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YouTube Shuts Down All Syrian State Channels As Idlib Assault Begins
8
September, 2018
Syrian
state YouTube channels have been shut down this morning just as the
Syrian Army's ground offensive has officially begun.
This includes
the following now
terminated Syrian state and pro-government channels: Syrian
Presidency, Syria MoD (Ministry of Defense), SANA, and Sama TV.
This follows YouTube reportedly closing Syria's Ortas
News last
week.
It
is unclear whether or not the action is part of a broader move among
US social media companies to
close "Iran-linked" accounts,
or if directly connected to events now rapidly unfolding in Idlib.
A
number of Syria observers say the
account closures could be connected with potential US plans for
military action in response to the Syria-Russian forces air and
ground attack on Idlib.
This
news comes just as CENTCOM chief Gen. Joseph Dunford said
on Saturday the
Pentagon is preparing
"military options" and is in "routine dialogue"
with the White House concerning a potential military response.
#Youtube shuts down all pro Syrian channels including, Sama TV, Syrian MoD, Sana news agency, Syrian presidency
Meanwhile
Syrian-British journalist Danny Makki, currently tracking events on
the ground in Syria, reports: "Huge
bombardment in Idlib today by Syrian Forces, over 60 different
locations targeted. Shelling all along the frontlines of North
Hama also."
"The
Idlib offensive will be one of the most complicated, most
followed internationally & potentially one of the bloodiest
battles of the Syria war," Makki describes further.
#YouTube shutting down #Syria govt channels bad, whatever the reason.
Best case, it's just more in the growing wave of online #censorship and attacks on #FreeSpeech.
Worst case, there's a new #WhiteHelmets chemical weapons #FalseFlag incoming & they're preempting refutation.
Currently,
the Twitter accounts for the aforementioned Syrian government
channels appear to be active.
Here
we go again...
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Elsewhere
in the country, to the northeast, where American forces are stationed
in support of Syrian Kurdish groups, rare clashes
have broken out between US-backed groups and the Syrian Army.
As Al
Masdar News reports more
than ten Syrian soldiers were killed Saturday after a series of
intense clashes broke out between their troops and the Kurdish forces
in Qamishli city.
According
to a military source in Qamishli, intense clashes broke out between
the Syrian intelligence forces and Kurdish Asayish police in the
city, resulting in the death of several involved.
The
source said that in addition to the 10+ Syrian military personnel
lost, at
least seven Asayish fighters were also killed during the fierce
engagement.
The
attack occurred when three vehicles carrying Syrian soldiers were
heading towards the military checkpoints to change personnel; it was
at these checkpoints where the clashes began.
No
one knows why the clashes broke out, but they have since died down,
the source added.
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