Levant crisis - III

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Jun 2017 20:47

the pmu is truly a ecosystem and network of vast complexity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_M ... ion_Forces

amiri and muhandisi seem to be most powerful. the harkat al nujaba has sent fighters to aleppo also.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 07 Jun 2017 07:28

Bhurishravas wrote:
UlanBatori wrote:Come on, fess up Comrade Vlad. This has all the imprints of a Russian hack> nicely drove a wedge up the musharrafs of these birathers.
You are obsessed with ghusaoing Pootin and Russia everywhere more than lefties are obsessed with ghusaoing Modi everywhere.

Once in a while, one gets the sheer privilege of deflating a hot air balloon with a pin. Please note these two items appearing one above the other on postor BSji's favorite See Enn Enn website:

CNN Exclusive: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis

Trump appears to take credit for Gulf nations' move against Qatar
Barbara Starr-Profile-Image
By Nicole Gaouette and Barbara Starr, CNN
Updated 8:00 PM ET, Tue June 6, 2017

This Barber-a Starr is the same about which I complimented the NYT editors on printing stuff from a village idiot?
As we all know, if it says so on CNN, it MUST be so.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Jun 2017 11:39

A band of 60 syrians was attacked by a us jet north of al tanf..some 4 vehicles gutted or damaged

https://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/872162251440107520

A pious stmt has been released that us is not looking to fight syria and that all kids focus on fighting isis ...while psst a sunni bantustan work in progress is birthed in the southern desert

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Jun 2017 11:44

Good read on the current tug of war

http://m.journal-neo.org/2017/05/19/syr ... everybody/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Jun 2017 13:32

western iraq . cctv a suicide bomber detonates himself among a group of children
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/statu ... 0298842112

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 07 Jun 2017 17:02

A band of 60 syrians was attacked by a us jet

How come, no report of an S-400 launch? So Syrians are probing outside Gen Vodkov's agreed perimeter?

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 07 Jun 2017 18:06

Partitioning Syria: Oil, Gas, And Peace

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-0 ... -and-peace

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Jun 2017 20:50

The map is a bit old....

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 07 Jun 2017 22:10

Singha wrote:The map is a bit old....

Can you share an updated one if you have one ? Thanks

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 07 Jun 2017 22:11

Turkey seeks faster troop deployment to Qatar base as Erdogan slams Doha isolation

https://www.rt.com/news/391246-turkish- ... atar-bill/

>>> What interest Turkey has defending Qatar going against GCC ?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Jun 2017 22:21

spy vs spy - iranian drone shadows and films a predator over syria

https://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/872458393142865920

habal · Post by **habal** » 07 Jun 2017 22:29

Turkey -> Muslim Brotherhood <- Qatar

Qatar -> Nusra + Muslim Brotherhood <- Erdogan

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Jun 2017 22:42

welcome back habal.

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 07 Jun 2017 22:55

US trying to goad Iran into battle at Tanf
https://www.yahoo.com/news/remote-deser ... 03583.html

Bhurishravas · Post by **Bhurishravas** » 08 Jun 2017 02:12

Any attack by Iran or its allies on Tanf will lead to wider conflagration.
Us and Israel will never relent on what is Israel`s primary concern - No direct road link from Iran to Hezbollah.
If Iran or its allies do attack Tanf, US and Israel will probably widen the entire bombing campaign in Syria. They might also bring in the Gulf Kingdoms for an attack on Iran itself.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 08 Jun 2017 07:03

Ooo! Gelf herrows attacking would make Iran shake in their slippers!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Jun 2017 07:03

Mysteriously low level of resistance in raqqa vs mosul or even al bab. This could be over in a week.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 08 Jun 2017 09:35

Singha wrote:Mysteriously low level of resistance in raqqa vs mosul or even al bab. This could be over in a week.

It looks like the last stand will be at Dier ez Zor!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Jun 2017 09:46

Pmu has reached the point on border where sdf control ends and isis pride lands start. Just as usa went across from iraq and jordan to umm fight isis from the south i figure assad will sign off on a request to iraq to cross over and fight isis enroute to deir azzor ..didnt the us leaflets dropped from al tanf proclaim that all must focus to fight isis

https://twitter.com/EmmanuelGMay/status ... 1359264768

No sign of promised us led putsch in albukamal and alqaim.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 08 Jun 2017 14:18

Another new video of Ka-52 strike against IS in Syria

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Jun 2017 14:30

device explodes inside US embassy compound in kiev - no casualties.

It was determined that an unknown assailant threw an unidentified explosive device onto the grounds of the diplomatic mission. Criminal proceedings have been initiated under Art. 258 (Terrorist Act) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine," the statement read, according to The Mirror.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Jun 2017 14:49

al masdar news - ironic these troops were defending the backsides of the saudis in najran, who the houthis repeatedly singe with a burning torch.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:15 A.M.) – The Qatari Armed Forces have been expelled from the Arab Coalition by the Saudi military, Wednesday, following the suspension of diplomatic relations between the two Gulf nations.

According to the Qatar News Agency (QNA), their armed forces left the Najran Military Base near the Yemeni border and the Saudi Airbase at Khamis Mushait, Wednesday, arriving in Doha later in the day.

Qatar’s Major-General Ghanam bin Shaheen Al-Ghanam received the returning forces in the capital city of Doha and honored them for their service to the Gulf nation.

This latest move by the Saudi regime comes just 24 hours after six Qatari soldiers were wounded defending a Saudi military base near the Yemeni border.

Qatar began its participation in the military operation against Yemen with 10 fighter jets, before pushing approximately one thousand troops to the country.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 08 Jun 2017 16:24

This latest move by the Saudi regime comes just 24 hours after six Qatari soldiers were wounded defending a Saudi military base near the Yemeni border.

And I hope the Houthis have much better luck on the next attack, and overrun the base.

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 08 Jun 2017 16:30

singha saab request ...
please post Saudi-Qatar crisis related posts on Yemen Gulf thread..

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Jun 2017 16:33

the southern riverfront of raqqa was left entirely open by SDF to entice ISIS to leave the place and head south to deir azzor and west to palmyra. sections of them did just that and are now swarming all over deir azzor looking to crush the place and RuAF is on the lookout for these movements anywhere east of palmyra while SAA is trying to break through their jinx at Arak - they have been to this place couple of times in past, only to retreat back to palmyra.

Ruaf need to activate T4 as a fwd base and station a couple dozen Frogfoots there to make a better impact.

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 08 Jun 2017 20:27

boy Omar whose photo was widely circulated on CNN, BBC et al in ambulance looking dazed and shocked is in news again, he looks hale and hearty. His parents have claimed they support Assad and not opposition..

at height of propaganda some 6 yr old boy wrote letter to Obama asking to give asylum to Omar: while his tragedy was discussed by Obama with world leaders he was denied entry into US. http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-eas ... e9cbbe0993

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Jun 2017 20:43

Singha wrote:Pmu has reached the point on border where sdf control ends and isis pride lands start. Just as usa went across from iraq and jordan to umm fight isis from the south i figure assad will sign off on a request to iraq to cross over and fight isis enroute to deir azzor ..didnt the us leaflets dropped from al tanf proclaim that all must focus to fight isis

https://twitter.com/EmmanuelGMay/status ... 1359264768

No sign of promised us led putsch in albukamal and alqaim.

https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/ ... 6066821120

First pic

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Jun 2017 20:45

Reports of strife in raqqa as arab militias not keen to engage in heavy urban fighting. Ypg has arrested some of them

I figure ypg will not be keen to shed blood on scale of mosul if isis resists. Its a arab town they will have to vacate anyway.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 07:54

Tigers have entered raqqa state line and some 20 abandoned villages is the dmz with sdf. Syaf has bombed the sdf tday by mistake

Tigers will look to swing around tabqa and head for sukhnah

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 09:38

map by haidar sumeri

caliphate on its last few kms in iraq - pockets remain like tal afar, hawija and mosul...but too far in to break out now.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 09 Jun 2017 12:21

Singha wrote:spy vs spy - iranian drone shadows and films a predator over syria

https://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/872458393142865920

Funny indeed , Must be the first known case of one enemy drone watching over another enemy drone.

There were cases in Syria of RussianAF filming US Drones in Air but case of Drone watching over Drone is something new.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 09 Jun 2017 12:22

IndraD wrote:boy Omar whose photo was widely circulated on CNN, BBC et al in ambulance looking dazed and shocked is in news again, he looks hale and hearty. His parents have claimed they support Assad and not opposition..

at height of propaganda some 6 yr old boy wrote letter to Obama asking to give asylum to Omar: while his tragedy was discussed by Obama with world leaders he was denied entry into US. http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-eas ... e9cbbe0993

Sadly his video was used Umteen time over Months to justify how bad the situation in Allepo was , Ammanpour was all over the place over it.

Now no one in Western Media is prepared to follow up on the story once Allepo had fallen.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 13:26

Pic of press conf showing all formations supposedly taking raqqa

https://mobile.twitter.com/NadieHarbi/s ... 21/photo/1

I guess the ypg is doing the heavy fighting

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 19:00

Sayed Abolfazl‏ @IRI_SEAMAN 17h17 hours ago

Major-General Bagheri:
The world will witness the biggest operation against ISIS in the middle east soon.
Iran will hard reaction soon

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 19:27

vs 100s of SVBIED in raqqa, a paltry 1 so far noted in raqqa.

oreusser‏ @AllyOfTruth 15h15 hours ago
Situation in #Raqqa city today. Red dot marks first SVBIED launched by #ISIS in the city.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 19:28

tigers have reached the sdf line in tabqa region. remains to be seen how friendly things are

Colonial Yellow Boy‏ @ModerateLoomis 19h19 hours ago
More
East Aleppo
info via @watanisy , @NatDefFor , @SyriaWar2

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 21:30

The'Nimr'Tiger ‏ @Souria4Syrians 38m38 minutes ago
Unconfirmed: Syrian Army and Iraqi Army meet Northeast Al Tanf Border crossing (currently occupied by US army & jihadist mercenaries)

The'Nimr'Tiger @Souria4Syrians 4m4 minutes ago
Russia MOD map shows Syrian Army reach Iraqi broder northeast Tanf and next step is Al Bukamal in HUGE blow to US's Syria agenda

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 21:32

looks like the iraqis are also fed up with this NATO play in south syria if the above is true.

PMU is rolling down from the north to Al Qaim.....another 100km to go across the desert....pretty much no ISIS in that stretch...its a matter of logistics, which are easier to arrange from across Anbar via haditha than all the way from north I believe.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 21:37

russia mod twitter

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Jun 2017 21:40

russia does a good job on the maps. the grey blobs are where their recon has identified the main ISIS nodes. they do not colour the entire areas as grey. i can see qalamoun mountains, arak, sukhanah, salamiyah(east homs), khanassir road (south of aleppo), raqqa, mayadin, DeZ, al bukamal, ash shahdadi and 2 places i dont know.

probably still some 10,000 fighting men.