Syrian Reconquista

Palmyra, Syria was liberated yesterday, thanks to the efforts of the Syrian Arab Army and the small aerial support of the Russian Air Force. Now, while clearing up and searching for anything suspicious from the liberated ancient city, this is a success to Vladimir Putin and the effort of Bashar Al-Assad. And of course Barack Hussein Obama will be jealous of this success by Russia.

Here are the statements by Assad after the liberation of Palmyra:


"The liberation of the historic city of Palmyra today is an important achievement and another indication of the success of the strategy pursued by the Syrian army and its allies in the war against terrorism," he told a French delegation on Sunday, according to Syrian TV.

"Our troops have established full control of the town and are chasing the remainder of the retreating gangs of Islamic State terrorists," the Syrian army's command said in a statement, as quoted by TASS.

“The primary goal was to carry out attacks to retake the heights and regions near Palmyra. Yesterday (Saturday) we managed to seize the ancient Palmyra fortress. Then the preparations to retake Palmyra city itself were carried out. Daesh (IS) terrorists blew up the bridge leading to the fortress. That’s the reason why ground troops under the cover of artillery and tank fire entered the city from the north and freed these districts,” the officer said.
A commander of the Desert Falcons unit of the Syrian army told RT that the "military operation to retake Palmyra lasted three days," adding that the "main difficulty was that there were a lot of mines along the roads."
"Today the Syrian Arab Army is clearing the mines," he said.

My concern now besides from cleaning up explosives or landmines are the state of the ruins. Of course, a lot were destroyed but hopefully, everything will be repaired and Palmyra will blossom again as a tourist destination before the war but much better.