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[00:00:00] To our viewers, Ibrahim Al-Khatib,
[00:00:00] the area near Syria TV correspondent
[00:00:03] from the vicinity of the
[00:00:07] explosion in the al-Eis area in the southern Aleppo countryside.
[00:00:10] Ibrahim, what do you have?
[00:00:13] Tell us about the scenes you see,
[00:00:15] Ibrahim.
[00:00:17] Yes, Hussam, actually, a short while ago, another explosion occurred,
[00:00:20] missiles, but I want to look at adding to the series of explosions witnessed in the al-Eis area
[00:00:23] in the southern Aleppo countryside, which effectively shook
[00:00:27] the area. The echoes of these
[00:00:29] Tuman area, and also deployed in explosions reached Aleppo city and its in this countryside. We are now at
[00:00:32] the main entrance to al-Eis city. A short while ago, there was a group of
[00:00:36] Syrian Civil Defense vehicles and also the Syrian Arab Red Crescent,
[00:00:39] which entered the place, and it seems that
[00:00:42] there are injuries at the site of the explosion.
[00:00:46] In general, this area
[00:00:48] but they are much weaker than where the ammunition depot that exploded
[00:00:52] There are many areas of a short while ago is located, it seems that the shells
[00:00:54] and rockets that exploded and whose echoes were heard throughout
[00:00:58] Aleppo governorate, some shrapnel reached
[00:01:02] the homes of civilians located around the plateau. The area where
[00:01:05] this depot is located is called the plateau, and it is
[00:01:09] actually have a buffer of a somewhat elevated area in a mountainous area on the outskirts
[00:01:13] of al-Eis, where we are standing
[00:01:16] Brother, build warehouses in on its outskirts, and directly we will try
[00:01:18] to actually monitor some movements here, whether for Syrian
[00:01:22] Civil Defense vehicles or for
[00:01:26] of the explosions whose echoes were heard in the, well, here, actually, even
[00:01:29] the ambulance cars and other
[00:01:33] cars moving. In fact, there is sensitivity even at the level of
[00:01:36] entering the area. The military personnel and security forces deployed
[00:01:40] in the area say
[00:01:43] that the situation is very dangerous. Therefore, in fact, it is not allowed to approach
[00:01:47] the place more except for the Syrian Civil Defense, which
[00:01:50] truly secures the transport operations taking place in the area,
[00:01:54] village for civilian homes in
[00:01:55] the movement of cars on and there are fears of additional explosions that
[00:01:57] could actually occur in the area, especially since we are talking about an ammunition
[00:02:01] depot where the explosions occurred.
[00:02:03] How far exactly is it from the explosion site,
[00:02:07] Ibrahim? Only 8 kilometers. We are
[00:02:10] here at the main entrance to al-Eis city, towards the plateau area,
[00:02:14] according to what we were told here, that it is about 8
[00:02:17] kilometers away, and this area was, a short while ago, the last point that could be reached
[00:02:21] even by the Syrian Civil Defense
[00:02:24] reached their homes in and ambulance teams. It was surrounded here by security
[00:02:26] forces that were warning against approaching
[00:02:30] the area more, especially since the sounds of explosions were
[00:02:34] heard, and even the process, perhaps,
[00:02:36] object that then fell back a short while ago, when the explosion occurred, columns of fire were also
[00:02:40] rising from the place, and there was actually a process
[00:02:43] of securing the area for fear of shells
[00:02:47] that might explode or shrapnel reaching a further place, and therefore this
[00:02:50] area was considered a somewhat safe point
[00:02:54] for the presence of ambulance cars and Syrian Civil Defense
[00:02:58] is still dangerous for and others. A short while ago, about 10 cars
[00:03:01] it is also dangerous even for entered the place, and you can currently see there is also the sound of an explosion heard.
[00:03:04] Muhammad, Muhammad, the sound of an explosion and a flame, actually,
[00:03:09] Aleppo city is cut off from I saw it from the place. This
[00:03:11] sound and this also
[00:03:15] flash that also came out of the place indicates
[00:03:18] that there is
[00:03:34] The gathering of cars, Ibrahim, ambulance
[00:03:36] enter to control cars, can they enter, and the Civil Defense,
[00:03:38] into that area, or could they not enter
[00:03:44] analysis that this due to the continuous explosions, and perhaps at any moment an explosion
[00:03:46] could occur? Actually, the ambulance cars and Syrian Civil Defense
[00:03:50] allowed us, and even the security forces allowed us to enter, but they said
[00:03:54] that they would gather about one or two
[00:03:57] kilometers away, and then we would be allowed to gather there.
[00:04:01] There are scouting teams from infantry
[00:04:04] affiliated with the ambulance and Civil Defense who are exploring the area
[00:04:08] in a synchronized manner to facilitate
[00:04:11] the ability to reach civilian homes
[00:04:14] and secure them primarily. So far, there is no
[00:04:17] count of the number of casualties,
[00:04:20] and there are reports that may reach the Syrian Civil Defense.
[00:04:24] There is a flash here, Muhammad, on the right side, you can see that even at
[00:04:28] this moment, there is
[00:04:34] spread out in the area in Is it an old site or
[00:04:36] a new site? According to the successive
[00:04:40] explosions, perhaps a large
[00:04:43] arms depot as well.
[00:04:47] I asked a while ago,
[00:04:49] a new flash came out of one of
[00:04:51] ambulance cars are gathering. So, this we come out into
[00:04:52] gathering of the militarily informed people about the nature of the depot, he said that the depots
[00:04:55] in the area are
[00:04:56] reinforced concrete that old depots, and it seems that they are also military depots. You see, these
[00:05:00] are former military depots located in the area
[00:05:03] and secured within this plateau. This plateau is considered
[00:05:07] perhaps a point for
[00:05:09] in storing weapons in
[00:05:11] that there were injuries in the hill, Al-Eis hill, or the area called the plateau
[00:05:12] previously.
[00:05:16] We covered in 2016 and 2015 the battles that were taking place in this area, and this
[00:05:20] area known as the plateau was somewhat close to Al-Eis hill.
[00:05:23] If it is possible to bring the scene
[00:05:27] closer to the viewers, it is a mountainous area in general, the southern Aleppo
[00:05:31] countryside towards Khanaser, Al-Safira. All of this area had
[00:05:34] military bases. I don't know, actually, he himself doesn't know if
[00:05:38] there was a base, a point for, or an old
[00:05:41] weapons depot. But he said, he suggested that this flash, I also
[00:05:45] saw it, Hussam, I saw it. Yes, yes, we see
[00:05:49] this, meaning he doesn't know if there are
[00:05:50] depots,
[00:05:54] but he suggested, he suggested that the depot is indeed old
[00:05:58] and was located previously before the control of
[00:06:01] the military operations room previously, the military operations administration
[00:06:05] over this area, as part of the deterrence of aggression operation, and it was an area controlled
[00:06:08] by regime forces during that past period. Actually, the process of collecting
[00:06:12] weapons and transporting them, and these matters, perhaps, remained within
[00:06:16] the framework of
[00:06:19] perhaps consolidating the positions that were previously present. These are actually
[00:06:22] conjectures, as I mentioned, and you see that even at
[00:06:26] this moment, the Syrian Civil Defense teams to the left
[00:06:29] side, to the left side of the place,
[00:06:32] it seems that they have not been able to enter. Ibrahim, we would like to inform
[00:06:36] our viewers of this urgent news. The Ministry of Emergency
[00:06:39] calls on civilians to stay away from the explosion site in the al-Eis area
[00:06:43] south of Aleppo and the surrounding areas.
[00:06:46] So, the Ministry of Emergency calls on civilians
[00:06:49] to stay away from the explosion site in the al-Eis area
[00:06:53] south of Aleppo and the surrounding areas.
[00:06:56] Ibrahim, after cutting off the Aleppo-Damascus road
[00:06:59] and during
[00:07:01] trip to the al-Eis area,
[00:07:04] describe to us the traffic,
[00:07:07] the roads, and specifically civil cars.
[00:07:11] Yes, of course, Hussam, there is a warning that came
[00:07:15] to me just now to move away a bit from
[00:07:18] this area, which seems to be somewhat elevated, so there are
[00:07:21] fears.
[00:07:24] Here they tell us that we must somewhat move a little further back
[00:07:27] to the rear, especially since
[00:07:30] shrapnel and explosions in the area could reach
[00:07:46] I return to Brigadier General Fayez Al-Asmar, security and military expert
[00:07:50] from Damascus. Brigadier General,
[00:07:54] your comment on the latest developments. So far, there are
[00:07:57] flashes of perhaps
[00:07:59] minor explosions.
[00:08:03] Okay. As an expert in this matter,
[00:08:07] the explosions, as long as they have continued for more than
[00:08:10] an hour, this indicates what I told
[00:08:14] you, my brother Hussam, that the weapons depots
[00:08:17] are a continuous chain, meaning they are
[00:08:21] connected to each other, and this is a big mistake. Our lands are,
[00:08:24] thank God, vast, and we have large areas
[00:08:27] and we have vast areas where weapons can be placed,
[00:08:34] towns? We have, thank God, deserts and a suitable
[00:08:38] place. Yes, there are tactical ammunition of the
[00:08:40] kind that each division can have nearby
[00:08:44] depots for tactical handling, but depots like
[00:08:48] this, which have been exploding for two hours, should be in a different
[00:08:51] place, my brother Hussam.
[00:08:54] The Brigadier, I heard him, and may God bless him, he was analyzing from
[00:08:58] one perspective, and he confined his analysis to Israel.
[00:09:02] I did not rule out Israel carrying out
[00:09:05] this mission, and I did not rule out,
[00:09:08] as I told you, Qasd militias, Al-Hijri militias, all these remnants.
[00:09:12] All of them have an interest in destabilizing security, and this is one of the methods
[00:09:16] of destabilizing the security of the army and armed forces,
[00:09:19] which must be protected and away from
[00:09:23] social media. Unfortunately, I have many
[00:09:26] observations on the
[00:09:30] scenes and military matters that appear on social
[00:09:33] media, whether at the Damascus International
[00:09:36] Fair or other than the Damascus International Fair. This is called
[00:09:40] the security of the armed forces, which must
[00:09:42] be tightened, even pictures of army officers
[00:09:46] and their names. We saw, I followed, and this is a big mistake,
[00:09:50] my brother Hussam, pictures of all army officers. I noticed when
[00:09:54] Netanyahu comes out
[00:09:57] and meets with four or five officers, they put a blur on
[00:10:00] their faces. No, unfortunately,
[00:10:03] the open air directly, officers
[00:10:07] of the Republican Guard, officers of the artillery administration, officers of the armament
[00:10:10] administration, in broad daylight. This is due to
[00:10:14] weak security, information security procedures, personnel
[00:10:18] security, leaders' security. Where are
[00:10:34] missiles, meaning Israel does not need to
[00:10:36] use an F-35 aircraft,
[00:10:40] and it has missiles that hit the target precisely. It is possible to use
[00:10:53] Israeli shelling or what happened.
[00:10:59] of explosions indicates that the depots are adjacent
[00:11:02] to each other. It must be, unfortunately, light weapons
[00:11:06] are stored with heavy weapons and perhaps missiles with
[00:11:09] artillery shells. I know that each type of ammunition must be
[00:11:13] handled differently from the other, and safety
[00:11:17] procedures and rules vary from one weapon to another.
[00:11:20] Yes, Brigadier General, Brigadier General, just to move
[00:11:24] to Syria TV's correspondent near the site of the
[00:11:27] explosions to find out
[00:11:30] the latest information and talk about it. Ibrahim, I'll go back to you. What is
[00:11:34] the latest information you have, Ibrahim?
[00:11:37] Yes, indeed, Wissam, until now, there are still some
[00:11:41] flashes coming out of the place resulting from these explosions that
[00:11:44] are happening, but the sounds of the explosions were weaker than the explosions
[00:11:48] that were happening during the previous
[00:11:51] period, meaning more than 15 so far.
[00:11:55] The sound of an explosion was heard in Aleppo city, and these are massive explosions resulting from this explosion that
[00:11:58] happened in the ammunition depot that, as I mentioned, is actually located in
[00:12:02] the al-Hadaba area in al-Eis. There are currently sounds you can hear,
[00:12:06] and Muhammad, the camera, these are also ambulance cars
[00:12:09] also heading to the place. Actually, the situation is complicated.
[00:12:13] It seems that the ambulance cars are heading, as I mentioned,
[00:12:16] Hussam, and stopping at the entrance of al-Eis. I mean, here we
[00:12:20] are standing at the bridge that leads to the al-Eis area.
[00:12:23] You can currently see the ambulance cars and I can see them well, they are lined up
[00:12:26] completely towards the area leading
[00:12:29] to the al-Eis area, and it seems that the handling is also very careful,
[00:12:33] especially since we are talking about an explosion
[00:12:36] of ammunition. Some shrapnel reaches civilian homes.
[00:12:39] A while ago, two civilians were standing next to me here,
[00:12:42] near me, who told me that
[00:12:46] some shrapnel
[00:12:49] the surrounding area of al-Eis
[00:12:52] directly, and this is actually, I mean, the shrapnel
[00:12:55] resulted from the explosions that occurred in the area
[00:12:59] primarily. We are standing here about, as I mentioned, about 8
[00:13:02] kilometers from the site of the explosion or the center
[00:13:06] of the area, the al-Hadaba area, primarily, and these cars that are currently standing about
[00:13:10] three or four kilometers away are Civil Defense cars and also
[00:13:14] ambulance cars, and there are also Syrian Red Crescent
[00:13:17] cars. And here, the head of internal security in Aleppo, Colonel Muhammad
[00:13:21] Abdel Ghani, had just visited the place and is directly supervising.
[00:13:25] In answer to the question I posed a short while ago about
[00:13:29] cutting off the road, currently the road leading to Saraqib city towards
[00:13:34] both sides, from the Saraqib side and also from the
[00:13:36] Khan Tuman side towards the southern Aleppo countryside areas,
[00:13:40] and therefore the residents who are currently intending to travel towards, here is also a flash
[00:13:44] I saw, Hussam, it seems that there is also, yes, a flash,
[00:13:47] yes, yes, I will try to zoom in the camera well on the place.
[00:13:51] I mean, the road currently leading between Saraqib towards
[00:13:55] Aleppo city is cut off, and the residents are being, the internal security is
[00:13:58] passing the residents and facilitating their passage through the surrounding villages
[00:14:01] towards keeping them away from the Damascus-Aleppo highway
[00:14:04] primarily. There are also reconnaissance aircraft, it seems that they
[00:14:08] also belong to the security forces here, monitoring the area.
[00:14:12] We see them closely and they are deployed in the area leading to
[00:14:15] Al-Eis, and these aircraft seem to be also for the purpose of
[00:14:19] assisting the ambulance cars here. The ambulance car also left the place,
[00:14:23] Muhammad. It seems that it also, Muhammad, Muhammad, the direction of the ambulance car
[00:14:27] that has currently left, this car belongs to the Syrian Civil Defense,
[00:14:30] or it seems that it belongs to the ambulance system. It had entered a short while
[00:14:34] ago and I cannot confirm if it carried or
[00:14:38] is carrying an injured person, this car went to
[00:14:41] the place and left, or what. Yes, yes, yes,
[00:14:45] yes, this car was in the place in the Al-Eis area and has left
[00:14:49] currently, and this road it took is towards
[00:14:52] Aleppo city directly. And it is a blocked
[00:14:55] road, as I mentioned, currently only for the security forces and also for
[00:14:59] ambulance cars, in addition to the presence of media outlets that were allowed
[00:15:02] to enter the area where we are standing primarily
[00:15:06] for safety, and there was also, as I mentioned, the passage a
[00:15:09] short while ago of four additional ambulance cars that arrived
[00:15:12] at the area where
[00:15:17] cars is primarily for responding
[00:15:20] to any reports of injuries or perhaps
[00:15:24] casualties. The area so far has not officially informed us, and I have not seen
[00:15:28] any transfer operations yet, whether for casualties or
[00:15:30] for injured, although some residents here confirmed to me
[00:15:37] the area where some shrapnel from explosions
[00:15:41] of rockets and ammunition at the explosion site
[00:15:50] the civilians in the villages around Al-Eis hill,
[00:15:53] what is the situation? Have you received any information about them? Have
[00:15:56] they left their homes? Is there an evacuation of civilians, or
[00:16:00] what?
[00:16:02] There is movement of people crossing. Upon our arrival at the scene, we noticed that
[00:16:06] some residents who had come out to this
[00:16:09] area crossed individually, on foot, towards
[00:16:13] the more distant areas here. It must be noted that
[00:16:16] the dangerous area currently is primarily Al-Eis area,
[00:16:20] and we will talk about the southern Aleppo countryside. We must point out to the viewers and the people of the area
[00:16:24] know that the villages in the southern Aleppo countryside are scattered.
[00:16:29] agricultural land between each village and village. I mean, even the area
[00:16:33] currently, Al-Eis area towards Al-Barqum area, about 10 kilometers,
[00:16:37] all of this is empty of residents and is agricultural land. Al-Eis area towards Al-Hadher,
[00:16:41] the same scene, and also towards Al-Zarba, towards Khalsa, all these areas
[00:16:46] agricultural land, and the southern Aleppo countryside is generally characterized by
[00:16:50] being agricultural areas. Look, look at this, this flash, Hussam, it seems
[00:16:54] that there is also a flash that the camera
[00:16:57] has perhaps captured directly, also resulting from an explosion
[00:17:01] that occurred in the place, but the sounds of the explosion, I mean, perhaps this
[00:17:04] flash is in another location, Ibrahim.
[00:17:08] Than the previous flashes.
[00:17:23] the danger currently is around the area from the Al-Hadaba
[00:17:27] area towards Al-Eis hill, towards the axis leading to the last
[00:17:32] Al-Eis, meaning it is within a radius of about three kilometers
[00:17:35] approximately. This is actually the axis of error.
[00:17:38] And the population concentration usually, a considerable portion of the residents and people
[00:17:42] of Al-Eis, those who had been displaced during the past
[00:17:46] period towards areas in northwestern Syria and towards the camps, have returned
[00:17:49] to the area and have actually started repairing
[00:17:52] their homes and returning. There are, I mean, in the Al-Eis area, perhaps about 30 to
[00:17:56] 40% of the town's residents, and a while ago we were preparing a report about the southern
[00:18:00] Aleppo countryside and their suffering regarding agricultural lands and about
[00:18:03] that. Therefore, we actually noticed the return of residents, around 30 to 40%
[00:18:07] of Al-Eis residents to their towns. You can see
[00:18:10] currently, there is also entry now. There are internal security
[00:18:14] cars also crossing into the place.
[00:18:18] And these cars are also dealing with
[00:18:21] the situation alongside the operations of
[00:18:25] medical teams and the Syrian Civil Defense, and in general,
[00:18:28] every, I mean, 10 minutes there is an explosion or there is a flash coming out
[00:18:32] of the place, which actually indicates that the place
[00:18:35] the residents. As
[00:18:38] the medical teams, civil
[00:18:41] defense, and ambulance, and even for the security forces that are also trying
[00:18:45] to secure the place and trying to help the residents who wish
[00:18:49] to leave the city or the town towards
[00:18:52] the farther areas, and towards. Therefore, you can currently see
[00:18:56] some of these motorcycles. These
[00:18:59] motorcycles are actually for civilians and residents from the area,
[00:19:02] as the area is currently closed to anyone who wishes
[00:19:06] to enter, and therefore these motorcycles seem that they are also leaving the place.
[00:19:10] And this is a group of ambulance cars, I think two cars,
[00:19:13] an ambulance car, it seems to be an ambulance car. Also,
[00:19:17] the first car is an internal security car, and the other car is an ambulance car also leaving.
[00:19:21] This is an ambulance car, an ambulance car leaving the place,
[00:19:24] and I cannot actually confirm if it left, as I mentioned, carrying
[00:19:28] an injury, or if there is actually, it seems that
[00:19:32] it seems that it has left
[00:19:34] to secure the car. And that the need
[00:19:38] for its presence inside the place
[00:19:42] has ended or has been postponed temporarily. I mean, an ambulance
[00:19:45] car leaving is not a definite indicator, Hussam, as I mentioned, of an injury,
[00:19:49] because dealing with the situation is cautious,
[00:19:52] and I still see a series of cars or, I mean,
[00:19:55] the fleet of cars that entered the place, it seems that they are still
[00:19:59] currently lined up at the entrance leading
[00:20:02] to, I mean, what is known here as the Al-Eis climb.
[00:20:05] طلعه العيس.
[00:20:08] And they have not entered or
[00:20:11] general, I mean, an ammunition depot and danger,
[00:20:14] and perhaps a cooling operation may be taking place
[00:20:17] there also, as you can see now, if you
[00:20:20] have caught it on camera, Muhammad, you have caught
[00:20:24] the flash, I mean, also
[00:20:27] the location. Is the explosion site
[00:20:30] a military site? Did
[00:20:33] you see any military personnel leave the area
[00:20:38] or enter the area?
[00:20:41] No, no, I honestly did not notice any military presence
[00:20:46] the area, apart from the presence of security forces.
[00:20:51] The depot, at the end of the day, which exploded,
[00:20:54] actually, even if
[00:20:57] it was affiliated with the Ministry of Defense, I did not effectively notice the presence of cars
[00:21:01] belonging to the army or military vehicles at all. It is only the security forces that secure
[00:21:05] the area and are deployed, approximately every kilometer, there is a car
[00:21:08] belonging to the internal security forces, and these cars
[00:21:12] are actually deployed along the Damascus-Aleppo highway from
[00:21:16] Saraqib towards the Khan
[00:21:19] the area. They prevent civilians from approaching,
[00:21:22] and there you can also see this is an additional
[00:21:25] flash, and every
[00:21:38] the sounds that were heard when the explosion
[00:21:41] occurred. I mean, the first explosion, I was in the city of Hreitan in the northern Aleppo countryside,
[00:21:45] it shook the entire area from Aleppo to Hreitan, and some heard it
[00:21:49] in Azaz. The second, third, fourth, and fifth were really
[00:21:52] very strong, unlike these explosions that are happening now, which seem to be
[00:21:56] for individual rockets,
[00:21:59] unlike the explosions that happened at the beginning. It seems that they happened
[00:22:02] in areas where ammunition or rockets were concentrated simultaneously.
[00:22:05] This explosion led to great pressure and the sound reached Idlib
[00:22:09] city, and some residents in Sarmin also asked
[00:22:13] and wondered about the nature
[00:22:16] the area, and these sounds remind me when I was in
[00:22:20] the city of Atarib in the western Aleppo countryside a few days ago when
[00:22:23] an explosion also occurred in the city of Sarmin, which was also a very
[00:22:27] huge explosion. This explosion also was heard
[00:22:30] in the vicinity of the area, despite the fact that the explosion in
[00:22:34] Sarmin also occurred at noon, meaning during
[00:22:36] the day, unlike the explosion that occurred
[00:22:40] at night, and night leads, I mean, the sound of night, as they say here, leads,
[00:22:43] so the sound of the explosion was louder
[00:22:47] currently and its echo reached different
[00:22:51] areas. So far, I see cars, there is a new flash, and Civil
[00:22:54] Defense and ambulance are still in the area.
[00:22:58] I haven't seen any ambulance cars leaving
[00:23:01] carrying injured people. It seems that the mission has not started
[00:23:04] and that, I mean, we ask God for everyone's safety. It seems that
[00:23:08] the explosion may not have resulted in
[00:23:11] many or severe injuries. There are civilians,
[00:23:15] as I mentioned, two standing near me. You can see now,
[00:23:18] Hussam, here there is a flash
[00:23:20] and the emission
[00:23:23] of a fiery
[00:23:26] into the place directly, and there is
[00:23:28] also
[00:23:32] a scene of fire
[00:23:35] burning in the place.
[00:23:37] I will return.
[00:23:40] I will confirm here only the testimony of two civilians who said that
[00:23:43] one or two injuries, they said injuries, this is what they uttered,
[00:23:47] have occurred in the vicinity of the area. And that these injuries were
[00:23:51] caused by shrapnel that reached the place. This is what they told me, but I have
[00:23:54] no other confirmation, and they were standing near the place.
[00:23:58] Ibrahim, perhaps you can secure
[00:24:01] an interview with us from one of the civilians leaving
[00:24:05] the area of the
[00:24:12] Al-Asmar and I will return to you, Ibrahim, to get the latest
[00:24:15] information.
[00:24:17] Brigadier General Fayez
[00:24:21] Al-Asmar, according to the information now,
[00:24:24] there are fingers of accusation pointing
[00:24:28] towards Israel perhaps behind this bombing,
[00:24:31] and there is another
[00:24:34] explosion is due to misuse, and there
[00:24:37] is another analysis that says
[00:24:41] there are individuals in the army who are perhaps
[00:24:44] untrustworthy, especially from operations or other, they must be
[00:24:48] trustworthy.
[00:24:51] Especially in these depots. What do you say?
[00:24:54] Certainly, everything you mentioned, my brother
[00:24:57] Issam, must be taken into account by the investigations.
[00:25:00] The investigation must prove whether it was
[00:25:03] external attacks from outside Syrian borders
[00:25:07] or from within Syrian borders, and I told you
[00:25:10] that, I mean, it's possible
[00:25:14] security challenges could exist. I told you,
[00:25:17] remnants, possibly Hezbollah, possibly cells. Working against
[00:25:20] the security of the armed forces and possessing
[00:25:24] drones, 5 km, 10 km,
[00:25:27] they launch. So,
[00:25:29] always, the ammunition depot, if
[00:25:33] it is fortified
[00:25:35] with cement, you know reinforced, I mean, we don't know
[00:25:39] now, maybe it's just blocks that are exploding.
[00:25:43] It must be reinforced concrete,
[00:25:46] cannot be penetrated by
[00:25:50] any drone, unless it's destructive missiles to
[00:25:53] reach it. And then, my brother Hussam, the time
[00:25:57] of above-ground depots is over. We must know this. I mean, people are
[00:26:00] developing. I mean, all depots are now in the mountains
[00:26:04] and tunnels. Look at Iran, look
[00:26:07] at, as I told you, we have vast geography. I mean, it's not
[00:26:11] reasonable to still put them in Al-Eis or in Sarmin
[00:26:15] or in Dumayr or here or there. It's not reasonable. The military
[00:26:18] leadership must look for other places
[00:26:22] for depots and move depots out of cities. Is it
[00:26:25] possible for them to do that and build
[00:26:27] underground depots
[00:26:30] we are a state, we are a state,
[00:26:32] we are a state, we are no longer a faction to say
[00:26:36] we can or we can't. We are a
[00:26:39] state, a state. I mean, in terms of military expertise
[00:26:42] and financial cost, it is available. It is definitely available
[00:26:45] and must be invested. It must be invested. Let's
[00:26:48] say, are these
[00:26:51] marginalized? I mean, you can say,
[00:26:55] you can say, the word marginalized,
[00:26:58] they are playing their roles, but not
[00:27:07] we are in charge of things, but there must be
[00:27:11] responsible academics
[00:27:13] for these matters. That is, warehouses inside cities are an old method.
[00:27:18] the mountains underground, even if it's a flat land, underground.
[00:27:22] And build reinforced concrete. A missile
[00:27:26] carries two kilos of
[00:27:29] explosives and blows up warehouses that have been exploding for three hours.
[00:27:40] That is, excuse me for interrupting so much, but
[00:27:44] due to the information and urgent news that came in,
[00:27:47] the commander of Aleppo operations at the Directorate of Emergency and Disaster Management,
[00:27:51] Faisal Muhammad Ali, told SANA that civil defense teams
[00:27:54] are entering the explosion site
[00:27:57] and evacuating four injured people.
[00:28:01] So, civil defense teams are entering the explosion
[00:28:04] site and evacuating four
[00:28:07] injured people. I return to you, Brigadier General. Brother Hossam, brother Hossam, certainly,
[00:28:11] I am analyzing the words of our brother
[00:28:20] I analyze the situation. The main
[00:28:23] explosions were for M-D missiles or
[00:28:27] heavy non-M-D missiles and 155
[00:28:30] artillery shells and so on. I imagine
[00:28:33] that it ended. It ended, and
[00:28:36] it happened during the first quarter of an hour or twenty minutes.
[00:28:40] The main explosions ended,
[00:28:43] and now the flashes are for light weapons or
[00:28:46] light explosives or secondary
[00:28:49] explosion products, light ammunition, medium ammunition rounds,
[00:28:53] you know what I mean. As for the strong explosions, and this
[00:28:56] indicates that the explosion
[00:29:00] ended and the Civil Defense began to enter the area.
[00:29:03] As for the first wave
[00:29:07] of the explosion, that is, at a distance of 10, 15,
[00:29:10] 20 km, according to my information and what I receive
[00:29:14] from information, the explosion products reached places
[00:29:17] 15 km away. That means this high pressure
[00:29:21] and the explosions were for missiles, for artillery shells.
[00:29:24] All of this
[00:29:28] the first hour or the first half hour.
[00:29:31] Now, perhaps the Civil
[00:29:34] Defense, the fire brigades will
[00:29:38] the situation. The area must be truly isolated,
[00:29:42] and appropriate investigations
[00:29:46] should be conducted. There are people who should be specialists in the products of the explosion.
[00:29:50] They should search for them. You know,
[00:29:57] and as you said, we cannot
[00:30:01] exclude Israel, nor can we exclude any person who
[00:30:04] has enmity with the Syrian state. I do not
[00:30:07] exclude them. Challenges are many,
[00:30:10] and the Syrian state knows who is who and who is suspected.
[00:30:13] The second matter, and this is of
[00:30:15] great importance, is that
[00:30:19] we are now recruiting volunteers. We are giving them a four-day course,
[00:30:23] 10 days, two weeks, a month, you know. These
[00:30:27] courses are not enough, brother Hossam. These courses are not enough to deal
[00:30:30] with an army. This is an army, okay? We must
[00:30:34] first teach them discipline. Teach them discipline
[00:30:37] and institutionalism. Then arm them. We must build
[00:30:41] a strong army, a disciplined army, an institutional army, an army
[00:30:44] with military hierarchy, an army with
[00:30:47] respect for each other. And then I think about arming it. It comes in the second
[00:30:51] degree, because the disciplined person and the disciplined
[00:30:54] fighter and the person who enjoys
[00:30:57] institutionalism and who has the right ideology.