The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc)

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 08:09

Russia to take over 2 more military airports apart from humaymim and shayrat.
T3 and T4 are also based in Homs.

Arabic news
apparently the Egyptians have concluded that the bomb placed in the Russia airliner must have been placed in it before it landed in Egypt, and guess where did this plane land before Egypt? Turkey.

member_29247 · Post by **member_29247** » 02 Dec 2015 08:11

Special purpose operations folks to clean up any residual evidence (that of chemical weapons use and gun running) that can be traced back to... You know where...

Not to liberate Syria nor provide succor to needy

This now Ice station Syria not zebra

Gyan · Post by **Gyan** » 02 Dec 2015 08:32

Satya_anveshi wrote:
IMO, Clinton will be next president everything else is sideshow. Indians and others be better prepared with Swine Flu vaccinations and other bio warfares that is the home pitch of the hag.

Obama was as much a remote control as was MMS.

Two families ruled US for last 2 decades+. Instead of succeeding in exporting democracy, they successfully imported oligarchy and borderline totalitarianism it appears.

I agree. I just wanted to know who has the remote control of Obama?

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 02 Dec 2015 08:34

We earlier discussed the two War hawks of McCain and Lindsey Graham. Just another example of how they are linked:

Lindsey Graham: If We’d Listened To McCain, Paris Attacks Wouldn’t Have Happened

John McCain endorses Lindsey Graham for President

McCain say that he's the only candidate "prepared to be a commander-in-chief that's worthy of the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform."

John McCain and Lindsey Graham call for 20,000 troops in Iraq and Syria to fight Isis - Nov 29, 2015

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 02 Dec 2015 09:00

The image on the left is "before NATO and/or Wahabi intervention", the one on the right is after the intervention

Gyan · Post by **Gyan** » 02 Dec 2015 09:13

ISIS needs to be given a bloody nose on Iraqi front too. What's happening on Iraqi front? If Saddam Family is aiding ISIS then how come Turkey and Saudi have joined hand a with ISIS? Or that ISIS is USA, UK, Turkey, Saudi but just using Saddy's name?

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 02 Dec 2015 09:27

It is my general observation that there has been a significant decrease in social media videos on Syria and from Russian sources since yesterday. We shall see if there is any truth to this in the coming days.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 02 Dec 2015 09:46

Iraqi PM Rejects US "Boots On Ground" As Shiite Militias Pledge To Kill US Soldiers
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-0 ... s-soldiers

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a Shi’ite, came to office just over a year ago backed by both the United States and Iran. He promised to rebuild the fragmented country he inherited from his predecessor, Nuri al-Maliki, who was widely accused of fueling sectarian divisions. Since then, though, even more power has shifted from the government to the militia leaders.

Those leaders are friendly with Abadi. But the most influential describe themselves as loyal not only to Iraq but also to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three big militias – Amiri’s Badr Organisation, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah – use the Iranian Shi’ite cleric’s image on either their posters or websites. Badr officials describe their relationship with Iran as good for Iraq’s national interests.

mohanty · Post by **mohanty** » 02 Dec 2015 09:55

Nice to see plenty of people seeing through the propaganda that is ISIS. Singha, those are some funny and true cartoon pasted in previous pages! Hope you remember me from years back.

The whole ISIS and Arab Spring is the brain child of West and global bankers.

I haven't gone thru all the pages here but here is a nice expose from former French foreign minister Roland Dumas on how whole Syria was planned in London years back.

I am not able to embed youtube videos, so here is the link,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeyRwFHR8WY

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 02 Dec 2015 09:59

Satya_anveshi wrote:It is my general observation that there has been a significant decrease in social media videos on Syria and from Russian sources since yesterday. We shall see if there is any truth to this in the coming days.

I felt this too. Sudden drop in number of tweets. News is being blanked it seems from the Russian / Syrian government side. Palmyra offensive is in critical phase and based on the past updates, there is nothing much on that.

Similarly gains in North Latakia do not have much coverage from the Russian side. Even Kuweiris gains have not been covered.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Dec 2015 10:11

they are making gains in latakia by moving among the wooded mountains. one map I saw shows SAA near jisr al shugur.
palmyra poised for a final assault but holding off to let RuAF launch airstrikes. 40 yesterday. the defence lines in the hills have been mostly overcome with dead rodents lying around.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Dec 2015 10:32

The Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces, supported by Russian air strikes, have reportedly managed to drive Daesh out of a long section of the strategic Aleppo-Raqqa highway in northern Syria.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151 ... z3t8mR0f3f

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 02 Dec 2015 10:36

Now is the time for the Euros to permit large scale recruitment of European Islamists into the Syrian war and facilitate their move there. The area can then be used as a turkey shoot catchment. They've been doing it a bit anyways, but why not get more of the dregs.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 02 Dec 2015 11:02

Coming from western source, this caught my eye.

Concerns continued to grow in intelligence circles that the links eclipsed the mantra that “my enemy’s enemy is my friend” and could no longer be explained away as an alliance of convenience. Those fears grew in May this year after a US special forces raid in eastern Syria, which killed the Isis official responsible for the oil trade, Abu Sayyaf.
A trawl through Sayyaf’s compound uncovered hard drives that detailed connections between senior Isis figures and some Turkish officials. Missives were sent to Washington and London warning that the discovery had “urgent policy implications”.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/n ... e-analysis

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Dec 2015 11:03

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12 ... .html?_r=0

while hezbollah might be sniffing all around palmyra, executions in the public square continue....the usual suspects - gays, "spies", "traitors", "alleged collaborators with the regime" ...

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/ ... 449013516/

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 02 Dec 2015 12:28

A UKR report,alleges that Turkey is deliberately delaying transit of Russian naval forces through the Bosphorous.
http://uatoday.tv/politics/turkey-could ... 44756.html

Turkey could block Russian military naval vessel traffic to Syria
Boxed in the Black Sea? Russian vessels delayed in Bosphorus

Politicians and military experts in Brussels say Putin is close to boxing himself into the Black Sea with the full might of NATO standing behind a Turkish closure of the Bosphorus Straits and the Dardenelles under the 1936 Montreux Convention.

With the Kremlin escalating its war of words against Turkey, Ankara could immediately shut-down any Russian military naval vessel traffic through the Straits, crippling Russia's so-called war on the Islamic State in Syria.

Articles 20 and 21 of the 1936 Montreux Convention:

Article 20 - In time of war, Turkey being belligerent, the provisions of Articles 10 to 18 shall not be applicable; the passage of warships shall be left entirely to the discretion of the Turkish government.

Article 21 - Should Turkey consider herself to be threatened with imminent danger of war she shall have the right to apply the provisions of Article 20 of the present Convention.

If Turkey invokes either article, Russia is legally blocked from moving any military ship through the Straits. That is unless the Russians attack the Straits, and force a transit by military force, a clear act of war against Turkey.

One can't rule out the Sultan believing in his own immortal destiny and escalating matters which bring about a massive Russian mil reaction destroying Turkey's mil capability.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 02 Dec 2015 12:50

"Deutschland uber ISIS"....oops! Alles!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/623 ... roops-ISIS
Now Germany declares war on ISIS and sends Tornado jets, naval frigate & 1,200 troops
GERMANY declared war on Islamic State this morning after MPs in Berlin gave the green light to a huge military funding package that could see its warplanes in the skies above Syria and Iraq.
By Tom Batchelor
PUBLISHED: 08:47, Tue, Dec 1, 2015

Perhaps vun sprach too soon,mein Gott!

Tornado reconnaissance jets, a naval frigate and up to 1,200 troops will be sent to the region to tackle ISIS after Germany vowed a tougher response to the jihadi regime in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Up to six Tornado jets will provide aerial refuelling and satellite images rather than carrying out direct bombing missions.

Army chief of staff General Volker Wieker said on Sunday the military force would be mobilised “very quickly” once German MPs had given it the go-ahead.

A leaked statement from the German Cabinet read: “The German contribution serves the fight against terrorism under the auspices of the alliance against ISIS and is aimed at supporting in particular France, Iraq and the international alliance in its fight against ISIS.”

The agreed package, which still requires parliamentary approval, would last for one year at a cost of 134 million euros (£94m).

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 02 Dec 2015 13:05

germany had offered recon support for french strikes a few days back

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 02 Dec 2015 13:42

Is CaMoron's planned "gesture" to be fighting ISIS really worth it? The "before and after" pics of ME nations .devastated thanks to Western intervention/invasion,that unleashed the demons of ISIS says it all.CaMoron is only treading history's mistakes yet again,especially British intervention,often "too little,too late and too meaningless".

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bri ... 56476.html
Britain is on the verge of entering into a long war in Syria based on wishful thinking and poor information
British air strikes in Syria will be too few to make much difference to Isis Patrick Cockburn

Britain is on the verge of entering a conflict in Syria in which its political and military strategy is based on wishful thinking and poor information. British air strikes in Syria will be too few to make much difference to Isis, but are important because they signal Britain’s entry into what may be a long war.
Read more
The 236 words that will decide whether we go to war in Syria

In one crucial respect, David Cameron’s approach is similar to that which saw Britain fight two small but unsuccessful wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003, in both cases without an effective local partner on the ground. Similarly in Syria, Britain will be at the mercy of events which are being shaped by the numerous other players in the conflict, all of whom have their own highly contradictory agendas.

Much of the debate around the feasibility of the British strategy has focused on Mr Cameron’s statement that we do indeed have a partner, of whose existence few were previously aware. He said that there are 70,000 “Syrian opposition fighters on the ground who do not belong to extremist groups”. The impression given is that there is a “third force” in Syria which will provide a powerful ally for the US, France and Britain.
Cameron agrees Syria motion

This would be very convenient but, unfortunately, its existence is very debatable. “The notion that there are 70,000 moderate fighters is an attempt to show that you can fight Isis and [President Bashar al] Assad at the same time,” says Professor Joshua Landis, the director of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma and an expert on Syrian politics. But he is dismissive of the idea that such a potential army exists, though he says there might be 70,000 Syrians with a gun who are fighting for their local clan, tribe, warlord or village. “The problem is that they hate the village down the road just as much they hate Isis and Assad,” he said.

The armed opposition to President Assad is dominated by Isis, the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra and the ideologically similar Ahrar al-Sham. Some of the smaller groups, once estimated by the CIA to number 1,500, might be labelled as moderate, but only operate under license from the extreme jihadists. Aymenn al-Tamimi, a fellow at the Middle East Forum and an authority on the Syrian armed opposition, says that these groups commonly exaggerate their numbers, are very fragmented and have failed to unite, despite years of war.

He recalls that one group he met during a recent visit to Latakia province in north-west Syria claimed to have 2,000 fighters, but probably numbered only 500.

He warns that they pretend to the outside world that they are more moderate than they really are, speaking of “the equality of all Syrians before the law” when they are outside Syria or communicating with people who have never been to the country, but express “hatred for Shia and Allawites” on all other occasions.

Mr Tamimi says that the smaller armed groups, which sometimes have good weapons supplied by the Americans, had acted as auxiliaries to Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham when they captured Idlib City in fierce fighting with the Syrian army in May.

Even if such groups are not extreme Islamists, they do not have the strength to refuse to cooperate. This will make any ceasefire very difficult to arrange because such moderate fighters as there are who might be willing to accept a truce, are intermingled with powerful Nusra forces which will not do so.

Moreover, radical Islamic ideology has been gaining ground in all parts of the Syrian opposition. James Harkin, the author of Hunting Season about the kidnapping of foreigners in Syria and a frequent visitor to opposition-held areas, says that it is important to grasp that “none of these people [the armed opposition inside Syria] like us”.

They see the US, Britain and France as enemies. This includes the non-jihadists, whom the West hopes to enlist, who suspect they will be used as cannon fodder and then discarded.

'Stop the War' supporters protest against plans to extend British air strikes against Isis from Iraq into Syria, in Parliament Square, London (Rex)

The one group that has some claim to be non-sectarian, secular and a powerful fighting force is the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) who claim to number 50,000, but probably total half that. It has been the most effective anti-Isis ground force and, heavily supported by US air strikes, its territory now stretches across northern Syria between the Tigris and Euphrates.

It claims to be non-sectarian and that it does not persecute Sunni Arabs, but sectarian fear and hatred is today so deep in Syria – partly but not entirely because of the atrocities of Isis – that people flee the attack of every other sectarian or ethnic group different from themselves. The Sunni population in Raqqa, Isis’s Syrian capital, or in Mosul in Iraq, may dislike Isis, but they are even more terrified of the Kurds or the Shia militias.

Britain is entering a war against the self-declared “Islamic State”, probably the most dangerous and violent organisation in the world, but without a realistic policy to win that war. Mr Cameron stresses the limited nature of the engagement, but Britain will be fighting a state that is also a ferocious sect, does not negotiate and may well retaliate with some atrocity similar to Paris. This is not an argument for rejecting military action against Isis, but it is one for thinking very carefully what we are doing because the only exit strategy will be military victory.

It is not only in Syria that Britain lacks a powerful local partner. In Iraq, its ally will be the Iraqi government and army, neither of which has recovered from their defeats by Isis over the past two years. “Syria is a nightmare and Iraq is becoming a nightmare,” said the Iraqi political scientist and activist Ghassan al-Attiyah. If the present government of Haider al-Abadi falls it is likely to be replaced by one closer to the Iranian-backed Shia militias that are more numerous and better armed than the Iraqi army.

Forces to take on Isis are in Syria – allies just need to direct them
SNP's 54 MPs to vote against bombing Isis in Syria
Cameron says there are 70,000 moderate Syrian rebels - is he right?
Poll shows UK is divided over decision to extend Syria air strikes

The US-led air campaign has already launched around 8,300 air strikes against Isis which have slowed up its advance, but without bringing it to its knees. Professor Landis says that the difficulty is that the three powers in Syria capable of winning the war are Isis, a Jabhat al-Nusra led alliance or Mr Assad but “the US doesn’t want any of these to win”. He cites three attempts by the US to create a moderate armed opposition which have humiliatingly failed and, on each occasion, extreme jihadists have captured quantities of modern American weapons.

The British Government has shared in a widespread but ill-founded belief over the past four years that the Assad government was about to collapse. But of the 22 million Syrian population, 4 million have fled abroad and are refugees, and about 12 million are in government-controlled areas. Though exhausted and after suffering heavy casualties, including 47,000 dead, the Syrian army is still the largest military force in the country. It now has the support of the Russian air force and is not going to lose the war, though it is not strong enough to win it.

This is the terrible conflict in which Britain is about to engage, but with only limited understanding of the dangers that lie ahead.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 02 Dec 2015 14:12

ISIS closing on Azaz transit with Turkey

https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/ ... 1784551425

Mark
‏@markito0171
@markito0171 confirmed: IslamicState have taken over Kafrah town from #FSA. Thats open the way for IS on Azaz city http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.56 ... 9&z=14&m=b …

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 02 Dec 2015 14:27

DOD official: Saudis haven't flown one mission against ISIS in 3 months, Jordan 4 months, UAE 9 months.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... b-allies-/

The major Arab powers once deemed essential to the fight against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have largely pulled back from the U.S.-led military campaign, undercutting the Obama administration’s claims about the depth and reach of the coalition it has built with allies in the region.

The Obama administration consistently touts the “65-nation coalition” it has assembled to fight the group also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh — but critics say that fewer than a dozen nations today are contributing anything significant to the campaign.

And behind closed doors, administration and military officials admit that air support from such key Arab allies as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — something the White House once touted as an unprecedented and essential part of the coalition — has all but evaporated.

Many nations part of the Coalition were actively supporting Daesh while those actually fighting Daesh were never part of the Coalition. The Coalition it seems was a cover for the support that was extended to the mass murdering savages.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 14:37

Important gains in Lattakia today, several villages and hills were liberated, the SAA & allied forces are slowly but steadily advancing northward towards the border and are close to have a 3 axis attack positions toward Salma in a near future (east, west and south).

https://twitter.com/Xerxes92005/status/ ... 6578076672

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=pt&lat=35.69 ... 2&z=14&m=b

HD version of Xerxes' map.
http://s3.img7.ir/HO7Ea.jpg

Larger map on Lattakia, giving the full picture, 3 comments :

1) Allied forces following the roads in their advance.
2) Pockets being formed in few areas.
3) Salma is the big base for Al Qaeda Nusrat Turkmen, but the real breakthrough are the villages of Touma/Durayrikah, Ikko and Kabanah, those small villages control road intersections that can speed advances for the allied forces, then Salma would be virtually surrounded and would lose importance and the costly street by street battle could be done smoothly like Zabadani.

The race for the M4 is on, allied forces getting really close to a position to storm Jisr with upper hand, few more weeks then the attack will be a real possibility.

https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/6 ... 8250318849

South Front - International Military Review - Syria, Dec. 1, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqsvd4MwYX4

Published on Dec 1, 2015

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), jointly with the National Defense Forces (NDF) captured the strategic hilltops of Koum Aqre in the Daraa province. Dozens of Al-Nusra terrorists were killed during heavy clashes on Koum Aqre located near the strategic towns of Kufer Shamis and Al-Shaykh Maskin. Controlling hilltops the Syrian forces are threatening to open a new front against the terrorists in Syria's western areas.

About 100 Al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham terrorists were trying to infiltrate into al-Zabadani via the tunnels they had dug from the town of al-Mazaya, but they were pushed back by the Hezbollah fighters located in the sector. According to the pro-government sources, the terrorists retreated. About 30 militants were killed. Al-Zabadani is located 50 kilometers Northwest of Damascus and 12 kilometers Northeast of Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing. Its location allows the Syrian government to hold control of the border between Syria and Lebanon in the sector.

In the Hama province, the Syrian Al-Qaeda faction “Jund Al-Aqsa” has launched a powerful assault in direction of the ‘Alawi village of Ma’an controlled by the NDF. The terrorists started its advance attacking the villages of Tal Bazzam and Ma’an. Also, clashes were observed at Souran, Al-Tayna, and Al-Buwayda. We remember, the Syrian government lost control of the strategic town of Morek in this area last month.

On November 30, for the first time Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft went on a mission carrying not only aerial bombs OFAB-500 and guided aerial bombs KAB-500, but with but with short and medium range air-to-air missiles. The missiles are equipped with homing devices and are capable of hitting aerial targets at a distance of 60 kilometers. Russia has started to equip its jets with air-to-air missiles to defend them from some F-16s violating the Syrian airspace.

During the Paris climate talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian authorities have additional evidence that the Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down by the Turkish Air Force to protect oil deliveries of the ISIS terrorist group and that oil from ISIS-controlled fields is being exported to Turkey on an industrial scale.
Interesting news on Dumayr, this is a mid size town NE of Damscus that was under terrorists for a long time, during a period of time it was under a truce and maybe during 2015 the rats took control of it, now rats are killing each order for 4 days and the SAA entered the town to arrest them all and liberate the city.
This is quite strange event indeed.

"Following 4 days of rebel infighting, #SAA has entered Dumayr in order to restore security to city, many militants killed/arrested"

https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/ ... 1579268096

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=pt&lat=33.63 ... 3&z=13&m=b

Article from Arab Sputinik says that FSA has pics of contracts from Turkey buying oil from ISIS and Qatar selling Toyotas to ISIS....links to Muslim Brotherhood pimps and MIT, it includes the deals these "nice" Turkish fellas did with Aleppo Industrial sites...cleaning them all of machinery and shipped to Turkey.
may they burn in hell.

http://arabic.sputniknews.com/arab_worl ... 67616.html

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 02 Dec 2015 14:44

The European Refugee Crisis:

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 14:59

http://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-paper ... state-oil/

Arab paper claims Israel biggest buyer of Islamic State oil

London-based media outlet says most of IS oil goes to Israel, via Kurdish territory and a man known as 'Uncle Farid'; Israel: Groundless science fiction

A London-based news outlet has claimed Israel is the largest buyer of Islamic State oil, saying it has uncovered a smuggling network that provides the Jewish state with thousands of barrels at dirt-cheap prices.

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, which publishes a widely read newspaper in Arabic and English and is linked to accused former Knesset member Azmi Bishara, claims Kurdish and Turkish smugglers transport the oil out of Syria and Iraq before selling it at rock bottom prices. According to the report, which was denied by Jerusalem, Israel is the primary buyer of the oil, with 'several brokers' involved in purchase and transport.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 02 Dec 2015 15:00

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-pa ... es-2151136

I wonder what they mean by this. How can some this change of "headquarters" in the middle of the shooting war. Shipping the entire diaper stock it self is very difficult.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 02 Dec 2015 15:14

Yagnasri wrote:http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-pa ... es-2151136

I wonder what they mean by this. How can some this change of "headquarters" in the middle of the shooting war. Shipping the entire diaper stock it self is very difficult.

I think the Benghazi consulate raid/attack is some how connected to this ISIS movement from Libya to Syria.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 02 Dec 2015 15:36

I wonder what they mean by this. How can some this change of "headquarters" in the middle of the shooting war. Shipping the entire diaper stock it self is very difficult.

Why not? Musharraf did it from East Pakistan..

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 02 Dec 2015 15:38

Somehow I am having a feeling that US want to convert the entire ME into bad lands similar to some after 3rd world war movie drama. I do not know who gains with all this actions in ME. May be we are reading too much into this. May it is just plain stupidity of US.

In any event these badlands will be a serious threat to us in very near future.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 15:44

SAA destroy a base housing military commanders in Al-Bado in Al-Balad Daraa.. https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/ ... 80?lang=it

SAA ambush Jaish_Fateh at hills near Morek killing all and capturing weapons & tank..
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/ ... 77?lang=it

After taking control of Grain Silos north of Rasm Al-Abed, SAA advance towards Humayma Al-Kubra taking Manasher Al-Hajr & Kaziyet Al-Kothar in eastern Aleppo..

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 02 Dec 2015 16:04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFXJH9oWZ4 - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUSSO9v ... e=youtu.be - Part 2

Full interview with Assad on Czech TV. In English. Watch both parts. Calmly realistic.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 16:52

Shayrat military airport, Homs

Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai
Dabaa airport is not equipped and ISIS is not far. Shaayrat has parking, underground fortification, restaurants, hotels... @miladvisor
Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai

Ok guys. T4- Tiyas is the next airport that #Russia will be using in #Syria.But this one will carry a HUGE SURPRISE. http://wikimapia.org/23194225/Tiyas-Airbase-T4 …

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 02 Dec 2015 16:53

NATO going to allow Motenegro into its fold now.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 012485.cms

Somehow they want to make an enemy out of Russia.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 02 Dec 2015 16:55

Crossposted from the other dhaga: quoting Iraqis:

“We don’t believe the Americans support Daesh,” said Naseer Nouri, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, using the Arabic acronym for Isis. “But it is true that most people are saying they do, and they are right to believe that the Americans should be doing much more than they are. It’s because America is so slow that most people believe they are supporting Daesh.”

U.S. warplanes routinely fail to respond to requests for air support because of U.S. rules of engagement that preclude strikes if there is a risk civilians may be hit, he said. According to Warren, that standard frequently is not met. The United States has conducted more than 3,768 strikes in Iraq as of 19 November,according to the U.S. military, and the tempo of strikes has increased lately, U.S. officials say.

But it also appears that the fighters are unaware when they do receive U.S. air support. The U.S. military reported near-daily strikes in support of the offensive to recapture Baiji last month and continues to respond regularly to requests for strikes in the vicinity, Warren said.

The fighters there insist there have been no strikes by the Americans at all. “We’d be better off without them,” said 1st Lt. Murtada Fadl, who is serving with the Iraqi elite forces in Baiji. He said that the only air support had come from the Iraqi air force and that he wishes the government would ask the Russians to replace the Americans.

In a part of the world where outcomes are often confused with intentions and regional complexities enable conspiracy theories to thrive, the notion that the United States is colluding with Isis holds a certain logic, according to Mustafa Alani, director of the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center. Most Arabs are too in awe of American might to believe that the United States is deliberately adopting a minimalist approach, he said.

“The reason is that the Americans aren’t doing the job people expect them to do,” he said. “Mosul was lost and the Americans did nothing. Syria was lost and the Americans did nothing. Paris is attacked and the Americans aren’t doing much. So people believe this is a deliberate policy. They can’t believe the American leadership fails to understand the developments in the region, and so the only other explanation is that this is part of a conspiracy.”

On the streets of Baghdad, most Iraqis see no other explanation.

“The image of the U.S. was damaged in the region, so they created Daesh in order to fight them and restore their image,” said Mohammed Abdul Khaleq, a journalist for a local TV station who was drinking coffee in a cafe favored by writers, most of whom said they agreed.

A rare dissenting voice was offered by Hassan Abdul-Wahab, 23, selling luggage in a nearby shop. “It is true that most people believe that,” he said. “But it’s not based on reason. It’s based on racism — because Iraqis don’t like Americans in the first place.”

Wonder why - what sort of gratitude is that, after America not only Liberated their country, and sent over 3 million incl over 1 million children to Houristan over the 10 years of Sanctions and starvation and denial of medicines, but totally Halliburton-Reconstructed it! They may not like America, but surely they LOVE Blackwater?

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 16:56

Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai
#Iran is mediating between #Russia and #Turkey. So far, #Putin is inflexible toward #Erdogan .

Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai
More #Russian air jets are expected in Sha'ayrat before the end of this month. #Syria. The race to #Raqqa is going.
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/6 ... 5672223744 …

Elijah J. Magnier ‏@EjmAlrai
#Russia concluded a deal with #Israel to buy all fruits and vegetable, replacing a huge #Turkish market. Putin is gradually escalating.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 17:11

T4 or Tiyas airbase

T4 houses a total of fifty-eight Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) and two additional large hangars. Most of the HASes, once built to protect the legacy MiG-25 fleet from the Israeli Air Force, now remain empty, but could be used as strongholds to be used in the event of a possible attack by fighters of the Islamic State.

The airbase is currently home to a large portion of the Syrian Arab Air Force’s (SyAAF) fighter-bomber fleet and the now decommissioned MiG-25 fleet, of which thirty-two can be seen on satellite imagery. Although the MiG-25’s career was shortly revived in the midst of the Syrian Civil War, reintroduction of the fleet of MiG-25PDS interceptors, MiG-25RBT reconnaissance-bombers and associated MiG-25PU trainers has not taken place and most remain stored around the airbase.

Most importantly, it is home to the SyAAF’s 819 Squadron flying Su-24M2s, the most important air asset of the Assad regime. The once twenty-two aircraft strong Su-24 fleet (including two examples given by Libya in the nineties) suffered the loss of two aircraft, leaving twenty aircraft. The whole fleet was recently upgraded by Russia to M2 standard. The upgrade provides for improved targeting, navigation and fire-control systems and compatibility with newer versions of the KAB-500/1500 guided bombs, Kh-31A, Kh-31P and Kh-59 air-to-ground missiles and R-73 air-to-air missiles in addition to the Kh-25, Kh-29L, Kh-29T and Kh-58 air-to-ground missiles and R-60 air-to-air missiles already carried. The carriage of S-24 and S-25 air-to-ground rockets, unguided rocket pods, FAB, OFAB and RBK bombs and KMGU-2 munitions dispensers is also possible.

A second Squadron (677 Squadron or 685 Squadron) operates Su-22M4s, another important strike asset of the SyAAF. This plane is also rigged for the carriage of S-24 and S-25 air-to-ground rockets, unguided rocket pods, FAB, OFAB and RBK bombs, KMGU-2 munitions dispensers, Kh-25, Kh-29L, Kh-29T and Kh-58 air-to-ground missiles and R-60 air-to-air missiles. One Su-22M4 armed with two B-8 rocket pods, two KMGU-2 munitions dispensers and two fuel tanks can be seen taxiing at T4 below. Another shot shows two of them parked in a double HAS.

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chetak · Post by **chetak** » 02 Dec 2015 17:18

Satya_anveshi wrote:
I commented earlier on the need to legitimize ISIS as there is no way out for Turkey

Here is another post along same lines

what about ISIS entering countries like India and it's neighbors??

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 02 Dec 2015 18:04

uk parliament is current debating airstrikes (its live on tv if anyone interested) - some very tough questions being asked which the government is unable/unwilling to answer...

it boils down to who are the often quoted 70,000 non assad and non daesh troops who are going to manage recently bombed daesh lands and how many of them are moderates?

there is absolute silence on this...

mohanty · Post by **mohanty** » 02 Dec 2015 18:19

chetak wrote:
what about ISIS entering countries like India and it's neighbors??

ISIS can not enter India since the whole ISIS is fake. It is a stage managed monster. All they can do at worst is release some video or something to radicalize muslims in India and some stupid fellow here falls for that propaganda and does something or creates a localized group.

ISIS can't exist even one week if it's puppet masters left the scene in a hurry to Telaviv and London.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Dec 2015 18:34

latest syria battle map

panduranghari · Post by **panduranghari** » 02 Dec 2015 19:18

Yagnasri wrote:Somehow I am having a feeling that US want to convert the entire ME into bad lands similar to some after 3rd world war movie drama. I do not know who gains with all this actions in ME. May be we are reading too much into this. May it is just plain stupidity of US.

In any event these badlands will be a serious threat to us in very near future.

The aim of the US is to destroy Euro. Euro was created as an alternative to the dollar without having the disadvantages of the dollar. The economic conditions in 1981 were EXACTLY as they are today. Paul Volcker who was the Fed Reserve chairman then, raised interest rates from 11% to 20% in 1 year. In Yugoslavia IMF conference in 1980, he was told by the other central bankers to do something about USD. And that is what he did. raise rates and improve confidence in the dollar. The other central bankers went along with him as there was no alternative to the dollar then and they had seen the effects of bone crushing deflation that the gold standard brought about. Today that is not the case. Janet yellen wont raise rates to 1% forget long term average of 5 %. Euro is alive. And it survives and thrives irrespective of how the currency crisis resolves. Look at the current regimes who are into bombing west asia- Except France no other Eurozone country. US and its vassal UK have the most to loose. The Eurozone is not admitting Turkey into the club. Russians were unnecessarily provoked in Ukraine and the stupid Germans and French went along with US. In many ways, Russia has nothing to loose if dollar collapses.

Its not stupidity of US. they know the goose is cooked.

Euro was created as a currency to transition away from dollar without war. So euro will allow dollar fall without consciously making efforts to supplant it.