Syria in 2016 (January-March)

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Tracing the supply of components used in Islamic State bombs
http://www.conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Tracing_The_Supply_of_Components_Used_in_Islamic_S tate_IEDs.pdf …
pic.twitter.com/wQSWB8I9aq


bellingcat @bellingcat

Reaper Drones Revealed to Be Operating from Jordan via @bellingcat
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2016/02/25/reaper-drones-revealed-operating-jordan/ …

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Russian military tactics in Syria are actually those practiced in both Georgia 2008 and in Chechnya.....

#Syria: Under #Russia's fist - deliberate targeting of civilians
http://wp.me/ppCFZ-ca5 via @im_PULSE

AND the Obama WH certainly did not realize Putin would do this right????

And these are the Syrian Kurds a US proxy in #AynDaqnah fighting the #FSA ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nEOpVG2zTk … pic.twitter.com/Ig12au0N76

Footage
#FSA vs #YPG in #TallRifat last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Qm0ag88zA …
pic.twitter.com/t3k29hXchW

YPG forces in Ayn Daqnah get a hard time.
Turkish backed rebels with pro mortar position.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx2xhMYI7u8 …
pic.twitter.com/ZCEQOSiMwq

Syrian Afghani Army mercenary captured by rebels west #Aleppo countryside.
pic.twitter.com/ZyKNdUXFtd

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Telling...and the US keeps on telling the Turks and the FSA that they have the YPG under control....sure?????

YPG not just coordinating with Assad/IRGC/RuAF now but also conducting joint ops against rebels from its territories

Graphic: RuAF kill a whole family in Qabtian al-Jabal last night before IRGC/YPG ground atck
https://youtu.be/gFGa67gw4rM

PYD mocking Islamic rituals in mosques after their capture of areas of Aleppo & displacing Arabs

From yesterday....
Aleppo: ISIS blows up another car carrying Assad forces with IED on Ithriya/Khannaser road. That's like the 4th car today...

Iranian revolutionary guards general Hamza Al Kadimi killed in #Syria

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Why is it that Obama and Kerry strangely do not "see the Iranian connections" in the various Arab Sunni nation states.....do they not believe in a Iranian non linear sectarian war?????

Kerry desperate as Saudi sends jets to Syria via Turkey-

Kerry: "we have stopped shipment of weapons coming from Iran to Yemen"

BTW the Saudi's stopped many more than the US has.....actually the US have said little about these shipments for the last ten months or so..wonder why...I forgot....Iran Deal...

Way to little.....way to late.

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Renewed airstrikes by Russian jets in Saraqeb, Idlib & Atareb, Aleppo & by Assad helicopters in Teirma'ala, Homs this morning. #Syria

Russian airstrikes, Assad artillery & rocket fire targeting Douma, Marj & Bala this AM. Heavy clashes continue in Marj & Bala. #Damascus

Regime & Iranian led militias tried to advance into Qubtan al-Jabal & Sheikh Aqil in western #Aleppo under Russia air cover after midnight

A tank was reportedly destroyed, 8 killed & an Afghani fighter captured. Clashes still ongoing on outskirts. #Aleppo

Rebels say the regime attack was coordinated with Jaish al-Thuwar & Kurdish forces

Reports Turkish artillery targeted YPG positions near Munbatih in Tal Abyad, #Raqqa, #Syria

FSA 1st Coastal Div launching mortar shells at regime positions in Kinsaba, rural #Latakia, #Syria
http://youtu.be/BKiYm8tB2DM

Regime & Iranian led militias tried to advance into Qubtan al-Jabal & Sheikh Aqil in western #Aleppo under Russia air cover after midnight

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Breakingnews || 10 air-strikes on #Douma_city now caused injuries.

Important read re: MOC-FSA dynamics:
http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/loss-of-southern-front-town-points-to-disarray-in-syrian-rebel-ranks#full …

Islamic State operated 122mm D-30, 130mm M-46 and T-55 in action around Khanaser in the past couple of days

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The pretend ceasefire in #Syria #Obama #Putin
http://mme.cm/LXAW00 via @KyleWOrton

The pretend ceasefire in Syria

A ceasefire in Syria cannot work, but there are diplomatic gains from pretending it can

February 25, 2016



The Syrian ceasefire, which the United States and Russia agreed on February 12 and which was supposed to take effect on February 19, had seemed to amount to little more than granting Russia a week of internationally-legitimated time to press its aggression against Aleppo and then blame the rebellion for breaking the ceasefire when the rebels refused to freeze the fighting on the new frontlines. Of course, it has turned out worse than that: with the agreement of another ceasefire on February 22, due to take effect on February 27 at midnight, Russia has had two weeks to make gains.

As it happens, the Russian-enabled offensive against Aleppo by the pro-regime coalition—led by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and various foreign Shiite jihadist forces under IRGC control, including Lebanese Hezbollah, various Iraqi militias, and Afghan Hazara refugees—has somewhat stalled.

It was always doubtful that the pro-regime forces could militarily crush the rebellion in Aleppo; the presence of foreign forces is strongly indicative of the regime’s shortage in manpower. And even if the moderate opposition in Aleppo could be destroyed, the regime could not hold the territory—thereby creating a vacuum that would inevitably be filled by ISIS.

As it was, the pro-regime coalition was even weaker than it appeared, losing ground to ISIS in areas it had already ostensibly secured, namely As-Safira Plains in southern Rif Aleppo. In late 2013, the regime pushed the rebels from As-Safira, claiming it was retaking a local chemical weapons production facility and shoring-up a path to the coast so it could ship its chemical weapons out of the country, in accordance with the deal Russia made on Assad's behalf, which spared Assad from airstrikes in retribution for the Ghouta massacre and re-legitimized Assad as a partner in chemical disarmament.

On the evening of February 21, Jund al-Aqsa (JAA), Imarat Kavkaz v Sham (Caucasus Emirate in Syria), the Turkistan Islamic Party, and ISIS attacked the pro-Assad forces’ supply line along the Aleppo-Khanaser road and captured various points. (All of the non-ISIS groups here are at least foreign-led, if not majority-foreign, and are affiliated with al-Qaeda, except for JAA. Last week, essentially the entire senior leadership of JAA and numerous fighters—apparently encompassing about 40% of the group—defected to Jabhat al-Nusra, the official al-Qaeda branch in Syria. This might be because JAA had shown signs of slowly being taken over by ISIS; certainly ISIS had infiltrators in JAA and the rump of JAA appears to be pro-ISIS.)

The Russians, therefore, might actually be happy now to have a bit of breathing room to consolidate before they push on. After all, the main aim of Moscow's intervention—to secure Assad—has been achieved militarily for the short-term, and the long-term stratagem of rehabilitating Assad internationally by eliminating all non-terrorist insurgents is proceeding apace. A ceasefire cannot work, of course, but there are diplomatic gains from pretending it can, and Russia seems to have taken them all, among other things getting the US to agree with Moscow that any snags preventing a political settlement are the opposition's fault.

Blaming the opposition for the lack of peace is an old habit of the Obama administration. It is not surprising that it happened over Geneva III, since the process was—as anyone could see, even before it began—fundamentally weighted to the regime because Russia had helped turn facts-on-the-ground so decisively in the regime's favor, at least in its core zones. This meant that either the West forced the opposition to accept the regime's terms for peace (which remain essentially total victory) to keep the process going or the process collapsed.

The new element is the US using the threat of Russian atrocities to cajole the Syrian opposition into surrender.

Hadi al-Bahra, the former ETILAF president, said on Wednesday that US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Syrian opposition: "We are clear, if you don't choose be part of [the ceasefire] then you are choosing to perhaps make yourself a target." There are echoes of an incident from earlier this month.

At the London donor conference for Syria on February 4, according to one of the Syrians who was there, Kerry was asked by a Syrian civil society activist to push the Russians harder to stop (and to stop Assad) bombing and starving civilians. The Higher Negotiating Committee (HNC), the opposition delegation to the Geneva III peace conference, had said it would only sit down with the regime once it stopped its aerial bombardments of civilians and blockading of humanitarian access. But Kerry's policy was that this was an unfair precondition that should be part of the negotiations. Kerry lashed out at any suggestion that the opposition had more to lose by participation: "It's going to get much worse [if HNC refuses to come to the table]. This will continue for three months, and by then the opposition will be decimated."

When an aid worker pointed out that, rather than the regime de-escalating (as the US did) while the negotiations were going on, the Geneva III process was being used as cover for the pro-regime offensive in Aleppo, Kerry reportedly said that the regime's gains were actually caused by the opposition's refusal to negotiate under fire and starvation-siege. "Don't blame me—go and blame your opposition," the Secretary of State allegedly said to the aid worker (which was later denied by Kerry's spokesman.)

As the above makes clear, Russia has correctly sensed that the US wants the process of peace rather than having any concept of peace, so Russia has decided to allow them the process, provided Russia can continue to do everything it wanted to do in Syria—and the US has happily played along, even using Russia's threats to checkmate the opposition, which is ostensibly its own side. The most telling example of this was Russia's victory in the wrangling over what to do about al-Nusra during a ceasefire.

The US had asked for the ceasefire to include a cessation of Russian attacks on al-Nusra, at least initially. Easy to caricature—and for Iranian and Russian propagandists to cast as sinister and indicative—as "America calling for protecting al-Qaeda," it was in fact an attempt to protect the moderate and US-supported Syrian opposition. Al-Nusra has embedded itself into elements of the rebellion and Russia is not wrong—in some areas—that the rebels and al-Nusra are militarily indistinguishable, even if this is a tactical arrangement and not an ideological one. But Russia's aim is not empiricism in service of defeating extremists; it's saving Assad by giving itself political legitimacy to treat all armed opponents of the regime like al-Qaeda. Russia already claims that everything it hits is either al-Qaeda or ISIS. It is for this reason—Moscow's terminal mendacity—that there is any truth in the claim that America was asking for a halt to attacks on al-Qaeda. In order to protect US assets and prevent Russia from making the conflict a binary one between Assad and the terrorists, attacks on al-Nusra had to be stopped, too. As ever, the US caved. The ceasefire allows continued attacks on al-Nusra.

Foreshadowing how the Nusra exception to the ceasefire will work in practice, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said:

"We, the ISSG [International Syria Support Group], have been very clear in saying that al-Nusra and Daesh [ISIS] are not part of any kind of ceasefire or any kind of negotiated cessation of hostilities. So if you hang out with the wrong folks, then you make that decision… You choose your own who you hang out with, and that sends a signal."

In other words, the US gave permission, in advance, for Russia to bomb any armed opposition group it likes and provided Moscow with the ready-made excuse that the group was collaborating with al-Qaeda, so has only itself to blame. Thus, in the last two days the US has sent the message that any rebel not actively fighting al-Nusra and any rebel who resists a peace process by working against them can expect to be bombed by Russia—and the US has no objection to this.

While the pro-regime side has this massive loophole to continue its war as planned, the rebellion—assuming the US orders rebel units it supports to abide by the ceasefire and once again restricts rebel access to weapons—will be debilitated from protecting itself during the period when they are pretending there's a ceasefire, and will be politically and militarily weaker afterwards. If Syrians come to see US policy as collusion with Russia to put down the rebellion, they can be forgiven.

If Syrians come to see US policy as collusion with Russia to put down the rebellion, they can be forgiven.

NOTE: the article I posted yesterday from Hof via the Atlantic Council was attempting to address the Syrian "perception" that in fact the US and Russia have a "secret handshake" and those that have worked the ME...know Arabs tend to believe anything/everything via "perception" and right now I am sorry the "perception is Obama is selling out the Syrians so he can clear his inbox for his legacy"...........

[CrowBat]

The small Arab news website, Firil.net (http://firil.net/2016/02/20/360-%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%80%D9%80%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%80%D9%80%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%80%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%B6%D9%80%D8%AF%D9%91-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC-4/) has published a very interesting graph, listing no less but 360.000 foreigners sent to Syria to fight for Assad in the last five years...

Hell, that 'Syrian Arab Army' is even more 'Syrian' than I could ever imagine...

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IEDs in Iraq - then and now
2008:
http://wp.me/p5vq3r-a3
2014-16:
http://www.conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Tracing_The_Supply_of_Components_Used_in_Islamic_S tate_IEDs.pdf … by @conflictarm

IS uses IEDs the way the Russians are using their TBMs...will some solid effects especially in their current fighting with Assad forces near Aleppo and in Iraqi cities they control.

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A symbol: this week 75% of #TOW used so far in #Aleppo province were vs #YPG targets (& 60% of TOW used in whole Northern #Syria). Big shift

Absolute must read: Five rebel spokesmen, commanders react to 'cessation of hostilities' to take effect Saturday
http://syriadirect.org/news/five-rebel-spokesmen-commanders-react-to-cessation-of-hostilities-to-take-effect-Saturday/#.Vs-kDMO3y9U.twitter …

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In view of the recent Turkish statements about their national security being threatened by YPG and now this FSA statement....linkage is afoot and the US can do nothing about it and the Obama WH has now fully sided with their Kurdish proxy against both Turkish and FSA interests....

YPG Kurdish militia clearly stand on Assad/Russ side. Rebels now consider ops against YPG held territories as legitimate act of self-defence

Important pre-ceasefire:
Jabhat al-Nusra has now withdrawn from 6+ towns in #Idlib, inc. Al-Bara, Jebel al-Zawiyeh, Sarmada & Marat Misrin

Simply put, Nusra is implying civilians are priority, while placing the onus on #Russia & #Assad to spoil ceasefire by bombing #Idlib.

JaN knew the Russian ceasefire would target them and have been strategically building their air defenses and bunker complexs....

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The Nusra exception to the #Syria ceasefire was an important Russian win: means it can bomb who it likes.
http://mme.cm/LXAW00

AND naturally Obama and Kerry absolutely did not see this coming at them or did they an agreed???

The Nusra exception to the #Syria ceasefire was an important Russian win: means it can bomb who it likes.
http://mme.cm/LXAW00

NOW we see this in the Russian "I can bomb 90% of rebel areas".....

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CrowBat.....that long awaited TOW hit on a T90 video might just be there....there is a report of a 800m TOW hit on a T72 which basically split it in two parts...I have seen the image and the T72 might have been wrongly ID'd and it might in fact be a T90 based on camo pattern, and turret config.

Trying urgently to find the video....

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Syria'n regime forces try to encircle now #Aleppo also from west under cover of #Russia'n airstrikes b4 cease fire

Syria #IS retook Al-Hammam & restore siege of #Khanasser
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35.658830&lon=37.609034&z=14&m=b …
Regime supply route #Hama->#Aleppo still cut

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CrowBat.....that long awaited TOW hit on a T90 video might just be there....there is a report of a 800m TOW hit on a T72 which basically split it in two parts...I have seen the image and the T72 might have been wrongly ID'd and it might in fact be a T90 based on camo pattern, and turret config.

Trying urgently to find the video....

Confirmed as a T90...clean hit and clean kill virtually destroyed the T90....appears to have the standard aiming kill point between the base of the turret and main body..one crew member got out before it totally exploded. Had been firing it's turret HMG and evidently did not detect the TOW tm.

Actually on a second and third review it seems to indicate the TOW round hit the main turret full on and evidently penetrated..so in effect the turret armor amounts to nothing.

BREAKING
First ever TOW hit of T-90A west of #Aleppo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOJSz1WOEg …

This will set back the Russian designers of their famous or in this case not so famous T90 that the Iranians want to produce under general license.

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Confirmed as a T90...clean hit and clean kill virtually destroyed the T90....appears to have the standard aiming kill point between the base of the turret and main body..one crew member got out before it totally exploded. Had been firing it's turret HMG and evidently did not detect the TOW tm.

Actually on a second and third review it seems to indicate the TOW round hit the main turret full on and evidently penetrated..so in effect the turret armor amounts to nothing.

BREAKING
First ever TOW hit of T-90A west of #Aleppo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOJSz1WOEg …

This will set back the Russian designers of their famous or in this case not so famous T90 that the Iranians want to produce under general license.

CrowBat....watch the video closely....normally one has to visually guide the round to the end hit but a few milliseconds before impact he turned down the targeting eyepiece as if it is homing in on the final short leg without guidance?????

CONFIRMED: first #T90 in #Syria hit by #TOW. Shtora (ATGM protection) active but didn't work. Sheikh Aqil, W.#Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOJSz1WOEg …

Evidently that famous Russian designed Shtora system does not work......confirms your previous comments on it.

One commenter stated.....shtora didn't look active. No red eyes. Also tank was hit but looked mobile...

...a somewhat longer video version is out there somewhere which shows the tank then exploding..an it appears that only one crew member was able to get out......maybe the TOW tm wanted to say it was on but I have seen this TOW gunner in action over the last three months and he has no reason to "fudge the info"......

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It was largely anticipated #Shtora system wouldn't work vs #TOW because TOW is wire-guided & don't rely on laser.

This #TOW strike buries myth #Shtora system would have protected #T90 vs #TOW as claimed since October 2015.

TOW vs #YPG still going on: 5th target (pos. & 14.5 mm) taken out (Tell Rifaat, N. #Aleppo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIceAD8ZIW4 …

Night vision of clashes on the #Tannurah front btw Jaish Al-Izza & Shia militias, N. #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhPs8mfAxCs …

Newly formed Jaish Al-Tahrir pounds with grads Regime stronghold #Joureen in #Ghab (W.#Hama)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXGt9NFxlQ …

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Hope Obama and Kerry fully understand what the Russian MoD released air strike map means for the so called CoH......

First comment in from the FSA/HNC........

If #Russia is serious with this map all hope for the ceasefire should be buried immediately. It's total war.

Strong signal that Russia has sent to Turkey and the Saudi's...so it might be a war after all.

Nothing yet out of Obama WH and Kerry...silence...total silence....

Since Russian MoD has declared 90% of the FSA areas can in fact be bombed which actually contradicts the Russian/US CoH....this is not surprising....and Kerry's response...absolutely nothing....

Kremlin: "#Russia operations against the "terrorist organizations" in #Syria will not stop after the start of the ceasefire"

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Video from NW- Anadan #Aleppo suburb- nearly wipped out by #Russia'n airstrikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHNYwk0bHc …

Reports in from today......
RuAF in full force, Bombers, helicopters in addition to russian artillery.

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Hope Obama and Kerry fully understand what the Russian MoD released air strike map means for the so called CoH......

First comment in from the FSA/HNC........

If #Russia is serious with this map all hope for the ceasefire should be buried immediately. It's total war.

Strong signal that Russia has sent to Turkey and the Saudi's...so it might be a war after all.

Nothing yet out of Obama WH and Kerry...silence...total silence....

Can Kerry and Obama actually explain this.....they cannot???

There's no Daesh or JAN in besieged Daraya but it's not included in the ceasefire deal
http://www.buzzfeed.com/borzoudaragahi/isis-is-nowhere-near-this-city-but-syrian-regime-keeps-bombi?utm_term=.gg4pp3Y7Jb#.boAMMeoNl1 …

BUT it is just 6kms from Assad's palace and has resisted him for five years....

6600 #Barrel_bombs have hit #Daraya in the last 3 months, the most shelled place in #Syria.

At least 8200 civilians are living in harsh conditions after a 4-year siege by #Assad forces.

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Massive fire fights in Kbanah, /Kinsibba - Turkman axis. Regime & irani - russian allies trying a full capture of the governate #Lattakia.

Rebels targeted #Hezbollah terrorists positions in #Qalamoun
#Syria FEB 26

SAA shelling with heavy artillery targeted #Khan_alSheikh
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 26

SAA carried out airstrikes targeting #Ein_Terma
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 26

SAA shelling mortars, targeted #Kiswah city
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 26

SAA terrorists shelled heavy artillery targeting #Rakham town
#Daraa cs #Syria FEB 26

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Hope Obama and Kerry fully understand what the Russian MoD released air strike map means for the so called CoH......

First comment in from the FSA/HNC........

If #Russia is serious with this map all hope for the ceasefire should be buried immediately. It's total war.

Strong signal that Russia has sent to Turkey and the Saudi's...so it might be a war after all.

Nothing yet out of Obama WH and Kerry...silence...total silence....

Since Russian MoD has declared 90% of the FSA areas can in fact be bombed which actually contradicts the Russian/US CoH....this is not surprising....and Kerry's response...absolutely nothing....

Kremlin: "#Russia operations against the "terrorist organizations" in #Syria will not stop after the start of the ceasefire"

In accordance with the #map above, #Peskov made clear, there will be #NOceasefire anywhere in #Syria from today on. pic.twitter.com/bh6C30MSIv

#BreakingNews
#Russia resumes its total war on civilians around #Aleppo city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnbhvstLcpk …
#Syria pic.twitter.com/VGNmshKJDD

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Outlaw, you're going to like this one...

First video of a TOW hit on a T-90:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOJSz1WOEg

Now, apparently, the Shtora was not active (no 'red eyes' to be seen), and the tank didn't blow up... but the panic of surviving gunner indicates the missile did penetrate.

(Bellow a photo of a T-90 with activated Shtora.)

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Big "Jabhat Nusra" convoys now moving from "Zawija" area. They completely withdrew.
pic.twitter.com/m3Q8RuXM2p

BREAKINGNEWS
#YPG and #Iran's militias in joint attack on #ShaykhAqil after #Russian air strikes overnight.
pic.twitter.com/imHqa7Ngno

Footage
#Assad's killers in a Mil Mi-24 over the free part of #Homs province today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuV1Sh4k4Xs …
pic.twitter.com/KMTnhyb2Hg

News
Also #Douma near #Damascus is under attack by the #Assad air force.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyaFZJnPYGA …
pic.twitter.com/suigUKmTLl

Footage
#Talbisah, #TerMaela and #AlGhantu under severe #Assad regime air strikes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtLFqCYEgh8 …
#Syria pic.twitter.com/OQYG6DPERO

Nusra repelled & later recaptured Sheikh Aqial village taken by IRGC/YPG militias NW Aleppo
https://youtu.be/TDv2_C6HgRA pic.twitter.com/kkSB88wP7j

[CrowBat]

Why is it that Obama and Kerry strangely do not "see the Iranian connections" in the various Arab Sunni nation states.....do they not believe in a Iranian non linear sectarian war?????

Kerry desperate as Saudi sends jets to Syria via Turkey-

Kerry: "we have stopped shipment of weapons coming from Iran to Yemen"

BTW the Saudi's stopped many more than the US has.....actually the US have said little about these shipments for the last ten months or so..wonder why...I forgot....Iran Deal...

Way to little.....way to late.I think I've got an appropriate nick for Kerry: 'The Mentalist'.

There's simply no better description for his supernatural skills and paranormal abilities in excusing Oblabla, sugarcoating own failures, and doing everything possible to avoid facing reality.


It was largely anticipated #Shtora system wouldn't work vs #TOW because TOW is wire-guided & don't rely on laser.Ah, you caught this one.... sorry, I haven't seen this post so re-posted that video.

Anyway, whether the crew of that T-90 was Iranian or Russian, it showed some 'amazingly high combat skills': they simply left their Shtora de-activated while going to combat. Who to hell needs all that wiz-bang high tech...

[CrowBat]

Big "Jabhat Nusra" convoys now moving from "Zawija" area. They completely withdrew.
pic.twitter.com/m3Q8RuXM2p
...and yes: after withdrawing from Azaz pocket, the JAN withdrew from battlefields of NE Lattakia and western Idilib too.

For all practical purposes - AND IN THE REAL WORLD (the one countered by all possible delusions flying around the internet) - neither Assadists, nor Russians, and even less so the IRGC, BPM, SSNP, Hezbollah and consorts now have an excuse to claim they're 'attacking JAN terrorists there'.

Of course, this is not the least a reason why they should stop attacking - and especially not for them to stop bombing civilians.

That all said, one question remains: if the JAN is withdrawing from so many battlefields... where to hell are they going instead?

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...and yes: after withdrawing from Azaz pocket, the JAN withdrew from battlefields of NE Lattakia and western Idilib too.

For all practical purposes - AND IN THE REAL WORLD (the one countered by all possible delusions flying around the internet) - neither Assadists, nor Russians, and even less so the IRGC, BPM, SSNP, Hezbollah and consorts now have an excuse to claim they're 'attacking JAN terrorists there'.

Of course, this is not the least a reason why they should stop attacking - and especially not for them to stop bombing civilians.

That all said, one question remains: if the JAN is withdrawing from so many battlefields... where to hell are they going instead?

CrowBat...the same question I had....just where in the heck are they headed to as I do not think they will physically link up with IS...there was some chatter they had prepared positions to pullback/fallback too as they knew the Russians would continue bombing them and wanted to make sure towns and villages could not be bombed using JaN as a Russian excuse to do exactly that which is exactly what happened when the Russian MoD declared 90% of FSA territory as a free fire zone.......using JaN as their excuse...

This will be an interesting point to follow in the coming days.....

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UAE now under strong cyberattacks ...coming from EU areas and occasionally Syria.......

Attacks still continuing on KSA coming from mainly Iraq and Syria now...or via a stranger route Brazil over Algeria into KSA.

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Syria #Assad-forces lost again Hammam & Mugharah at supply road
#Hama->#Khanasser->#Aleppo 2 #IS
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35.662248&lon=37.591438&z=14&m=b …

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Wow......the Russian MoD is really sensitive these days......first they complained about being called "war criminals" for their deliberate killing of civilians and for bombing hospitals which they did do and now this......

Минобороны России ✔ @mod_russia
Russian MoD comments on a number of anti-Russian statements of Pentagon&CIA representatives
http://on.fb.me/1THpdwx
pic.twitter.com/qDm0o93jBv

So maybe the DoD/CIA statements are in fact valid as the Russians only really complain when it hits the "truth areas"...

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Black humor.....but true.....

We promised to ceasefire. Not ceasebomb.

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One thing learned about the Russian when they complain then there they feel hit by something .......might be just wishful thinking on their part....not about to deter Turkey and the KSA though.

Lavrov calls on US and its coalition to give up the idea of ground operation in #Syria.
https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/703155034456870912 …

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Major Chinese cyber attacks to different global points especially Palo Alto CA using a server host/hosts in the UAE to hide themselves...

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BreakingNews
#Russian/#Assad jets unleash hell on #Damascus's #Jobar neighbourhood.
pic.twitter.com/55Z0fBk8Rf

Over 35 Russian airstrikes reported on Duma #Damascus today. pic.twitter.com/IPGhaNRQel

Waiting for #YPG tweeps denial, they ever controlled Zūq al Kabīr, Bachmra and Kabāshīn, from which #IRGC T-90A attack #ShaykhAqil! ...

IMPORTANT......
pro #Assad refugee arrested in Germany for war crime. Waiting for the day rest of Assad thugs answer for thr crimes.
pic.twitter.com/Wo26jc3xMr

Syrian "ceasefire' meets all Putin’s diplomatic, military requirements - a version of Minsk 2 agreement on Ukraine.
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21693616-timing-proposed-truce-locks-regimes-military-gains-russia-calls …

[CrowBat]

CrowBat...the same question I had....just where in the heck are they headed to as I do not think they will physically link up with IS...there was some chatter they had prepared positions to pullback/fallback too as they knew the Russians would continue bombing them and wanted to make sure towns and villages could not be bombed using JaN as a Russian excuse to do exactly that which is exactly what happened when the Russian MoD declared 90% of FSA territory as a free fire zone.......using JaN as their excuse...

This will be an interesting point to follow in the coming days.....
...and another question: there are multiple big convoys of the JAN forces in question moving all over the Idlib province - yet the Russians, who say for themselves they are
- a) so hell-or-bent on 'bombing Daesh, JAN and allies', and
- b) equipped with super-turbo-wunderwaffen that switch off physical laws, weather etc.

...are NOT bombing even one of them.

Nah, instead regime-fans are hysterically cheering them for flying '200 air strikes against Daesh in Khan Nassir' on 23 and 24 February, and whoever one can declares Russian air strikes for 'decisive'.

Actually, it's not only so the VKS says it flew 62 air strikes on the second of these two days, supposedly hitting '167 terrorist targets'. But video and photographic evidence is showing that nearly half of these was dedicated to exterminating - or forcing to flee - whatever civilians were left in FSyA-held places like Douma, Darayya, Dera', Hama, Homs, Idlib and Aleppo.

Furthermore, 'precisely because' the Russians bombed the Daesh so much I guess, yesterday afternoon the Daesh launched another attack against the Khan Nassir - Ithriya road: this time about 20km further south from the first one, via Jebel Shabeth on al-Mugharah.

Result: Iranians, Ba'athists and Palestinians (aka 'regime', indeed 'SAA') are meanwhile in control of Khan Nassir again, no doubt - but that crucial road is now cut off in two different sectors...

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EDIT: Why to hell is this reminding me of German crucial mistake during the Battle of Britain?

What do I mean now?

Well, remember when the Luftwaffe was on the best way of destroying the RAF by pulverising its air bases in southern England - and Hitler then ordered it into large-scale bombardment of London instead...

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Syria Rebels regain control of Sheikh Aqeel in west #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ExDLlV4LsE …

Syria Heavy rocket & artillery shelling by regime on Aubin west of Jisr al-Shughour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1XTp4uOOU …

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Black humor.....but true.....

We promised to ceasefire. Not ceasebomb.

Also a truism......
Russia is the leading exporter of ceasefires.

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...and another question: there are multiple big convoys of the JAN forces in question moving all over the Idlib province - yet the Russians, who say for themselves they are
- a) so hell-or-bent on 'bombing Daesh, JAN and allies', and
- b) equipped with super-turbo-wunderwaffen that switch off physical laws, weather etc.

...are NOT bombing even one of them.

Nah, instead regime-fans are hysterically cheering them for flying '200 air strikes against Daesh in Khan Nassir' on 23 and 24 February, and whoever one can declares Russian air strikes for 'decisive'.

Actually, it's not only so the VKS says it flew 62 air strikes on the second of these two days, supposedly hitting '167 terrorist targets'. But video and photographic evidence is showing that nearly half of these was dedicated to exterminating - or forcing to flee - whatever civilians were left in FSyA-held places like Douma, Darayya, Dera', Hama, Homs, Idlib and Aleppo.

Furthermore, 'precisely because' the Russians bombed the Daesh so much I guess, yesterday afternoon the Daesh launched another attack against the Khan Nassir - Ithriya road: this time about 20km further south from the first one, via Jebel Shabeth on al-Mugharah.

Result: Iranians, Ba'athists and Palestinians (aka 'regime', indeed 'SAA') are meanwhile in control of Khan Nassir again, no doubt - but that crucial road is now cut off in two different sectors...

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EDIT: Why to hell is this reminding me of German crucial mistake during the Battle of Britain?

What do I mean now?

Well, remember when the Luftwaffe was on the best way of destroying the RAF by pulverising its air bases in southern England - and Hitler then ordered it into large-scale bombardment of London instead...

In some aspects it is exactly the German mistake...Putin and his military somehow think that by literally flattening and turning to dust all Arab Sunni towns and villages as well as the major points held by FSA this will reduce the will of the Syrian Arab Sunni to support FSA and they will eventually cave to the Assad and Putin demands........

It did not work against the Brits and if anything it outright failing now in Syria...AND if anything it is forcing the EU to realize that to end the refugee flows is to finally end Russian bombing BUT EU politicians and Obama have not figured out that piece of logic yet.............

In some way the Islamic religion gives the Arab Sunni a certain stubbornness to resist just about anything and still fight......the West and Obama have failed to realize the FSA/HNC is really fighting for a flag and a Sunni nation state and that can take you a really long long way against a determined shia opponent who wants this to be a to the death sectarian fight to revenge the 1980-1988 Iraq war.

FSA has taken an almost six month massive RuAF beating and faced a major transnational shia jihadist army and yet continues to hold out/fight well and take back lost ground ...that will be someday an interesting history book to write....

In some ways behind all the Assad, Putin and Iranian chatter about they are really winning....the six month air and Shia ground campaign really does not show much in the way of major gains overall......

AND we still have not heard the last from the Turks or the Saudi's.....which I believe does in fact bother the Russians....

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AFP news agency 
‏@AFP
#BREAKING: Putin pledges to continue 'decisive fight' against IS and other 'terrorist groups' in Syria

Putin and Assad have already defined what a "terrorist" is...anyone who resists Assad....simple as that an yet Kerry and Obama do not "get it"......

Analysis #Map
Scandalous, Kurdish #YPG let Iranian-led militia attack through their soil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ExDLlV4LsE …

Afghan militia fighters killed in Shiekh Aqil village in western Aleppo
https://youtu.be/MZwHByH_hfY

RUSSIA airstrikes on #Qobtan_alJabal town as airsupport to #SAA/#YPG militias attempt to advance in town
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 26

SAA terrorists shelling Grad Rockets targeting #Ein_Jarah
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 26

You believe it or not,#RUSSIA carried out 20+ airstrikes so far only in #Kafr_Hamra
#ALeppo cs #Syria FEB 26

1 of the 5 martyrs, little boy Ayman Nour Ahmed victims of #SAA airstrikes on #Douma
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 26

more than100 case of suspicious gas chlorine arrived at the Sinjar Hospital after the fall of the19 rocket by the IS

Hezbollah mourns the death of the high level commander Ali Fayad aka Haj Alaa al-Bosna. Killed in #Aleppo battles

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Destruction and martyrs victims of #RUSSIA airstrikes on #Darat_Ezza
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 26

ID of a Shiite Afghan refugee ...settled in #Iran .. sent by #Khamenei to fight for him in #Syria .. killed by #FSA

More #RUSSIA airstrikes targeting #Anadan, #Harytan & #Kafr_Hamra
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 26

[CrowBat]

In some aspects it is exactly the German mistake...Putin and his military somehow think that by literally flattening and turning to dust all Arab Sunni towns and villages as well as the major points held by FSA this will reduce the will of the Syrian Arab Sunni to support FSA and they will eventually cave to the Assad and Putin demands........

It did not work against the Brits and if anything it outright failing now in Syria...AND if anything it is forcing the EU to realize that to end the refugee flows is to finally end Russian bombing BUT EU politicians and Obama have not figured out that piece of logic yet.............Indeed.

Another thing that's kind of 'stunning' for me in this case: Russians have quite fresh experiences from making similar mistakes elsewhere.

They did the same in Afghanistan; they (yes, Russians) attempted the same in Mozambique; they attempted the same in Angola; their Ethiopian protegees attempted the same in Eritrea etc..

Except in Afghanistan, it never worked. And Afghanistan is something like the 'best example' - because it is best known, and then primarily because through their links to al-Qaida, the emerging extremists turned that one into a 'global conflict'.

Results should be more than 'well-known', and are always the same: de-population of the country; millions or refugees; replacement of locals through foreign extremists; never-ending conflict.

Sure, Russians claim such approach was 'successful in pacifying Chechnya'. Many are more than happy to agree. Ask around a lil' bit, and quite a few are going to tell you, 'that's the way one should fight al-Qaida'.

But, what is reality? Chechnya was de-populated too, and what is left is run by a maffia-style gang of opportunists that made 'peace' with Putler. OK, no foreign extremists came in instead. But there are plenty of refugees. The conflict spilled over into neighbouring Russian states, or even further abroad (yup, all the way to Syria). And foremost: it's another 'never-ending conflict'.

Any at least semi-serious military students, certainly all the professional intel blokes, should be aware of this. In theory, their job would be to warn the politicians about this.

But, no: nothing of this is the case.


In some way the Islamic religion gives the Arab Sunni a certain stubbornness to resist just about anything and still fight...I haven't been to Syria since nearly 10 years, so it could be that some things have changed. But, from what I get to hear from my sources there: they didn't.

Correspondingly: it's not the religion. Religion is helping them a lot, but it's different: 'diehard' Syrian Sunnis are not turning extremists. I would in their place under given circumstances, and - no doubt: others are turning extremists (see the Shi'a and Sunnis in Iraq) - but they do not.

It's rather a similar kind of stuborness - like that of genuine Afghans.

Tragically, these were meanwhile overrun by foreign extremists: let's hope it's still not too late to prevent this from happening in Syria.

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Russian media confirms the Russian MoD "free fire zone" map......not so sure the HNC/FSA is going to agree to this and YE no response from Obama and Kerry.

Awaiting to see how Turkey and Saudi's take it as well..probably reject it.....

Yury Barmin @yurybarmin
Russian media publish the map of the ceasefire in Syria. Only 6 tiny areas (yellow) are covered by the agreement
pic.twitter.com/ze164Pbhz4

Syria #Quneitra Rebels shelling Tell Ayub with heavy artillery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JavEvX0OQTs …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMD0LVl8Vqg …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=33.184686&lon=35.959024&z=14&m=b …

"What would they have done without us?" Russia's MOD says of CIA, Pentagon.
https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/702979615426519040 …
WELL for one far fewer civilians being deliberately killed , 28 hospitals being destroyed and 27 school destroyed and far fewer refugees...that is all.....

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If confirmed then things are going to get nasty in a big hurry.....ESPECIALLY if the jet was inside Turkish air space...although Russia has stated there is no such thing as NATO air space....

Unconfirmed reports claim either a Russian drone or Turkish fighter jet shot down near Syrian border.

Rumours spread that a Turkish jet shot down in Hatay near Syrian border. Locals report huge explosion followed by intense jet activity.

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Syria: Rebels claim killed 75 #Iran lead Shiite fighters (#Hazara from #Afghanistan) in western #Aleppo today
pic.twitter.com/ykuH5LpMYv

FSA Soqur al-Jabal destroy two Assad army pick-ups west #Aleppo
https://youtu.be/NSbbYazcx9I
https://youtu.be/pMw5Yz8JShM
pic.twitter.com/RnOxcOguHx

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If confirmed then things are going to get nasty in a big hurry.....ESPECIALLY if the jet was inside Turkish air space...although Russia has stated there is no such thing as NATO air space....

Unconfirmed reports claim either a Russian drone or Turkish fighter jet shot down near Syrian border.

Rumours spread that a Turkish jet shot down in Hatay near Syrian border. Locals report huge explosion followed by intense jet activity.

News
Despite a denial by the Turkish general staff, reports of a downed drone near Yayladağı keep coming.
pic.twitter.com/l23ix1jeHS

Unconfirmed
Picture claiming to show "damaged" Russian Su-25 near the Turkish-Syrian border over #Latakia.
I doubt it!
pic.twitter.com/UjBuTMFCW5

Regime SUV hit with TOW.....
a pick up loaded with ammo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMw5Yz8JShM …

Syria Rebels blow up excavator in Bashimra in western #Aleppo with TOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb4gnGhBpp0 …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.310630&lon=36.978221&z=15&m=b …

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News
Despite a denial by the Turkish general staff, reports of a downed drone near Yayladağı keep coming.
pic.twitter.com/l23ix1jeHS

Unconfirmed
Picture claiming to show "damaged" Russian Su-25 near the Turkish-Syrian border over #Latakia.
I doubt it!
pic.twitter.com/UjBuTMFCW5



Breaking
Something is definitely happening in the air across the Turkish-Syrian border in #Hatay / #Latakia.

[CrowBat]

If confirmed then things are going to get nasty in a big hurry.....ESPECIALLY if the jet was inside Turkish air space...although Russia has stated there is no such thing as NATO air space....

Unconfirmed reports claim either a Russian drone or Turkish fighter jet shot down near Syrian border.

Rumours spread that a Turkish jet shot down in Hatay near Syrian border. Locals report huge explosion followed by intense jet activity.
Preliminary reports indicate the following:
- either Assadist or Russian artillery shelled Kislak village in Hatay Province of Turkey;
- a UAV then violated Turkish airspace, and was promptly shot down;
- 3 F-16s were scrambled from Diyabakir AB, but it's unclear in reaction to what - that UAV, or activity of Assadist/Russian bombers near the border.

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Syria Thousands flee new battlefield in NW-#Aleppo after heavy #Russia'n airstrikes &(failed) regime ground assaulthttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.265037&lon=36.935863&z=13&m=b …

Syria'n & regime & #Russia conducted 120+ airstrikes today- hours before the start of the cease-fire

Syria #Russia'n plane guided by fighter jets above northern #Homs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjinlyS_jw …

Iran sending more Shiite #Hazara from #Afghanistan to death in
#Syria'n war (#Aleppo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZwHByH_hfY&feature=youtu.be …

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massacre in #darat_ezza
dozens children killed by #russia airstrikes
#aleppo cs #syria feb 26

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Preliminary reports indicate the following:
- either Assadist or Russian artillery shelled Kislak village in Hatay Province of Turkey;
- a UAV then violated Turkish airspace, and was promptly shot down;
- 3 F-16s were scrambled from Diyabakir AB, but it's unclear in reaction to what - that UAV, or activity of Assadist/Russian bombers near the border.

CrowBat...you are definitely quicker than I am....

SAA rockets fell in Kıslak village at Yayladagi town, Haytay (Turkey - Syria) border. Reports as well about Drone downed in the same area.

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This has got to be the funniest Russian FM statement in literally years of their lying.....21 tons got lost during a Russian contracted air drop and or was totally damaged and nothing has been confirmed delievered to any of the besieged Sunni tonws and or villages YET they stated the following.

Not even a confirmation from the US DoS that stated seven deliveries were on their way and that was four days ago......


MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: There has been significant and widely acknowledged progress in the delivery of humanitarian aid to the population in need

They really must be on "laughing gas"....but hey they believe it to be true.....

ALL I have seen of that so called Russian humanitarian aid is a whole lot of Syrians dodging or getting killed by Russian bombs....in the last four days.....

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This has got to be the funniest Russian FM statement in literally years of their lying.....21 tons got lost during a Russian contracted air drop and or was totally damaged and nothing has been confirmed delievered to any of the besieged Sunni tonws and or villages YET they stated the following.

Not even a confirmation from the US DoS that stated seven deliveries were on their way and that was four days ago......


MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: There has been significant and widely acknowledged progress in the delivery of humanitarian aid to the population in need

They really must be on "laughing gas"....but hey they believe it to be true.....

ALL I have seen of that so called Russian humanitarian aid is a whole lot of Syrians dodging or getting killed by Russian bombs....in the last four days.....

Even more Russian FM "laughing gas" statements.....

SYRIAN CONFLICT: #Russia says #Syria ceasefire process underway despite US sabotage attempts.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-idUSKCN0VY1LR …

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DOD SPOX: We will continue to disagree with Turkey over our support of the Syrian Kurds
http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/671860/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-pentagon-press-secretary-peter-cook-in#.Vs-Uytz_myI.twitter …

[CrowBat]

BTW... since we (well, at least you Outlaw and me) are wondering where is the JAN going...

After asking around a lil bit, it turns out there is quite a big concentration of JAN - or allied - units in southern Aleppo. That is: west of Khan Nassir, where the Daesh recently cut off the regime's supply links (according to regime-fans, these were re-established this morning, i.e. Daesh forced to withdraw; but, this remains unconfirmed).

Namely, west of Khan Nassir there should be the following JAN, JAN-allied, or defected-from-JAN Jihadist gangs:
- Jund al-Aqsa (well-known Chechen group)
- Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya (Salafists-cum-Wahhabists from Aleppo; together with Moroccans from Harakat Sham al-Islam, this gang is part of the Jabhat Ansar ad-Din, which is allied with the JAN)
- Quwwat al-Qawqaz (Chechens, Daghestanis etc., part of the JAN)
- Hizbi al-Islami at-Turkistani (Turkistan Islamic Party; something like 'al-Qaida from China', and allied with the JAN).

So, no 'insurgents/rebels' but only 'Jihadists' there, and then quite a concentration of them.

Of course, none were bombed by Russians so far: there are no civilians left in this area to bomb. There are only few plantages and scattered villages...

Anyway, this means two things:
- Jund missed an opportunity to link-up with Daesh. Reason: unknown.
- There's a significant concentration of some of most hard-core JAN groups there... should that be an indication the JAN is withdrawing into this part of Syria?

If so, why there?

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CrowBat.....from TASS today...notice their use of term terrorist and JaI which is not on the UNSC terrorist list....no wonder there are only six small areas they will not air strike...they redefined the UNSC terrorist list as they wanted to........an Obama and Kerry said not a single word.....

http://tass.ru/en/world/859098


DAMASCUS, February 26. /TASS/. Damascus hopes that the reconciliatory process between the government and the armed opposition will lay the basis for future development of national dialogue in the country, Syrian presidential adviser on national accord Ahmad Mohammad told Russian journalists on Friday.

"Despite the fact that ceasefire is officially in force on the whole territory of Syria, several regions are controlled by groups that somehow prevent citizens from joining the ceasefire regime. However, we hope that local ceasefires will help start national inter-Syrian dialogue," Mohammad said.

Attempts to agree on ceasefire are made across the country, he noted. "We already have results. Relevant agreements were signed in settlements in provinces of Latakia, Homs, Daraa, as well as in several settlements near Damascus," the advisor added.

On several occasions, armed opposition groups not only agreed on ceasefire but also joined the government army in fighting against terrorist groups recognized as such by the UN Security Council, Mohammad said noting that Syrian authorities will not hold negotiations with such groups.

"This, for example, happened in Aleppo when the opposition united with government forces and fought against IS (Islamic State terrorist organization), Jebhat al-Nusra, Jeysh al-Islam and other extremist groups," he went on.

"I want to remind that our ministry (of national accord) was set up precisely for uniting Syrian people and giving a chance to those who made a mistake to return under the protection of the state," he added.

Another task of the ministry of national accord is to bring refugees back home, Mohammad noted. "This is another serious problem for our country. According to different estimates, more than four million people have left Syria since the war started. However, the military has recently freed dozens of settlements, and people have started returning home," he said.

"We managed to achieve this - around 60,000 people have already returned as of today. We are now working to bring the number to 100,000 people," Mohammad noted.

Efforts are currently made on the Russian initiative aimed at reaching agreement between Damascus and the opposition. The sides should launch negotiations focusing on bringing together disparate opposition forces in the face of common enemy represented by radical Islamists.

This process was launched about two weeks ago and has already brought its first results. Thanks to Moscow’s mediating role, more and more rebel leaders are joining the ceasefire agreement that envisages ceasing military actions against the government guaranteeing the right for full-fledged participation in the political life of the country.

Russian Defense Ministry official spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday that the coordination center on the ceasefire set up by the Russian Defense Ministry in Syria has already received over a dozen of calls. The center received about ten calls from those areas in Syria where Russian servicemen are carrying out active work, he said. Thus, the center’s staff members are working with representatives of the opposition groups in the Hama, Homs, Latakia provinces and the cities of Damascus and Daraa.

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NOT so subtle FSA warning to Russia..........

"One bullet on Daraya will end the ceasefire" message from Daraa - @moaazalabbas4
pic.twitter.com/if1Gl0YZFo

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Assad & shia militias rush to advance in Aleppo & Akrad Mount before potential ceasefire cost them 100s reportedly. https://twitter.com/NDZankiMotion/status/703209131923128320 …

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Obama and Kerry both waffling again and again...before Congress Kerry states a Plan B is in progress......NOW they are just talking about it......

So far, "Plan B" is more an idea than a specific course of action and nothing has yet been agreed to"
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/26/politics/syria-ceasefire-u-s-special-forces/index.html …

Total ME FP failure and neither want to admit it.....

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Seriously, over 200 Iranians died in Syria in the last 3 months alone, including a handful of senior officers & a Brigadier General.

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BTW... since we (well, at least you Outlaw and me) are wondering where is the JAN going...

After asking around a lil bit, it turns out there is quite a big concentration of JAN - or allied - units in southern Aleppo. That is: west of Khan Nassir, where the Daesh recently cut off the regime's supply links (according to regime-fans, these were re-established this morning, i.e. Daesh forced to withdraw; but, this remains unconfirmed).

Namely, west of Khan Nassir there should be the following JAN, JAN-allied, or defected-from-JAN Jihadist gangs:
- Jund al-Aqsa (well-known Chechen group)
- Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya (Salafists-cum-Wahhabists from Aleppo; together with Moroccans from Harakat Sham al-Islam, this gang is part of the Jabhat Ansar ad-Din, which is allied with the JAN)
- Quwwat al-Qawqaz (Chechens, Daghestanis etc., part of the JAN)
- Hizbi al-Islami at-Turkistani (Turkistan Islamic Party; something like 'al-Qaida from China', and allied with the JAN).

So, no 'insurgents/rebels' but only 'Jihadists' there, and then quite a concentration of them.

Of course, none were bombed by Russians so far: there are no civilians left in this area to bomb. There are only few plantages and scattered villages...

Anyway, this means two things:
- Jund missed an opportunity to link-up with Daesh. Reason: unknown.
- There's a significant concentration of some of most hard-core JAN groups there... should that be an indication the JAN is withdrawing into this part of Syria?

If so, why there?

Makes no sense to me either unless they actually missed a linkup opportunity an are simply hoping the RuAF will ignore them and go after the FSA during the so called CoH....which it seems they will actually do using the JaN as their excuse but JaN is literally sitting in no mans land so to speak.

BUT and here is the BUT...if little population left.....tons of places to pull back and hide forces from bombing raids.....which I have heard some chatter about.

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Russian FM is evidently planning for the failure of their own plan....and use the blame..."it ain't us...it is them....those mean and evil jihadi outsiders"....

MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: The cessation of hostilities agreement will succeed if external actors are able to put the Syrians’ interests before their own

[CrowBat]

Makes no sense to me either unless they actually missed a linkup opportunity an are simply hoping the RuAF will ignore them and go after the FSA during the so called CoH....which it seems they will actually do using the JaN as their excuse but JaN is literally sitting in no mans land so to speak.
Well, it's hard to imagine the JAN 'giving up just like that'.

I mean: they've been working for years to 'embed' themselves within Syrian insurgency, to enflamme sectarianism etc. They've never withdrawn from any place without experiencing a clear-cut defeat.

But now, they're going away - and then see the scope of their withdrawal. They're out of Idlib (city) and 19 other towns in the area. Out of Ma'arat Misrin, Jabal az-Zawiya, al-Bara, Sarmada etc. They've packed their stuff and drove away. That's it.

Ahrar, FSyA and JAS took over.

And that's not all: some of insurgent groups are now starting to distance even from Ahrar. Liwa al-Haq and Liwa al-Fateh have both officially distanced themselves, i.e. announced their split, and there are rumours that 'many more might follow'.

It's little surprising the HNC is 'confidently' announcing that 97 groups are accepting the cease-fire.

Only FSyA-related exception is Southern Front. They insist on Darayya being included in the cease-fire, and threat: 'no cease-fire if single bullet is fired on Darayya'.

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Well, it's hard to imagine the JAN 'giving up just like that'.

I mean: they've been working for years to 'embed' themselves within Syrian insurgency, to enflamme sectarianism etc. They've never withdrawn from any place without experiencing a clear-cut defeat.

But now, they're going away - and then see the scope of their withdrawal. They're out of Idlib (city) and 19 other towns in the area. Out of Ma'arat Misrin, Jabal az-Zawiya, al-Bara, Sarmada etc. They've packed their stuff and drove away. That's it.

Ahrar, FSyA and JAS took over.

And that's not all: some of insurgent groups are now starting to distance even from Ahrar. Liwa al-Haq and Liwa al-Fateh have both officially distanced themselves, i.e. announced their split, and there are rumours that 'many more might follow'.

It's little surprising the HNC is 'confidently' announcing that 97 groups are accepting the cease-fire.

Only FSyA-related exception is Southern Front. They insist on Darayya being included in the cease-fire, and threat: 'no cease-fire if single bullet is fired on Darayya'.

There are two old sayings....

1. discretion is the better part of valor
2. you live to fight another day

Even a jihadist knows the game......BUT I am betting that their propaganda messaging will be selling this as...."we pulled back to protect the Syrian civilian population" who would have ever thought AQ would be out defending "civilians" but it appears they are.....

Also I believe they are anticipating the CoH will fail as it is based on the six small areas that the MoD announced they will not bomb....thus protecting largely their own fighting force while FSA takes the hits and faces the Iranian shia mercenary army and the YPG which have not stopped fighting as of yet....and will not from all indicators coming from IRGC comments out of Tehran....

Appears also the YPG have received assistance out of the Kurdish areas in some of their attacks today and YPG has not said if they will adhere to the CoH..

Remember Assad mentioned something that was over looked...he views the CoH as a complete stop of all the outside supporters and Lavrov keeps mentioning them as well so at anytime they can turn on the fighting and state the outsiders did no stop their support...so we are fighting again.

The key will be to see if the Iranian led shia mercenary army and the YPG swing away from FSA and now directly attack IS......if they do not then the CoH is dead on arrival IMHO.....

Southern Front will get their area at the last minute as Russia urgently needs to show that the CoH is working and there is truly no IS/Jan within 100 kms .......ONLY Assad's palace kms away.

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Another Syrian Regime fighter arrested for war crimes......from today


Stockholm (AFP) - A Syrian asylum-seeker appeared in court in Sweden Thursday accused of war crimes, with photographs on the Internet forming part of the evidence against him, a prosecutor said.

Mohamad Abdullah, 31, who arrived in Sweden in July 2015, admitted to being a member of the regime in his home country, but not a fighter.

The case against Abdullah, who was arrested on Tuesday, was based on photographs and other information that appeared on social media, Reena Devgun, a prosecutor with the Swedish International Public Prosecution Office, told AFP after the closed-door hearing.

She would not elaborate on the alleged crime but said it was believed to have been committed between March 2012 and July 2015.

Abdullah, who has not yet been formally charged, was remanded in custody by the Stockholm District Court.

Around 163,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Sweden last year, part of the huge wave of migrants flooding into Europe, many fleeing war in Syria.

In December, Hassan al-Mandlawi and Al-Amin Sultan, both Swedish nationals, were sentenced to life in prison after graphic videos showed them taking part in the killing of two men in the northern city of Aleppo which has been ravaged by more than four-years of war in Syria.

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[OUTLAW 09]

There are two old sayings....

1. discretion is the better part of valor
2. you live to fight another day

Even a jihadist knows the game......BUT I am betting that their propaganda messaging will be selling this as...."we pulled back to protect the Syrian civilian population" who would have ever thought AQ would be out defending "civilians" but it appears they are.....

Also I believe they are anticipating the CoH will fail as it is based on the six small areas that the MoD announced they will not bomb....thus protecting largely their own fighting force while FSA takes the hits and faces the Iranian shia mercenary army and the YPG which have not stopped fighting as of yet....and will not from all indicators coming from IRGC comments out of Tehran....

Appears also the YPG have received assistance out of the Kurdish areas in some of their attacks today and YPG has not said if they will adhere to the CoH..

Remember Assad mentioned something that was over looked...he views the CoH as a complete stop of all the outside supporters and Lavrov keeps mentioning them as well so at anytime they can turn on the fighting and state the outsiders did no stop their support...so we are fighting again.

The key will be to see if the Iranian led shia mercenary army and the YPG swing away from FSA and now directly attack IS......if they do not then the CoH is dead on arrival IMHO.....

Southern Front will get their area at the last minute as Russia urgently needs to show that the CoH is working and there is truly no IS/Jan within 100 kms .......ONLY Assad's palace kms away.

IRGC truly wants a sectarian war.......

Chanting "Aleppo on fire... Dawn of Mehdi nearing", Like #ISis, #Iraq Shi'i militias believe in #Aleppo apocalypse

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In new audio msg, #Nusra leader says rejects #ceasefire, says it will "terminate" #Syria revolution

In new audio message, #Nusra Front leader #Joulani says "real" negotiations are carried out on the battlefield

In new audio msg, #Nusra leader says "Fighters of Islam" will "conquer"

In new msg, #Nusra leader says #RuAF strikes allowed partial "success" of #DeMistura plan

In new msg, #Nusra leader warns implementation of #DeMistura plan means 1000s would have died "in vain"

in new msg, #Nusra leader says #SyriaCeasefire will lead to political solution, "survival" of #Assad security apparatus

Which is not far from the truth..it will remain in place as will Assad until 2020 per the Russians and Assad's onw interview...

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FSA's #Zinki group claim pro-regime #Afghan militias attack sprang from #YPG/#SDG areas in W. #Aleppo ctryside

Unconfirmed reports RuAF helis spotted flying low near Hasraiya north #Hama possibly trying to drop infantry.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.344535&lon=36.533961&z=13&m=b&search= …

Syria Rebels shelling #SAA/#PKK in NW #Aleppo with M-46 gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wePUrNdz4sI …

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In new audio msg, #Nusra leader says rejects #ceasefire, says it will "terminate" #Syria revolution

In new audio message, #Nusra Front leader #Joulani says "real" negotiations are carried out on the battlefield

In new audio msg, #Nusra leader says "Fighters of Islam" will "conquer"

In new msg, #Nusra leader says #RuAF strikes allowed partial "success" of #DeMistura plan

In new msg, #Nusra leader warns implementation of #DeMistura plan means 1000s would have died "in vain"

in new msg, #Nusra leader says #SyriaCeasefire will lead to political solution, "survival" of #Assad security apparatus

Which is not far from the truth..it will remain in place as will Assad until 2020 per the Russians and Assad's onw interview...

CrowBat...this is the telling passage of his message....if you understand Sunni thinking and the Salaifist view of the Koran...quite telling as he is calling out for the global Sunni war on the Shia.....noticed the commenter Hassan picked up on this as he is quite knowledgeable about IS and Syrian jihadi groups....

Hassan Hassan ‏@hxhassan

Al-Nusra's leader: this was not a revolution of the hungry; it was a dignity revolution, it's an Umma's jihad.

BTW many inside the Saudi decision making process think the same thing...it will get dicey in the coming days if the Russian maintain their heavy air strikes...

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News
56 Russian and Assad air strikes hit #EastGhouta so far today, a sharp escalation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sICM8kek98 …

Michael Weiss ‏@michaeldweiss
Very sensitively telling Ankara to xxxxx off, yes. US ‘very sensitive’ to Turkey’s YPG concerns - AMERICAS
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=517&nID=95730&NewsCatID=358 …


The United States is “very sensitive” to Turkey’s concerns regarding the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), the military arm of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), America’s top diplomat said Feb. 25.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers the U.S. had been talking “considerably” with Turkey regarding the dispute the two countries have about the YPG in northern Syria.

“We need to respect Turkey’s concerns, and we will, we have, we believe,” Kerry said.

“Going forward is very important that there not be a different problem created by the short-term solution of working with the Kurds, and then that creates a longer-term challenge for all of us in the region,” he said. “So we’re working very, very carefully.”

An ongoing rift between Turkey and the U.S. has emerged over the different designation of the PYD and YPG. While Turkey says the two groups are offshoots of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and thus are terrorist organizations, the U.S. designates the PKK as a terrorist organization but sees the PYD and YPG as a reliable partner in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Citing the recapture of the city of Kobane in northern Syria by Kurdish forces, Kerry said local ground forces were needed in order to fight ISIL.

“There are different Kurds because some are more prepared and more comfortable working with Turkey than others are, and those divisions are very complicated and need to be managed carefully,” he said.

“We are talking with the Turks right now about how to proceed in ways that do not cross important lines for them and that respect the sensitivities of the region and I’m confident we will be able to do that.”

Since Feb. 13, Turkish military has been shelling northern Syria intermittently in retaliation to artillery fire from PYD forces based around Azez, close to the border with Turkey.

Kerry also said the U.S. opposes the recently proposed sale of Russian Sukhoi-30 fighter jets to Iran.

“There’s a committee and it’s in approval in the committee, but we would not approve it,” he said, referring to the U.N. Security Council.

The Russian twin-engine multi-role jet is comparable to the American F-15E bomber, which are all-weather fighters with a “proven design that is undefeated in air-to-air combat,” according to Boeing.

February/26/2016

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CrowBat....so a Russian drone was evidently over Turkish territory today and has been a number of times before......so was it directing artillery and or rocket fire into Turkey?????

Incidentally, couple of days ago @mod_russia showed a close up of Turkish artillery fire
https://youtu.be/MaYydEjdSzs?t=317 …

Doubt seriously the Russians "flew strictly along the Syrian border" and did not tip toe across as they always do in eastern Ukraine when they fly out of Russia to inside UAF controlled areas.

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This tends to fit here.....ie Russia and jihadists..as Chechens are fighting against Assad/Putin in Syria ..
.
NorthCaucasus Caucus @NCaucasusCaucus
Video of massive fight between GRU and locals in village of Borzoi, Chechnya
https://twitter.com/ridusnews/status/703234465766572032 …

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For those that do not think there is great similarities between the Russian military tactics in eastern Ukraine and in Syria think again......

Russian deliberately delayed seven days after delaying the first seven days in order to attempt the surrounding and overrunning of Aleppo...basically a pocket and Russian tactics love cutting off pockets.

In Debaltseve controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and considered to be Ukrainian it was also in a "pocket". Putin in the Minsk 2 talks demanded from Hollande and Merkel that Debaltseve be given to his mercenaries and they refused to.

Russian then attacked for a solid six days Debaltseve with actual Russian military units including an Far Eastern Russian armored brigade and GRU Spetsnaz units...taking for the Russians relatively heavy loses. And really heavy loses for their Cossack mercenaries.

Putin during a press conference in Norway right after Minsk 2 derided the UAF for being "captured by truck drivers and miners"....but surprisingly the UAF held out for six days and then to the total surprise of the Russian army pulled off a somewhat organized fighting retrograde and extracted 2.5K troops and their entire heavy weapons and then went back in again to pull out two units that had been surrounded and could not come out the first time....

This battle was critical as it blunted the Russian planned general offensive to clearly take the Ukrainian major city of Kharkov critical to establishing what Putin was then calling the "New Russia".

Secondarily it established the fact that the rag tag UAF at that time could in fact fight toe to toe with a more heavily armed Russian force.

This was first released in Ukrainian but is now in EN subtitles....WELL worth watching.

"Debaltseve" film about fearless Ukrainian heroes now with the English subtitles
http://youtu.be/SIzED67nk-E

BTW...Debaltseve was never really fully covered by US MSM and Obama/Kerry basically during this heavy fighting period remained totally silent much as they have been in the Aleppo heavy bombings by the Russians.....STRANGELY similar to Debaltseve.....

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Hospital loaded with victims of #RUSSIA airstrikes on #Daraa city..
#Syria FEB 26

BREAKING
Seconds aftermath #RUSSIA airstrikes on #Darat_Ezza, killing dozens of civlians
#ALeppo cs #Syria FEB 26

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CIT (en) @CITeam_en

Here's why Russia will not adhere to the Syria ceasefire (as told by @mod_russia's spox):
https://citeam.org/russian-military-officials-prove-russia-will-not-adhere-to-the-syria-ceasefire/ …
pic.twitter.com/Uw9pNBAzPs


CIT (en) @CITeam_en
Our team has thoroughly analyzed the Ru MoD's briefing on the upcoming ceasefire
]https://citeam.org/russian-military-officials-prove-russia-will-not-adhere-to-the-syria-ceasefire/ …

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Key Hizbullah Commander Killed in Syria's Aleppo #Lebanon
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/203226 …

Hezbollah: 'Lebanon will not be a Saudi emirate'
http://read.bi/1Tc8K3L
pic.twitter.com/V4JczPSvQW

Also in #Aleppo and despite the semi-siege of the city, arms to the #FSA keep flowing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXagQWUGYSc …

Footage
The #FSA, fighting #YPG /#SDF forces in #AynDaqnah with multiple fresh weapons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBw1IDO4wk …

[OUTLAW 09]

CrowBat......headsup...one for your expertise.......

BREAKING
Remains of an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, fired from a Turkish F-16 towards and invading object in #Hatay. https://twitter.com/ebuhafsturk/status/703253774580719616 …

Sorry photo removed...cannot confirm....

Have you heard today of any AIM120 being fired???

[CrowBat]

BREAKING
Remains of an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, fired from a Turkish F-16 towards and invading object in #Hatay. https://twitter.com/ebuhafsturk/status/703253774580719616 …

Sorry photo removed...cannot confirm.......was in the process of downloading that photo when that account was suspended by Twitter...

Anyway: 'complete silence' in Turkey.

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...was in the process of downloading that photo when that account was suspended by Twitter...

Anyway: 'complete silence' in Turkey.

CrowBat....seeing how Twitter does not suspend an account simply because the end user violated terms of service...there had to be a formal request made to Twitter support and AC parts does not reach that level to close the account and knowing how strict the Turks are right now with anything to do with the social media side I would say the Turkish government removed that account thus we can safely assume the AIM120 was indeed fired.

So from just social media comments....we have the following.......

1. something was fired and it appears to have been a missile or rocket....two of them based on locally reported explosions

2. then we have a locally reported report of heavy smoke right after a very loud explosion which came after the two missile strikes

AND we have...

3. numerous Turkish eye witnesses in the area stating an unusually high number of AC flying in and around the area

4. and a single by social media comments identified Russian aircraft flying away from the scene trailing heavy smoke which the poster identified as a hit Russian AC but initially discounted it as unconfirmed by anyone else

So if it was say a Russian UAV....they have nothing of the size that could have generated a very large explosion and heavy smoke when they go down.

So was a Turkish supply vehicle of some sort hit in the area by Russian single lurking ground strike aircraft who definitely knew they were across the border which would explain the two missile impacts and then a loud explosion and black smoke as black smoke usually indicates vehicle and fuel on fire or a downed AC.

Then the Russian strike aircraft was fired on and hit but only damaged which would explain the single photo some trailing smoke from the engine area...which again is usually where the AIM hits......and ties into the AIM parts seen on the ground and photo'd.

One does not usually fire an AIM against a UAV...simply to much overkill an not enough target for the AIM to acquire. Jet create turbulence if flying close enough is all that is needed to down the UAV.

And the utter silence is both the Turks and Russians urgently wanting to play it down.....one from the Turkish side to not start a war and the Russians so they cannot be openly accused of crossing into NATO air space just before their so called COH plan goes into effect...

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Well it did not take the Russian long to violate their own agreements......

First reported breach of the #ceasefire, Assad army & militias tried to advance to Ayn al-Hawr vlge in Akrad Mount 2 hours after midnight.

Local activists in Talbisa #Homs reported 14 airstrike conducted by 3 #RuAF warplanes 2 hours before the ceasefire.
https://youtu.be/49xFaDikEng

Reportedly sr. #FSA leader Akram Kojak killed in the clashes.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.779351&lon=36.167035&z=15&m=b&search= …

Video of one of the jets responsible for the massacres in #Homs today ...
A #Russian Su-34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLF6RHW9NE4 …

Childen again wounded and or killed by Russian air strikes...BUT WAIT...Russian MoD states they are not bombing civilians...just terrorists aged 2 thru 5.......

News
Several dead & wounded during #Russian air strikes in the last minutes "before the ceasefire" in #Talbiseh.

Massive devastation caused by Russian airstrikes in Douma #Damascus few hours before the ceasefire implemented.

Reports Assad army handed over Eras village north #Aleppo to #YPG Kurdish militia and linked group Jaysh al-Thuwar.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.401251&lon=37.145033&z=14&m=b&search=ahras …

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Does Kerry ever notice his own hypocrisy .......????? He is worried about IS BUT ignores Assad who is in the UN terms a "war criminal" and based on the number of killed Syrians ranks definitely in the genocide corner especially for his ethnic cleansing of Sunni's and his use of chemical weapons and barrel bombs on civilians..........BUT....Kerry seems to have missed that part......

Kerry weighs ‘genocide’ label for Islamic State
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/kerry-weighs-genocide-label-for-islamic-state-014813753.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw …

[CrowBat]

CrowBat....seeing how Twitter does not suspend an account simply because the end user violated terms of service...there had to be a formal request made to Twitter support and AC parts does not reach that level to close the account and knowing how strict the Turks are right now with anything to do with the social media side I would say the Turkish government removed that account thus we can safely assume the AIM120 was indeed fired.

So from just social media comments....we have the following.......

1. something was fired and it appears to have been a missile or rocket....two of them based on locally reported explosions

2. then we have a locally reported report of heavy smoke right after a very loud explosion which came after the two missile strikes

AND we have...

3. numerous Turkish eye witnesses in the area stating an unusually high number of AC flying in and around the area

4. and a single by social media comments identified Russian aircraft flying away from the scene trailing heavy smoke which the poster identified as a hit Russian AC but initially discounted it as unconfirmed by anyone else

So if it was say a Russian UAV....they have nothing of the size that could have generated a very large explosion and heavy smoke when they go down.

So was a Turkish supply vehicle of some sort hit in the area by Russian single lurking ground strike aircraft who definitely knew they were across the border which would explain the two missile impacts and then a loud explosion and black smoke as black smoke usually indicates vehicle and fuel on fire or a downed AC.

Then the Russian strike aircraft was fired on and hit but only damaged which would explain the single photo some trailing smoke from the engine area...which again is usually where the AIM hits......and ties into the AIM parts seen on the ground and photo'd.

One does not usually fire an AIM against a UAV...simply to much overkill an not enough target for the AIM to acquire. Jet create turbulence if flying close enough is all that is needed to down the UAV.

And the utter silence is both the Turks and Russians urgently wanting to play it down.....one from the Turkish side to not start a war and the Russians so they cannot be openly accused of crossing into NATO air space just before their so called COH plan goes into effect...
Good reconstruction, thanks.

And here 'corpus delicat... erm... delicti'...

Inscription says that's the WCU-28/B - the guidance section of an AIM-120C.

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Does Kerry ever notice his own hypocrisy .......????? He is worried about IS BUT ignores Assad who is in the UN terms a "war criminal" and based on the number of killed Syrians ranks definitely in the genocide corner especially for his ethnic cleansing of Sunni's and his use of chemical weapons and barrel bombs on civilians..........BUT....Kerry seems to have missed that part......

Kerry weighs ‘genocide’ label for Islamic State
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/kerry-weighs-genocide-label-for-islamic-state-014813753.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw …

Notice......Kerry never talks about this even in US TV or for that matter in front of Congress.....

Nusra Golani: truce will redraw the borders once again. Sunnis will be a minority after millions forced to leave; thousands killed

[OUTLAW 09]

Drone flight monitor rebel artillery attack on #Aleppo's officer club
https://sendvid.com/47u36h1t

Am assuming these field reports came in before the midnight CoH

Regime still shelling Talbiseh in northern #Homs & Yadodeh in southern #Daraa tonight

Assad's tanks destroy buildings at the outskirts of Daraya. #Syria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J0jIK4Bc1g …

Artillery shelling on Bdama in #Latakia mountains now
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35.801804&lon=36.208878&z=14&m=b …
Airstrikes & rocket shelling hit Kafr Zita city in northern #Hama now

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Reports coming in after the CoH went into so called effect.......

ISIS has launched a raid on Tel Abyad, beginning with a suicide car bomb. Clashes now with #YPG/#SDF.

No doubt, fighting has dramatically reduced in #Syria tonight but incidents reported in:
- Deraa
- Talbiseh
- Al-Marj
- KafrZeita
- Al-Hour

BUT WAIT Russian MoD stated they do not air strike hospitals...must have been that evil USAF again......
With less than 1hr left until #Syria’s ceasefire begins, a #Russia airstrike just hit the Al-Kinanah Hospital in Darat Izza, #Aleppo.

00:05 - Activists are reporting shelling and heavy machine gun fire ongoing in areas of N. #Aleppo, outside Deraa, and in #Darayya.

00:10 - Activists now reporting that regime mortar fire now hitting Talbiseh in #Homs & also Jebel al-Tafahiya in #Latakia.

Daraa al Balad under fire as well (Mortar and rocket fire at 00:10).

00:20: Activists claim pro-regime ground forces engaged in assault on Sheikh Aqil in Rif #Aleppo firing guns & jets heard overhead.

00:25: Activists claim airstrike or large rocket just struck Al-Marj area outside #Damascus. New reports of gunfire in East Ghouta also.

00:45 - On my count, it seems that regime forces stand accused of 9+ ceasefire violations, 3+ of which look certain cases.

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Reports coming in after the CoH went into so called effect.......

ISIS has launched a raid on Tel Abyad, beginning with a suicide car bomb. Clashes now with #YPG/#SDF.

No doubt, fighting has dramatically reduced in #Syria tonight but incidents reported in:
- Deraa
- Talbiseh
- Al-Marj
- KafrZeita
- Al-Hour

BUT WAIT Russian MoD stated they do not air strike hospitals...must have been that evil USAF again......
With less than 1hr left until #Syria’s ceasefire begins, a #Russia airstrike just hit the Al-Kinanah Hospital in Darat Izza, #Aleppo.

00:05 - Activists are reporting shelling and heavy machine gun fire ongoing in areas of N. #Aleppo, outside Deraa, and in #Darayya.

00:10 - Activists now reporting that regime mortar fire now hitting Talbiseh in #Homs & also Jebel al-Tafahiya in #Latakia.

Daraa al Balad under fire as well (Mortar and rocket fire at 00:10).

00:20: Activists claim pro-regime ground forces engaged in assault on Sheikh Aqil in Rif #Aleppo firing guns & jets heard overhead.

00:25: Activists claim airstrike or large rocket just struck Al-Marj area outside #Damascus. New reports of gunfire in East Ghouta also.

00:45 - On my count, it seems that regime forces stand accused of 9+ ceasefire violations, 3+ of which look certain cases.

Huge uptick in #Russia airstrikes in final 3hrs before ceasefire. 100+ strikes reported in 4 N. #Aleppo towns, by 12+ jets flying at once.

If regime bombing of #Darayya continues for 10mins, the ceasefire will - in all likelihood - have lasted -00:01 secs

Lots of talk around #Damascus (& wider) that military strikes on #Darayya during ceasefire will spark a resumption of opposition operations.

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Well that did not take so long as the SAA has now formally broken their own Russian ceasefire.....

BREAKING
#SAA shelling mortars targeting #Turkmen_Mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling targeting #Beit_Jann, #Mughr_alMeer & #Jabal_alSheikh
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA shelling #FSA positions yet #FSA isn't shelling back.
#Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling heavy artillery targeting #Kafr_Nabuda village
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling mortars targeted northern of #Talbiseh
#Homs #Syria FEB27

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes on #Kafr_Zeta minutes ago
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling w/ heavy artillery targeting #alHour in attempt to break into the village
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

The unique real thing in this "Ceasefire" is the bombs falling.

[OUTLAW 09]

Well that did not take so long as the SAA has now formally broken their own Russian ceasefire.....

BREAKING
#SAA shelling mortars targeting #Turkmen_Mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling targeting #Beit_Jann, #Mughr_alMeer & #Jabal_alSheikh
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA shelling #FSA positions yet #FSA isn't shelling back.
#Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling heavy artillery targeting #Kafr_Nabuda village
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling mortars targeted northern of #Talbiseh
#Homs #Syria FEB27

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes on #Kafr_Zeta minutes ago
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling w/ heavy artillery targeting #alHour in attempt to break into the village
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

The unique real thing in this "Ceasefire" is the bombs falling.

Well it appears even the UN has no courage....nor the US nor even the Russians who wanted this ceasefire in the first place....as part of their so called peace plan.....a al Minsk 2 which they never fulfilled as well.

De Mistura: "A military response to the breach of the truce would be a last resort."

This #Ceasefire will be the unique in the world which last 1 second after it's start.. This is Syria.

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Well that did not take so long as the SAA has now formally broken their own Russian ceasefire.....

BREAKING
#SAA shelling mortars targeting #Turkmen_Mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling targeting #Beit_Jann, #Mughr_alMeer & #Jabal_alSheikh
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA shelling #FSA positions yet #FSA isn't shelling back.
#Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling heavy artillery targeting #Kafr_Nabuda village
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling mortars targeted northern of #Talbiseh
#Homs #Syria FEB27

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes on #Kafr_Zeta minutes ago
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling w/ heavy artillery targeting #alHour in attempt to break into the village
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

The unique real thing in this "Ceasefire" is the bombs falling.

More Russian attacks after the start of their own initiated ceasefire.....

#BREAKING
#SAA & it's foreigners terrorists shelling on #FSA positions in the mounts of #Anandan
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA shelling mortars targeted northern of #Talbiseh
#Homs #Syria FEB 27

SO much for that famous Russian map of no strike zones.....
Was not Talbiseh part of the ceasefire area designated by #Russia ?

Absolutely.

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Daraa city
#Syria FEB 27

#BREAKING
#SAA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #alMarj area now
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 27

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Black humor.............

A Russian ceasefire is like everything we make - breaks the first time you use it.

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More Russian attacks after the start of their own initiated ceasefire.....

#BREAKING
#SAA & it's foreigners terrorists shelling on #FSA positions in the mounts of #Anandan
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA shelling mortars targeted northern of #Talbiseh
#Homs #Syria FEB 27

SO much for that famous Russian map of no strike zones.....
Was not Talbiseh part of the ceasefire area designated by #Russia ?

Absolutely.

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Daraa city
#Syria FEB 27

#BREAKING
#SAA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #alMarj area now
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 27

So now we fully understand the Russian goal in Syria...maybe Obama and Kerry should read the article....

MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Gatilov: The long-term stabilization in Syria is impossible without the elimination of the terrorist threat there
http://sptnkne.ws/aHCz

Remember both Assad and Putin have defined anyone a terrorist if they resist Assad.....

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria #IS commando in control of main hospital in Tell Abyad
clashes since yesterday continues
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.687796&lon=38.944259&z=17&m=b …

VICE News ✔ @vicenews
No one knows what happened to the UN's first-ever humanitarian airdrop in Syria:
http://bit.ly/21hSxyq
pic.twitter.com/H9WrvqJIyf

BUT WAIT...the 21 tons were flown by a Russian contractor on a Russian plane and dropped by Russian loadmasters....surely someone knows where it went to???????

[OUTLAW 09]

More Russian attacks after the start of their own initiated ceasefire.....

#BREAKING
#SAA & it's foreigners terrorists shelling on #FSA positions in the mounts of #Anandan
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA shelling mortars targeted northern of #Talbiseh
#Homs #Syria FEB 27

SO much for that famous Russian map of no strike zones.....
Was not Talbiseh part of the ceasefire area designated by #Russia ?

Absolutely.

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Daraa city
#Syria FEB 27

#BREAKING
#SAA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #alMarj area now
#Damascus cs #Syria FEB 27

Not the first reporting of a Russian ceasefire breach...one of many already and reports also in areas in the Russian no strike zone as well......

First reported breach of the #ceasefire, Assad army & militias tried to advance to Ayn al-Hawr vlge in Akrad Mount 2 hours after midnight.

Social media maybe off by an hour or two from incoming field reporting BUT MSM is not actually correct most of the time as seen by this article.....

Syria is 'calm, but tense' after a ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia goes into effect
http://read.bi/1XQEvye

Tense yes...calm....not so.....
pic.twitter.com/f3ltUXt4jV

[CrowBat]

BUT WAIT...the 21 tons were flown by a Russian contractor on a Russian plane and dropped by Russian loadmasters....surely someone knows where it went to???????
It was delivered with 'Russian precision'...

Anyway, Turkish military issued something like 'official confirmation' that 12 F-16s were involved in a UAV incident (http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/1201423-12-f-16-suriye-sinirinda-devriye-ucusunda) on the border....

12 F-16s for a single UAV...?

Ahem... cough... cough... ('xcuse me, must've been too many cigarettes yesterday... )

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria Reports of possible big merge next:
Ahrar al-Sham, Army of Islam, Ajnad al Sham, Nur ad-Din, ShamFront, Lewa aal Haq

3 #Hezbollah commanders killed in #Syria while on terror duty killing Syrians for Assad.
pic.twitter.com/1QvyLg0Cyn

Wonder just how Obama and Kerry would support this proposal...especially with their tilt to Iran over the Sunni....

UAE Foreign Minister: Iranian-backed militias should be in our war on terror -
http://beyondthelevant.com/2016/02/27/uae-foreign-ministeriranian-backed-militias-should-be-in-our-war-on-terror/ …

News
Clashes between #YPG and #ISIS ongoing in several parts of #TellAbyad.
Reports of ISIS incursion from Turkey highly unlikely.

ANHA reports,2 ISIS gangs, "entering from Turkey and Rakka" attacked.
Only part of the city,NOT under ISIS attack is the one towards Turkey.

Night launch of a #Fagot taking out a 57 mm cannon in #Fawru, in #Ghab plain (W. #Hama).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzsndZFhSfg …
Interestingly removed by the user.....probably to not give away the type of night vision guidance system being used.

With 64 #TOW fired so far, February is already in Top 3 of monthly launches since first shipments in April 2014. #Syria.

[OUTLAW 09]

BTW....the T90 hit yesterday was in fact a tad damaged and left in place as it could not move......

After T90 hit by TOW, under-supplied Zinki advance in Sheikh Aqil (#Aleppo) vs Shia militias
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ExDLlV4LsE …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZwHByH_hfY …

Despite #YPG complicity, pro-Regime forces bite dust in small village Sheikh Aqil & have 2 flee after T90 hit by #TOW & many KIA. W. #Aleppo

Geolocation: Shia militias fleeing Sheikh Aqil & escape 2 N. towards Zuq Al Kebir. W.#Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdGjc9czXs …

[CrowBat]

Syria Reports of possible big merge next:
Ahrar al-Sham, Army of Islam, Ajnad al Sham, Nur ad-Din, ShamFront, Lewa aal HaqLooking forward to see this really happening.

Today it turned out that even the supposed merger of the Jaysh as-Sunna (Sunni Army, about 500 strong) with Ahrar was a duck launched by Assad/Putler fans. Jaysh as-Sunna actually merged with Liwa al-Imam - which used to be a part of the AAS.


3 #Hezbollah commanders killed in #Syria while on terror duty killing Syrians for Assad.
pic.twitter.com/1QvyLg0Cyn
Yup, it's kind of funny there: it turned out that the 'SAA-inducted' break through of the Daesh blockade of Khan Nassir-Ithriya road saw exactly 0 (in letters: ZERO) SAA-involvement.

From the north it was the famed 'Tiger Force' (Ba'ath Party Militia) that was attacking - but actually failed to break through.

On the contrary, it was the force that arrived from the south that captured Khan Nassir and broke through, and this included:
- one brigade of Hezbollah/Lebanon;
- IRGC's Liwa ad-Daher (also 'ad-Daher Hawks'), consisting of Shi'a Jihadists from Iraq
- Hezbollah/Syria's Liwa Imam al-Badr
- PFLP-GC's Liwa al-Qods.

I would say that involvement of 'so much Hezbollah' is the crucial reason why do we actually get to see very few photos and videos of the aftermath of this battle (except those released by the Palestinians).

Anyway, as mentioned above: by the time this force punched through and connected with the Tiger Force, the Daesh outflanked them and cut off the road at two other points further south...

...means: we'll see a repetition of the entire exercise again, this time with yet more IRGC and Hezbollah troops inside the Aleppo pocket...

[OUTLAW 09]

Since the early morning SAA and RuAF violations not much being reported right now for SAA and RuAF activities.......IS is though in a couple of fights......

Reference IS....after months of not being bombed by the RuAF now they take on the Kurds......

Update
Simultaneous #ISIS attacks on #YPG-controlled towns Ain Issa, Tell Abyad and Suluk reported now.
pic.twitter.com/brSG9aFnKw

93 Martyrs
[9 children 6 Fighters 4 women]

42 Aleppo
28 Damascus
5 Idlib
4 Daraa
3 DeirEzzor
3 Homs
2 Hama
#Syria FEB 26

[OUTLAW 09]

200 Syrian orgs tell #Russia to leave #Syria.We need protection not #warcrimes
https://www.scribd.com/doc/300507134/160225-Syria-Civil-Society-to-President-Putin …

Russian MoD Says airstrikes in 34 population areas in Syria stopped today.

Roland Oliphant @RolandOliphant
Russian airforce will not fly any missions in Syria today, according to the MoD. Briefing on going in Moscow.
https://www.rt.com/on-air/russia-mod-briefing-syria/ …

Let's see if the Assad AF fly's or not....

[OUTLAW 09]

Key to cessation of attacks in #Syria is to respond to violations quickly: UN official
http://uatoday.tv/politics/cessation-600002.html … pic.twitter.com/yLRA14pg1P

BUT WAIT the UN all but ruled out the use of force...as last resort and by whom was not answered.....so I guess the UN rep is just going to stand between the warring parties and shout "stop"??????

[OUTLAW 09]

200 Syrian orgs tell #Russia to leave #Syria.We need protection not #warcrimes
https://www.scribd.com/doc/300507134/160225-Syria-Civil-Society-to-President-Putin …

Russian MoD Says airstrikes in 34 population areas in Syria stopped today.

Roland Oliphant @RolandOliphant
Russian airforce will not fly any missions in Syria today, according to the MoD. Briefing on going in Moscow.
https://www.rt.com/on-air/russia-mod-briefing-syria/ …

Let's see if the Assad AF fly's or not....

The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef
As at 10:00 27/2, teams report no aerial bombardment since midnight.

[OUTLAW 09]

CrowBat.....referencing JaN comments from yesterday

Comment from this morning.....

Extremely interesting re Syria ceasefire.
Russia holds fire, despite crazy "Nusra map".
Nusra also holds fire despite crazy map
pic.twitter.com/8DaibA4p2C

Maybe more than meets the eye.....did they move into a desolate location to avoid direct contact to IS and clearly show to the Russians where they are actually located in exchange for not getting hit?????

But that would mean some kind of a direct contact link between the Russians and JaN...??

[OUTLAW 09]

Appears a few major Russian and Assad violations are actually in progress at the moment......

Still ongoing, fire fights, helicopters bombing, #Russia & assadis trying to take advantage of the "fire" to advance in #Lattakia.

Barrel bomb runs over #Lattakia LIVE.

SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????

[OUTLAW 09]

IS fighting now...........

After the attack on Tal Abyad, starting during the night, Amaq News now also claims they took Bir Marwan, to the west of Ain Issa! Looks like Daesh attacks the YPG strongholds to take out the pressure regarding the Kurdish push on the road to Deir Ez Zour, as they're currently only a 100km (62mi.) away from the city.

Amaq claims that they (Daesh) launched a "surprise" attack on various locations north of #Raqqa...

Previously posted info....
Syria various Daesh accounts claim fierce fighting in Tal Abyad, after a suicide attack in the night, the claim to control the hospital building in the city...

[OUTLAW 09]

After T90 TOW hit IS posted a video of a US Abrams being taken out by an ATGM inside Ramadi Iraq......so all modern tanks have been taken out by TOWs....

[OUTLAW 09]

Russia Asked for American Rescue Copters in Syria
http://warisboring.com/articles/russia-asked-for-american-rescue-copters-in-syria/ …

[OUTLAW 09]

Cannot verify this posting was after the CoH went into effect or before ....but skies are clear and the washed clothes hung out so might in fact be a ceasefire violation from the Russian side......

Based on this one and the previous posting...both are in fact Russian violations....

Damascus: #Assad militias shelling #Khan_Alsheh now, civilians killed & wounded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/DxUAiNdwVd
with some dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGCjXCZxMBg …

BreakingNews
Heavy shelling of #Khan_Alsheh, S-W of #Damascus resumed.
Killed + injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/UXY5c9V33c

ANOTHER one as well and this time the RuAF....appears the Russian moD in Moscow is out of control or they simply lied again as is normal for them.....

Russia'n airstrike on Maarath Alaratiq in #Aleppo despite cease fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkJXln8qe4 …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.244412&lon=37.055511&z=14&m=b …

[OUTLAW 09]

Cannot verify this posting was after the CoH went into effect or before ....but skies are clear and the washed clothes hung out so might in fact be a ceasefire violation from the Russian side......

Based on this one and the previous posting...both are in fact Russian violations....

Damascus: #Assad militias shelling #Khan_Alsheh now, civilians killed & wounded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/DxUAiNdwVd
with some dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGCjXCZxMBg …

BreakingNews
Heavy shelling of #Khan_Alsheh, S-W of #Damascus resumed.
Killed + injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/UXY5c9V33c

ANOTHER one as well and this time the RuAF....appears the Russian moD in Moscow is out of control or they simply lied again as is normal for them.....

Russia'n airstrike on Maarath Alaratiq in #Aleppo despite cease fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkJXln8qe4 …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.244412&lon=37.055511&z=14&m=b …

Nobody should seriously expect the #Latakia front to be included in the ceasefire.
https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/703530863905132544 …

[OUTLAW 09]

Some needed humor for this first ceasefire day....

Lord's Prayer - 66 words
10 Commandments - 179 words
Gettysburg address - 286 words
EU regulations on the sale of cabbage - 26,911 words

[OUTLAW 09]

Appears a few major Russian and Assad violations are actually in progress at the moment......

Still ongoing, fire fights, helicopters bombing, #Russia & assadis trying to take advantage of the "fire" to advance in #Lattakia.

Barrel bomb runs over #Lattakia LIVE.

SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????

First day of Russia/Assad ceasefire:
Attacks on Khan al-Sheeh #Damascus
Air attacks on Marat al-Artiq #Aleppo
Barrel bombs on Najia #Latakia

Regime shelling on rebel held Al-Ghantu in northern #Homs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbcVJmmUfbk …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34.820991&lon=36.698198&z=14&m=b …

[OUTLAW 09]

Just what the heck does this mean....meaning the US never even mentioned they had put such a map together and NOW suddenly they have one AND lo and behold it is virtually the same as the Russian map.....whoa how can that be when SecDef Carter has all but refused to work with the Russians......must have been that pesky do nothing all day Obama NSC that put one together.....or maybe Obama just threw darts at a map..BUT presto there is suddenly a US map of some sort??????

Russia's MoD claiming map of #Syria it received from U.S. was similar. And now (*after* ceasefire) they're comparing https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/703540777545289728 …

AFTER the ceasefire begins the Russians decide to compare...what a lame limp excuse even for the RU MoD???????

BUT WAIT round two of the Russian excuses comes not three minutes later per twitter.......

Russia's Defence Ministry says Moscow has stopped airstrikes in #Syria until it's agreed on a map of where terrorists are with the U.S.

BUT WAIT someone is dropping bombs and shelling.....as we speak even without a valid map it seems.....

[OUTLAW 09]

Really great read on Hezbollah activities in Bosnia.....no wonder they are in Syria.....they have been on their jihad for a long number of years in support of first Khomeini and now Khamenei.....

Bosnia either gets left out of the jihadist account or only ascribed to the Salafi-jihadists
https://goo.gl/a31i3o

Reposting this .........

A veteran of Bosnia, prominent Hizbollah commander Alaa al-Bosni was killed in Aleppo http://www.annahar.com/article/318405-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7 … killed by ISIS

[OUTLAW 09]

A video showing Assad television crew wearing military clothes. The outpost comes under attack https://www.facebook.com/yaceen.abo.raed/videos/979264055443281/ … Daraya

This I believe is actually very correct....and can only come from the Obama WH and his NSC......
Michael Weiss ‏@michaeldweiss
Actual DC policy argument: Syrian rebels are all al-Qaeda and so we must pressure them to diplomatically settle with Assad, Putin, Khamenei.

A really bad case of intellectually we cannot can come up with anything on our own approach....this is just how bad US FP has become in the last seven or so years.....

[OUTLAW 09]

So where do we stand or better yet where do the Russians stand with their own propose "CoH"......appears violations are still ongoing since 00:00 this morning...

What is out.....Russians claim that due to a map problem they are not bombing BUT WAIT of their AC a SU25 was in fact videoed this morning dropping bombs.....After 00:00.......

SyAF bombings are in as well as helicopters dropping barrel bombs are in.......

SAA/Shia militia artillery is in as is the firing of GRADS.....and Shia militia IRAMS are in.........

So all in all the ceasefire is not really a true ceasefire but rather an limp excuse at one just as is Minsk 2.

Rocket fire by Assad forces in Jorin now reportedly targeting the villages of Elzaqum & Qalidin in north rural #Hama

Heavy rocket fire by Assad forces in Braideej targeting Kafrnabouda in north rural #Hama now

Areas definitely targeted by Assad today are: eastern Ghouta, Homs, Latakia, Quneitra & rural Damascus. Airstrike in Aleppo possibly Russian

Assad artillery shelling & IRAM rockets targeted Bala in rural #Damascus a little while ago
http://youtu.be/qOhVN6hbYts #Syria

REALLY APPEARS as if Assad has a far different map than do the Russians....let's see if Putin can rein in his partner???????

[CrowBat]

Appears a few major Russian and Assad violations are actually in progress at the moment......

Still ongoing, fire fights, helicopters bombing, #Russia & assadis trying to take advantage of the "fire" to advance in #Lattakia.

Barrel bomb runs over #Lattakia LIVE.

SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????Helicopters or not: no JAN there.


SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????
There's no JAN - nor any 'friends' of theirs - left in Jishr ash-Shughour, nor any in all of Jabal Akrad.


Maybe more than meets the eye.....did they move into a desolate location to avoid direct contact to IS and clearly show to the Russians where they are actually located in exchange for not getting hit?????

But that would mean some kind of a direct contact link between the Russians and JaN...??Considering authoritative reports about FSB literaly exporting Jihadists to Syria (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/23/russia-s-playing-a-double-game-with-islamic-terror0.html), and how many Chechens remain in the JAN - wouldn't surprise me the least.

On the contrary: I am nearly ready to conclude that the FSB recommended the JAN to move out of the way, so it wouldn't get hit.

[OUTLAW 09]

APPEARS the Russian Mod lied again as it always does if these reports coming out of Syria are accurate......

Another deliberate Russian air strike on a food market...strictly targeting civilians not fighters....

RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting a popular market in #Altakkaya_Street
#DeirEzzor #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #al_Mohammedeya area
#DeirEzzor #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Deir_Hafir
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 27


#BREAKING
#SAA helicopters dropped barrel bombs over #Jabal_Aubin village
#Latakia cs #Syria - #Turkey border FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelled heavy artillery targeted southern fronts in #Darayya
#Damascus #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling with heavy artillery targeting #Aqrab town
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA at #Burj_alQasb/#Burj_alZahiyah positions, shelling villages on #Turkmen_mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA helicopters dropped barrel bombs on #alNajaiyah village
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA helicopters dropped barrel bombs on #Kuds_Mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

NO humanitarian aid has been delivered since the UN aid previously delivered but stopped by Assad AND was to be delivered under the Russian ceasefire....

BREAKING
Little boy Mohammed Ali Ayoub starved to death by #ASSad & #Hezbollah siege in #Madaya #Syria FEB 27

[OUTLAW 09]

BREAKING
Leaked video from inside #Homs Central Prison, detainees protesting
#Syria FEB 27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kQlaC6KLTk …

[CrowBat]

BREAKING
Leaked video from inside #Homs Central Prison, detainees protesting
#Syria FEB 27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kQlaC6KLTk …
A rather sad reminder about what is this war actually about.

I've got an entire group of friends incarcerated in one of such a sh!thole since eight years already...

(Note: nah, it's neither your monitor, nor 'cameraman lacking skills': it's ALWAYS THAT DARK INSIDE.)

[OUTLAW 09]

Helicopters or not: no JAN there.


There's no JAN - nor any 'friends' of theirs - left in Jishr ash-Shughour, nor any in all of Jabal Akrad.

Considering authoritative reports about FSB literaly exporting Jihadists to Syria (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/23/russia-s-playing-a-double-game-with-islamic-terror0.html), and how many Chechens remain in the JAN - wouldn't surprise me the least.

On the contrary: I am nearly ready to conclude that the FSB recommended the JAN to move out of the way, so it wouldn't get hit.

CrowBat...have along ago come to that conclusion.....as there is simply no other reason that makes any sense.

And if you think about it does make sense.....the Russians are in general using the JaN excuse to continue their air strikes on really nobody except FSA and if you destroy JaN then you destroy the "excuse".....a win win...you keep your informers alive and then use them as the excuse all the while loudly stating we are attacking and destroying terrorists.

[OUTLAW 09]

One of the core demands of the HNC was the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid..to besieged or hard to get to locations ALL Sunni..

If one paid close attention to several Russian comments in the last few days aid would only come if the rebels "signed peace agreements"...this was never discussed at all in the Munich 1938 discussion nor are part of the CoH agreements....

BUT WAIT the first 21 tons (all lost or damaged by poor Russian air drop techniques) of aid went to Assad military and civilians not a single shipment of the SEVEN that Kerry talked about in Munich have ever arrived....

No aid deliveries reported as of 1200 midday Saturday

Filed at: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:57:12 +0000|

So far no aid deliveries have been reported to any besieged or hard to reach areas as a result of the cessation of hostilities.

[OUTLAW 09]

One of the core demands of the HNC was the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid..to besieged or hard to get to locations ALL Sunni..

If one paid close attention to several Russian comments in the last few days aid would only come if the rebels "signed peace agreements"...this was never discussed at all in the Munich 1938 discussion nor are part of the CoH agreements....

BUT WAIT the first 21 tons (all lost or damaged by poor Russian air drop techniques) of aid went to Assad military and civilians not a single shipment of the SEVEN that Kerry talked about in Munich have ever arrived....

No aid deliveries reported as of 1200 midday Saturday

Filed at: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:57:12 +0000|

So far no aid deliveries have been reported to any besieged or hard to reach areas as a result of the cessation of hostilities.


SO in effect Assad, the Russians and the UN are in total non compliance with their very own COH agreements.........

[OUTLAW 09]

Heavy cyber attacks against KSA today from Iraq, Syria, Algeria, Bulgaria and yes even Sweden where a lot of Assad regime militia and SAA disappeared to....and yet we worry about IS refugees?????

[OUTLAW 09]

Russia paused airstrikes in Syria today, and delivered 4 jets with Il-76 76763 fr Astrakhan
http://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2016/27-february-military-transport-accompanied-by-russian-jets …
pic.twitter.com/ZaoMR6IbtQ

BUT WAIT then what are those bombers with red stars doing bombing today......

Hasakah: #ISIS suicide bomber hit #YPG checkpoint with a motorbike bomb in southern Ras Al-Ain, near #Syria- #Turkey border

[OUTLAW 09]

A really super WOW.....finally after a long number of hours and constant social media reports that the Russian CoH is not functioning whatsoever as Assad is attacking anything and everything and the Russians despite their denials are actually bombing....

FINALLY western MSM wakes up.............

State news agency now says there is shelling in the capital Damascus - via AFP
https://twitter.com/juliamacfarlane/status/703530034645102592 …

More than just some shelling is ongoing right now.......
Syria rebel commander says that govt shelling continues in some places in Syria, violating the ceasefire - Reuters

AND not a single pound of humanitarian aid has been delivered as per the CoH agreements.....

[OUTLAW 09]

At least (!) 865 #Hezbollah fighters killed in #Syria b/w 09/12 & 02/16, via @WashInstitute
http://bit.ly/1p3cd85
pic.twitter.com/r4AIfKyRCj

NOTICE....the entire US MSM and the Obama WH simply do not talk about the transnational Shia jihadist mercenary army fighting inside Syria along with IRGC units and Hezbollah.

[OUTLAW 09]

WAIT I thought the Russian air force was protecting the YPG which Russia motivated to attack the FSA........maybe the Kurds will wake up and realize they were taken in by the Russians who just needed foot soldiers to fight FSA..

AND where is their US proxy master...nowhere to be seen either........

BREAKING: "Most of #Tell_Abyad under #ISIS control. #YPG flag downed, #ISIS flag raised in the center. Executions of #YPG militias started"

[OUTLAW 09]

A really super WOW.....finally after a long number of hours and constant social media reports that the Russian CoH is not functioning whatsoever as Assad is attacking anything and everything and the Russians despite their denials are actually bombing....

FINALLY western MSM wakes up.............

State news agency now says there is shelling in the capital Damascus - via AFP
https://twitter.com/juliamacfarlane/status/703530034645102592 …

More than just some shelling is ongoing right now.......
Syria rebel commander says that govt shelling continues in some places in Syria, violating the ceasefire - Reuters

AND not a single pound of humanitarian aid has been delivered as per the CoH agreements.....


Notice this social media comment long before the AFP report came out......

Can @mod_russia explain how they can stop bombing areas they say they haven't been bombing since Wednesday?
pic.twitter.com/30xLcPRfH6

AND where is MSM reports on these areas that have been hit as well....
Areas definitely targeted by Assad today are: eastern Ghouta, Homs, Latakia, Quneitra & rural Damascus. Airstrike in Aleppo possibly Russian..was in fact a SU25....Russian.....

CIT (en) @CITeam_en
Video showing what is apparently a RuAF Su-25 claims RuAF violated ceasefire near Aleppo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkJXln8qe4 …
pic.twitter.com/9yGVGgq7bB

The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef
13:20 6 x barrel bombs reported in Idlib countryside (Jisr area) (al Kenda village and Najeyyah).

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Interesting polling conducted by social media as to what the US Plan B is/was......

Its safe to say we are heading toward Obama's plan "B" which is by the way..
pic.twitter.com/b4WF8Hhj0m

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Wow...finally someone from the EU get's it....Assad will not stop his violence as the COH only foresees the delivery of humanitarian aid when theer is a complete cessation of violence...AND not before..... so as long as Assad is not reined in the aid does not get to Sunni towns and villages where it truly is needed WHICH is his goal anyway.

Johannes Hahn ✔ @JHahnEU
#Syria:#Ceasefire largely holding,hope attacks stop completely to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid+create basis f.peace negotiations

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Assad militia base in Joureen targeting Ghab Plain villages with Grad rockets.
https://youtu.be/haU8PkI8fkU

BREAKING
#SAA positioned in #alSoura checkpoint shelling Grad rockets targeting #Morek
#Hama cs #SYria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA in #Braideej shelling MLRS targeting #alQasabiyah & #Kafr_Nabouda
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
Heavy clashes now between Rebels & #SAA terrorists in #Kurds_Mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes on #alZawiyah_Mount
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 27

RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes on #Maarat_alNouman
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 27

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US can provide CAS for their Kurdish proxy fighting IS but not for the FSA who has been fighting IS for over three years now.....

Footage
Western air strikes on advancing #ISIS troops near #TellAbiad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKYELimwbT4 …

[CrowBat]

Here a highly interesting article on 13th Division FSyA (http://historicoblog3.blogspot.co.at/2016/02/soldats-rebelles-113eme-division-firqa.html), from Historico-blog (in French). Very detailed in regards of history, training, and equipment, and quite good in regards of organisation. A true 'must read'.

[CrowBat]

BTW, should Oblabla and his Mentalist - perhaps the UN too? - still wonder where that load of 'humanitarian aid' dropped by (Russian-flown) Il-76 over Dayr az-Zawr ended...

...well, why not ask the locals?

The UN’s first delivery of humanitarian aid to Deir Ezzor province by air falls into hands of Assad forces (http://en.deirezzor24.net/the-un-announces-its-first-delivery-of-humanitarian-aid-to-deir-ezzor-province-by-air/)

“Earlier this morning, a WFP plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tonnes of items into Deir Ezzor,” in eastern Syria, UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien said on 25 February, 2016.

The air-drop is part of a larger effort to lift the starvation siege which has been imposed by both ISIS and the Assad-regime on civilians living in the city for more than a year now.

“A Cargo plane accompanied by two warplanes airdropped food aid shipments over the regime-held territories of Deir Ezzor,” a D24 correspondent said.
...
...more precisely: straight into the hands of the '137th Brigade' NDF.

Of course, why should one bother: 'all Syrians' in Dayr az-Zawr are either under Daesh occuppation, and thus 'pro-terrorists', or besieged by the regime, and thus 'terrorists'... :rolleyes:

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NOW we starting to see the exact same tactics used in the Minsk 2 "ceasefire" by the Russian troops and her mercenaries now being used by the SAA and it's transnational shia jihadists in the Syrian "ceasefire".....

BREAKING
#SAA Sniper terrorist firing in the middle of civilians in the besieged Moadamiyah_alSham
#Damascus #SYRIA FEB 27

Father of 3, Ali Aqes, victim of #SAA snipers terrorists in #Joubar
#Damascus #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling with machine guns targeting civilians houses in #alRastan
#Homs cs #SYRIA FEB 27

AND just like in the Ukraine where the UAF has stated they will return fire to defend themselves during the Russian so called "ceasefire"...so does FSA reply when fired upon during the Russian so called "ceasefire"......

FSA SF target #SAA terrorists as answer for the #Russia bombardment in #Daraa #Syria FEB 27
https://youtu.be/1sNu-oO-s_M

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CrowBat...what do you think.....still do not believe the Saudi and Turkish moves are off the table...especially when the Northern Thunder exercise ends 10 Mar. and all those tanks, IFV, aircraft and troops are simply "sitting around close to the Jordanian border.


More Russian jets arriving to Syria, more Saudi jets arriving to Turkey... everybody getting ready for when the "ceasefire" officially ends

Reference the 4 more SU24s and 1 IL76 that arrived today in Syria.
CIT (en) @CITeam_en
https://www.facebook.com/CITeam.org/posts/565617426924572 … pic.twitter.com/eJFYoXycGC

Royal Saudi Air Force 2nd Sqn F-15C Eagles & Turkish Air Force 132nd Sqn F-16 Falcons at Konya AB, Turkey —
pic.twitter.com/A1YqIVvtFR

THIS is the second complete Saudi Sqdn to fly into Turkey in the last week.

Turkey pushing for Plan B? Which is Turkish plan for invasion of Syrian Kurdistan
pic.twitter.com/UCLdpggT0D

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BreakingFootage
#Assad air strike on peaceful village in #Latakia prov. during the truce ....only FSA there ....no JaN nor IS anywhere to be seen and or heard from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYH1GTRuxTc&feature=youtu.be …
pic.twitter.com/ZP1ZngTvCd

Attack was on the village of Al-Kinada.
pic.twitter.com/TpBeRpm81n

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WAIT I thought the Russian air force was protecting the YPG which Russia motivated to attack the FSA........maybe the Kurds will wake up and realize they were taken in by the Russians who just needed foot soldiers to fight FSA..

AND where is their US proxy master...nowhere to be seen either........

BREAKING: "Most of #Tell_Abyad under #ISIS control. #YPG flag downed, #ISIS flag raised in the center. Executions of #YPG militias started"

Islamic State is on an offensive roll now against the Kurdish YPG....probably assume rightly that they have vastly over extended and wore down from fighting constantly with FSA.......which is probably true

Aleppo: #ISIS starts new offensive to capture #Tishrin Dam from #YPG pic.twitter.com/2kt0Clag3L

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Islamic State is on an offensive roll now against the Kurdish YPG....probably assume rightly that they have vastly over extended and wore down from fighting constantly with FSA.......which is probably true

Aleppo: #ISIS starts new offensive to capture #Tishrin Dam from #YPG pic.twitter.com/2kt0Clag3L

BUT they have not forgotten the Assad regime......

IS destroyed a regime tank & 2 picups on road near Khanasser in southern #Aleppo

The people of #EynArros south of #TalAbayd start to flee the area Due the Clashes between #IS & YPG

Several #ISIS fighters hide in the National Hospital of #TalAbyad and the Warplanes targeted the Hospital with Airstrikes

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According to pro regime FB foreign Shia militants rape women of #Nubl/#Zahraa in #Aleppo.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=800465446753475&id=596883447111677 …

Breaking
1000+ rape cases by Iranian militia residents of Nibbol & Zahra complain to #Assad & SAA

The Assad regime violated the ceasefire all over Syria, however, East Ghouta is under heavy attack, as if ceasefire never existed.

We've defined deviancy down so far that Assad/Russia only committing mass-homicide in one district today is a "success".

Well worth reading .......
Saddam and the Islamists, Part 2, by @KyleWOrton
https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/saddam-and-the-islamists-part-2/ …

Apparent Russian training Syrian Desert Hawks on 2B11
https://youtu.be/Ego3hDsEa7I?t=2m8s …

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CrowBat...back to our JaN discussion........could this be the inherent key....Iranian ties into JaN via AQ?????

Could the protective hand of the IRGC/Khamenei be over them and not so much the Russians?????

There is in fact some similarities between AQs jihadist view of revolutionary Islam and the "revolutionary Islam" preached and written about by Khomeini that both Shia and Sunni's can relate to.

Iran’s Partnership with al-Qaeda and Unanswered Questions | The Syrian Intifada - by .@KyleWOrton
https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/irans-partnership-with-al-qaeda-and-unanswered-questions/ …

(Mod's Note: This article is dated September 19, 2015)

Iran instrumentalizes al-Qaeda by facilitating travel of AQ members to #Syria -> weakening moderates

In 2011, Treasury reported Iran-Qaeda "secret deal".
In 2014, Treasury added these details: http://bit.ly/1QaIhQ4

(Mod's Note: This article by Kyle is dated March 24, 2014)

Sayf al-Adel was also recently freed by #Iran >> Iran’s Partnership with al-Qaeda and Unanswered Questions

And if Sayf al-Adel has now made his way into Syria, no surprise: al-Qaeda has been operating networks feeding Nusra from Iran for years.

There are a number of comments indicating he is indeed in Syria with JaN.

Sayf al-Adel worked out the plan for the formation of a jihadist statelet with Abu Musab az-Zarqawi in 2002. In #Iran.

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Vid of a child being saved from under the rubble after #Russia|n airstrikes in Kafrhamra, #Aleppo last night '
http://youtu.be/jLF769hmMTs

+100 Russian airstrikes hit Anadan, Hayan & Kafrhamra last night. Vid from Kafrhamra where 8 civilians were killed
http://youtu.be/dWu-7CLHpvw

Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of al-Kinda in #Idlib today
http://youtu.be/a-ldwKHcCR8

Aftermath of Assad helicopter bombing of the village of Najia in #Idlib at midday today
http://youtu.be/9LgD2xvKo3s

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Vid of a child being saved from under the rubble after #Russia|n airstrikes in Kafrhamra, #Aleppo last night '
http://youtu.be/jLF769hmMTs

+100 Russian airstrikes hit Anadan, Hayan & Kafrhamra last night. Vid from Kafrhamra where 8 civilians were killed
http://youtu.be/dWu-7CLHpvw

Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of al-Kinda in #Idlib today
http://youtu.be/a-ldwKHcCR8

Aftermath of Assad helicopter bombing of the village of Najia in #Idlib at midday today
http://youtu.be/9LgD2xvKo3s

FSA's 1st Coastal Division in #Latakia countryside reports breach of truce as regime drops barrelbombs on the area https://twitter.com/alolasahlea/status/703603075873902593 …

While #SAA non-stop bombardment in #Darayya, babies are starving to death by #Assad siege
#Syria FEB 27
BUT WAIT...both the Russians and US stated humanitarian aid had to be delivered as part of the CoH......nowhere to be seen as of yet.....both must have been lying.

SCD rescue little girl alive under rubble,victim of y'day #RUSSIA airstrikes on #Kafr_Hamra FEB 27 #Syria

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On 1st day of "ceasefire," Syrian Network of Human Rights (SNHR) documented at least 26 civilians killed by regime, among them 6 children.

Another Assad shelling allowed by Russians of an IDP camp on the Turkeish border......

SCD reported yesterday FEB 27, #SAA/#RUSSIA shelling on #IDP in #Latakia cs #Syria/#TURKEY borders

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=610250665788625&id=371052039708490 …

Airstrikes in Hirbnafsah in northern #Homs now

Russia terminate cease fire in #Syria -several suburbs of #Aleppo hit by airstrikes this morning

Syrian commandos seize strategic hilltop overlooking Turkey http://bit.ly/21AiJkv #Latakia Not confirmed

IMAGE: Russian warplanes have struck town of Daarit Iza in rural #Aleppo twice this morning so far.

Russian jets hit several Aleppo towns this morning including Qubtan al-Jabal and Darat Izza.

BREAKINGNEWS
Day 2 of the "ceasefire" starts with air strikes on #KafrHamra and #Anadan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8Rb8-yVUo …

Also in #Quneitra province, artillery, heavy mashine gun and mortar shelling of rebel-held #Hamidiyah is reported.

In #Idlib province, #Assad troops resumed their shelling and ground troops advance on #Al_Najeya.

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BREAKING
A #Russian Su-34 in the area west of #Aleppo, hit by 5 air strikes so far today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgU1g9rJyvA …

Jet was filmed over #Darat_Izza in the same hour, this very town, Anadan and Kafr Hamra (only 17 and 20 km away) were hit.

Footage
Aftermath of another air strike on #Darat_Izza west of #Aleppo this morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWj01Xrkz20 …

Both towns were previously hit hundreds of times by #Russia's jets during the last months.

The #Russia|ns maps makers. Putting Nusra Front #JN flags In #Darayya, To justify shelling them.

Eliot Higgins ‏@EliotHiggins ·
Claims of a breach in the Syria truce in Rastan, Homs by pro-Assad forces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHpMo5EqizQ …

More reports coming from resuming pro-#Assad army operations in #Latakia and shelling of the #Idlib province border.

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DAY TWO and still no UN humanitarian aid delievered to the estimated 470K Sunni's in besieged towns/village and or hard to get to locations.....not a single convoy anywhere to be seen and YET Kerry and the UN stated this was a critical element of the so called "CoH"..... BUT WAIt during Munich 1938 Kerry stated SEVEN convoys would be going out immediately....DID THEY....not a single one....."disinformation or US lie"?

Even the UN repeated yesterday "aid" would be going out in a hurry...."disinformation and or lie'...to appease the HNC/FSA as this was a critical element for them??

As long as Assad still says no nothing moves .....and the Russians are certainly not going to twist his arm are they????

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Aleppo Airstrikes on Kafr Bissin
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.270573&lon=36.998477&z=15&m=b …

News
#Russian air strikes resume on #Babis and #Huraytan, N-W of #Aleppo.
Ceasefire collapsing totally unprovoked.
pic.twitter.com/BpuWH47BSZ

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BREAKING: Syria ceasefire breached 9 times over past 24 hours: Russia coordination unit - via @AFP

For those that have not been following the Ukrainian thread and not following the Russians in Donbas........they initially when the UAF was weak demanded the right from Ukraine to set up what they called a JCCC...a joint coordination center to be staffed by Russian officers and Ukrainian officers to verse the Minsk 2 ceasefire violations.

Well for the first year the Russian officers very rarely "found any Russian mercenary violations OR for that fact even failed to confirm actual Russian military units inside Ukraine even in the face of clear and concise video footage and clear IDs of the units. BTW the Russian General in charge initially in the JCCC eventually took over command of all Russian forces bordering Ukraine and was tied to the actual invasion of the Ukraine. So much for neutrality.

In the last few weeks the Ukrainian State Security Service SBU identified three Russian officers who were in fact providing heavy training sessions to the Russian mercenaries...WHICH the Russian MoD vehemently pushed back on until the SBU released their video and voice recordings....

SO why will the Russians in this Russian Coordination Center be any different from Ukraine????......it will not. You will hear that all the violations regardless of video footage are actually violations caused by the FSA.....but they forget the social media factor and video footage

BTW three weeks from the extremely heavy fighting in Debaltseve there was a JCCC based on Debaltseve....when the Russian pulled out Ukrainian social media announced that the next major attack would come there and presto it did.

The interesting thing with this Russian announcement is that they are understating the attack numbers by about 10-14 if all types of attacks are counted to include sniper attacks.....

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BREAKING: Syria ceasefire breached 9 times over past 24 hours: Russia coordination unit - via @AFP

For those that have not been following the Ukrainian thread and not following the Russians in Donbas........they initially when the UAF was weak demanded the right from Ukraine to set up what they called a JCCC...a joint coordination center to be staffed by Russian officers and Ukrainian officers to verse the Minsk 2 ceasefire violations.

Well for the first year the Russian officers very rarely "found any Russian mercenary violations OR for that fact even failed to confirm actual Russian military units inside Ukraine even in the face of clear and concise video footage and clear IDs of the units. BTW the Russian General in charge initially in the JCCC eventually took over command of all Russian forces bordering Ukraine and was tied to the actual invasion of the Ukraine. So much for neutrality.

In the last few weeks the Ukrainian State Security Service SBU identified three Russian officers who were in fact providing heavy training sessions to the Russian mercenaries...WHICH the Russian MoD vehemently pushed back on until the SBU released their video and voice recordings....

SO why will the Russians in this Russian Coordination Center be any different from Ukraine????......it will not. You will hear that all the violations regardless of video footage are actually violations caused by the FSA.....but they forget the social media factor and video footage

BTW three weeks from the extremely heavy fighting in Debaltseve there was a JCCC based on Debaltseve....when the Russian pulled out Ukrainian social media announced that the next major attack would come there and presto it did.

The interesting thing with this Russian announcement is that they are understating the attack numbers by about 10-14 if all types of attacks are counted to include sniper attacks.....

NOT sure just how the Russian CC is handling this reality on the ground....since it is their own violation and or Assad's....

Syria 12 people killed by #Russia'n airstrikes on Babis housing area in western #Aleppo this morning
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.232920&lon=37.007575&z=15&m=b …

Helicopters also dropping bombs now on Teir Maalah in northern #Homs
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34.802598&lon=36.708841&z=14&m=b …

Syria Helicopters dropped free fall bombs on Kinada & Al-Najiyah in #Latakia mountains this morning
pic.twitter.com/038IiS3Lqs

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Daraa Explosion inside 9th Division #SAA-Base near
Al-Sanamayn
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=33.081689&lon=36.167421&z=14&m=b …

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Really worth reading to understand just why the US has not called out Russia for it's war crimes in Syria.....


Eliot Higgins @EliotHiggins
How Russia Evades Responsibility for War Crimes in Syria via @bellingcat
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2016/02/27/russias-strong-arm-diplomacy/ …

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What the heck of an excuse is this from the US DoS...."how to report a CoH violation".

DO they honestly think that an average Sunni Syrian can pickup his land line phone and call the US DoS sitting in Washington DC and say..."hey I am dodging SIX barrel bombs dropped on my son's school by an Assad Mi24 flying north by north west at a height of 2,000 feet"....the Syrians have virtually little money and the local pay phone was bombed four years ago by Assad and lately rebombed by Russia. Email...come on it is hard enough for some Syrian activists using the satphones to keep them even charged and if they stay to long on the satphone they get a Russian bomb on the top of them......because Russia has defined him a "terrorist"...

When starts the Russian CC response, just how did you know it was an Assad copter, what was the color and shape etc....how did you know it was a barrel bomb vs a normal bomb...it could have just been a gas explosion in the school....??

Then the next thing we will see from this DoS is the request by the US that they Syrians getting told to bombed conduct crater analysis and recover bomb fragments and or get a device to trace the sounds of a HMG firing at them from a Shia attack.......heck they should know by now even Syrian Sunni media activists are when they are on their cells reporting are being actively intercepted, pinpointed and then bombed by the RuAF.

Why is it that they shy away from the countless streams of actual social media providing them even the videos to conduct analysis on to confirm a violation...OR is the ability to fact check social media information simply to hard for the US intel community ....all 17 agencies....? Come on this cannot the best the DoS can do...it is more or less a facade to show they did something.......

Social media geo tags and confirms or denies all the time and the US intel community cannot do it????

U.S. Embassy Syria ✔ @USEmbassySyria

If you have firsthand knowledge of a violation of the #CoH in #Syria, there are several ways to report it:
pic.twitter.com/5jE1SoumuT

Of all the stupidest things this DoS has done in years.....really a 1-800 number to call in the middle of an actual fighting rebellion AND it is in Washington DC...could they not find something a tad closer to Syria????

Bad really bad...reminds me of the bad moves the DoS made in the years 2004-2006 in Iraq.......

In 2005 I had a DoS FSO drop into FOB Warhorse in loafers, sports coat and tie expecting us to provide a fully functioning field office and he did not understand why he had to wear body armor an a helmet when he moved outside the wire and why did we not have a fully functioning office in downtown Baqubah for him to operate out of as he was responsible for Diyala Province.

I honestly had a hard time not laughing......he complained to me that he had volunteered in order to get the head of the Morocco Desk when he returned to DC.

We clashed for over six months as my list of Sunni insurgent leaders working both openly and underground were the same ones he wanted to interact with and he had a hard time accepting confirmed evidence and I mean confirmed a number of ways that they are working with and for QJBR and then AQI.

He left after 11 months later and got his Morocco Desk job in Foggy Bottom....still not understanding the Sunni insurgency.

So did DoS catch this Russian violation by the way from today and verified by video footage date time stamped and geo tagged?

Syria Jisr al-Shughour city in western #Idlib prov. under #Russia'n air attack today
pic.twitter.com/Jw5MWoVU6j

NOT so sure the Syrian dodging the Russian bombs had a chance to call in and or email ...so I am sending via SWJ notice to the DoS...yes it was violation...why there is simply no IS and or JaN anywhere close to this town.

AND to just help DoS identify the Russian violation...from another angle........
Breaking
From different angles: Large bombs hit Jisr al-Shughur in #Idlib province.
Truce failed.
States must act!
pic.twitter.com/aOo4sPF1cU

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What the heck of an excuse is this from the US DoS...."how to report a CoH violation".

DO they honestly think that an average Sunni Syrian can pickup his land line phone and call the US DoS sitting in Washington DC and say..."hey I am dodging SIX barrel bombs dropped on my son's school by an Assad Mi24 flying north by north west at a height of 2,000 feet"....the Syrians have virtually little money and the local pay phone was bombed four years ago by Assad and lately rebombed by Russia. Email...come on it is hard enough for some Syrian activists using the satphones to keep them even charged and if they stay to long on the satphone they get a Russian bomb on the top of them......because Russia has defined him a "terrorist"...

When starts the Russian CC response, just how did you know it was an Assad copter, what was the color and shape etc....how did you know it was a barrel bomb vs a normal bomb...it could have just been a gas explosion in the school....??

Then the next thing we will see from this DoS is the request by the US that they Syrians getting told to bombed conduct crater analysis and recover bomb fragments and or get a device to trace the sounds of a HMG firing at them from a Shia attack.......heck they should know by now even Syrian Sunni media activists are when they are on their cells reporting are being actively intercepted, pinpointed and then bombed by the RuAF.

Why is it that they shy away from the countless streams of actual social media providing them even the videos to conduct analysis on to confirm a violation...OR is the ability to fact check social media information simply to hard for the US intel community ....all 17 agencies....? Come on this cannot the best the DoS can do...it is more or less a facade to show they did something.......

Social media geo tags and confirms or denies all the time and the US intel community cannot do it????

U.S. Embassy Syria ✔ @USEmbassySyria

If you have firsthand knowledge of a violation of the #CoH in #Syria, there are several ways to report it:
pic.twitter.com/5jE1SoumuT

Of all the stupidest things this DoS has done in years.....really a 1-800 number to call in the middle of an actual fighting rebellion AND it is in Washington DC...could they not find something a tad closer to Syria????

Bad really bad...reminds me of the bad moves the DoS made in the years 2004-2006 in Iraq.......

In 2005 I had a DoS FSO drop into FOB Warhorse in loafers, sports coat and tie expecting us to provide a fully functioning field office and he did not understand why he had to wear body armor an a helmet when he moved outside the wire and why did we not have a fully functioning office in downtown Baqubah for him to operate out of as he was responsible for Diyala Province.

I honestly had a hard time not laughing......he complained to me that he had volunteered in order to get the head of the Morocco Desk when he returned to DC.

We clashed for over six months as my list of Sunni insurgent leaders working both openly and underground were the same ones he wanted to interact with and he had a hard time accepting confirmed evidence and I mean confirmed a number of ways that they are working with and for QJBR and then AQI.

He left after 11 months later and got his Morocco Desk job in Foggy Bottom....still not understanding the Sunni insurgency.

So did DoS catch this Russian violation by the way from today and verified by video footage date time stamped and geo tagged?

Syria Jisr al-Shughour city in western #Idlib prov. under #Russia'n air attack today
pic.twitter.com/Jw5MWoVU6j

NOT so sure the Syrian dodging the Russian bombs had a chance to call in and or email ...so I am sending via SWJ notice to the DoS...yes it was violation...why there is simply no IS and or JaN anywhere close to this town.

AND to just help DoS identify the Russian violation...from another angle........
Breaking
From different angles: Large bombs hit Jisr al-Shughur in #Idlib province.
Truce failed.
States must act!
pic.twitter.com/aOo4sPF1cU

OR social media makes it even easier for the DoS to confirm the Russian violation by supplying even a video.....

BreakingFootage
#Russia's "commitment" to the #SyriaCeasefire in #Idlib.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJHLPnvzRk …
pic.twitter.com/W4ElGECYIN

And even more reports flowing in...we should be at about the 40-50 attacks and bombings today ....the standard average for the daily Russian attacks on the Minsk 2 front line...

BUT hey yesterday the DoS and VOA and MSM all claimed the "CoH" is largely holding"...the exact same standard worn out phrase used in Ukraine ceasefire also Russian violations there as well.

Reports of heavy gunfire by Assad/Hezbollah targeting besiged #Madaya a little while ago. #Zabadani, #Syria

#Syria Helicopters also dropping bombs now on Teir Maalah in northern #Homs
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34.802598&lon=36.708841&z=14&m=b …

HECK here is one report that even social media has tagged and confirmed just to help the DoS 1-800 call center....

No #ceasefire for #Hirbnafsah, only airstrikes.
https://youtu.be/xU34xiYZ5dE
HD: http://img.ly/DpP0

#Syria Helicopters dropped free fall bombs on Kinada & Al-Najiyah in #Latakia mountains this morning

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Have a great suggestion to the Kerry DoS since Kerry stated it was massively important to end starvation as a weapon by Assad and Putin...why not start a 1-800 call center to take calls from besieged Sunni Syrians who are starving and or hard to get to Sunni locations who are also starving asking to confirm if they have received that much promise humanitarian aid even Kerry said was coming via UN convoys....????

I mean it is roughly 470,000 starving civilians we are talking about here not chump change...and even the UN states that is a very rough estimate and possibly on the low side.

DAY TWO ......Still not a single UN humanitarian aid convoy to any Sunni besieged location...inherent part of Munich 1938 that is failing to be done.....

Daraya, where #Assad lets NO FOOD IN, despite #UNSC Res. 2254, #Munich 1938 and #Geneva.
pic.twitter.com/29m51uKL9F

Remember even at Munich 1938 Kerry stated SEVEN would start moving immediately...well they did not and Kerry went silent.

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Ok, too much to count every #Russia'n/regime airstrike that violates
the "cease-fire" in #Syria
pic.twitter.com/8QkeysMDEN

Hope that DoS 1-800 call center is taking notice of the Russian air strikes today...not so sure Syrians are willing to call DC just to let them know they have just been hit with Russian cluster munitions....probably more busy trying to dig out their children and families.

RUSSIA Cluster Bombs airstrikes on #Jist_alShghour 3:15 PM
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 28

To assist the great efforts at DoS for coordination of just about nothing here is a list but not complete of all Russian and Assad airstrikes and the reports are still coming in...

As of 37 minutes ago
#RUSSIA airstrikes #Aleppo cs:
#Anadan
#Hayan
#Kafr_Hamrah
#Asia
#Qabr_alEnglizi
#Daret_Ezza
#Qobtan_alJabal
#Syria FEB 28

DoS...take note several towns hit multiple times today...and cluster munitions were used after normal bombs probably to hit first responders.

So I would recommend after the 30 attacks yesterday and the extensive attacks today..MAYBE you should stop using the phrase "CoH is largely holding"...it ain't holding at all.

Just as it is not holding in eastern Ukraine.....

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SAA terrorists shelling mortars targeting #alDar_alKabirah town
#Homs cs #Syria FEB 28

Isis took full control over #Hamam_Turkmen after clashes with #YPG/#PKK

Casualties reported in #alCastello Road aftermath #YPG snipers fire on civilians
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 28

Syrian regime and Russian forces were shelling the area around Damascus, in the second day of the cease fire.

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Wow...DoS you might have a hard time keeping up with those Russian violations.....not a single field report has come in that any unit of any group associated with the FSA has fired and or created a single CoH violation...all reports flowing in right now are Assad, YPG, Shia mercenary and or Russian casued direct violations ANd here is the kicker...not a single IS or JaN unit anywhere close to the towns being bombed by both Assad and Russia.

So where is the Kerry/Obama indignation that the "so called Russian assurances that the moderate opposition would not be attacked" was basically a Russian lie...no indignation whatsoever to be heard anywhere in DC or from the Obama WH....

BREAKING
12 martyrs & dozens wounded victims of #RUSSIA airstrikes on #alHadi_Society
#Aleppo #Syria FEB 28

WILL be simply amazing to hear the Russian CC state anything different tomorrow...not sure just how they are going to sell their bombings on non IS and JaN locations?

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RUSSIA warplanes flying over #Daret_Ezza after it's airstrikes
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 28

The explosion reported earlier in #alSanamayn, was due #SAA detonating remnants of mortars in the 9th Div
#Daraa cs #Syria FEB 28

SAA shelled not less than 100 mortars targeting #Hirbnafsah
#Hama/#Homs cs #Syria FEB 28

The White Helmets ‏@SyriaCivilDef ·
Intermittent aerial bombardment reported in Harbnafsaj (Hama) throughout the day.

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Yes folks we now have the Syrian Russian RCC repeating their Ukrainian JCCC concepts...and Kerry/Obama never learned a thing out of Minsk 2....the Russian JCCC in Ukraine has repeatedly always pointed the violations finger at the UAF and virtually never at the Russian military and or her own mercenaries as the cause for Minsk 2 violations.

Even recently when the Ukrainian State Security charged three Russian officers of colluding with the enemy complete with video and audio evidence and asked them to be pulled out of eastern Ukraine the Russian MoD screamed they had done nothing wrong...

SO why would a tiger change his stripe in the Syrian RCC?

Simple he does not....

Here today from the RCC...there were nine violations....by FSA/HNC count way over a total of 30 plus committed by Russians, SAA, YPG, Shia mercenaries and the Assad AF.....

Russia claim "#Syria'n opposition forces violated cease-fire 9 times"
-that's not true, all these where al Qaida attacks on YPG positions-

Russia is constantly charging the FSA now with the violations and yet never says a word about IS......just as they always bombed FSA claiming they were attacking IS but never really attacked IS.

Remember Obama stated 2016.."we have received assurances that the Russians will not attack the moderate opposition".....

Well that goes into the Obama 2014 category of...."we will judge Putin by his actions and not his words".....

What a flaming facade Obama builds to smoke screen his total inability to counter and or want to counter Russian on just about anything with his tilt to Iran.

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Not confirmed.........
Reports that an Assad helicopter has crashed in the fields of KafrBatikh in Saraqib, rural #Idlib, #Syria

Assad artillery fire continues to target Jabal al-Tufahia, Ayn al-Hour, Jabal al-Qalaa, Jabal al-Hayat & Shahroura in Jabal Akrad, #Latakia

NOT many American realize this simple fact about Syria and it goes to heart of the fighting in Syria...........

Ppl who think Assad will stop slowly torturing/butchering the +200k Syrians in his dungeons are naive.

YPG forces mass near Atmeh southwest of Efrin in preparation for an offensive on Bab Alhawa border crossing point

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For those that do not want to believe there is a great similarity between the Ukrainian Maidan and the Arab Spring of Damascus.......think again.

Well worth seeing this documentary on Netflix up for a possible Oscar......watch it and then tell me there is no similarity........and both are facing Russia not by accident but by Russian intent...

Oscars2016 nominee ''Winter on Fire'' tells story of #Ukraine’s fight for freedom.
https://goo.gl/hXT6VD
#Maidan
pic.twitter.com/e3EEPO0TG2

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Russia's Vesti complains that U.S. State Dept is "rude," because of a misunderstood expression "put up or shut up."
pic.twitter.com/AspsiIfuk8

Russia's state-sponsored Vesti boasts that their mil successes in #Syria forced the U.S. to agree to the ceasefire.
pic.twitter.com/wpLMWdbIVY

So Syria becomes Donbas redux? Attacks that keep Russia's opponents off balance yet are below the threshold that elicits a Western response?

[OUTLAW 09]

Arab Sunni Plan B.........??

Al-Jubeir confirms: there is an alternative plan to topple Bashar al-Assad
http://en.eldorar.com/node/1591
pic.twitter.com/bpyBZGiFTb

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http://www.tbo.com/list/military-news/altman/battleground-now-includes-social-media-20160228/

Battleground now includes social media

We will see, at least Lumpkin has a vision and energy, but will it be enough to overcome a stubborn bureaucracy?

In my 50 or so odd years of working with and for various governmental agencies I have never seen and or heard of the simple concept...speed.

In the info war that I am sorry to say is the first true "grey war" of the 21st century it is fully aimed at the US and for two long long years this Obama WH and especially DoS Kerry has simply ignored the info war challenge...recently even DoD and DoS stated and yes even Obama stated we cannot respond to every rumor, fake, disinformation or lies put out in this info war.

BUT here is the problem.....Russian uses the "narrative" concept....meaning the "narrative" is set in motion from Moscow an then their info warriors carry it out......meaning social media picks it up and drum beats the heck out of it..mostly lies and pushbacks, then specific writers pick it up in articles which in turn get picked up by MSM in order to hit the 24 hour news cycles. the Russians have a social media trolling system in place that cannot be matched right now by even tons of money and a new DoS department...

Info warfare is a battle of the "perception" and the US has never been good at understanding the concept of "perception"...hate to say it Russia does understand that game well.

The SWJ carried banner quote of Eisenhower actually goes to the heart of "perception".

NO DoS department with even 5K employees will ever match the Russian concept with what is needed.....a constant speedy counter narrative and a social media component to carry the fight all built around the concept of finally saying the truth nothing more nothing less even if it hurts us at first.

Example of just how poorly DoS can function is their release yesterday of the Syrian Coordination Center.....explain to me an thousands of Syrians caught in the true middle of a war zone call drop everything in the middle of a Russian cluster munitions air strike and call DoS via 1-800 or email them from a war zone that has virtually limited anything?

That alone sets a "perception" in motion that at least in Syria is viewed as proving the US has done a "secret handshake" with the Russians and are simply just going through the motions of showing they did something.

Here is the kicker...the Russians know that ME "perception" of the US right now and play their info war to exactly that "perception" to reinforce their narrative that what they are doing is totally correct and even supported by the US.

And the US info warfare response.....ZERO.

A famous US writer that knows the power of words said the following:

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it is lightening that does the work.

-- Mark Twain

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

-- Mark Twain

Then there is this comment:

I'd rather be approximately right than exactly wrong.

-- John Maynard Keynes

And another comment:

The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right.

-- Thomas Jefferson, 1787


That is info warfare in a nut shell and no DoS department is ever going to come close to even meeting Twains words.

Social media is the battlefield and a hearty band of warriors across the internet do it daily and massively pushback on the Russian narratives...with an amazing success rate..meaning when you can take Russia off their narrative and force them into a response mode they utterly swim and that is then a declared victory and then you move on to the next word battle.

Problem is that here in SWJ there have been a number of US articles written by US professional types that smack closely to the Russian narrative...so is in effect Russian money flowing and paying for these types of articles that are then carried by reputable US MSM then picked up by SWJ....totally unchallenged....

That is the front line DoS should be pushing back against. But the core problem is money...the Russian info warfare budget is estimated in the 600-800M USDs a year..and DoS is never going to match that dollar for dollar

WHY...the Russian info war is inherently designed to change the attitudes of a specific targeted civil society to conform to the Russian narrative...IE see the campaign now against refugees in Europe and Europe is having an extremely hard time in pushing back against it..just look at Germany who just woke up about their being targeted by Russian info warfare.

BUT it was European social media that saw it coming and pushed back hard, but not a single European MSM outside of BILD picked up on it....until social media/BILD finally caught the attention of the German security services.

Why did BILD pick it up...they have hired over the last two years several social media savvy reported types who had a long track record covering Syria and Ukraine and know the info war game from their blogger days and coupled with the power of a major MSM in fact checking and a larger info pull have done some remarkable articles against Russian actions in both Ukraine an Syria...earning them the total dislike of the Russian FM that has accused them recently of being anti Russian......

So again back to Twain if the DoS thinks they can hold their own...after their dismal failure of the 1-800 call the US DoS in DC disaster...I simply believe it is wasting US taxpayer dollars.

BTW...for two years I have been saying here at SWJ social media is where you even win or lose against IS...or against any form of non linear warfare.

Non linear warfare has two key cornerstones;
1. "weaponization" of information
2. cyber warfare

And we are not doing so well against both right now.

[OUTLAW 09]

DAY THREE of the so called Russian "CoH" with the FSA ceasing fire and the Assad and Russian troops firing on all cylinders....

STILL no humanitarian aid convoys to be seen anywhere in Syria a key point in the Russian "CoH".......

And we are off and running today....hope the DoS 1-800 hotline for Syrians is up and running and taking note of all the Russian/Assad /Khamenei violations.

During #SyriaCeasefire, rebel areas hit include:
- ALEPPO: ~8 towns
- IDLIB: Jisr a-Shughur
- HOMS: Teir Maalah, Talbiseh
- HAMA: Harbnafsah

Multiple sources reporting some kind of gas attack in #Irbin outside Damascus. Victims suffering from symptoms of suffocation.

BUT WAIT did not Russia confirm there were not more chemical weapons in Syria...just another lie t appears as this is the fifth attack in the last five months.

Hope this is evidence enough for the DoS Hotline of the Russian violation
yesterday....

A #RUSSIAN Su-24 bombs besieged #Homs province yesterday (stars).
Not one of #Assad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NxwQjZRM8o …

Hope DoS Hotline got this yesterday.......evidence was on social media all day.

FSA Asala & Tanmiya Front: 10 Russian airstrikes targeted Harbinifsah village in new violation of the ceasefire deal

BreakingFootage
Russian jets now target civilians in #TerMaela with brutal strikes yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_n64J0uKlw …

Footage
#Assad / #Putin Su-24 bombing #Talbisah yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcGp7TndNAc …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-on1hWa-n-o …

BTW...notice the Russian Coordination Center said nothing about these air strikes from yesterday......nor of the chemical attack today

[OUTLAW 09]

SAA mortars shell w/ Chemical Gas targeted #FSA #Failaq_ArRahman positions in #Erbeen, 2Martyrs
#Damascus cs #SYRiA FEB 29

Civilians killed in the so called Day Two of the so called Russian CoH.......up from 28 on Day One.........
40 Martyrs
[10 Fighters 2 Children 2 women 1 Tortured]
15 Aleppo
8 Damascus
6 DeirEzzor
5 Homs
4 Idlib
1 Daraa
1 Hama
#Syria FEB 28

SAA shelling mortars targeting #alMarj area at 2:29 AM

Children victims of #RUSSIA airstrikes on #Tarmala
hours ago(before 12am/FEB 29)
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 28

A short while ago, Russian warplane attacks targeted Ahrar al-Sham HQ/checkpoints in Tarmala, southern rural Idlib.

Talbiseh Hospital field full with victims of #RUSSIA & #SAA bombardment the region
#Homs cs #Syria FEB 29

BREAKING
More 2 #Russia airstrikes targeting #Teir_Maela in the last minutes

SAA positioned in #Kwaires airbase, shelling MLRS targeting #alBab
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 29

SAA shelling with heavy artillery targeting #alRastan moments ago
#Homs cs #Syria FEB 28

While filming #CeaseFireviolation @houla_homs received a strike close to his location near #AlHoula south of #Hama:

Hidden scandal; #Iran'ian militias are raping #SAA female soldiers..

[OUTLAW 09]

Russia's state-sponsored Vesti boasts that their mil successes in Syria forced the U.S. to agree to the ceasefire.
pic.twitter.com/wpLMWdbIVY

So Syria becomes Donbas redux? Attacks that keep Russia's opponents off balance yet are below the threshold that elicits a Western response?

[OUTLAW 09]

Turkish "red line established".....

Erdogan: "Turkey will respond to any attempt by the YPG to establish 'autonomy' in the northern region of Syria"

Think the US and Russia "got the message"...probably not......

After the constant Russian and Assad violations of their own CoH...not so sure this will be agreed to by Turkey especially after the YPG offensive....

But I guess the Russian FM can dream...........

MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Bogdanov: The Kurds have a right to take part in forthcoming intra-Syrian talks in Geneva
http://tass.ru/en/politics/859527 …
pic.twitter.com/gVGDoEnhZq

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria: sound of gunfire near the town of Yadudeh (#Daraa), no #SyriaCeasefire here
https://youtu.be/ZXMugWL7gqE

Another church bombed by Russia......
None mentioned that #RUSSIA bombed the Church of #Jisr_alShghour so I will.
#Idlib #Syria FEB 28 PT

[OUTLAW 09]

This is the Saudi FM Plan B statement from yesterday.......


ElDorar AlShamia:
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Sunday there is an alternative plan in case the political solution to the Syrian issue fails.
Jubair said: "The next days will show us whether the Assad regime and Russia are serious about dialogue or not, based on this , the appropriate decision on the Syrian issue will be made," stressing that "there is an alternative plan for Syria without Bashar al-Assad."
Al-Jubeir in a conference he renews his emphasis on "Either Bashar al-Assad out peacefully or militarily," asserting that "no solution to the Syrian issue without the departure of Bashar al-Assad of power."
The Saudi foreign minister expressed his country's readiness to send troops to Syria if the international coalition decides.
With regard to the breach of the truce al-Jubeir said: "The Russian military craft and al-Assad regime’s continue to breach the truce, and we reach out to Syria's support group in this regard," he said. "If Russia were honest they should oblige al-Assad to respect the truce."

[OUTLAW 09]

#Russia bombed Teir Mallah in #Homs. In the middle of a zone they declared to be #FSA ceasefire territory.
pic.twitter.com/NwaMWpiITp

A Syrian from #Aleppo to @radiopopmilano "#Russians are looking at #Syria as they looked at #Chechnya. They just want to kill people"

"Partial truce holds"...I thought the US and the UN stated on Saturday...."CoH is largely holding"...now we are down to "partial truce"....

UN to expand aid to #Syria as partial truce holds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35683931 … Photos AP, Reuters
pic.twitter.com/JRcA4CKIHw

[OUTLAW 09]

#Russia bombed Teir Mallah in #Homs. In the middle of a zone they declared to be #FSA ceasefire territory.
pic.twitter.com/NwaMWpiITp

A Syrian from #Aleppo to @radiopopmilano "#Russians are looking at #Syria as they looked at #Chechnya. They just want to kill people"

"Partial truce holds"...I thought the US and the UN stated on Saturday...."CoH is largely holding"...now we are down to "partial truce"....

UN to expand aid to #Syria as partial truce holds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35683931 … Photos AP, Reuters
pic.twitter.com/JRcA4CKIHw

German media reporting the truce is holding. Few bombardments by 'unknowns' they said.

Outside of BILD...not much reporting by German MSM on the constant Russian and Assad violations......

[OUTLAW 09]

SAA mortars shell w/ Chemical Gas targeted #FSA #Failaq_ArRahman positions in #Erbeen, 2Martyrs
#Damascus cs #SYRiA FEB 29

Civilians killed in the so called Day Two of the so called Russian CoH.......up from 28 on Day One.........
40 Martyrs
[10 Fighters 2 Children 2 women 1 Tortured]
15 Aleppo
8 Damascus
6 DeirEzzor
5 Homs
4 Idlib
1 Daraa
1 Hama
#Syria FEB 28

SAA shelling mortars targeting #alMarj area at 2:29 AM

Children victims of #RUSSIA airstrikes on #Tarmala
hours ago(before 12am/FEB 29)
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 28

A short while ago, Russian warplane attacks targeted Ahrar al-Sham HQ/checkpoints in Tarmala, southern rural Idlib.

Talbiseh Hospital field full with victims of #RUSSIA & #SAA bombardment the region
#Homs cs #Syria FEB 29

BREAKING
More 2 #Russia airstrikes targeting #Teir_Maela in the last minutes

SAA positioned in #Kwaires airbase, shelling MLRS targeting #alBab
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 29

SAA shelling with heavy artillery targeting #alRastan moments ago
#Homs cs #Syria FEB 28

While filming #CeaseFireviolation @houla_homs received a strike close to his location near #AlHoula south of #Hama:

Hidden scandal; #Iran'ian militias are raping #SAA female soldiers..

Does not quite match the Russian reality in Donbas or Syria does it.....

Kremlin propaganda now has reverted to an old Soviet slogan. "We are in favor of peace". Aren't we all...
pic.twitter.com/Oqx9t1Qk21

[OUTLAW 09]

Still a steady drumbeat of cyber attacks on KSA from Syria, Iraq, Sweden, Bulgaria and Algeria.....newest route appeared today from Thailand.

[OUTLAW 09]

Footage
The Russian air strike on the Ahrar al-Sham HQ in #Tarmlah also hit civilians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qmP3Z0BqTE …

Ahrar is not on the UNSC terrorist listing.....but Russia never paid attention anywhere to UN statements, decisions and or resolutions....on Syria at any time.

Although Ahrar al-Sham did not sign onto the ceasefire (w. 97 opp'tn factions), it had by & large agreed to abide by it until attacked.

NOTICE the US says nothing.....BUT WAIT it did.....

Kerry: “We are clear: If you don’t choose to be part of it, then you are choosing to perhaps make yourself a target," NOT so subtle US threat to the anti assad opposition...BUT WAIT that humanitarian aid deliveries Kerry spoke about...still have not been delivered so can one even trust what he says anymore??

Russian wants it destroyed as it has a major supporter..... KSA...

A #Russia airstrike just hit Ahrar al-Sham's HQ & checkpoints in Tarmlah, #Idlib.
Serious risk of eroding ceasefire

[OUTLAW 09]

Just another brutal Russian attack in southern #Hama province ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY4Xc88BTew …

Just another village west of #Aleppo, where #Russia destroyed residential buildings today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRDERVMHDyU …

Graphic!
Injured & dying women & children after #Russia's terror attack on Jisr al-Shughur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuLN-9GJe00 …

At least 25 Russian air strikes hit #Hirbnafsah in southern #Hama province today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5cbTcYbnPE …

[OUTLAW 09]

British TV correspondent @danriversitv, who is now in #Syria, reports that #ISIS has retaken Khanaser (again) -

ISIS has captured 100+ prisoners in Tel Abyad & Khanaser in recent days.
Expect an ugly video eventually = repeated pattern of behaviour.

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria’s opposition @SyrianHNC has sent a letter to UNSG Ban Ki Moon accusing #Russia of contravening ceasefire:

NO response yet from the US and surprise surprise...the Russian RCC has made no statement today concerning violations of the CoH as they are in most of them and they have been documented....

[OUTLAW 09]

Really well worth reading concerning the YPG from someone who knows the area and groups very well......

“As tool to defeat #ISIL, #YPG has reached a peak point”
Great nuanced piece by @hxhassan
http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/america-should-choose-its-allies-very-carefully …

AND the YPG has US advisors and none of them reported this.......
5 days ago, #Hasakeh activists accused U.S.-backed #SDF of executing 5 civilians, inc. a 12yr-old girl:
https://www.facebook.com/HASAKHNNEWS/posts/1647542695484752 …

[OUTLAW 09]

Reference the Assad chemical attack...not covered in the Russian/US CoH.....so not really a violation is it????

Reports of a poison gas attack in Arbeen, Damascus, one of the areas attacked with chemicals in AUG 2013.

[OUTLAW 09]

"U.S. using the threat of Russian atrocities to cajole the Syrian opposition into surrender"
https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/the-pretend-ceasefire-in-syria/ …

[OUTLAW 09]

Reference the Obama/Kerry tilt to Iran in the hope of a more moderate Iran....

A stern push-back from @EliLake on the torrent of nonsense about "moderates" being "elected" in Iran
http://bv.ms/1n0anTB

The search for nuance in Iran after Khamenei and the Guard Corps have gutted even Rafsanjani is a staggering example of wish-thinking.

The so called Obama hoped for moderates only have 69 seats vs the over 250 plus radical/conservative seats...not a majority thus no voice.

[OUTLAW 09]

UN human rights chief: thousands may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half a million people in #Syria

BUT WAIT....still not a single UN aid convoy to be seen anywhere in Syria...key part of the CoH is not being implemented.....

[OUTLAW 09]

Reference the Obama/Kerry tilt to Iran in the hope of a more moderate Iran....

A stern push-back from @EliLake on the torrent of nonsense about "moderates" being "elected" in Iran
http://bv.ms/1n0anTB

The search for nuance in Iran after Khamenei and the Guard Corps have gutted even Rafsanjani is a staggering example of wish-thinking.

The so called Obama hoped for moderates only have 69 seats vs the over 250 plus radical/conservative seats...not a majority thus no voice.

WHY is this so important for the Syrian war...this means that Khamenei and the IRGC will just keep on fighting to maintain their land corridor to Hezbollah in Lebanon and to turn a major Arab Sunni nation state into a Shia controlled state.....the moderates ACTUALLY did voice their support publicly for the war as well......

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria Airstrikes continues on northern #Hama, northern #Homs, #Idlib & #Latakia mountain towns & villages today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vykSvtVqvVY …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGtQ-vzqN0 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz6p889pNg0 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWs6k-JkiD4 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5eem2womus …

Just from today.....still not a statement from the Russian Syrian RCC about number of CoH violations especially from the Assad and Russian AFs.....

BUT WAIT....Russia stated they would keep on bombing and that is their definition of a "CoH".......

[OUTLAW 09]

UN human rights chief: thousands may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half a million people in #Syria

BUT WAIT....still not a single UN aid convoy to be seen anywhere in Syria...key part of the CoH is not being implemented.....

The UN has called out Assad and Russian for possible war crimes, genocide and now actually points the finger at deliberate starvation and ethnic cleansing as possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.

BUT the Obama WH and his DoS somehow just cannot quite get the personal courage to use the words "genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes" in the very same sentence together with the names Putin and Assad....

Ever wonder why???????

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria Airstrikes continues on northern #Hama, northern #Homs, #Idlib & #Latakia mountain towns & villages today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vykSvtVqvVY …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGtQ-vzqN0 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz6p889pNg0 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWs6k-JkiD4 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5eem2womus …

Just from today.....still not a statement from the Russian Syrian RCC about number of CoH violations especially from the Assad and Russian AFs.....

BUT WAIT....Russia stated they would keep on bombing and that is their definition of a "CoH".......

Come on really...we have this massive DoS 1-800 Call Center to record Syrian called in CoH violations AND now the French call a spade a spade and they have no such center???????

Breaking: French Foreign Ministry calls for immediate meeting to discuss violations of #Syria ceasefire

Al Arabiya English ✔ @AlArabiya_Eng
#Breaking France says called for immediate meeting of Syria task force to discuss violations of cessation of hostilities

AND our billions invested into the 17 intel agencies could not come to this conclusion faster than the French?????

Simply embarrassing.......

[OUTLAW 09]

The Jerusalem Post
‏@Jerusalem_Post
Report: Assad regime using Israeli drones against Syrian rebels
http://dlvr.it/Kf0W31

Glad this worked out well for the Israeli's.... taken by the Russians as well and were lied to as well....

Drones were sold to Russia 5 years ago in an effort to convince Russia not to sell S-300 systems to Iran

Russian Transport Aviation sorties to #Syria up 30% this week. 17 flights so far.

[OUTLAW 09]

CrowBat......here is again that Iranian withdrawal rumor..........

Iran said withdrawing all its fighting forces from #Syria
http://toi.sr/1RcVRQL via @timesofisrael

Maybe they figure they have enough transnational shia jihadists already in Syria and they will pull out only their IRGC elements...then they can say see we pulled out our own troops......

[OUTLAW 09]

Bashar #Assad opposes efforts to stop the turmoil in #Syria and wants to undermine the negotiation process says #Bulgarian FM Daniel Mitov

UAE FM: Iranian-backed militias killing Iraqis & Syrians must not be overlooked in the fight against terrorism https://www.facebook.com/588012504550567/videos/1138688672816278/ …

Here the UAE FM is referring to the sectarian killing of Sunni's by Shia militias.

[OUTLAW 09]

Reuters Top News ✔ @Reuters
NATO chief says concerned about Russian military build-up in Syria
http://reut.rs/215NSKD

[OUTLAW 09]

After Obama and Kerry saw the thousands of attacks carried out by the Russian military and her mercenaries in eastern Ukraine AFTER Minsk 2...JUST why did they really think Putin would adhere to his own CoH in Syria??

Michael Weiss ✔ @michaeldweiss

Ceasefire in practice: Syria regime reportedly mobilizing for west Aleppo campaign
http://mme.cm/UXAW00
via @NOW_eng

[OUTLAW 09]

Short range METIS ATGM attack on a Tank in Hirbnafsah village, #Hama. IR-detector attached?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrHnmBSZcGw …

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BUT WAIT did not the Russian MoD state yesterday morning the US had given them a US map of the locations of the opposition and it was different from their maps and they had started comparing the two maps...BUT WAIT Russia is still bombing using their map so why would/or did the US provide any information at all.

Russia is info warring the US and trying to split the FSA/HNC from the US by alluding that the strike information Russia is using comes from the US as well.

Notice the US does not push back on that "perception does it?????????


Russian Embassy, USA @RusEmbUSA

Dpty Foreign Minister #Ryabkov: information exchange on #Syria b/w #Russia & US is underway
http://sptnkne.ws/aJwB
pic.twitter.com/NVyxLd7K2k

Here is the info warfare key that it is propaganda ...it is being spread by Sputnik International the 100% owned Russian propaganda machine and not much was pushed via the Russian FM directly......

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Rosenblum's piece in @politico: It's Time for Safe Zones in #Syria → http://buff.ly/1T1B0ps

Update
#Assad / #Russian raids ongoing in #Homs, #Hama, #Idlib, #Latakia and #Aleppo.
Activists talk of "total ignorance of the truce".

Hope that DoS Syrian Call Center 1-800 line is running hot today as the "so called largely holding ceasefire"...ain't holding a cm of water........

Update
#Assad / #Russian raids ongoing in #Homs, #Hama, #Idlib, #Latakia and #Aleppo.
Activists talk of "total ignorance of the truce".

Syrian opposition says government wrecking truce deal
http://reut.rs/1ThwDHk
Notice it is already about 0930 DC time 16:OO Berlin time and the DoS Syrian Coordination Center still has not say a single word about the Russian lack of compliance with their own proposed and pushed CoH.......

New #Russia'n airstrikes today on Harbinafsah in southern #Hama after regime failed to invade town yd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjkTMyKTnUE&feature=youtu.be …

ABSOLUTELY no JaN and or IS anywhere near this town...only FSA.....

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WHY is this so important for the Syrian war...this means that Khamenei and the IRGC will just keep on fighting to maintain their land corridor to Hezbollah in Lebanon and to turn a major Arab Sunni nation state into a Shia controlled state.....the moderates ACTUALLY did voice their support publicly for the war as well......
Indeed. Who to hell told either Oblabla or the Mentalist any Iranians might change their opinions about Syria?

Their 'moderates' (the side that 'won' latest 'elections') is designated as such just because of Western wishful thinking. Actually, they're well-known as loyalists to by ultra-conservatives (who, in turn are such 'true Shi'a clergy, that all are lacking necessary qualifications for their positions, while the those that don't are all sitting in house-arrest in Qom).

On the contrary: absolutely nothing changed in regards of how much is the IRI controlled by the ultra-conservatives - and even less so in regards of influence upon Iranian security- and foreign policies by the Khamenei clique and the IRGC.

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Regime-helicopter dropped barrel bombs on rebel held Kafr Haddad in southern rural #Aleppo http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35.925270&lon=37.070961&z=14&m=b …

Not confirmed yet as this would be the third or fourth time they claimed to have retaken it only to lose to again......

Regime retake control of #Hama-#Khanasser-#Aleppo road after #IS retreated
RuAF airstrike on Kafrzeita in #Hama province

Footage
#Assad forces, ignoring the truce, shelling Umm Sharshuh in #Homs province.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfmHk6xADrg …

Same procedure as every day.
Babies & old people die of hunger & lacking medicine due to #Assad's siege of #Douma.

Under intense artillery, tank & mortar shelling Assad forces appear to have advanced into al-Fadayiya near Marj in eastern Ghouta,

I can not say if this is true or not.
But it would explain,where thousands of Iraqi fighters "disappeared" to after the early February push.

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CrowBat...what do you think.....??

BreakingReport
Thousands of Shiite militia men prepare for an offensive FROM #AFRIN canton
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566667-syria-regime-reportedly-mobilizing-for-west-aleppo-campaign …

I can not say if this is true or not.
But it would explain,where thousands of Iraqi fighters "disappeared" to after the early February push.

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CrowBat......here is again that Iranian withdrawal rumor..........

Iran said withdrawing all its fighting forces from #Syria
http://toi.sr/1RcVRQL via @timesofisrael

Maybe they figure they have enough transnational shia jihadists already in Syria and they will pull out only their IRGC elements...then they can say see we pulled out our own troops......
Sorry, but this is loads of nonsensical day-dreaming. I have no clue why are Israelis repeating this... already for the 5th time or so?

At the time the Mentalist babbled something of this kind for the first time, there were 20+ gangs of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists in Syria. Meanwhile there are more than 55. Plus, Hezbollah/Syria and Alawite sectarians have established several additional units - most of which are at least commanded by Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists.

BTW, that there can be no trace of true in reports about some supposed Iranian withdrawal from Syria was 'indirectly confirmed' this morning, when it turned out that all the reports about 'SAA recovering Khan Nassir and re-opening the road to Aleppo are a bunch of moronic lies by various regime-fans on the internet.

Namely, the Daesh not only counter-attacked and re-captured parts of Khan Nassir, but the road is still closed on at least one of two points further south, too. Which means that up to 50,000 IRGC & consorts troops and 1,5 million of Syrian civilians living in western Aleppo remain cut off from supplies.

In essence: nearly everything all the possible regime fans (but especially al-Masdar/Mangier, Sidorenko and Ridha) have reported in regards of this battle is wrong. The only thing that was 'right' was that the Hezbollah reached Khan Nassir - and lost its top 'special forces' CO there (whether KIA, MIA or whatever else), three days ago.

Meanwhile, even the YPG switched to 'Russian lies style'. They got overrun in Tel Abyad by a Daesh raiding party. Now, shame enough that a gang of Daesh idiot overrun YPG garrison of several hundred, supported by US SFs and air power. But nah, that's not enough: now Kurds can't stop crying how 'Turkey let the Daesh attack Tel Abyad from its soil' - then, clearly: 'it's impossible the YPG got beaten by Daesh idiots'.

Ironically, everybody in Syria I asked about this is sure: Daesh actually infiltrated the place via the YPG-controlled territory.

Characteristically: the first victim of that raid was no YPG guard or whatever - but one of Sunni Arab tribal leaders from Dayr az-Zawr, who lived there as a sort of a 'refugee'.

Bottom line: the entire story about Tel Abyad is Kurdish+Daesh PRBS 1st class, and not worth mentioning with one further sentence.

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Footage
Russian air force attack on the moderate #FreeSyrianArmy HQ near #KafrZita today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGtQ-vzqN0 …

Footage
Russian jets also keep attacking towns around #KafrZita in northern #Hama prov.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cxGc_bPQ-0 …

OF COURSE with the help of #Russian air force jets from above! ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRqTYXQ9OM4 …

Footage
The #Assad army offensive on #Hirbnafsah continues without break.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf-o2eNkNqg …
#Hama #Syria

Footage
#Assad air forces helicopters dropped several bombs on Jisr al-Shughur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vykSvtVqvVY …

Regime forces shelling Talaf in southern #Hama
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34.909725&lon=36.558037&z=13&m=b …

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Al Arabiya English ‏@AlArabiya_Eng

#Breaking Russian deputy FM says military intervention in Syria by Turkey would be ‘irreparable blow’ to ceasefire
http://ara.tv/6bfvh

What Russia forgets is that it has been attacking the Ukraine an average of 40 to 140 times a day for over a year and it is suppose to be complying with the ceasefire as set out in their own pushed for Minsk 2 agreement which they have not even complied with any of the 11 points in Minsk 2...and if these Russian and Assad attacks continue and they are in fact verified in different ways WHY cannot Turkey come across the border to ensure the stopping of the killing of Arab Sunni's......Russia is certainly not protecting them in their so called CoH........

Here is the Al Aradiya total release.......


By Staff writer, Al Arabiya English

Monday, 29 February 2016

The UN chief said Monday a fragile Syria ceasefire was holding “by and large” despite “incidents” of fighting at the weekend and the opposition warning that the truce was facing a “complete nullification.”

“As of now I can tell you that by and large the cessation of hostilities is holding even though we have experienced some incidents,” United Nations Secretary Genera Ban Ki-moon told reporters in Geneva.

A UN-backed taskforce was also set to meet to evaluate various accusations of breaches.

The taskforce monitoring the truce is “now trying to make sure that this does not spread any further and that this cessation of hostilities can continue.”

That taskforce would meet at 3:00 pm (1400 GMT), the top UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, told AFP.

The tenuous truce, negotiated by Washington and Moscow and backed by the UN, entered its third day despite reports of violations on both sides.

The special international task force co-chaired by the United States and Russia last met on Saturday, just hours after the cessation of hostilities began.

It is one of several mechanisms in place to oversee and deal with violations of the agreement, which does not apply to territory held by ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front.

Syrian opposition warning

On Monday, a Syrian opposition official told Al Arabiya's sister channel Al Hadath that the fragile truce is facing a “complete nullification” because of President Bashar al-Assad government’s attacks.

Asaad al-Zoubi, head of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee’s delegation to peace talks, said the truce which came into effect early on Saturday had collapsed before it started.

“We have alternatives to protect our people” if the international community could not, it quoted him as saying without elaborating.

Zoubi added there were “no indicators” that the ground was being prepared
France has also called for an immediate meeting of the Syria taskforce to discuss breaches of the cessation of hostilities that came into force on Friday for peace talks, which the United Nations has said it plans to reconvene on March 7.

The Syrian opposition has also sent a letter to the Security Council, saying that Russian war jets on Sunday have executed 26 raids on Syrian rebel factions who were already implementing the ceasefire.

The letter also accused Moscow of dropping cluster bombs on residential buildings, which led to the killing of many civilians.
night, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Monday.

Ayrault told reporters at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva that he had information about attacks against zones held by moderate rebels in Syria.

“We have received indications that attacks, including air strikes are continuing in areas controlled by the moderate opposition,” Ayrault told reporters in Geneva.

“This must all of course be verified. France has therefore asked that the task force overseeing the implementation of the cessation of hostilities meets without delay,” he said on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council.

Meanwhile, the Syrian government said on Monday Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister was trying to thwart a fragile cessation of hostilities agreement.

“What Adel al-Jubeir says ... about a plan B regarding the current developments in Syria is merely ... an attempt to thwart the cessation of hostilities,” a Syrian foreign ministry official was quoted as saying in a statement on state media.

Aid delivery

On Monday, aid workers began carrying out the first delivery of humanitarian assistance to Syrians since the landmark truce came into effect at the weekend, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said.

The Red Crescent said that 10 trucks of aid including blankets and hygiene supplies provided by the United Nations had entered the besieged Syrian town of Moadamiyet al-Sham southwest of Damascus.


Question to SWJ readers...WHY did both Russia and the US literally rush the CoH to the finish line...????

Main goal of Putin`s/Kerry's fake-truce is - is to not let Turkey and Saudi Arabia start a ground operation in Syria...it is really ALL about that and not about truly trying to get a functioning ceasefire...ACTUALLY Assad and Russian actions that have caused the CoH to fail will actually trigger the ground offensive...not so sure Russia understands this.......

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Sorry, but this is loads of nonsensical day-dreaming. I have no clue why are Israelis repeating this... already for the 5th time or so?

At the time the Mentalist babbled something of this kind for the first time, there were 20+ gangs of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists in Syria. Meanwhile there are more than 55. Plus, Hezbollah/Syria and Alawite sectarians have established several additional units - most of which are at least commanded by Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists.

BTW, that there can be no trace of true in reports about some supposed Iranian withdrawal from Syria was 'indirectly confirmed' this morning, when it turned out that all the reports about 'SAA recovering Khan Nassir and re-opening the road to Aleppo are a bunch of moronic lies by various regime-fans on the internet.

Namely, the Daesh not only counter-attacked and re-captured parts of Khan Nassir, but the road is still closed on at least one of two points further south, too. Which means that up to 50,000 IRGC & consorts troops and 1,5 million of Syrian civilians living in western Aleppo remain cut off from supplies.

In essence: nearly everything all the possible regime fans (but especially al-Masdar/Mangier, Sidorenko and Ridha) have reported in regards of this battle is wrong. The only thing that was 'right' was that the Hezbollah reached Khan Nassir - and lost its top 'special forces' CO there (whether KIA, MIA or whatever else), three days ago.

Meanwhile, even the YPG switched to 'Russian lies style'. They got overrun in Tel Abyad by a Daesh raiding party. Now, shame enough that a gang of Daesh idiot overrun YPG garrison of several hundred, supported by US SFs and air power. But nah, that's not enough: now Kurds can't stop crying how 'Turkey let the Daesh attack Tel Abyad from its soil' - then, clearly: 'it's impossible the YPG got beaten by Daesh idiots'.

Ironically, everybody in Syria I asked about this is sure: Daesh actually infiltrated the place via the YPG-controlled territory.

Characteristically: the first victim of that raid was no YPG guard or whatever - but one of Sunni Arab tribal leaders from Dayr az-Zawr, who lived there as a sort of a 'refugee'.

Bottom line: the entire story about Tel Abyad is Kurdish+Daesh PRBS 1st class, and not worth mentioning with one further sentence.

CrowBat...what do you think about this that has come in today......

Syria regime reportedly mobilizing for west #Aleppo campaign
http://mme.cm/UXAW00
pic.twitter.com/xVWD97TGkK

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Countries where Libyan weapons have been found since 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/libya-isis-hillary-clinton.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur …

BUT not seemingly found have been the estimated 24K MANPADs that were not largely destroyed by air strikes ...............

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IMHO as much as I dislike Erdogan's politics in Turkey you do have to admire his statements on Syria.

Erdogan: "I can tell you that there is no cease-fire across Syria"
I think everybody knows.. but they like to live in denials.

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SAA terrorists shelling targeting #alShanaberah village
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 29
https://youtu.be/6iHGBo30-LYn

This cannot be anywhere close to the truth...carpet bombing in Syria??????
USAF will deploy B-52 to take the fight to ISIS in the spring.
http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2016/February%202016/February%2026%202016/B-52s-to-the-AOR.aspx …

SAA terrorists dropped barrel bombs over #Kafr_Hadad village moments ago
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 29

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Aleppo Head of Kafrhamra local council refutes SOHR's claims of Nusra presence, says they left over 2 months ago
http://youtu.be/a3jUg50l0O0

He says Kafrhamra is a refuge for IDPs. The 10 that were killed were women & children. #Aleppo

[B]Pro-terrorist #YPG kid ask the people to accept being looted by YPG because"still better than Arab/Muslim as he said

Clashes ongoing between JaI rebels & ISIS in Dumair since Fri, JaI spox says prominent ISIS cmdr & fighters captured

Body of Hezbollah commander found in Syria
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/02/29/Body-of-Hezbollah-commander-found-in-Syria.html …

Jets flying over northern #Daraa break sound barrier, willing to bet these are Israeli jets.

Even these numbers are off by a factor of 15-20......
Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR): 35 violations on 2nd day of ceasefire, 27 by Assad & 8 by Russia. Total=49 since start of ceasefire.

Attempt to assassinate Jaish al-Yarmouk commander with IED in Nasib, #Daraa

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Inside a Syrian T-72 with Italian Turms-T FCS upgrade
pic.twitter.com/xIZAK1kcBu

If Russia cannot even comply with Minsk 2 "ceasefire" in eastern Ukraine just why would they adhere to the Syrian CoH agreements........

In the 2 months of 2016 Ukrainian positions have been shelled over 2500 times leaving 12 Ukrainian servicemen killed & more than 150 wounded

Russia not in complaince with the release of POWs as part of Minsk 2......
Russia & proxies obstruct releasing 130 + UAF hostages, subject them to inhuman treatment, torture & threaten them with capital punishment.

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Footage
#Assad forces, ignoring the truce, shelling Umm Sharshuh in #Homs province.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfmHk6xADrg …

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VIDEO: Recently leaked video allegedly shows abuse of prisoners at a regime jail in Syria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQfb1Z1lLk&feature=youtu.be
…

BTW has anyone seen any public comments by the DoS out of their Syrian Coordination Center about Russian and Assad CoH violations.....?????

They are strangely silent....just as the are silent on these figures from the Minsk 2 Agreement...BUT HEY "both ceasefires are largely holding".......

In the 2 months of 2016 Ukrainian positions have been shelled over 2500 times leaving 12 Ukrainian servicemen killed & more than 150 wounded

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BREAKING: Turkish army reportedly shelling ISIS positions in Jarabulus in Northern #Aleppo province, with heavy artillery. - @metesohtaoglu

Fastaqim Kama Umirt fire a recoilless rifle at a sniper in Aleppo, Syria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7TYx_ufERY …

NOT Confirmed by anyone other than YPG............
YPG: We are committed to ceasefire but have been attacked in areas S. of Afrîn by Nusra and Ahrar. 12 civilians hurt

Notice the disinformation to link JaN to Ahrar al Sham........thus justifying Russian air strikes on Ahrar......

Kurdish YPS attack on police vehicle in Nusaybin, #Turkey. 1 police officer reportedly killed, 2 injured

Russian from Krasnodar posted pictures of Palmyra in 2014 and then later on in Donbass/LNR
pic.twitter.com/aUurw3yCV6

#IslamicState Claims To Have Shot Down #Russia|n Drone In Eastern Countryside Of #Hama

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NOTICE the not so subtle Russian disinformation hard at work...through an "unnamed militia commander" they link nicely all FSA brigades to JaN.....Russia neither names the militia commander nor indentifies the militia unit he commanded.....typical for similar info warfare work conducted in eastern Ukraine..

Russia says Sultan Murad and dozens of other FSA brigades are subsidiaries of Jabhat al-Nusra, citing a militia commander

THUS they can to bomb every FSA unit in Syria under this very vage and unconfirmed "Propaganda"..........

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Obama and Kerry are truly "standing by"....or why does it seem that a US MSM knows more about Russian negotiation tactics than the entire Obama WH and the 700 Person NSC......????

"Russia and [Assad] consider the truce as a military tactic, not as a preparatory measure for a political solution"
http://wpo.st/a1rG1

EXACTLY as they did with the Minsk 2 Agreement AND yet Obama and Kerry never seem to learn..........

"The diplomacy shift [by the U.S.] ... essentially brought Washington closer to Moscow's position" on #Syria
http://reut.rs/1Q7jE

The U.S. could see the Russian build-up in Syria and did nothing. It will be believed by many that this was deliberate

U.S. former official on the White House's apparent indecisiveness: "There was this tendency to say, 'We don't know. Let's see'."

By DEC 2015, U.S.…concluded…Russia had achieved its main goal of stabilizing Assad…and could maintain its operations in Syria for years."

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Now I will become provocative with the following comments.....

The DoS sets up a CYA Washington based Syrian Coordination Center with a 1-800 Call Center probably based in India for Syrians to call in CoH violations AND then does not tell us just how many Syrians actually took the time out of dodging falling bombs, and artillery shells to CALL DoS in Washington.

THEN social media literally provides countless actual video recordings of Russian aircraft complete with RED STARS and videos of numerous Assad aircraft and other Russian aircraft bombing in areas that were not under JaN and IS control...HECK one of the civilian killing air strikes was in the middle of EVEN a Russian no strike zone on their own map.....

THEN we get this from the Obama WH today....WTH is with this Obama WH and Kerry?????

ARE THEY totally wanting to destroy whatever creditability the US has left in the ME AND worse by their doing nothing they are actually providing Turkey and KSA totally valid reasons to enter Syria just to protect Arab Sunni's from Assad, Russian, Iranian and YES even now US supported genocide.......

.@PressSec says "too early" to determine responsibility for truce violations in #Syria & calls them "potholes" on road to implementation

"potholes".....right now there is serious Syria Arab Sunni perception that the US and Russian have done a secret handshake to destroy all Assad opposition forces and to ensure Assad remains in power until 2020.

IMHO the US is very complicit now in the ongoing Syrian genocide with this dumb use of the term "potholes".....this the height of stupidity....utter stupidity..

IS this the admission by the Obama WH that the billions spent on the US intel community since 911 HAVE been an utter waste as the US IC cannot even figure out who caused the "potholes"...come on just how stupid does the WH believe the US public is much less the Sunni public and do they really believe the Turks and Saudi's are buying into this "pothole" theory"??.

Nobody wants to be hasty, do they? Price won't be paid in U.S. lives, after all so what is the hurry as it is really only genocide...what our own US National Security Strategy has defined as a threat to US national security.

AND what is the cost of a life of a Arab Sunni in the grand scheme of the "Obama standing by ME FP"....."evidently only a potholes worth it appears".......

Obama and company should not be totally surprised now when Turkey and KSA actually do move into Syria and it will fall back on the US provided argument that they were the only ones that could "protect the potholes".......

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Now I will become provocative with the following comments.....

The DoS sets up a CYA Washington based Syrian Coordination Center with a 1-800 Call Center probably based in India for Syrians to call in CoH violations AND then does not tell us just how many Syrians actually took the time out of dodging falling bombs, and artillery shells to CALL DoS in Washington.

THEN social media literally provides countless actual video recordings of Russian aircraft complete with RED STARS and videos of numerous Assad aircraft and other Russian aircraft bombing in areas that were not under JaN and IS control...HECK one of the civilian killing air strikes was in the middle of EVEN a Russian no strike zone on their own map.....

THEN we get this from the Obama WH today....WTH is with this Obama WH and Kerry?????

ARE THEY totally wanting to destroy whatever creditability the US has left in the ME AND worse by their doing nothing they are actually providing Turkey and KSA totally valid reasons to enter Syria just to protect Arab Sunni's from Assad, Russian, Iranian and YES even now US supported genocide.......

.@PressSec says "too early" to determine responsibility for truce violations in #Syria & calls them "potholes" on road to implementation

"potholes".....right now there is serious Syria Arab Sunni perception that the US and Russian have done a secret handshake to destroy all Assad opposition forces and to ensure Assad remains in power until 2020.

IMHO the US is very complicit now in the ongoing Syrian genocide with this dumb use of the term "potholes".....this the height of stupidity....utter stupidity..

IS this the admission by the Obama WH that the billions spent on the US intel community since 911 HAVE been an utter waste as the US IC cannot even figure out who caused the "potholes"...come on just how stupid does the WH believe the US public is much less the Sunni public and do they really believe the Turks and Saudi's are buying into this "pothole" theory"??.

Nobody wants to be hasty, do they? Price won't be paid in U.S. lives, after all so what is the hurry as it is really only genocide...what our own US National Security Strategy has defined as a threat to US national security.

AND what is the cost of a life of a Arab Sunni in the grand scheme of the "Obama standing by ME FP"....."evidently only a potholes worth it appears".......

Obama and company should not be totally surprised now when Turkey and KSA actually do move into Syria and it will fall back on the US provided argument that they were the only ones that could "protect the potholes".......

If I was the Ukraine tonight I would be seriously wondering if the US is a valid partner right now with the Obama ever closer relations to Putin and his non linear warfare....IMO I think I would start ducking.......

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.....Obama and Kerry does have the US sliding even deeper into Syria and the US public does not see it coming......

Минобороны России 
‏@mod_russia
#SYRIA Leadership of Russian and American Coordination Centres held a telephone call within coordination on cease-fire monitoring

Bit by bit US being sucked into Russian operations in Syria.

Hey DoS here is another one of those undefined "potholes" being reported right now...wonder if any Syrian Sunni had the time to call or email this Russian air strike into the DoS SCC????

Russians have attacked Deir Hafir in eastern Rif Aleppo with four missiles from its aircraft.

Another "pothole" ...man they are all over the place BUT YET the entire US IC cannot figure out what and or who is causing them...sad....really sad.....

Moments ago, #Russian jets performed two air strikes on civilians in #KhanShaykhoun

BUT WAIT we have the first Russian admission they are causing the "potholes"......striking just on JaN terrorist groups........BUT WAIT not a single verified JaN group was anywhere close to the actual "potholes"...ONLY FSA Units.....

BUT WAIT some unnamed Sunni militia commander from some unnamed Sunni militia told the Russians all Assad opposition groups are tied to JaN.....honest...this was an actual Russian report.....

BreakingNews
The Russian regime admits the first air strikes since the start of the #SyriaCeasefire.
Pathetic.
pic.twitter.com/11MwKcwjAF

Russian statement is to the effect..."we created the potholes in order to stabilize the situation".

You know if civilians and especially women and children were not getting killed while the Russians "stabilized the situation" by creating more "potholes" this could actually be turned into a comedy for filming....

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A normal mortal must wonder if the highly paid DoS Syrian Coordination Center got enough 1-800 calls or emails from enough Syrians to record these 36 "potholes" just today in one single town...BUT WAIT the Syrians were dodging some serious air strikes and never could call and or email Washington to let them know "they were being used to create potholes" as they could not even get out of their bomb bunkers...ie their own houses...OR they were to busy digging out their families from under the bomb rubble to call Washington.

AND the US IC absolutely does not know who created those "potholes"...what a poor ROI for the US taxpayer.......

Here is a video to help the Obama WH figure out who casued the 36 "potholes".....

36 #Russia|n airstrikes targeted Harbenafseh in rural #Hama on 3rd day of #SyriaCeasefire
http://youtu.be/yXbaW-PLI2w

BUT WAIT the Obama WH already "knows" who caused the "potholes"...the Russians as they were out "stabilizing the situation"....

SO EXACTLY why did they use the term "potholes" WHEN they knew the Russians had in fact violated their own CoH from the very beginnng......?????????

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Russian military is actively involved in the fighting now......

Russian army BTR 82 spotted in Khanaser southeast of Aleppo

SCD up more Camps for #IDP after exodus in #Jisr_alShghour due #Russia & #SAA bombardment
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 29

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BREAKING
Saudi Arabia DM: "The 4 Saudi warplanes in Turkey's Incirlik Airbase, ready for air campaign against Isis positions inside Syria"

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Wonder if Obama, Kerry and the DoS ever noticed the close coordination between the Assad SAA and the Islamic State.......

Aleppo E rif, Daesh handed over almost 20 villages to the regime militias
https://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/syria-aleppo-e-rif-daesh-h... …

Just as the Assad SAA works closely with the YPG in attacking FSa positions even during the so called CoH.......

BUT WTH...the Syrian Sunni's are just "potholes" on the road to implementing the CoH.....

BTW the CoH is holding just fine for the IS as not a single Assad and or Russian air strike has hit them in 72 hours...only the US has bombed them to support the YPG from being overrun by the IS...wonder why that is.....??

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SAA shelling on #Kafr_Aweed village in #Jabal_Azawiyah
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 29

Little boy survived under rubble & lost part of family after #RUSSIA airstrikes on #Haraytan
#Aleppo #Syria FEB 29

#Confirmed
aiys Khozali, Leader of Hashd (Iraqi popular mobilization units) assassinated

Damascus: Syrian Rebel group "Jaish al Islam" capture ISIS commander
http://en.eldorar.com/node/1599

Ghouta: Syrian rebel group "Jaish al Islam" fought throughout the night repelling Assad forces from Marj. What ceasefire?

Russia destroys the entire village of Ghazali with 50 airstrikes trying to target ISIS...
http://fb.me/2GmuBin8x

Reports that #ISIS has captured 19 #YPG female fighters and taken them to #Raqqah

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Children in besieged #Rastan, #Homs province
No humanitarian access allowed by Assad though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oYT-tgWiU …

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Obama,Kerry and the DoS have only themsleves to thank..

After 72 hours of straight Russian and Assad air stikes, countless ground attacks, shellings and barrel bombs and one chemical attack the FSA oppositon forces have come to the conclusion that the Russians and the US NEVER intended to actually hold to a CoH, nor hold to their promises of humanitarian aid being delivered AND HAVE now resumed offensive operations......

That was it.
After 72 hours of constant #Russian/#Assad ceasefire violations, rebels resume operations in response. First recorded GRAD firings by FSA at Assad militia positions that were attacking a town of their's during the so called CoH.....

Now watch for the Turk and Saudi responses....they are coming as they can point to the Russian violations and the US sitting back and counting "potholes".......as proof they never intented to rein in Assad's genocide of Arab Sunni's.....

Remember both Turkey and KSA have defined Russia and Assad as threats to their national security.....somewhat overlooked by Washington and Moscow.....

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Maybe social media can assist the DoS figure out who caused those "potholes"........

SYRIA: Evidence of Russian airstrikes breaching ceasefire cataloged by @CITeam_en
https://citeam.org/you-cease-we-fire...-syrian-truce/ …

[CrowBat]

CrowBat...what do you think about this that has come in today......

Syria regime reportedly mobilizing for west #Aleppo campaign
http://mme.cm/UXAW00
pic.twitter.com/xVWD97TGkK
It's certainly so that the 'regime' (read: IRGC + Russians) is keen to finish insurgents in Aleppo. Even with all the hordes of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists, they don't have enough troops to attack the city directly: that would take years. So, better to cut the place off from supply links to Idlib and thus Turkey.

And there is really a big concentration of their troops in Aleppo area: in net effectives, this is nearly two thirds the size of 'regime' troops in the rest of Syria.

Recent 'surge' (read: doubling) in number of Iraqi Shi'a units deployed to Syria, bitter battle with Daesh to re-open the Ithriya-Khan Nassir road, and intensive activity at Aleppo IAP/Nayrab AB - which saw plenty of landings of Russian, Iranian and Syrian transports in the last few days - is unlikely to be related to 'holding this area only'.

...and this entire comedy with 'cease-fire' is a more than wellcome break for 'regime' troops.

Therefore, this is a logical conclusion.

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Michael Weiss ✔ @michaeldweiss

Syria's High Negotiations Committee says truce is violated, it's "nullifi[ed]." I don't think this thing is going to last, you guys.

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Michael Weiss ✔ @michaeldweiss

Syria's High Negotiations Committee says truce is violated, it's "nullifi[ed]." I don't think this thing is going to last, you guys.


Renewed #Russia|n airstrikes this morning targeted Harbenafseh in south rural #Hama, #Syria

The stubborn resistance to #ISIS is even more impressive given myriad groups & throttled ammo/arms supply @hxhassan

Tracking sieges in #Syria: most devastating by Assad in Zabadani, Madaya, Daraya, Douma, and al-Hajar al-Aswad:
http://siegewatch.org

Slack in the intense bombings and the Arab Sunni's are back to peaceful demos......a la 2011......

Peaceful protests took place from Deraa to Aleppo: "The people want the downfall of the regime."
https://youtu.be/bNToWzKbpLY

Rebels of the Second Infantry Division (#FSA) clash with #Daesh in eastern #Qalamoon
https://youtu.be/qzD9z7XveO8

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A Syrian regime Mufti ; Ahmad Hassoun, Who threatened to blow up Europe in 2011 if it bombed Syria. Today in Bologna. Lectures on terrorism.

Even the EU seems to not be worrying about other jihadists than IS.........

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"Federalism" = soft partition. UPDATE 1-Russia says federal model is possible for Syria in future
http://reut.rs/1TMzrvG

Ever notice this........no one in the US appears to see it............
Syria catastrophe features diplomatic conferences absent any Syrians, and newspaper debates that follow suit:

Explaining the Saudis' fury + withdrawal from #Lebanon:
- @disgraceofgod: http://mme.cm/ZXAW00
- @hahussain: http://mme.cm/WXAW00

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One of the reasons Obama is "standing by" is that in theory he has to at some point call out the Assad and Putin's use of starvation and deliberate air strikes against civilians, hospitals, schools, mosques and schools as genocide and or at the least "war crimes".....and I pointed put that the Obama WH is using the smokescreen of legalese to delay having to do anything.

Appears that this "standing by" has also now "hit" Congress..........

U.S. lawmakers to condemn IS's genocide against minorities, but give Assad and Putin a pass on exterminating Syria's Sunni majority.
http://bv.ms/1TN6XC6

Read @joshrogin on the new House genocide resolution that condemns ISIS but is silent on Assad.
http://www.bloombergview.com/article...d-a-pass<br /> …

Strange is it not that a nation that proclaims religious freedom for all religions really really has a problem calling out the ethnic cleansing and genocide of a civil society that is not the same religion that the Obama WH and Congress "deems" of interest.

An interesting thesis that might go a long way in explaining the Obama ..."standing by"......

Interesting by @joshua_landis on whether the Russians are doing to Sunnis in Syria what the US did to Sunnis in Iraq http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/rus...-assad-rebels/ …

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In this whole debate of Obama "standing by or not standing by".....ever notice the Obama WH has distinctly kept quiet about the massive number of transnational shia jihadists numbering roughly 30,000..from over 60 Iraqi Shia militias, Hezbollah Lebanese/Iraqi, and a Shia mercenary army from over 12 countries recruited and paid for by IRGC and the 30-40,000 IRGC troops.

Why is that??...there have been a number of serious comments with very accurate quotes indicating that both Obama and Kerry signaled to the Iranians during the Iran Deal that they share the Iranian view that Syria belongs distinctly to the Iranian "sphere of influence".....

What is even more interesting is that Iran needs the Syrian land corridor via Syria to Hezbollah and to finish their construction started under Khomeini of the Green Crescent from AFG to Lebanon.

BTW...the Hezbollah land corridor ran right through the middle of the existing and established Sunni 70% majority in Syria....

In order to achieve this the complete Arab Sunni majority is being literally ethnically cleansed and displaced largely out of Syria and is being replaced with Shia...example the AFG Shia currently fighting in Syria have been promised by the IRGC a house and land in Syria for them and their families, and the Kurds are definitely ethnically cleansing all former Arab areas or destroying the Arab villages that they bring under their control. Also similar IRGC promises have been made to the other foreign shia mercenaries fighting in Syria.

Do not think for a moment the sheer destruction by the Russians of anything Sunni right now is an "accident" as the Russians along ago signed onto the Green Crescent as it allows them a superpower hegemony over the entire ME at a time when they sense Obama has basically "pulled completely out of the ME".......

Now then look at the great dislike by Obama and Kerry to use the term genocide and war crimes as that would require them to explain exactly what that is.......and they then must call out Iran and their Syrian proxy Assad and Putin.......

AND it might force Obama and Kerry to explain the massive increase in the last few weeks in Shia and Iranian troops being flowing into Damascus from Tehran and Iraq by Russian, Syrian and Iranian military troop transports...BUT again silence on this topic.

Interesting by @joshua_landis on whether the Russians are doing to Sunnis in Syria what the US did to Sunnis in Iraq
http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/russian-airstrikes-syria-crush-anti-assad-rebels/

There is an old German political saying...the security services have always been blind on the "right eye"....Obama when it comes to the question of why the US gets so uptight about Islamic State overlooks and outright ignores the "right wing jihadist".....Iran.

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Even well known German MSM gets wrapped into the Russian info warfare and never seems to question the official Russian ceasefire numbers....10...when there were a confirmed via video and eye witnesses over 40 yesterday.

How strange is that and yet we wonder just why Russian info warfare works do well....western MSM helps and never questions these days.....

Dirk Emmerich ‏@DEmmerich · 2h2 hours ago
Guten Morgen aus #Latakia... Waffenruhe in #Syrien hält trotz min. 10 Verstößen... Gestern Artillerie in Damaskus

Evidently he does not monitor as a good journalist should.... social media....

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Dutch find Assad regime 30 war crimes suspects among refugee wave
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6739863/2016/02/29/dutch-find-30-war-crimes-suspects-among-refugee-wave …

There is a certain amount of underlining fear now being shown in the Russian constant stream of info war against Turkey....Russia IHMO actually believes they are going to cross the border and that alone would destroy their entire Syrian adventure....

Notice the release this in the US in order to effect the US opinion of Turkey since they know Obama does not get along well with Erdogan.....

Russian Embassy, USA @RusEmbUSA

#Ryabkov on #Syria, its future, roles of #Iran and #Kurds, and #Turkey's dangerous stance -
http://tass.ru/en/politics/859690 … pic.twitter.com/Muzn0NoydT

Cannot believe they are not looking at the KSA moves more closely ....

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Russian military studies ways use 'soft power' to combat 'color revolutions'
http://kommersant.ru/doc/2927168

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Dutch find Assad regime 30 war crimes suspects among refugee wave
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6739863/2016/02/29/dutch-find-30-war-crimes-suspects-among-refugee-wave …

There is a certain amount of underlining fear now being shown in the Russian constant stream of info war against Turkey....Russia IHMO actually believes they are going to cross the border and that alone would destroy their entire Syrian adventure....

Notice the release this in the US in order to effect the US opinion of Turkey since they know Obama does not get along well with Erdogan.....

Russian Embassy, USA @RusEmbUSA

#Ryabkov on #Syria, its future, roles of #Iran and #Kurds, and #Turkey's dangerous stance -
http://tass.ru/en/politics/859690 … pic.twitter.com/Muzn0NoydT

Cannot believe they are not looking at the KSA moves more closely ....

First of all the Russian so called cessation of hostilities has been repeatedly violated by both Assad, YPG, shia mercenaires/IRGC and Assad so I am not so sure why they believe it still exists......

BUT this again just after this FM press release is climbing in shrillness from the Russians...they do believe the Turks are coming along with the KSA and IMO they are correct in their assumptions and are trying to apply pressure to the US to intervene WHICH they do not realize the US has absolutely no more creditability with either Turkey or KSA.....

IHMO Obama cannot move as he has publicly stated Turkey has the inherent right to defend itself from terrorists AND this is the important point...the Un Charter grants every UN member the inherent right to defend itself if it's national security is being threatened and both Turkey and KSA have publicly stated this thus fulfilling UN requirements for self protection under the Charter.

BREAKING: Russia says any Turkish ground operation in Syria might annul ceasefire agreement

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First of all the Russian so called cessation of hostilities has been repeatedly violated by both Assad, YPG, shia mercenaires/IRGC and Assad so I am not so sure why they believe it still exists......

BUT this again just after this FM press release is climbing in shrillness from the Russians...they do believe the Turks are coming along with the KSA and IMO they are correct in their assumptions and are trying to apply pressure to the US to intervene WHICH they do not realize the US has absolutely no more creditability with either Turkey or KSA.....

IHMO Obama cannot move as he has publicly stated Turkey has the inherent right to defend itself from terrorists AND this is the important point...the Un Charter grants every UN member the inherent right to defend itself if it's national security is being threatened and both Turkey and KSA have publicly stated this thus fulfilling UN requirements for self protection under the Charter.

BREAKING: Russia says any Turkish ground operation in Syria might annul ceasefire agreement

SAA terrorists shelling heavy artillery targeting #alSakhoor neighborhood
#Aleppo #Syria MAR 1

More #Russia airstrikes targeting #alBab city
#Aleppo cs #Syria MAR 1

35 Breaches in D Ceasefire Agreement on Its 2ed Day
Not less than 49 documented breaches
since the start of D ceaseF

Heavy regime shelling on Harbnafseh in rural Hama today as regime forces try to advance on the town.

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Defected Syrian General:
"I Was Ordered To Use Chemical Weapons"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB_43l9Hb6c&feature=youtu.be …

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12 Rebel (mainly FSA linked) groups fired #TOW in February in Northern #Syria. #ATGM
pic.twitter.com/G99fpzxRxF

Feb. witnessed very 1st #TOW vs #YPG (5 hits) & newly supplied T-90 (1 hit)
Only 1 ATGM used since « ceasefire » to repel tank N. Homs front

Major increases of #ATGM: N. #Aleppo (+633%) & South-#Deraa (+240%)
Major decreases: N. #Hama (-66%) & S. Hama (no ATGM).

Main targets are: logistics (27%), 23 mm guns (17%) & amored vehicles (15%).

Rebels fired 81 #ATGM in February in #Syria, 3rd highest number since 2011
65 are #TOW (80%). N. #Aleppo major front

U.S.-led coalition discussed Syria ground incursion
http://www.unian.info/world/1279112-us-led-coalition-discussed-syria-ground-incursion.html …
pic.twitter.com/yAqGs1hf1p

ISIS multiple recent offensives 2 be considered as pre-emptive strikes 2 counter pro-Regime forces & #YPG/#SDF plans 2 move towards #Raqqah

TOW geolocation (26/02): launched from #Sheikh_Aqil (~2km) to Western #Bachmara, N. #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSbbYazcx9I …

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Off and running with DAY FOUR of the Russian cessation of hostilities HOPEFULLY all the Syrians that witnessed the following call called the DoS Washington Syrian Coordination Center using that 1-800 and email address...that is if they were not spending a lot of time dodging bombs and or digging themselves out of rubble....

Took awhile to have the reports drift in due to poor comms in Syria........

HOPE the SCC finally figures out who is causing of the "potholes" in the road to implementing the CoH???????

Ballistic missile (TBM)impact at Al-Za'iniyah in #Latakia mountains
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...25314&z=15&m=b …

#Syria rocket impacts in Al-Mastouma area some km south of #Idlib city

#Syria Airstrikes on Teir Maalah in northern #Homs now
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34...10322&z=15&m=b …

#Syria Several airstrikes hit also Bdama in #Latakia mountains
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...01024&z=15&m=b …

#Syria 3 airstrikes hit Kinada in #Latakia mountains
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...08448&z=15&m=b …
#Syria #Assad-forces shelling rebel hold parts of #Daraa city with mortars

#Syria #Russia conducted several air raids on villages in #Latakia moutains

#Syria Regime dropped leaflets on #Daraa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1WDG8cdwM8 …

Hama Regime continues today its bombing of Harbinafsah town by air & artillery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELSgK_dZ0mo …

Hama Regime continues bombing of Harbinafsah town by air & artillery
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34...24856&z=15&m=b …

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Wow.......really hope the DoS SCC Hotline and email lines are buzzing right now as the second batch of "potholes" has just come and surprise of surprises all the "potholes" are being created by Assad, Russian AF, Shia mercenaries and Hezbollah.....WHICH should not surprise even the DoS SCC....because they already know this......

News
#Assad and #Putin attacks taking place in #Daraa, #Aleppo, #Hama, #Homs & #Latakia provinces today.
There is def. NO #SyriaCeasefire.

Footage
#Assad artillery and #Putin air force working together in Hirbnafsah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-bYfYrzjpY …

The #SyriaCeasefire continues ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nwBXmLqH7w …

Footage
Also in #ShaykhMaskin (#Daraa province),fighting continues after 3 days of a lull.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofLIKtIJs5I …

Activists say the regime attacked there, but from what I see it looks like fire is in regime-held area.

Assad regime burning FSA houses in the town they have a list of all the houses belongs to FSA rebels & they set them on fire

News
14 #Russian air strikes hit rebel-held southern #Hama province so far today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELSgK_dZ0mo …

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The DoS Washington Syrian Coordination Center when they are conversing with their Russian counterparts in the Russian Coordination Center in Damascus SHOULD really really ask them what the heck they have been smoking lately with their statements below....whatever it is must be great because they are definitely on another planet in "an altered state of reality.

Russian MoD has now truly entered the outer space realm of "an altered state of reality" in trying to convince themselves that they are on the verge of a great success.....WTH.....?????

Acc. to the latest Russian MoD report, only "Jabhat al Nusra" keeps fighting, all other groups "come back to peaceful life" (under Assad)...

Russia once again going totally nuts.
"Jaish al Islam","Free Syrian Army" & "Yarmouk Brigade" sign agreement of reconciliation with Assad.

BUT WAIT.......
Leaflets dropped over #EastGhouta reassure (the world), #Assad will resume total war, try to recapture all land.

News
Thousands of #Assad leaflets dropped over #Douma,
#EastGhouta & #Daraa today.
People joke:"Burning material!"

BreakingNews
The #Russian air force killed 382 civilians across #Syria in February
121 of them children.

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AFP news agency 
‏@AFP
#BREAKING: Assad offers 'return to civilian life' to disarmed rebels in German TV interview

Well that Assad/Putin trial balloon went over like a lead ballooooooon......

Response from Syrian social media.........

Free Syrians promise Butcher #Assad & his criminal henchmen a fair trial if they surrender now to the #ICC - #Syria #Justice #RuleOfThelaw

What´s "BREAKING" about it? #Assad has been playing this game since 2011. Still 1000s of prisoners were killed since

Another #Assad interview. Every week Western outlets provide the mass murderer with a stage. Thanks @Aders_weltweit http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/interview-assad-101.html …

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Here is hoping the DoS Syrian Coordination Center is keeping up with all those Russian/Assad "potholes"....here is another batch just in...BUT WAIT it cannot be Assad and Russia causing all the "potholes"...as it is their proposed CoH....BUT WAIT also Kerry's..........

SAA terrorists in #Joureen launched #RUSSIA STS missiles on #alMastouma, killing one child and a man, dozens wounded
#Idlib cs #Syria MAR 1

BREAKING
#RUSSIA airstrikes targeted #alSirmaniyah village
#Idlib/#Hama countryside #Syria MAR 1

BREAKING
2 martyrs so far,dozens injured victims of 3 #SAA STS missiles targeted #alMastouma
#Idlib cs #Syria MAR 1

RUSSIA airstrikes targeted the #IDP Camp nearby #Yamadi village
#Latakia/#Idlib countryside #Syria-#Turkey borders MAR 1st

RUSSIA airstrikes targeted the #IDP CAMP in #Idlib countryside 3:20 PM
#Syria MAR 1st

According to @snhr 1033 civilians were killed in Feb 2016 in #Syria by #Russia & #Assad including 303 children & 173 women

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Question the Washington DoS Syrian Coordination Center needs to clear up with their Russian counterparts in Damascus......DO Iranian drone strikes count as a violation (or in DoS speak "pothole") of the Russian/US CoH.....??

Iranian Drones Now Hitting Rebel Targets in Syria
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/29/iranian-drones-now-hitting-rebel-tar... …

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The Russians have not complied with a single and I mean single point of the Minsk 2 agreement and yet the West wants Ukraine to conduct elections in the Russian occupied zone....JUST as Assad claims he is going to hold elections in the his controlled regions on 13 April....

Very similar Russian actions in these two wars.....

http://www.rferl.org/content/daily-vertical-gun-to-ukraines-head-transcript/27582383.html

The Daily Vertical: The Gun To Ukraine's Head (Transcript)

March 01, 2016


So, don't look now, but while we were all watching Syria, Moscow has stepped up its aggression in Ukraine.

Pro-Moscow separatists have increased their attacks this week near Luhansk and have intensified their shelling of four villages near the front lines in the Donetsk region.

The separatists have also reportedly moved 88 tanks up to the cease-fire line near Debaltseve.

It's all part of Moscow's classic bait-and-switch tactics and they appear to be working.

Instead of focusing on the renewed Russian aggression, the French and German foreign ministers last week chose to lecture Ukraine about its failure to pass an electoral law for the separatist-held territories.

And some Western officials have indicated that sanctions against Moscow will not be automatically extended this summer.

A little bit of perspective here.

In the year since the Minsk cease-fire, nearly 400 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, 1,500 have been wounded, and Kyiv has lost several hundred square kilometers of territory.

So, basically, Ukraine is essentially being asked to prepare for an election in the separatist-held areas of Donbas with a gun to its head.

And Kyiv's reluctance to do so is repeatedly being equated with Moscow's repeated violations of the Minsk cease-fire on the battlefield.

This is just the kind of false equivalence that Moscow has been counting on from distracted Western leaders.

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AP on the scene: Shelling near reporters in Syria shows limits of truce.
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:f33f17b99994422eba869be26eb342 f0 …

Just WTH did MSM journalists think...peace had suddenly broken out all over Syria after five years of genocide and war crimes...

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MORE support for that overworked and under paid DoS SCC that has to record all these "potholes" that are appearing everywhere in Syria.....AND yet they seem to not know who/what is causing them.....well here is some video assistance. JUST from today DAY FOUR "of the largely holding CoH'....?

"Holding on to exactly what" should be the follow on question...another great choice of words from diplomats.....

Syria Heavy airstrikes on southern #Hama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKn0YPPVPc …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W51KHNJL5-8 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0nHlYriez0 …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34.951312&lon=36.658545&z=14&m=b …

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Tweet from MoD makes it clear that in the Kremlin's mind, "parties" accept Russia's terms and surrender to Russia! https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/704649960814460928 …

Syria Powerful impacts of missiles now in western #Idlib & #Latakia mountains towns & villages
Probably fired from #Russia'n navy vessels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7fPYwt-FY …

Syria Airstrikes on Al-Sirmaniyah in #Hama's northern Ghab plain
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35.723869&lon=36.286898&z=14&m=b …

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Did the DoS just notice that humanitarian aid that should have been delivered by the UN seems to now come in boxes with Russian aid logos all over it?????


Russian Embassy, UK ✔ @RussianEmbassy

Russian Centre for reconciliation in Syria delivered humanitarian aid to Maalula & al-Husenia
pic.twitter.com/o9cRJLRbKv

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AP on the scene: Shelling near reporters in Syria shows limits of truce.
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:f33f17b99994422eba869be26eb342 f0 …

Just WTH did MSM journalists think...peace had suddenly broken out all over Syria after five years of genocide and war crimes...

AND the Russians blamed JaN naturally BUT WAIT even the German journalist accepts they are there when they are nowhere in the area of the shellings.....

Dirk Emmerich ✔ @DEmmerich
70 km nö #Latakia, Grenze #Türkei. Wir geraten unter Beschuss. Syrische Armee macht #alnusra verantwortlich, die #Waffenruhe nicht mitträgt

Interesting!
Within 2 hrs,the same Russian media guy reports "live" from #Khanaser & comes under fire in #Latakia..
pic.twitter.com/10NPelnCrg

Syria: #Russia'n army "rescue" #Putin-TV-reporters after explosion
(at border to #Turkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwznXGiZaBE …
pic.twitter.com/RSsIYa2jsD

Note BTR-80 with antennae again. Often seen with civilians/journalists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwznXGiZaBE …,

Another Russian BTR equipped with IED jammers in #Syria,
pic.twitter.com/GAW92xopG1

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Russian soldiers pictured in Latakia by anti-Gov resident
pic.twitter.com/xjhpjl2efh

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AND the Russians blamed JaN naturally BUT WAIT even the German journalist accepts they are there when they are nowhere in the area of the shellings.....

Dirk Emmerich ✔ @DEmmerich
70 km n #Latakia, Grenze #Trkei. Wir geraten unter Beschuss. Syrische Armee macht #alnusra verantwortlich, die #Waffenruhe nicht mittrgt

Interesting!
Within 2 hrs,the same Russian media guy reports "live" from #Khanaser & comes under fire in #Latakia..
pic.twitter.com/10NPelnCrg

Syria: #Russia'n army "rescue" #Putin-TV-reporters after explosion
(at border to #Turkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwznXGiZaBE
pic.twitter.com/RSsIYa2jsD

Note BTR-80 with antennae again. Often seen with civilians/journalists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwznXGiZaBE ,

Another Russian BTR equipped with IED jammers in #Syria,
pic.twitter.com/GAW92xopG1

The speed of the social media open source analysis even surprises me......

The attack was geo located 7km south of the Turkish border.....

Analysis #Map
Exact location of the Kinsabba attack on journalists, 7 km south of #Turkey.
#Syria #FalseFlag
pic.twitter.com/iB00gl97aV

Social media is calling the attack a false flag attack as the Russians were attempting to allude to either JaN and or Turkey....

BTW often used by Russian military in eastern Ukraine to blame the UAF.....

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NOW Obama and DoS "wake up"...........

USA Concerned by #PYD Policies in Northern #Syria - #BasNews
http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/middle-east/261820 …
pic.twitter.com/CZn0gicf8s


ROJAVA — USA and Russia are believed to reconsider their policies in Syria during the ceasefire recently implemented under the pressure of the United Nations and the international community.

The both world powers, USA and Russia, reached an agreement to declare a truce in Syria and the political observers believe these two countries will reconsider their policies during the cessation, and they will reestablish their relations based on future political interests.

The two countries have also agreed to hold talks between the Syrian Regime and the opposition while USA still insists on removing al-Asad from power.

An official from the Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS) revealed that the relation between the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Syrian Regime has deeply concerned USA. The United States therefore may discontinue its support for the party.

Bahjat Basheer, the representative of ENKS in the Kurdistan Region, told BasNews that PYD has open relations with Bashar al-Asad's regime and it takes the front of Iran and Russia in the international affairs, but always denies it officially.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has warned the Obama Administration of the menace of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), PYD’s armed wing, for exploiting the Russian airstrikes and Asad's support to seize the areas controlled by the US-backed Syrian Opposition and this has created a source of apprehension for USA.

CIA stated it has proof that YPG collaborated with Russian airstrikes in bombarding a base of Syrian Opposition in Mari'i town in Aleppo province, according to Bloomberg website.

USA is expected to turn its back on PYD after the ceasefire and this will adversely affect the Kurdish question in Syria.

An YPG official recently told Asharq al-Awsat, "We have strategic relations with USA and we are not ready to endanger this relationship as we are in need of the US support in fighting the Islamic State in Syria”.

Talking to BasNews, the ENKS member said "Our attitude is clear in supporting the Syrian Opposition and removing Bashar al-Asad from the power.”

Russia had previously suggested the ceasefire to begin in March, allegedly intending to recapture further areas from the Syrian Opposition, but USA demanded to declare the cessation at once.


What a Kurdish farce...they have been constantly and still are attacking FSA positions....not a single attack on IS..in fact IS has been attacking YGP and if it had not been for the USAF the YPG would have been over run....a number of times also by FSA......