Levant crisis - III

habal · Post by **habal** » 27 Sep 2016 16:14

South Front - Syrian War Report – September 26, 2016: Russia Deploys More Warplanes in Syria

Killing Innocent Saudi Civilians in Aleppo

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 27 Sep 2016 18:05

Julian Assange: "Governments don't give a damn about Syria"

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 18:15

AMN Al Masdar News المصدر نيوز

US strikes Deir Ezzor for the 2nd time this month
By Leith Fadel - 27/09/20168

DEIR EZZOR, SYRIA (2:00 P.M.) - The U.S. Air Force struck the Deir Ezzor Goernorate for the 2nd time this month on Tuesday, targeting the Political Brigade inside the town of Al-Mayadeen.

According to local reports, the U.S. Air Force destroyed the Political Bridge after launching a surprise attack this morning in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

The first U.S. airstrike in the Deir Ezzor Governorate was conducted earlier this month, when their warplanes attacked the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) at the Thardeh Mountains near the provincial capital.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 27 Sep 2016 19:00

Go for it guys! Exterminate the vermin hiding in Aleppo.Shameful how the US and its cronies the godfathers of ISIS are using the thousands of civilians in Aleppo as human shields protecting ISIS.They tried the same tactic in Sri Lanka with the fascist LTTE who also used thousands of Tamil civilians as human shields while they waited for the rescue from the Western naval forces,which never came!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/syria ... 32591.html

Syrian army troops advance on Aleppo as Nato calls air strikes 'blatant violation of international law'
More than 250,000 civilians trapped in east Aleppo as Syrian army forces push forward in what is feared could be a 'monstrous' attack

Bethan McKernan Beirut
Syrian government forces gather in the largely deserted Palestinian refugee camp of Handarat, north of Aleppo, on September 24, 2016 AFP/Getty
An army ground offensive on four different fronts has begun on rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Aleppo, Syrian state media is reporting.

The ground movement comes after five days of intense air strikes on east Aleppo, including the reported use of bunker-buster ground penetrating bombs and incendiary devices which have destroyed civilian infrastructure including a water station and emergency response centres. Activists on the ground say more than 400 people have died.

Nato said on Tuesday that the Russian backed attacks on Aleppo are in "blatant violation of international law." There are now fears that the approximately 250,000 people inside besieged rebel areas could be facing an "atrocity that would resonate in history," one diplomat warned.

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The Syrian army and allied militias attacked at the same time on Tuesday around the Palestinian Handarat camp north of Aleppo, at the nearby Kindi Hospital area, in the Rashidin district in the centre of the city and at the 1070 Apartments district in the southwest.

Troops are also said to be advancing in the contested Old Quarter, where they have captured several buildings, towards the rebel neighbourhood of Farafra.

A military official speaking on condition of anonymity told the AP on Tuesday that the offensive will continue daily on all fronts until "terrorists" in east Aleppo are "wiped out."

A rebel official told Reuters that Tuesday's attacks had been faught off, but they expect two more assaults on a rebel-held district in the south of the city.

Aleppo bears the brunt in another day of carnage and defiance
Leaflets dropped on the city in the last day sought to assure trapped residents "there are no boundaries between us, break fears within you and come back to your normal life," urging them to flee to government-held parts of the city. However, several reports from the ground say that those who tried to approach the siege barricades were shot at by snipers. There are no reports of any east Aleppo civilians crossing over into western districts.

Another leaflet warns rebel fighters to surrender or die, showing the portraits of leaders recently killed in clashes struck through with red crosses.

The Syrian government announced last week following the collapse of a US-Russian brokered ceasefire that it intends to retake Aleppo - the last major rebel stronghold - for good.

Government forces briefly captured Handarat from rebels on Saturday, but lost it in a counter attack the same day. Minor clashes in several other areas have so far been repelled by the opposition.

The leader of a Syrian-government allied elite Iraqi militia told Reuters on Tuesday that his soldiers were moving tanks and armoured vehicles in preparation for an assault on opposition-held east of the city.

East Aleppo's supply lines were completely shut off by goverment forces in July, leaving residents inside living in siege conditions. There are only 35 doctors left in the district caring for hundreds of wounded, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

"WHO is calling for the immediate establishment of humanitarian routes to evacuate sick and wounded from the eastern part of the city," spokesperson Fadela Chaib said from Geneva.

The Syrian regime has not attempted to retake rebel neighbourhoods by means of a ground offensive since 2012.

Recapturing rebel districts of Aleppo would greatly strengthen President Bashar al-Assad's position in the six-year-long war, effectively wiping out non-Islamist resistance from all major cities and leaving pockets of opposition in the far north and south of the country.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 19:03

Nour Samaha ‏@Nour_Samaha 31m31 minutes ago
Acc to @AlakhbarNews, #Hezbollah says theres no political solution for #Syria, final word will be on the battlefield http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/265432

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 19:04

one more district in east aleppo called "farafira" falls to combo of SAA + hezbollah per latest reports.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 27 Sep 2016 19:05

Saudi planning to give Manpads to Rebels

Wealthy Gulf states may arm Syrian rebels to ‘get the Russians to back off’ - US officials

https://www.rt.com/news/360800-gulf-arm-rebels-syria/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 19:06

I thought they already did. some will no doubt be sold to highest bidders who will make a beeline for western air ports

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 27 Sep 2016 19:14

Ha!Ha! They will swiftly use the same to shoot down a few private planes of the Soothi monstrousarchy who've had the humiliation of a salary cut,even the royals,by the bankrupt Soothi Barbarian govt.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 19:26

there is some brave talk that GPS enabled firing locks will ensure they be used only within certain latitude and longitude but subverting or disabling such locks is not beyond the capacity of the jihadis who have high quality engineers and deep state actors behind them. if they could send people to flying school in amrika to pilot large jets, they can find a few electronic master engineers.

habal · Post by **habal** » 27 Sep 2016 19:38

Out of an estimated 300,000+ Syrian refugees in Germany less than two dozen show up for stupid "#Aleppo is burning" rally

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 19:44

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 12h12 hours ago
#Syria #Aleppo Cats out of the bag now. its true #Tiger_Forces & Some #Desert_Hawk Units & Other Allies will be going for Al Bab Soon.

habal · Post by **habal** » 27 Sep 2016 20:01

at this rate how much time will it take to subdue entire Aleppo ?? Any educated guess.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 20:29

months...and that is if no major rebel counteroffensive draws away units ...

habal · Post by **habal** » 27 Sep 2016 21:11

so we are into a december timeline, while unkil tries to stoke the flames in DeZ & Northern Aleppo, hasakah etc. I am wondering how long will it take for the Russians to strengthen DeZ air defences taaki amreeki parinda par na mare.

btw if the americans really mean that they did a mistake and there is talk that USA apologized to Syria for Jabal Tharda as per Lavrov and the US military did the kill job without permission from Obama and this is a rogue unit of air force that conducted this operation.

If one believes this tale to be true, then it can only mean that Obama has been elected as a figurehead with no stakes in leadership and just a face that can talk but can not make anyone obey. I mean how can a Kenyan make a white guy from arkansas obey to anything. He doesn't have the familial, social, state ties and networks that many son-of-soil politicians utlize to get their work done by lower level people. The deep state made a fool out of the world by nominating someone like Obama, they knew this guy would hold no influence over them at any level. They made a fool out of him. The 'wars for israel' lobby that wanted to burn down the periphery of israel in mideast needed a pliant yes-man who would not summon the personality or charisma to call their bluff of provoking wars all over or throw a spanner in their plans.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Sep 2016 21:35

Hillary seems to be their candidate this time

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 28 Sep 2016 00:54

Austin wrote:Saudi planning to give Manpads to Rebels

Wealthy Gulf states may arm Syrian rebels to ‘get the Russians to back off’ - US officials

https://www.rt.com/news/360800-gulf-arm-rebels-syria/

Russia/SAA must go for broke now. Pull out all the stops. There are only two possible outcomes now: quick victory or eventual defeat, as the US and it's Sunni supremacist allies. flood the region with SAM's and jihadists to use to them. Russia must put its nuclear forces on alert standby as the US is clearly preparing to escalate if manpads don't do the trick. They're already conducting air strikes on Syrian forces, nibbling at them piecemeal to see how much Russia will let them get away with. The only thing that will deter the US is the specter of hundreds of ICBM's and SLBM's on hair trigger standby, ready to take out US cities along with plenty of nuclear-tipped Iskanders and Kalibirs poised to strike every US CBG and air base in theatre. Hard to believe but it is quickly coming to this.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Sep 2016 01:07

No clarity yet on who the usaf bombed in deir azzor today....pro or anti govt arab militia

Gcc upping the ante would have to be responded by helping every enemy of the gcc govts including iran...and perhaps arming the houthis to next level for long march up the west coast to makka and madina ....

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 28 Sep 2016 07:18

Russia will start sending Buk SAMs to the Houthis....can't believe Saudis did not see this

chanakyaa · Post by **chanakyaa** » 28 Sep 2016 07:26

...
btw if the americans really mean that they did a mistake and there is talk that USA apologized to Syria for Jabal Tharda as per Lavrov and the US military did the kill job without permission from Obama and this is a rogue unit of air force that conducted this operation.

If one believes this tale to be true, then it can only mean that Obama has been elected as a figurehead with no stakes in leadership and just a face that can talk but can not make anyone obey....

Habalji, Mr. Obama has 114 days in office. During this time Presidents generally start preparing for life after Presidency, pardoning white-collar criminals, looking for a house, working on book deals enough to make money for retirement. All the support staff has already started looking for private sector jobs or positioning themselves for a place in a new administration. Now take out weekends, Thanksgiving holiday, and Christmas holidays...not many days for Obama to be in office and working. That makes you wonder who is calling shots on Syria, a project not officially authorized by the US Congress.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Sep 2016 11:07

epic video

Partisangirl ‏@Partisangirl Sep 24
Senator "What's do we need to do to take over #Syria's airspace?"
General "World War 3"
Senator "gulp"

https://twitter.com/Partisangirl/status ... 0276389888

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Sep 2016 11:09

https://twitter.com/hamza_780/status/779687238313664512

drone video of handarat camp...which used to be the home of the palestinian refugees who formed the liwa al quds brigade after being driven out by the jihadis. they work with the saa now and are considered good fighters with good eqpt(perhaps sourced from lebanon)..hard to distinguish them visually from hezbollah units except that more of hezbollah wear helmets and are not into body building unlike sabiha/repub guard subsection.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 28 Sep 2016 14:00

O'Bomber is in a "holding op" mode.His expiry date fast approaches,he cannot start a war with Russia as his legacy to his successor-and if it is 'Illary C,as he hopes,a stalemate in the ME is what they both want so that the US/EU arms merchants (US has just sold more billions to the Soothis) prosper .Thed Russians and Putin sense their window of opportunity as the US is hotting up in election mode.

A wide swathe should be cut through Aleppo using max airpower and arty/MBRL bombardments so that pro-govt. forces can storm the city.From reports a 4 -pronged approach is being adopted so that the enemy's forces have to fight 360*.The reason why such an aerial attck has not been done thus far is the waiting hyenas of the US/West waiting to accuse Russia of "war crimes" and casualties in the thousands.250,000 civilians are reportedly trapped in Aleppo.

Gulf Arming Syrian Rebels: 'Weapons Will Come from Qatar, Saudi Arabia & UAE' © AFP 2016/ FADI AL-HALABI

MIDDLE EAST 10:29 28.09. The collapse of the latest Syrian ceasefire brokered by Russia and the United States has heightened the possibility that Gulf states might provide arms to radical groups. Dr. Taleb Ibrahim, Deputy Director of Damascus center for International and Strategic Studies, told Sputnik that Syrian rebels have already received weapons from Sunni monarchies. "I think [weapons] will possibly come from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE)," he said, adding that in fact, they have already been delivered. The analyst also noted that it was just a matter of time when the Guld states "give permission to Syrian terrorists – they call them moderates, but we know that they are real terrorists – to use" the weapons. Dr. Taleb Ibrahim also said that the US has ostensibly provided the BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles and night vision equipment to the militants trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. The latter is "critical" with regard to the Syrian conflict since radical groups mostly launch attacks at night. © SPUTNIK/ MICHAEL ALAEDDIN Behind the Scenes: 'Something Very Serious Transpired Between Russia and US Over Syria' The analyst added that the militants seem to have "very advanced communications." Dr. Taleb Ibrahim further said that "there are no moderates on the ground" in Syria, but rather groups affiliated with al-Nusra Front or al-Qaeda. He cited Ahrar al-Sham, an organization that Russia, unlike the US, considers to be a terrorist group, as an example. "Ahrar al-Sham is a part of al-Qaeda. The founder of Ahrar al-Sham [Hassan Aboud was] a top member of al-Qaeda. Other groups are the same. So I think that the US is lying and there is a kind of harsh hypocrisy" since the US, the Gulf states and others "know very well that there are no moderates on the ground," he said. © REUTERS/ AMMAR ABDULLAH 'Americans Are on Our Side': Al-Nusra Front Allegedly Receiving Weapons 'Directly' From US In the analyst's opinion, the United States and the Gulf states want to provide weapons to al-Qaeda, but they cannot do this openly. This is why they came up with the term "moderates" which they use as an "excuse to justify their acts in working shoulder to shoulder with al-Qaeda." Dr. Taleb Ibrahim also noted that the US could restore peace in Syria. "If the United States really wants to put an end to the war and fight terrorism," Washington should simply "call Turkish President [Recep Tayyip Erdogan] and Saudi King [Salman]" and ask them to "stop financing and supporting the militants," the analyst said. "In a few days those militants should vanish."

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2016 ... ebels.html

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Sep 2016 21:26

Reuters

Foreign states have given Syrian rebels surface-to-surface Grad rockets of a type not previously supplied to them in response to a major Russian-backed offensive in Aleppo, a rebel commander told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Grad rockets with a range of 22 km and 40 km have been supplied in "excellent quantities" and will be used on battlefronts in Aleppo, Hama and the coastal region, rebel commander Colonel Fares al-Bayoush said.

While Grad missiles have previously been supplied to rebels, Bayoush said it was the first time this particular type had been delivered. Each salvo contains 40 rockets, he said, without giving further details. The rebels had previous stocks of the rocket captured from army stores, he added.

habal · Post by **habal** » 28 Sep 2016 22:09

NO TRAIL = NO BUK.
MH-17 was shot down by cannon fire, then 2 Israeli Python A2A missiles, by 2 Ukie Air force Su-24s, one piloted by one Vladislav Voloshin.
See the deleted BBC report --
http://slavyangrad.org/2014/07/25/video ... ed-by-bbc/

In parallel, Russia released yesterday another radar data from the day and it clearly shows no activity whatsoever form the eastern side of the plane, the radar did not cover/no reaching the western side of the plane, meaning nothing came from Novorussiya nor Russia on MH17.

Bhurishravas · Post by **Bhurishravas** » 29 Sep 2016 02:55

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turke ... SKCN11Y0MK

Turkey security council to recommend extending state of emergency.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russi ... SKCN11Y1WC

Preparations under way for Putin to visit Turkey in October: Kremlin

Macho Putin will be there to commemorate the completion of one year of glorious shooting down of a Su-24 plane and murder of a Russian serviceman. Cheers.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Sep 2016 06:13

Bhurishrava this is getting very repetitive ...you have a view and we heard it. No need to keep repeating it in every post. There was one poster who refused to just say bengaluru but always added the city of boiled beans...he refused to listen and carried on...admins banned him.

dnivas · Post by **dnivas** » 29 Sep 2016 07:23

+1 It's getting the same old comment each time he posts. In other news,blackmail by US and concern trolling

https://www.rt.com/usa/360992-us-warns-russia-violence/

Extremist groups will continue to exploit the vacuums that are there in Syria to expand their operations, which could include attacks against Russian interests, perhaps even Russian cities. Russia will continue to send troops home in body bags, and will continue to lose resources, perhaps even aircraft,” John Kirby, the State Department's spokesperson, told reporters at Wednesday's press briefing.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 29 Sep 2016 09:21

^^ WoW thats like Paki Talk , Threatening Russia with Terrorism for fighting against terrorist.

Seems like SD has too low in diplomacy , must be the Paki effect

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 29 Sep 2016 10:16

So called White Helmets

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 29 Sep 2016 10:18

Assad Army Showing Cowardice

#Drones show #JFS armored assault routing Assadists in AshShata Cowards left tanks behind.

https://twitter.com/Interbrigades/statu ... 7443142656

habal · Post by **habal** » 29 Sep 2016 11:03

should one start calling US soldiers as Obamaist.

Obamaists today bombed a hospital and ran from al-bab.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 29 Sep 2016 11:04

Terrorists mull ‘chemical attack’ in Aleppo to frame Syrian govt – Russia’s Defense Ministry

https://www.rt.com/news/361021-terroris ... leppo-mod/

“It became known that terrorist groups are preparing provocative attacks with chemical weapons on Syrian army positions and residential areas in the east part of Aleppo to accuse government forces [of the attacks],” said Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir, the first deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff.

habal · Post by **habal** » 29 Sep 2016 11:16

Obama, Clinton, Kerry, & earlier Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney and their crew are nothing more than a worldwide mafia. They kill and destroy for their personal gain and profit. They are should rot in hell, after they spend the rest of their lives in a prison cell. America is run by disgusting filth.

US backed terrorists, Al Qaeda, used chlorine gas in their recent attack on SAA in the village of Qarah, Northern Hama, news area coming in and will report on due time.

Western media (BBC/CNN) is covered in hysteria about children in Aleppo being killed. Never any mention of children in west Aleppo where civilians are dying everyday as a result of rebel attacks. No such tears for the victims in Damascus and Latakia many of whom were children who were killed by rebel mortar fire. No such tears for the children in Gaza during the Israeli attacks. There is a lot of human slime getting full coverage on the BBC etc. Pleading for help for the terrorists in Aleppo. Obviously using the same old lines about children suffering, hospitals being bombed etc. What a disgusting war this is.

habal · Post by **habal** » 29 Sep 2016 11:20

The move by Congress to veto Obama will make way open for a flurry of litigations and suits against Saudi Arabia which will be the excuse needed by USA to confiscate Saudi assets and cash reserves or treasury bonds held inside USA.

The Saudis have threatened to divest all their assets and that the "US-Saudi special relationship will be fundamentally over."

The US markets are likely to take a beating if the Saudis follow through except that they are financial backers of Hitlery Clinton. So they might wait, since court proceedings could take months, until after the election makes it clear who is in power but either way to protect their assets they will have to divest, lest US courts freeze their assets before seizing them for successful plantiffs.

Saudi will be insolvent unless they sell bonds to raise debt or sell assets like Aramco (probably a tiny piece to give it a market value to use in raising state debt), but looks like a prolonged war and low oil prices will reduce assets available to fund a big war on Iran and limit their ability to finance wars against Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

habal · Post by **habal** » 29 Sep 2016 11:23

When Saudis demand their 2 trillion dollars be returned from Rothschild banks, those same banks will say oops, we lost your deposits. Hahaha.

This was the plan all along, satisfying basic needs for all 'partners.' The West gets to bail itself out, while war in Saudi Arabia means oil prices will spike very suddenly, which is especially good for Russia and Iran.

Best of all, Saudi leadership will get their heads chopped by their very own head chopper terrorists.

How about this scenario ?

habal · Post by **habal** » 29 Sep 2016 11:28

What US fighting ISIS in Eastern Syria really means on the ground is that they are only destroying Syrian infrastructure.
Not even a single ISIS hubcap is damaged in their XX thousand bombing campaigns.

http://sana.sy/en/?p=89164
US-led international coalition strikes destroy two bridges in Deir Ezzor

deir-ezzor
28 September، 2016

Deir Ezzor, SANA – Aircrafts of the US-led international coalition launched strikes on two main bridges on the Euphrates River in the countryside of the eastern Deir Ezzor province.

SANA reporter in Deir Ezzor said Wednesday that the strikes resulted in the destruction of al-Asharah Bridge that links the river’s two banks in the eastern countryside of the province only few hours after destroying al-Mayadin Bridge.

The destruction of the two bridges aims at disconnecting the areas located on both banks of the river, the reporter noted.

The coalition, which claims to be fighting ISIS terrorist organization, has repeatedly targeted the Syrian infrastructure with the aim to deliberately inflict damage on sites and facilities in the country.

Late last year, the coalition’s aircrafts destroyed two electricity plants in al-Radwaniyeh area and water pumping stations in al-Khafseh area, east of Aleppo, in addition to claiming hundreds of civilian lives.

In a latest targeting that took place on September 17th, the coalition hit a position for the Syrian Arab Army in Thardah Mountain in Deir Ezzor, paving the way for ISIS terrorists to take over it.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Sep 2016 11:34

The 'Nimr' Tiger ‏@Souria4Syrians 10h10 hours ago
Like many he was promised wealth & riches if he betrayed his country. Now he sells tea and cleans shoes on the street with his son

habal · Post by **habal** » 29 Sep 2016 11:34

via Syrian Arab Army
''This picture -

- was seen in Aleppo, in Hanano housing neighborhood which is under terrorists control, where the local civilians defied those terrorists and raised the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic over the post office in the neighborhood.

habal · Post by **habal** » 29 Sep 2016 11:36

Life Returns To Liberated Areas Of Aleppo

Syrian Army Clears Mines In Aleppo's Liberated Districts