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Saturday, December 28, 2024

Moscow warns US, UK preparing 'ISIS attacks' on airbases in Syria

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS) warned on 28 December that the US and UK are planning to use ISIS to attack Russian military bases in Syria to further destabilize the country after the fall of the Syrian government.

Russian intelligence confirmed that ISIS field commanders had obtained attack drones to carry out these attacks.
The FIS stressed that President Joe Biden's outgoing government aims to sew chaos in West Asia "to ensure their long-term dominance in the region."
But this is "impeded by the Russian military presence on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, which remains an important factor in regional stability, which necessitated assigning ISIS to carry out the mission," the FIS said.
Russia maintains an air base near the coastal city of Latakia and a naval base near the coastal city of Tartus. The presence of Russian forces in Syria is now in question after the fall of the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad, a close Russian ally, on 8 December.
Damascus is now ruled by Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former Al-Qaeda commander and current leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Sharaa, formerly Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, is a long-time asset of the US, Israel, and Turkiye.
Al-Mayadeen's correspondent in Russia stated that Washington and London want to expel Russian forces from Syria while continuing to occupy the oil-rich areas in the northeast of the country. Since 2016, US forces have occupied Syrian territory east of the Euphrates River in partnership with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Washington maintains its occupation of Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS, despite previously supporting the terror group in its conquest of large swathes of eastern Syria and Western Iraq in 2014, including the city of Mosul.
Washington later partnered with the SDF to occupy the territory previously controlled by ISIS in Syria to prevent its return to Syrian government sovereignty.
The US-backed SDF holds large numbers of ISIS militants in its prisons in the city of Hasakah in northeast Syria.
The SDF released thousands of ISIS members this summer as part of an amnesty, raising fears that the US may again use the group to achieve its foreign policy goals in the region.
The SDF is currently fighting the pro-Turkish Syrian National Army (SNA) near the city of Manbij and the Tishreen Dam in northern Syria. The SDF leadership has warned that ISIS members may break out of their prisons if the SDF comes under sustained attack by the SNA and Turkish military.
"With the increasing threats that faced the city of Manbij, we relocated ISIS detainees from the prisons there to other, more secure detention facilities," SDF leader General Mazloum Abdi told CNN on Wednesday.
"As Turkey-backed factions advanced toward the city center, cells launched attacks on detention centers holding both civilians and terrorists," he added. "Currently, detention centers in both Raqqa and Hasakah are facing similar threats, necessitating enhanced cooperation and additional security measures to protect these sites."
 
US and UK warplanes launched a new round of airstrikes on the Yemeni capital late on 27 December, targeting the 21 September park in the Maeen district of Sanaa, according to Yemen's Al-Masirah TV.
No photos or videos of the attack have been released or circulated on social media. US Central Command (CENTCOM) has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
The latest western aggression came one day after Israeli warplanes launched massive airstrikes on Sanaa and the coastal province of Hodeidah in retaliation for continued drone and hypersonic missile attacks by the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
Earlier on Friday, hundreds of thousands of Yemenis marched through the streets of Sanaa, Saada, Hodeidah, Hajjah, and Al-Mahwit, proclaiming, “We firmly stand with Gaza, the glory… without limits and without red lines."
Demonstrators also called on the YAF to intensify their operations in support of Palestine.
The mobilizations started soon after YAF spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree confirmed that Sanaa conducted drone and missile attacks targeting Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, “a vital target” south of Tel Aviv, and an Israeli-linked ship in the Arabia Sea, in response to Israel’s aggressions on Yemen and Gaza.
At least six people were killed and 40 others injured when Israel bombed Sanaa International Airport, Red Sea ports, and power stations on Thursday.
"[Ansarallah] are more technologically advanced than perceived by many [and should not be] underrated,” an Israeli official told the Washington Post on Friday, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
He claimed that with support from Iran, Yemen has been able to take “practical steps” in fighting a war against Israel and its close allies.
“Because it’s so cheap for them to try to get a drone or a missile every few days or weeks into Israel, they can win this,” Yoel Guzansky, a former official on Israel’s National Security Council and senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv told the US daily.
The US and UK launched an illegal war on Yemen at the start of the year, seeking to protect Israeli trade interests and shield the country from the pro-Gaza operations of the Axis of Resistance.
Yemeni operations have been ongoing since November 2023, and Sanaa has vowed not to stop until the genocide in Gaza comes to an end. The daring operations by the YAF against Israel and its allies have forced several US aircraft carriers and European warships out of West Asia.

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