Syrien

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Syrische Rebellen haben einen weiteren Grenzübergang eingenommen.

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Die salafistischen Terroristen der Al-Nusrah Front konnten den Grenzposten zum Irak offenbar unter großen Verlusten überrennnen. Das stimmt wohl soweit. Allerdings haben sie diesen noch in der gleichen Nacht wieder an irakische und syrische Truppen verloren. Damit war die Erfolgsmeldung der westlichen Presse schon vor ihrem Druck wieder Geschichte. Letztere Information ist arabischen und russischen Quellen zu entnehmen:

Syrian troops have recaptured the Al-Ya'robiya checkpoint on the border with Iraq on Friday night.
According to witness reports on Twitter, Iraq's armed forces moved in to help with the operation and shelled the border post, which was held by the rebels. An Al-Arabiya correspondent also confirmed that targets inside Syria had been shelled while Iraqi snipers took positions near the crossing. Massive reinforcements have also been deployed in Baghdad near the Syrian border, the correspondent said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that a border checkpoint on Syria’s northeast border with Iraq had been overrun by rebel fighters from the Al-Nusra Front on Thursday but were recaptured by government troops after less than 24 hours.
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Terroristen kontrollieren nach wie vor größere Bereiche im Nordwesten, um die Stadt Aleppo. Dort versuchten sie seit Wochen vergeblich, die Kontrolle über den strategisch bedeutsamen Flughafen zu erlangen. Den Terroristen war es jedoch in diesem Zusammenhang gelungen, größere Stellungen/Basen der Armee zu vernichten und einzelne Verbände der Syrischen Armee einzukreisen und von der Versorgung weitestgehend abzuschneiden.

Verschiedenen Meldungen zufolge haben syrischen Truppen nun mit einer erfolgreichen Gegenoffensive eine entscheidene Wendung der Situation herbei führen können. Dabei ist es gelungen, die Kontrolle über die Hauptverbindung zum Flughafen Aleppo und über eine Reihe von dort angrenzenden Ortschaften zurück zu gewinnen und frische Einheiten in die Region zu schicken.

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Syrian rebels control large swaths of land in the country's northeast, including several neighborhoods of Aleppo.

For weeks they have been trying to storm the Aleppo airport, a major prize in the battle for Syria's commercial capital. The rebels ousted troops from several bases protecting the facility and cut off a major highway the army used to supply its troops inside the airport complex.

Syrian army officials said troops had secured the facility and regained control of several villages along the highway leading to the airport after days of fighting.

An opposition spokesman, Rami Abdul-Rahman, director the Britain-based anti-regime activist group the Observatory for Human Rights, confirmed the army's victory Saturday, calling it a "significant achievement."

"Securing these villages, assuming the regime can hang on to them, has the potential to turn around the direction of the conflict in Aleppo," Abdul-Rahman said.

In other violence Saturday, clashes broke out in the northeastern Raqqa province, and activists said dozens of people on both sides were reported dead or wounded.

Ahrar al-Sham Movement, a militant Islamic brigade fighting with the rebels, announced in an online video posted Saturday that it was starting a wide scale operation against military and infrastructure targets in the area along with other extremists including Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida-affiliated group designated by the U.S. as a terrorist group.
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The Syrian army has announced it seized control of a key road linking the central province of Hama to Aleppo international airport and nearby Nayrab military airport .

"In collaboration with honourable citizens, troops carried out a special operation and restored security and stability to villages on the airport road," the military said on Saturday in a statement published by state news agency SANA.

The capture of the road will allow the army to deploy fresh reinforcements and send supplies to the area near the airports, where fighting has raged since mid-February.

"This achievement shows the commitment of our forces to continue to fulfil their sacred national duty, repelling killings and aggression targeting our people and our country," said the statement.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) confirmed the report and said the army will now be able to deploy fresh troops and supplies in the area.
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