Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union that the time has come to think about the post-war reconstruction of Syria.

“I believe that the international community should already think about the post-war restoration of the state, how, in what forms, and how much to provide assistance to this and other countries in the region, how to more effectively promote their socio-economic development, strengthening state institutions, including the legislative branch authorities,” Putin said.

Damascus is protesting against the entry of Turkish troops into the Syrian province of Idlib to create a fourth de-escalation zone. This was reported by the SANA agency, citing an official source in the Syrian Foreign Ministry.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry called the entry of Turkish troops into the northwestern region of the country “a blatant and unjustified act of aggression against the sovereignty and security of Syria and a monstrous violation of international law.” The Foreign Ministry noted that Ankara’s actions are not consistent with the agreements reached earlier at inter-Syrian negotiations in Astana, and even contradict them. Damascus demands the immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syrian territory without any conditions.

As part of the implementation of the Memorandum on the creation of de-escalation zones in the Syrian Arab Republic, control groups continued to monitor compliance with the ceasefire.

The situation in the de-escalation zones is assessed as stable.

The Russian part of the representative office recorded 9 cases of shooting in the provinces: Aleppo - 3, Daraa - 3, Damascus - 3.

The Turkish part of the mission recorded 3 violations in the provinces: Hama - 1, Damascus - 2.

During the day, the Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in the SAR did not carry out humanitarian actions.

In total, 1645 humanitarian actions were carried out.

The total weight of the delivered humanitarian cargo is 2232.9 tons.

During the day, Russian military doctors provided medical assistance to 1 person.

In total, medical assistance was provided to 59,744 residents.

During the day, agreements on the accession of settlements to the cessation of hostilities regime were not signed.

The number of settlements that joined the reconciliation process did not change - 2249.

The number of armed formations that have declared their commitment to accepting and fulfilling the conditions for the cessation of hostilities has not changed - 234.

A rally in support of Russia’s actions in Syria was held near the Russian Embassy in Paris, it was organized by branches of the Union of Syrian Patriots and the Union of Syrian Students associations.

The branch of the National Union of Syrian Students in Slovakia, on Freedom Square in Bratislava, held an action of solidarity with Syria and its army, which was attended by students, representatives of the Syrian community and members of the socialist and communist parties in Slovakia.

The child immunization program in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor could be affected if information is confirmed that the only cold storage facility for vaccines in Mayadin district was destroyed during fighting, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Current map of the military situation in the SAR.

Aleppo: In Aleppo, restoration of the most important irrigation canal has begun, supplying water to the northern part of the province, where the country's largest fields and plantations are located, the NTV channel reports.

Video: arrival of a humanitarian convoy.

Idlib. Video: strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the Headquarters of the Faylaq Al Sham group.

A Turkish army convoy has intruded into areas surrounding the Samaan Citadel south of the Afrin region, raising doubts about the reality of the stated goals of the Turkish state in its military operations in Idlib and the surrounding Afrin region. Sources report a Turkish army convoy numbering more than 200 military vehicles, the Kurdish publication ANHA states.

Hama. The Syrian Arab Army carried out attacks on the positions of HTS militants in the area of ​​the village. Abu Dali.

Damascus. Militants shelled the capital's Al-Abbassiyin neighborhood, resulting in four people being wounded, SANA reports.

Hasakah. Coalition aircraft near the city of Shadaddi destroyed two combat positions and an IS logistics hub.

Deir ez-Zor. The Deir ez-Zor military airport is once again accepting aviation. A Syrian Air Force plane landed at Deir ez-Zor airport for the first time in a year.

In the city of Deir ez-Zor, fighting continues in the As-Sinaa and Al-Orfi neighborhoods, SANA reports. There is also fighting in the Ummal region.

Video from the village of Hatlah liberated the day before

On the eastern bank of the Euphrates there are battles for the settlements of Janenah and Husanyah.

SAA took n.p. Al-Salahiyah.

Syrian government troops have completed an operation to destroy militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group banned in Russia in the city of Mayadin, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

“Assault units of the Syrian army under the command of General Hassan Suhel, having broken the fierce resistance of terrorists in the central and southern quarters, completely liberated the city,” he said, noting that Mayadin was “the most powerful fortified terrorist area in eastern Syria.” A representative of the Russian defense department indicated that currently the assault troops of General Suhel, with the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces, are developing an offensive against the positions of the Islamic State.

“The defeat of the terrorists in Mayadin created the necessary conditions for the tactical success of the Syrian troops to develop into operational success,” Konashenkov concluded.

Video from Al-Mayadeen:

Report from RT.

About ten SDF fighters were killed during an attack by IS militants in the Al-Jazrah oil field. The Al-Jazrah oil field itself is under the complete control of Kurdish forces.

The SDF recaptured the village from ISIS. Al-Janna and Al-Ushaytah.

Coalition aircraft near the city of Abu Kamal destroyed the IS headquarters building.

Raqqa. Fighting in the city of Raqqa, which militants of the Islamic State group banned in Russia called their capital in Syria, continues; the time has not yet come to talk about a complete victory in the city over the Islamic State. A representative of the US-led coalition, whose forces have been fighting for the city since June, told Reuters about this.

"We expect heavy fighting in the coming days and have not set a timeline for the complete defeat of ISIS in Raqqa," Ryan Dillon said.

In the area of ​​the city of Raqqa, about 100 militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS, banned in Russia) surrendered over the past 24 hours, Ryan Dillon also reported. “The militants who surrendered were taken out of the city. We still expect difficult fighting in the coming days and will continue to support our Syrian opposition partners in their fight against ISIS,” Dillon was quoted as saying by The New York Times.

The Russian Ministry of Defense condemned the US actions in Syria, announcing thousands of casualties during ill-prepared operations.

The United States is bombing residential areas in Raqqa and destroying water supplies. This was announced on Saturday by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, TASS reports.

“The carpet bombing of residential areas with people and the deliberate destruction of all natural sources of water supply in Raqqa, used by the United States and the coalition, have so far brought nothing but thousands of victims of the “liberated” population and vivid examples of illiterate planning of this military operation,” he said.

Konashenkov noted that such actions contrast sharply with the successful offensive of Syrian government troops on Mayadin, which was liberated from ISIS militants today.

A statement from the Raqqa Tribal Council confirms agreements with the SDF on the withdrawal of Syrian IS fighters from Raqqa:

We, the elders of the tribes of Raqqa, declare that we want to end the bloodshed and end the tragedy of our people, after they were deceived by terrorists and hypocrites, and only a few of them still remain trapped in one or more points of the city, they do not have nothing but surrender or choosing death. We appealed to the Syrian Democratic Forces with a request to resolve the situation inside the city for local fighters and provide them with access to areas outside the city with our guarantees, and the Syrian Democratic Forces agreed with the content of this call.

We are now organizing a mechanism to remove these deceived people, to preserve the lives of the civilians they have taken as human shields and to protect the rest of the city from death and destruction.

Therefore, we declare to the public that we, as the elders of the Al-Raqqa clans, will ensure the lives of those who will be removed.

We hope that we will move on to other areas with steps to ensure security and peace in our country and clean up the abomination of terrorism and injustice, and live like others in our heroic city that fought terrorism on behalf of peace.

We reiterate our gratitude to the Syrian democratic forces who responded positively to our call, understood the nature of our tribal society and demonstrated their understanding for the lives of defenseless civilians.

Death to terrorism and victory to our peoples.

Sheikhs and dignitaries of the tribes of Raqqa 10/14/2017

According to human rights activists, all Syrian militants of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS) have already left Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on the morning of Saturday, October 14, that the last group of jihadists left the city last night.

Militants and their families have been transported from Raqqa over the past days according to an agreement reached between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Islamists. It is not noted where exactly they were sent.

Now measures are being taken to remove foreign members of the Islamic State from the city who still remain in Raqqa. Their exact number is still unclear.

Only foreign mercenaries of the “Caliphate” remain in the city. The decision not to let foreigners out of the city was made by the command of the international coalition led by the United States and communicated to the Kurdish leadership.

“The convoy of vehicles is scheduled to leave Raqqa on October 14 as part of an agreement reached on October 12 through the mediation of the Raqqa Civil Council and local Arab tribal elders. This agreement, designed to minimize civilian casualties, does not, according to its text, include foreign IS fighters,” the coalition said in a statement. People who leave the city will then be searched by members of the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Despite the fact that the coalition itself did not participate in the process of agreeing on the agreement, the operation headquarters is convinced that it will allow “the SDF and the coalition to concentrate their attention on defeating the Islamic State in Raqqa.” “We do not support agreements that would allow terrorists to escape justice and then appear somewhere else,” emphasizes Brigadier General Jonathan Braga, the coalition’s chief of operations.

As Reuters reports, citing a representative of the Raqqa city council, the Kurdish forces leading the battles in the city allowed all militants of the Islamic State (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) to leave it. At the same time, the 400 hostages they held in the Raqqa National Hospital will be a guarantee of security for the militants.

There is no information yet about where the terrorists will go and where they will release the hostages.

In the city of Raqqa, the Nahdah district has been cleared of IS militants.

He spoke about the feat of special forces soldier Denis Portnyagin, who in an unequal battle killed 14 ISIS militants and was preparing to blow himself up with a grenade so as not to be captured by the jihadists.

​Many media outlets wrote about this feat, for some reason omitting many of the heroic details of the actions of the soldiers of our elite unit of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The film crew of the VGTRK television company reconstructed that clash in the Akerbat pocket in central Syria. The journalists were helped by active soldiers of the Special Operations Forces who actually participated in that battle, as well as the crews of Mi-28 combat helicopters.

On August 16, 2017, a MTR special forces group in 2 vehicles arrived on a secret combat mission to a height guarded by a Syrian Arab Army post in the area of ​​the Akerbat - Es-Sukhneh road (desert area near the border of the provinces of Hama and Homs).

The Russian military got out of their SUVs, and the Syrian soldier only had time to greet them when he was killed by fire from an ISIS group that suddenly attacked the post. Heavy shelling began, government soldiers retreated in a hurry, leaving their positions.

Our squad immediately enters the battle, dozens of terrorists advance,” the film says. - His commander was wounded, the second officer was wounded. They wound everyone, including an experienced machine gunner. The youngest remains (Corporal Denis Portnyagin - note from Russian Spring), he takes a machine gun and fights.

The forces were clearly not equal - a fighter from the Saratov region repelled the attack of 40 ISIS fighters. The MTR group, which included the corporal, was very small - 4 or 5 people, Vladimir Putin said and added that they carried out missions to target Russian aviation.

During the battle, one bullet hit Denis Portnyagin in the helmet, the second hit the machine gun, which jammed, but Denis continued to repel the enemy’s attack with grenades.

“And when there was a danger of their capture, captivity, he simply prepared to blow it up so as not to fall into the hands of militants,” the Russian President emphasized.

When all of Denis Portnyagin’s colleagues were wounded, he practically called fire on himself - very close, giving precise target designations. They managed to cut off the bandits with mortar fire, after which air strikes were carried out, Putin added.

"Brave like lions"

Another group of Special Operations Forces arrived to help the heroic corporal and his comrades and evacuated them.

Along with our special forces, reinforcements of Syrian military personnel arrived. What he saw truly shocked Assad Army officer Lieutenant Abu Ashraf, who remembered that moment to the smallest detail.

“My heart sank when I saw the Russian military, each of whom was clutching a grenade in his hands, ready to blow himself up, but not allow the militants to get to that point. They are all real men, brave as lions,” said the SAA lieutenant.

29-year-old Denis Olegovich Portnyagin from the Ivanteevsky district of the Saratov region in the Akerbat area destroyed 14 ISIS terrorists * and bore the brunt of the battle with many times superior enemy forces on his shoulders. For this he was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

*Terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation

As usual, messages begin to arrive that, to put it mildly, do not fit well with the official lies from Syria. Today, two photographs of PMC fighters have been published: Nizhny Novgorod resident Krizhanovsky and Belarusian Yaroshevich, who died in Idlib, and Yaroshevich knows exactly the date of death - September 19. Krizhanovsky presumably died there and at the same time.

On September 19, there was an attack on the Russian military police and just in Idlib, which had to be rescued by a certain Russian special forces, which, according to official information, lost three people wounded. Propaganda described this feat very vividly:

“...According to Rudsky, “a release group was formed,” which included units of special operations forces, military police, and Syrian special forces. The detachment that came to the rescue was led by the deputy head of the Russian center for the reconciliation of warring parties, Hero of Russia, Major General Viktor Shulyak. In addition In addition, the actions of the special forces detachment were constantly supported by two Su-25 attack aircraft, striking at the militants’ manpower and armored vehicles from extremely low altitudes.
“As a result, the encirclement ring was broken, and units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation entered the area where government troops were located without losses,” the military leader reported.

During the operation, three Russian servicemen from special operations forces who broke through the encirclement were injured. All participants in this unique operation are nominated for state awards..."
https://ria.ru/syria/20170920/1505191853.html
In reality, apparently, they abandoned what was at hand - mercenaries from PMCs. And not without losses. In addition, there was recently information about the funeral in Dagestan of a military policeman who died around the same days in Syria, but without indicating the place of death.

Most likely, all these fragmentary messages are connected with each other, as well as with the lies of propaganda. It is difficult to say whether this situation is secret, since it was reported publicly. And if not, then we could honestly talk about both the battle and the losses. In the end, they are not some bandits, but their own soldiers.

PS. In November, as one can understand, it will be necessary to wait for reports of losses, which are not currently available, from Deir ez-Zor, Sukhna, Qaryatein, Mayadin and other places from the south. Well, it’s not easy in the north, so they’ll go from there too.

The names of the pilots of the crashed Su-24 killed in Syria have been revealed

The Russian SU-24 bomber that crashed in Syria was controlled by two pilots from the Kaliningrad region - pilot Yuri Medvedkov and navigator Yuri Kopylov.

The pilots did not have time to eject. According to the preliminary version, the cause of the aircraft crash was a technical malfunction.

Yuri Kopylov

Strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the province of Deir ez-Zor

A compilation of airstrikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the western regions of Deir ez-Zor province.

In the Deir ez-Zor area, the SAA, having failed to push through the militants’ defenses on the island of Sakhur, advanced to the other side of the Euphrates, carrying out wider coverage of the city’s quarters remaining under the control of the militants. Obviously, the Syrian command is trying to complete the encirclement of the city and then gradually clear it.
The operational gut stretching in the direction of Mayadin led to the fact that the shock units were drawn into battles on the outskirts of Mayadin, from where the militants were in no hurry to leave. At the same time, the threat to the key city of the Caliphate in the east of the country has already forced militants to transfer forces to Mayadin and Abu Kemal to organize resistance, which reduces the ability of the “blacks” to put pressure on the Palmyra-Sukhna-Deir ez-Zor highway.
Clashes with militants are still ongoing in the Sukhna area. Al-Qaryatein is also still pro-ISIS.

Russia and Syria will be connected by a direct shipping line, - Rogozin

Russia and Syria will be connected by a direct shipping line.

This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin at the 10th meeting of the permanent Russian-Syrian commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation.

“A parallel direct shipping line is being formed between Russian and Syrian ports,” said the Deputy Prime Minister. “Currently, transportation of this kind of cargo (agricultural - editor’s note) is carried out through Oboronlogistics, which is interested in expanding the services provided,” TASS quotes Rogozin.

“We now recognize that the time for economic recovery is coming and we expect that Russian business will take an active part in this process,” he added.

Rogozin said that Russian-Syrian trade turnover over the seven months of this year increased by 42% and amounted to $192.8 million.

Su-24 crashed in Khmeimim

Su-24 crashed in Syria

The Russian Su-24 front-line bomber crashed during takeoff from the Khmeimim airfield in Syria, the Ministry of Defense reported.
The crew did not have time to eject and died. The plane skidded off the runway and collapsed. There is no destruction on earth. According to preliminary data, the cause of the incident could have been a technical malfunction of the machine.

Peace to the ashes of the dead.

The Rooks have arrived: the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Army repulsed the ISIS offensive, opening the strategic highway Es-Sukhneh - Deir ez-Zor (VIDEO)

The ISIS offensive between the Sukhneh - Deir ez-Zor (M-7) highway was completely repulsed by pro-government forces.

Relying on airstrikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Lebanese Hezbollah managed to regain previously lost territories in Eastern Homs after a series of attacks on ISIS positions in the oil-rich desert region.

Video shows Syrian troops advancing along the M-7 highway, much of which has been reopened. This comes after the SAA regained control of the Sukhne area, an important government stronghold in Central Syria recently recaptured from ISIS.

Now, during the military campaign, the Syrian Arab Army hopes to completely expel the ISIS fighters from Homs province, as a result of which the militants will be forced to flee to the eastern part of the country.

*Terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation.

US intelligence agencies and al-Qaeda militants hold rallies against the Turkish invasion of Idlib

Syrian journalist Riyad Farid Hijab continues to tell readers of Russian Spring about the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic.

In a country that, due to American intervention, is experiencing the horrors of war, no person in his right mind would ever rally for US interests.

About a week ago, my neighbor Fahed decided to visit me early in the morning. After the traditional cup of strong coffee, he moved on to the main topic of his morning visit.

“I was offered to earn $20 for a trip to the small town of Sarmad, in the province of Idlib. It will be necessary to hold a rally against the NATO invasion. The only thing that worries me is the choice of the city - it will soon be very restless there. And the person who offered the money is said to be connected with Jabhat al-Nusra* (Syrian Al-Qaeda)*,” Fahed began his monologue.

I hastily interrupted my interlocutor, saying that I had never taken part in such events, and that a trip to the border with Turkey to visit the militants was not at all interesting to me.

The conversation was already beginning to be forgotten, but last night a breathless Fahed rushed into my room and asked me to give him a couple of minutes.

“This is the most anecdotal trip of my life. As I expected, the event was organized by militants. But in Sarmad himself they were on the sidelines. Everything was led by fair-haired people, commanding in a mixture of English and bad Arabic, who surprised everyone gathered by declaring that we needed to rally against Turkish intervention.

Then I got the impression that they were making some kind of movie. There was no protest action as such - we were simply filmed on cameras and video cameras. During the “rally,” I heard a lot of English swearing, and al-Nusra commanders hastily began to change into dirty jeans and torn sneakers and joined our ranks of “protesters.” Also, several bags of candy appeared from somewhere, which local children ran into, finding themselves in the very epicenter of events,” my neighbor essentially blurted out instead of greeting.

Well, it’s not surprising that other than a couple of obviously fabricated posts on social networks, I have not yet seen a single message about this circus organized by American militants near the Syrian-Turkish border. Only in statements by international organizations, photographs with sparkling comments from British human rights activists (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - editor's note) will probably soon appear, and, knowing the representatives of the United States, they will not disdain to use these fabricated materials in reports at a UN meeting .

It is characteristic that in addition to the militants who carry out all the orders of their masters from overseas for dollars, there were only about 10 ordinary Syrians at the rally who fell for the bait of 20 dollars. Moreover, they were lured there by deception, because in a country that, due to American intervention, is experiencing the horrors of war, not a single person in his right mind would ever rally for the interests of the United States.

And who, if not my people, is well aware of the thesis that terrorism appears precisely where external interference aimed at undermining statehood is obvious. And besides your native Syria, here you can remember Libya, Yemen, Egypt, and in your neighboring Ukraine, don’t understand what’s going on... After all, the fascists who settled there are not much different from the militants who bring horror to Syrian cities.

The al-Tanf military base has been reinforced by American, Norwegian and Jordanian trainers to form militant groups opposing Assad.

The international coalition, illegally located on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, is increasing its efforts to train armed forces. In the interests of creating a “New Syrian Army”, strong points are currently being equipped, and abandoned positions are being hastily restored. We are talking about the vicinity of the al-Tanf military base (At-Tanf) in southern Syria.

The so-called deconflict zone with a radius of 55 kilometers has recently caused a lot of noise in the media space. Under the guise of training detachments to fight Islamist groups, the terrorists themselves improved their military skills under the strict guidance of foreign instructors - since the spring of this year, Western intelligence services have settled here, heavy equipment, weapons, and the Himars MLRS have been stationed here.

Militants continue to practice shooting with American rifles and other weapons to this day.

The Russian Ministry of Defense recently made a corresponding statement, once again accusing the American authorities of duplicity and complicity in terrorist activities.

At the same time, the very fact of the military presence of foreign troops on Syrian soil is not legitimate; Damascus did not give permission to send foreign troops. And the successes of the international coalition against terrorism look doubtful against the backdrop of increasingly frequent aerial bombings causing casualties among the local population.

Washington is constantly trying to strengthen its existing bases in Syria, updating and increasing its military presence in the region. Despite statements by the American side about their readiness to leave the military bridgehead of Al-Tanf, radical militants are now being trained by hundreds of instructors who arrived from the United States, Jordan and Norway.

Up to 200 militants from the opposition group “Revolution Guard” are involved in fire and tactical training every day. Other members of the Usud al-Sharqiya (Eastern Lions), Ahmad Abdu and other groups that arrived in the deconflict zone are hastily restoring abandoned positions near the Rukban refugee camp.

The tent city with a population of 60,000 is important for American curators who are hatching a project to create a “New Syrian Army” to overthrow the Assad regime.

It is assumed that the residents of Rukban are both relatives of members of the Syrian opposition who arrived in Al-Tanf for training, and civilians who found themselves hostage in the armed conflict.

The difficult living conditions in the tent camp put most of the young inhabitants before an even more difficult choice: to experience the consequences of a humanitarian catastrophe or join the ranks of a new unit, succumbing to the persuasion of American instructors.

According to media reports, as well as militants who managed to escape American tutelage, foreign personnel are openly selling weapons to terrorists and recruiting volunteers for militant groups.

In this case, we should soon expect the appearance of a factory of suicide bombers or so-called suicide bombers in Al-Tanf, which will put the American masters on a par with international terrorists.

11th of March. Damascus. In the Eastern Ghouta region of Damascus province, the army achieved new successes, liberating several settlements from Jabhat Al-Nusra and armed groups associated with it.

In recent hours, fighting has been concentrated in areas around Misraba and Mdeira. Their release is necessary to completely cut off the lines of communication and supply between terrorists in the south and north of Eastern Ghouta.

The Syrian army is successfully liberating street after street in the village of Misraba, the militants are suffering heavy losses, are constantly retreating and are close to a state of complete panic.

Good progress is also being observed on the Aftris plantations, where the gangs also suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.

At the same time, military personnel continue to ensure the security of humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians blocked by terrorists.

Deir ez-Zor. During the clearing of territories in the settlement of As-Sayal near the city of Mukhasan and the villages of Hasrat Al-Sweya and Al-Hara between the cities of Al-Bukamal and Mayadin in the east of Deir ez-Zor province, large terrorist warehouses with a large amount of firearms and ammunition were found , military equipment, technical devices and missile launchers.

Warehouses were installed in underground storage facilities near residential buildings.

Aleppo. Turkish regime forces and their terrorist mercenaries continue to violate UN Security Council Resolution 2401 by shelling populated areas in the Afrin region with all types of weapons.

Today, according to a SANA correspondent, one civilian was killed and another was injured. Great destruction was caused to houses and infrastructure in the villages of Al-Mastawrada and Tarmisha.

The total number of civilian deaths as a result of Turkish aggression exceeded 222 people, most of whom were women and children. The number of wounded reached at least 700 people. These figures do not take into account the victims of those residents of the Afrin region whose bodies remain under the rubble.

In the course of the ongoing aggression, the civilian population is forced to leave their homes and move to the center of the region, which is in dire need of food and medicine, being on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, the correspondent emphasized.

In addition, Turkish regime forces used heavy artillery to fire at populated areas in the Maabatli area, causing extensive material damage.

Several militants emerged from Eastern Ghouta in the area of ​​the Al-Wafideen camp

Yesterday evening, several armed men left Eastern Ghouta through the humanitarian corridor in the area of ​​the Al-Wafideen refugee camp in Damascus province.

According to a SANA correspondent, a bus was waiting for the militants to take them out of the area.

The day before, in the village of Hammuriya, local residents held a protest rally, calling for the exit of the militants and the arrival of the Syrian army. A few days earlier, the national flag of Syria was raised over Saqba and Hammuriya.

Terrorists continue to prevent civilians from leaving Eastern Ghouta through the safe corridors in the Al-Wafideen camp and from Jisrin towards Mlekha, firing shells and explosive bullets at the roads, as well as detaining those who want to leave the areas under their control, SANA reports.

Russia will take the necessary retaliatory measures in the event of US attacks on Damascus and government facilities in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

On March 12, during a discussion at a UN Security Council meeting in New York about the implementation of Resolution 2401 on a ceasefire and a humanitarian pause in the Syrian Arab Republic, the US Permanent Representative threatened to launch US military strikes on Syria.

“Such bellicose, irresponsible statements by an American representative cause outrage and extreme concern... Such criminal actions can pose a threat to the lives of Russian military advisers, including representatives of the Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties, who are located in institutions in Damascus and at Syrian Ministry of Defense facilities.

In this case, the necessary retaliatory measures will be taken,” the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Department said in a commentary in connection with US threats to launch military strikes on Syria.

The Russian General Staff warned of possible retaliatory strikes against US troops in Syria

URGENT: Russia is ready to strike back in the event of a US attack on Damascus (+VIDEO)

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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are ready to take retaliatory measures if the lives of Russian military personnel are threatened.

This was stated at a briefing by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, commenting on the escalating situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the impending provocations in Eastern Ghouta.

“In the event of a threat to the lives of our military personnel, the Russian Armed Forces will take retaliatory measures against both missiles and the launch vehicles that will use them.

Measures to further normalize the situation around the Syrian capital continue,” General Gerasimov said.

Before this, he said that the United States was planning to use the provocation of terrorists in Eastern Ghouta as a pretext for a missile attack on government quarters in Damascus.

The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also emphasized that Russian military advisers, officers of the Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in the Syrian Arab Republic and members of the military police of the Ministry of Defense are in Damascus.

URGENT: The United States is preparing a strike on Damascus, - Russian General Staff

The United States intends to use the provocation of militants in Eastern Ghouta as a reason to strike government quarters in Damascus, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov told reporters.

“We have reliable information about militants preparing to stage the use of chemical weapons by government forces against civilians. For these purposes, in several areas of Eastern Ghouta, a crowd of women, children and old people brought from other areas has been assembled to portray victims of a chemical incident,” the general said.

According to him, White Helmets activists and film crews with satellite video broadcasting equipment are already on site.

“This is confirmed by the discovery of a laboratory for the production of chemical weapons in the village of Aftriss, liberated from terrorists,” Gerasimov emphasized.

According to the general, after the provocation, the United States plans to accuse Damascus of using chemical weapons and present “evidence” of the mass death of civilians due to the fault of the Syrian government and the “Russian leadership that supports it.”

As a retaliatory measure, Washington, Gerasimov noted, “plans to launch a missile and bomb attack on the government quarters of Damascus.”

The Chief of the General Staff recalled that Russian military advisers, representatives of the Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties and military police are now in Damascus.

Preparation of a provocation

Last week, Deputy Head of the Syrian Foreign Ministry Faisal El Migdad reported that militants in Eastern Ghouta were preparing to stage a chemical attack.

“The Tahrir Al-Sham terrorists intend to sacrifice several women for these purposes and carry out an information leak,” the diplomat noted.

At the same time, he recalled that Syria has never refused the commission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to investigate on the territory of the country.

*Terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation.

The situation in the de-escalation zones is assessed as stable – Ministry of Defense on the situation in Syria

The frigate Admiral Essen, armed with Caliber, headed for Syria

The Russian frigate Admiral Essen, armed with Caliber-NK missile systems, has set sail for the Mediterranean Sea, Captain 1st Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev, head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, said on Tuesday.

“The frigate “Admiral Essen” of the Black Sea Fleet set out on its first sea voyage in 2018. In accordance with the rotation plan, the Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Essen headed from Sevastopol to the Black Sea straits. For the crew of a warship, this is the first trip to the far sea zone in 2018,” he said.

Trukhachev also noted that the crew conducted shipboard exercises. In particular, according to him, the tasks of sailing and maneuvering in areas of intense shipping were practiced, artillery firing was carried out at sea and air targets, and the defeat of a mock enemy with the Caliber-NK missile system was practiced.

"Admiral Essen" is the second frigate of the sea zone and the first production ship of this project and is named in honor of the Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy Nikolai Ottovich von Essen.

The ships of this series have a displacement of about four thousand tons, a speed of 30 knots, and a cruising endurance of 30 days. "Admiral Essen" is armed with "Caliber" cruise missiles, a "Shtil-1" self-defense missile system, a 100 mm artillery mount, anti-aircraft artillery, and a rocket launcher.

* terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation

Brutal battle in the desert: Russian special forces soldier killed 14 ISIS militants - details (VIDEO)

As Russian Spring reported, the other day Vladimir Putin spoke about the feat of special forces soldier Denis Portnyagin, who in an unequal battle killed 14 ISIS militants and was preparing to blow himself up with a grenade so as not to be captured by the jihadists.

​Many media outlets wrote about this feat, for some reason omitting many of the heroic details of the actions of the soldiers of our elite unit of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The film crew of the VGTRK television company reconstructed that clash in the Akerbat pocket in central Syria. The journalists were helped by active soldiers of the Special Operations Forces who actually participated in that battle, as well as the crews of Mi-28 combat helicopters.

On August 16, 2017, a MTR special forces group in 2 vehicles arrived on a secret combat mission to a height guarded by a Syrian Arab Army post in the area of ​​the Akerbat - Es-Sukhneh road (desert area near the border of the provinces of Hama and Homs).

The Russian military got out of their SUVs, and the Syrian soldier only had time to greet them when he was killed by fire from an ISIS group that suddenly attacked the post. Heavy shelling began, government soldiers retreated in a hurry, leaving their positions.

Our squad immediately enters the battle, dozens of terrorists advance,” the film says. - His commander was wounded, the second officer was wounded. They wound everyone, including an experienced machine gunner. The youngest remains (Corporal Denis Portnyagin - note from Russian Spring), he takes a machine gun and fights.

The forces were clearly not equal - a fighter from the Saratov region repelled the attack of 40 ISIS fighters. The MTR group, which included the corporal, was very small - 4 or 5 people, Vladimir Putin said and added that they carried out missions to target Russian aviation.

During the battle, one bullet hit Denis Portnyagin in the helmet, the second hit the machine gun, which jammed, but Denis continued to repel the enemy’s attack with grenades.

“And when there was a danger of their capture, he simply prepared to detonate them so as not to fall into the hands of militants,” the Russian President emphasized.

When all of Denis Portnyagin’s colleagues were wounded, he practically called fire on himself - very close, giving precise target designations. They managed to cut off the bandits with mortar fire, after which air strikes were carried out, Putin added.

"Brave like lions"

Another group of Special Operations Forces arrived to help the heroic corporal and his comrades and evacuated them.

Along with our special forces, reinforcements of Syrian military personnel arrived. What he saw truly shocked Assad Army officer Lieutenant Abu Ashraf, who remembered that moment to the smallest detail.

“My heart sank when I saw the Russian military, each of whom was clutching a grenade in his hands, ready to blow himself up, but not allow the militants to get to that point. They are all real men, brave as lions,” said the SAA lieutenant.

29-year-old Denis Olegovich Portnyagin from the Ivanteevsky district of the Saratov region in the Akerbat area destroyed 14 ISIS terrorists * and bore the brunt of the battle with many times superior enemy forces on his shoulders. For this he was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

*Terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation

Powerful explosion: Russian Aerospace Forces smashed Al-Qaeda headquarters in Idlib to pieces (VIDEO)

Russian warplanes carried out powerful airstrikes against terrorist targets in Idlib province.

The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out powerful strikes on strategically important targets of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists (Jabhat al-Nusra, Syrian al-Qaeda) in the northern part of Idlib province.

Over the course of a week, militants attacked and fired rockets and mortars at the besieged Islamist towns of Fuaa and Kefraya, located north of the city of Idlib.

Russian aviation is trying to protect the civilian population of these surrounded settlements and destroy jihadist artillery positions in this part of Idlib province - near the settlements of Taftanaz, Marat Misrin and Binnish.

According to intelligence data, it is in these areas that the Islamists’ artillery positions are located, from which they are firing at the Shiite cities of Fuaa and Kefraya.

Russian warplanes also attacked other targets of Jabhat al-Nusra* in the northwestern part of the city of Idlib.

Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out airstrikes with precision weapons on bases, gathering places and the headquarters of Al-Qaeda* (HTS) in the city of Idlib.

Arab media reported that laser-guided munitions were used.

The bombing killed dozens of jihadist militants, including field commanders.

In the footage below, a media activist from gangs from the city of Idlib filmed the moment of the explosion of a powerful aerial bomb that destroyed the headquarters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which was located in the building of the central bank.

* Terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) also writes that Republican Guard units are strengthening the positions of the Syrian army in the Nubol and Zahraa areas.

It is not a fact that these units of the Syrian forces will begin any intervention after unsuccessful negotiations between Afrin and Damascus on the transfer of the region to the SAR government by the Kurdish forces.

The Turkish army and its allied gangs are already literally on the doorstep of Afrin.

Turkish-backed groups have made significant progress in their offensive in the Kurdish canton and are now approaching the provincial capital.

The cities of Kafr Batra, Ain Dara, Koblu, Talaf and many others located between the city of Afrin and Jandaris are now under the control of Turkish forces.

Judging by the developments, it can be assumed that the Turks will completely surround Afrin within the next week. It is also expected that corridors will be created for the unimpeded exit of civilians and their families from the besieged city.

Since the start of the operation, the Turkish armed forces have captured about 800 square kilometers in the Afrin region.