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Santosh wrote:Singha ji, your knaalidge and coverage of Syria/Iraq war and geography is really amazing.
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Awesome and Second to None is best way to describe Singha contribution to this thread with the Persistence & Depth that Singha has shown to cover the Levant Crisis ...If BRF had a medal he certainly deserves a PVC
The high-profile welcome stands in stark contrast to the low-key reception Obama received in the kingdom last year, when the governor of Riyadh was the highest-ranking official to greet the president.
The Saudis offered Trump an elaborate welcome. Billboards featuring his image lined the highways of Riyadh and lights bathed Trump's luxury hotel in red, white and blue lights.
On Sunday, Trump will deliver a speech at the Arab-Islamic-American Summit on U.S. relations with the Muslim world and the global effort to confront religious extremism and promote moderation. He will help inaugurate a "Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology."
The president will also attend meetings with the Gulf Cooperation Council members.
Trump was also presented with the Dog Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Saudi nation's highest honor for kuffars.
After the award was bestowed, the president and king spoke briefly.
Their conversation at one point touched on Syria, with King Salman heard noting that the now war-torn country used to be an advanced nation and pondering how quickly a country can be destroyed.
"Syria too used to be one of the most advanced countries," the king said. "We used to get our professors from Syria. They served our kingdom. Unfortunately, they too brought destruction to their own country and are now a pigsty just like KSA. You could destroy a country in mere seconds, but it takes a lot of effort." President Donald Trump arrived in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh Saturday morning, marking the kick-off of his first foreign trip as president.
Singha saab what an amazing coverage ....heart felt thanks!!
Expect see eye a & pentagun to go full monty over support to militia and terrorists here and there now....when Trump has been bestowed dog's collar and fallen in line...business as usual , Trump has pledged $110 billion arms deal with Saudi leaving Ombaba behind.
Now what line Russia & Turkey adopt will be interesting...who knows two may join hands..after all enemy of enemy is ....
Mount hermon on lebanon syria border is the ancient home of the druze. They survived the caliphs and found some favour by fiercely fighting the crusading franks in lebanon and palestine.
Sweida in that map next to jordan border is a fertile green region and a must have for assad. Turn on satellite in google maps to see which areas are green.
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 A.M.) – Russian paratroopers and special forces arrived in the Al-Sweida Governorate of southern Syria this week, following the U.S. attack on a pro-government convoy near the Iraqi border-crossing, a military source told Al-Masdar News last night. The Russian military personnel will take the role of advising the Syrian government troops in southern Syria, while also helping to deter any potential response from the U.S. and Jordanian forces that have carved a niche in the Al-Sweida and Homs governorates. According to some media activists in southern Syria, the Russian forces are planning to build a base along the Al-Sweida Governorate’s border with Jordan; however, this could not be confirmed by Al-Masdar News
So far there been no bissing contest between Russian SAM and Unkil Sam or between top-of-the-line Russian Su-35 and F-22 types. Both sides seem to be avoiding that very carefully, but also doing a lot of brinkmanship. I am a bit disappointed in Gen. Vodkov: seems to be hitting the bottle a bit too much these days. Russian moves are reactive and far too late, not like the early days - both in Syria and Ukraine.
tigres rolling down maskanah plain. left is jabboul lake, right is lake assad on euphrates and forward is tabqa.
the thin line parallel to the road is the railway line to raqqa. a chance to bypass maskanah and isolate it. its may have a service road parallel to it.
stretch the daesh thin on a wide front like sdf is doing in raqqa. then roll them over.
The fight broke out at a protest outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC last Tuesday, after Erdogan met with President Donald Trump. Video from the scene shows Erdogan’s bodyguards hitting and kicking protesters who had gathered outside the residence, and getting into scuffles with police and Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) personnel.
Ivan Sidorenko @IvanSidorenko1 5h5 hours ago
#Syria #Aleppo HUGE Rebel infighting ALL DAY Levant Front & Sultan Murad & Hamza & Others Attack Faylaq al Sham & Nour al Din Al Zinky
before having a go at Raqqa, imo the SDF will likely advance down the road from Tabqa and make another crossing to right of map, cut the roads in the south of river leading to deir azzor and sukhanah to totally surround the city. maybe a couple of crossings back under Raqqa using pontoon bridges flown in by nato to widen the active fronts thereafter.
UN will need to move in from the north to setup relief camps as progressively more people are freed from the soon to be devastated city. no doubts 100s of VBIEd as being armed with their fanatical drivers . its going to be a ruin if they fight anything like mosul.
the tiger inside ops room of Op northern hurricane the name of the maskanah offensive in east aleppo..he is definitely in battle dress - all insignia of rank is removed.
south thailand around phuket near malaysia border has had a islamic insurgency for years.
malaysia has this large offshore heavily wooded and hilly province which looks ideal.
indonesia has been a base of radical islam for years (bali bombing was so long ago). and aceh province has shariah laws . just yesterday two men got 95 lashes each for being in gay relationship. aceh btw is nearest to our nicobar chain.
out of the whole lot , myanmar will fight to save their buddhist ethos.
thais can fight , but have grown a bit soft, but if anyone tries to overthrow their king with a khalifa they will take up the cudgels.
singapore is a soft police state, under khan protection.
the rest are up for grabs to the whoever has the ruthless will, wahabi funding and street power.
after a long gap the next node of resistance is australia.
USA Thrives on offshore crisis, as money & technology moves to safe heaven ie USA. Hence, USA will do everything possible to spread ISIS around the world to remain rich & a world power.
Bang in the middle of DieDong's visit to Putin. How overt of Khan! He has been raising his bark volume for some time now. Did the US forces vacate the base in Mindanao last year?
Singha wrote:London too uses this model..plus solid protection against extradition and stonewalling of investigation into foreign accounts.
Londonistan is paying for it now , IS is paying them in kind
that is a different play - taking in people from TSP and islamic world to curry influence....the financial wheels are much much older stretching back to middle ages. the city of london mandarins made even the crown back down in some disputes i believes... not surprising as they underwrote most of the british crowns creditworthiness.
Phillipines is ruled by Dutrete at the moment who is ruthless against drug dealers and hurling them off helicopter. It will be interesting how he deals with Islamic militants. More important cos Phillipines is under stuartship of China recently Dutrete told 'I have a new friend who has lots of weapons'
Lets see how China maintains peace in the land of new ally.
china is known to play all sides. perhaps they are destabilizing philippines so that duterte invites them rather than US marines to sort this out in a advisory role...after that a coup like a PLAN base in subic bay would be in reach...finally....
Plus the Chinese have been waiting or weak neighbour to display thier miltary might. And Duterte is behaving just like Nehru with respect to China. Does not look good for the Philippines
police chief of Marawi has been beheaded and several kuffars taken hostage : President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law on the island of Mindanao, where militants have taken over much of the largest city of Marawi, and cut short a state visit to Moscow in order to return to Manila.
pamphlets being distributed to citizens re how to behave
interesting that small unit of army and police in the city was run over quickly by rag tag militia of IS: what sort of training army recieve there and isn;t this intelligence failure? 500 Yahoos can't be invisible on Toyota pick ups!
