SYRIA UPDATE
Military Situation In Syria And Iraq On September 3, 2018
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-and-iraq-on-september-3-2018-map-update/
Turkey Boosts Its Naval Group In Eastern Mediterranean As Idlib Battle Looms In Syria
“The Russian defense ministry said that more than 25 warships and support vessels and around 30 planes, including fighter jets and strategic bombers, would take part in the Mediterranean drills which it said would last from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8.
Upon these developments, Turkey, which previously had 10 warships in the region, dispatched several more naval vessels to the region, the exact number of which is unknown.
Turkey has numerously expressed its objections to an Idlib offensive, saying it would lead to disaster, and is taking every precaution to protect its rights and interests in international waters,” Yeni Safak wrote in its article.
https://southfront.org/turkey-boosts-its-naval-group-in-eastern-mediterranean-as-idlib-battle-looms-in-syria/
Senator Black: Syrian Army carries on war of civilization against barbarism
“The Syrian Army seeks to protect the civilians via safe corridors to evacuate them from the terror-controlled areas,” Black told journalists following his tour to a number of areas liberated by the Syrian army from terrorism in Aleppo.
He indicated that the US “has been carrying on a war against terrorism for 17 years, but there were no results.”
https://sana.sy/en/?p=146064
Israel Claims It’s Ready To Strike Iranian Targets Across Entire Middle East
We are certainly monitoring everything that is happening in Syria, and regarding Iranian threats, we are not limiting ourselves just to Syrian territory. This also needs to be clear,” Lieberman said speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem.
I’m saying that we will handle any Iranian threat, no matter where it comes from…Israel’s freedom is total. We retain this freedom of action,” Lieberman said in response to question if there is a possibility of Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Iraq.
https://southfront.org/israel-claims-its-ready-to-strike-iranian-targets-across-entire-middle-east/
Trump warns Assad against ‘reckless' attack on Syria’s Idlib
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don’t let that happen!
https://www.rt.com/usa/437551-trump-assad-idlib-warning/
‘Aid-delivering’ Syrian rebels: NYT shows warm, fuzzy side of Al-Qaeda in Idlib
Millions of civilians are dreading what comes next” in Idlib, the New York Times reports, after presumably consulting with most of the province’s estimated three million inhabitants. In a true masterpiece of euphemism-infested journalism, the Times has turned the operation to liberate Idlib from a US-designated terrorist group on its head, bemoaning the uncertain fate of the “rebel fighters and their civilian supporters who rose up more than seven years ago demanding regime change.”
https://www.rt.com/usa/437543-nyt-idlib-terrorists-coverage-rebels/