Levant crisis - III

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Dec 2016 21:53

^^ people like him must have been the initial core of the FSA before the FSA got taken over by the radicals or chased out by other formations.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Dec 2016 21:55

massa claimed strike near palmyra on some abandoned armour

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=247_1481896551

no idea why or even if the location is true

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Dec 2016 22:02

syrian rats shell hama airport with freshly minted turkish made rockets, on same day raja harichandra is talking national ceasefire with their supplier. lol epic fail

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bba_1481820626

likewise ISIS smacked T4 with grads today

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 16 Dec 2016 22:14

The U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State said on Friday it destroyed 14 tanks, an air defense artillery system and other weaponry near the Syrian city of Palmrya after Islamic State seized the city from Syrian and Russian forces this month.
Reuters
(why is US bothered about Palmyra all of a sudden?)
Possibilities -
1. mix of good & bad terrorists escaped to Palmyra and US wants to take bad out.
So that future supply of MANPAD etc can be assured.
2. Greater involvement in Syria op cos Mosul looks difficult
3. Face saving
4. Establishing sphere of influence in Sy : But they already have Rakka in hand to liberate !
5. Does Ru want to wind up now and US looking for a foothold?

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 16 Dec 2016 22:31

Explosion in damascus. "opposition" used 7 years old girl as suicide bomber. photo(graphics)

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/su ... -damascus/

https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/stat ... 9511020544

TSJones · Post by **TSJones** » 16 Dec 2016 22:37

it looks like Russia is equiping ISIS with some real nice gear at Palmyra.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Dec 2016 22:41

a bunch of ratttling of BMPs and T72s are not going to invade europe in ISIS hands anytime soon. but ISIS could potentially move them all back to Raqqa front, so they need to go. 45 tanks and some BMPs & towed artillery were abandoned. the russians left behind some ZSU-23-2.

atleast the syrian units who ran away could have driven all these hardware back to T4 for safekeeping

looks like only some 400 seasoned troops were there. 250 died defending the heights around the city and 150 escaped through the orchards. the rest were badly led, confused and got conflicting messages apart from having no combat exp and melted away slowly....I figure they did not even stick around in T4 but ran back all the way to Quraytyn where civilians saw them and panicked, leading to a civilian exodus from the town.

there are well equipped formations around damascus which will be used now

habal · Post by **habal** » 16 Dec 2016 22:52

there are reports ISIS bribed the troop commanders, the troops themselves low on morale, and not paid for months. This is standard ISIS procedure to bribe Sunni commanders.

If you employ sunni commanders in Iraq or Syria, ISIS will always have a chance.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Dec 2016 23:02

The 'Nimr' Tiger ‏@Souria4Syrians 23h23 hours ago
Reports of West-backed moderate "rebels" defecting to ISIS in Idlib, Damascus, and Homs after Aleppo defeat. Being spread on ISIS accounts

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 16 Dec 2016 23:06

A Daesh-affiliated fighter was executed in Egypt today on charges of killing police and army officials, state media reported.

A court rejected Sheikh Adel Habara’s final appeal and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi signed the death sentence despite Daesh’s threats to ignite “a volcano of jihad” across the country if he was executed.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161 ... =hootsuite

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 16 Dec 2016 23:25

Imagine this coming from Independent! Nothing succeeds like success:

Western politicians, “experts” and journalists are going to have to reboot their stories over the next few days now that Bashar al-Assad’s army has retaken control of eastern Aleppo. We’re going to find out if the 250,000 civilians “trapped” in the city were indeed that numerous. We’re going to hear far more about why they were not able to leave when the Syrian government and Russian air force staged their ferocious bombardment of the eastern part of the city.

And we’re going to learn a lot more about the “rebels” whom we in the West – the US, Britain and our head-chopping mates in the Gulf – have been supporting.

They did, after all, include al-Qaeda (alias Jabhat al-Nusra, alias Jabhat Fateh al-Sham), the “folk” – as George W Bush called them – who committed the crimes against humanity in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on 11 September 2001. Remember the War on Terror? Remember the “pure evil” of al-Qaeda. Remember all the warnings from our beloved security services in the UK about how al-Qaeda can still strike terror in London?

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ale ... 71576.html

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 16 Dec 2016 23:54

Mosul
Deadly rockets rain down on ISIS from an airbase it once destroyed The US military fires HIMARS missiles at ISIS positions in Mosul 70 kilometers away. The rocket is powerful, accurate and deadly.

LokeshC · Post by **LokeshC** » 16 Dec 2016 23:59

Austin wrote:Explosion in damascus. "opposition" used 7 years old girl as suicide bomber. photo(graphics)

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/su ... -damascus/

https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/stat ... 9511020544

I hope the turds behind this are barbecued alive.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 17 Dec 2016 00:18

Syria See the moment the S 400s arrived in Latakia

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 07:00

T4 to quraytyn road is open again

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 07:37

https://mobile.twitter.com/EjmAlrai/sta ... 80/photo/1

Suleimani back touring Aleppo....idlib beware lol

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 08:15

warehouse full of food aid. enough to feed tens of thousands.and they said the civilians were starving,

they were starving because nato terrorists stole their food.

https://twitter.com/Ald_Aba/status/809889693177413638

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 09:28

Aleppi had very chubby overfed terrorists. All that naan and eu certified milk powder.

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 09:59

banana mama

someone tell mama, banana is out shaving it's thick beard and preparing for evacuation.
no internets in idlib.

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 10:01

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 10:07

Soldier in the Syrian Army meets his family in eastern Aleppo after years.
This entire family would all have been killed if the terrorists knew the soldiers identity.

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 10:09

what happens to that 4000 tanks in the boneyard.
here is the answer.

” US to ship 1,600 tanks to Dutch arms depot in ‘clear message’ to Russia ”

https://www.rt.com/news/370575-us-tanks ... to-russia/

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 10:15

mounting evidence that US DoD considers the intelligence dept beyond repair.
I am yet to figure out whether this loss of faith is because the 'intelligence' is not winning OR is it because they gone rogue.

Writer in this article says that US DoD has basically seceded from the US political elite.

With General Mattis as Secretary of Defense, Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor, General John Kelly as Secretary of Homeland Security, a top-of-class West Point graduate in Mike Pompeo brought in to take over and undoubtedly purge the CIA, and a lame duck struggle breaking out over the NSA with Admiral Mike Rogers, the implications are pretty obvious.

This DoD surge appears to be why corporate interests are railing against “too many generals”. These DoD generals also appears to be why all of those interests -within all of those corrupted political intel institutions- are going nuts thinking about what lays ahead”

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/20 ... onspiracy/

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 10:17

USA is currently undergoing a spasmodic internal power struggle.

You can tell by all the contradictory positions, confusion, cognitive dissonance, denial, empty rhetoric and barking. The old guard in both Democrat and Republican teams is dying and they refuse to admit it. The Democrats are actually the first to implode. Their MSM and ruling elites are behaving like spoilt, entitled kiddies who demand their ice cream.

If Trump doesn’t clean up this house, there might be civil war, not in the full blown military sense of the word, but it could get uglier. Rome didn’t fall because of the barbarians, Rome fell because Rome was at war with itself. The barbarians simply walked in and took advantage of the discord.

Trump cannot afford to be a Harishchandra like Putin and keep forgiving his enemies. They will have him for lunch if he does.

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 10:19

Syrian war has been a catalyst for so many changes. Huge sacrifice by the people of Syria.

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 10:22

being an ocular surgeon, Assad has his advantages in terms of temperament.

surgeons are supposed to have nerves of steel, so that their hands do not waver during critical moments. Somehow he has maintained his steel in most grievous of times.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 10:53

yeah he is tougher than his soft elite looks.

true about the US establishment. DT needs to rip the heart out of the korrupt old patronage system, or they will consume and co-opt him. so far his picks have mostly been no nonsense jernail types and none of the born rich harvard trained think tank career diplomutts. atleast his picks are unlikely to sell amrika off to the highest bidders like the saudis or qataris or be cowed down by cheen posturing...the latest being capturing a uuv in south china sea brazenly in daylight.

bartania might get demoted in the pecking order - they are very tight with the east coast harvard - nyc crowd.

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 11:50

Trump fully intends to be partners with Putin in undermining the old guard, I get a strong feeling.

& that is increasing hysteria amongst the old guard and increasing shrill voices and attacks on Russia on CNN/BBC/MSNBC etc. If one opens the MSM news 'parallel reality' universe. The biggest threat to world peace and western peace is Russia and nothing else but Russia.

US old guard and their surrogates the Turks are destabilizing both the middle east and Europe through their joint support for Islamist radicalism and weaponizing the refugee crisis to ruin Europe.

Russia is in fact a true friend of Europe, because it is in its' neighbourhood and of muslims by the Russian stabilization of Libya through the Libyan army which is a dual move which stabilizes both Europe and the Arab world. It can also pressure Turkey from playing too much politics with refugees.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 13:11

gives an idea of the size of Idlib

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 13:16

remains of the 7yo girl in damascus who was tricked into walking into a police station with a remote control bomb

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Czz51VhVEAAX6yQ.jpg

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 13:19

Inherent ResolveVerified account
‏@CJTFOIR
Near #Palmyra #CJTFOIR destroyed 14 tanks and three artillery systems

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 13:20

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha 16h16 hours ago
With this, Turkey + ES were also able to take control of al-Bab Hospital

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha 16h16 hours ago
Euphrates Shield led by Turkey launched assault this morning on Jabal Sheikh Aqeel which overlooks al-Bab & took control of most of points

time is running out. either SAA has to move south of Al-bab and hack away the ISIS all the way toward Manbij or give YPG passage through its lines to do the same.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 13:23

pmu taking down yet another vbied - they are good at this game

https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/statu ... 6848337920

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 13:24

Haidar Sumeri ‏@IraqiSecurity 8h8 hours ago
#Iraq's Hashd is now in the process of securing dozens of liberated villages west of #Mosul and fortifying them (berms etc.).

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 14:08

AoA
AoA

REPORTS: At Least 10 ‘NATO’ Military Officers Captured by Syrian Special Forces This Morning in East Aleppo Bunker

vanessa beeley ‏@VanessaBeeley

http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/12/16/r ... po-bunker/

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 17 Dec 2016 14:14

habal wrote:Trump fully intends to be partners with Putin in undermining the old guard, I get a strong feeling.

& that is increasing hysteria amongst the old guard and increasing shrill voices and attacks on Russia on CNN/BBC/MSNBC etc. If one opens the MSM news 'parallel reality' universe. The biggest threat to world peace and western peace is Russia and nothing else but Russia.

US old guard and their surrogates the Turks are destabilizing both the middle east and Europe through their joint support for Islamist radicalism and weaponizing the refugee crisis to ruin Europe.

Russia is in fact a true friend of Europe, because it is in its' neighbourhood and of muslims by the Russian stabilization of Libya through the Libyan army which is a dual move which stabilizes both Europe and the Arab world. It can also pressure Turkey from playing too much politics with refugees.

I wont bet on any US leadership to be friends with Russia , At best they can have a Working Relationship sort of Transactional one like Putin had with Bush Jr , If Trump & Putin can have such a transnational relationship then it would be good nothing much beyond that.

Hate for Russia Runs Deep Within US Establishment and by their own admission they consider Russia to be the only country to be an existential threat to them that wont change with Trump or any one else.

Best Bet for Russia is to have Strategic Relationship with China , India , CIS/CSTO/BRIC Countries and Countries with South East Asia which is where the Economic Growth Story will be in next 30 years and these countries are friendly towards Russia no baggage to carry between them

Other countries that are not hostile relationship but can neither be strategic like Japan , Pakistan , Korea , Aus/NZ and few other they can just maintain a good Business Relationship sort of Transactional One , So that they are neither hostile nor a strategic one.

With EU countries they are not really homogeneous they can built a relationship that are both Economic and one Step below Strategic depending on which country in EU you are dealing with , The East European EU countries specially Poland , Latvia are exteremly hostile towards Russia. Germany Italy France are OK to deal with.

Extremely Hostile Countries like US and UK wont ever have good relationship with Russia no matter who is in power in Russia or US/UK

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 17 Dec 2016 14:15

habal wrote:AoA
AoA

REPORTS: At Least 10 ‘NATO’ Military Officers Captured by Syrian Special Forces This Morning in East Aleppo Bunker

vanessa beeley ‏@VanessaBeeley

http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/12/16/r ... po-bunker/

Unless they share their pics I would say its Fake News

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 14:17

Fares Shehabi, prominent Syrian parliamentarian and head of Aleppo’s Chamber of Commerce published the names of the NATO officers on his Facebook page on the 15th December (emphasis added):

Moataz Ughhh Lacan Oglu – Turkish
David Scott Weiner – American
David Shlomo Aram – Israeli
Mohammad Sheikh Islam
Mohammed Ahmed boys – Saudi.
Abdel Moneim Fahad Al Ḩryj – Saudi.
Islam Salim al Zahran el Glen – Saudi.
Ahmad Ibn Nawfal Aldridge-Saudi
Mohamed Hassan Subaie – Saudi.
Hamid Fahad Al Dossary – Saudi.
Amjad Kasem Tirawi – Jordanian
Qasim Saad Al-Shammari – Saudi.
Ayman Qasim Thâalbi – Saudi.
Mohammad Shafi ‘ I AL-Idrisi – Moroccan

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Dec 2016 14:20

http://www.voltairenet.org/article194584.html
Le Conseil de sécurité se réunit à huis clos après l’arrestation d’officiers de l’Otan à Alep
RÉSEAU VOLTAIRE | 16 DÉCEMBRE 2016

Réseau Voltaire — Le Conseil de sécurité siège à huis clos, ce vendredi 16 décembre 2016 à 17h temps universel, alors que des officiers de l’Otan ont été arrêtés ce matin par les Forces spéciales syriennes dans un bunker à Alep-Est.

trans:
The Security Council is sitting in private on Friday, December 16, 2016, at 17:00 GMT, while NATO officers were arrested this morning by the Syrian Special Forces in a bunker in East Aleppo.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Dec 2016 14:49

what exactly were this lot doing in aleppo? were they the famous white helmet acting crew ? was one of them bana alabed?