"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu
NEWS AND ARTICLES / HABERLER VE MAKALELER

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Syrian Army captures several areas in Idlib despite increased Turkish military presence- Al-Masdar News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored a big advance in Idlib on Tuesday when their forces began a new push at the Abu Jarif axis in the eastern part of the governorate.

According to a field report from eastern Idlib, the Syrian Arab Army captured a half dozen villages and towns on Tuesday following a fierce battle with the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS).

The Syrian Army reportedly captured the towns and villages of Kuweres, Bleisa, Tal Aghar, Al-Musheirifah, Jdeideh, and Tal Khatrah during their advance at the Abu Jarif axis in eastern Idlib.

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Monday, February 03, 2020

New map of Idlib battle after Syrian Army reaches strategic highway- Al-Masdar News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) made an important advance in the northeastern part of the Idlib Governorate on Monday, as their troops managed to reach an imperative highway.

Led by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division (formerly Tiger Forces), the Syrian Arab Army kicked off the day by capturing two towns located southwest of Saraqib.
Not long after capturing these two towns, the Syrian Arab Army pressed further northwest towards the strategic Aleppo-Latakia Highway (M-4).
The Syrian Army would once again seize two towns, but this time they were able to establish their first presence along the Idlib part of the Aleppo-Latakia Highway (map below).
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Army liberates Joubas, San, and Tarnaba in Idleb countryside, pursues terrorists in direction of Saraqeb- SANA

Idleb, SANA_ Syrian Arab Army Units on Monday resumed their concentrated military operations against terrorist organizations in Idleb southeastern countryside and advanced into the direction of Saraqeb after liberating the villages of Joubas, San, and Tarnaba towns and destroying the last terrorist gatherings there.
SANA reporter said that Syrian Arab Army units engaged in violent clashes with terrorists on Monday afternoon and routed them out in areas in the direction of Saraqeb, liberating the village of Tarnaba in the process, and the army is still engaged in violent clashes with terrorists in al-Nairab village north of the Aleppo-Lattakia highway between Saraqeb and Ariha.
The reporter added that units of the army killed members of a terrorist group, affiliated to the so-called “Jaish al-Fatah” in the surroundings of San town. The number of the killed terrorists reached 7 ones, some of them of foreign nationalities.
He said that with the liberation of Tarnaba and crossing the Aleppo-Lattakia highway, the army has cut off terrorists’ supply lines between the cities of Saraqeb and Ariha.
Earlier in the day, the reporter said army units had advanced in the direction of Saraqeb, liberating Joubas and San west of the city.

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İdlib neden önemli, Suriye ordusunun operasyonlarında son durum ne?- BBC Türkçe

Suriye'nin kuzeybatısında, Türkiye sınırında yer alan İdlib eyaleti, hükümete karşı mücadele yürüten silahlı grupların elinde kalan son büyük yer.
Bu nedenle, Suriye'deki iç savaşın üç önemli aktörü hükümet, Rusya ve Türkiye açısından İdlib'deki gelişmeler büyük önem taşıyor.
Burası, ılımlı olarak nitelendirilen muhalif gruplar ve bazı cihatçı örgütlerin kontrolü altında bulunuyor. Bu gruplardan bazıları Türkiye'nin desteğini alıyor.
İdlib'in geri alınması halinde, Suriye Devlet Başkanı Beşar Esad ve onu destekleyen Rusya, savaşın istedikleri gibi sonuçlanmasını büyük oranda sağlamış olacaklar.
Esad, Ekim ayında bölgeye yaptığı ziyaret sırasında, İdlib'i Suriye'nin genelindeki "kaos ve terörü sonlandırmanın anahtarı" olarak nitelendirmiş ve "İdlib'deki cihatçıların yenilgiye uğratılmasıyla birlikte savaş da sona erecektir" demişti.
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İdlib’de Suriye Rejimiyle Sıcak Çatışma Sürüyor- VOA

ANKARA — 
Türkiye’nin İdlib’e destek amaçlı gönderdiği askeri unsurları hedef alan Suriye Ordusu’na yönelik askeri, siyasi ve diplomatik tepkisi sürüyor.
Türkiye ile Şam rejimi, bugün itibariyle Suriye topraklarında resmen sıcak çatışma yaşıyor. Türkiye ile Suriye Ordusu arasında, ilk kez 16 Haziran 2019’da İdlib’de 9 numaralı gözlem noktasına havan topu saldırısı yapılmış, Milli Savunma Bakanlığı'nın saldırının “kasıtlı” olduğu değerlendirmesi nedeniyle karşılıklı ateş açılmıştı. Bugünse o gün karşılıklı top ateşi yapılmasıyla sınırlı kalmış çatışma durumu, sıcak çatışmaya ve can kayıpları yaşanması sürecine dönüştü.
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İdlib için imzalanan Soçi Mutabakatı ne öngörüyordu?- BBC Türkçe

Suriye ordusunun bugün İdlib'de düzenlediği saldırı sonucu beş Türk askeri ve bir sivil personel hayatını kaybetti. AKP Sözcüsü Ömer Çelik, saldırının Soçi Mutabakatı'nın ihlâli olduğunu söyledi. MHP lideri Devlet Bahçeli de "Astana, Soçi ve Cenevre süreçlerinin anlam ve inandırıcılığı artık kalmamıştır" dedi.
Peki Soçi'de uzlaşılan mutabakatta neler vardı?
Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ve Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin, Suriye'nin beklenen İdlib operasyonu öncesi, 17 Eylül 2018'de Rusya'nın Soçi kentinde bir araya gelerek İdlib'de silahlardan arındırılmış bir bölge kurulması üzerinde anlaşmaya vardı.
15-20 kilometre derinliğinde ve 250 kilometre uzunluğundaki silahsızlandırma şeridinin silahlı örgütlerin kontrol ettiği bölgeden geçmesi planlanıyordu.
Bunun üzerine Suriye ordusu, bir süredir planlamakta olduğu İdlib operasyonunu erteledi.
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İdlib'de hangi örgütler var?- BBC Türkçe

Suriye ordusunun İdlib'de Türk konvoyuna düzenlediği saldırıda hayatını kaybedenlerin sayısı altıya yükseldi.
Şam yönetiminin Rusya'nın desteğiyle operasyonlarını sürdürdüğü İdlib'de çok sayıda cihatçı örgüt bulunuyor.
Ancak mevcut bölünmelere rağmen bölgedeki cihatçı ve muhaliflerin uzlaştığı tek bir konu var: Hükümetle herhangi bir mutabakat anlaşması imzalanmayacak, İdlib tutulacak ve teslim olunmayacak.
Eskiden El Kaide'ye bağlı olan Nusra Cephesi militanlarının kurduğu cihatçı Heyet Tahrir el-Şam (HTŞ), İdlib'deki en güçlü askeri grup.
Suriye hükümeti ve Rusya, operasyonun amacının İdlib'i "HTŞ teröristlerinden arındırmak" olduğunu söylüyor.
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Jihadists kill 4 Russian soldiers in western Aleppo- Al-Masdar News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels allegedly killed four Russian soldiers during their attack on the Al-Zahra’a Association Quarter in western Aleppo over the weekend.

According to a bulletin shared on social media, the four Russian soldiers were killed when the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) attempted to advance in the Al-Zahra’a Association Quarter.

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Sunday, February 02, 2020

Jihadists attacked Russia’s main base in Syria- Al-Masdar News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – The commander of the Russian Reconciliation Center, Major-General Yuri Borenkov, announced that the jihadist forces launched drones towards the Hmeimim Base in western Syria last night.

“At approximately 23:00 on the evening of February 1, the airspace monitoring devices of the Russian Hmeimim base monitored a group of air targets that were launched from the militants controlled areas in Idlib … These drones were intercepted by electronic warfare methods, which disrupted all of them.”

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Rusya: Silahlı gruplar İdlib'deki gerilimi azaltma bölgesinde Suriye birliklerine saldırdı- Sputnik News

Rusya'nın Suriye'deki Tarafları Uzlaştırma Merkezi Başkanı Tümgeneral Yuriy Borenkov, silahlı militanların İdlib gerilimi azaltma bölgesinde saldırılarını sürdürdüklerini açıkladı.
Rusya'nın Suriye'deki Tarafları Uzlaştırma Merkezi Başkanı Tümgeneral Yuriy Borenkov, yasadışı silahlı grupların İdlib'deki gerilimi azaltma bölgesinde Suriye ordusuna yönelik saldırılarını sürdürdüklerini duyurdu.
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At least 200 pieces of Turkish military equipment cross border with Syria - TV- TASS

TASS, February 2. At least 200 pieces of the Turkish army’s military equipment, including armored vehicles and tanks, crossed the border with Syria on Sunday, Al Arabiya TV channel reported.

According to the report, this military convoy has been sent to Syria since early Sunday. The convoys are heading towards the Idlib and Aleppo governorates. The Turkish command has reportedly declared an area around the highway linking Aleppo and Latakia as a combat operations zone.

The Asharq Al-Aswat newspaper reported several hours ago that "at least 40 armored vehicles and tanks of the Turkish army" had crossed the border via the Kafr Lusein checkpoint in the north of the Idlib governorate.

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Jihadist offensive in west Aleppo proves costly as Syrian Army troops stifle attack- Al-Masdar News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels launched a big counter-offensive in western Aleppo on Saturday, as their forces attempted to crack the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses in the strategic Al-Zahra’a Association Quarter.

Led by Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), the jihadist rebels began their attack on Saturday by sending suicide bombers towards the Syrian Army’s defenses east of the Great Prophet Mosque.

Following the suicide attacks which failed to reach their intended targets, the jihadist rebels stormed the Syrian Arab Army’s positions in a bid to breach their defenses west of the Air Force Intelligence headquarters.

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Saturday, February 01, 2020

Army uncovers terrorist bases and tunnels in Idleb southern countryside- SANA

Idleb, SANA – While canvassing the areas and towns liberated of terrorism in Idleb’s southern countryside, Syrian Arab Army units uncovered a fortified underground base for terrorists and a network of tunnels in the village of Muqa and the town of Hish south of Maaret al-Numan city.

SANA’s reporter in Hama said that army units uncovered while canvassing the village of Muqa an underground base for “Jaish al-Fateh” terrorist group which is affiliated with Jabhat al-Nusra.
The reporter said the base, which was found in the northern outskirts of the village, contained command rooms, residential and sleeping quarters, ventilation shafts, a lighting and water network, storage facilities, and holding cells carved into the stone of a hill, all of which are connected by a series of tunnels.
The reporter also said army units uncovered a network of complicated tunnels in the town of Hish, consisting of vaults and narrow passages and living quarters beneath the southern part of the town.
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In Former Syria Rebel Stronghold, Nothing was Spared- Naharnet

Once the throbbing heart of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Maaret al-Numan is an eerie ghost town where few buildings have been spared by nine years of war.
Following a major ground offensive, the Syrian army captured the town in the northwestern province of Idlib on Wednesday, a key prize in its push to reconquer the country's last rebel enclave.
A day after government forces moved into the deserted town and set up their first checkpoints there since 2012, the landscape was one of desolation.
Maaret al-Numan, home to around 150,000 people four months ago, is now a field of leveled or gutted buildings, where shops' iron shutters are riddled with bullet holes and shrapnel scars.
The only people left in the once-bustling town are a handful of soldiers taking up positions on the rubble-littered streets.
Majed Marahesh, 27, remembers the day he first visited Maaret al-Numan 13 years ago with his classmates and teacher. Now he has traded his schoolbooks for a rifle.
"I remember its beauty and refinement," he tells AFP. "I remember the mosaics in its museum. I am back 13 years later but it's not the town I knew."
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/268703
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Jihadist car bomb attacks target Syrian pro-government forces in Aleppo- Reuters

AZAZ, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian insurgents carried out two suicide car bomb attacks in an assault on pro-government forces in Aleppo on Saturday and opened a new front northeast of the city, an attempted fightback after territorial gains for President Bashar al-Assad.

Backed by Russian air power, Syrian government forces had made a significant advance into the rebel-held northwest this week, seizing the town of Maarat al-Numan, part of an offensive to secure the main highway between Damascus and Aleppo.

The suicide attacks were carried out by jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and targeted the Jamiyat al Zahraa area on the western edge of Aleppo. A third car bomb was set off by remote control, a source with the group said.

A news outlet linked to the group, Ebaa, published a video which it said showed elite Tahrir al-Sham fighters pledging “allegiance to death and jihad” before the attack on Jamiyat al-Zahraa, watched by the group’s leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani.

The northwestern corner of Syria including Idlib province and adjoining areas of Aleppo is the last major rebel foothold in Syria, where Assad has taken back most of the ground once held by his enemies with Russian and Iranian support.

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Damascus rations subsidized food with smart cards- Daily Star

DAMASCUS: Syria's government Saturday started rationing subsidized food like rice and sugar with smart cards, a ministry said, in the latest measure to address an economic crisis in the war-torn country.
The value of the Syrian pound against the dollar has plummeted on the black market in recent months, sparking price hikes on key food items.
On Saturday, thousands of Syrian families for the first time used cards with built-in microchips to track and cap their purchases of subsidised food, the ministry of internal trade and consumer protection said.
Under the new system, even the largest family cannot collect more than three kilos of rice, four kilos of sugar and one kilo of tea a month, it said on its Facebook page.
Smaller families are allowed even less according to their size.
Subsidies are key for Syrians living in government-held areas in a country where the United Nations says war has compounded poverty.
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Syrian Army captures several towns to expand west towards Idlib city- Al-Masdar News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored another big advance this week after their forces made a push west towards the provincial capital of Idlib.

Led by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division (formerly Tiger Forces), the Syrian Arab Army began the day by storming a town located southeast of Saraqib.

According to a field report near the front-lines, the Syrian Army captured the town of Lawf after a brief battle with the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS).

Following this advance, the Syrian Army began to push westward toward the Latakia-Aleppo Highway (M-4), as their troops managed to capture two towns from the retreating jihadists.

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Three Hezbollah fighters killed in Maaret al-Numan- Daily Star

Abbas Mohammed Taha, a Hezbollah fighter, was buried in the Shiite stronghold of Baalbeck Friday.

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HTS opens new front in Jam’eyyat Al-Zahraa west of Aleppo with fierce attack initiated by three car-bomb explosions- SOHR

Syrian Observatory sources have reported that opposition factions and jihadi groups unleashed fierce attack on positions on positions of the regime forces and loyal militias in Jam’eyyat Al-Zahraa. HTS initiated the attack with detonating three car-bombs, two car-bombs were detonated with the drivers in and the third one was remotely detonated.

 The fierce clashes are accompanied by intensive shelling by both parties along with the fall of shells on the neighborhoods of Al-Zahraa, Al-Shahbaa and Halab Al-Jadidah within the western part of the regime-controlled city of Aleppo.

 The clashes, shelling and car-bomb explosions left many casualties.

 Observatory activists also documented gross human losses in the ranks of both warring forces who have been killed in bombardment and fierce clashes since Friday, the 24th of January 2020. 188 jihadis among 249 opposition fighters were killed so far, in addition to the killing of 245 regime soldiers and loyalists of whom there are six foreign militiamen loyal to Iran.
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Jihadists launch big attack on Aleppo in attempt to alleviate pressure on allied forces- Al-Masdar News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels launched a big attack on the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses in Aleppo city this evening.

Led by Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (SAA), the jihadist rebels began their offensive by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses at the strategic Al-Zahra’a Association Quarter in the western part of the city.

According to a military source from the 4th Armored Division, their forces are currently engaging the jihadists in Al-Zahra’a, but he maintains that HTS and their allies have been unable to make any advances.

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