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The army retook the city Kessab border of Turkey
Damascus, June 15, 2014 (AFP) - The Syrian army rebels resumed Sunday
the city Armenian majority Kassab (north-west), near a strategic
border crossing with Turkey, announced on state television.
"The army units restore security and stability in the town of Kassab
in the province of Latakia after killing a large number of terrorists
and destroyed their weapons," said the chain, with reference to the
insurgents who controlled the city for more than two months.
Beirut, June 14, 2014 (AFP ) - The rebels and their allies of
al-Nosra Front (Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda) withdrew Saturday "Kassab",
a border city of Turkey they had conquered in March , reported the
Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH).
"Most fighters of al-Nosra Front and Islamic brigades withdrew from
Kassab, leaving behind a small number of fighters," said the OSDH.
Government forces for their part sent tanks into neighboring
villages, signaling an imminent conquest of the city by the army. This
retreat occurred while "regime's troops supported by men of Hezbollah
and other Arab and Asian fighters had advanced (in the neighboring
village) Nabaein" according to the OSDH.
The information has been confirmed by opposition activists claimed
that the fighters of Al-Nosra and rebel brigades had retreated to the
rebel strongholds in the region of Jabal al-Akrad, near Kassab.
The Armenian community of Kassab is strategic because it is located
near the single border crossing with Turkey in the province of
Latakia, a stronghold of the Alawite community belongs President
Bashar al-Assad.
When the border post Kassab fell to rebels in March, he was the last
checkpoint on the border with Turkey still operational in the hands of
the regime.
Editor's note : Contrary to the AFP on the basis of the OSDH, the
customs post, located 6 km from Kessab, was only a pretext to attack
by Al Front -Nosra, because it is not strategic. As Fabrice Ballanche
(Director of Group Research and Studies on the Mediterranean and the
Middle East) said in the dossier on the Kessab # 207 Armenian News
Magazine, " Turkey closed the border since months and the traffic was
almost nil since the beginning of the Syrian crisis. Moreover, the
customs Kessab has never been very important: daily bus between
Antioch and Latakia and a few cars. It is no comparison Bab el Awa or
Azaz. In addition, the rebels did not need Kessab to bring weapons in
Syria, they control the entire Urdu ATHMA border, northeast of Idleb,
or 200 km.
Another strategic objective was put forward by the OSDH: wearing Samra
(Kaladouran), which give the rebels access to the sea in Syrian
territory, to be refueled in arms and ammunition. Samra's famous port
is a small harbor where fishing boats moored a few, we are far from a
strategic infrastructure. And why the rebels would they need access to
the sea 100 meters from the Turkish border, then they receive safe all
the equipment they need via Turkey? Finally, we presented the attack
as a prelude to a major offensive on the coastal region and Latakia,
the stronghold of the Alawite community. This last argument does not
hold either. They could very well do it from their two strongholds in
the region: Jebel Jebel Akrad and Turkmen. Moreover, they know that
they will not take the Alawite territory very well defended by the
army and the population itself, which has everything to fear from
jihadists. "Moreover, as is recalled in Fabrice Ballanche an analysis
to be published in the July No. of NAM, " three months after taking
Kessab the rebels had not yet advanced to Latakia, on the contrary,
they were confined in the village of Kessab, having abandoned the
valley the Kaladouran and Chalma heights . " This attack of the last
Armenian village in the region therefore proceeded well a willingness
of ethnic cleansing carried out with at least downstream of Turkey.
Plan of attack against Kessab by Fabrice Ballanche
Sunday, June 15, 2014,
Ara © armenews.com
http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=100795
The army retook the city Kessab border of Turkey
Damascus, June 15, 2014 (AFP) - The Syrian army rebels resumed Sunday
the city Armenian majority Kassab (north-west), near a strategic
border crossing with Turkey, announced on state television.
"The army units restore security and stability in the town of Kassab
in the province of Latakia after killing a large number of terrorists
and destroyed their weapons," said the chain, with reference to the
insurgents who controlled the city for more than two months.
Beirut, June 14, 2014 (AFP ) - The rebels and their allies of
al-Nosra Front (Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda) withdrew Saturday "Kassab",
a border city of Turkey they had conquered in March , reported the
Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH).
"Most fighters of al-Nosra Front and Islamic brigades withdrew from
Kassab, leaving behind a small number of fighters," said the OSDH.
Government forces for their part sent tanks into neighboring
villages, signaling an imminent conquest of the city by the army. This
retreat occurred while "regime's troops supported by men of Hezbollah
and other Arab and Asian fighters had advanced (in the neighboring
village) Nabaein" according to the OSDH.
The information has been confirmed by opposition activists claimed
that the fighters of Al-Nosra and rebel brigades had retreated to the
rebel strongholds in the region of Jabal al-Akrad, near Kassab.
The Armenian community of Kassab is strategic because it is located
near the single border crossing with Turkey in the province of
Latakia, a stronghold of the Alawite community belongs President
Bashar al-Assad.
When the border post Kassab fell to rebels in March, he was the last
checkpoint on the border with Turkey still operational in the hands of
the regime.
Editor's note : Contrary to the AFP on the basis of the OSDH, the
customs post, located 6 km from Kessab, was only a pretext to attack
by Al Front -Nosra, because it is not strategic. As Fabrice Ballanche
(Director of Group Research and Studies on the Mediterranean and the
Middle East) said in the dossier on the Kessab # 207 Armenian News
Magazine, " Turkey closed the border since months and the traffic was
almost nil since the beginning of the Syrian crisis. Moreover, the
customs Kessab has never been very important: daily bus between
Antioch and Latakia and a few cars. It is no comparison Bab el Awa or
Azaz. In addition, the rebels did not need Kessab to bring weapons in
Syria, they control the entire Urdu ATHMA border, northeast of Idleb,
or 200 km.
Another strategic objective was put forward by the OSDH: wearing Samra
(Kaladouran), which give the rebels access to the sea in Syrian
territory, to be refueled in arms and ammunition. Samra's famous port
is a small harbor where fishing boats moored a few, we are far from a
strategic infrastructure. And why the rebels would they need access to
the sea 100 meters from the Turkish border, then they receive safe all
the equipment they need via Turkey? Finally, we presented the attack
as a prelude to a major offensive on the coastal region and Latakia,
the stronghold of the Alawite community. This last argument does not
hold either. They could very well do it from their two strongholds in
the region: Jebel Jebel Akrad and Turkmen. Moreover, they know that
they will not take the Alawite territory very well defended by the
army and the population itself, which has everything to fear from
jihadists. "Moreover, as is recalled in Fabrice Ballanche an analysis
to be published in the July No. of NAM, " three months after taking
Kessab the rebels had not yet advanced to Latakia, on the contrary,
they were confined in the village of Kessab, having abandoned the
valley the Kaladouran and Chalma heights . " This attack of the last
Armenian village in the region therefore proceeded well a willingness
of ethnic cleansing carried out with at least downstream of Turkey.
Plan of attack against Kessab by Fabrice Ballanche
Sunday, June 15, 2014,
Ara © armenews.com
http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=100795