{"id":4600,"date":"2019-05-23T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salonsyria.com\/?p=4600"},"modified":"2019-05-23T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T16:05:40","slug":"syria-in-a-week-13-20-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/en\/syria-in-a-week-13-20-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria in a Week (13 \u2013 20 May 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/\">Salon Syria<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jadaliyya.com\/\">Jadaliyya<\/a>. Suggestions and blurbs may be sent to\u00a0<a>info@salonsyria.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Truce, Bombardment, and Battles<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Russian news agency reported the Russian defense ministry on Monday as saying that it repelled a drone and rocket attack on its aerial base in Syria early this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry accused the previous Nusra of the attack. The agency also reported the ministry as saying that it downed six rockets fired at Hmeimeim base in Lattakia governorate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least ten civilians were killed by Russian airstrikes that targeted northwest Syria at night, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). This bombardment came shortly after Syrian government ally Moscow announced a \u201cunilateral\u201d ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fierce battles broke out early Monday between government forces on the one hand, and Tahrir al-Sham and factions allied to it on the other hand in the northern countryside of Hama, which along with Idlib governorate is subject to a Russian-Turkish truce agreement. The battles coincided with Russian airstrikes and intensive bombardment by government forces on several cities and towns in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SOHR reported the death of ten civilians including five children and four women by Russian airstrikes on Sunday that targeted Kafrnobble and its surrounding in the southwest countryside of Idlib. One of the strikes targeted the town\u2019s hospital rendering it inoperable, according to the SOHR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Russian reconciliation center announced on Sunday that government forces started a unilateral ceasefire starting midnight of 12 May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The intensity of airstrikes and bombardment has eased off in the last three days, but have not completely halted, according to the SOHR and residents of the southern countryside of Idlib.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During an emergency meeting of the Security Council, the United Nations cautioned against a \u201chumanitarian crisis\u201d in Idlib if the violence continues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Damascus Airport for Rent?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Syrian government denied reports regarding the investment of Damascus international airport or any other airports by Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are no negotiations regarding the investment of the airport and other Syrian airports. Damascus International Airport is one of the vital facilities and massive projects which the ministry is working on developing and investing according to the Build-Operate-Turnover (BOT) system, with a vision to build a new hall for passengers,\u201d the Syrian transport ministry said in a statement on its website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry added that as part of the protocols of the eleventh session of the joint Syrian-Russian committee in December of 2018, the rehabilitation of Damascus and Aleppo airports was discussed in accordance to the technical discussions held in Damascus in November of 2018, and the Russian side proposed to rehabilitate the airports according to the BOT system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry said that, \u201cUntil this moment, there are no negotiations on the investment of Damascus International Airport or other Syrian civil airports by any party. All that has occurred was within the context of discussions and proposals and nothing more\u2026 In the event of new developments, they will be presented and announced in a timely manner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Israeli Test for Iran<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rockets launched by Israeli warplanes on Saturday night targeted a post for Syrian government forces in Qunaitera in the south, in a second incident of its kind in as many days, according to the SOHR. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIsraeli planes in the occupied Golan launched three rockets, two of which targeted the headquarters of Brigade Ninety, and the third was shot down by Syrian defense systems,\u201d said the SOHR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brigade Ninety is one of the most prominent brigades in the Syrian army, it is commissioned with supervising Qunaitera governorate and has been previously targeted by Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official Syrian news agency SANA said, \u201cUnidentified objects entered from the occupied territories into the airspace south of the country. Air defense systems engaged with them.\u201d SANA did not mention any further details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the second aggression after Damascus announced on Friday that its air defenses engaged \u201cenemy targets coming from the south.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rockets on Friday targeted al-Kisweh, southwest of Damascus, where Iranian and Hezbollah weapon depots are located, which have been repeatedly targeted by Israeli airstrikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel intensified in recent years its strikes in Syria, targeting position for the Syrian army, in addition to Iranian and Hezbollah targets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Al-Tayyib Tizini<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Tayyib Tizini, a Syrian intellect and researcher who was close to the Syrian opposition, passed away Saturday morning at the age of eighty-five, according to Syrian intellects and opposition members on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tizini, originally from the city of Homs in the center of Syria, is considered one of the most prominent Syrian intellects. He was the professor of Arab philosophy at Damascus University for decades and has published several intellectual and philosophical books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tizini was part of a group of intellects and human rights activists, in addition to dozens of other people who held a sit-in on 16 March 2011 in front of the interior ministry in Damascus, calling for the release of opinion detainees in Syria. He was arrested along with others and were all released two days afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast to other opposition members, he did not leave his city of Homs during the conflict which started in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Postponement of Iraqi Flights<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Syrian transport ministry said on Saturday that it was informed of Baghdad\u2019s decision to postpone two Iraqi Airlines flights to Damascus \u201cuntil further notice.\u201d Air flights between the two countries were set to be resumed for the first since late 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes after the spokesman for the Iraqi Airlines Laith al-Rabii said on Saturday, \u201cThe first Iraqi Airlines flight will take off from Baghdad to Damascus\u201d on Saturday. The last direct flight from Baghdad airport arrived in Damascus in December of 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Confrontations in New York<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United Nations said on Friday at least eighteen health centers have been attacked in the past three weeks in northwestern Syria, prompting a confrontation between western powers and Russia and Syria at the Security Council over who is to blame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the area is nominally protected by a Russian-Turkish deal agreed in September to avert a new battle, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s forces &#8211; backed by Russians &#8211; have launched an offensive on the last major insurgent stronghold. Some three million civilians are at risk, the United Nations said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince we know that Russia and Syria are the only countries that fly planes in the area, is the answer &#8230; the Russian and Syrian air forces?\u201d Britain\u2019s UN Ambassador Karen Pierce said to the fifteen-member council on where the blame lay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acting US Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen said Russia and Syria were responsible for the attacks on the health centers. He said it was most alarming that several of the centers attacked were on a list created by Russia and the United Nations in an attempt to protect them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said the Syrian and Russian forces were not targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure and questioned the sources used by the United Nations to verify attacks on health centers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Al-Jolani Calls for Opening Fronts<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a video recording released on Friday, the general commander of Tahrir al-Sham (previously Nusra) Abu Mohammed al-Jolani called for the deployment of Syrian factions loyal to Ankara in order to open battle fronts with government forces. He called on the residents to dig shelters instead of fleeing from government bombardment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with reporters and released by Tahrir al-Sham on Telegram, al-Jolani said, \u201cSome factions in the Euphrates Shield and the area over there can alleviate the situation for us by starting action against Aleppo, for example.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey have fronts with the government, dispersing the enemy and opening more than one front is in our favor,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkish allied factions known as the Euphrates Shield control the area in the northern countryside of Aleppo, from Jarablus in the northeast to Afrin the northwest of Aleppo countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ISIS Once Again<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elements from ISIS attacked a Syrian government position west of Palmyra city. The Amaq news agency, which is affiliated with the group, said that its members stormed a military barrack for government forces near al-Sawanah oasis and killed eight soldiers and captured one. It also said that twelve other soldiers were killed and three vehicles burned when forces headed to reinforce the barrack under attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The northeastern countryside of Homs and the southeaster countryside of Deir al-Zor, which is under ISIS control, have witnessed repeated attacks on government forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Moving Forward, The United States and Russia<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14 May 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States and Russia agreed to pathways to move forward towards a political solution in Syria, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Russian resort city Sochi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe had a very productive conversation on pathways forward in Syria, things we can do together where we have a shared set of interests on how to move the political process forward,\u201d Pompeo told reporters at the airport before flying out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is the political process associated with UN Security Council Resolution 2254 that has been hung up and I think we mutually now can begin to work together in a way to unlock that,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN Security Council Resolution 2254, passed unanimously in 2015, called for UN-backed negotiations to reach a political solution for the situation in Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pompeo said that the Syrian issue, which is one of the major topics of dispute between the United States and Russia, was a major topic of conversation during the talks on Tuesday evening at Putin\u2019s residence in the Black Sea resort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said that Washington and Moscow both backed establishing a committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for Syria, a key step that has been bogged down by disagreements over its composition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Successive UN envoys working to end the war have struggled to make headway on the constitutional committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. Depending on events, each issue will include anywhere from four to eight briefs. This series is produced in both Arabic and English in partnership between\u00a0Salon Syria\u00a0and\u00a0Jadaliyya. Suggestions and blurbs may be sent to\u00a0info@salonsyria.com. &nbsp; Truce, Bombardment, and Battles 20 May 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":4578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,1],"tags":[952,38,147,171,21,212],"class_list":["post-4600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-syria-in-a-week","category-1","tag-airport","tag-damascus","tag-idlib","tag-salonsyria","tag-syria","tag-syriainaweek"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria in a Week (13 \u2013 20 May 2019) - Salon Syria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/syria-in-a-week-13-20-may-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syria in a Week (13 \u2013 20 May 2019) - Salon Syria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following is a selection by our editors of significant weekly developments in Syria. 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