SYRIA UPDATE
10,000 volunteers in SAWA (Together) campaign to restore life to Aleppo city
Omar al-Aroub, head of the voluntary work office at the National Union of Syrian Students said that the campaign was launched in Aleppo in mid-August as the third phase of SAWA campaign. The first phase began in Ghouta area in Damascus and the second in al-Zabadani area with the contribution of a group of partners, including the National Union of Syrian Students and the Revolutionary Youth Union, Syria Trust for Development and many others.
He added that goal of the campaign is to remove the effects of war and terrorism from the affected areas and complete what the Syrian Arab Army had begun in cleansing these neighborhoods of terrorism.
https://sana.sy/en/?p=145529
Army destroys Daesh position in al-Safa hills in Sweida Badyia
SANA reporter said that army units, in cooperation with the supporting forces, continued to tighten the noose on Daesh-affiliated terrorist groups in the area of al-Safa hills.
https://sana.sy/en/?p=145523
US plans to use fake chemical weapons attack to strike Syria – Russian MoD
The group will “stage decontamination of victims of a staged chemical weapons attack posing as members of the notorious White Helmets group,” the ministry claimed.
“The implementation of this provocation, which is being conducted with the assistance of the British intelligence services, is meant to serve as the latest pretext for the US, Britain and France to deliver a missile strike against state and economic facilities in Syria,” said General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry.
https://www.rt.com/news/436933-us-fake-attack-syria/
US Brings More Cruise Missile Carriers To Middle East, Syrian Air Defense Prepare To Repel Strikes
The United States keeps building up the cruise missile carriers group in the Middle East as part of preparations for another provocation in Idlib Province to be presented as an alleged use of chemical weapons,” Konashenkov said.
Konashenkov noted that “these preparations are fresh confirmation of US intentions to use as a pretext a likely simulation of the government forces’ chemical attack, which Hayat Tahrir al-Sham [formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda] militants are plotting with active support from British secret services.”
Meanwhile, reports have started appearing from pro-government sources that the Syrian Air Defense Forces (SADF) have been already preparing to repel an expected US-led missile strike on the country.
https://southfront.org/us-brings-more-cruise-missile-carriers-to-middle-east-syrian-air-defense-prepare-to-repel-strikes/
In Maps: Possible Scenario Of Syrian Army Advance In Idlib
Multiple pro-government sources speculate that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies may soon launche a military operation against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) in the so-called Idlib de-escalation zone soon. According to these speculations, the SAA may target militant positions in northern Latakia, southern Idlib and southwestern Aleppo. The maps below provides a possible scenario of this advance.
https://southfront.org/in-maps-possible-scenario-of-syrian-army-advance-in-idlib/
Military Situation In Syria On August 27, 2018 (Map Update)
This map provides a general look at the military situation in Syria on August 27, 2018:
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies are still struggling to put an end to ISIS resence in the al-Saf area in southeastern Syria;
The situation remains tense at the contact line between the SAA and militant groups in the Idlib de-escalation zone;
The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) continues hit and run attacks on Turkey-led forces in the Afrin region in northern Syria;
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are not hurrying up to launch a military operation against ISIS on in the Euphrates Valley despute multiple claims to do this soon.
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-august-27-2018-map-update/