Syria, March 13: Turkish convoy with fuel trucks and bulldozers entered Idlib

Today's events in Syria do not give reason to argue for a decrease in aggression in this country. Armed clashes occurred in several provinces. It seems that the war of all against all continues.

A few minutes ago it became known that another Turkish convoy entered the territory of Idlib province through the Qasr al-Banat checkpoint. It is noteworthy that in its composition, in addition to army equipment, several fuel trucks, as well as heavy bulldozers.

Presumably, the fuel trucks will be sent to the so-called observation points of the Turkish Armed Forces in Idlib, and bulldozers will be involved in clearing the territories after the recently completed battles.

In the north of Idlib province, local residents entered into armed conflict with the militants of the Khayyat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (formerly Jebhat al-Nusra, banned in the Russian Federation). The Iranian information portal Step News Agency reported that a local resident was beaten by militants at a checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Sarmada. After that, armed people arrived at the checkpoint and entered the battle with jihadists. There are dead on both sides.

To the north-east of the city of Hama, unknown fighters made a sortie into the territory controlled by the SAA. Presumably they came from Idlib.

In the east of Raqqah province, representatives from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fired on a motorcade where civilians were stationed. Several people were injured.

It is also known that 92 locals who have already completed the “young fighter course” have joined the SDF. The population of the province is dissatisfied with the fact that Kurdish armed formations are recruiting recruits most often by force.

An East Syrian organization, Sada Al-Sharqieh, covering events in this part of the country, reports of an air raid on Iranian militia bases near Abu Kemal in the province of Deir ez-Zor. It's probably about a raid committed by an American aviation after the Taji military base in Iraq was attacked.

Comments

[Masha]

bulldozers cleared the way for fuel trucks? hunting is more than captivity .... as if to have and that for this they wouldn’t have anything ....

[bessmertniy]

The Turks are going to gain a foothold. And they only further increase the tension in the region. Erdogan is disingenuous that he does not want to pinch off anything from the "integrity of Syria." In fact, he introduces an occupation corps into Idlib, which will become the basis for the annexation of part of the Syrian territory.

[Masha]

pinch off a piece of oil, if you get a piece ....

[knn54]

I read the headline and the first thing that came to mind is the wall of Erdogan ...

[Mouse]

snatch at least a wool shred?

[seregatara1969]

But Lyuley, to whom Lyuley ...

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

There is nothing to clatter with them.

It is necessary to prepare to clean out Idlib. Build air defense around Idlib in order to remove Turkish UAVs from the sky before they can attack Syrian forces, give Syria new MiG-29s with R-77 missiles, Buki, build up ground forces, artillery reconnaissance systems to instantly suppress Turkish artillery and clear this province needs terrorists, in spite of all attempts by Turkey to prevent this.

Turkey is insolent in the region, already offers Russia to extract oil together in Syria, they are threatening that then they will do it together with the USA.

Turkey needs to be severely taught a lesson, everything that they are capable of we have seen, it is necessary to prepare forces, strike and knock them out of Syrian land.

[Skubudu]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

There is nothing to clatter with them.

It is necessary to prepare to clean out Idlib. Build air defense around Idlib in order to remove Turkish UAVs from the sky before they can attack Syrian forces, give Syria new MiG-29s with R-77 missiles, Buki, build up ground forces, artillery reconnaissance systems to instantly suppress Turkish artillery and clear this province needs terrorists, in spite of all attempts by Turkey to prevent this.

Turkey is insolent in the region, already offers Russia to extract oil together in Syria, they are threatening that then they will do it together with the USA.

Turkey needs to be severely taught a lesson, everything that they are capable of we have seen, it is necessary to prepare forces, strike and knock them out of Syrian land.

To the point of these MiG-29s ..., they will also be drawn by the Turkish AWACS, and the F-16 will land AMRAAMs from the "out of reach" zone. They have C-300 BUKs Armor, let them adjust and provide a "no flight zone"

[Sky strike fighter]

and the F-16 will land AMRAAMs from the "out of reach" zone

The last time the Turks couldn’t shoot down the Su-22 with AMRAAM. That’s what it means to take precautions in advance. The loss of two Su-24s and the training aircraft is largely due to the effect of surprise. The Turkish F-16 was also warned in advance about the attack of the SAM -200 and left the rocket.

[boss]

correctly!
turkey s-400, a pipe from oil and a nuclear power plant, and syria "mig-29 with missiles r-77", beeches, ground forces, more arts!
Well, to be sure everyone’s in ruin, right?
moreover, weapons and construction projects in Turkey on credit, and in Syria on credit, yeah.
In short we’ll arm and hi lupyatstsa ...
delirium

[Essex62]

The Syrians will not pull, even if they get all these buns. Our team will not get a direct fight.

[rotmistr60]

What you can completely agree with is that

the war of all against all continues

Moreover, the war bleeds all who participate in it. If the Americans and their allies did not actively support the militants, then the point would have already been set. Of course, a minor guerrilla war would have continued, but this is compared to what is happening today a trifle.

[Flurry]

Turkey is a regional power (Like Pakistan, Brazil, etc.), and it is impossible to simply fulfill the calls of the sofa strategists. "Show Kuzkin's mother, pull on, tear" is not for Turkey. You can only put up barriers and limit its ambitions by alternating the use of force and negotiations.
Assad in Syria is by no means the leader of the majority and hit a bunch of stocks at one time, but there is no one to replace him, and Russia is also a hostage to the situation there. We have to negotiate with regional players - Turkey, Israel, Iran, Kurds. What our people do, where it is necessary to use bombers, where diplomacy and economic buns. It should be emphasized that, in a purely military sense, squeezing Turkey out of Syria is quite possible, but non-military costs in the region will far outweigh the advantages of this. Politics, her mother ... and there is no smell of morality and justice.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Rafale

Turkey is a regional power (like Pakistan, Brazil, etc.), and it’s impossible to simply fulfill the calls of couch strategists. "Show Kuzkin's mother, pull on, tear" is not for Turkey. It is only possible to set up barriers and to limit its ambitions by alternating the use of force and negotiations.

Yes, to give you the weight of Turkey. What did Ankara demonstrate that could confirm that it is impossible to show the mother of the Turks to Kuzkin? Attack and drones? Yes, effective. But it is necessary to take into account the fact that the Syrians did not concentrate enough air defense equipment in this direction, since the Barmalei do not have UAVs and aviation and Ankara used the surprise factor. What's in the finale? They squeezed out half of Idlib, leaving 11 Turkish observation posts in the rear of the SAA in isolation. For a couple of weeks of active support for the Barmalei, the Turks lost fifty troops and a certain number of armored vehicles + 7 drones, despite the fact that the SAA did not conduct targeted combat operations against the Turkish contingent and they fell under distribution either in the battle formations of terrorists, or the terrorists were huddled under their cover. What are the successes? As a result, Turkey rejecting the requirement to return the CAA to the positions stipulated in the Sochi agreements, adopted a new line of demarcation on the fact of finding the positions of the CAA.

Quote: Rafale

Assad in Syria is by no means the leader of the majority and hit a bunch of stocks at one time, but there is no one to replace him

If Assad had been so bad, then the army would hardly have supported him for 9 years. Moreover, note that the forces supporting Assad are not represented by Alavites alone.

Quote: Rafale

Russia is also a hostage to the situation there. We have to negotiate with regional players - Turkey, Israel, Iran, Kurds. What our people do, where to use bombers, where- diplomacy and economic buns

Well, let’s say so, Russia is not a hostage there, but one of the main players, and therefore we have to agree with everyone.

Quote: Rafale

squeezing Turkey out of Syria is quite possible, but non-military costs in the region will far outweigh the benefits of this.

Not military costs in the region, what are these?

[Flurry]

1. "It is not intentions that are important, but potential." NATO may not be the same, but it is the second largest army. And if we take into account that the Syrians are very exhausted, the economy is in a corral, and only a small part have the training, then after the departure of the Russian Federation Turkey would have rolled it out, even without the help of the barmaley.
2. Assad's mistakes are primarily geopolitical. Being in such an environment - Turkey, Israel, restless Kurdistan, Iraq - it was necessary to reduce arrogance and negotiate. Of course, with the beginning of the database this is no longer relevant. See also the history of Assad's conflict with the Sultan.
3. And this is so, but obligations also arise under contracts.
4. Non-war is a complication of the transit of goods through straits, pipelines, destabilization of Transcaucasia, curtailment of economic cooperation, and as a result, a decrease in the influence of the Russian Federation in the region. I hope no one argues that thin trade is better than good war?

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Rafale

1. "It is not intentions that are important, but potential." NATO may not be the same, but it is the second largest army. And if we take into account that the Syrians are very exhausted, the economy is in a corral, and only a small part have the training, then after the departure of the Russian Federation Turkey would have rolled it out, even without the help of the barmaley.

On the whole it is true. But we must admit that the Turkish army, unlike the SAA, does not have enough combat experience and its main "combat potential" is just the barmalei, who have already been fighting for 9 years and have been operating on the front line of combat contact with the Syrians, receiving art support. Turks from the depths of the defense. If the Turkish aviation was used at full capacity, the Syrians would have had a hard time, definitely. But somehow it seems that even in a shabby state, the SAA is capable of inflicting considerable losses on the Turks.

Quote: Rafale

2. Assad's mistakes are primarily geopolitical. Being in such an environment - Turkey, Israel, restless Kurdistan, Iraq - it was necessary to reduce arrogance and negotiate. Of course, with the beginning of the database this is no longer relevant. See also the history of Assad's conflict with the Sultan.

The mistake of Assad and the Syrian people lies not in geopolitics, but in the geographical position and the presence of oil fields. If they didn’t have oil, then there would be no mattresses and an anti-Assad coalition from 60 countries. As for relations with the Sultan, at one time the Assad and Erdogan families were friends and even periodically stopped by each other for a cup of tea, and then Edik wanted some oil and sacrificed normal relations in favor of his ambitions.

Quote: Rafale

4. Non-war is a complication of the transit of goods through straits, pipelines, destabilization of Transcaucasia, curtailment of economic cooperation, as a result of a decrease in the influence of the Russian Federation in the region.

Turkey cannot close the straits for any country unless it is at war with it. The gas pipeline is a double-edged sword, blocking the transit through which Ankara itself deprives itself of stable energy supplies and financial support, which in the current conditions is sensitive for the Turkish economy. The destabilization of Transcaucasia, in principle, was and is the strategy of the Turks for the long term, but after the events in Chechnya, it somewhat decreased its activity. In case of accelerating events in this direction, it can get a serious aggravation in the Kurdish direction, despite the fact that now we do not support the Kurds openly, but we are talking to them, not only from the Turkish PKK, but also in the Syrian direction, where CAA and Kurds can join forces to counter Ankara, which is a common enemy for them.

Quote: Rafale

I hope no one argues that thin trade is better than good war?

There’s nothing to argue about, it is

[Flurry]

Assad managed to offend the wife of the Sultan, there is not forgotten. Territory and oil only later on the jackal principle.
And even if the sultan was so hungry for gratuitous oil, he would have hit the Kurds along the Mosul-Erbil-Kirkuk line with the help of his barmales. There is an order of magnitude more oil. I would blow up a couple of shopping centers at my place, put them under anti-terror against the PKK as an otvetku, would agree with the Yankees (ordering another F-35, etc.). The Russian Federation is not there, Iran is also not interested- (there is no Israel nearby) and the point is in the hat.
"The mistake of Assad and the Syrian people lies not in geopolitics, but in the geographical location and the presence of oil fields." Was there a lot of oil in Serbia / Kosovo? And whom did the Yankees control from there? No, this is geopolitics in its purest form, not burdened with morality or even momentary financial gain.

[16329]

For some reason, many people on the site believe that war is something like a computer game, who shoots someone, while war is the achievement of certain political goals by extreme direct influence, and military operations are not a contest of technical means, but the right strategy and tactics of using one’s own forces and funds in the given conditions.
Therefore, the rest of Idlib will be squeezed out when the political preconditions are formed for this and appropriate forces and means are prepared
In the meantime, the Turks can go to their posts even on bulldozers, even on excavators,
This is their right under existing agreements.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: 16329

For some reason, many people on the site believe that war is something like a computer game, who will shoot someone

I do not think so

Quote: 16329

Therefore, the rest of Idlib will be squeezed out when the political preconditions are formed for this and appropriate forces and means are prepared

This is understandable. Now they will regroup, re-equip and re-equip them, and there .... the bearded homeless people will again give reason to tear off another piece of the province from Edik.

Quote: 16329

In the meantime, the Turks can go to their posts at least on bulldozers, at least on excavators, This is their right under existing agreements

Moreover, our military police provide convoys for their food and medical supplies. How much they will still stick around there is not known, but it seems that Ankara will remove them quietly since they currently do not play any role and can change their status for prisoners of war at any time.

[WOLF330]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

Turkey needs a hard lesson

If they could, they would have taught for a long time.

[16329]

Who needs?

[WOLF330]

Quote: Rafale

Assad in Syria is by no means the leader of the majority and has run a bunch of stocks

I totally agree. Plus sign from me.

[askort154]

KURT330 .... Quote: Rafale
Assad in Syria is by no means the leader of the majority and has run a bunch of stocks

Shoals to shoals strife. If Assad was not in Syria, but somewhere, for example - in Lithuania or Kyrgyzstan, then no one would "bother" him. But because Syria is the center of the BW and has hydrocarbons, the approach to Assad is different. They do not care about the everyday problems of the population. Syria is what they want. Made up paper for the UN
under the name "Coalition of 63 countries", and brazenly climbed into the country with a cry - "Assad must leave." And now they have been tormenting the country for 9 years. Is that, for the population, better than the "Assad regime" ?! Now they also climb into Venezuela, because it is not Lithuania or Kyrgyzstan. There are also large reserves of hydrocarbons and, moreover, is an underbelly for the United States. So "majority leaders" are media myths. Gaddafi was the favorite of his people. Where is he ?!

[Flurry]

They don't need Syria on its own. There is oil there for several million dollars a day, which they can print, they will not even notice. Here's to screw in a bolt with a left-hand thread in Turkey (supporting the Kurds), to do something nice for Israel, to snap Iran on the nose, to do nasty things to the Russian Federation (with military bases, another gray territory next to the Caucasus), organize our bases in the region (outside of capricious Turkey and Iraq) - of course "Assad must go." Moreover, at a relatively low cost.
Gaddafi was not at all and not so, otherwise the protesters would be torn apart with their bare hands even before the bombing. In the East, people are hot, you know. With what result in Grozny or Makhachkala would have passed (without even starting) a rally piled together with a gay parade, what do you think? I will tell you more, even in one of the southern cities of the Krasnodar Territory, such a focus was suppressed in the bud, and by no means by power structures.

[Vladimir Nizhegorodsky]

As they entered, they will leave.
Or they will stay there forever.
Trophies or debris.
The jokes are over.
They will not trample against the Kurds, Iran, Lebanon and Russia.
NATO and the US will be on the sidelines.
Especially the global crisis and COVID 19

[EDWARD]

can gasoline run out in Turkey ??

[16329]

Turkey has a very bad tourist season ahead due to the consequences of Coronovirus, obviously, and gasoline was always expensive there

[Kuzmitsky]

Free gas is over.