The Chinese defence minister visited Tehran a short while ago and the rumours were that he talked with his Iranian colleague about among other things cooperation in supporting Syria. This after one of his deputies visited Damascus.could you be more specific on China's role in your theory? it's SDF here after all
ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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Shortens ONLY if the "rebels" have increased manpower along those lines, IF the "rebels" managed to retreat from the northern pocket as they WISHED (planned).
If I were the commander of SAA (forgive me being an armchair general) and had the fire power (air or artillery), I would have dug a wide and deep trench with bomb and artillery shells along that main road before the "rebels" begin to abandon their positions in the north pocket.
Late to Aleppo, but not late to the rest of Syria. There is still a long way to go for SAA. The "rebels" to the west and IS to the east, then eventually the Turks to the north, though I think Egypt will stay out of the north. President Al Sisi's words were clear, supporting the SAA. That is SAA's campaign all over Syria. And I have no reason to doubt his seriousness.
Correction of the wording. It is a fact rather than theory (implying a wish or prediction from delft).could you be more specific on China's role in your theory? it's SDF here after all
President Al Sisi said in the interview in Portugal that he "support national armies...including Syria), when asked "if he meant SAA", he said "yes". When these words came out from Egyptian president, it became a fact of commitment, not a theory of SDF member.
Regarding China's role, it was never a theory or wish after China on the political "battle" field used her Veto power twice in the UN to defend Syrian government. On the military side, the defense delegations of both SAA and PLA have paid multiple times to each other, including one a year ago that Syria delegation asking China to deliver something according to a contract signed before the crisis, a shame on China's part to delay IMO.
As the specifics you are asking, none of us in SDF will know until many years later. Think about it, when did you get to know China's role in Afghanistan? Years after USSR pulled out? What exactly did China do there? Those specifics are sketchy at the best even after decades.
This is the first time I've seen a report of Israel directly retaliating against identified attackers rather than Israel responding to unidentified attackers by attacking Syrian government forces or its allies elsewhere. Did Russian air defenses make the difference?
This is a change of policy by Israel. Previously such IS attacks were a reason for Israel to attack SAA positions.
In such cases part of the rebels leave to Idlib together with some of their families while the others accept that for them the war is over and stay. Those being collected in Idlib will feel even more defeated. And Idlib too will be recovered by the government.
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links describing Israel attacks of SAA positions after Israel had been attacked by IS:
There have been many accounts of Israel attacking SAA positions after Israel was attacked from Syria. You don't think those attacks were executed by SAA? Those attacks typically didn't cause casualties or even damage.