Fighting in the area around Aleppo has escalated dramatically over the past few days, and spiked to new highs Friday, with heavy Syrian airstrikes against the Nusra Front-held half of the city, killing at least 91 people, including dozens of civilian bystanders, and destroying some 40 buildings. 25 more were reported slain early Saturday.
Aid workers claimed the current strikes are the biggest yet seen in the city, which is really saying something since both sides have been pounding one another for months. The Syrian Civil Defense aid group reported several of their sites were hit in the course of the fight, knocking out many of their rescue vehicles.
Nusra Front commanders also reported some of their fighters had been hit in the campaign, saying that there are “martyrs under the rubble” in three different locations in the city.” The Syrian military had warned over the past two days that civilians should avoid areas around Nusra Front facilities.
Aleppo has already sustained massive damage over the course of the civil war, and today’s destruction just adds to the number of buildings left leveled, and likely to remain in ruins for the duration of the conflict, with no one really able to do any repairs.
Syrian forces have been reported to be preparing a full ground invasion of Aleppo, and are already advancing in the surrounding area.
The part of the story the western press is not telling is that Nusra Front rearmed and resupplied during the cease fire. They launched their attacks over the weekend, coordinated with the setting on fire of the already unloaded aid convoy.
So, this is Syria responding to the latest Al Qaeda offensive. Which of course the western press will try to tell you is just awful and horrible that anyone would dare to bomb Al Qaeda. And of course its horrible that anyone would try to liberate the people and areas who are in areas where Al-Qaeda took power by force. Would you want Al-Qaeda for a local government?
There was one group that separated from Al-Nusra — and US imposed sa ctions on them citing that the group abandoning the “coalition” with newly rebranded Al-Nusra is weakening the effectiveness in fighting the regime! So there we have it. While piosly observing 9/11 — we are praising Al-Qaeda effectiveness. Insanity. It must be some truth to the expression that those that Gods wish to destroy they first make mad.
How to get such people out of power — if they cannot get out of a paperbag without making a mess. And at the same time provoking and insulting and hectoring and lecturing people around globe. These keystone cops do not know that one must keep its powder dry until it matters. And they are niw hunting any Trump supporter that may have talked go a Russian in the last two years.
Who is the US Gov supporting? The Syrian regime? I keep forgetting. I think all they really want is some fighting.
It’s an actual question actually. Who are they “officially” supporting?
True, for our big missiles cost over $1 million an explosion,
surely name of the game to maximize explosions.
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“today’s destruction just adds to the number
of buildings left leveled, and likely to remain in
ruins for the duration of the conflict”
Have you happened to notice that Jason Ditz reserves his most negative comments for the nations that are most negative toward the expansion of our criminal, brutal and imperial Empire?
Actually, no, I haven’t noticed that. It sounds more like he’s simply describing the hell on both sides, the way you’d expect from a website called antiwar.com
Syrians it’s your country. The sooner you rid your country of the invaders the sooner you will have peace.