28 November 2024, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.)
The great independent investigative journalist against imperialism, Vanessa Beeley (who is hated by U.S.-and-allied billionaires) headlined on November 28th, “Terrorist factions loyal to Israel launch major offensive in Aleppo and Idlib: Immediately after ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel came into effect, terrorists in Syria launched a major offensive against Syrian forces.”
In this post, she reports that this is an attempt (continuing, actually, from Obama, Trump, and now Biden) to overthrow and replace Syria’s existing Government in order to break the weapons-supply lines to the Shia group Hezbollah, and that this invasion of Syria also has the backing of the “Gulf” Arabs, which refers to the monarchs in the Middle East. They are Sunni, anti-Shia Muslims, because Shiism opposes hereditary rule and imperialism; so these monarchs view the Shiia-dominant countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon — to endanger their own continued rule. Here is Beeley’s report:
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November 28th, Vanessa Beeley in Syria
(OPENS WITH 3-MINUTE VIDEO NEWS-REPORT FROM HER BY RT NEWS ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 28th, TRANSCRIPT HERE:
Well, let’s cross now live to Vanessa Beely, who is an independent investigative journalist who’s based in Damascus. Vanessa, this is breaking news, but can you just bring us up to date with any of the details on this offensive, what you know so far?
Yeah, I didn’t have very much time to get in touch with sources in Aleppo. Of course, I’m based in Damascus. But what they’ve told me, rather than those areas actually falling into the hands of the terrorists, the Syrian army has done what it often does in these situations. It’s withdrawn from those areas to avoid excessive casualties, allow the terrorists to basically conglomerate into that area before they counter attack. People are telling me in Aleppo that the sounds they’ve been hearing have reminded them of the early war days in Aleppo, so that’s significant. But we’ve also been hearing for some time about the potential for an Al-Qaeda or Hayat al-Sham as they’ve now been rebranded, major attack. We know that, from Russian intelligence particularly, there have been Ukrainian special forces and military and intelligence operatives in Idlib helping the terrorists there to arm themselves and to prepare for a major offensive, and of course the timing is very important. At 4 a.m. today, the ceasefire came into effect between Israel and Lebanon, and prior to the ceasefire at 4 a.m., Israel bombed multiple borders between Lebanon and Syria. At the same time, of course, Israel has historically supported attacks by the terrorist groups in the northwest, and in central Syria, for example, ISIS very recently, Israel bombarded a headquarters for the auxiliary forces that had been, the day before, combating an ISIS advance from the American base at Al-Tanaf on the border with Jordan. So, the timing of this attack is, I think, very important. I think Syria now will be the focus of attacks both by Israel and by the terrorist forces still embedded in Syria. But so far, panic over.
END OF HER VIDEO REPORT)
The following is a post I published on Telegram this morning after 24 hours of battles between the Syrian Arab Army and terrorist factions backed by Israel, Turkey and the US Axis of Terror. The terrorist attacks began with suicide bombings reportedly overseen by the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (Al Qaeda) chief himself Abu Mohammed Al Jolani (not that he suicided of course). The conflict has now expanded to east of Idlib City and south of Saraqeb in southern Idlib.
My post:
Syrian Arab Army brigades including special forces and Fourth Division are continuing to pound terrorist positions with artillery fire in western and southern Aleppo while Russia and Syria have been bombing behind the enemy lines to cut off supply lines and escape routes – Syria has provided a trap for the Turkish proxies and US backed Jolani gangs to fall into.
Video of SAA special forces [is shown]
This attack has been spoken about and planned for since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against Lebanon. Ukrainian involvement has also been reported by the Russian military in Syria – providing weapons, training, drones and support while offering decent salaries to foreign extremist mercenaries to fight in Ukraine against Russia – joining ISIS that is already on the ground in Ukraine. The Israel Lebanon ceasefire came into effect 4 am yesterday. Almost immediately the Zionist-backed terrorist forces started their long-expected offensive.
Biden has promised more weapons for Israel, Netanyahu joined the many Zionist genocidaires to threaten Syrian President Assad – US warplanes have been sent to the normalised (with Israel) Gulf State airbases and Israeli intelligence were reported to have recently visited Erdogan.
The regime change war that began in 2011 was leading to the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon, the “eradication” of the Resistance. Now Syria will be the target to destroy weapons supply lines and manufacturing facilities that would rearm Hezbollah during the ceasefire.
There will be attempts to destroy the land bridge infrastructure that brings materials from Iran, through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon. This includes essential humanitarian relief supply lines. Israel will target Syrian Air Defence as it has been doing for years after the terrorists they support also seized and occupied air defence bases from 2011 onwards.
Hezbollah, Islamic Resistance Iraq and other regional resistance factions operating from inside Syria will be targeted with no regard for civilian death toll. ISIS and Al Qaeda will be triggered to attack Syrian Arab Army positions and to create fronts to draw the Syrian forces away from the south where Israel may be preparing for a ground invasion from the occupied Golan territories.
IMO this is at least part of the Zionist/US agenda and the ceasefire allows them to focus on Syria while waiting for Trump to be on the US throne. Syria is the beating heart of the Resistance and must be protected at all costs. It is also the last frontline (apart from Yemen) before Iran.
Troubled days ahead but the Resistance and in particular Syria will prevail. The Syrian forces have fought for 14 years and have ground experience that is difficult to overwhelm. The Russian forces have been training the Syrian brigades for some time now in all areas of Syria. Russian counter terrorism operation will be reignited. This is not Syria of 2011/12. Let them try.
NB [an abbreviation for the Latin phrase nota bene, which means “note well” or “pay attention”] This terrorist offensive is also in violation of the 2020 [It had started actually in 2017] Idlib ceasefire agreement brokered between Turkey and Russia and will therefore perhaps result in the expansion of liberation efforts into the Turkish-proxy controlled areas of Syria in the north and north-west. Erdogan may be trying to put pressure on President Assad to normalise relations with Turkey but he does not yet know his enemy who will double down on the expulsion of terrorist groups from Syrian territory – perhaps sending them into Turkey where they belong.
I will provide more reports as events develop.
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END OF BEELEY’S REPORT
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse’s latest book, AMERICA’S EMPIRE OF EVIL: Hitler’s Posthumous Victory, and Why the Social Sciences Need to Change, is about how America took over the world after World War II in order to enslave it to U.S.-and-allied billionaires. Their cartels extract the world’s wealth by control of not only their ‘news’ media but the social ‘sciences’ — duping the public.