Druze Civil Defense Seize Two Tons of Weapons in Al-Sweida

[Bleipriester]

Apparently, the terrorists have broad-minded backers. But this time, the NDF, of which the Druze militias are part of, took advantage of the latest delivery as the charge was completely going over to their property.

"On Sunday morning, the Druze Civil Defense units halted a truck carrying a large supply of weapons for the Islamist rebels combatting the Syrian Armed Forces in the Al-Sweida Governorate.

The driver of the supply truck refused to stop; this resulted in a high-speed chase between the towns of Al-‘Afaynat and Jibraan and the eventual halting of the vehicle.


Upon seizing the vehicle, the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Druze Civil Defense units discovered a large cache of heavy weaponry, including mortar shells, rockets, and missiles.

According to a military source in Al-Sweida, the Syrian Armed Forces captured over two tons of weapons that were meant to resupply the Islamist rebel fighters that are currently attacking this predominately Druze province in southern Syria."

Druze Civil Defense Seize Two Tons of Weapons in Al-Sweida

 

[Bleipriester]

Syrian Army Catches Al-Nusra Off-Guard in East Hama; Large Cache of Weapons Seized in Homs

"The civilian-led “National Defense Forces” (NDF) caught the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” off-guard on the road to Tal ‘Abdel-‘Aziz, laying a powerful ambush on the Islamist fighters just north of the town of Saboura in the Hama Governorate’s eastern countryside.

According to a military source, the National Defense Forces ambush on the encroaching Jabhat Al-Nusra militants resulted in the death of 9 enemy combatants, including the following identified fighters: ‘Alaa Harba, ‘Ammar Hassan Hamid, Karam Hassan Hamid, and Mu’atiz Al-Sheikh Mohammad.


On the Homs-Hama border, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) captured a weapons supply truck that belonged to Jabhat Al-Nusra traveling from Lebanon to the Hama Governorate in order to resupply their entrenched Islamist fighters combatting the Syrian Armed Forces inside the southern part of the province.

The Syrian Arab Army soldiers stopped the vehicle at a nearby checkpoint, when the driver attempted to slip past the soldiers; this prompted the checkpoint’s guards to inspect the vehicle.

Upon inspecting the vehicle, the SAA checkpoint guards discovered a large cache of rockets, mortar shells, anti-aircraft machine guns, ammunition, and assault rifles; these contents were all seized by the guards after they arrested the two men transporting these weapons from Lebanon.

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SAA) was busy on Thursday, targeting large agglomerations of Islamist combatants in the cities of Kafr Zita, Al-Lataminah, and Khan Sheikhoun on the border of the Hama and Idlib Governorates."

 

[waltky]

Putin supportin' Assad...
:steamed:
US WARNS RUSSIA AGAINST MORE AID TO ASSAD AMID NEW VIOLENCE
Sep 5,`15 -- Anti-government violence erupted Saturday in a southern Syrian province that had largely stayed on the sidelines of the country's civil war. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports suggesting that Russia was planning to expand its military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad prompted a warning from the U.S. that such actions could lead to a confrontation with coalition forces.

The violence in Sweida province, a stronghold of the Druze minority sect, followed the killing of a prominent cleric in rare explosions Friday that claimed the lives of at least 25 others, activists and pro-government media said. Rioters holding the government responsible for the cleric's death destroyed the statue of late Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad and besieged security offices, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other activist groups said. In Washington, the State Department issued a statement after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to express concern over unconfirmed reports "suggesting an imminent enhanced Russian military build-up" in Syria.

While not elaborating on or confirming the accuracy of those reports, the State Department said Kerry made clear to Lavrov that such actions "could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation" with the anti-Islamic State coalition operating led by the U.S. that is carrying out strikes in Syria. Russia has been a stalwart ally of Assad throughout Syria's civil war and has provided diplomatic support and weaponry to help the Syrian leader maintain his grip on power. Moscow also maintains a small naval facility at the Syrian port of Tartous on the Mediterranean Sea.

The cleric killed Friday, Sheik Wahid Balous, was a prominent critic of Assad and had called on youth in Sweida province to refuse to serve in the military. He was also a critic of the Islamic State militants who have taken over a third of the country and are fueling the civil war that has killed more than 250,000 people and wounded more than 1 million. Balous, who was a strong supporter of rebels trying to topple Assad, died in one of two consecutive car bomb explosions, including one near the National Hospital in Sweida.

The Observatory said the death toll rose Saturday to 37, including six security personnel killed in clashes with rioters. The city had witnessed large rallies in the days before the explosions against the failure of the government to provide basic services. Activists reported that there was no Internet service for the past few days. Syria's official news agency and other activist groups put the death toll from the blasts at 26. There was no immediate claim of responsibly for the bombings. The Syrian government called the blasts "cowardly terrorist acts." A police commander in the city, Mohammed Samra, said Sweida was "calm and stable" and denied any unrest, saying reports of anti-government violence were aimed at undermining security in the area.

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[Bleipriester]

Putin supportin' Assad...
:steamed:
US WARNS RUSSIA AGAINST MORE AID TO ASSAD AMID NEW VIOLENCE
Sep 5,`15 -- Anti-government violence erupted Saturday in a southern Syrian province that had largely stayed on the sidelines of the country's civil war. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports suggesting that Russia was planning to expand its military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad prompted a warning from the U.S. that such actions could lead to a confrontation with coalition forces.

The violence in Sweida province, a stronghold of the Druze minority sect, followed the killing of a prominent cleric in rare explosions Friday that claimed the lives of at least 25 others, activists and pro-government media said. Rioters holding the government responsible for the cleric's death destroyed the statue of late Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad and besieged security offices, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other activist groups said. In Washington, the State Department issued a statement after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to express concern over unconfirmed reports "suggesting an imminent enhanced Russian military build-up" in Syria.

While not elaborating on or confirming the accuracy of those reports, the State Department said Kerry made clear to Lavrov that such actions "could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation" with the anti-Islamic State coalition operating led by the U.S. that is carrying out strikes in Syria. Russia has been a stalwart ally of Assad throughout Syria's civil war and has provided diplomatic support and weaponry to help the Syrian leader maintain his grip on power. Moscow also maintains a small naval facility at the Syrian port of Tartous on the Mediterranean Sea.

The cleric killed Friday, Sheik Wahid Balous, was a prominent critic of Assad and had called on youth in Sweida province to refuse to serve in the military. He was also a critic of the Islamic State militants who have taken over a third of the country and are fueling the civil war that has killed more than 250,000 people and wounded more than 1 million. Balous, who was a strong supporter of rebels trying to topple Assad, died in one of two consecutive car bomb explosions, including one near the National Hospital in Sweida.

The Observatory said the death toll rose Saturday to 37, including six security personnel killed in clashes with rioters. The city had witnessed large rallies in the days before the explosions against the failure of the government to provide basic services. Activists reported that there was no Internet service for the past few days. Syria's official news agency and other activist groups put the death toll from the blasts at 26. There was no immediate claim of responsibly for the bombings. The Syrian government called the blasts "cowardly terrorist acts." A police commander in the city, Mohammed Samra, said Sweida was "calm and stable" and denied any unrest, saying reports of anti-government violence were aimed at undermining security in the area.

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Leadership of al-Muwahhidin Muslims: Terrorist attacks in Sweida aim at igniting sedition

"Sweida, SANA -The spiritual leadership of the sect of al-Muwahhidin Muslims in the country denounced the twin terrorist car bombings that targeted Sweida city.

The leadership said in a statement on Saturday that these terrorist attacks were committed by “the gangs of terror and Takfiri thinking” and aimed at disrupting “our national fabric and igniting sedition.”

Those gangs, the statement said, are bothered by the unity binding the locals of Sweida province and the army members.

It hailed the “calm” and “wise” way in which the situation was handled in Sweida city after the terrorist explosions, and which “has foiled the attempts of the plotters and perpetrators to drag our youth into sedition.”


Sweida police chief: Situation in the city stable

Police Chief in Sweida Maj. Gen. Mohammad Samra said the situation in Sweida city on Saturday is calm and stable, after yesterday’s twin car bomb attacks.

Terrorists blew up on Friday two car bombs almost simultaneously in two different areas in Sweida city, leaving 26 people dead and dozens of others injured.

In a statement to SANA, Samra denied reports circulated by some media outlets about targeting security personnel in Sweida city, stressing that those reports are “tendentious and baseless.”

He dismissed these reports as being part of the falsification campaign targeting the province for a while to disrupt security and stability there and shake the resilience of its locals."

Leadership of al-Muwahhidin Muslims: Terrorist attacks in Sweida aim at igniting sedition

 

[Freeman]

The photos above should the latest armed provision from russians to try keeping the regime in Syria.