeast, beyond the Euphrates.
Mr Erdogan gave a detailed explanation of the goals of the Turkish military operation along the Syrian border. We have noted many times that we understand Turkey’s (...)

All that is hidden from you about the Turkish operation "Source of Peace" (3/3)

The Turkish invasion of Rojava

by Thierry Meyssan

The Turkish invasion of Rojava

Damascus (Syria) | 21 October 2019
While the international community publicly fears the brutality of the Turkish intervention in northern Syria, it unofficially welcomes this intervention as the one and only solution to bring peace to the region. The war against Syria ends with one more crime. The fate of Idleb’s foreign mercenaries, the rabid jihadists during eight years of a particularly savage and cruel war, has yet to be determined.

All that is hidden from you about the Turkish Operation "Source of Peace" (2/3)

Kurdistan, imagined by French colonialism

by Thierry Meyssan

Kurdistan, imagined by French colonialism

Damascus (Syria) | 19 October 2019
Contrary to popular belief, Rojava is not a state for the Kurdish people, but a French fantasy of the interwar period. The aim was to create a rump state with Kurds equivalent to Greater Israel, which was being considered with Jews. This colonial objective was reactivated by Presidents Sarkozy, Hollande and Macron including the ethnic cleansing of the region intended to host it.

Meeting of a Russian interministerial delegation with Bashar al-Assad

Meeting of a Russian interministerial delegation with Bashar al-Assad

Moscow (Russia) | 19 October 2019
On October 18, the Russian interdepartmental delegation, consisting of Special Presidential Representative for the Syrian Settlement Alexander Lavrentyev, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin and representatives of the Defence Ministry, was received by President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
The discussion focused on the current situation on the ground in Syria in the context of growing tension in the north-east of the country. It was acknowledged that there (...)

All that is Hidden from you About Turkish operation "Source of Peace" (1/3)

The genealogy of the Kurdish question

by Thierry Meyssan

The genealogy of the Kurdish question

Damascus (Syria) | 18 October 2019
The unanimous international community multiplies its condemnation of the military offensive in Rojava and watches helplessly as tens of thousands of Kurds flee, pursued by the Turkish army. However, no one intervenes, considering that a massacre may be the only possible way to restore peace, given the inextricable situation created by France and the crimes against humanity committed by Kurdish combatants and civilians.

France torches Lafarge cement plant in Syria

France torches Lafarge cement plant in Syria

17 October 2019
On 16 October 2019, the International Coalition set fire to the French-owned Lafarge Cement Factory in Jalabiyeh (on the Turkish border, north of Aleppo) before the arrival of the Syrian Arab Army in the area.
Thus, the traces of a secret operation of crucial importance have literally gone up in smoke.
The plant had delivered 6 million tons of cement to jihadists for them to build underground fortifications from which to wage a war of position against Syrian government forces, drawing (...)

Joint Turkish-United States statement on north-east Syria

Joint Turkish-United States statement on north-east Syria

Ankara (Turkey) | 17 October 2019
1. The US and Turkey reaffirm their relationship as fellow members of NATO. The US understands Turkey’s legitimate security concerns on Turkey’s southern border.
2. Turkey and the US agree that the conditions on the ground, northeast Syria in particular, necessitate closer coordination on the basis of common interests.
3. Turkey and the US remain committed to protecting NATO territories and NATO populations against all threats with the solid understanding of “one for all and all for one”. (...)

Russian army occupies US military bases

Russian army occupies US military bases

16 October 2019
October 6, 2019 - 12:00 GMT — The Russian army has moved in to take several US military bases abandoned by retreating US forces in North Eastern Syria.
Allegations of clashes between the Russian and Syrian armies have all been put to rest, as have the rumors of supposed hostilities between the Russian and Turkish armies.
In Manbij, the Russian military police had to arbitrate between Syrian and Turkish forces.
The Turkish regular army invaded the 32-kilometer border area into Syria, while (...)

PKK/YPF terrorism, a border-based definition

PKK/YPF terrorism, a border-based definition

16 October 2019
The YPG (People’s Protection Units) portray themselves as a Syrian political organization linked to the Turkish PKK. However, the majority of its leaders are not Syrian, but Turkish, suggesting that the YPG are, in fact, the Syrian branch of the PKK.
During the Cold War, the PKK was a revolutionary party, with ties to the Soviet Union. It spearheaded an armed struggle against the Turkish dictatorship for the recognition of Kurdish culture. However, the PKK started to fall apart after its (...)

Syrian and Turkish armies scurry to occupy the ground

Syrian and Turkish armies scurry to occupy the ground

16 October 2019
14 October 2019 - 17:30 GMT. — North-Eastern Syria is in the throes of a Blitzrieg-like offensive
Multiple and contradictory reports all arriving at the same time make verification very difficult. Only those States deploying aerial or satellite surveillance are able to do so in real time.
The Turkish army and its Turkmen militias (alternately branded "Free Syrian Army" or "Syrian National Army") are attempting not only to invade the 32-kilometer border strip, but to penetrate the entire (...)

The 15 camps of Daesh prisonners in « Rojava »

The 15 camps of Daesh prisonners in « Rojava »

16 October 2019
As at 6 October 2019, Kurdish mercenaries in "Rojava" were guarding, on behalf of the United States, seven detention camps for captured Daesh combatants, plus eight different camps for their wives and children.
According to YPG sources, the camps contained 14,800 jihadi fighters and several hundred thousand civilians related to them.
Today, we can reveal that the Syrian secret services had asked foreign countries concerned to take back their jihadi nationals made prisoners by the Syrian (...)

The Hmeimim Agreement

The Hmeimim Agreement

16 October 2019
In the evening of 13 October 2019 the Russian army brokered an agreement between the Kurdish YPGs and the Syrian Arab Republic. The parties met on the Hmeimim Air Base operated by Russia in Syria.
The Kurdish YPGs swore allegiance to the Republic and abandoned the French mirage of a Kurdish "Rojava" on Assyrian and Arab lands entailing the forced expulsion of the autochthonous population.
Having acknowledged the reconciliation, Syria pledged to protect her Kurdish nationals and (...)

French soldiers trapped in Syria

French soldiers trapped in Syria

16 October 2019
In the late evening of 13 October, President Emmanuel Macron convened a Defense Council at the Jupiter Command Post in the Elysée Presidential Palace to assess the situation of the military and civilian forces deployed in Northern Syria .
• President Macron had secretly added eight military bases to the one already set up by his predecessor President Hollande. All nine are illegal under international law. Their mission was to bolster the dismantling of Syria and the creation of a new (...)

The EU calls upon Turkey to cease the unilateral military action in north-east Syria

The EU calls upon Turkey to cease the unilateral military action in north-east Syria

Brussels (Belgium) | 14 October 2019
The Council recalls the 9 October 2019 Declaration of the High Representative on behalf of the European Union and urges Turkey again to cease its unilateral military action in North East Syria and to withdraw its forces.
The EU condemns Turkey’s military action which seriously undermines the stability and the security of the whole region, resulting in more civilians suffering and further displacement and severely hindering access to humanitarian assistance. It makes the prospects for (...)

Arab League Resolution on Turkish aggression against Syria

Arab League Resolution on Turkish aggression against Syria

Cairo (Egypt) | 12 October 2019
Resolution 8454, entitled “Turkish aggression against Syria”, adopted at the extraordinary session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level
The Council of the League of Arab States, convened in an extraordinary session at the ministerial level on 12 October 2019 at secretariat headquarters in Cairo,
Reaffirming its resolutions adopted at the summit level concerning developments in the Syrian crisis, the most recent of which is summit resolution 758 adopted on (...)

Operation Peace Spring

Operation Peace Spring

Ankara (Turkey) | 11 October 2019
The ultimate goal of Operation Peace Spring, launched on October 9, 2019 in the face of multi-dimensional terror threats emanating from Syria against our national security, is to ensure the security of our borders, to neutralize terrorists in the region and to save the Syrian people from the oppression of terrorists.
In spite of this, some countries and circles voiced a number of allegations and comments, which were also reflected in various international media outlets.
The Operation is (...)

Warning of Syria

by Bashar Ja’afari

Warning of Syria

New York (USA) | 10 October 2019
On instructions from my Government, I should like to transmit to you the statement that was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic with regard to the military build-up on the Turkish-Syrian border:
The Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms the reckless statements and the hostile intentions of the Turkish regime and the military build-up on the Syrian border, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and a (...)

UNHCR Communiqué on Northern Syria

UNHCR Communiqué on Northern Syria

Geneva (Switzerland) | 10 October 2019
Hundreds of thousands in harm’s way in northern Syria
The escalation of conflict in northern Syria risks causing more human suffering and adding new displacement to what is already the largest displacement crisis in the world.
Tens of thousands of civilians are on the move to escape the fighting and seek safety. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on parties to adhere to International Humanitarian Law, including providing access for aid agencies.
“Hundreds of thousands of civilians in (...)

Declaration by Federica Mogherini on recent developments in north-east Syria

Declaration by Federica Mogherini on recent developments in north-east Syria

Brussels (Belgium) | 9 October 2019
In light of the Turkish military operation in north-east Syria, the EU reaffirms that a sustainable solution to the Syrian conflict cannot be achieved militarily. The EU calls upon Turkey to cease the unilateral military action. Renewed armed hostilities in the north-east will further undermine the stability of the whole region, exacerbate civilian suffering and provoke further displacements. Prospects for the UN-led political process to achieve peace in Syria will be more difficult. (...)

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