Thursday, September 3, 2015

Debka: Russia gearing up to be first world power to insert ground forces into Syria

Debka: Russia gearing up to be first world power to insert ground forces into Syria


 Part of channel(s): Syria (current event)
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 1, 2015, 9:35 PM (IDT)

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Despite strong denials from Moscow, Russian airborne troops are
preparing to land in Syria to fight Islamic State forces. The surprise
attack on Monday, Aug. 31, by ISIS forces on the Qadam district of
southern Damascus, in which they took over parts of the district - and
brought ISIS forces the closest that any Syrian anti-Assad group has
ever been to the center of the Syrian capital - is expected to
accelerate the Russian military intervention.

Moscow is certainly not ready to endanger the position of President
Bashar Assad or his rule in Damascus, and views it as a red line that
cannot be crossed. If Russia intervenes militarily in this way, Russia
will be the first country from outside the Middle East to send ground
forces into the Syrian civil war.

debkafile’s
military sources report that discussions by the Russo-Syrian Military
Commission, which was established last month in Moscow to coordinate the
intervention, accelerated during the last few days.

Our intelligence sources point out that the concerted activities of
the commission are taking place amid the nearly complete paralysis of
the US Central Command-Forward-Jordan (CCFJ), where operations against
the rebels in southern Syria, including those holding positions across
from Israel’s Golan, are coordinated. Officers from Jordan, Saudi
Arabia, Qatar and Israel are attached to the CCFJ.

Most of the operations of the CCFJ have been halted due to a conflict
that erupted between the Syrian rebels and the U.S. Central Command,
CENTCOM. The US military is opposed to the rebels cooperating with
Al-Qaeda-linked groups, such as the Al-Nusra front, while the rebels
claim that this cannot be avoided if they are to defeat the forces of
Bashar Assad and Hizballah.

The paralysis of the CCFJ is spurring the Russians to try to show
that their “central command” for Syria is operating without any
difficulties.

In recent weeks, the Russians have taken four military steps related to Syria:



1. On Aug. 18, six of Russia’s advanced MIG-31 Foxhound interceptor
aircraft landed at the Syrian Air Force’s Mezze Airbase, which is the
military section of Damascus international airport. After the fighters
landed, they were immediately followed by giant Russian Antonov AN-124
Condor cargo planes carrying 1,000 of Russia’s 9M133 Kornet anti-tank
missiles.

The advanced jets are intended to serve as air support for the Russian units that arrive in Syria.



2. Before the Russian planes landed in Damascus, Moscow reached an
agreement with Washington for the removal of NATO’s Patriot missile
batteries from Turkey. The removal was carried out gradually during the
month of August, thus preventing the possibility that NATO Patriot
missiles could hit Russian fighters carrying out operations in Syrian
airspace.

3. During the last week of August, a large number of Russian troops,
mostly logistical teams whose job is to lay the groundwork for the
arrival of the combat units, arrived in Syria. The troops were seen in
Damascus and in Jablah district of Lattakia province, where the Russian
forces are building a military base.

4. Our intelligence sources also report that Moscow has started to
supply Damascus with satellite imagery of the ground situation on the
different fronts.

debkafile’s
military and intelligence sources report that all of these preparatory
steps by Moscow for the introduction of ground forces are being carried
out in coordination with Washington and Tehran.

The more that the three capitals tighten their coordination in
support of Assad, the sooner the Russian intervention is expected to
take place.

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1 comment:

jay w. said...

As you should know , Debka files is an Israeli military publication , hard to believe ,,huh ?
They have a mission , and are very good at what they do .......