Il semble de plus en plus \u00e9vident que les Russes sont d\u00e9cid\u00e9s \u00e0 se passer de leurs \u00ab\u00a0partenaires\u00a0\u00bb US qu’ils esp\u00e9raient retrouver avec Trump, comme cela a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 paraître \u00e9vident depuis disons deux semaines<\/a>. D\u00e9sormais, la chose commence \u00e0 se marquer au Moyen-Orient, en Syrie plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, qui devait \u00eatre le champ de pr\u00e9dilection d’un renouveau de coop\u00e9ration Russie-USA, et comme la dynamique semblait effectivement s’amorcer depuis l’\u00e9lection de Trump.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Le site isra\u00e9lien DEBKAFiles<\/em>, avec tous ses travers et ses manipulations, et tenant compte des uns et des autres, est un excellent indicateur \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. DEBKAFiles<\/em> avait effectivement annonc\u00e9 les premiers effets de ce rapprochement initial, dans l’imm\u00e9diat post-\u00e9lection USA-2016, jugeant m\u00eame comme tout \u00e0 fait exceptionnel qu’un pr\u00e9sident-\u00e9lu active aussi vite sa politique, et une politique si diff\u00e9rente que l’ectoplasme confus faisant triste figure de politique qui \u00e9tait jusqu’alors en place. Nous nous \u00e9tions fait l’\u00e9cho de ces avanc\u00e9es de la coop\u00e9ration russo-am\u00e9ricaniste dans la nouvelle \u00e8re-Trump, notamment courant<\/a> novembre<\/a>. Il semble d\u00e9sormais assur\u00e9 que ces premiers indices n’aient pas \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9s et qu’au contraire l’espoir d’une coop\u00e9ration s’\u00e9loigne de plus en plus, essentiellement sinon exclusivement en raison d’une compl\u00e8te absence des USA<\/strong>. Ainsi est-il int\u00e9ressant de noter que le m\u00eame DEBKAFiles d\u00e9crit d\u00e9sormais (le 5 mars<\/a>) une situation syrienne où les USA sont totalement absents et où les Russes occupent la place centrale, avec leurs alli\u00e9s iraniens et syriens, ralliant \u00e0 eux d’autres forces jusqu’alors acquises aux USA, les Kurdes notamment… (Cette situation n’est \u00e9videmment pas sans poser des probl\u00e8mes \u00e0 Isra\u00ebl, qui veut conserver de bonnes relations avec la Russie mais qui craint la pr\u00e9sence iranienne en Syrie et le renforcement du Hezbollah qui l’accompagne.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n « Constantly bombarded by allegations that his campaign associated with Russian intelligence, US President Donald Trump has held back from going through with his original plan for teaming up with Moscow in Syria for the important campaigns of wiping out the Islamic State and relieving Syria of Iran’s iron grip. His entire Middle East policy is up in the air, while he grapples with domestic foes. The much talked-of US coalition with its regional allies, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Israel, is also in abeyance<\/em>. […]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n » …Putin is not waiting for Trump and is already on the move, DEBKAfile’s sources report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n » Friday, March 3, Russian special operations units recovered the Syrian town of Palmyra from the Islamic State. That day too, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), composed predominantly of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and Arab tribesmen from the north, agreed to hand over their positions in the strategic town of Manjib to the Russians and the Syrian army,The SDF was created, trained, armed and funded by the United States as the potential spearhead force for the offensive against the Islamic State. This force was able to last year to capture the small (pop: 50,000) northern town of Manjib, 30km west of the Euphrates, thanks only to US aerial bombardments of ISIS positions and American advisers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n » How come that this important US ally suddenly surrendered its positions to the Russians and Assad’s army? There is more than one reason. Firstly, the SDF’s Kurdish and Arab commanders apparently decided to give up on waiting for Washington to come round, especially since the only weapons they had received from the Obama administration for fighting ISIS were Kalashnikov AK-74 rifles<\/em>. »<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cette situation sur le terrain est largement confirm\u00e9e, notamment dans l’esprit de la chose, par des d\u00e9clarations des chefs militaires russes en Syrie qui sortent de leur r\u00e9serve habituelle en mati\u00e8re de communication (la discr\u00e9tion a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 le caract\u00e8re principal des chefs militaires russes). Ces chefs exaltent autant qu’ils commentent<\/strong>, notamment \u00e0 l’occasion de la reprise de Palmyre, le r\u00f4le important des forces russes sous leur commandement, y compris les forces terrestres (forces sp\u00e9ciales) dont le r\u00f4le tr\u00e8s important dans cette bataille n’est plus dissimul\u00e9 et n’est plus du tout pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 comme un appoint exceptionnel mais bien comme une pi\u00e8ce essentielle de la structure de combat contre les forces terroristes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Parmi les d\u00e9tails op\u00e9rationnels qui sont donn\u00e9s, – cela, autre signe de la volont\u00e9 russe de mettre en \u00e9vidence leur implication dans la bataille<\/strong>, – on apprend de source officielle la participation, jug\u00e9e tr\u00e8s satisfaisante, d’h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res d’attaque Kamov Ka-52 Alligator<\/em>, h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re d’attaque de la seconde g\u00e9n\u00e9ration et mat\u00e9riel le plus moderne des forces arm\u00e9es ruses. Ces divers d\u00e9tails montrent une volont\u00e9 de d\u00e9velopper une communication tendant \u00e0 glorifier, \u00e0 mettre en avant, \u00e0 souligner un engagement russe qui est d\u00e9sormais sans restriction fporc\u00e9e (politique) en Syrie. Ci-dessous, notamment pour RT<\/a>, des d\u00e9clarations, d’abord du Colonel G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Kartapolov, qui commande toutes les forces russes en Syrie : la Russie r\u00e8gne…<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n « \u00ab\u00a0I’d like to highlight the actions of our Aerospace Forces, which deprived the enemy of the ability to maneuver and timely deliver reinforcements,<\/em> [as well as<\/em>] the actions of the subdivisions of the Special Forces of the Russian military, which conducted reconnaissance and hit the most important objects,\u00a0\u00bb Kartapolov told reporters on Sunday. \u00ab\u00a0We spent a lot of time preparing it, taking into account all the special factors that were revealed during the previous retaking of Palmyra, which allowed us to carry out the task within a short time and with minimal losses,\u00a0\u00bb he explained.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n » Kartapolov also praised the bravery and self-sacrifice of Syrian soldiers, officers, and militiamen. \u00ab\u00a0I think the most important thing is that the Syrian soldiers and officers believed in themselves, they believed that they can return what they had lost,\u00a0\u00bb he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Earlier, the head of the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate, Sergey Rudskoy, also pointed to the \u00ab\u00a0decisive contribution\u00a0\u00bb made by Russian forces to the victory in Palmyra. Rudskoy particularly praised Russia’s Ka-52 helicopters, which demonstrated their high efficiency in mountainous areas and desert terrain<\/em>. »<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ce constat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral venu du c\u00f4t\u00e9 russe, annon\u00e7ant clairement l’analyse de DEBKAFiles<\/em>, avait en fait \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 d’appr\u00e9ciations du c\u00f4t\u00e9 US pr\u00e9sentant la \u00ab\u00a0politique\u00a0\u00bb Trump en Syrie comme une \u00ab\u00a0strat\u00e9gie de l’inaction et du silence\u00a0\u00bb, – on ne fait rien, on ne dit rien, et l’on a tant d’ennuis int\u00e9rieurs dans le d\u00e9sordre washingtonien où r\u00e8gne la gu\u00e9rilla permanente que l’on n’est pas si m\u00e9content que les Russes se chargent de l’essentiel de la bataille contre Daesh<\/em> et les divers terroristes en action en Syrie<\/strong>. On a vu cela le 26 f\u00e9vrier 2017<\/a>, où l’on nous d\u00e9crivait cette \u00ab\u00a0strat\u00e9gie\u00a0\u00bb de l’administration Trump, celle de l’inaction et du silence…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n « Another important part of Trump’s policy of silence involves Syria. Since becoming president, Trump has rendered events in Syria irrelevant, making the issue disappear from the media radar. Thanks to Trump’s guerrilla tactics, lobbing smoke grenades hither and tither and signing two executive orders a day, the media simply does not have the time and perseverance to keep up with everything. One of the sacrificial victims has been the reality in Syria; but a lack of attention from the mainstream media is currently the best hope that we can desire for the Syrian people<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n » Trump’s attitude seems to be deliberately cautious and silent about developments in that nation. The situation in Syria is firmly in Russian hands, and what seems to be occurr is an indirect coordination between Washington and Moscow against Daesh in the country. The silence from Trump certainly irritated the most radical and extreme wing of the deep state, but any attempt to sabotage this progress in Syria now seems to be wrecked thanks to the inaction of the Trump administration and the actions of Moscow. The final coup de grace would be to openly cooperate or act in joint US-Russia actions to defeat terrorism in the region<\/em>. »<\/p>\n<\/p>\n