by Mike
Whitney
Syrian Army
helicopters dropped leaflets on parts of eastern Aleppo on Sunday
warning anti-government fighters to surrender while they still had
the chance. Hundreds of jihadists have already laid down their
weapons and surrendered while a hardline corps of deadenders continue
to fend off the rapidly advancing army.
The
situation is looking increasingly hopeless for the ragtag group of
insurgents that have lost more than half the territory they held in
just the last week. Every attempt they’ve made to break through
Syrian Army lines has been repelled leaving them to defend a few
shrinking districts where they will either surrender or die.
On Sunday,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivered an ultimatum to the
remaining militants that clarified the position of the Syrian
government and its allies. he said:
“Those
groups which refuse to leave eastern Aleppo will be treated as
terrorists. By refusing to walk out from eastern Aleppo they will in
fact go ahead with armed struggle. We will treat them accordingly, as
terrorists and extremists, and support the Syrian army in its
operation against such armed gangs.”
US Secretary
of State John Kerry has made every effort to stop the fighting to
protect US-backed jihadists that are trying to topple Syrian
President Bashar al Assad. Unfortunately, a proposal that was
accepted by both Kerry and Lavrov concerning the withdrawal of
fighters in Aleppo, was rejected by higher-ups in the Obama
Administration ending the prospects for a negotiated settlement.
Lavrov expressed his frustration in comments to the media where he
said:
“They
have withdrawn their document and have a new one. Our initial
impression is that this new document backtracks, and is an attempt to
buy time for the militants, allow them to catch their breath and
resupply. The same thing happened with our agreement of September 9.
It’s difficult to understand who makes decisions there, but
apparently there are plenty of those who want to undermine the
authority and practical steps by John Kerry.”
According to
Reuters, “the Syrian Foreign Ministry said it would now accept
no truce in Aleppo, should any outside parties try to negotiate one.”
Meanwhile, “Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council
resolution on Monday calling for a week-long ceasefire.” Simply
put, this is the end of the line for the US-backed terrorists that
have laid to waste much of the battered country and killed more than
400,000 people. And while Aleppo may not be the decisive turning
point in the ongoing conflict, it does put all of the main population
centers and industrial hubs back under regime control.
More
important, the recapturing of Aleppo is a major setback for
Washington and its jihadist-breeding allies. (US, Saudi Arabia,
Turkey and Qatar) US plans for redrawing the map of the Middle East
to meet its economic and geopolitical objectives has been defeated by
a courageous and determined coalition (Syria, Iran, Russia and
Hezbollah) that has methodically routed or exterminated the
foreign-backed opposition and reestablished both state security and
the sovereign authority of the elected government to control its own
affairs.
On Tuesday
morning, AMN News reported that the Syrian Army had captured 85
percent of East Aleppo. Dozens of insurgents have been killed in
sporadic fighting while hundreds more have surrendered. It appears
that the battle of Aleppo is about to end and the Syrian Army is on
the “verge of total victory.”
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