The Syrian desert, also known as Badiya, has been witnessing a military incursion by Syrian regime and supporting militias in conjunction with fierce Syrian-Jordanian border battles. The regime seeks to control large areas linking it with Iraq and Jordan, especially as the Syrian Badiyr is a connection complex between three countries: Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
The regime was forced to change its plan after the threat of the International Alliance to approach al-Tanaf of a distance of 50 kilometers. As a result, regime forces backed by the external Iraqi and Iranian militias changed the direction of the battles following several strikes by the International Coalition. The regime moved the battles and military plans in the Syrian Badiye towards the countryside of the eastern Swaida and the eastern Damascus countryside, with the aim of reaching the border areas with Jordan and Iraq, and the separation of the eastern Qalamoon from Badiye.
Said Saif, director of the media office for the forces of Ahmad al-Abdo, in an exclusive interview with Zaman al-Wasl, said that the Syrian Badiya has witnessed very fierce battles over the last few weeks after regime attacks on the eastern Swaida valley axis -from al-Zoulf Dam to al-Safa- and the eastern Damascus countryside axis towards the depth of Badiye- from the areas of Maharotha and Makhoul and Risha Dam.
Saif pointed out that regime forces used all types of heavy and medium weapons and Russian warplanes to support their forces and militias during the battles of the Badiye.
The regime seeks to separate the Syrian resistance battalions in Qalamoon And to prevent the targeting of the regime military airports in Badiye to reach the Jordanian-Iraqi border in southeastern Syria and to achieve human contact between the militias in Iraq and the militias in Syria, and withdraw the battles along the Jordanian border especially after the withdrawal of Ahrar al-Ashayir tribes from its areas in the eastern Swaida countryside and control of the regime and its allies, in addition to the control of the regime following a large number of border crossings with Jordan, and the bombing of the nearby camp Rwayshed to force the population to leave to achieve its objectives of access and control of the Syrian-Jordanian border from the south east.
Regarding the recent regime advance to a distance of 75 kilometers, Said Saif said the regime has brought large numbers of militias in addition to the size of the existing forces and vehicles involved in the fighting, and intensive Russian air support and expansion of the battle area in Badiye to 170 kilometers after that the forces of the regime and its militias went to the countryside of Sweida east after the front was only 100 kilometers, and the lack of human element and heavy equipment in the battalions fighting there, in addition to the Badiya area of land is stretched and exposed, making it difficult for movement and the arrival of reinforcements to the opposition there.
For his part activist Baraa al-Salem" said the regime seeks through its recent battles and approach the border complex linking Syria to Jordan and Iraq to achieve political objectives for the region and pressure on regional countries in any future talks concerning the region.
He indicated the regime forces took advantage of the truce in the south in addition to logistical support through advisers and operating room of the Iranian and Iraqi militias. Iranian media recently published a video showing the presence of Iranian officers from the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Syrian Badiye.
According to informed sources, the regime took control of all the border points with Jordan in the south-eastern Swaida countryside on the Jordanian-Syrian border.
