Qalamoun Shield Forces: Capabilities and Role in Syrian War

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The Qalamoun Shield Forces (QSF) appeared as a noticeable auxiliary force of the Syrian military in the first half of 2016, with the goal of protecting the Al-Qalamoun areas from terrorist threats and securing the Syrian-Lebanese border. The group includes approximately 2800 fighters, most of whom are volunteers from the eastern towns of Al-Qalamoun, along with a few hundred former fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA). A number of FSA fighters had joined the QSF after a reconciliation agreement with the Syrian government.

The QSF is linked to the Third Armored Division of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), and works with both the Syrian Republican Guard and Lebanese Hezbollah. The QSF has several bases in Yabroud and Al-Nabak. It’s led by Lieutenant Firas Khaza’a, and mainly funded by the Syrian Ministry of Defense. The QSF is one the groups supported by the Russian military, which armed and trained all of its fighters in the early 2017.

The QSF controls a number of important border points in eastern Qalamoun, especially the area of Flitah, near the Lebanese area of Jurod Arsal, the stronghold of ISIS militants. It has managed along with the Syrian Republican Guard and Hezbollah to repel several attacks of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the vicinity of Flitah.

(read more at SouthFront, Voiceover by Oleg Maslov)

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Russian-trained Syrian Army sappers clear mines in Homs residential areas for the 1st time

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The Syrian Arab Army sappers are the first graduates of the International Mine Action Centre of the Russian Armed Forces.

In the video they are clearing mines (left by U.S.-backed mercenary-terrorists) in Homs residential areas.

This also means fighting terrorism on the ground (…what the U.S. does not do absolutely…).

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Up to 5,000 Chinese Uighurs fighting in terrorist gangs in Syria

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Up to 5,000 ethnic Uighurs from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are now fighting in various militant groups in Syria, the Syrian ambassador to China, Imad Moustapha, said on Monday (according to Reuters).

“Our estimated numbers, because of the numbers we fight against, we kill, we capture, we wound, would be around 4-5,000 Xinjiang jihadists. China as well as every other country should be extremely concerned” said the ambassador”.

According to Imad Moustapha, some of the Uighurs (mainly speaking a Turkish dialect) are operating in Syria as part of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL, IS…). (Excerpts from SouthFront)

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Several underground tunnels used by mercenary-terrorists blown up in Old Aleppo in Syria

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Syrian special forces blew up several underground tunnels used by jihadists in the liberated al-Farafira district not far from Aleppo’s historic Old City, SANA and RIA Novosti correspondents reported Wednesday from the scene.

A total of two bombings were carried out on Wednesday, which blocked the access to the liberated buildings in the al-Farafira district.

“Militants from radical groups have dug a network of underground tunnels in the historical part of Aleppo for three years. Terrorists continue digging tunnels in the direction of Syrian army’s positions. Our engineers detect them and blow up,” a special forces commander said.

On Tuesday, Syrian government forces liberated most of the al-Farafira district northwest of Aleppo’s historic Old City and advanced the frontline for the first time in years… … …

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2 Birds With 1 Stone: Two Brigades of Mercenaries Eliminated by Syrian Military Engineers

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Daraa: Syrian Military Engineers eliminated many apes of the Muthanna and Furqan terrorist gangs in the countryside of Daraa, where several explosive devices were positioned by the Syrian Army Engineering units in two houses frequented by terrorist gunmen, before they launch an attack on Syrian army positions.

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Exclusive Video: Daraa Countryside, 2 brigades of jihadist mercenaries, eliminated by Syrian Military Engineers

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The Syrian Arab Armed Forces eliminates 2 brigades of jihadist-mercenaries in the countryside of Daraa.

Syrian Military Engineers eliminated many apes of the Muthanna and Furqan terrorist gangs in the countryside of Daraa, where several explosive devices were positioned by the Syrian Army Engineering units in two houses frequented by terrorist gunmen, before they launch an attack on Syrian army positions.

Field sources confirmed that Army engineering personnel conducted a special operation against two dens where terrorists were using in targeting military posts at Kafar Shams town in the northern countryside of Daraa. (see video)

The mentioned sources affirmed that some 17 terrorists were killed in the operation while others were injured.

For their part, terrorist organizations acknowledged killing a number of their members including Suleiman al-Jaffal, Usama Nassouh, and Ahmed Khaled al-Hamdan from al –Nusra terrorist organizations.

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What is the Russia’s National Defense Control Center? How it works?

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On December 1st 2014 combat duty began at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, located in the building complex of the Defense Ministry on Frunze Embankment. Introduced a year ago, the structure is the successor to the Central command post of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The order for the establishment of the center was issued by President Vladimir Putin on the 10th of December 2013.

Based on available data, the National Center for Defense – It is a primarily info-analytical framework that can be used for the benefit of the Supreme Commander, General Staff and other units of the Ministry of Defense. The resources of the center may be utilized for a variety of purposes, ranging from the organization of celebrations and ending large-scale military operations.

The structure of the Center is not known. The General Staff revealed few details, that of a control center of the strategic nuclear forces, command and control, and the Center for the Control Center of daily activities, the remaining divisions are classified as “Secret”.

The Domestic supercomputer system has a storage capacity of 236 petabytes, performance of the machine is 16 petaflops, and information processing speed – enough to process 50 Lenin Libraries in a second. For comparison, the volume of the US computer hard disk 12 petabytes, and its capacity is up to 5 petaflops.

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Syrian and International Military Review ~ [Reports by South Fronth]

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In the past three days, the Russian Air Forces have carried out over 300 sorties hitting 600 terrorist targets. All sorties were performed with the backing of Su-30 fighter jets.

The pro-government sources argue that tens of terrorists were killed in clashes between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the militant groups along the Damscus-Homs highway on Tuesday. Thus, the Syrian forces expanded its control on the Eastern side of the Damascus-Homs highway in Harasta.

ISIS militants launched a full-scale offensive on the villages of Ayyash and Bgelia after the US-led ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition’s airstrikes against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in this area. On Sunday, the US-led ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition poundend the Syrian Arab Army’s positions in the province of Deir Ezzor. 1 soldier was killed and half dozen others were wounded. According to the reports, the military camp belongs to the SAA’s 137th Artillery Brigade in the village of ‘Ayyash was a main target of the US warplanes.

The Kuwaiti al-Rai news website quoted an informed diplomat as saying that the US is attempting to gather the forces called by Washington as moderate opposition in one region to create a foothold for the militants’ further expansion in Syria. According to the report, US-supported militants have entered Southwestern Syria which shares borders with Jordan. The reports were rejected by Amman.

Analysis & Intelligence remembers when Russia started air raids on terrorists in Syria over two months ago, some 3,000 terrorists escaped through the border with Jordan. Earlier in May, US defense officials said that at least 400 US military military advicers were ready in Turkey and Jordan to start training of over 3,000 anti-Syria militants to join fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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International Military Review ~ Russian and Syrian armies decimate and destroy hordes of barbarian mercenaries, but the U.S. and its NATO-Gulf allies insist with their criminal plans pushing the world toward global war ~ [Reports by South Fronth]

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Over the past week [November 26- December 4], Russian aviation has carried out 431 sorties from the Hmeymim airbase and conducted strikes on 1,458 terrorist targets including command centers, training camps, ammunition depots, and strongholds. 12-fuel transfer stations ad 8 terrorist controlled oil fields were also destroyed.

Only in the past 48 hours, the Russian warplanes hit two truck convoys near Aleppo and Raqqa, destroying up to 40 terrorist vehicles modified to transport oil products.

The recent developments show significant changes in the strategy of the Western countries involved in the Syrian conflict. The US has sent ground forces, including special operations units, into the region. French Air Force has sharply increased the number of sorties, and France’s rapid-reaction troops and naval units are being moved closer to Syria.

The implication of the Western plan to divide Syria in a number of vassal entities leads to 3 main scenarios:… … …

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International Military Review ~ Syria and Donbass, on the Battle’s Front Lines ~ [Reports and Videos by ‘South Fronth’]

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ONE WEEK OF REPORTS AND VIDEOS BY ‘SOUTH FRONTH’
27-28-29-30 NOVEMBER
1-2 DECEMBER 2015

~ SYRIAN ARAB ARMY, HEZBOLLAH AND NDF ADVANCED IN THE DARAA PROVINCE KILLING DOZENS OF AL-NUSRA TERRORISTS

~ SAAF AND RUSSIAN AIR FORCES GAINED GROUND BLOCKING THE FLOW OF TERRORISTS ON TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER

~ DONBASS, DONETSK SUBURB, SHELLED BY KIEV TERRITORIAL BATTALLIONS OF AMERICAN’S NAZI PUPPETS

~ THE NUBMER OF VIOLATIONS FROM THE KIEV JUNTA SIDE IS GROWING.

~ THE PUTSCHISTS IN KIEV PREPARE AN ATTACK AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF DONBASS: 277 BATTLE TANKS, HEAVY ARTILLERY PIECES, 147 INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES, ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, 26 VEHICLES WITH AMMUNITION, MORE THAN 660 TROOPS, ARE REDEPLOYED ON THE SEPARATION LINE OF THE AREAS OF GORLOVKA, MARIUPOL, DONETSK ~ REPORTS

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Syrian Army destroys weaponry for terrorist gangs in western Aleppo and Idleb ~ Reports by Syrian Intelligence refer of 2 convoys of mercenaries intruding Syria from border areas with Turkey [repelled]

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General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said that border guards in the Syrian Arab Army Intelligence observed crowds of terrorist groups and two convoys of vehicles loaded with terrorists in two border areas with Turkey in parallel with cutting off power in the two areas.

The General Command said in statement: “Erdogan’s government continues to escalate tension on the Syrian-Turkish border.”

The General Command of the Army pointed out that on November 28th crowds of armed terrorist groups were monitored in the border area. In the morning of the next day, two convoys of vehicles loaded with terrorists were seen crossing the borders, adding that border guards in the Syrian Army had targeted them, forcing one of the convoys to return to the Turkish territory while the other escaped inside the Syrian lands.

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Daesh in Syria [Raqqa] has been attacked with cruise missiles from the Mediterranean sea by a Russian submarine

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Russia struck ISIS capital with “Caliber” cruise missiles from the submarine in the Mediterranean sea. This is the first in history practical use of such weapon. Russia responded to the confirmation of the terrorist attack on plane A321 in Egypt.

Russian diesel-electric submarine “Rostov-on-don”, making the transition from the Northern fleet to Novorossiysk, struck targets near the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of the banned in Russia “Islamic state” from the Eastern Mediterranean sea with “Caliber” cruise missiles, told RBC a source close to the Defense Ministry.

The results of the strike are being analysed using aerial and space intelligence. According to the source, the strike was made after the order of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to intensify attacks on terrorists in connection with their involvement in the crash of the Russian plane A321 in Egypt.

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Russian jets conduct first airstrikes across Syria-Lebanon border

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The Russian fighter jets launched airstrikes against the terrorists’ positions in Lebanon near the border with Syria for the first time on Tuesday.

An informed source told FNA that the attacks were carried out in Ras Baalbek in Lebanon’s Northern Beqaa Valley on Tuesday morning.

The source underlined that the operations were fulfilled successfully and the terrorists sustained fatalities and great damage.

It was the first time that the Russian fighters targeted the terrorists’ positions in Lebanon after they started missions in Syria late September.

On Monday, the Russian helicopters heavily bombed terrorists’ positions in the rugged areas of Qara in Syria and the area separating the Lebanese border town of Al-Qaa from Syrian territories where ISIL and al-Nusra Front terrorists are stationed.

Three Russian helicopters flew over Lebanon’s Northern border with Syria on Sunday.

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L’arme ultrasecrète qui permet à Poutine d’assoir sa suprématie dans la guerre radio électronique en Syrie

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La Russie savait dès le départ que les systèmes de surveillance aérienne et spatiale de l’OTAN étaient en mesure de contrôler toute l’activité des avions militaires russes basés en Syrie.

Les médias ont présenté longuement les types de bombardiers russes opérant en Syrie, les armes dont ils sont équipés et qu’ils utilisent pour les frappes aériennes ainsi que les résultats de ces frappes.

La plus sophistiquée, «l’arme secrète» avec laquelle les russes ont imposé leur suprématie en matière de guerre électronique (EW-Electronic warfare), reste entourée de mystère. Reste également enveloppé de mystère le redoutable système russe de collecte et de traitement de l’information.

Ces deux catégories d’armes constituent le complexe automatisé C4I (commandement, contrôle, communication, computers, information et l’interopérabilité) que les Russes ont créé en Syrie.

Il permet l’identification des cibles des bombardements et leur répartition parmi les différents types d’avions, tout en empêchant l’OTAN de découvrir quoi que ce soit du modus operandi des Russes.

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“Defected” Syrian army officer completes 3-year-long spying mission within “Free Syrian Army”

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Lieutenant Hussein Al-Ahmad, undercover agent at the service of his Homeland and Syrian Military Intelligence.

A former Syrian Army officer that defected to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Dara’a province in 2012 has returned to Damascus after completing his three-year-long spying mission for the Syrian Military Intelligence.

The Army officer Lieutenant Hussein Al-Ahmad was originally captured by the Free Syrian Army in 2012 – he became famous for publicly defecting to the aforementioned rebel group following his capture; this led to Lt. Ahmad’s acceptance among his fellow defectors.

Lt. Ahmad would participate in a number of battles in 2014, including the rebel victory at Tal Al-Harrah in the Western parts of Dara’a province; this prompted the Free Syrian Army’s Central Command to appoint him as commander of Dara’a tribes.

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War Crimes Alert: Is Israel planning a provocation to justify invading Syria?

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“IDF troops prepare for possible incursion into Syria.

The IDF has already prepared plans to attack Syria in light of a recent military assessment that Iran has opened a new front against Israel on the Golan Heights.

Military exercises in the area over the last two weeks have focused primarily on a scenario of offensive operations inside Syrian territory in response to possible action from the Syrian border such as the infiltration of dozens of terrorists armed with anti-tank weapons, machine guns, grenades and light weapons into one of the communities along the border.

“The Northern Command estimates that despite the relative quiet on the Golan Heights” , “an errant jihadist” , “could try to carry out an attack in Israel in order to draw it over the border” into Syria’s civil war.

And Israel will be happy to provide the pretext by “firing at fixed points on the Syrian side of the border”

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Arrestation de l’espion le plus dangereux d’Israël en Syrie ~ [+related old articles]

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Des sources d’information syriennes ont fait part de l’arrestation en Syrie de l’espion le plus dangereux du régime sioniste.

Les services de sécurité syriens ont arrêté, à Damas, la capitale syrienne, l’un des mercenaires des plus dangereux du régime sioniste surnommé Ammar al-Handi.

Ammar al-Handi est impliqué dans l’assassinat de certaines personnalités scientifiques et miliaires syriennes dont le Président du centre de recherches scientifiques et nombre des forces spéciales de l’armée dans le quartier de Baraza de Damas.

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