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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian Aerospace Forces To Continue Strike Terrorist Targets In Syria DESPITE CEASEFIRE
2016-09-13
[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] The nationwide ceasefire in Syria concluded by Russia and the United States [SF editor: If there is no war between Russia and the United States in Syria, why are they main sides of the deal?] began at 16:00 GMT.

Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy:

"In line with the [Russia-US] agreements, the ceasefire regime on the whole territory of the Syrian Arab Republic comes into force on Monday at 19:00 pm Moscow time [16:00 GMT]."RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES TO CONTINUE STRIKE TERRORIST TARGETS IN SYRIA DESPITE CEASEFIRE
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Moscow and Washington are setting up a joint center to designate terrorist targets in Syria and the Russian Aerospace Forces will continue to strike terrorist targets.

"The Russian Aerospace Forces will continue Arclight airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria. The Russian and US sides create a joint center that will help coordinate strikes by Russian and US-led coalition’s aircraft to designate targets,"Rudskoy said.
Rudskoy said that the fight against Lions of Islam (ISIS, Jabhat Al-Nusra, etc) "will continue regardless of any changes of names."

The Syrian government has also agreed to support the ceasefire and halt military operations against the so-called "opposition."

The Russian Defense Ministry expects all US-backed myrmidon groups to abide by the ceasefire deal. It also called Turkish-backed myrmidon groups to halt military operations against the Kurdish YPG in northern Syria.

However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
the de-facto implication of the deal looks like significant problem. Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
, one of the biggest US-backed "moderate" groups, has already rejected the ceasefire. Its allies will likely follow the decision.

Posted by:Fred

#7  I duuno, what did Barry Sadler say?
Posted by: Shipman   2016-09-13 17:23  

#6  Not a Kerry fan, but searching for Marlon Brando up around the Cambodian border on a PBR is hardly the definition of a REMF.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-09-13 14:49  

#5  Believe me, he was, and still is, a REMF!

Learned that word while watching war movies, eh?
Posted by: Pappy   2016-09-13 13:44  

#4   g(r)omgoru || , don't forget the sliver in his rear while saving Cambodia as well. Is that the same as a back shot while running away? Believe me, he was, and still is, a REMF!
Posted by: Gromonter Whusotle1891   2016-09-13 11:32  

#3  Kerry "We must make peace in Syria. I appreciate peace because I was in Vietnam, you know.".

Lavrov "di xa!".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-09-13 02:18  

#2  Kurdistan!
Posted by: Raj   2016-09-13 00:40  

#1  There is no longer a sovereign state called Syria. That government has no real control any longer.

We need to decide how we would like the realignment to play out.
Posted by: Crusader   2016-09-13 00:38  

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