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#Russia killed 403 civilians, including 97 children since Sept 30 in #Syria.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6743931.html …
Daraa Viev to Electric Grid Station-regime barrier east of Shayk Maskin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfMi8m-KoLw … http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=32...80210&z=16&m=b …
Last edited by davidbfpo; 11-23-2015 at 10:39 AM.
Il-76 swaps #Russia'n flag for #Syria'n flag to transport pro-#Assad militias
Rebels capture regime army soldier in Jubb al-Ahmar #Latakia countryside.
https://youtu.be/lii5B3rh7xA
Allegedly Russian helicopters flying low near #ISIL held al-Jarah airbase eastern #Aleppo.
http://youtu.be/63TcK2UTdOk
#Russia allegedly now actively fighting with ground troops in #Syria. via @AEJKhalil
http://www.alraimedia.com/ar/article...37513/nr/syria …
Rebels destroyed military vehicles in Zuwayk /#Latakia mountains
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...37130&z=14&m=b …
Iran's Basij fighter, Mohammad Sokhandan, was killed in #Aleppo. Via @farsnews & @MashreghNews_ir
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 11-23-2015 at 10:51 AM.
Russian infantry unit backed by 130mm artillery & RuAF Su-25M participated in Turkman Mount attack for the 1st time.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
http://alrai.li/2whbntz
Russia ground forces in north #Syria battle:
report http://mme.cm/XHAW00
pic.twitter.com/Fz26NrM6Ef
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 11-23-2015 at 11:05 AM.
Russia T90 with anti TOW kit spotted on the front lines.....
Syria Russian T-90A with Shtora active protection system allegedly in Aleppo front.
pic.twitter.com/vthhtlLVUJ
Russian AF continues to destroy critical infrastructure needed to sustain the civilian population from starvation.....exact same tactic used in eastern Ukraine---there with MRLSs and artillery.....
RuAF Airstrike destroyed the conserve factory west of Idlib (35.9355506, 36.609157)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3eDynXdh8Y …
0:24-1:17 all show the Thayyem central processing facility.
Looks like @mod_russia is providing a new OSINT challenge. 9 videos of airstrikes posted, various loc.
RuAF Su-34 airstrikes against #IS oil facilities - various loc.Thayyem CPF 0:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQZvNCRpdnQ …
Here is the exact location (35.198633, 40.0825238).
Fars News Agency
@EnglishFars Commander: No Iranian Basiji or IRGC forces have been sent to #Syria & #Iraq . #Iran
http://bit.ly/1YoX25q
Tell that to the UN in response to " remove your forces" and good luck
New situation map of North West Syria #Latakia #Idlib and #Hama / HD :
http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/archives/577
pic.twitter.com/HPefq32V4v
Important move for the anti Assad groups........
Khaled Khoja of National Coalition of Syrian Revolution calls Al-Nusra Front to disengage with al-Qaeda. https://twitter.com/aa_arabic/status/668741533814886400 …
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 11-23-2015 at 12:50 PM.
Moscow imposed rules and procedures in the Mediterranean in an unprecedented moved
Original article here: http://www.alraimedia.com/ar/article...37513/nr/syria
Elijah J. Magnier @ejmalrai
For the first time a Russian infantry backed by T-90 tanks and Russian Air Force SU-25M stormed the Syrian Takfeery opposition between Latakia and Idlib countryside’s, capturing a strategic hill after five hours of fierce battle resulting in no casualties among the attacking forces.
A high ranking source said ” the Russian live manoeuver required the use of 130mm artillery battalion backed by a heavy air bombardment to the hill before the advance of the infantry as a test of the troops’ readiness and to raise the efficiency of engagement of the Russian forces in further battles on the Syrian soil against terrorists. Russia is also showing the real evolution and strength of its troops that did not participate in real battle for many years. The Syrian forces and allies provided only logistic support without participating to the battle as requested by the Russian officers. Many terrorists were killed and left behind in the battlefield.”
“Also for the first time, Russia showed its determine presence in warm Mediterranean water imposing its rules and procedures during the last naval manoeuver that took place last Saturday and Sunday, forcing measures on nearby countries as it deems appropriate for the safety of its troops. In the past, Russia has been shy in the Middle East, but today, the new Russia is dictating its sets of guidelines on civilian airports and commercial ships navigation in a way that never the former Soviet Union in its gander dared too. The modern Russia forces a “safe triangle” in international water starting from the city of Beirut, Lebanon, down to the island of Cyprus and ending in Iskenderun Turkey. It is clearer now that the Russian fleet has become an integral part of the control and defense of Syria. Russia paves the way for larger future operations calling for revenge for its citizens from terrorism regarding the Russian airliner where 224 people were killed and to turn the page on the history of Afghanistan, firmly restoring the glory of the new Russia”, said the source.
Jaish al-Fath & #FSA attack Assad Army & IRGC militias in Bashkuy & Handarat northern #Aleppo countryside.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...37308&z=14&m=b …
Jaish al-Fath & Faylaq al-Sham intensify shelling on IRGC militias in southern #Aleppo countryside.
https://twitter.com/ShamLegion/statu...77458875899904 …
IRGC militias positions southern #Aleppo on fire.
via @anasanas84 pic.twitter.com/WtctId76bK
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 11-23-2015 at 01:31 PM.
Syria again: #Russia conducted 5 airstrikes on ASIA Pharmaceutical/ Medicaments Industries in #Aleppo
Seems #IslamicState retreated from #Mahin back to #Qaryatayn today
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34...53358&z=12&m=b …
FSA destroyed Shilka tank in northern & T-72 tank in southern rural #Aleppo with TOW
Appears Putin can find Iran to fly to BUT his own RuAF cannot for the life of themselves find any Islamic State positons to attack....why is that????
Maybe it is the poor quality of their rather weak PS systems......
FSA in eastern Qalamoun (fighting there against #IS)
are complaining #Russia bombed their positions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoYKYO6DVIk …
Image of #Russia'n soldiers allegedly taken in airbase in #Sweida province /southern #Syria
KSA critic of the lack of any Obama concepts for the ME...well worth reading...a bulk of this article is totally correct thus it is a rather embarrassment to have the lack of a US strategy called out in the open by those ME allies that still do look to the US for leadership......the open question is though just how much longer "will they look towards the US for any form of leadership......???
http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...states-in-the-...
Opinion
Mr Secretary, the Gulf states would be ‘in the game’ on Syria if the US had a plan
Mohammed Alyahya
In a recent interview with the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, the US secretary of defence, Ashton Carter, harshly criticised his country’s Arab Gulf allies for their eagerness to “build show-horse air forces” when they needed to be more like the Iranians who are “in the game, on the ground”.
He was obviously referring to Iran’s meddling in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Carter said in the same interview that he rebuked the Gulf Cooperation Council states privately: “Guys, you come and complain to us but you’re not in the game. You have to get in the game.”
Had the United States listened to its Gulf allies’ advice since the beginning of the Arab uprisings there would be no sinister game that Carter could criticise the council for not playing. In fact it is Washington that should be criticised for no longer having a real game plan in the Middle East.
For the past four years, Saudi and Turkish officials have been lobbying Washington for a no-fly zone to limit Bashar al-Assad’s slaughter of his own people, and for a military intervention to topple the Iran-Russia-backed dictator. These calls went unheeded in Washington, where the administration’s policy has been disengagement rather than providing a coherent strategy to address the increasingly chaotic security architecture of the entire Middle East.
When Assad repeatedly used chemical weapons against his own people, President Obama threatened him with airstrikes. When Assad defied Obama’s threat and used chemical weapons yet one more time, Obama first hid behind Congress, and then gladly took a face-saving initiative from none other than Assad’s patron, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin.
But when it came to the flawed Iran deal, the president doggedly pursued it against the interests of America’s historic allies in the region. The inevitable aftermath was the recently witnessed intensification of Iran’s destructive interference in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon.
In the short term, the deal is expected to release billions of dollars of frozen assets which the regime in Iran will use in backing more destructive activities by Hezbollah and the Houthis. In the long term, Iran is likely to increase its undue influence over the lives of millions in Arab lands – a prospect that will have a further destabilising effect in the region.
In reproaching the Gulf Cooperation Council for not being more assertive, Carter conveniently ignores the Saudi-led military and political effort to restore Yemen’s internationally recognised government and prevent the country from turning into a completely failed state. This, after all, was an effort that came in no small part as a response to Obama’s mantra demanding that US allies in the region learn to sort out their own problems independently as “America cannot solve all of the world’s problems”.
As to the reason why Saudi and the Gulf Cooperation Council’s efforts in the fight against Isis have been perceived as not being as intense as their efforts in Yemen, the answer is twofold.
First, the international coalition’s strategy in the fight against Isis has failed as it becomes clearer that in order to remove Isis, Assad has to go. Second, with the Houthi threat at its border, Saudi Arabia has to efficiently prioritise its interventions to preserve its own security and avoid a Yemen controlled entirely by an Iranian proxy militia on its doorstep.
In addition, Saudi Arabia is faced with the challenge of fighting Isis’s terrorism on its own soil.
This type of prioritisation would have done wonders for the White House had it formulated a concrete plan to swiftly deal with Assad and set the stage for a transition in Syria well before so-called Islamic State took large swaths of Iraq and Syria, and well before other extremist groups such as Jabhat al Nusra grew to the level it is at today.
It is precisely due to US inaction in the region that Russia has placed itself as the military gatekeeper in the heart of the Middle East, undoing the main dividend of the cold war – Russian disengagement from the Middle East.
The concrete result today of this sinister turn of events is that the White House has made America’s entire Syria policy – and its allies’ regional security – hostage to the whims of Russia.
Arab states are often criticised for deflecting blame and avoiding responsibility for their actions. It seems that Mr Carter has become too acquainted with that tactic. Mr Secretary, your allies are more than willing to play, but they need a game plan. Do you have one?
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 11-23-2015 at 01:34 PM.
BTW---one of the most frank and brutal responses to the perceived US FP in the ME depicting in my opinion a total failure of Obama.
Heavy rebel Artillery strikes hit Iranian positions in S-Aleppo.
https://youtu.be/O_RzWB5Wx08
pic.twitter.com/9gtXHSQMC5
The US is trying to outdo Russia now on numbers of ISIS fuel trucks destroyed https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/statu...28877360377860 …
Another pic of Russian T-90A in Aleppo. Dark green camo, different from russian T-90 in Latakia. v @sayed_ridha
pic.twitter.com/6FWBNhULmG
Map. Update 6:30pm. Further #JaF advances incl. Aziziyah & Tal Bakara #Aleppo HD -
http://i.imgur.com/kGY5GBS.jpg
pic.twitter.com/padN58Tm43
FSA 13th Div blow IRGC multi-rocket launcher in Aziziyah south #Aleppo with TOW.
https://youtu.be/aHGqhRGdJ6s
pic.twitter.com/IMIjwvG1OT
The moment Jaish al-Fath fighters started storming al-Bakara hill south #Aleppo.
https://youtu.be/gigw67aZKMc
pic.twitter.com/cOhWW2BKo4
For the latest maps update on #Syria military picture I would recommend you follow @Nrg8000
https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/668837832513863680 …
FSA 13th Div TOW missile destroy couple of Shia militia vehicles in Aziziyah village.
https://youtu.be/zRq55q2zhjA
Syria Button of (another) #Iraq'i militia "Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq" found today during battle in southern #Aleppo
Russian strike geolocated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s96OR5K7Ego …..
Hard one.
Location:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35...52490&z=17&m=b …
Russian strike geolocated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r0EnpVXeTo …
Location: Kansaffra
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35...89699&z=18&m=b …
Russian strike geolocated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWBbWU-yKg …
Location: Al Mugharah
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35...34/Al-Mugharah …
Another #Russian strike geolocated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOJmqhgEOPk …
Location: Tell Sultan
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35...33/Tall-Sultan … …
Jaysh Al-Fatah and Nusra counter-offensive ,Khirbah Haj Abdallah,Khirbah Al-Zawiyah and Tal Mamu, in South #Aleppo Countryside retaken.
JN claims to have taken control of Khirbet Al-Haj Abdallah near Tel Bajer in south #Aleppo countryside
JN withdraw from Al-Zerbah leaving #AhrarSham in sole control of town in south #Aleppo countryside
Aleppo | Opp sources report that #YPG are targeting Azaz highway, civilians warned not to use, #FSA car was shot at near Menagh, 2 wounded
Russian sealift Syrian Express on the move again.....
FLOT's Ropucha Class Landing Ship Yamal 156 heading south on the Bosphorus
THIS is under the just what the heck are the Russians doing.....
Definitely, AIS device seems to be pulled off from Alican Deval (Dvinitsa-50). It's sighting now inland at Tuzla???
Ship was previously Turkish...
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