Finally!

Today the Syrian forces have liberated the Kuwayres airbase. This is the first operational-level victory for the Syrian armed forces! RT reports:

Elite Syrian army units have broken the siege of Kweires airbase, following weeks of intense fighting against Islamic State and other jihadist forces. The base, which opens up routes for offensives against Raqqa and Aleppo, had been encircled for nearly two years.
“We, the heroes of Kweires, are now celebrating this victory with our brothers,” a soldier told Syrian state television.
“We dedicate this victory to President Bashar Assad and we promise him we will continue fighting until all of Syria is liberated. We will not kneel to Daesh [Islamic State].”

The advancing Tiger Forces, the name for the commando units in the government army, who were completing a drive that began on October 16, reportedly liberated several hundred soldiers. Syrian government troops staged a counter-offensive in the north of the country, and are now pushing towards the rebel stronghold of Aleppo, where fighting has moved from street to street, and towards Raqqa, Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) de facto capital in Syria. The Kweires base holds symbolic value for the Syrian people following devastating incursions by IS in August. The relatives of the soldiers inside the base had been staging public protests calling for the facility to be taken back. “Our forces are continuing our offensive, and this is leading to rifts among the Islamist factions,” General Ali Mayhoob told the media on Tuesday.
A key role in the operation was played by Russia’s air support.

Russia has made over 1,600 sorties since establishing an airbase in northern Syria in September at the personal request of Syrian president Bashar Assad, who has been battling the rebels and IS since 2011.
Al Jazeera reports that in the wake of several defeats, IS is now dispatching reinforcements from Raqqa towards Aleppo to battle against the Syrian advance.


International Military Review – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov. 11, 2015

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The Syrian army continued to advance in Eastern Ghouta in the Damascus countryside on Tuesday. According to reports, the Syrian troops took full control over al-Mahalej area, to the South of Marj al-Sulatn, and the farms surrounding it. Earlier, field sources said the army made advances in the Marj al-Sultan Military Airport area, destroying several militants' vehicles, and killing at least 22 al-Nusra terrorists.

The Syrian army and Hezbollah forces launched massive operations in the Aleppo province on Tuesday. Reports say that the pro-government forces seized back full control over Maryudah in South of Aleppo countryside. Meanwhile, the joint operation allowed the Syrian forces to the recapture of Makhala village after fierce clashes against the terrorists.
Twenty-four civilians were killed and 50 others were injured in terrorist rocket attacks in Lattakia city on Tuesday. The casualties were caused by two rocket shells that landed in residential areas.

Yesterday, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies reestablished a ground line of communication to the hitherto-besieged Kuweires Airbase east of Aleppo City. An advance party of the SAA established contact with about 3 hundred Syrian Army soldiers besieged by ISIS in the base. Clashes are reportedly ongoing as newly-arrived Syrian reinforcements attempt to expand the base’s defensive perimeter. The advance marks the culmination of one component of a multi-pronged offensive which began on October 15. The success of the operation relied heavily upon Russian air support.

The location of the Kuweires Airbase provides a potential staging ground for regime forces to conduct further operations that challenge ISIS’s presence in the eastern part of the Aleppo province. to contest ISIS-held terrain on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo City as well as critical ISIS supply lines connecting ar-Raqqa City to the Turkish border.
This success will definitely provide a powerful morale boost to the military forces loyal to the Syrian government. The operation constitutes a much-needed symbolic victory for the Syrian regime following major territorial losses in the first half of 2015.

In turn, the US experts point out that this event does little to change the strategic outlook at the Syrian battleground. The base remains vulnerable to an ISIS counterattacks if the pro-government forces can't seize additional terrain to provide their salient with defense-in-depth.

Iraqi military reinforcements gathered in the town of Khaldiyah on Tuesday for an anticipated assault against Ramadi. The unconfirmed reports argue that Iraqi military units were able to encircle Ramadi after multiple bloody battles with the ISIS militants in surrounding towns. Meanwhile, 65 ISIS members were slain in a military operation supported by army jets in Albu-Hayat area in Haditha district, 160 kilometers west of Ramadi.

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This is all very much awaited and good news!