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Additional Protocol to the Memorandum on Stabilization of the Situation in the Idlib De-Escalation Area

Additional Protocol to the Memorandum on Stabilization of the Situation in the Idlib De-Escalation Area

Moscow (Russia) | 5 March 2020
The Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation, as guarantors of the observance of the ceasefire regime in the Syrian Arab Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Parties),
Recalling the Memorandum on the Creation of De-Escalation Areas in the Syrian Arab Republic as of May 4, 2017 and the Memorandum on Stabilization of the Situation in the Idlib De-Escalation Area as of September 17, 2018 ,
Reaffirming their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and (...)

Turkey goes into battle against Russia

Turkey goes into battle against Russia

28 February 2020
Turkey has deployed significant forces in the Idlib Governorate, in violation of Syria’s sovereignty and of its own Sochi commitments.
Since the beginning of this month, Turkey and Syria have been engaged in 16 battles, several of which involved Russia, leaving many dead on both sides. Russia-24 has broadcast images of Turkish forces firing air-to-ground missiles against Russian reconnaissance planes. The Russian general staff confirmed that, on the ground, the jihadists were being (...)

Press point by NATO

by Jens Stoltenberg

Press point by NATO

Brussels (Belgium) | 28 February 2020
Good afternoon.
The North Atlantic Council has just met, following a request by Turkey to hold consultations under article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty on the situation in Syria.
Under article 4 of the Treaty, any Ally can request consultations whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened.
I spoke to the Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu last night about the situation in Syria.
And he requested (...)

Statement by NATO Secretary General after Article 4 consultations

by Jens Stoltenberg

Statement by NATO Secretary General after Article 4 consultations

Brussels (Belgium) | 28 February 2020
The North Atlantic Council has just met, following a request by Turkey to hold consultations under Article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty on the situation in Syria.
Under Article 4 of the Treaty, any Ally can request consultations whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened.
I spoke to the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu last night about the situation in Syria, and he requested these consultations. (...)

Total liberation of Syria’s main highway

Total liberation of Syria's main highway

26 February 2020
On 25 February 2020, the Syrian Transport Minister, Ali Hammoud, announced that the country’s main artery - the M5 highway - had been recaptured and reopened to traffic.
The M5 had remained open during the “Arab Spring” (2011-early 2012), but was partially closed since the start of the war (mid-2012). It connects Syria’s four most important cities: Damascus / Homs / Hama / Aleppo.
During the war, the army had chosen to defend the populations rather than the territory. The big cities remained (...)

Propaganda

The fabrication of the myth of the "Syrian revolution" by the United Kingdom

by Thierry Meyssan

The fabrication of the myth of the "Syrian revolution" by the United Kingdom

Damascus (Syria) | 25 February 2020
New documents have leaked on the organization of British propaganda against Syria. They provide insight into how bona fide journalists could have been permanently intoxicated by the myth of the "Syrian revolution" and why the UK withdrew from Syria despite the success of this operation.

In Syria, Russian Army called to the rescue by its US "colleagues"

In Syria, Russian Army called to the rescue by its US "colleagues"

19 February 2020
On 16 February 2020, a US Army convoy lost its way in the Syrian countryside, turning up accidentally at Khirbet Hamo (near Kameshli). Visibly dumbfounded, the soldiers started shooting in all directions to protect themselves from imaginary danger, wounding a passer-by and killing a 14-year-old child. An angry crowd of some one thousand people gathered around clamoring for accountability.
The US convoy then called a nearby Russian military police brigade for help. The latter interceded (...)

The neutrality of the Belgian presidency of the Security Council in question

by Bashar Ja’afari

The neutrality of the Belgian presidency of the Security Council in question

New York (USA) | 13 February 2020
On instructions from my Government, I transmit the present identical letters in order to raise an important issue, namely the lack of balance shown by the current President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Belgium, when chairing Security Council meetings on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and on counter-terrorism.
We have noticed with some concern and suspicion that the current President of the Security Council has failed to show impartiality and (...)

On the OPCW’s refusal to answer questions from the Security Council

by Bashar Ja’afari

On the OPCW's refusal to answer questions from the Security Council

New York (USA) | 12 February 2020
On instructions from my Government, I should like to convey to you the statement that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic issued on 11 February 2020 with regard to the briefing by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the OPCW internal investigation into the leaking of information from the Duma report.
A few days ago, the OPCW Technical Secretariat held a briefing on the findings of its internal investigation into the (...)

Four Russian FSB officers killed by pro-Turkish forces

Four Russian FSB officers killed by pro-Turkish forces

4 February 2020
Relations between Turkey and Russia are going through an even rougher patch than when Turkmen militia shot down a Russian pilot in Syria in November 2015.
This time, on 1 February 2020, the Turkey-controlled militia killed four FSB officials in Aleppo: Lieutenant Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Trofimov, Commander Bulat Rinatovich Akhmatyanov ("C" division) , as well as Commander Ruslan Gimadiev and Captain Dmitriy Minov ("K" Division).
Caught in an ambush, they were captured by a militia (...)

Escalation of Violence in Idlib

Escalation of Violence in Idlib

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 4 February 2020
The United States once again condemns the continued, unjustifiable, and ruthless assaults on the people of Idlib by the Assad regime, Russia, Iran, and Hizballah. The February 3 mortar attack on Turkish observation posts by the Assad regime forces is a grave escalation and follows ongoing vicious attacks impacting civilians, humanitarian workers, and infrastructure. We stand by our NATO Ally Turkey in the aftermath of the attack, which resulted in the death of multiple Turkish personnel (...)

Acts of sabotage in Syria

Acts of sabotage in Syria

29 January 2020
The energy crisis in Syria is unrelenting. On 21 December 2019, three oil and gas facilities in Homs province were hit by drone attacks. On 28 January 2020, underwater oil pipelines were sabotaged with explosives off Banyias (photo).
Even if it is likely that these attacks and sabotages were carried out by jihadists, there is no conclusive proof.
Syria needs about 100,000 barrels a day. It produced 350,000 before the war, but is currenly down to 24,000. This shortage obstructs the (...)

Turkey imposes its currency on northern Syria

by Bashar Ja’afari

Turkey imposes its currency on northern Syria

New York (USA) | 28 January 2020
On instructions from my Government, and further to our previous letters, the most recent of which was issued as document S/2020/7, regarding the Turkish regime’s ongoing violations and attacks against the sovereignty and territorial integrity the Syrian Arab Republic, its unceasing violation of the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and its open support for terrorism, which poses a threat to regional and international peace and security, I should like to (...)

Syria protects is people from terrorists

by Bashar Ja’afari

Syria protects is people from terrorists

New York (USA) | 20 January 2020
On instructions of my Government, and further to our previous letters relating to crimes committed by armed terrorist groups, I would like again to draw your attention to the following.
Whenever the Syrian Arab Army makes progress against terrorist groups anywhere in the Syrian Arab Republic, the States supporting terrorism will unfailingly mount a feverish propaganda campaign aimed at distracting attention from the terrorism, aggression and occupation to which the country is being (...)

Russia offers deal to Syria and Turkey

Russia offers deal to Syria and Turkey

15 January 2020
On 8 January 2020, in Ankara, Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a deal with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province. It was made public before being approved by the Syrian side.
With the United States also having secretly agreed to the ceasefire, China and Russia went along with the vote on 10 January at the Security Council of a resolution renewing the list of crossing points for the delivery of humanitarian aid inside Syria, (...)

Resolution 2504 (Humanitarian assistance to Syria)

10 January 2020
Bachar al Jaafari and Vassily Nebenzia, respectively Syrian and Russian Permanent Representatives before the United Nations.
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolutions 2042 (2012), 2043 (2012), 2118 (2013), 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2175 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2209 (2015), 2235 (2015), 2254 (2015), 2258 (2015), 2268 (2016), 2286 (2016), 2332 (2016), 2336 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018), 2449 (2018) and its Presidential Statements of 3 August 2011 (S/PRST/2011/16), 21March (...)

Putin visits Damascus

Putin visits Damascus

8 January 2020
President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Russia-operated Hmeimim Air Base to celebrate Orthodox Christmas with his troops. He was met there by President Bashar al-Assad, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, and the base commander, General Sergei Surovikin.
He headed next to Damascus where his Syrian counterpart took him to the Great Umayyad Mosque, a place of Christian, Jewish, Christian and Muslim worship. He meditated on the tomb of Saint John the Baptist. From there they went to the (...)

France’s part in rigging OPCW report

France's part in rigging OPCW report

28 December 2019
On 27 December 2019, Wikileaks released a new batch of internal documents from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). [12] An email among them reveals that Inspector Ian Henderson’s report was pulled by order of the OPCW’s chief of cabinet Sébastien Braha. [13]
The French diplomat is an "officer of the Orient" (high ranking official of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry) who was seconded to the OPCW three months after the alleged chemical attack on Douma in order to (...)

Lightning onslaught to liberate northwestern Syria

Lightning onslaught to liberate northwestern Syria

24 December 2019
The Syrian Arab Republic launched the second stage of its offensive against the residual pocket of Al-Qaeda jihadists (now labeled the Levant Liberation Committee - Hayat Tahrir al-Cham) in Idlib Governorate.
At least 1.5 million jihadists and their families have amassed there, and hold hostage about an equal number of Syrians.
The Syrian Arab Army, covered by the Russian air force, liberated the city of Maarat al-Numan, thereby retaking the M5 motorway connecting Aleppo to Damascus.
In (...)

At UNSC, China and Russia cast their 7th and 8th veto to thwart war against Syria

At UNSC, China and Russia cast their 7th and 8th veto to thwart war against Syria

22 December 2019
On 20 December 2019, for the 7th and 8th time respectively the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation vetoed a Western-sponsored UN resolution against Syria.
The resolution, introduced by Germany, Belgium and Kuwait, was deceitfully presented as authorizing “cross-border humanitarian aid.” The states now rooting for humanitarian aid are those which have slapt an embargo on all basic necessities to sustain the livelihood of the Syrian people.
The resolution flouted the (...)

Joint Statement by Iran, Russia and Turkey on Syria

Joint Statement by Iran, Russia and Turkey on Syria

Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) | 11 December 2019
The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey as guarantors of the Astana format:
1. Reaffirmed their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic as well as to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and highlighted that these principles should be universally respected and complied with;
2. Rejected in this regard all attempts to create new realities on the ground, including (...)

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. (...)

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