The battle for Palmyra has been incredibly intense over the last four hours, with the Islamic State terrorists steadily advancing along several axes in and around the city.

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Panther Forces — The current commander is Colonel Ali Shaheen. They were involved in the Palmyra offensive (March 2016), where they were redeployed to another front after it was over.

(3.6.2015) The sectarian terror group won’t be defeated by the western states that incubated it in the first place

(6.5.2016) Unter der Schreckensherrschaft des IS war Musik verboten und wurde mit dem Tode bestraft, nun bereiten die russischen Künstler den Bewohnern von Palmyra einen unvergesslichen Tag und gedenken mit ihrem Konzert der Opfer des Krieges.

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According to a military correspondent at the T-4 Military Airport in east Homs, the remaining Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers inside the city are attempting to withdraw safely from Palmyra before the terrorist group seizes the final districts.

PARIS, December 10. /TASS/. The Syrian opposition is ready to resume talks on peaceful settlement of the conflict in Syria „without preconditions,“ France‘s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said after a meeting of the Group of Syrian Friends in Paris on Saturday.

He said, this statement was made earlier in the day during the consultations in Paris by head of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee Riyad Hijab.

“These uniquely skilled operators will join the 300 U.S. special operations forces already in Syria, to continue organizing, training, equipping and otherwise enabling capable, motivated, local forces to take the fight to ISIL, and also bringing down to bear the full weight of U.S. forces around the theater of operations like the funnel of a giant tornado,” Carter said.

Laut den syrischen Diplomaten zielt diese Entscheidung auf eine Verlängerung der Krise, eine Fortsetzung des Mordes an den Syrern und die Zerstörung der Intrastruktur ab.

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Erfundene Zahlen und Behauptungen über verschwundene, evakuierte und befreite Zivilisten in bzw aus dem noch nicht befreiten Abschnitt im Osten von Aleppo machen die Runde.

“This week, we’re facilitating joint discussions with Turkey, the SDF and other coalition partners to promote de-escalation in the area,” anti-ISIL coalition spokesman Air Force Col. John Dorrian told reporters in a video briefing from Baghdad, AFP reported.

“Every party to these discussions has an overriding interest in common – this is the defeat of ISIL, an enemy that threatens us all,” Dorrian added.

PARIS: Backers of the Syrian opposition appeared resigned to the fall of eastern Aleppo on Saturday, with the United States urging Russia to show „grace“ when officials meet in Geneva to try to reach a deal for civilians and fighters to leave the city.Syrian government and allied forces have in the last two weeks driven rebels from most of their territory in what was once Syria‘s most populous city.

Die anhaltende Bedrohung durch den Terrorismus mache diese Entscheidung notwendig, sagte der neue Premierminister Bernard Cazeneuve am Samstag.