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Turkey seeks to 'absorb' northern Syria: US Senator
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/02/28/512494/Turkey-Syria-Ottoman-Empire-Hayden-Black
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara-backed militants will advance toward the northern Syrian town of Manbij in Aleppo province after they accomplish their mission in al-Bab city in the same province. Meanwhile, Syria has strongly denounced Ankara’s attacks near al-Bab.
Ankara seeks “to absorb northern Syria into the greater Turkey,” because the Turkish authorities want to take possession of Syrian water and oil resources, says Richard Hayden Black, an Republican member of the Virginia state Senate.
Turkey uses terrorist groups like Daesh and al-Qaeda to carry out ethnic cleansing in northern Syria and pave the ground for Ankara's dominance there, the senator told Press TV on Tuesday.
According to Hayden Black, “The group ISIS (Daesh) is sort of a tool of Turkey, of the United States, [and] of all of these groups (US allies). They don’t want [Syria] to eventually survive, because Erdogan sees himself as the head of a vast caliphate, [and] as [the head of] a resurgent Ottoman Empire that stretches from Europe onto China.”
“Turkey has been the greatest ally of the ISIS (Daesh) throughout most of the six-year war” in Syria, he said, adding that Daesh had 2,000 oil tankers, which carried massive amounts of oil stolen from Syria and took it to Turkey.
Armed ISIS drone attacks Russian Army convoy in Deir Ezzor
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/armed-isis-drone-attacks-russian-army-convoy-deir-ezzor/
The drone dropped artillery ammunition near 5 cars and a bulldozer, damaging a black vehicle during the attack and possibly injuring its driver. Al-Masdar News was not able to verify whether the convoy was Syrian or Russian.
The Russian Armed Forces maintain a small presence of military advisors in Deir Ezzor while the bulk of its troops are based in the government mainland in western Syria, especially around Khmeimim Air Base and its naval port in Tartous.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is working hard to break the siege of Deir Ezzor Airport that was cut off from government-held districts in the provincial capital following an Islamic State offensive in January.
ISIS suicide attack kills 11 Syrian soldiers in rural Aleppo
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-suicide-attack-kills-11-syrian-soldiers-rural-aleppo/
The attack took place at Nabatah Saghiara village in eastern Aleppo where the Syrian Army in a blitz attack over the last weeks has captured a plethora of territory from the terrorist group.
No announcement has been made yet from the Syrian military about the alleged suicide attack, but Amaq Agency has built a reputation on being accurate in its claims.
Meanwhile, Turkish-led forces have effectively ended their fight against ISIS since the Syrian Army enclosed their positions from being able to have a front against the terrorist group.
Damascus opens up trade route with Kurds in northern Syria
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/damascus-opens-trade-route-kurds-northern-syria/
Effectively, Kurdish residents are able to reach the isolated Sheikh Maqsoud district in Aleppo city while family members of SAA troops stationed around Hasakah and Qamishli can visit their relatives for the first time since 2012.
With trade flowing between Kurdish-held and Syrian-held areas of the country for the first time ever, the SAA and SDF are also supporting each other militarily on the battlefield in eastern Aleppo due to the aforementioned parties sharing common foes; namely, the Turkish Armed Forces and ISIS.
Next up, the SDF and SAA will try to expand their narrow trade route to secure safe passage of goods and supply trucks. Should government forces expel Turkish troops from Al-Bab, this would secure the M4-Highway between Manbij and Aleppo for future trade.
Nevertheless, the Syrian Government remains opposed to the concept of Rojava and an independent Kurdish state in northern Syria.
Russia, China block anti-Syria UNSC resolution
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/02/28/512482/Russia-China-Syria
On Tuesday, the measure, drafted by Britain, France and the US, got the minimum nine "yes" votes.
However, Russia, China and Bolivia opposed the resolution while Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Egypt abstained.
UN resolutions need nine positive votes and no vetoes to pass.
This is the seventh time that Russia blocks an anti-Syria resolution and the sixth time that China does so.
The defeated resolution would have blacklisted 11 Syrians, mainly military commanders, and 10 entities allegedly linked to chemical attacks in 2014 and 2015. It would also have banned the supply of helicopters to Damascus.
The vetoed resolution followed a UN-led probe that claimed the Syrian government was behind at least three attacks involving chlorine gas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier denounced the resolution as “inappropriate” and warned that Moscow would not support fresh restrictive measures against Damascus.
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/02/28/512494/Turkey-Syria-Ottoman-Empire-Hayden-Black
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara-backed militants will advance toward the northern Syrian town of Manbij in Aleppo province after they accomplish their mission in al-Bab city in the same province. Meanwhile, Syria has strongly denounced Ankara’s attacks near al-Bab.
Ankara seeks “to absorb northern Syria into the greater Turkey,” because the Turkish authorities want to take possession of Syrian water and oil resources, says Richard Hayden Black, an Republican member of the Virginia state Senate.
Turkey uses terrorist groups like Daesh and al-Qaeda to carry out ethnic cleansing in northern Syria and pave the ground for Ankara's dominance there, the senator told Press TV on Tuesday.
According to Hayden Black, “The group ISIS (Daesh) is sort of a tool of Turkey, of the United States, [and] of all of these groups (US allies). They don’t want [Syria] to eventually survive, because Erdogan sees himself as the head of a vast caliphate, [and] as [the head of] a resurgent Ottoman Empire that stretches from Europe onto China.”
“Turkey has been the greatest ally of the ISIS (Daesh) throughout most of the six-year war” in Syria, he said, adding that Daesh had 2,000 oil tankers, which carried massive amounts of oil stolen from Syria and took it to Turkey.
Armed ISIS drone attacks Russian Army convoy in Deir Ezzor
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/armed-isis-drone-attacks-russian-army-convoy-deir-ezzor/
The drone dropped artillery ammunition near 5 cars and a bulldozer, damaging a black vehicle during the attack and possibly injuring its driver. Al-Masdar News was not able to verify whether the convoy was Syrian or Russian.
The Russian Armed Forces maintain a small presence of military advisors in Deir Ezzor while the bulk of its troops are based in the government mainland in western Syria, especially around Khmeimim Air Base and its naval port in Tartous.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is working hard to break the siege of Deir Ezzor Airport that was cut off from government-held districts in the provincial capital following an Islamic State offensive in January.
ISIS suicide attack kills 11 Syrian soldiers in rural Aleppo
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-suicide-attack-kills-11-syrian-soldiers-rural-aleppo/
The attack took place at Nabatah Saghiara village in eastern Aleppo where the Syrian Army in a blitz attack over the last weeks has captured a plethora of territory from the terrorist group.
No announcement has been made yet from the Syrian military about the alleged suicide attack, but Amaq Agency has built a reputation on being accurate in its claims.
Meanwhile, Turkish-led forces have effectively ended their fight against ISIS since the Syrian Army enclosed their positions from being able to have a front against the terrorist group.
Damascus opens up trade route with Kurds in northern Syria
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/damascus-opens-trade-route-kurds-northern-syria/
Effectively, Kurdish residents are able to reach the isolated Sheikh Maqsoud district in Aleppo city while family members of SAA troops stationed around Hasakah and Qamishli can visit their relatives for the first time since 2012.
With trade flowing between Kurdish-held and Syrian-held areas of the country for the first time ever, the SAA and SDF are also supporting each other militarily on the battlefield in eastern Aleppo due to the aforementioned parties sharing common foes; namely, the Turkish Armed Forces and ISIS.
Next up, the SDF and SAA will try to expand their narrow trade route to secure safe passage of goods and supply trucks. Should government forces expel Turkish troops from Al-Bab, this would secure the M4-Highway between Manbij and Aleppo for future trade.
Nevertheless, the Syrian Government remains opposed to the concept of Rojava and an independent Kurdish state in northern Syria.
Russia, China block anti-Syria UNSC resolution
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/02/28/512482/Russia-China-Syria
On Tuesday, the measure, drafted by Britain, France and the US, got the minimum nine "yes" votes.
However, Russia, China and Bolivia opposed the resolution while Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Egypt abstained.
UN resolutions need nine positive votes and no vetoes to pass.
This is the seventh time that Russia blocks an anti-Syria resolution and the sixth time that China does so.
The defeated resolution would have blacklisted 11 Syrians, mainly military commanders, and 10 entities allegedly linked to chemical attacks in 2014 and 2015. It would also have banned the supply of helicopters to Damascus.
The vetoed resolution followed a UN-led probe that claimed the Syrian government was behind at least three attacks involving chlorine gas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier denounced the resolution as “inappropriate” and warned that Moscow would not support fresh restrictive measures against Damascus.
