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2024-12-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Rebel Offensive News Roundup for December 7th, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Syrian Army Strengthens Positions in Damascus Suburbs
[Regnum] Syrian troops are strengthening their positions in the suburbs of Damascus amid terrorist attempts to destabilize the situation. This was reported on December 7 by the Arab Republic's Defense Ministry.

“Our armed forces units have strengthened their positions in all areas of the Damascus suburbs and the southern district to prevent any incidents as a result of the unrest that terrorists are trying to provoke,” the Syrian General Army Command clarified.

It is noted that the Syrian army continues to carry out operations against militants in Homs, Aleppo and Hama. Hundreds of terrorists, dozens of vehicles, many headquarters, weapons and ammunition depots have been destroyed.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, on December 7, a meeting was held in the capital of Qatar, Doha, between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. They called for an immediate end to military actions and the beginning of a dialogue between the government and legitimate opposition forces.

The Russian Armed Forces continue to provide military assistance to the Syrian army and are trying to do everything possible to counter terrorists in the republic, said Sergey Lavrov. Support is provided with the help of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which are based in Khmeimim. Using terrorists for geopolitical purposes of any country is unacceptable, Lavrov emphasized.

Militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region on November 27. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. The Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against militants in Aleppo and Idlib on November 29. The authorities of a number of countries, including the United States and China, called on their citizens to leave Syria.

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Lavrov denies withdrawal of Russian ships from Syrian Tartus
Military exercises are currently being conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported on December 7 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in response to a request to comment on information from a number of media outlets that Russia had allegedly withdrawn its ships from a base in the Syrian port of Tartus.

Lavrov explained the departure of warships from Syrian Tartus as exercises
“Military exercises are underway in the Mediterranean,” the head of the Foreign Ministry said at talks taking place in the capital of Qatar.

Lavrov suggested that those who disseminated information about the withdrawal of ships may have misinterpreted images from satellite photographs.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier the Russian Foreign Minister held a meeting in Doha within the framework of the Astana format with the heads of the Turkish and Iranian Foreign Ministries, Hakan Fidan and Abbas Araghchi. The main topic of the ministers' conversation was the escalation that is being observed in Syria.

Tartus is home to a Russian Navy logistics base. In June, exercises were already held here, in which the Syrian military participated together with the Russian Armed Forces. During the maneuvers, attacks by a potential enemy on the base were repelled.

Air defense units' servicemen hit targets simulating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The mock enemy's sea drones were destroyed by the crews of the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) together with the crews of the Black Sea Fleet's anti-sabotage boat Kadet and small missile boats of the Syrian Navy.

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Lavrov said that the Russian Armed Forces are helping the Syrian army
The Russian Armed Forces continue to provide military assistance to the Syrian army and are trying to do everything possible to counter terrorists in the republic, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his speech at the Doha Forum.

“Russia is providing military assistance to Syria with the help of the Aerospace Forces based in Khmeimim,” the diplomat said.

Lavrov also clarified that Russia is doing everything possible to counter terrorists in Syria and stated that using terrorists for the geopolitical purposes of any country is unacceptable.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 27, militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. On November 29, the Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against militants in Aleppo and Idlib.

In his article, Regnum News Agency observer Leonid Savin pointed out that behind the interests of the Islamists trying to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, there is Turkey with its interests in destroying the military-political structures of the Kurds, and in a broader context, we are talking about following the strategy of neo-Ottomanism and pan-Turkism.

On December 7, following a meeting in the Astana format, the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Russia, Turkey and Iran called for an immediate end to violence in Syria. Lavrov said that it was unacceptable to allow terrorists to seize land in the SAR. The ministers called on the parties to the conflict to engage in dialogue and reaffirmed their commitment to Syria's sovereignty.

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Syrian Defense Ministry Denies Reports of Troop Withdrawal from Damascus
The Syrian Defense Ministry has denied reports of the republic's armed forces withdrawing from Damascus. The ministry's press service published the statement on December 7 on Facebook (which is owned by Meta, a company recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

“Any news about the withdrawal of units of our armed forces present in all areas of the Damascus countryside is not true,” the defense ministry emphasized.

Ministry officials said that false information is being spread by terrorist organizations in an attempt to sow panic among civilians.

Earlier, the Defense Ministry called information about militants breaking through to the city of Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs province in the central part of the republic untrue. The settlement is located 67 km from the city of Homs, the center of the province of the same name.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 27, militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. On November 29, the Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against militants in Aleppo and Idlib.

On December 6, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported that the government army had strengthened its defense line in Homs province. The report noted that information about the army's withdrawal from Homs was not true.

In his article, Regnum News Agency observer Leonid Savin pointed out that behind the interests of the Islamists trying to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, there is Turkey with its interests in destroying the military-political structures of the Kurds, and in a broader context, we are talking about following the strategy of neo-Ottomanism and pan-Turkism.

On December 7, following a meeting in the Astana format, the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Russia, Turkey and Iran called for an immediate end to violence in Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that it was unacceptable to allow terrorists to seize land in the SAR. The ministers called on the parties to the conflict to engage in dialogue and reaffirmed their commitment to Syria's sovereignty.

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Syrian and Russian Aerospace Forces strike terrorist supply routes
Syrian troops, together with the Russian Aerospace Forces, launched massive strikes on terrorist positions and supply routes. This was reported on December 7 by the press service of the Syrian Arab Republic Defense Ministry.

The department specified that Syrian and Russian aircraft carried out strikes in the province of Homs, destroying dozens of terrorists and units of equipment. The government army is also conducting intensive shelling of militants' deployment sites and supply lines in the provinces of Hama and Homs.

"Our forces operating in the provinces of Hama and Homs are carrying out massive strikes with cannon and rocket artillery on the positions and supply routes [of terrorists]," the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 27, militant groups in Syria launched an offensive against government army positions in the Aleppo region. The terrorists were able to capture 13 settlements. After that, the Syrian military launched a counteroffensive against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) militants in Aleppo and Idlib. The government army also managed to liberate the city of Al-Bakum.

On December 2, the command of the Syrian government army stated that the country's troops and the Russian Aerospace Forces had destroyed more than 400 militants in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces in a few hours.

On December 3, in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out the need to stop terrorist aggression against that country.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that Russia resolutely supports the efforts of the Syrian authorities amid the escalation.

On December 7, The New York Times reported, citing officials, that Iran had begun evacuating its military commanders, diplomats and advisers from Syria. They and their families, as well as ordinary Iranians, are being sent by plane and land to Tehran, Iraq and Lebanon.

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some were combatants against Assad, some combatants were for Assad

be interesting what happens to them
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