Syria: an attack on the IG

The Syrian army with the support of Russia last Saturday for the first time since 2014 crossed the border of the Province of Racca. This area is considered the main stronghold of the Islamic State terrorist organization (prohibited in the Russian Federation) in Syria, writes Al Jazeera . In parallel with this, a Kurdish offensive is carried out with the support of the United States for a 40 km hydroelectric station. From Rakka. Both offenses began at the end of May.

BBC wrote a little earlier that Russian blows contributed to the promotion of the Syrian army, although neither Syria nor Russia officially confirms this information.

Racca, explains Al Jazeera , is the most important strategic point of fighting terrorists in Syria. The base of a similar value in Iraq is Mosul. The liberation of these cities is positioned as the main task of anti -terrorism forces in the Middle East. In itself, the approach to Rakka at the current stage is a significant step towards the victory over IS, comments Al Jazeera, but there is even great work ahead. One of the most difficult tasks is not only to cross this territory, but also to maintain control over it.

Militarized units in Syrian territory. Photo: wikipedia.org

Deutsche Welle clarifies that the Syrian army is now 80 kilometers from Rakka. It also explains that another important task of the “democratic forces of Syria”, acting with the support of the United States, is to block the border between Syria and Turkey, thereby depriving the IS of personnel reinforcements, as well as military and food supplies. The author stipulates that it is not clear how coordinated by the offensive with the support of Russia and the USA. However, there is evidence that attacks are carried out in conditions of unspoken coordination.

The problem of coordinating military operations between Russia and the USA comments on DW, is that Russia fundamentally attacks all the groups that it considers terrorist, including the al-Qaeda wing, “Ang Nusra” (also prohibited in Russia). The United States refrains from blows to the "Ang Nusra", because this group is in close allied ties with moderate rebels who are not considered terrorists.

Meanwhile, Guardian discusses the topic of the participation of British special services in Syrian operations. Initially, the message that the British elite troops are located in the south of Syria and provide supports in the struggle against the IGs near the border with Jordania in the Times newspaper. This news received a resonance in the British press, because before there was no talk about the active participation of the British intelligence services in Syria.

Anti -war demonstrations in London. Photo: Alisdare Hickson/Soome Rights Reserved

Guardian was especially impressed by the fact that the Foreign Policy Committee was not concerned or surprised by these messages. The British Ministry of Defense, in turn, generally refused to comment on this news. From this, the author of the article concludes that the public discussion about the participation of Britain in the Syrian conflict is fundamentally meaningless, since massively available information is radically diverging with what is done secretly.

The specificity is that at one time the British parliament at one time gave permission for some participation in the Syrian conflict, but without the use of the ground forces. But special services are not ground forces. Such operations are carried out without attracting public attention, although often at some point they still become the property of the press.