SYRIA UPDATE

Syrian-Lebanese talks on ensuring return of displaced Syrians

He indicated that both Syria and Lebanon have a common will to complete the return of all the displaced Syrians to their homeland in the upcoming period, adding that some parties which support terrorism are hindering the return of the displaced as they do not want to acknowledge the victory of the Syrian state.

https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=158944

Lavrov: US illegitimate presence in Syria contributes to instability in it

“We share stance on Syria,” Lavrov said. “The Security Council Resolution 2254 has no alternative, it should be fully implemented and in this context we informed our interlocutors about the efforts taken in this direction by the countries-guarantors of the Astana format – Russia, Iran and Turkey – including the outcome of the February 14 summit of the Astana trio in Sochi.” We, along with the Syrian government, are calling for this to take place. But the United States and the extremists under their control who control this camp prohibit people from leaving,” Lavrov said

https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=158931

Elijah J. Magnier: Reshaping the Middle East: why the West should stop its Interventions – Part 2

Syria: the project of creating a” jungle state” instead gave birth to a powerful Resistance movement

(INTERESTING READ 10 MINS USE LINK)

https://southfront.org/elijah-j-magnier-reshaping-the-middle-east-why-the-west-should-stop-its-interventions-part-2/

Compromise With Terrorists In Idlib Is Impossible, They Must Be Eliminated: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

“Idlib is a serious problem, this is probably a major concentration of terrorists in the region and maybe beyond its borders,” he said on the sidelines of the discussion on the Syrian settlement at the Munich Security Conference, according to TASS. “Our principled stance is no to any compromise with terrorists, they must be eliminated.” It’s impossible to say that we can make peace with Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and similar organizations,” he said adding that Ankara, Teheran and Moscow will think about the ways in order not to harm or put in danger the civilians. Various options were named of what can be done after or in case the US leaves Syria or if there are no foreign forces in northeast Syria, which were also mentioned here. We believe that probably the best option here would be solving these problems through dialogue between the Kurds and Damascus,” he said. “Certainly, we know about those problems which exist in relations between Damascus and the Kurds. We would support this dialogue, this is the path that should be chosen.”

https://southfront.org/compromise-with-terrorists-in-idlib-is-impossible-they-must-be-eliminated-russian-deputy-foreign-minister/

Over dozen people, mostly civilians, killed in double bomb attacks in Syria's Idlib

At least 15 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and scores of others injured in twin explosions in the militant-held northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, medics and witnesses say. They added that the first blast occurred in a main street in the provincial capital on Monday after an explosive device planted under a parked car detonated. Many of the casualties were civil defense workers who reached the area just moments before a second explosion nearby, which some witnesses attributed to a bomb rigged to a motorcycle.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/02/18/588892/Idlib-bombing-Syria-car-motorcycle

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Idlib Province Syria: Infested with US-Supported Terrorists

Mass slaughter and destruction continue daily by Pentagon-led terror-bombing and US supported terrorists.

They’re armed with Western and Israeli heavy weapons and munitions, supplied them cross-border from Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Israel, along with the Pentagon airlifting them in.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/idlib-province-syria-infested-with-us-supported-terrorists/5668910

IHRC: US involved in smuggling terrorists from Syria to Africa

Commissioner of the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) in the Middle East Haitham Abu Said affirmed the US’s involvement in smuggling and transporting terrorists from Raqqa countryside and others areas in northern Syria to countries in Africa , in collaboration with the Turkish regime’s army.

Abu Said indicated in a statement on Monday that around 1200 terrorists from different nationalities, including French, German and Chechen, were transported to the African continent, and specifically to Nigeria, with the help of the US troops and the Turkish army, adding that there is information that some terrorist groups’ leaders have entered Morocco.

Evidence and facts confirm that there is close relationship between the US and Daesh(ISIS) terrorist organization. US aircraft helped smuggle and transport high-level Daesh leaders from their positions to areas where the US forces are deployed, in order to save their lives as the Syrian Arab Army goes forward in its fight against terrorism, particularly in Raqqa, Hasaka and Deir Ezzor among others areas.

https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=158926

Military Situation In Syria On February 18, 2019 (Map Update)

US-led coalition helicopters evacuated large number of gold from the ISis-held pocket in the Euphrates Valley, according to the Syrian state-run media;

Several SDF positions in the Diban area came under attack from ISIS members;

About 300 ISIS members refuse to surrender to the SDF in the Euphrates Valley pocket;

Militants shelled the villages of Asilah, Salhab and Mahardah in northern Hama;

The Syrian Arab Army continues its anti-ISIS operation in the central desert;

A Turkish-backed militant was injured in an IED explosion in Kal Jibrin.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-february-18-2019-map-update/

Iron Dome System Could Be Deployed At US Base In Syria’s Al-Tanf: Israel Media

Neither Pahon, nor the Iron Dome manufacturer specified the exact number of systems that the US is planning to buy, or the value of the future contract. No details regarind how the US was going to use the obtained short-range system were also revaled.

However, recently, Israeli media outlets have started spreading speculations that the US may use the obtained system in Syria. According to nziv.net, the US is going to deploy the obtained system at its military base in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf. This base was set up to control one of the key highways linking Syria, Iraq and Iran and will not likely be removed even despite the formal withdrawal of US troops. Even if US forces are withdrawn from this part of Syria, they will still be deployed on the Iraqi side of the border.

https://southfront.org/iron-dome-system-could-be-deployed-at-us-base-in-syrias-al-tanf-israel-media/

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Saudi-Backed Forces Repel New Houthi Attack On Their Besieged Positions In Hujur

On February 17, Saudi-backed forces repelled a new attack by the Houthis on their besieged positions in the area of Hujur in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah, according to the al-Arabiya TV.

“Huju’s tribesman are coming from the districts of Kushar, Qarah, Washha, al-Jamimah and Aflah al-Shawm in order to participate in the clashes against the Houthis,” a local source told the UAE-based TV.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes backed the Hujur’s tribes and carried out airstrikes on Houthi forces around the region. According to the al-Arabiya, the airstrikes destroyed two vehicles and killed more than 20 Houthi fighters. A day earlier, coalition warplanes carried out a similar wave of airstrikes.

The Saudi-led coalition is currently preparing to launch a large-scale military operation in order to left the Houthis siege of its proxies in Hujur. The operation is expected to begin in the upcoming few days.

https://southfront.org/saudi-backed-forces-repel-new-houthi-attack-on-their-besieged-positions-in-hujur/

Military Situation In Yemen On February 18, 2019 (Map Update)

Saudi-led forces shelled the Ad-Durayhimi district in al-Hudayddah;

A supposed civilian was killed by Saudi border guards in the Munabbih district, Sa’ada province;

2 Saudi airstrikes hit the Baqem district, Sa’ada province;

Saudi-led forces repelled an attack by Ansar Allah in the area of Hujur, Hajjah province.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-february-18-2019-map-update/

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Some gay horse hung man should pay him a visit

Protesters take over Border Patrol museum, deface pictures of fallen agents

Dozens of demonstrators occupied and vandalized a privately owned U.S. Border Patrol museum near El Paso, Texas, over the weekend, according to the site's top official.

Museum director David Ham told the Washington Examiner his staff and guests worried for their safety Saturday when a group of about 50 rowdy protesters entered the facility, defaced property, and refused to leave the grounds.

"Say it loud, say it clear, Border Patrol kills!" group members standing inside and outside the facility yelled.

Security cameras set up outside the private museum captured protesters pulling into the parking lot and putting on face masks before going inside around 2:15 p.m. local time.

"That was really intimidating to our staff, plus their kind of aggressive attitude," said the museum official, a 31-year veteran of the Border Patrol. The museum is a nonprofit and apolitical.

Ham, who was not at the museum at the time of the incident, said he got a call from an "upset" staff member.

"We have cameras, and we saw them gathering in the parking lot. We saw them come in the museum, and she had called 911. I was able to watch the cameras on my cellphone. They came in after putting masks on," Ham told the Examiner in a phone call Monday.

"They proceeded to set up a bunch of signs and just went all over the museum. They of course had an agenda, they were chanting and singing songs, and then a couple of them got on a bullhorn," Ham said. "We had visitors in the museum. They started talking and kind of harassing them. Of course the staff was asking them to leave, and they wouldn’t leave."

Ham said his staff led non-protesting visitors to the back of the gift shop, so they could hide until police arrived on the scene.

The group, which calls itself Tornillo: The Occupation, livestreamed the protest. Footage showed dozens of people whose faces were covered with garments walking into the museum and fanning out through the building.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/protesters-take-over-border-patrol-museum-deface-pictures-of-fallen-officers