title: internationallybacked libyan forces attack daesh positions in sirte
text: in september  at the behest of its legitimate government russia began aerial operations to combat isis and alnusra terrorists in syria numerous other likeminded groups are involved just as cutthroat just as ruthless just as extremist masquerading as moderate rebels when none exist  supported by washington nato saudi arabia qatar other gulf states jordan israel and turkeytheyre massacring civilians killing government soldiers defending them using chemical and other banned weapons committing gruesome atrocitieswhy does russia pretend conflict is civil when syria was invaded by terrorists imported from scores of countries serving as us imperial foot soldiers why does it pretend moderate fighters are involved when none exist why does it insist on separating nonexistent moderates from terrorist groups its combating when all antigovernment forces are the samewhy isnt it targeting all armed groups wanting assad toppled and syrian sovereign independence destroyed its the only way to free the country from the scourge its facing  supported by washington and its rogue allies nato and regional oneswhy did it halt its aerial operations to liberate eastern aleppo declaring a unilateral ceasefire a socalled humanitarian pause  a major blunder accomplishing nothing ongoing since october  its letting ussupported terrorists infesting the city replenish their ranks regroup and mobilize for heavy attacks largely harming civilians moscow says it wants protectedlast saturday evening russia ended its humanitarian pause because ussupported terrorists in eastern aleppo prevent civilians from leaving holding thousands hostage as human shields including the sick and woundedyet it ceased aerial attacks yielding the advantage to dark forces its sworn to eliminate what kind of strategy gives them the upper hand it gets worseon october  russian defense ministry spokesman general igor konashenkov issued the following statementthe russian aerospace forces and the syrian air force have been sticking to a moratorium on air strikes for the past eight days they are staying out of a km sixmile zone around alepposix humanitarian corridors field kitchens and first aid stations are open for civilians leaving eastern aleppo  hours a dayrussia and the syrian government are ready to resume humanitarian pauses in aleppo if they receive guarantees from international organizations confirming readiness to evacuate the sick and the wounded as well as civilian population from the rebelheld areasfact maintaining an airstrike moratorium aids washington its rogue allies and terrorists in eastern aleppo they supportfact what good are humanitarian corridors if eastern aleppo residents are prevented from using them risking death or serious injury if they tryfact international organizations have no control over terrorists in eastern aleppo  or anywhere else in the country so what good are their guarantees if madefact as long as russia continues making the same mistakes repeatedly the struggle to liberate syria will likely go on interminably without resolution  a forever war while countless thousands more civilians will die be seriously injured and endure hardships people in western societies cant imagine victims of us imperial ruthlessnessa handful of eastern aleppo civilians alone escaped via a humanitarian corridor according to one now free their relatives were seized imprisoned and torturedthe only way to liberate thousands of others is by relentlessly smashing their terrorist captors eliminating them  not giving them breathing room to mobilize for greater attackswashington is delighted with moscows ceasefire and humanitarian pause serving us imperial interests state department spokesman admiral john kirby sayingwe welcome the stated intention to extend this pause and we hope that this extension will be more successful than it has been thus far  meaning the longer it continues the greater the benefit to usled dark forces the worse off trapped syrians in eastern aleppo will be the longer the struggle to liberate syria will go onstephen lendman lives in chicago he can be reached at  logged