Levant crisis - III

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 11:41

cheap dal roti type frogfoots in syria

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=49c_1497103912

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 11:42

PKK svbied attack on turkiye military checkpoint

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a81_1497083501

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 11:46

somewhere on outskirts of mosul

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=940_1496998032

Bhurishravas · Post by **Bhurishravas** » 11 Jun 2017 14:03

UlanBatori wrote:Understandable fire-breathing given the harsh realities facing ISIS and the Moderate Islamic Terrorists. But fact is that Al-Tanf's terrorist garrison, for all its vaunted herrowism and F-15 cover, has vamoosed, and Israel as I read , has been given some instruction on the birds, bees, wasps, ants etc. Israel should have bombed the pakistan out of the ISIS when they had the chance. Now what has happened is that the ISIS is running out of viable targets - unless they turn on Israel and their other sponsors, KSA. Interesting times ahead.

The only fire breathing being done here is by laughable machoism stories concocted by Roos lovers. Despite the fact that Roos is being pushed around by everyone. Neither Israel, nor Turkey, much smaller countries, have surrendered any of their strategic objectives inside Syria. Both the countries hold territory inside Roos Ally Syria and dont seem to care two hoots about Russians. Not even mentioning US.
Putin though is smarter than starry eyed fellas here. He knows the limits of his military strength. When your planes fall of aircraft carries like stones, it sobers you up. Sensibly, he has made deals with everyone and prompts his shia allies to circumvent bases rather than shatter the bubble being inhabited by Putins fans. Putin has been given instructions to ensure that he and his pals stay away out of the way, lest the vaunted S-400 vanish without ever firing a missile. And since Putin is a good schoolboy, Israel freely bombs everyone from Damascus to Palmyra.
If Russia doesnt stop the Shia terorists Hezbollah, according to given instructions, and tries to play tricks with Israel, we might see Israel pricking the bubble and stop humoring the Russkies. But am sure, Putin is much smarter than Hezbollah supporting terrorist lovers here.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 11 Jun 2017 14:55

I meant Mosul looks like a place AFTER James Bond visit.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 16:21

Bhurishravas you are hereby banned for 3 months for baiting and name calling numerous times. A long rope cannot be abused like this

We will think about your membership after 3 months

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 20:11

Iraq army 15th div launches the tal afar operation

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article ... est-mosul/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 20:25

Jordanian Army today killed 5 #FSA fighter out of a dozens who attempt to escape from #Tanaf base towards #Jordan what a great alliance

Nimr tiger twitter. He is pro saa guy

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 20:26

Photos and location of socom plus rebel base near al tanf

https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/stat ... 5293073408

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 11 Jun 2017 20:49

Syrian army reach Iraqi border, announce 'strategic turning point’ in war on ISIS

https://www.rt.com/news/391811-syria-ir ... ing-point/

The Syrian army, in cooperation with its allies, have taken control of a vast territory in southeastern Syria, reaching the border "with friendly Iraq," Syrian military officials have announced, describing it as a decisive moment in the fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

"This achievement is a strategic turning point in the war on terrorism and a springboard to expand military operations in the Badia [region in southeast Syria] and along the border with the friendly Iraq," a Saturday statement from the General Command said, as quoted by the state Syrian news agency, SANA.

In cooperation with its allies, the Syrian army reached the border northeast of al-Tanf crossing on Friday evening, the command said in the statement. It added that the move signals the "first stage of the military operations" in the region.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 11 Jun 2017 20:51

Iran opposes ‘unilateral’ Kurdish independence plan in Iraq: Qassemi[/b

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/06/10 ... ud-Barzani

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has expressed Tehran’s opposition to a “unilateral” plan by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to hold an independence referendum, stressing the importance of maintaining integrity and stability in the Arab country.

“The principal and clear position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to support Iraq’s territorial integrity and solidarity,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday.

“The Kurdistan region is part of the Republic of Iraq,” he added.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 11 Jun 2017 21:30

Brasco_Aad‏ @Brasco_Aad 2h2 hours ago
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Saudi-Qatari rift has reached al-Bab in Aleppo Governorate, Northern Syria. Sunni Islamists have gone Godzilla on each other. >60 killed.

Cain Marko · Post by **Cain Marko** » 11 Jun 2017 23:52

It seems they got bagdaddy.. So claim the syrians

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 12 Jun 2017 00:16

several portals reporting Bagdaddy has been killed in heavy bombing in Raqqa. But there have been multiple false reports of his death previously.
He escaped by whisker in April when Iraqi special forces almost pinned him down through tunnels.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 12 Jun 2017 01:04

I bet he is lolling on the Saudi Riviera in his burkha with a Rooh Afza, exposing only his painted toes.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 07:00

Huge isis convoy was allowed to leave raqqa to move into saa areas

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article ... y-instead/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 07:15

Just 24 hours after Turkey sent troops to protect Qatar, Saudi officials announced their public support for the Kurds in Syria.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 08:39

https://twitter.com/curdistani/status/8 ... 2014876672

Qatar vs saudi backed jihadis

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 08:41

Map of turkish bases inside barzani kdp area

https://twitter.com/Al_Feru/status/873620554581979136

They are all over

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 09:43

it seems new assignment for tiger force is not to crowd around raqqa but take the area between the two reds in the map which is rich in POL...vital for the post-war rebuilding and fiscal security.

this has long been a threat to the khanassir - aleppo thin red line supply route also and perhaps has hamlets and caves with isis holdouts and arms caches. it is a rolling desert area some 10,000 sq km and will take some effort to search and secure. fighting is likely to be fitful with hit n run attacks and skirmishes. a few drones and scout helis with Frogfoots as backup will help.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 09:51

few if any roads in this region, tiny villages and a spiderweb of kutcha roads wherever anyone has driven

https://www.google.co.in/maps/@35.63785 ... a=!3m1!1e3

tiger force will be slow and measured, they never seek frontal combat with heavy casualties, but sneak around corners and on multiple axes to build pressure. their capture of deir hafr was a masterpiece of building pressure as they waged a satyagraha and "sit in" all along the road to raqqa behind deir hafr until finally daish emirs lost nerve and ran away

they usually surround a town from 3 sides and leave 1 side open for the rats to run, chased by artillery and helicopters.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 10:01

self explanatory map by haidar sumeri

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 15:05

look of daish defensive position in Arak just north of the NH.
they have used the natural course of dried up rivulets as the communication channel hidden from LOS.
and then spurs lead from these main stems to leaf nodes which are a combo trench and hull down position for tanks/IFVs and technicals to fire down

https://www.google.co.in/maps/@34.65960 ... a=!3m1!1e3

more positions here https://www.google.co.in/maps/@34.62626 ... a=!3m1!1e3

arak is a hill with rugged terrain behind it, so syrian vehicles will approach from west and south ..they can use the above positions on higher ground to detect and fire
https://www.google.co.in/maps/@34.67726 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 15:11

if the syrians take over this T2 pump station in middle of the desert, there are pipes and probably service roads leading to multiple directions east
https://www.google.co.in/maps/@34.37917 ... a=!3m1!1e3

it is upstream of T3 which is just south of Arak.

T4 pump station is also the famour "Tiyas" airbase behind palmyra.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 12 Jun 2017 16:56

Puts a whole new meaning to the expression "A pain in the arse"

TERRORIST WHO HID GRENADES IN ANUS DIES OF INTERNAL BLEEDING AT IRAQI AIRPORT

TERRORIST WHO HID GRENADES IN ANUS DIES OF INTERNAL BLEEDING AT IRAQI AIRPORT

Baghdad | An Iraqi terrorist who tried to smuggle two grenades in his backside at Baghdad International Airport was apprehended and left to die from his wounds 2 km outside of the airport reports the Iraqi Times.

The terrorist warned airport authorities himself claiming he was in agonizing pain after he had hidden two grenades in his rectum and had planned to blow up a plane.

An Iraqi bomb squad rapidly evacuated the man in the back of a pickup truck and brought him 2 km outside of the airport, in the middle of the desert, and out of “harm’s way” declared officials.

“ None of my men were willing to risk blowing themselves up to save an ISIS terrorist. We told him he would have to get the explosives out by himself ”

– Massoud Chalabi, Bomb squad supervisor

Two shuttlecock grenades were later retrieved in the dead man's body. Shuttlecock grenades are heavily used by ISIS forces but it's the first time someone tries to smuggle them inside their body, admit officials.
Two shuttlecock grenades were later retrieved in the dead man’s body. Shuttlecock grenades are heavily used by ISIS forces but it’s the first time someone tries to smuggle them inside their body, admit officials.
An easy catch

Iraqi authorities proceeded to the man’s evacuation in a matter of minutes and are satisfied no civilian was harmed during the arrest.

“The man had not been in the airport for two minutes that he was already crying and asking God for help so that he would not let him die this way,” explains chief of Baghdad International Airport security, Karim Hassan.

“He was pleading me to help him get the explosives out of his rectum, he asked me for a pair of pliers and I told him I would get him some, but I went and called security instead,” said Ahmed al-Sadr, an airport attendant.

“He kept crying and saying he wished he had kept his day job as a janitor instead,” he recalled.

Retrieving the explosives

The Iraqi bomb squad nearly took eighteen hours to retrieve the explosives from the dead man’s corpse after the man had bled to his death after several hours in agonizing pain.

“At first, my men asked if we could just blow him up, but Headquarters asked us to retrieve the explosives for analysis. It is important to understand what kind of weaponry the enemy is using” explained bomb squad supervisor, Massoud Chalabi.

The bomb squad proceeded to cut the man’s body in half before retrieving the bomb, an 18-hour process which left the body unrecognizable.

“Under the hot sun, the flesh rotted very fast. The body was full of maggots and flies and the odor was putrid. There was not much left, so we put what was left of his body in six different garbage bags,” he adds.

Suicide bombers are usually considered by Islam as martyrs in the context where infidels are killed but in this case, since the only life taken was his own, he would theoretically not be allowed into heaven, admit experts.

No terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for the failed terrorist attack at the moment but authorities suspect he possibly has ties to ISIS.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 18:43

The'Nimr'Tiger @Souria4Syrians 25m25 minutes ago
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Replying to @Souria4Syrians
First trade trucks enter Iraq from Syria using new corridor liberated by Syrian Army.

pix in link https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/stat ... 5812864000

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 18:51

an analysis of the new phase of struggle in syria

https://elijahjm.wordpress.com/2017/06/ ... yrian-war/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 18:53

the bogeyman in person on the syria iraq border

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCHscL_XsAEoX2L.jpg

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 18:57

https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/873923888090165249

Elijah J. Magnier‏ @EjmAlrai 22h22 hours ago
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Elijah J. Magnier Retweeted InfoRojava-Kurdistan
120 #ISIS "invisible" vehicle left #Raqqah towards #Palmyra but not seen, miracle, by #USA AF bombing Ranqqah daily.

Negotiation between #ISIS and #SDF to leave #Raqqah towards either Deir al-Zour or rural Homs. No final decision yet +

Elijah J. Magnier‏ @EjmAlrai 22h22 hours ago
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Elijah J. Magnier Retweeted Elijah J. Magnier
#ISIS tried to exit over a week ago with large convoy but was spotted and hunted down by Russia and Syria Air Force

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 19:00

ISIS from all sides will go to deZ as they run out manouver room.

PMU will have to cut inside the syria border and relieve deZ with supplies, men and artillery to beat back the desperate attacks that are coming.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 21:40

the battle for eastern side of homs and hama have now properly started. ISIS is under attack from multiple fronts like maskaneh, khanasir and salamiyeh.

this is the large pocket of pus north of palmyra that is rich in POL.

russian helicopters are all over the place to try and help a bit.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2017 22:01

tanf border crossing latest pic.
not much of a crossing now, as the iraqis closed the road from their side and diverted traffic to the new "bypass" road the syrians opened up around the 50km zone the eagle has claimed. even otherwise i think trade ceased when the ISIS took over that area in 2014.
to make it clear the syrians sent journalists to photo a few trucks at the bypass "road" as reported a few posts above.

without trade to extract tolls from, these desert outposts lose their meaning. the areas in west like Sweida are green and fertile and is being bitterly fought over.

Suresh S · Post by **Suresh S** » 13 Jun 2017 07:30

I have seen many western reports about the Syrian war but this has got to be the best, from Zee news. This is why I love my culture and country. The human element which the western reports miss entirely, instead just lies and fake news. Guys see the whole series it is worth it.Condescending lies and noise. Judgment day will come for these bast*rds one day soon and it ain't going to be pretty. These guys are worse than Genghis Khan.

https://youtu.be/TF8PrxFiWak

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Jun 2017 07:41

https://www.hate-speech.org/mapping-libyas-jihadists/

taxonomy of jihadi formations in libya . seems like there are 4 kabilas strung along the coast.

in the interior the berbers, touaregs and touba probably rule their ancient mountain and desert fiefdoms. they have outlasted the rise and fall of empire.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Jun 2017 07:46

Aymenn J Al-Tamimi‏ @ajaltamimi Jun 11
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Pro-IS media outlet releases infographic of 3 years of IS existence, claiming organization has killed & wounded more than 199,000 people

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 13 Jun 2017 07:51

Pls don't do that, snahataji! Watching videos that have any humanity, reporting on Syria, is **NOT** compatible with getting a good night's sleep. So I refuse to watch.

As it is, Syria and iraq and libya burn through my conscience as a human every day, though there is little that I can do about these.

There is no concept of Judgement Day in our culture. Only centuries, millennia, aeons of rebirths as lower and lower creatures until they are Born Again as neo-Nazis or Presidential Candidates, touching the absolute nadir.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Jun 2017 08:04

great videos on the inner workings of the hymenim afb

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Jun 2017 10:59

A painting of the speicher massacre which was a jv between isis and sections of anbar sunni baathists who later merged with isis

https://twitter.com/ibrahimshahed2/stat ... 8722399233

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 13 Jun 2017 11:29

Nice Find Singha , The Airbase Video is quite good , I saw the first half of part-1 video and it seems they operate UAV like Nishant (small variant ) that falls on its belly with para and Searcher-2 UAV like we do.

Many small little things like logistics needed to sustain an operation outside and perimeter security for AFB the way Russian do it.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Jun 2017 11:51

Very neat and good looking for modest budget unlike the overkill and waste of the khan as in al udied, bagram etc..it fits our use case.

Iaf could quietly send a study team to hymenim to observe the logistics and planning aspects with an eye to future. We will have to pull our weight in mid east and africa or concede to cheen.