Syria launches operation to prevent US invasion and Jordan

By  May Schwarzkopf ,  geopolitico.es

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• May 8th, 2017
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The Syrian army has launched an offensive to stop the advance of armed groups supported by  Jordan and the US  on the outskirts of  Damascus , Syria 's capital.

Syrian forces in airbase  Al-Seen , east of  Damascus,  attacked the positions of the 'rebels', headed members called  Free Syrian Army  (ELS) in the area  Bear al-Saba,  he has reported Sunday the portal  web Al-Masdar News.

He explained that the 5th Legion Syrian army has taken control of  Bear al-Saba,  forcing the rebels to withdraw from the desert region of the province.

To such an offensive is  deterring the possible intervention of US and Jordanian troops  in the field of Damascus, he said a Syrian military source told Al-Masdar News.

The 5th Legion Syrian Army  was formed several months ago by the Russian military in order to meet the needs of  Damascus  in its fight against terrorist groups operating in the country.

The new offensive by the Syrian army takes place after Syrian President  Bashar al-Assad,  announced last April to have more information about the  plans of Jordan to deploy troops on Syrian soil  in coordination with the US already deployed in  Syria.

About a month, the media speculated that makes  Jordan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia  may have deployed forces in the Jordanian-Syrian border and  be planning to open a new front against Syrian army in the south.

In response to these speculations, Foreign Minister of  Syria Walid al-Moallem said that Russia , Iran and Syria  have discussed this issue, and confirmed that the three countries have "common proceedings against any aggression that may have by white territory Sirius".