Levant crisis - III

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 02 Oct 2016 09:27

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-0 ... aggression

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 09:51

dnivas wrote:Wonder what the US would have done if Fallujah still had civilians in them? No howls of civ casualities then. What a unfair world we live in.

in one incident i read the us army/marine commander on the spot unleashed some 50 x 155mm shells on a particular locality in fallujah before his superiors in the chain of command found out and halted it.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 10:07

iran has released pics of a predator drone it has captured intact somehow..some claim by comandeering its encrypted control link

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 10:09

they seem to have a lab full of captured amriki gear including the secretive sentinel drone?

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 02 Oct 2016 11:35

^^ Singha I posted detailed drone they made by reverse engineering in Intl Aersopace Discussion thread , check the pics

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5098&start=3400#p2052313

AFM has written a detailed article on Drone Used in Syria.

Syria Drone War

https://www.scribd.com/doc/310080923/Sy ... Drone-Wars

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 12:16

Al kindi hospital - oldest hospital in syria...was taken by jihadis in 2013 after a small unit defending it was captured and executed.

the two small arrows in between the big arrows points to the hospitals ruins...efforts are on to take it back

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 12:18

the hospital is a ruined hulk inhabited by snipers and MG nests only.

they could call in the backfires and smash it to the ground.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 12:20

funny animation of a usaf and russi airstrike in syria

https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/sta ... 6652738560

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 12:25

the vertical colony between poultry farms and the left side big arrow is probably Handarat camp.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Oct 2016 12:27

the stone quarry and part of the industrial district north of the yellow area (sheikh maqsood YPG colony) has been taken per some reports.

Gyan · Post by **Gyan** » 02 Oct 2016 14:01

Jihadis holding out in Aleppo means that their is no pact with Turkey and Russia, that Turkey will withdraw its support or its SF from Syria.

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Oct 2016 14:47

apparently the hospital is a kidney dialysis centre, only one in aleppo. It was also known as M10 hospital. All kidney patients were seriously depending on this hospital in a warzone instead of running away to some refugee magnet when they could. CNN news reporter was grinning .. "Oh no, Not another hospital".

habal · Post by **habal** » 02 Oct 2016 14:49

Austin wrote:Seems like Russians are anticipating that US might bomb Syrian/SAA , Russians are warning of tectonic shift in ME.

I wonder if we will see a full scale war in Gulf between Shia and Sunnis

Direct aggression by US against Damascus to cause 'tectonic shift' in Middle East - Moscow

“If the US launches a direct aggression against Damascus and the Syrian Army, it would cause a terrible, tectonic shift not only in the country, but in the entire region,” Maria Zakharova said during a talk show, which is to be aired fully later on Saturday and has been cited by RIA.

With no government in Damascus, there will be a power vacuum in Syria, which “so-called moderates, who are, in reality, not moderate at all but just terrorists of all flavors, would fill; and there will be no dealing with them,” the diplomat predicted.

“And later it would be aggravated the way it happened in Iraq. We know that [Saddam Hussein’s] Iraqi Army became the basis of the Islamic State. Everything that both the [US-led] coalition and Russia are fighting now stems from it,” Zakharova said.

there is only one resolution to this periodic itch ..

lob a nuke at Israel or London or New York or threaten it, and then sit back and look at how quickly the whole thing winds down. No easy solution to this, hope Putin sir is reading.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 02 Oct 2016 17:22

Syrian Campaign Removes Any Doubt as to Russia's Military Capabilities

Read more: https://en.ria.ru/military/20161002/104 ... ation.html

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 02 Oct 2016 17:32

Syria was different. In twelve months, the limited contingent of Su-24M2, Su-25SM, and Su-34 tactical and attack bombers, Su30SM and Su-35S fighters, Mi-24P, Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters managed to carry out over fifteen thousand sorties, destroying a vast array of terrorist infrastructure and tens of thousands of jihadists. The rhythm of battle saw over 20 sorties per day coming out of Hmeymim, climbing to up to 80 a day when operations intensified.

Having 60 odd fighter aircraft and helicopter and then flying for 1 year with thousands of sorties and maintaining high operational tempo is no small achievement for RuAF , this was the bread and butter aircraft for them in Syria.

Speaks well for maintenance crew , training , pilots and aircraft themself , it shows that small numbers of aircraft with high uptimes , training , tactics and maintenance can maintain high operational tempo for 365 days and one does not need 300 odd aircraft at ones disposal as coilation forces do.

Another but no small achievement is co-ordination between SAA Ground Forces , Hizb ,and RuAF ....neither of them trained together before but managed to co-ordinate well from early stage of conflict and gained territories ...I recollect only 1-2 incident of friendly fire where life was lost due to such event.

Syrian AF too did fine and considering they didnt had any modern aircraft they probably took many risk and lost many aircraft as well , plus the dirty job of dropping barrel bomb !

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 02 Oct 2016 17:35

I see no reason why IAF with similar 50-60 aircraft can maintain a good strike capability against targets at POK for 6 months the remaining can be used for AD ...Like 30 Rafale and 30 Super MKI just for dedicated strike with thousand sorties every month , we also have the advantage to co-ordinate with our own armed forces with whome we train day in and out so can get more out of it.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 07:55

The 'Nimr' Tiger ‏@Souria4Syrians 8h8 hours ago
Criminal jihadists know they can't hold #Aleppo yet they refuse to leave until they turn it into rubble like they did in Daraya
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Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 07:56

The 'Nimr' Tiger ‏@Souria4Syrians Oct 1
In my opinion SAA should ignore Hama & attack at Latakia & South Aleppo Axis into Idlib. It'll render jihadist gains in North Hama useless

habal · Post by **habal** » 03 Oct 2016 08:13

time to do a saturation attack on rebel strongholds in aleppo. Wonder why they are holding back, since the rats are now cornered.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 08:15

its a large pocket and there are trapped civilians...the pus is being drained slowly block by block...

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 08:20

the kindi hospital and industrial area north of sheikh maqsood has been captured. some arab militias have joined liwa al kuds from the outskirts

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 11:24

the next bite of the biscuit is in motion
Yusha Yuseef ‏@MIG29_ 7h7 hours ago
Breaking #Aleppo
Repot , Syrian Army advancing into #Awijah East Hndarat Camp , with heavy clashes.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 11:25

^^ these are relatively easy targets to take over...isolated facilities separated by barren areas and hills....further south its solidly populated like older parts of delhi ... what they call the roman citadel ie some 2000 yrs old reportedly has even older ruins under it....it must be one of the oldest cities in the world still populated at present...like we have varanasi, delhi and madurai ... and as the 2nd largest city too, it has great significance as a center of gravity for both sides.

neither are going to give up. jihadis are reportedly massing again in the countryside, with 20+ VBIEDs to lead the charge and they have been provided new 40km range grad rockets already used yesterday to strike hama airbase in a video.....I suspect this time they will strike further north on castello road - mallah farms which the tiger forces captured or some other location south of ramouseh...kind of like Normandie was not the obvious location vs Calais so the allies went for it.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 03 Oct 2016 12:46

I would be very interested to see the performance stats of the KA-52.It's early version was first unveiled at the very first Bangalore air show.Ru attack helos are usually very heavily armoured to withstand various forms of small arms,AA weaponry etc. from ground forces.The bird would be a good addition to our attack helo inventory.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 13:20

the Al kindi hospital - sandwich of collapsed floor slabs seen

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 13:21

^^ looks like KAB1500 class bombs were dropped on it. the russis count in kg, so 1500 is 1.5t not 1500lb

habal · Post by **habal** » 03 Oct 2016 13:32

habal · Post by **habal** » 03 Oct 2016 13:34

habal · Post by **habal** » 03 Oct 2016 13:36

Aleppo
Tal Shuqayf

Tallat Al-Hamra

habal · Post by **habal** » 03 Oct 2016 13:44

US backs off ultimatum as Russian air strikes pound terrorist areas

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-midea ... SKCN12133Z

The operative statement comes after a lengthy stream of bullshit:

"The United States made clear it would not, at least for now, carry through a threat made on Wednesday to halt the diplomacy if Russia did not take immediate steps to end the violence."

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 13:47

i am having some doubts about how many civilians are actually inside green part of aleppo....everywhere seems to be only ruins stalingrad style. perhaps they are huddled into the old delhi areas further south.

habal · Post by **habal** » 03 Oct 2016 13:48

After the flattening the Al-kindi hospital, the next obvious target would be the Owaija district.

Another detail worth mentioned is that contrary to the battles for Handarat Camp, al kindi Hospital and Humrah hill (above al Shuqayyif district) where the terrorists held the high ground, Owaija is a bit of downhill for the SAA and allies, meaning it could be stormed with a combined target artillery, air attacks and ground forces much more effectively.

Right now, Owaija is under a 2-3 hours air attack and artillery and there are early info of ground forces advancing during a night battle at the moment. This is impressive timing, it happens only few hours after the victory in al Shuqayyif district and al Kindi hospital, that indicates the SAA and allies have enough reserves and firepower to give driving this offensive non stop. The terrorists in Aleppo city are into a very bad week

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=pt&lat=36.25 ... 4&z=15&m=b

habal · Post by **habal** » 03 Oct 2016 13:52

Singha wrote:i am having some doubts about how many civilians are actually inside green part of aleppo....everywhere seems to be only ruins stalingrad style. perhaps they are huddled into the old delhi areas further south.

No civilians in that dump I wager.

Kindly go through comments section of this dopey W. Post article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/no ... l#comments

the end is near & desperation is palpable

Gulf Arab states call on UN to intervene to stop Aleppo assault

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) demanded on Saturday that the U.N. intervene in Syria to stop aerial bombardments of the city of Aleppo that it said were killing hundreds of civilians. The Sunni Muslim dominated council - representing Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar - said a Syrian government offensive on the city was systematically destroying neighborhoods and a "flagrant aggression contrary to international laws."

"The Secretary-General ... demands that the UN Security Council intervene immediately to stop the aggression on the city of Aleppo and end the suffering of the Syrian people," the GCC said in a statement on Saudi state news agency SPA.

It called on the United Nations to "implement relevant council resolutions over the Syria crisis." (Reuters)

Arms shipments for terrorists including GRAD missiles are transported in UN & Red Crescent aid convoys

https://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/782592845051990016

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 19:08

agitpapa ‏@agitpapa 17m17 minutes ago
Meet b/w Russian mil brass & Rojava admin @ Hmeymim on Sept 17. Top RU cmd Col Alexandrovich reported saying federalism is only solution.

agitpapa ‏@agitpapa 20m20 minutes ago
BREAKING: Russian team proposes federal system in Syria, taking 'Arab' out of country's name to preserve unity.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 19:09

agitpapa ‏@agitpapa 2h2 hours ago
+ still there after Mosul falls Hashd will make good on the fatwa.

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agitpapa ‏@agitpapa 2h2 hours ago
+2 get the hell out of Iraq. ISIS attacked their Zelikan base today. Ex-Sadrist Shiite imam issued fatwa 4 Hashd 2 kill Turks. If they're +

agitpapa ‏@agitpapa 2h2 hours ago
Baghdadi got poisoned just in time for Mosul op that's about 2 kick off w 1000s of Western troops excluding Turks, whom Abadi keeps telling+

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 19:11

Haykal Bafana
‏@BaFana3
Devastating new info : 62 #UAE sailors were killed in #Yemen missile strike on UAE Navy's HSV-2 Swift vesel. 3 were sons of Emirati rulers.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 19:12

Taliban fighters entered the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday, almost exactly a year after they briefly seized it in their biggest success of the 15-year war, while heavy fighting in the south underscored the country's deteriorating security.

Sheer Ali Kamawal, commander of the 808 Tandar police zone in Kunduz, said the attack began at around midnight (3.30 p.m. ET Sunday) and fighting was going on in and around the city. Some Taliban fighters had entrenched themselves in homes.

The fighters appear to have slipped through a defensive security line set up around Kunduz, entering the city itself from four directions before clashes broke out, witnesses in the city said.

In Kabul, Brigadier General Charles Cleveland, spokesman for Afghanistan's NATO-led force, said it was ready to provide support if needed.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Oct 2016 19:15

russian SOF seen in afrin..could be brokering a secretive YPG joint push with SAA toward al bab from kuweires, while SDF creeps in from the east.

turkish sof + jihadis busy preparing for dabiq fight further north

Gyan · Post by **Gyan** » 03 Oct 2016 19:36

What is the position of Turkey in Syria now? with Russia or against?

Also will Iraq go after ISIS in Syria after clearing them from Iraq? How far away is Iraq from wiping out ISIS? Is Iraq taking Russian help?

I notice that Syria & Iraqis seem to have hardly any NVDs (atleast in pics) and this may be a major short coming in their campaign.

sooraj · Post by **sooraj** » 03 Oct 2016 19:55

Singha wrote:Haykal Bafana
‏@BaFana3
Devastating new info : 62 #UAE sailors were killed in #Yemen missile strike on UAE Navy's HSV-2 Swift vesel. 3 were sons of Emirati rulers.

Catamaran ship, that's a big ship.