Showing posts with label Aleppo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aleppo. Show all posts

Monday, 26 November 2018

The media is silent about the al-Qaeda has attack in Aleppo


I think there is a simple reason why we have not heard about this in lamestream media.

It is called the S-300!

Massive Al-Qaeda Gas Attack On Pro-Government Aleppo Leaves Over 100 Hospitalized

25 November, 2018


Over 100 civilians were hospitalized, including dozens of women and children, after anti-Assad militants unleashed a wave of mortars filled with poison gas on government controlled Aleppo Saturday evening.

Syrian state-run SANA published multiple photos and video of victims in the city's hospitals being treated for what's reported to be chlorine gas exposure. Though it's not the first time that 'rebels' seeking to topple the Assad government have conducted a chemical attack on pro-government areas according to United Nations findings, it is the first time that mainstream American outlets like CNN and Reuters have featured coverage of such events.

Crucially, pro-rebel media has now confirmed the poison gas attack, specially the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which western media have long relied upon as a go-to source of anti-Assad opposition reporting. According to Reuters:

In Aleppo city which the government controls, the shells had spread a strong stench and caused breathing problems, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said.

In total official Syrian government sources reported 107 people were injured, a sizable portion of them children, after al-Qaeda terrorists linked to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance (HTS, the main al-Qaeda group that controls Idlib) attacked three Aleppo districts with poison filled projectiles.

Initially the death toll approached 12 according to early reports, however, it now appears there were no fatalities resulting from gas exposure, though many remain in the hospital in what international reports say is the highest casualty toll since the Syrian Army liberated Aleppo two years ago.

The explosive (shells) contain toxic gases that led to choking among civilians,” Aleppo police chief Issam al-Shilli told SANA.



Outrageous! Western backed "rebels" have targeted residential areas in Aleppo with chlorine gas! Dozens of civilians and children suffocated and were taken to nearby hospitals. Where is the international outrage? Or is the world only provoked by fake "regime chemical attacks"?



Russian jets quickly began pounding HTS positions — the group military officials said was responsible for the attack — in retaliation. The Russian foreign ministry has called on the international community to definitely condemn the attacks carried out by opposition armed groups.

The Reuters report continues:

We can not know the kinds of gases but we suspected chlorine and treated patients on this basis because of the symptoms,” Zaher Batal, the head of the Aleppo Doctors Syndicate, told Reuters.

Patients suffered difficulty breathing, eye inflammation, shivering and fainting, he said. Hospitals had discharged many people overnight.

Ironically a Syrian and Russian joint offensive to liberate Idlib from HTS was delayed in September after the United States threatened military action over what western intelligence agencies claimed were preparations by Assad's forces to unleash a chemical attack.

However, with what now appears a large-scale attempt by the western-backed armed groups to gas civilians in government areas, it will be interesting to see if there's any condemnation whatsoever from Washington, London, or Paris.


Russian Air Force eliminates jihadist sites behind chemical weapons attack

26 November, 2018

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defence released aerial footage of airstrikes in the village of Khan Tuman in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate, on Sunday, that allegedly eliminated the mortar section which shelled Aleppo a day earlier.

Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jets reportedly delivered two aerial bombs to a location four kilometres away from Aleppo Governorate’s Khan Tuman village and destroyed the mortars there.

According to government news agency SANA, a chlorine gas attack on the al-Khalidiye and al-Zahraa neighbourhoods, as well as al-Neel Street, led to 50 people being rushed to hospital. Many of the victims were reportedly treated for asphyxiation.

Local militant leaders have denied using poison gas in the attack.

The Russian Ministry of Defence stated that Aleppo was attacked on November 24, 2018.

Sunday, 15 April 2018

Attack on Iranian military base in Syria by Israelis alleged

20 Dead After Israeli Warplanes Reportedly Attack Iranian Military Base In Syria

14 April, 2018

Summary:
  • Pro-syrian govt media: no attack on Jabal Azzan in the Aleppo Province
  • All other media: attack on Jabal Azzan in the Aleppo Province
  • Explosion happened near location where pro-Iranian Afghani Fatemiyoun located.
  • Unclear if explosion result of airstrike or explosives detonating within the warehouse.
  • At least 20 dead including Iranian officers.
Update 1725ET: There is at least one purported video of the attack on Aleppo that suggests it was an airstrike...

Update 1615ET: Hezbollah-tied news media is denying any airstrikes took place.


Airstrikes targeting Iranian militants in Jabal Ezzan in northern Aleppo countryside

 "These rumors being circulated to raise morale of terrorists, which was brought low after failure of tripartite aggression on Syria."

Al-Mayadeen denies reports of an Israeli strike in Jabal Azzan...

"Trusted sources on the ground tell Al-Mayadeen: there is no truth to Israeli enemy media's reports of Israeli strike on southern Aleppo countryside."

With al-Ahed reporting that the source of explosions in Aleppo was from detonating explosives, not airstrikes.

4-Hezbollah's @Alahednews says news of airstrike in Jabal Azzan is inaccurate. Sound of explosions came from detonating explosives. pic.twitter.com/tyAgsNHFZd




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Update 1555ET: as expected, Israel has been named as the perpetrator:

FOUR ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON IRANIAN BASE IN ALEPPO #SYRIA - REPORTS: i24

According to unconfirmed reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there have been a number of casualties following the strike. It remains unclear if those killed were Syrians or Iranians. If the latter, Iran may soon be in a state of war with Israel.

Al-Arabiya quotes SOHR as confirming that an explosion took place in Jabal Azzan in the Aleppo Province. Nature of the explosion unconfirmed https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/985242970671763456 
SOHR further claims that there are casualties following the strike, according to al-Arabiya
Maariv reports that at least 20 Iranian Officers were killed in Aleppo due to the airstrikes.

Airstrikes targeting Iranian militants in Jabal Ezzan in northern Aleppo countryside
Trump's mission in Syria may be "accomplished", but Israel's is just getting be getting started (as we speculated).

According to a reports by SkyNews Arabia and Al Arabiya, a huge explosion was heard at the Iranian base Jabal Azzan located in Syria's Aleppo after it was struck by "unidentified warplanes."

ناشطون: انفجار ضخم في أحد أكبر مخازن الميليشيات الإيرانية في جبل عزان بريف حلب الجنوبي

Other sources, including Israel's Jerusalem Post, confirm the strike:
  • POSSIBLE STRIKE AGAINST IRAN BASE, WEAPONS WAREHOUSE IN SOUTHERN ALEPPO SYRIA FOLLOWING REPORTS OF EXPLOSIONS: JPOST
  • MILITANTS SAY EXPLOSIONS AT LARGE IRANIAN MILITIA BASE IN ALEPPO: AL HADATH
An unconfirmed photo of the strike:

POSSIBLE STRIKE AGAINST BASE, WEAPONS WAREHOUSE IN SOUTHERN ALEPPO FOLLOWING REPORTS OF EX0LOSIONS: JPOST
The alleged Iranian airbase was first disclosed in late February, when Fox News published images showing a military base northeast of Syria's capital. According to the report, Iran's Al Quds force is operating the post.



While it is too early to determine who launched the attack, since none of the western forces have claimed responsibility, the most likely party is Israel which as a reminder, was also the first to strike Syria last Monday, almost a week before the US-coalition forces also unloaded on Syria.

Developing.