Levant crisis - III

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2016 17:55

Syrians reported to be reinforcing deir azzor as fast as they can.....they know zombies are going to swarm their next

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 23 Jun 2016 18:15

Growing differences between FSA & YPG rock the fragile coalition among US backed rebels in North Syria, for the first time FSA has attacked YPG position .
YPG wants to carve out an area under its control while former wants to oust Assad

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-midea ... SKCN0Z8238

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 23 Jun 2016 18:22

Given the Regime Change that is coming to DupleeCity, it might be a good idea to LIST the 51 Saudi-doomat geniuses who signed that letter to Alobama asking to bomb ~~Libya~~ ~~Iraq~~ ~~Bosnia~~ ~~Serbia~~ ~~Yugoslavia~~ ~~Ukraine~~ ~~Donetsk~~ ~~Crimea~~ ~~SudanSomalia~~ ~~Iran~~ SYRIA

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2016 20:39

a new FSA group of 100 named @syria elite force@ has joined the SDF in manbij from parts unknown.
two pics on twitter how them playing around with a human sized drone...captured or their own I know not.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 10:20

Reports of several planes landing finally at Der ez Zor airbase, as for many weeks the airbase was hard to be used due to ISIS presence near it, but finally the Jabal Turdah and Tell Kroum are safely guarded and controlled making landing large planes safely at the airbase possible again.

A nice surprise was to learn that hundreds of Hezbollah shock troops, palestinian fighters and additional Republican Guards have arrived and it seems will continue to arrive by the loads.

Watch out for a possible offensive from Deir ez Zor toward al Sukhnah, I must say finally since it is due time to create a two front lines against ISIS, one leaving Palmyra and the other from Deir ez Zor, this is a winning plan and way past due date, may it happen swiftly and well supported/planned.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 10:24

Russian Mi-28 and alligator helicopters have developed some avionics glitch which have grounded their ops for a few weeks since Russians do not want to take any chances. These have been shipped back to Russia and will be available in few weeks time.

these are the only night combat capable platforms and I wonder how tabqa/raqqa offensive was planned in it's absence.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 10:34

The link below is supposedly from a soldier that was part of the Tabqa/Raqqa campaign, if true it says it all, a risky, not planned and fragile offensive.

https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/stat ... 2977904641

The offensive from Deir Ez Zor could well go on opposite direction to most people think: it may also head towards the south east, direction Iraq, to link up with the axis of Resistance forces that will start moving upstream of the Eufrates from Hit and Haditha once Fallujah is cleared. The Syria, Iraq and Lebanon (Hezbollah) armies know they can't count on Russian Air Force support. But, as the operation of Fallujah has taught them, the job can be done without foreign support.
Going south east is very disruptive to isis and in linr with Syria's territorial integrity strategy.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 10:40

american activities in east ghouta-damascus seems to keep 10-15 k SAA trrops locked up in east ghouta fighting shadows from jordan. Their deployment to raqqa means that the battle gets over there very quick.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 24 Jun 2016 11:09

Looks like entire Western World MSM media are shocked with Breexit Vote.

Ammanpour blames it on refugee crisis and why Assad needs to be bombed to solve the Syria crisis

while interviewing foreign secretary on Bri-exit only to be counted by him saying the refuges coming from Syria is small part compared to refueege coming from Asia and other places

Ammanpour used to have a 3 hour long discussion on CNN every morning ( Indian CNN time ) why bombing would be such a great thing to solve Syria crisis , She is one person who is also persisting on Bombing Assad to solve Syria crisis even today

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 24 Jun 2016 11:11

MOD denies any Russian soldier death by IS

Defense Ministry denied reports of the death of the IG in Syria Russian military

http://ria.ru/syria/20160623/1450377611.html

Previously controlled by IG news agency "Hamaca", a number of Ukrainian and London sites "Observatory of Human Rights in Syria" published Russian military posts and photos, allegedly killed in the Syrian province of Raqqa.

"All the soldiers, whose photos were published by a terrorist group LIH their Ukrainian" friends ", as well as London's" Observatory of Human Rights in Syria, "alive and well and is in a location of their units," - said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov.

He noted that the photos were obtained from the phone, who was kidnapped in Russia.

"The only question that arises here, how these pictures almost simultaneously appeared on the website LIH and Ukrainian teams propagandists spitpoisons Russia", - he concluded the representative of the Ministry of Defense.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 11:13

there are conflicting reports on raqqa. As per some sources SAA is still 3 kms from tabqa.

Today they posted a brief article of SAA obliterating ISIL rats in Raqqa.

http://english.almanar.com.lb/adetails. ... id=20&s1=1

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2016 11:56

habal wrote:american activities in east ghouta-damascus seems to keep 10-15 k SAA trrops locked up in east ghouta fighting shadows from jordan. Their deployment to raqqa means that the battle gets over there very quick.

Agreed. A inordinate number of SAA is kept tied down around greater Damascus region via fronts managed out of Jordan and Israel.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 12:00

now Norway sent 60 ~~idiots~~ soldiers to Jordan joining the coalition of eu nations parked in syria or nearabouts.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 12:02

In other news

Assad has seen off Cameron. lol

instead of other way round.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 24 Jun 2016 12:04

Why are not Iran Sending its troops to beef up assad , I mean beyond the Hizb folks why not regular troops ?

Are folks from Iraq sending in their own forces to support Assad ?

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 12:13

there are tons of Iranian troops in aleppo while general qassem soleimani himself comes visiting every two weeks to theatre. They are taking a lot of risks for Syria and to keep supply lines open to hezbollah.

saa overlooking tabqah

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2016 13:06

habal wrote:In other news

Assad has seen off Cameron. lol

instead of other way round.

similar to elder vampire putinji who has seen off multiple POTUS and UKPM
similar to graeme smith of SA who was always around for N number of ENG captain retirements with a smile on face

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 24 Jun 2016 14:33

I always like this "My Dog Killing the Neighborhood Cat is a Victory for Putin" comment , never ceases to amuse me

Ex-US envoy in Russia calls Brexit Putin’s victory

http://tass.ru/en/world/884358

Wonder when will this ex Envoy like Mouth Foul and Aman Puri types will grow up

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 24 Jun 2016 16:17

That picture posted above is not from Syria, not recently anyway. Wrong uniforms, gear, terrain and most of all the snow shown. Looks like a computer graphic from some war game.
On this huge SAA defeat in Raqqa region etc., as UBCNews posted, it looks like a feint where the real action is at D-eZ. The Russian planes all leaving at once may have been a cynical calculation to bring out the hordes into the open. Costly gamble for the Syrian soldiers on the ground (and the Russians killed in the vehicle blast). But may not be a total loss at all.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 16:27

anothet possibility, long overdue, is that russians are going to use tactical nukes in raqqa, it is not without any reason that the defence minister of russia comes a visiting. brexit is also over.

there are some rumors of this possibility also.

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 17:46

bashar al assad reacts at today's turn of events

As he bids farewell to David Komoron with a heavy heart, adding to the long list of ex's who wanted assad fall yesterday ..

Sarkozy
Berlusconi,
King Hamad bin Thani of Qatar
Madame Hamad bint something of same
Hillary Clinton
Prince Bandar
Zapatero
Morsi
King Abdullah of Saudi
Guido Westerwelle
Prince Hamad bin Jassem of Bahrain.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2016 18:09

I dont think n-weapons are on the table. but surely in vast unpopulated regions like tabqah and deir azzor countryside, the widespread use of FOABs and large FAB is safe enough from collateral damage pov.

now this bad boy here is the FAB5000 which I think rus measures in kg. it should be able to kill anyone in a 1km radius in open terrain. even a 45kg 155mm shell has a lethal radius of some 100m but I am assuming it does not linearly scale up

habal · Post by **habal** » 24 Jun 2016 18:17

isis has used sarin or vx on tabqa as per reports. Russia is using white phosphorus for quite some time, now it is time to step up the game.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2016 18:18

given this sled, a drogue parachute could pull it out of the back ramp of a IL76, just as the C130 is able to deliver the MOAB

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 25 Jun 2016 10:15

Has anyone noticed the lack of Russian "gun camera" type footage showing bomb impacts and such? I haven't seen any such footage in months. Have the Russians decided to stop televising this war? Just curious why they aren't showing off anymore, and frankly missing the entertainment and satisfaction of watching Russki bombs martyrizing the faithful.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 25 Jun 2016 16:27

Y. Kanan wrote:Has anyone noticed the lack of Russian "gun camera" type footage showing bomb impacts and such? I haven't seen any such footage in months. Have the Russians decided to stop televising this war? Just curious why they aren't showing off anymore, and frankly missing the entertainment and satisfaction of watching Russki bombs martyrizing the faithful.

Probably has to do with Russi-US agreement to keep this low profile and get off the news radar

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 25 Jun 2016 16:33

Christopher Sidor wrote:. I think West should do it. Create another Iraq by overthrowing Assad and watch IS/Desh get reborn. This would give a flip to the sectarian conflict from levanant to the Persian gulf. Go for it. After all Iraq was just a mishap. They would have definitely learned from their mistake. Go Ammanpour, kick Assad out. Go France kick Allawites out of power in Syria.

I would seriously worry about the Alawite and Shiate minority getting slaughtered if that were to happen , I dont have much sympathy for Assad he is no better than any of the dictator in ME like Saudi or others just that others get less visibility in MSM hence their crime gets hidden.

The only reason why I support Russian campaign in Syria is because it helps in protecting lakhs of Innocent Life of Alawite , Shiah and Christians , who other wise will be brutally slaughtered by IS and Western MSM will just pay their usual token lip service and blame it on Assad rather than IS or FSA Arab sympathizer.

Technically Russia has to gain little in putting its head into Shia-Sunni mess while eventually will eat the ME other then some brownie point of power status and testing their weapon in real conflict.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Jun 2016 16:43

Warfare Worldwide ‏@WarfareWW 21h21 hours ago
Secretary-General of #Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah: We will increase the number of our fighters in #Aleppo

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Jun 2016 16:44

Leith Abou Fadel ‏@leithfadel 20h20 hours ago
Report from Aleppo: Hezbollah has increased their presence in Al-Hadher. Largest force they have ever had there.

habal · Post by **habal** » 25 Jun 2016 18:13

Al hadher is in aleppo right ?

the air attacks in Northern Aleppo today have reached a very high pick, it has been a crescendo for few weeks but today was non stop, RuAF is extremely active and rumors are that they brought new fixed wings back to Syria already though no pics or vids confirming it.

On the same topic, Hassan Nasrallah today's speech was special due to his mentioning of the battle for Aleppo, he specifically said Hezbollah has beefed up its forces in Aleppo and fight was about to begin.

habal · Post by **habal** » 25 Jun 2016 18:42

Aleppo is on fire tonight as RuAF unloads some serious stuff on Nusra turks.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=753_1466800722

the russians have also done a good job re-organizing 4th mechanized of saa.
love the high quality black body armor & trauma vest !
New secured radio communications.
New equipment, boots and Camo BDU's.

seems to be supplied by IRGC or Russia.

habal · Post by **habal** » 25 Jun 2016 18:44

Yesterday it was shared that the 4th mechanized Division was in Aleppo, the last time it happened was during the Southern Aleppo offensive in Oct-Dec.

It is also known for while that the Tiger Force is in Aleppo after Palmyra/Al Sha'er gas field battles.

Combine Tiger Forces, 4th mechanized and Hezbollah, then you have a very effective fighting force to face the toughest and most organized enemies, such as the Al Qaeda Nusrats. The battle for Aleppo is coming and it is coming very soon, it may have started with SFs already preparing the terrain for the ground attack. Places to watch out for actions:
1) Handarat Camp
2) Bayanoon/Anadan
3) Southern Aleppo

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 25 Jun 2016 18:49

http://news.sky.com/story/1716988/brexi ... imir-putin

Brexit: Few Will Be Happier Than Vladimir Putin
Putin sees the EU as the greatest rival to Russian power - and the bloc is more vulnerable to collapse than ever before.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 25 Jun 2016 21:26

Putin said the vote to leave was a result of

“nothing other than arrogance and a superficial approach from the British leadership to issues that are vital to their country and to Europe as a whole.”

He is absolutely correct in his assessment.

UK has come to be defined as United Kondom and piggy backed so much on US that they took everything for granted and took "manipulations" to the extreme. There is a good chance that it may not have worked for once this time.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 25 Jun 2016 22:58

IndraD wrote:

http://news.sky.com/story/1716988/brexi ... imir-putin

Brexit: Few Will Be Happier Than Vladimir Putin
Putin sees the EU as the greatest rival to Russian power - and the bloc is more vulnerable to collapse than ever before.

I admire western media to spin things to extreme to blame Putin for every thing that ails EU , as if Putin took the call for election and voted for brexit.

Looks like west has no policy then to blame their own incompetence on others, their economy is so screwed up after all the financial manipulation that now even people can see through , brexit is jst a result of this manipulation

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 25 Jun 2016 23:09

Austin wrote:

Looks like west has no policy then to blame their own incompetence on others, their economy is so screwed up after all the financial manipulation that now even people can see through , brexit is jst a result of this manipulation

This Brexit is one event in bringing sunset to the old world order of the last 50 years.
Series of steps over the next decades will be building on a new world order.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 25 Jun 2016 23:59

**YAWN****

It's not as if the British Isles have broken loose and started floating due to all the hot air. This is all just a bissing contest between the **icks in Brussels & Bonn, and those in London and Edinbragh and Belfast.
If you look at the history, there has been some Veto (deGaulle about British ECM entry), British erlections, Referenda (yes, there have been 2 or 3 before already!) or extortion matches, usually with Britain being the Extorter. This is just another periodic tummy upset.
When Beijing completes the purchase of the British Stock Exchange, the New Whirled Odor will be back. Remember that a few weeks back Beijing bought a good gold storage vault over there?

ashish raval · Post by **ashish raval** » 26 Jun 2016 03:49

UB ji LSE is just entered into equal share agreement with Deutsche borse and combined company will be based in London..London has loads of secret gold vaults and they are just being sold by banks because they don't see any value in keeping them..they are very expensive to maintain with James bond type gadgetry around..

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 26 Jun 2016 07:40

Nusrats whining that Russian air strikes are using "gas and chemical" weapons. Probably RUAF striking Nusra's NATO-supplied Sarin and mustard gas supplies.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2016 08:02

The former Vice Chairman of Oman’s Shurah Council, Saalem Al-Siyabi, tweeted on Saturday that his former government is hoping to work on a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) referendum that models the Brexit campaign in the United Kingdom. If a similar referendum was passed in Oman; this would be the first time since its founding that a GCC country would leave this conglomeration of Gulf nations. Infuriated over Al-Siyabi’s tweet, several Saudi twitter users, including the popular journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, attacked the former Omani politician for his comments. However, Al-Siyabi was not alone: Oman’s Foreign Ministry congratulated the United Kingdom for their “courageous” vote to exit the European Union (E.U.). Using Twitter, the Omani Foreign Ministry issued a series of tweets that reflected the government’s view of the U.K.s decision to leave the E.U.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/om ... cc-report/ | Al-Masdar News