Arab Daily:

Crisis to Flare Up by Dangerous Developments in Southern Syria

Rasa - A leading Arab newspaper warned of the developments happening due to the US, Britain and Jordan's dangerous moves and deployment of military forces in the Southern and Southeastern parts of Syria.

News ID: 429568

Date: 10 May 2017 - 22:17

RNA - "These dangerous developments will exacerbate the crisis in Syria, return the situation to the past and ruin the Astana (peace) agreement," al-Rai al-Youm wrote on Wednesday.

According to the paper, US President Donald Trump is after establishment of a base in Syria, specially Raqqa city, to replace it with Incerlik base in Turkey and decrease Iran and Russia's influence.

The newspaper predicts a hard future for Jordan whose leaders don’t have the capability to say no to the US and Britain's plans, adding that the developments in Syria threaten Jordan too.

Nearly 400 American and Jordanian military vehicles have been located at a Jordanian military base near the Syrian desert border, the reports said, adding there is no ISIL terrorists in the region in which the US, British and Jordanian forces are operating.

The reports further added that activities of these three countries at border are aimed at gathering Arab and Western forces in al-Zarqa camp in which there are now almost 4,500 gunmen.

The report went on to say that the gunmen in al-Zarqa camp have gone under training to battle the Syrian army to stretch a belt around Syria, a plan that is nothing more than an occupation.

The intelligence reports also said that the military convoys of the US, Jordan and Britain may launch an assault to help the West-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) around the al-Tanf border crossing.

Reports also said that the Syrian Army troops, in response to the possible attacks by the US, British and Jordanian forces on their soil, have launched a large-scale operation along the Damascus-Baghdad highway to drive FSA out of the border crossing of al-Tanf.

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