The escalation of international tension in the conflict in Syria

The escalation of international tension in the conflict in Syria



DAMASCUS (AFP)

Mounting tension suddenly within hours on Sunday in the conflict in Syria, where he was shot down fighter US aircraft Syrian warplane amid clashes unprecedented between government forces and fighters backed by Washington, while Iran fired ballistic missiles at sites to organize Daesh in Deir Ezzor (east).

And brought down the international coalition led by Washington near the Syrian fighter class in Raqqa province (north), where clashes took place unprecedented between the Syrian army and the alliance of Syria, the Arab-Kurdish democratic forces backed by the United States.

The escalation of this incident with the presence of Syrian troops on the edge of the areas controlled by Syria's democratic forces in northern and southern Syria.

Tehran's Revolutionary Guards announced the elite forces of the Iranian regime, he launched a group of rockets western Iran on the "rules Daesh.

This is the first time Iran has launched a missile outside its border thirty years ago any since the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), according to Iranian media.

The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement that the attack "in response" comes to the attacks on the seventh of June the Iranian Shura Council and the shrine of Imam Khomeini in Tehran, killing 17 people and adopted by the terrorist organization.

The statement said that "in this process, launched a medium-range missiles from the provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan. Killed a large number of terrorists were destroying their equipment and weapons, "he said, adding that the attack targeted a" command center and a gathering (...) terrorists in Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria. "

It supports Iran militarily in Iraq and Syria, the two authorities in the face of opposition factions and terrorists, and in the forefront of the organization Daesh. But the first time that the firing of rockets from Iranian territory on jihadist groups in Syria.

According to Iranian media that the missiles were cut 650 kilometers and crossed Iraqi airspace to strike targets in Deir al-Zour. Iranian television pictures said it to launch rockets.

- "Self-defense" -

It broke out in the towns of Alhoahan and Jaidyn in Raqqa province (north) Sunday clashes between the Syrian army forces and fighters of the Arab-Kurdish alliance backed by Washington, in the first confrontation ever between the two sides, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

According to the observatory, the regime forces, which seized control Sunday of the two incidents the two towns, about 40 kilometers south of the city of Raqqa after it expelled jihadists to organize the Islamic state of them, clashed evening with Syria democratic forces, before launching fighter Sukhoi belonging to the regime raid on these forces received by the United States shooting down.

These clashes constitute dropping Washington fighter Syrian escalation in the conflict, at a time when the regime forces had made progress in the field in the province of Raqqa and is close to a large extent of Syria's democratic forces.

The leadership of the coalition in a statement that "at 6.43 pm (17.43 GMT), dropped a fighter for the Syrian regime (model) S U -22 bombs near Syria's democratic forces fighters in the south of the class."

She added, "according to the rules of engagement and the right to self-defense in the framework of the dominant coalition (against al Daesh), was shot down immediately by a US fighter (aircraft) F / A-18 Super Hornet."

The coalition statement after the Syrian army announced in a statement that "flight is called the International Alliance earlier this afternoon (Sunday) to target one of the fighter aircraft in the Rusafa area of ​​the southern countryside tenderness during the implementation of a combat mission against the terrorist organization Daesh in the region."

I got these developments at a time when the Syrian army has made progress in Raqqa province, where fighting organization Daesh in an attack aimed to regain control of Deir al-Zour province (east) under the predominantly Jihadists nearby, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The observatory said that the Syrian army and allied groups "reached the outskirts of the town of Rusafa countryside south tenderness" about forty kilometers south-west of the city of Raqqa, the main stronghold of the extremist organization.

But he pointed out that the goal of the system is not tenderness, seeking "Syria's democratic forces" (a coalition of Arab and Kurdish factions), backed by the Americans to control.

According to Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that "Damascus is seeking through the province of Raqqa to reach the province of Deir al-Zour oil" in the east.

He added that the Syrian government "does not want additional advanced forces supported by the Americans to the south of tenderness," he said, adding that it "draws the borders of the contact area between the Syrian forces and the forces of democracy."

He talked about the clashes took place overnight between the Syrian army and the forces of democracy in the villages of Syria Hoahan and Jaidyn, about forty kilometers south of tenderness.

- Syrian army advanced -

The observatory said that the Syrian army has been provided as a result of controlling the number of villages since Friday, stressing that "the regime forces were not at any time so close to Syria's democratic forces in the vicinity of Raqqa city" after this progress.

It entered the "Syrian democracy forces," the city of Raqqa, which has become a de facto "stronghold" in the organization of the main Daesh Syria, on the sixth of this month and seized control of a number of neighborhoods. It is preparing to launch a decisive battle for control of the city center.

He lived in the city of Raqqa seized by terrorists in 2014, about 300 thousand civilians, including 80 people displaced from other areas of Syria. But thousands have fled in recent months.

The revival of the most densely populated city center, complicating military operations, especially since the organization of the Islamic state intentionally using civilians as "human shields", according to people who have fled their certificates of control areas.

After the Syrian army make significant progress in the north, especially control of Aleppo, it continues to progress since May in the center and south of the country, and recently began the trend in the east.

Also it managed to expel militants from the extremist organization areas in the Syrian desert, and reached the Iraqi border on June 9 for the first time since 2015.

And his forces are very close to the opposition factions backed by Washington, stationed at the Tanf border region, sparking fears that Washington deployed missile batteries in the region.

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