Levant crisis - III

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its better not to have a operational pause here for southern pocket but deploy other usused units in the ring to open new fronts and keep going...will reduce overall casualties . the northern pocket can be mopped up by reserve units and tier1 units withdrawn to rest and recoup from days of 24x7 fighting.

rats are presently confused and alarmed but will come to their senses soon enough and start biting back if given a pause.

the elite nusrats and shams cats seen in ramouseh offensive probably never were in aleppo, they sit in Idlib and turkey and come and go as shock troops do. the garrison of aleppo were probably local deserters and levies and a mix of street level bullies/enforcers/small time criminals given a rifle, a pair of boots and a sheriffs badge and told to keep the people in line, grab UN food packets and do the usual intimidation thing over a cowering population.
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large industrial warehouses and disused factories on the outlying industrial areas are now being converted to camps for displaced people. its quite cold there in nights.

let us wait and see how much humanitarian aid UK , France etc send to these people .
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karbala iraq - arbaeen pilgrimage...somewhat like our chath puja and sabarimala people walk 100s of km

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they will send nothing ofcourse, the world hasn't seen a bigger grouping of charlatans leading their nations ever since this EU-US combo came into being.
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RuAF has also mistakenly hit Nubl and Zahraa with cluster bombs causing some fatalities and wounded. clearing for cluster bombs is on.
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The strategy followed by SAA is create a chicken neck sort of situation where the enemies fallback before the chicken neck closes to avoid getting stuck. Seems to be working well.
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EHSANI2 ‏@EHSANI22
3-Did you see armed groups surrendering I ask ? "No. They are mostly retreating to Shaar, Zebdiye, Fardous, Bustan al Qasr and Mashhad".


Ibrahim Joudeh retweeted
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EHSANI2 ‏@EHSANI22
How did #SyrianArmy treat you all i ask? "Best possible treatment. They offered us cigarettes, bread, two blankets each, placed us in rooms"



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EHSANI2 ‏@EHSANI22
1-Just had lengthy conversation with my source who left E #Aleppo with what he thought was a group of about 1,000 other civilians.
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Bustan al qasr is south of murgi neck...even south of citadel

So rats the smart ones have left...few dozens may be hanging out holding hostages and suicide vest types
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According to preliminary reports the SAA + Allied Forces have reached the Badeen roundabout.
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the historical quarter around the citadel maybe be next
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here we go again, the tiresome ritual of the US trying to save some of the serpents it fed with milk and honey

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... 8b7a45e4f2
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Russia confirms Syria regime conducted airstrike on Turkish soldiers https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161 ... -soldiers/

After the death of three Turkish soldiers involved in Turkey’s “Euphrates Shield” operation in Syria in an airstrike, Russia has cooperated with Turkey and conducted an investigation that lays blame for the attack on the Assad regime, media reports have said.

Turkish newspaper Hurriyet said that the attack initially seemed intent on spoiling Turkish-Russian relations that have recently warmed since Turkey shot down a Russian bomber last year. However, Russia was highly cooperative and assured Turkey that it did not carry out the attack, maintaining the recently patched ties between the two powers.

When Turkey told Russia that the plane which carried out the strike set off from a Syrian airport under Russian control, Russia asked for more time to investigate the issue before conducting an investigation that confirmed that a Syrian Air Force L-39 Albatros light-attack warplane carried out the attack.

(ME Monitor looks like a site straight from office of Kerry-take with pinch of salt)
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Singha wrote:large industrial warehouses and disused factories on the outlying industrial areas are now being converted to camps for displaced people. its quite cold there in nights.

let us wait and see how much humanitarian aid UK , France etc send to these people .
can India help with rehabilitation? There is nothing wrong in it!
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This photo shows people crossing into a Kurdish-controlled area of Aleppo from rebel-held areas on Sunday.

In mean while a tweeter account has been created of a seven yr old girl ( with a blue tick the moment account was born) and being used as propaganda against Sy army.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38128370

https://twitter.com/AlabedBana/status/8 ... 9268743168
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Singha wrote:the elite nusrats and shams cats seen in ramouseh offensive probably never were in aleppo, they sit in Idlib and turkey and come and go as shock troops do. the garrison of aleppo were probably local deserters and levies and a mix of street level bullies/enforcers/small time criminals given a rifle, a pair of boots and a sheriffs badge and told to keep the people in line, grab UN food packets and do the usual intimidation thing over a cowering population.
Via a colleague from Ey rak : Idli is a small town and will be automatically deserted by rats once Yelopo is taken over , bigger problem in future will be to secure borders and keep toorkey in discipline.
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Merkel wakes up to reality: over 100 000 failed migrants will be deported soon https://www.rt.com/news/368388-migrant- ... s-germany/
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the people streaming out of east aleppo while certainly not in the best physical condition do not look significantly starved. so after the J-rats had their fill of UN/Govt supplies, must have been enough for the people to eat a couple of meals too.

this is real starvation - leningrad siege http://i.picresize.com/images/2015/10/03/bsdD8.jpg . the rodina is no stranger to this and can smell a rat/psyops scam a mile off.

there are reports of older people and children suffering greatly under food shortages in Fuah, Kafraya and Deir azzor all of which are besieged by the jihadis. .... I figure once the hezbollah gets its claws properly into Idlib, they will catch the hell cannon artists around Fuah and Kafraya and make a real example out of them.
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IndraD wrote:
Singha wrote:large industrial warehouses and disused factories on the outlying industrial areas are now being converted to camps for displaced people. its quite cold there in nights.

let us wait and see how much humanitarian aid UK , France etc send to these people .
can India help with rehabilitation? There is nothing wrong in it!
yes its a low risk play for us to send some C17 sorties with medicines and food and a large team of doctors. we have good exp in this sort of thing. Demining eqpt and help on restoring power, telecom, railway and water networks might be needed. we can go in under the UN umbrella.
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The Inside Source
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#Syria // #Damascus // 1250 rebel fighters are heading towards idlib after reaching a deal in Khan Al Shih.
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Humaimam Center: 100 militants exit from the eastern #Aleppo over the humanitarian crossings
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Ayotollah Leith ‏@leithfadel 3h3 hours ago
You tried to push for a world war between Russia and the US....for what? So millions die just so you can keep your think tank job?

Ayotollah Leith ‏@leithfadel 3h3 hours ago
Those people that attempted to push for US intervention in Syria by lying about 250k people trapped in east Aleppo deserve prison.

Ayotollah Leith ‏@leithfadel 3h3 hours ago
Sakhour District has been liberated. We are witnessing the greatest lie of the decade too. There are no 250k people in east Aleppo.
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al masdar news

Approximately two hours after announcing the capture of the Haydariyah Neighborhood, the Syrian Arab Army broke-through Fatah Halab's front-lines at Sakhour, resulting in the complete seizure of this strategic district and longtime jihadist stronghold.

Reports from Aleppo City indicate that several jihadist rebels from Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki have surrendered to the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units (YPG) near the Sheikh Maqsoud District; this was done so that they could avoid capture by the Syrian Arab Army.


As a result of today's advance, the Syrian Armed Forces have now secured 45 percent of the Aleppo pocket that was originally under the control of the jihadist rebels.
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tonight should see the Sakhour district completely taken and destruction of the jihadis still creeping around in the northern pocket. its being squeezed from all sides and tigers dont seem in a merciful mood. the lucky ones might crawl to the sheikh maqsood YPG and hope to bribe their way onward to west aleppo via safe corridor, the unlucky ones will be tiger food.
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in the last days of the ring around stalingrad with the frozen remnants of the 6th army group trapped by russian pincers, the soviets set up huge field kitchens close to the line to torment the germans with the delicious smells. they could not even shell these kitchens to conserve ammo for the real attacks. ammo piled up where 75mm shells were used to target lone infantry.

thats the fate of southern pocket rats if they do not rush to pickup their BMTC bus pass and get moving...free ticket sarkar de raha hai...unlike ISIS these bullies might well put self preservation over valour.
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Do the Peaceful Rebels know that King Long buses were made by the Pork Loving Chinese and that they don't turn halal by painting them green? As SinghaJi had suggested Marco Polo buses would have been better for their ascent to heaven. I don't think this way they will get the 72.
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tremendous amt of psyops going on about the destruction and mayhem unleashed in aleppo by assad
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23aleppo

there is even a 7 yr old girl rana alabed who tweets frequently with her mothers help. too slick to be true though. designed to appeal to hearts of people worldwide.
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no wonder she finds most space on BBC , CNN etc ^
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people worldwide sadly have wisened up way too much to fall for these psy-ops, case in point DJT's victory.

Was watching Susan Rice interview (is she related to Condoleeeeza Rice ?) and was wondering how the americans always find some black/brown faces to peddle their racist genocidal global narrative. Sickening to see these people shamelessly parading their falsehoods on TV without even blinking once. These folks would have been slaves 2 generations ago, but hey what the hell throw a few shekels/dinars, they will be slave to another chain gang.
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Yusha Yuseef ‏@MIG29_

Aleppo, All North Part of East Aleppo full control By Syrian Army with Tiger forces
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#SAA+#LiwaAlQuds gain Sheikh Fares & Khadr & now full control of NE #Aleppo city
#Syria #حلب #لواء_القدس
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SAA has taken Al Sakhour.

Humaimam Center: Exit 3200 civilians, including 1,500 children from eastern districts of Aleppo after the liberation of Qadisiyah strategic area.

Humaimam center: Liberation of 10 districts and more than 3,000 building in east Aleppo from the grip of “Nusra” and its allied factions.
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Recapping events in past 2 days.

Recapturing the neighborhood of AlHaidarieh in eastern Aleppo is very significant factor for liberating eastern #Aleppo.

AlHaidarieh is located in the middle of eastern Aleppo, which divides the eastern neighborhoods of #Aleppo into north part and south part

Reports indicated that some Syrian armed men from inside eastern Aleppo were assisting the SAA and its allies and cooperating with them

Syrian armed men from inside eastern #Aleppo assisted SAA against the foreign militants

This assistance came in the form of: withdrawing from certain locations or handing over other locations in coordination with SAA

Syrian armed men in the neighborhoods of Salah AlDin and Saif AlDawleh in eastern #Aleppo have offered to provide assistance to the SAA

It is worth mentioning that the residents of the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo have been cooperating with the Syrian government

The residents of eastern Aleppo have been providing SAA -for months- with inside information on the armed groups (especially foreigners)

This has positively affected the military operations of the SAA & its allies especially in terms of the accuracy of the targets

The evacuation of the civilians was done in coordination with some Syrian armed men and groups from the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo

Inside cooperation was offered by the Syrian armed groups in eastern Aleppo to the SAA and its allies

Foreign militants and their families fled from the northern parts of the eastern neighborhoods of #Aleppo to the southern parts.

Foreign militants in eastern Aleppo are fully aware that they only have 2 options: die, or go back to where they come from i.e. Turkey

10s of families are exiting from the neighborhoods of Boustan AlBasha, AlHaidarieh & Baeedeen in E #Aleppo via AlSheikh Maqsoud corridor

The rapid advancement of the SAA & its allies in eastern #Aleppo in the past 2 days: Why & How

after the #SAA and its allies have recaptured AlHaidari in eastern Aleppo, 2 groups of AlZinki terrorists have surrendered to YPG

https://twitter.com/maytham956/status/8 ... 9069885440

SAA liberated this areas in 48 hours
-Hanano
-Jabal Badro
-Ard el Hamra
-Hellok
-B. Al Basha
-Ba’bdin
-Anzarat
-Ayn Tall
-Haydariyah
-Sakhour

Also Sheikh Khader and Sheikh Faris will be liberated by #SAA end of the day

MAP #Aleppo.Syrian Army take control Haydariyah,Sakhur districts +Ein el-Tal Industrial Area & 1/2 Ba’edin.
HD:http://imgur.com/LmlHtkK
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AL-HASAKA: The United States Army Special Forces and Rangers have lost 5 soldiers at Tal Tamr, specifically at a Kurdish military base called the Zeewaar Camp. This camp famously flew the American flag and the British Union Jack as of 3 days ago demonstrating the deepening ties between the traitorous Kurds and their terrorist-supporting allies in NATO. The deaths and scores of wounded were the result of an electrical spark detonating a warehouse loaded with American-supplied explosives. Americans spirited, by helicopter, their dead and wounded to a Syrian location at Al-Mabrooka and then to Kurdistaan for full disposition. The Kurds, not so lucky, sent theirs to Al-Qaamishli. This proves that the Americans and British have invaded Syria unlawfully. The White House and the State Department are trying to keep this one under wraps.
traitorous Kurds and their terrorist-supporting allies in NATO

How are the kurds traitorous. And if the Americans are helping the kurds against ISIS, how are they terrorist supporting.

If the Americans and British have invaded Syria unlawfully, has Turkey invaded Syria lawfully?! Of course, with the backing and cooperation of Putin.
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Kurds are traitorus ofcourse, because of they were initially with ISIS, then when Turkey & Nusra/Zinki turned against them, then they made tactical retreat from ISIS arms. Now they are in NATO arms. They are with anybody who is invading. So they are generic traitors.

It was the Kurds who gave up personnel retreating from Menagh base to ISIS, which resulted in mass scale slaughter of 200 personnel. Traitorus kurds.
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New map of aleppo. North sector is all in the bag. Explosives being cleared all residents evacuated.

https://mobile.twitter.com/sayed_ridha/ ... 44/photo/1
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Reports of jihadis defecting for amnesty or release to idlib. A few enterprising ones in halek defected to sdf..coukd be ethnic sunni kurds those. Some are guiding govt forces in hopes of better rewards
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Abu Kousa Mahshi ‏@leithfadel
Major build-up of Hezbollah and Harakat Al-Nujaba forces in southern Aleppo. Something big is probably going to happen soon.
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Kurds are traitorus ofcourse, because of they were initially with ISIS, then when Turkey & Nusra/Zinki turned against them, then they made tactical retreat from ISIS arms. Now they are in NATO arms. They are with anybody who is invading. So they are generic traitors.
Russians are traitorous too. First they were with Syria and bombing Turkmen rebels. When Turkey showed bigger n nicer assets, Putin changed course and now is best friends with Turkey and Turkmen rebels.
Russia is with anybody who serves their interest including temporarily the Nazis. They are also generic traitors.

Great logic.
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Bhurishravas wrote:
Kurds are traitorus ofcourse, because of they were initially with ISIS, then when Turkey & Nusra/Zinki turned against them, then they made tactical retreat from ISIS arms. Now they are in NATO arms. They are with anybody who is invading. So they are generic traitors.
Russians are traitorous too. First they were with Syria and bombing Turkmen rebels. When Turkey showed bigger n nicer assets, Putin changed course and now is best friends with Turkey and Turkmen rebels.
Russia is with anybody who serves their interest including temporarily the Nazis. They are also generic traitors.

Great logic.
this is your own logic, Russians 'have not become best friends with Turkey or Turkmen rebels'. They have issued official statement yesterday that Syrian L39 has bombed Turkish lines at Al Bab killing 3 Turks. This is a message to Turkey to stay within limits.

Only Russian utility for Kurds is 'kaante ko kaante se nikalo' that makes sense is viz use kurds to repel turks and use turks to keep kurds in check.
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In contrast to Iraqi army spl forces in peculiar gear such as their pics in star wars type suit or ice hockey type masks we have not seen any similar images of Sy army: they operate very much like any professional army without dramatic make up!
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