U.S., Russia seal Syria ceasefire deal, military partnership

[tay]

What a wonderful mess.......

Russia calls for UN meet over US strike in Syria

Russia has called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council over a U.S. air raid that it says struck Syrian troops battling the Islamic State group.

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Moscow is demanding "full and detailed explanations about whether this was deliberate support of the Islamic State or another mistake."

Zakharova was quoted as saying that "after today's attack on the Syrian army, we come to the terrible conclusion that the White House is defending the Islamic State."

The U.S. military says it halted an air raid against IS in eastern Syria after it was informed by Russia that it might have struck Syrian troops. If confirmed, it would be the first American strike on President Bashar Assad's forces in the five-year-old conflict.

The allegations come as Moscow and Washington are already at loggerheads over a five-day-old Syrian cease-fire, with each accusing the other of failing to fully implement it.

The Latest: Russia calls for UN meet over US strike in Syria

 

[MHz]

Sputnik news, is that like the Mercer report?

Yeah, without the comedy. Why do they have to be the ones to report the news the West won't cover if the West is so much better?? See if you can find any news on these articles from the western liars.
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US military officials acknowledge responsibility for the bombing attack against Syrian Army positions that paved the way for a major Daesh offensive against Assad government forces and that killed 80 Syrian service personnel, but claimed that the attack was an accident with the intended target being Daesh terrorists.

The attack was conducted by two F-16 fighter jets and two A10 ground attack aircraft that came into Syrian airspace through the Iraqi border without authorization from the Assad government. The Russian Ministry of Defense immediately blasted the United States for the lethal attack observing that Daesh engaged in a major offensive after American forces crippled the Assad regime's position. "If this airstrike was carried out due to an error in the coordinates of the targetm it is a direct consequence of US side's unwillingless to coordinate its actions against terrorist groups with Russia," the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman emphasized.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160917/1045418270/coalition-airstrike-bombing-syrian-army.html

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ALEPPO (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that the US-led coalition in Syria had carried out four attacks on Syrian government forces, killing 62 servicemen and injuring about 100.

"After the airstrikes, the terrorists started attacking army positions. It looked like air support. Heavy fighting is now ongoing," the source said.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160917/1045417957/daesh-attacks-syrian-forces-stronghold.html
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The Syrian army has restored control over a military airport near the city of Deir ez-Zor after a US-led coalition airstrike killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in the area, a military source told Sputnik on Saturday.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — The attacks by the coalition planes near the Deir ez-Zor airport were first reported by the Syrian army earlier on Saturday. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the attacks saying Daesh (the Islamic State/IS, banned in Russia) started an offensive following the attacks. "The Syrian army has regained its positions which were lost following the US-led international coalition strike near the Deir ez-Zor airport," the source said.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160917/1045418577/syrian-army-regains-ground-deir-ez-zor.html
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On Saturday, Mehmet Celik writing for the Daily Sabah blasted the "hero’s welcome" provided to three Americans who died fighting Daesh in Syria suggesting the posthumous commendations were out of place because they were “fighting on the side of YPG terrorists” in Syria and suggested that the United States honoring their fallen soldiers would "add a new level of tension in the already strained relations between Washington and Ankara over the US Partnership" with the Kurds.

The author advances the official position of the Turkish government that the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria are an offshoot of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) – the latter of which is characterized as a terrorist organization by both the United States and Turkey. The State Department, however, does not consider the Syrian Kurds to be associated with the PKK and has not labelled the group as such. For some time, American Special Forces have been embedded with Kurdish forces in Syria in the effort to oust Daesh terrorists from strategic supply routes most prominently of which has been Manbij which US and YPG Forces were able to evict the jihadists from the critical Syrian city.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160917/1045416815/turkey-syria-american-soldiers-killed.html

You can't make this up, how deplorable will the US get in the coming months???

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The United States Ambassador to the United Nations took a truculent tone during the emergency meeting on Saturday accusing Russia of bombing civilians and blaming the Assad regime for the rise of ISIS calling the meeting "grandstanding," a "stunt," and a "game" after 80 Syrian Army forces were killed in a US-Led airstrike.

During the emergency UN Security Council meeting on Saturday called by Russia only hours after a US-led airstrike degraded Syrian Army positions leading to the death of some 80 soldiers and "paving the way" for a major Daesh offensive, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations refused to offer remorse but instead laid the blame for the crisis in Syria directly at the feet of the Russian Aerospace Forces who she says is "bombing civilians" and the Assad regime who she claims gave rise to Daesh. "Why are we having this meeting tonight? It is a diversion from what is happening on the ground. If you don't like what is happening on the ground then you distract. It is a magician's trick… we encourage the Russian Federation to have emergency meetings with the Assad regime and deliver them to this deal," said an aggressive Samantha Power. "What Russia is alleging tonight is that somehow the United States is undermining the fighting against ISIL. The Russian spokesperson even said that the United States might be complicit in this attack… This is not a game," said the diplomat before going into details on the United States fight against the terror group. "The Syrian regime that bills itself as the fighter against ISIL let the group grow and grow. ISIL took root and prospered right next to the Assad regime," said Power. "The best way to fight ISIL and al-Nusra Front is to stop bombing civilians and deliver the Assad regime. Assad's tactics have been a gift to terrorists. There is a better way forward, but Russia really needs to stop the cheap point scoring and grandstanding and focus on what matters. The implementation of something that we have negotiated in good faith with them." The verbal assault offered by Samantha Power looks to do little to quell growing tensions between the United States and Russia, the latter of which wonders if the ceasefire deal was negotiated in good faith after Syrian forces were decimated by American airstrikes on Saturday.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160918/1045422315/samantha-power-obama-russia-syria.html

 

[10larry]

All the u.s. bravado on superior logistics is proving to be just so much hot air they have no clue whom 'moderate' rebels are and they don't care they'll arm anybody that can say assad in american. Ms. power gives assad way too much credit on nurturing isil after her regime did all the heavy lifting in afghanistan, iraq and libya. In any event assad is her target and once the u.s. sets her sights no price in credibity or blood is too high, other world leader corpses are living proof of that.

 

[mentalfloss]

What a wonderful mess.......

Russia calls for UN meet over US strike in Syria

Russia has called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council over a U.S. air raid that it says struck Syrian troops battling the Islamic State group.

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Moscow is demanding "full and detailed explanations about whether this was deliberate support of the Islamic State or another mistake."

Zakharova was quoted as saying that "after today's attack on the Syrian army, we come to the terrible conclusion that the White House is defending the Islamic State."

The U.S. military says it halted an air raid against IS in eastern Syria after it was informed by Russia that it might have struck Syrian troops. If confirmed, it would be the first American strike on President Bashar Assad's forces in the five-year-old conflict.

The allegations come as Moscow and Washington are already at loggerheads over a five-day-old Syrian cease-fire, with each accusing the other of failing to fully implement it.

The Latest: Russia calls for UN meet over US strike in Syria

Allegations

 

[tay]

At this point I don't blame the Americans. There are so many different factions fighting I don't know how they can tell who's who.........


The Obama administration expressed its "regret" Saturday for an airstrike that mistakenly killed Syrian forces, a senior administration official told Fox News, as the U.S. awaited a response from the Assad regime.

The U.S. military halted its air raid against the Islamic State terror group in eastern Syria after learning it struck the Syrian military, a U.S. Central Command official confirmed. The CENTCOM official said the U.S. military was "certain" about the outcome of the strike. Officials had been watching these forces "for a few days" thinking they were ISIS.

"The United States has relayed our regret through the Russian Federation for the unintentional loss of life of Syrian forces," the administration official said. It marked the first known direct American strike on President Bashar Assad's forces.

US conveys 'regret' for anti-ISIS strike that killed Syrian forces, official says | Fox News

 

[MHz]

At this point I don't blame the Americans. There are so many different factions fighting I don't know how they can tell who's who.........

Really?? Everyone knows America never lies. They watched then for 2 days before the attack and was it just accidental that ISIS was in position to take advantage of 'the mistake'. I'm thinking you are a plant or just gullible and the last option would give you an excuse, not a very good one but it is still the better option than being a plant which makes you a liar at the very least.

Test question, does the US and Israel support ISIS??

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed hope Sunday that recent attacks of the US-led coalition against the Syrian army, which led to loss of lives among Syrian forces' ranks, had not been ordered by Washington.

"The actions of the coalition's pilots, if, as we hope, had not been taken upon the order from Washington, are on the brink of criminal negligence and direct connivance with IS [Daesh] terrorists," the ministry said in a statement. The attacks by the coalition planes near the Deir ez-Zor airport were first reported by the Syrian army on Saturday. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the attacks saying they killed 62 servicemen and injured 100 more. Washington later admitted the attacks saying Syrian troops were mistaken for Daesh militants.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/world/20160918/1045431227/attack-syria-coalition.html

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Cooperation with Russians is “vital” in Syria because of the ever-changing battlefield situation on the ground, which US forces cannot grasp from the air, as they are not working with the government in Damascus. Without this cooperation, Machon fears, the ceasefire achieved by both sides on Monday could falter without securing its main objective.
Commenting on the actual US strikes which killed at least 62 Syrian soldiers and wounded around 100 others near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, on the front line of the struggle against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), Machon hinted that Washington’s decision to attack Syrian forces was likely premeditated.
“I find it slightly unbelievable that the Americans could hit this target thinking this was ISIS when in fact ISIS is laying siege to the city. And the Syrian forces for years now have been known to be holed up in that city. So it seems just strange that the Americans are just saying it was a bit of a mistake,” Machon told RT.
The former MI5 agent pointed out that Russian role in Syria is clear while the US policymakers are “divided” over their objectives in Syria.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/359690-us-syria-airstrike-unlikely-unintentional/

 

[davesmom]

Am I mistaken in understanding that military strikes are to be approved by Washington BEFORE they are carried out?
If that is the case the blame lies with the President, Sec. of State or whomever okays the strike.
Just like Benghazi, when the s h I t hits the fan, the blame game starts. Washington didn't act or Washington did act and the instructions were not carried out. Nobody can then know what the truth is.


American/Coalition troops must be as confused as hell! There are three factions in Syria who are considered by outside forces to be 'the enemy; the Assad gov't, the rebels and ISIS. The troops are sent there to fight the enemy. How are they to know who the 'enemy' is?

 

[MHz]

The Pentegram is part of DC so the answer is yes. Didn't you see the group sitting around when OBL was supposedly taken out?

The troops are sent there to fight the enemy. How are they to know who the 'enemy' is?

Now you are calling ISIS 'the troops', wow. The friendlies are who the weapons are given to, in this case they are fighting the elected Government forces so they are the enemy of the people of Syria. I thought you should know that much about the place and who is involved.

https://www.rt.com/news/197988-isis-us-weapons-video/

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“This is not a mistake and it can’t be, primarily because there cannot be a military exercise during an agreed ceasefire period. The American airplane had nothing to do flying over there at that time period when a ceasefire was agreed and officially announced,” Kara-Mustapha said.

She added that the action was a violation of the agreed ceasefire, she also added that the US military is equipped with the best military hardware that can actually determine who is who and where. “It was abundantly clear that the targets were the official Syrian military. The idea of dismissing it as a mere mistake is ridiculous.”

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160918/1045440479/us-bombs-syrian-army.html

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Airstrikes carried out by US coalitiom jets against the Syrian army revealed real goals of Washington that are hidden behind pledges taken by the United States under US-Russia plan for the settlement in the war-torn country, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The adviser to the Supreme Leader also urged US-supporters to learn a lesson from the US airstrikes. "[Such actions unveil] real goals masked by the truce plan," Haddad Adel told Fars News Agency. "Those who remain optimistic about the Americans and trust them, should learn a lesson from this aggression. The Americans would never refuse to break the promises," Adel added.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/politics/20160918/1045435885/syrian-army-us-coalition.html

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"We still don’t have contacts with representatives of the moderate opposition for the ceasefire. We have asked the United States to give us contacts of moderate opposition groups or pressure them, but there is still no result. Moreover, shelling of residential areas and positions of the Syrian Army by militants is intensifying," Konashenkov said.

According to him, the most complicated situation is now in Aleppo. "Militants are using the ceasefire and the fact that the army is not responding to shelling. In areas they control militants move personnel and equipment at daytime and nighttime," he added. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the US failed to fulfill obligations of the deal.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160918/1045440232/syria-ceasefire-violations-militants.html

https://www.rt.com/news/359691-us-strike-syria-unsc-churkin/

“We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: That the White House is defending Islamic State. Now there can be no doubts about that.” – Russian Foreign Ministry « InvestmentWatch

 

[10larry]

How are they to know who the 'enemy' is?

So true even the u.s. the main player in this blood bath can't name their 'moderate' rebel friends so how can any self respecting terrorist be sure of whom he should butcher. I suspect american brass suggest if not one of your isis buddies attack, remember assad is our target. The bombing that killed syrians and allowed terrorists to advance sounds more strategic than mistake.

 

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Israel Fuels The Syrian Crisis With Aid To Al-Qaida Rebels

 

[Ludlow]

Really?? Everyone knows America never lies. They watched then for 2 days before the attack and was it just accidental that ISIS was in position to take advantage of 'the mistake'. I'm thinking you are a plant or just gullible and the last option would give you an excuse, not a very good one but it is still the better option than being a plant which makes you a liar at the very least.

Test question, does the US and Israel support ISIS??

(in part)
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed hope Sunday that recent attacks of the US-led coalition against the Syrian army, which led to loss of lives among Syrian forces' ranks, had not been ordered by Washington.

"The actions of the coalition's pilots, if, as we hope, had not been taken upon the order from Washington, are on the brink of criminal negligence and direct connivance with IS [Daesh] terrorists," the ministry said in a statement. The attacks by the coalition planes near the Deir ez-Zor airport were first reported by the Syrian army on Saturday. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the attacks saying they killed 62 servicemen and injured 100 more. Washington later admitted the attacks saying Syrian troops were mistaken for Daesh militants.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/world/20160918/1045431227/attack-syria-coalition.html

(in part)
Cooperation with Russians is “vital” in Syria because of the ever-changing battlefield situation on the ground, which US forces cannot grasp from the air, as they are not working with the government in Damascus. Without this cooperation, Machon fears, the ceasefire achieved by both sides on Monday could falter without securing its main objective.
Commenting on the actual US strikes which killed at least 62 Syrian soldiers and wounded around 100 others near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, on the front line of the struggle against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), Machon hinted that Washington’s decision to attack Syrian forces was likely premeditated.
“I find it slightly unbelievable that the Americans could hit this target thinking this was ISIS when in fact ISIS is laying siege to the city. And the Syrian forces for years now have been known to be holed up in that city. So it seems just strange that the Americans are just saying it was a bit of a mistake,” Machon told RT.
The former MI5 agent pointed out that Russian role in Syria is clear while the US policymakers are “divided” over their objectives in Syria.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/359690-us-syria-airstrike-unlikely-unintentional/

Take your fowkin pills and lay down fer a spell.

 

[MHz]

Are you telling me to 'become lazy'?? On another thread you were complaining that I don't work hard enough. I would ask that you make up your mind but clearly you don't have a functioning one, unlike this woman.

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said that Russia should be “ashamed” for the “stunt” of calling for an emergency UN Security Council meeting after coalition bombs killed 80 Syrian Army forces, but the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson had a fierce response.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued a dare to US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power after the American envoy condemned Russia for calling an emergency meeting over the deaths of 80 Syrian Army forces at the hands of US-led coalition bombing in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

US Central Command issued an early statement on Saturday following the airstrikes acknowledging that coalition forces were responsible for the deaths, but suggested that Russia was partly to blame because the coalition allegedly warned Moscow of the intent to strike the Deir Ez-Zor area. Russia immediately denied the claim saying that the United States failed to provide warning as rhetoric escalated.

On Saturday afternoon, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman raised heads when she suggested that the United States must be "defending the Islamic State terrorists" as the only plausible explanation for the strike which was subsequently followed by a major offensive by Daesh jihadists. Samantha Power took to the United Nations not to express regret for the deaths, but to fire back against Russia and the Assad regime calling the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council a "stunt" and a "game" while blasting Russia for "grandstanding" and accusing Moscow of "bombing civilians."

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160919/1045447909/russia-zakharova-embarrassed-syria-power.html

 

[Cliffy]

 

[tay]

Am I mistaken in understanding that military strikes are to be approved by Washington BEFORE they are carried out?
If that is the case the blame lies with the President, Sec. of State or whomever okays the strike.
Just like Benghazi, when the s h I t hits the fan, the blame game starts. Washington didn't act or Washington did act and the instructions were not carried out. Nobody can then know what the truth is.


American/Coalition troops must be as confused as hell! There are three factions in Syria who are considered by outside forces to be 'the enemy; the Assad gov't, the rebels and ISIS. The troops are sent there to fight the enemy. How are they to know who the 'enemy' is?

No, the President doesn't call the shots, that's what the military is for.

Of course if the President did make the call that would explain how the US got into this mess in the first place.

Oh yeah, I forgot......

Anyways let the good times roll. Appears the truce was only for a week and everything's back to normal........

Syrian opposition activists are reporting the first airstrikes on rebel-held neighbourhoods in the northern city of Aleppo since a U.S. and Russian-brokered truce went into effect.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says warplanes fired four missiles on Sunday. The Syrian military had previously said it would adhere to the week-long ceasefire until midnight Sunday.

1st airstrikes hit Aleppo since Syrian ceasefire began - World - CBC News

 

[Ludlow]

With all their imperfections aside, I thought John and Robert Kennedy wanted to stop the money making machine called war. I liked them both very much and there is no one on the political scene now like them.

 

[Cliffy]

With all their imperfections aside, I thought John and Robert Kennedy wanted to stop the money making machine called war. I liked them both very much and there is no one on the political scene now like them.

That is precisely why they had to die.

 

[Danbones]

Friendly fire incidents appears to be as much a US specialty as false flag attacks on its own people. Then there is the dropping of supplies on the enemy, and the dropping of warning leaflets on IsUS's oil trucks before bombing them...

Did the US drop any leaflets this time?

‘Unbelievable’ that US strike on Syrian army was mistake – fmr MI5 agent
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/359690-us-syria-airstrike-unlikely-unintentional/

 

[MHz]

That is precisely why they had to die.

JFK was going to disassemble the FED

M of A - U.S., Israel Launch Airstrikes On Syrian Government Forces - Directly Supporting ISIS And Al-Qaeda
Earlier today the Syrian Arab Army had announced that 1,000 fresh soldiers arrived in Deir Ezzor to liberate it from ISIS.
The U.S. planes came from Erbil in the Kurdish separatist region of Iraq.
The Syrian troops were holding positions on Jabal Tharda, a mountain that overlooks Deir Ezzor's airport. The mountain is now fully under Islamic State control. With this IS has firecontrol over the airport and the Deir Ezzor garrison as well as more than 150,000 civilians living under government protection are thereby cut off from supplies and any further reinforcements. Government forces have launched a counterattack to regain the vital position.
At the same time the Israeli air force attacked Syrian positions in the Golan height after al-Qaeda lobbed a mortar towards Israeli forces signaling the need for support. This has become the official format of Israeli support for al-Qaeda in the area with Israel claiming that the Syrian army is responsible for any and all attacks from the Syrian side no matter who initiates them.
Intense attacks from inside the surrounded, al-Qaeda occupied east-Aleppo on Syrian government positions were launched in the late afternoon local time. Fighting there is ongoing.
Earlier today artillery fire from Turkey hit Syrian army positions in Latakia.
The U.S. air attack on Deir Ezzor was certainly not a mistake but well planed.
It is a signal to Russia and Syria. I am not sure though what lunacy it is supposed to convey.

 

[Danbones]

All the things the Kennedys were going to do would basically impact the military industrial dope money laundering bunch

 

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TASS: World - US airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor "open aggression" — Syrian command
The statement quoted by the SANA news agency said that the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization "took advantage of the US aviation’s airstrikes and captured the line of defense on the Jebel-Sarda mountain," which is close to the military aerodrome that serves as the main base of Syrian government forces on the approaches to Deir ez-Zor.
"As a result of US Air Force’s airstrikes, the Syrian forces sustained losses in personnel and equipment, which helped terrorists to seize military positions," the Syrian command noted.
"This attack serves as convincing evidence that the United States and their allies support IS and other gangs under the false pretext of fighting against terrorism. They (US) become like Israel which delivered an airstrike today at the positions of Syrian artillery in Khan-Arnaba near the city of Quneitra (40 kilometers from Damascus) and thus helped militants from Jebhat Fath al-Sham (Jebhat al-Nusra terrorist organization)," the Syrian army said.
The Syrian command stressed that "the anti-terrorist coalition’s aviation has made thousands of sorties since 2014 but was still unable to stop the expansion of IS and to achieve a meaningful result in Syria and Iraq." "This means that the US approach in the war against terrorist groups is not serious, and that there is no coordination with governments in Damascus and Baghdad," the statement concluded.


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TASS: World - US airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor "open aggression" — Syrian command