Levant crisis - III

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 12:04

Yusha Yuseef Verified account @MIG29_ 18h18 hours ago

Belgian Air Force Commander announces that the International Alliance suspended its flights west of Euphrates River due to Russia threats
http://aranews.net/2017/04/belgium-susp ... us-strike/
“Coalition contributors want to minimize the risk to their militaries,” Washington-based analyst Nicholas A. Heras, Bacevich Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), told ARA News.

“U.S.-Russian deconfliction in Syria is essential to allowing the U.S. Coalition partners to have the peace of mind that they will not be unwillingly thrust into a shooting war between the Americans and the Russians,” Heras said.

“America’s Coalition partners signed up to fight ISIS, not go to war with Russia. The United States and Russia are at a tense standoff in Syria,” he concluded.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 13:57

The likelihood that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed is close to 100 percent, Interfax news agency quoted Viktor Ozerov, the head of the defense committee in the Russian upper house of parliament, as saying on Friday.

"I think this information is close to 100 percent," the agency quoted Ozerov as saying. "The fact that Islamic State has still not shown him anywhere also adds to our confidence that al-Baghdadi has been killed."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-midea ... 9E0PI?il=0

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 14:01

6 more kalibrs launched by FFG and Kilo on eastern Hama, in the last hit you see a ammo storage exploding. mentioned in the report also.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2017 ... sh-kalibr/

beautiful video - drones / helis onsite both at launch and impact.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 14:01

Kalibr cruise missile launches carried out by two Russian frigates and a submarine have destroyed Daeshcommand posts and large weapons caches in the eastern Syrian province of Hama, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.

"As a result of a surprise saturation missile attack, Daesh command posts, as well as large ammunition depots, have been destroyed in the vicinity of the town of Akerbat in the province of Hama, where a militant arsenal detonated after a pinpoint hit by the Kalibr cruise missile," the ministry said in a statement.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 14:02

which reminds me - WE NEED THOSE NIRBHAYS YESTERDAY

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 14:31

al masdar
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 A.M.) – The Australian regime resumed its bombing campaign in Syria, Thursday, after a 48 hour suspension of military operations in the Levantine country.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 16:53

Syrian govt forces have crept through the desert to cover about half the distance to al.bukamal per some reports. They might setup a major logistic base in t2 pump stn

http://wikimapia.org/m/#lat=34.0791089& ... 12&l=0&m=b

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 23 Jun 2017 17:37

From the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea frigates "Admiral Essen", "Admiral Grigorovich" and the submarine "Krasnodar" of the Russian Navy, launched six cruise missiles "Caliber" against the targets of the terrorist group ISIS in Syria.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 19:46

https://twitter.com/Syria_Hezb_Iran/sta ... 8748295168

Desert are vast. Syrians need to put shoulder to wheel and build up big stores of fuel and ammo in ithriyah palmyra and t2 station to support ops in east

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 20:46

Singha wrote:Syrian govt forces have crept through the desert to cover about half the distance to al.bukamal per some reports. They might setup a major logistic base in t2 pump stn

http://wikimapia.org/m/#lat=34.0791089& ... 12&l=0&m=b

3 different fronts leningrad , kiev and stalingrad are gearing for berlin er dez now. Stalingrad army group south just crossed thd dez state line near t2

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article ... -province/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 20:47

I would request ppl to use google maps to memorize the euphrates valley towns from raqqa to al qaim and the deserts and borders

Unless you know madan vs mayadeen you would find it tough to follow the action

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 21:28

The'Nimr'Tiger @Souria4Syrians 4h4 hours ago

I met with top FSA lieutenant who said to me personally "I sold US aid & weapons to ISIS in order to feed my family, life is tough in Tanf"

Syrian Army 20km~ away from T2 pumping station after liberating some areas from ISIS in Homs near Syria-Iraq Border

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 22:29

DEZ

saa overruns a small isis position near dez...find a lot of ammo and a couple of dead folks with flies buzzing

https://twitter.com/Ibra_Joudeh/status/ ... 9659522048

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 23 Jun 2017 22:38

good videos

tour of destroyed al nuri mosque

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ca_1498187013

tigers capture a tank workshop in resafa some of the tanks resemble the IS2 stalin of late ww2 fame..ancient crates but being russian still operable as mobile pillboxes against infantry and towns.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=80f_1498148747

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2017 10:13

Yusha Yuseef verified account @MIG29_ 7h7 hours ago

Breaking || Report BY #SOHR Said that Syrian Army & Allies liberate 85 KM Of syrian - Iraqi border , only 12 Km to T2 south Bo-kamal city

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 24 Jun 2017 12:01

White Helmets member caught on camera disposing of Syrian soldiers’ mutilated bodies (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

https://www.rt.com/news/393809-white-he ... ed-bodies/

GRAPHICS Video https://twitter.com/Ali_Kourani/status/ ... 8472472579

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 24 Jun 2017 12:31

Russian Navy cruise missile strikes geolocated near Hamada Al-Amar/Uqayribat, Hama province

https://twitter.com/obretix/status/878172674794631168

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2017 15:25

Singha wrote:Yusha Yuseef verified account @MIG29_ 7h7 hours ago

Breaking || Report BY #SOHR Said that Syrian Army & Allies liberate 85 KM Of syrian - Iraqi border , only 12 Km to T2 south Bo-kamal city

drone footage of burning isis camp at al waer
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/dr ... eir-ezzor/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2017 15:26

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/sa ... y-general/

hassan nasrallah lashes out at KSA calls it cowardly

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2017 15:28

Islamic World Update‏ @islamicworldupd 1h1 hour ago
Replying to @islamicworldupd @PetoLucem
#SAA is now at 12 kms from T2 Pumping Station South #DeirEzzor #Syria

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2017 15:31

assad cracks down on lawless elites in damascus ...
https://twitter.com/EHSANI22/status/878292017532502017

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2017 15:53

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-midea ... SKBN19E1MI

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 24 Jun 2017 18:48

https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/stat ... 9672414208

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Jun 2017 20:40

Latest map south syria

https://twitter.com/PetoLucem/status/878889624441114624

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Jun 2017 20:42

Iraqi army and pmu sweeping their side per a reply to above as they must

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 25 Jun 2017 21:16

ETD (estimated time tovrestruction) of ISIS anyone?

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 25 Jun 2017 21:18

Failing in both Syria and Irqq,are we seeing the beginning of the end of ISIS in the Levant? The scramble,race will now be to carve up rival territories as was done posr WW 2 in Europe.

In an historic sense,future historians might club together the wars of the last two decades in the region stretching from Afghanistan to N.Africa as WW3.Once ISIS is defeated we will enter another Cold War this time in the ME where states will square off against each other in rival Sunni/Shia dominated groupings with the US/West and Russia/China supporting rival groups.India will as per usual be csught sitting on the fence trying to be neutral.Time for the revival of NAM what?Stranger things have happened before.

We will see lines drawn in the sand dunes dividing US and Russian spheres of influence.The desert sands are truly shifting.Au revoir Sykes-Picot.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Jun 2017 21:19

Syria seems to have 3 different group of people

Kurds look more like turks and persians
Euphrates arabs look like iraqis
Coastal syrians look like lebanese french greek...asma al assad types could easily pass off as european elites.

Interesting mix. Less homogenous than iraq or iran.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Jun 2017 22:54

Us spokesman welcomes syrian govt efforts to fight isis in east. Says coalition not in land grab business

https://apnews.com/amp/203103329c594ecf94352632eebd3169

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Jun 2017 22:55

Al-Sukhna & the T2 expected 2be the next biggest #ISIS defeat in the coming days (this coming week). 2000 fresh men injected on this front.

Elijah magnier twitter.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:13

under israeli air cover, its al qaeda proxies have attacked a govt town al-baath in golan heights.

here a video of israeli AF striking two syrian tanks
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/8 ... 4132034560

the ostensible reason is that "some mortar shell fell on israel" as the govt was fighting off the nusra attack

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:15

one theory
jirinaS‏ @jirinas22 20h20 hours ago
More
Replying to @miladvisor
Al-Qaeda requested Israeli fire-support by launching some mortars towards empty space in the Israel occupied area. http://www.moonofalabama.org

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:25

seymour hersh does a deep expose of the whole tomahawk strike on syria - there was no chemical weapons

seems US intel had been told days in advance by the russians of the meeting they would bomb, and a guided bomb provided to SyAF

someone in deep state arranged the chemical weapons aftereffects show in the area to coincide after the strike, thus pressuring trump to strke at syria, which he was convinced by military men to minimize as a expensive fireworks show because they all knew the truth

read it all
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/art ... -Line.html

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:29

http://theduran.com/saudi-arabia-wont-g ... in-3-days/

The official Saudi Press Agency reports that Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin, is the main threat to Saudi Arabia.

“I think there is many terrorist groups in Syria that must be defeated. But it’s the Russians who tries to expand terrorism in the Middle East. It’s not difficult to imagine how much the spirits of these terrorists been raised, obviously,Russia is helping terrorists by attacking FSA militants.”

Mohammed bin Salman continued his delusional rant…

“Saudi Arabia won’t ‘go soft’ on Russia, we will issue an ultimatum to Mr. Putin. If Russia continues its indiscriminate bombing, we should make clear that we will take steps to hold its forces at greater risk. Russia must keep in mind that our military capabilities will be enough to destruct Russian forces in Syria in 3 days.”

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:30

http://www.awdnews.com/political/saudi- ... -in-3-days

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:39

a series of tweets by jenan moussa from a SDF refugee camp of her talks to foreign ISIS wives caught trying to flee to turkey and parked in a special section of refugee camp for now - as the local women want to thrash them
https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/ ... 4859644928

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:44

east of arak. the two men in back are russians going by dress
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDNFxd5WAAARcNL.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDNFvowXsAA5TBY.jpg:large

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 07:48

Ivan Sidorenko‏ @IvanSidorenko1 5h5 hours ago

#Syria #Rasafa #Resafa / #Ithriya Road- #SAA now 10 KM from closing 1st #ISIS pockets east of Khanasser- thriya after capturin Syriatel hill

^^ syrians attacking from both ends to close the gap

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 26 Jun 2017 14:20

iraqi army fighting street by street through old mosul
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/statu ... 0530781184

civilians are still alive and coming out if they can. use of artillery is being avoided.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 26 Jun 2017 15:05

Simply hilarious,the Saudi threat to destroy Russian forces in "3 days".The Saudis have probably rubbed their bums with the Pakis for too long.Like the Pakis who have never won a war,so too have the Saudis,not even in the Yemen! Their great Sunni mil machine.led by a former Paki army chief,explains the bombast from the Saudi upstart. Just one missile landing upon his palace or anywhere in RIyadh will see the Soothi Barbarian royals fleeing to Europe and their leaders pleading with the US/UN,etc. for salvation.Famous saying must be repeated here. "Whom the Gods wish to destroy,they first turn mad".

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... t-of-qatar

Erdoğan rejects Saudi demand to pull Turkish troops out of Qatar
Turkey’s president condemns request as a ‘very ugly approach’ and dismisses other demands made of Qatar by Gulf states

Martin Chulov
Sunday 25 June 2017 17.22 BST Last modified on Monday 26 June 2017 00.00 BST
Turkey’s president has described as disrespectful a demand by Saudi Arabia and its allies that it withdraw its troops from Qatar as a step towards ending a deepening dispute with the besieged Gulf state.

Qatar given 10 days to meet 13 sweeping demands by Saudi Arabia

Two days after the demand was made, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan instead reiterated his support for Qatar and described the 13 demands levelled at the Gulf country as preconditions to restore relations as being “against international law”.

“To ask Turkey to pull out its troops from Qatar is firstly disrespectful behaviour towards us,” he said in Istanbul on the first day of a three-day holiday to mark the end of Ramadan. “We don’t need permission from anyone to establish military bases among partners. We endorse and appreciate Qatar’s stance towards the 13 demands. It’s a very, very ugly approach to try to interfere with our agreement.”

Sharply escalating the worst diplomatic crisis among Gulf allies in decades, the Saudi led-alliance on Friday gave Qatar 10 days to comply with a list of demands, which included closing the state-funded broadcasting network, al-Jazeera, scaling back contact with Iran, removing Turkish troops from its soil and severing ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Qatar has said it will not comply with the demands, and Erdoğan’s endorsement appeared to entrench Doha’s position – setting the scene for a showdown on 3 July.

Saudi Arabia has not spelled out what it intends to do if the tiny nation refuses to align its foreign policy with that of its powerful neighbour and its allies. Riyadh and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have already imposed a land, sea and air blockade of Qatar, strangling trade and forcing food shortages. The Saudi stance has become gradually more pointed, with senior ministers across the region accusing the Qatari ruling family of licensing the support of terrorism for decades.

Speaking in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, Dr Anwar Gargash, said the alternative to agreeing to terms with its neighbours would be “parting ways”.

“Is Qatar ready for a new life without ties to KSA [Saudi Arabia], UAE and Bahrain? For a policy isolating it from its environment for the sake of supporting extremism?” he asked.

“To prefer a partisan extremist agenda and spend huge sums on that agenda and jihadist groups? After anger will come wisdom.”

Addressing Turkey’s involvement in Qatar, which stemmed from a bilateral defence agreement made in 2014 and ratified recently, Gargash said: “The Turks left Qatar over a century ago and now have returned. They have big interests in the region and we hope Turkey’s priority will be its interests and not its ideology. But 1,000 or 2,000 Turkish troops show lack of confidence from Qatari government in its stability. Stability will come from integration with the neighbourhood.”

The UK’s foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, on Friday appeared to suggest that the demands levelled are unreasonable. “Gulf unity can only be restored when all countries involved are willing to discuss terms that are measured and realistic,” he said. “The UK calls upon the Gulf states to find a way of de-escalating the situation and lifting the current embargo and restrictions, which are having an impact on the everyday lives of people in the region.”

The Saudi-led boycott, which enlisted other GCC states and Egypt to isolate Qatar, was imposed several weeks after the high-profile visit to Riyadh by the US president, Donald Trump, during which he re-prioritised the kingdom over its main regional rival, Iran – the regional clout of which had risen after the Obama administration brokered a nuclear deal with Tehran.

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Ever since, Riyadh has moved to enforce its newfound standing. Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood are seen by Saudi leaders and their allies as subversive threats. Doha has maintained a close relationship with the Brotherhood and had enjoyed warming ties with Iran.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement on Sunday that some of the demands on Qatar “will be very difficult to meet”, but did not reject them outright.

He called on Qatar and the other Arab countries to “sit together” to work through the list. Tillerson had previously insisted any demands be “reasonable and actionable.”