Anti-government forces in Syria continued their offensive on November 30 after the army left the million-plus city of Aleppo.
The Osinters write that Syrian opposition forces have entered the city of Hama south of Aleppo.
They also report shooting near the General Staff and the presidential palace in Damascus.
Loose news about gunfires nearby presidenta palace in Damascus. pic.twitter.com/526ToYvSht
– Asaad Sam Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) November 30, 2024
OSINT analysts geolocated the area as the Kfar Sus area. The shooting was preliminarily carried out by soldiers of the Syrian Republican Guard and the 4th Division of the Syrian Arab Army.
Local television stopped broadcasting. According to the osinters, a Russian Air Force Il-62M transport plane landed at Damascus airport. It is believed that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is on board.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Minister plans to travel to Syria on December 1 for negotiations.
The change of power in Syria will call into question the presence of Russian military bases in the country. This is unlikely to please Putin, but the Russian dictator does not have many free resources to support an ally.
Noppo shows how dependent Bashar al-Assad is on foreign troops, apparently barely functioning. This makes the Syrian tyrant a problem for Putin. – the material says.
However, Russian troops, in particular the Air Force, are mired in a war against Ukraine, and Iran and Hezbollah are busy in a war against Israel.
Russian military leaders know that the Syrian army is a joke. Without Hezbollah, the path would have to invest resources it does not currently have to save Assad, writes Randa Slim, a Middle East expert at Johns Hopkins University.
Russia is not an outside observer. But we may be seeing the limits of the Russian military’s capabilities, adds Omer Ozkizilcik of the Atlantic Council think tank.
Military analyst Yigal Levin writes that the Russians have already closed their military bases near Aleppo, Hama and Deir ez-Zor and are moving to the coast.
Source: Racurs
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