Last week, Russia reported a failed push by al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front out of Idlib Province into Syrian government territory in Hama. In the course of repelling them, Russia claimed some 850 Nusra fighters were slain.
What followed since then was an increase in airstrikes against Idlib Province territory by both Syrian and Russian warplanes. The opposition Civil Defense group is now reporting 152 civilians killed in the course of those strikes.
The accuracy of either of those figures is impossible to prove, and both the Russian military and the Civil Defense have a history of hard to believe high death tolls in incidents that no one else seems to have documented as being nearly so massive.
Still, airstrikes have been confirmed to escalate in Nusra-held parts of Idlib, and given that includes residential areas, it’s highly probable those strikes have meant substantial civilian deaths and injuries. As with so much of the war, however, true numbers may never be known.
For as long as this conflict has lasted, it is mind numbing to read again and again about “opposition”, and “Civil Defence” .
Why on esrth do we continue this game? Al -Qaeda still has staunch support in the West. All media was in tesrs as Aleppo was liberated from the monsters. This faith in Al-Qaeda — now on the rhird version of their name — seems to live unabaited. As if the West would prefer the entire Syria to die, then to stop the mercenary groups. What is it about us not being capsble to learn and capable of retention. Al-Nusra committed horrendous crimes against civilians in Aleppo, but the subject has been blacklisted. After the fall of Aleppo, a whole crew if goreign advisers have been apprehended, their identification given to UN SC, then released to their countries. We forgot this one as well.
Nobody sane would argue that bombing does not result in civilian desths. Russian bombs are no exception. But — is there a way PRETTY PLEASE — to STOP calling them opposition, or giving credence to a non existent Civil Defence, the Hollywood White Helmets. This is just offensive. Idlib is now a fighting grounds — with Al-Qaeda attempting to subjugate back groups that.abandoned them, and accelted cease fire. None of them are the opposition. They are all militants, radicalized Islamuc cults, with one difference. Locals that were recruited, armed and paid by Al-Qaeda — and then sllit from them accepting Astana deal — are fighting for their lives, literraly. Fighting against Al-Qaeda does NOT make them “opposition”.
This is Idlib. Russia is doing the dirty deed attacking groups that sere double dipping, like some FSA using Turkish aid to fight Kurds, but working with Al-Qaeda to fight against groups like Jaish Al-Islam and others. Same goes for some Turkmen groups. Russian action will pave the way for Turkey to move into Idlib. But the region has not been yet surrounded by checkpoints and observation stations.
All three guarantors need to get their firces in positions. As hard it is to believe — there is no intention of leaving Al-Qaeda lording it in Idlib. And even less to call them “opposition” or believe their “civil defence”.
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There is no “Opposition”, they are all American Assets,
Rude words exist in English to describe such people.
The “Civil Defence” was (and is) an front organisation organised by the British foreign office.
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