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Why Mitt Romney will not become the US Secretary of State but with the Big Donald one must keep their eyes open. Written by Dmitri Dvornitsky; Originally appeared at Life , translated by AlexD exclusively for SouthFront Almost in any documentary or artistic film about magicians you know that the most important always happens not where the audience is looking. Donald Trump and his closest aides already have proved to the world that they are masters in this magic. During the election campaign and even during the election night itself the majority of “talking heads” were discussing Nevada, Colorado, Florida and North Carolina but Trump and his team at that time were taking the so-called Rust Belt – Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The co-authors of this success were the people that were first to enter the future administration of the White House, the young Republican functionary Raines Pribus and the brilliant media manager Steve Bannon. Following this, the advisor for national...

Photos and videos evidence show that the Erdogan regime have suplied a high number of various military equipment to pro-Turkey militants (the mainstream media calls them the Free Syrian Army), including ACV-15 amphibious armored combat vehicles. The FSA’s First Squad operates an ACV-15: The ACV-15 is a Turkish-made combat vehicle based on the YPR-765A1 Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

A large buildup of pro-government forces took place in southern Aleppo. Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba deployed a significant number of manpower to the area. This move has once against fueled massive speculations in pro-government media outlets that the Syrian army and its allies are going to advance in the direction of Khan Tuman. However, this move can be hardly expected in the near future. Now, the Syrian military’s main goal is to develop momentum in eastern Aleppo in order to push militants to surrender and to set a full-control over Aleppo city. Government forces deployed contingent in southern Aleppo to strengthen the pressure on militants in the southern part of eastern Aleppo pocket, tacking advantage on their lack of manpower and military supplies. While Jaish al-Fatah militant coalition will try repel government attacks in southern and northern directions, the Syrian military will likely launch a splitting attack in the direction of Aleppo Citadel, putting the en...