Levant crisis - III

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Jan 2017 13:15

TURKISH TROOPS KICKING ISIS OUT
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – ISIS is preparing to withdraw from the northern Syrian town of al-Bab nearly two months after Turkey launched an operation to oust the extremist group from the town, according to Turkish military sources.

“In light of recent information from the region, it can be said that ISIL is preparing to withdraw from al-Bab as a result of the military operation of the Turkish Armed Forces,” Hurriyet Daily News quoted Turkish military sources as saying on Friday.

ISIS has moved its headquarters out of the town and into the Tadif area, a village just south of al-Bab, the news outlet reported.

The militant group had “lost hope” after losing senior bomb makers in airstrikes, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing local sources.

The Turkish army began Operation Euphrates Shield on August 24 in which it aims to clear border areas of “terroris
- See more at: http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=abb_148555 ... fyHW8.dpuf

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Jan 2017 13:21

Syrian cargo aircraft successfully dropped off ammunition to the servicemen at the military airfield at the city of Deir ez-Zor, besieged by isis

BEIRUT (Sputnik) — All of the cargo, fitted with a parachute system, landed on an airfield territory, Al Mayadeen TV broadcaster reported on Friday.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Jan 2017 17:42

Massive rallies in idlib province in al nusra support

Usaf bombs nusra in idlib again

Sdf ypg preparing in afrin to attack nusra in aleppo west. Few smaller formations got slapped by nusra and joined sdf now

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 28 Jan 2017 19:52

Singha wrote:Syrian cargo aircraft successfully dropped off ammunition to the servicemen at the military airfield at the city of Deir ez-Zor, besieged by isis

BEIRUT (Sputnik) — All of the cargo, fitted with a parachute system, landed on an airfield territory, Al Mayadeen TV broadcaster reported on Friday.

So they still can't land or even make a low-altitude pass at that airport, hain? This is a major failure of Gen. Vodkov/ Smirnoffski

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 28 Jan 2017 20:19

Singha wrote:Usaf bombs nusra in idlib again

Proof? Any kind of source?

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 28 Jan 2017 20:21

Y. Kanan wrote:
Singha wrote:Usaf bombs nusra in idlib again

Link?

Also, is there yet any evidence or tacit acknowledgement of any joint US/Russian air strikes, anywhere?

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 28 Jan 2017 21:46

wtf!
After Trump orders to ban citizens from five ME countries (excluding Saudi, Qatar) into US, Emirates Qatar etc have stopped letting Iranian & Syrian board plane to US even to those who have green card.
When these are the countries who fought ISIS!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Jan 2017 22:55

Y. Kanan wrote:
Y. Kanan wrote:
Link?

Also, is there yet any evidence or tacit acknowledgement of any joint US/Russian air strikes, anywhere?

Yusha Yuseef – Verified account ‏@MIG29_

US Airstrik Hit Edlib CS since moments
9:55 am - 27 Jan 2017

^^ he is embedded media with tiger force north units

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 29 Jan 2017 01:33

Emirates and Saudia can now bring 400% paki terrorists to be welcomed into the US of A.

(I shouldn't laugh. As they say,

the ashes floating in the wind may be ur own

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jan 2017 06:09

https://mobile.twitter.com/Pyrmha108/st ... 08/photo/1

Map of north syria with al qaeda in dark green and al qaeda lite in light green

Remains to be seen if trump bombs one both or none in a months time. I think unmarked is jund al aqsa who are isis

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jan 2017 06:11

Doloroso ‏@Pyrmha108
@SariZagros Ahrar has split - half with Real AQ / half with AQ Lite....

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jan 2017 09:19

the Ayn fijeh spring in wadi barada is now fully under SAA ownership and repairs ongoing to restore water to damascus

some 2400 militants in that valley either surrendered and got their cases settled or took a free bus ride to Idlib. its all red on the map now. pretty astonishing number in such a small area. seems like the rebellion gave every idle young man a gun, a salary , power to loot civilians and generated jobs in a tough economy and once under some flag, GCC / Nato aid poured in to keep the coffers filled.

I would expect east ghouta remnants to be totally gone by monsoon. that would leave a few pockets near the golan heights border and lebanese border who get moral and diplomatic support from across.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jan 2017 12:19

https://mobile.twitter.com/maytham956/s ... 77/video/1

Tochka outbound from t4 to palmyra

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 29 Jan 2017 16:27

Kornet vs. Abrams

http://www.fort-russ.com/2015/07/kornet-vs-abrams.html

I suspect quite a few Iraqi soldiers have defected to IS , They say IS got kornet from fleeing Iraqi Army but just because they got kornet does not mean they can use it too unless they have some trained person who has the experience to use Kornet.

Even the Tow supplied by US good opposition was trained by CIA to use it. So there is a fair amount of training needed on how to use these weapons

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jan 2017 20:21

Anbar and salahaldeen States are rife with daesh supporters. So surely technically missing soldiers in the fallback to baghdad in 2015 joined daesh right away

The car bombs that hit baghdad weekly are made in theae regions and then smuggled in

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Jan 2017 08:02

Early in the morning on Jan. 29, one American Special Operations commando was killed and three others were injured in a fierce firefight with Al Qaeda fighters targeted by a predawn raid against the AQ headquarters in Yemen.

The surprise attack was carried out by commandos from the U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 in Bayda Province who killed 14 Qaeda militants in what is the first confirmed anti-terror operation under Trump presidency.

It’s not clear what aircraft were supporting the raid; what has been confirmed is that a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft called in to evacuate the wounded American soldiers crash landed, injuring 2 service members (1 according to other sources).

The tilt-rotor aircraft was intentionally destroyed in place by a U.S. raid once it was determined that it could not leave the crash landing site

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 30 Jan 2017 10:54

So the "tooth" finally outs.ISIS was using chem weapons.not the Syrians,Russians,etc. The lie about usage of chem weapons that was being touted in the front pages and tv channels of the West ad nauseum against Assad and co., especially in the fight for Aleppo,has now been nailed with this discovery in the fight for Mosul. Strange though,there is such a news blanket about Mosul-as if it doesn't exist at all,becos the US and West can't complete the job unlike Putin and co.?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... aqi-forces

Chemical weapons found in Mosul in Isis lab, say Iraqi forces
Special forces say mustard agent and Russian surface-to-air missiles found in site set up in Nineveh ruin

Iraqi forces have said they have discovered a mustard chemical warfare agent in eastern Mosul alongside a cache of Russian surface-to-surface missiles.

Iraqi and US officials have repeatedly warned of efforts by Isis to develop chemical weapons. When Iraqi forces retook Mosul University this month, they found chemistry labs they believed had been converted into makeshift weapons labs.

Bhurishravas · Post by **Bhurishravas** » 30 Jan 2017 16:02

http://aranews.net/2017/01/shia-paramil ... pposition/

The Iraqi Joint Operations Command, headed by General Abdul Ameer Rasheed Yarallah, on Friday confirmed that the Shia-majority Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) will march on the ethnic Turkmen town of Tal Afar, despite previous opposition from Turkey, while the Iraqi army and police will take Mosul city.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Jan 2017 16:15

the PMU claims the units earmarked for Tal Afar are turkoman sunni nineveh militia not southern shias, so maybe everyone will be placated.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Jan 2017 20:22

Southfront

A commander of the women’s battalion of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, operating in Nineveh province, has stolen several millions of dollars, belonging to the group, and escaped from Mosul to al-Ba’aj province with four of her helpers, the Fars news agency reported on Saturday, citing unnamed local sources in Nineveh. The news agency specified that three of the commander’s helpers are Arabs, while another one is from Tajikistan.

“A commander of the female battalion is tasked to use female members in operations and administer all issues and affairs, related to female suicide bombers,” the news agency’s sources explained.
According to the sources, after the terrorist group’s members ran away from Mosul, the IS security forces are now on alert, as the terrorist group fears that its foreign members may return to their countries.

Also on Saturday, another source disclosed that three European women, who were members of the IS women’s battalion, were executed by the terrorist group in the Syrian town of Merkadeh, located in the southern part of Hasaka. Reportedly, the women were accused of spying for the international coalition’s forces.

The source noted that all members of the women’s battalion are considered as a part of the IS security agency.

According to another report from Merkadeh town, last week, at least 15 foreign members of the IS left the southern parts of Hasaka. Reportedly, after the incident, the terrorist group started to detain a number of its senior members

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Jan 2017 20:24

Could be the khalifas harem. Al baaj is where khalifa is said to be in hiding. If she wanted to escape would have bribed her way via krg to turkey or via anbar to jordan

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Jan 2017 22:54

photos are circulating of dead kids, incl anwar al awlakis small daughter
if true, not a very discerning op
AFP news agencyVerified account
‏@AFP
#BREAKING 41 Qaeda militants, 16 civilians dead in US raid on Yemen: new toll

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Jan 2017 22:56

pmu takes out a huge vbied with a kornet

https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/statu ... 0654003201

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 07:11

https://southfront.org/more-details-on- ... eir-ez-zor

...pro league work

details of the op in which 400 syrian troops were inserted into deir azzor airport. 18 Mi8/17 helis, 2 su35 CAP, 2 CSAR helis, unknown number of Su25 for CAS at landing zone, 4 IL76 to Qamishli and 1 IL20 GMTI a/c were involved .... laser dropzone markers , NVG for flight crews

1st para tells its own tale::- NATO could have struck these columns on the long journey to palmyra but sat back and did nothing

On December 9, 2016, columns of Islamic State armored cars left the city of Mosul and crossed the border into Syria.IS fighters launched a fierce offensive on the Syrian army garrison in Palmyra and conquered the city.The IS had 4,000 fighters in this operation, who came via Toyota pickup trucks equipped with machine guns, armored vehicles, artillery and tanks.On January 14, 2017, part of the IS group in the area of Palmyra traveled 100 km east to join the Islamic State group attacking the city of Deir ez-Zor.In a few days, the 7,000 IS fighters managed to break in two the defensive formation of the Syrian army at Deir ez-Zor.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 07:27

southfront

So-called “opposition groups” have formed two major coalitions in the province of Idlib. Initially, Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zinki, Liwa al-Haq, Jabhat Ansar al-Din, Jaish al-Sunna, Mijahidou Ashidaa, Kataib al-Aqsa, Katibat Qawafel al-Shuhada united under the Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham operation room, led by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda). Then, Katibat Osoud al-Rahman, Katibat al-Rashid and the al Sa’ab tribe also joined the coalition and a number of Ahrar al-Sham battalions defected to Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham.

In turn, Tajamu Fastaqim Kama Umirt, Sukour al-Sham, Kataib Thuwar al-Sham, Jaish al-Islam (Idlib branch), Shamia Front, Mujahidi Ibn Taimia, Liwa Miqdad Bin Amro and Jaish al-Mujahidin merged with Ahrar al-Sham.

The creation of two big coalitions shows a separation of Turkish-oriented and Saudi-oriented militant groups in Idlib as result of Damascus-Tehran-Moscow-Ankara negotiations. The problems are that the question still remains how this can be used for successful military operations against terrorists on the ground.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 31 Jan 2017 07:57

Singha wrote:pmu takes out a huge vbied with a kornet

https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/statu ... 0654003201

Gruesome

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 08:25

houthis claim to have smacked this saudi/uae al madinah ffg with a missile - video in link

https://twitter.com/delhidefence/status ... 4387451906

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 08:26

Delhi Defence Review ‏@delhidefence 7h7 hours ago
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#Iraqi #PMU kill over 50 #ISIS fighters trying to flee #Tal_Afar toward #Syria #DeirEzzor.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 08:36

Singha wrote:houthis claim to have smacked this saudi/uae al madinah ffg with a missile - video in link

https://twitter.com/delhidefence/status ... 4387451906

the video crew circled around the ship from the back to capture the moment of impact. that ship will need years of repair if it ever puts to sea again.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 31 Jan 2017 08:40

Yemen Rebels Hit Saudi Naval Vessel with Missile Attack (VIDEO)

huge explosion

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 10:43

fig leaf artists are claiming its a suicide boat attack...but a ship in war zone would surely have lookouts and a couple of guns warmed up .... esp after the houthis have done it before - or more accurately the Saleh govt official republican guards who own the missile batteries.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 13:20

a trimaran ship earlier damaged by the yemenis
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuBLg5dUAAAtltS.jpg

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 15:16

Singha wrote:southfront

So-called “opposition groups” have formed two major coalitions in the province of Idlib. Initially, Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zinki, Liwa al-Haq, Jabhat Ansar al-Din, Jaish al-Sunna, Mijahidou Ashidaa, Kataib al-Aqsa, Katibat Qawafel al-Shuhada united under the Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham operation room, led by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda). Then, Katibat Osoud al-Rahman, Katibat al-Rashid and the al Sa’ab tribe also joined the coalition and a number of Ahrar al-Sham battalions defected to Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham.

In turn, Tajamu Fastaqim Kama Umirt, Sukour al-Sham, Kataib Thuwar al-Sham, Jaish al-Islam (Idlib branch), Shamia Front, Mujahidi Ibn Taimia, Liwa Miqdad Bin Amro and Jaish al-Mujahidin merged with Ahrar al-Sham.

The creation of two big coalitions shows a separation of Turkish-oriented and Saudi-oriented militant groups in Idlib as result of Damascus-Tehran-Moscow-Ankara negotiations. The problems are that the question still remains how this can be used for successful military operations against terrorists on the ground.

Nusrats on left, Shams on right

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 15:19

the 3rd formation are those who have totally left Idlib in favour of euphrates shield like sultan murad brigade and turkestan islamic party.

the Tajamu fastaqim in right column, 2nd last row were given a lot of TOW missiles...other groups were jealous of their toys.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 21:00

if DT is serious about wiping ISIS he has a few 1000 gathered around Deir azzor to have a go at.
declare deir azzor one of his planned "safe areas" which means anyone attempting to molest it will face the full wrath of the usaf and cut loose.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 22:07

Al masdar

A security source has told Al-Sumerian News that a chief ISIS executioner known for beheadings was stabbed to death by unknown assailants in the west of Nineveh.

“An unknown armed group killed on Sunday ISIS’ most famous decapitator, the so-nicknamed ‘Abu Sayyaf’”, the source told Alsumaria News.

“The armed group ambushed him at al-Dawasa region, in the western side of the city, and stabbed him several times. He died immediately,” he added.

“He had beheaded 100’s of violators of the group’s rule, and used to dump the heads at a well-known hole in al-Khasafa region,” the source concluded.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 22:08

6 Russian backfires continue to visit deir azzor every alternate day

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jan 2017 22:10

Abu sayyaf was the giant brute known as the bulldozer

He used to behead a lot of people in anbar province

Some of his victims relatives must have tracked him down..hope he gets 72 pigs in hell

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 01 Feb 2017 08:09

saa has finally started its offensive just north of jaboul salt lake to creep up on deir hafr from the south
its repub guard and hezbollah from aleppo, so seasoned units
tiger forces continue to creep forward south of al-bab - they are around 6km away to south-east now

perhaps the idea is to make al-bab and deir-hafr undefendable and force a withdrawal without costly urban fighting by choking their supply lines.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 01 Feb 2017 14:22

Syrian Civil War Map ‏@CivilWarMap 19h19 hours ago
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#US Coaltion supplied #SDF with 200 Armoured Vehicles, ATGMs, Sniper Rifles, Assault Rifles, Heavy Machine Guns and Mortars.