Al-Qaeda's små hjælpere: Israels luftvåben angriber Damaskus, Tyrkiet beskytter Jabhat al-Nusra mens kampen for Saraqib intensificeres (Update: Saraqib er faldet)

South Front
tor, 06 feb 2020 17:55 UTC

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Tidligt den 6. februar leverede det israelske luftvåben et vidtstrakt angreb mod mål i landområder omkring den syriske hovedstad, Damaskus. I Daraa provinsen, lancerede israelske fly adskillige missiler fra luften over de besatte Golan Højder og det sydlige Libanon.

Ifølge syriske kilder, så var hovedmålene i angrebet, Al-Kiswa området, Marj al-Sultan, Baghdad Bridge tæt vedDamaskus og området syd for Izraa i Daraa provinsen.

Kommentar: Delvis oversat til dansk af Sott.net fra: Al-Qaeda's little helpers: Israeli air force strikes Damascus, Turks protect Jabhat al-Nusra as battle for Saraqib ramps up

Syria's State media claimed that the Syrian Air Defense shot down most of the Israeli missiles before they were able to reach their targets. Pro-Israeli sources claim that the strikes successfully hit Iran-related targets destroying weapon depots and HQs of Iranian-backed forces.

The attack took place as the Syrian Army was storming the key stronghold of al-Qaeda-linked militants in the province of Idlib - the town of Saraqib. Right on cue, the Israeli military joined the club of al-Qaeda's little helpers.

Kommentar: The Syrian General Command stated that the Israelis and Turks worked together on this latest aggression:

"at 02:00 am on Thursday and in a blatant synchronicity with the Israeli air aggression and even under its cover, a Turkish military convoy that includes a number of vehicles and armored vehicles passed from Oglinar area into Syria.

The statement noted that the Turkish military convoy "deployed on the line between the towns of Binnish, Ma'ar Masrin and Taftanaz with the aim to protect terrorists, on top Jabhat al-Nusra, and to impede the advance of the Syrian Arab Army and to prevent it from completing the elimination of systematic terrorism which besieges civilians in Idleb province and take them as hostages and human shields."