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Nusra's rubbish.

Pilot - Maj Noures Hassan - ejected safely and was captured by the JAN.

Video of the crash site can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrrirDm4XG8

He was then...

BTW, seems after the latest failure of the Tiger Force and al-Qods in NW Aleppo, Moscow is back in 'gloves are off' modus (or at least about to switch back to that mode).

Can't talk about too...

Russians are going exactly nowhere. They're all the time - and together with Assadists - massacring civilians in Anadan, Hreitan and further south (even in Idlib City again), just NOT bombing the...

IMHO, one shouldn't mix the cooperation of the Rad al-Mazalem OR (AAS + FSyA) with the JAF (AAS + JAN + about a dozen of FSyA and independent moderate Islamist groups) in NE Lattakia, with what the...

IMHO/AFAIK, it wasn't that much 'in a hurry': they were advancing in that direction since days.

Also, while the small (500 combatants, max) NSyA is the centrepiece of this operation, there are...

...and the CENTCOM ignored these completely, as usually...

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Here a quick write-up about service history of Syrian Mi-25s, with some 'add-ons' regarding their newest 'combat...

Yup, though it turned out it was a MiG-23 shoot down near as-Sien AB (aka Tsaykal).

'Culprit' should've been another of JAI's SA-8s (so much about reliability of Russian claims about destroying...

Yes, it seems the JAI made its other (there were at least two inside Eastern Ghouta) 9K33/SA-8 system to work again (two were captured in January 2013; curiously, Russians claimed both of them as...

AFAIK, yes, part of the problem was Russian ignorance of the actual situation.

But, essentially, this frontline is 'not their (Russian) problem'. So - even if they've deployed that artillery...

Everybody around them run away, so what shall they do?

IMHO, one shouldn't misinterpret extremely cautious deployment of Russian ground forces so far, with something like 'Russian invincibility',...

Their detachment from the 291st Artillery Brigade run away leaving at least four intact MSTA-Bs to Daesh...

Kyle Orton is standing out as somebody having really clear insight into the 'great picture', and then being able to word that in fantastic fashion. My hat is off for his work.

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This gent is simply epic. Epic.

I haven't seen any other summaries about Syria that would be even distantly as clear as his.

Meanwhile it's plain obvious that the loyalist 'offensive on Tabqa and Raqqa' ended in an utter and embarrassing defeat. This morning there are reports that the Daesh recaptured Khirbat Zaydān &...

…This was actually an Assadist Su-24MK2.

But, this one was a Russian Su-24M/M2/SVP-24:

That's actually a new video, although showing Su-24s that are around since months (like 11, 14, 27, 29, and 76).

What's new is a 'confirmation' for that Su-25UBM.


The loyalist offensive on...

This about '30+ Russian air strikes on Tabqa to support Assad forces' is actually hogwash.

Russians did fly a few air strikes on the town of Tabqa, and few helicopter sorties in support of the...

AFAIK, the only addition since 're-start' (there was never an end) of Russian intervention, are four Su-34s.

There were rumours about Su-25s, but there's no evidence about their re-deployment.
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There have been several waves of such assasinations this year, but nobody can really say. Some suspect the JAN, others the regime, while the third group says there's no difference (between the JAN...

Indeed, it would have been interesting to see,

- what would USN F/A-18-pilots have done if they were in their position (over the NSyA) when the Russians came in,

- would have called Russians...

The JAF is meanwhile enjoying full support of most of Sunni-Arab countries in the Middle East. This is no surprise: it was announced - and repeatedly - already back in October-November last year, in...

'Bombing Daesh' is just a PR-gag. Russians are in Syria with intention of saving Assad.

If they can cause the USA a 'blue eye' - by, for example, bombing the NSA - 'even better'.


Nope. At...

...and a few thoughts in regards of this development:

- The starting point of the current 'loyalists vs IRGC/Hezbollah' crisis north of Aleppo was a situation where each of three 'allies' in Syria...

A nice summary of all the reporting about loyalists vs IRGC & Hezbollah/Syria vs Russians clashes, air strikes and other sorts of 'accidents':

Hezbollah clashes with Syria regime troops

They were from Hezbollah/Syria, as can be nicely seen here.

Now, Ivan can call them 'Pro Government Affiliated' (sic), but that's again the same usual nonsense.

Sure, the fighters in question...