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4 BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense just released several satellite images of the U.S. military and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) freely traveling in the Islamic State (ISIS) held areas of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. “Without resistance from ISIS militants the SDF troops are moving along the left bank of the Euphrates river towards the town of Deir Ezzor,” the statement from the Ministry of Defense read. “There are not even signs of organization of a battle outpost,” the Russian Ministry of Defense added. The images below show U.S. armored vehicles and equipment in this ISIS-held part of Deir Ezzor between the dates of September 8-12. The Syrian and Russian military commands have accused the US and their allies of land grabbing in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, while not actually fighting the Islamic State forces. Most recently, the SDF took control of the Taybeh Gas Plant along the e...

Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov © Sergey Krasnoukhov / Sputnik Deputy head of the Defense Committee in the upper house of Russia’s parliament, Frants Klintsevich,  told the Russian state-run media outlet RIA  on Tuesday that  the death of Lieutenant General Valery Asapov  in Syria became possible because of a treachery. “There is precise data that it was a treachery… [We] are searching for traitors and they will be found soon,” RIA quoted Klintsevich as saying. Earlier this week, Lieutenant General Asapov died in Syria as a result of ISIS shelling near Deir Ezzor city.  The general was at a command outpost assisting Syran commanders in the liberation of Deir Ezzor  when the incident took place. RIA also quoted a Syrian security source that allegedly confirmed that information from the investigation file confirms the version about the treachery.

FILE IMAGE Israeli warplanes have reportedly bombed Hezbollah units in Syria’s Quneitra province. The incident allegedly took place in the area of the 90th Brigade Base near Quneitra city. No reports about casualties are available now. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have not officially announced the strikes.  Follow HalabToday حلب اليوم   ✔ @HalabTodayTV عاجل | مصادر موالية للنظام: طائرات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تشن غارات على اللواء 90 في محيط مدينة القنيطرة 12:02 - 26 Sep 2017   Replies     5 5 Retweets     16 16 likes Twitter Ads information and privacy On September 22,  the Israeli Air Force struck positions of Hezbollah near Damascus International Airport  at the Syrian capital.

The Philippine Military announced on Monday that the battle for Marawi will be over in October. According to the statement, clashes with ISIS will be over within few days, but a full-scale rehabilitation will start in October. Click to see the full-size map

On Tuesday, as President Trump imposed another round of meaningless new sanctions on North Korea’s banks, Trump said that while he encouraged the world to work together to end the country’s nuclear program, the U.S. is “totally prepared” for a military option,  which he said would be “totally devastating ” for North Korea. Which at least provides some additional detail to what H.R. McMaster meant,  when he said overnight  that the U.S. has prepared “four or five different scenarios” for how the crisis with North Korea will be resolved, adding ominously that “some are uglier than others.” “ We are totally prepared for the second option — not a preferred option — but if we take that option it will be devastating I can tell you that ,” Trump said during a joint news conference Tuesday at the White House with Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. “ For North Korea that is called the military option. If we have to take it we will.”  Follow CNN Inte...