#BreakingNews:
Journalist on the ground in #Syria confirm all busses (121) that evacuated 6900 civilians and militants from Fua and Kfarya arrived safely to gov controlled area.
Many busses, according to eye witness, have been stoned (broken glasses).
In exchange pop Fuas and Kfarya, Jihadists and prisoners (1500) crossed in direction of #Idlib, the biggest concentration of Jihadists and militants evacuated from all over #Syria and under Turkish controlled zone.
#Russia managed to satisfy #Damascus and #Tehran will to free Fua and Kfarya without a fight.
Assad wanted to push #SAA in direction of Fua and Kfarya (sieged since April 2015) at the beginning of this year but #Moscow asked him to be patience.
The only concern today remains, as explained, of another suicide attack against Fua and Kfarya inhabitants while they are evacuated as was the case in April 2017 when over 320 civilians were killed by a suicide attack hundreds of meters before reaching their freedom.
Busses coming from government controlled area and carrying prisoners released by #Damascus have no broken windows signs like the one of Fua and Kfarya, said an eye witness on al-Eiss crossing (point of exchange and crossing to both sides, gov side and Jihadists side).
No one stayed behind in Fua and Kfarya: both cities were completely evacuated with #Turkey as guarantor.
Many of #Syria allies were based in the two cities contributing in their defence and training in the last years.
Now #Idlib has no more cards to play with the evacuation of #Fua and #Kfarya inhabitants.
Erdogan said to Putin that if the Syrian Army advances toward Idlib, the Astana agreement would totally dissipate.
Unless Jihadists give the right excuse to Putin and take the initiative!!
Mainstream media, as usual, wrote tons of articles about the suffering of Zabadani, Madaya, Aleppo, and any city liberated by the Syrian Army, but very rarely about Fua and Kfarya.
The usual "cherry picking humanitarian conscience". #Syria#Yemen.
Update on Fua/Kfarya complete evacuation in exchange of Jihadists in #Daraa & prisoners:
Of 1500 prisoners, 700 refused to cross to #Idlib jihadists stronghold by their own will. Jihadists engaged in the exchange, held 900 inhabitants of F & K hostages & refuse to set them free.
Over 10,000 of Fua/Kfarya Shia majority cities have been killed & wounded since 2015 by extremists Jihadists of Ahrar al-Sham & Nusra then. Today, out of 121 busses used for F&K exodus, 49 were hit by rockets breaking windows of busses carrying Children,women,elderly & militants.
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Rockets = Rocks.
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#Iraq: @AdilAbdAlMahdi was given total freedom to select his team in the future government, free from non-qualified individuals and non-corrupted candidates.
Of course, the new PM will have to take into consideration all political parties. These can present names of candidates +
If names are inadequate or considered unsuitable by @AdilAbdAlMahdi, he will ask for more names and again more names until he is satisfied. That was the deal.
The new PM @AdilAbdAlMahdi has reconciled with Nuri al-Maliki a couple of days ago. Al-Maliki was unhappy for his party (Da'wa) to lose the position of PM due to the #USA support to Haidar Abadi following his overt manifestation to "abide by US unilateral sanctions on Iran".
in #Iraq, for the first time since 2003, the #Shia#Sunni#Kurds and #Turkmen were all divided this time prior to the selection of the Speaker, the President and the Prime Minister.
#USA pushed for its own candidate/coalition (Moqtada-Abadi).
#Iran pushed for the unity of all coalitions, Shia, Sunni and Kurds, in an attempted to unite all & produce leaders accepted by all. Iran also worked to bring down the US candidate/coalition.
The world (including Iraq) didn't realise that "no larger coalition has been nominated".
The reason is simple: Iran wanted to save the face and honor of Moqtada, he who joined a lost coalition, so #Iran Soleimani cam "bring him back" to where he belongs
Listen 👂 please: #Israel can't renounce on violating #Lebanon and #Syria airspace. #Russia can't just wipe away the murder of 15 servicemen and its own reputation as a superpower @PutinRF_Eng experience similar situation with #Turkey in 2015
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It is up to @PutinRF_Eng to rebuff #USA and #Israel and hold his ground firmly. I am aware of US lobby within #Russia but it is time to show the world that hegemony is over
#Moscow can ask for itself, for #Syria & substantial compensation for Russian families.
The discussions and the maps offered by #Israel delegation to #Russia about the downing of the IL-20 was considered unacceptable & offensive by #Moscow. Moreover, the Israeli delegation complained about" #Iran's influence in #Syri, an argument the Russian have rejected.
#Russia also rejected the #Israeli claim that President Putin refused to talk to the Syrian president Assad. Israel propaganda aim to cover the deterioration of the relationship between #Moscow and #TelAviv
Remember what I said: The downing of the Russian IL-20 is all in #Israel disadvantage.
Now Israel is confused and no longer confident in what it is doing in #Syria and how to run its relationship with #Russia and #Turkey (following the Idlib deal).
Look at the photo: No burning on the white container south of the destroyed factory indicating this is not a warehouse and no ammunition in it.
No whole on the ground and only 4 traces of missiles in the destroyed factory.
Also, look at the building north of the 155m factory destoryed. This indicates that #Israel didn't want to kill workers living in the building (still standing) and targeted the place at night when the factory was closed.
The white container souyth of the destoryed factory indicates that the last of the 4 missiles hit the target at least 70m away from the still standing white container.
This is a spare part gathering factory with no explosives or ammunitions in it.