Syria in 2015

[OUTLAW 09]

Russian killed by IS was FSB recruit sent to Syria as part of deal over drug-related arrest, @SvobodaRadio says http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/27404124.html …

Evidently poor Russian FSB tradecraft led to his being discovered.....but what can one await from the same nation that claims that they are using "highly precision munitions" AND thinks grain silos are oil storage tanks?????

[OUTLAW 09]

From Putin's Russian State of the Union speech today.........

Reference Turkey.......

"Allah knows why they did it. Allah decided to punish the ruling clique in Turkey by depriving them of their intelligence and reason."

"We are not planning to engage in military sabre-rattling," Putin said, foreshadowing Russia's response to Turkey downing its jet last week. "But if anyone thinks that having committed this awful war crime, the murder of our people, that they are going to get away with some measures concerning their tomatoes or some limits on construction and other sectors, they are sorely mistaken."

Translation: This is personal. Nobody shoots down one of our planes and gets away with it. We're coming for you, Turkey.

Interesting that a Russian Orthodox quotes "Allah".........kind of explains the Putin statement..."we will not get drawn into a religious war"....but wait he supports the Shia against the Sunni and that is not a religious war???

[OUTLAW 09]

Daesh published a report from the area of #Homs "Ribat with ATGM's",militant's carrying an ATGM Launcher with an 9M113 KONKURS Missile, then they show the launch of an 9M133 KORNET Missile, hitting a Tank with it... with a picture of a missile and another with two different launchers in the same place...

Last but not least, they show off a Chinese HJ-8 ATGM to top off the array...

Daesh claims they destroyed a Tank with a Chinese HJ-8 #ATGM in the Al-Qaryatayn area

Interesting that the Chinese HJ-8 is a nice copy of the US TOW.........

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria the Daesh SVBIED attack in the Al-Qaryatayn area targeting an armored SAA column

Daesh Russian language Furat media releases a new video but in German language, "Knights of the Shahada 2":

[OUTLAW 09]

As #IS is advancing against rebels north of Aleppo ,US MQ-9 Reaper seen in the area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evISWu7bP5Y …

[OUTLAW 09]

Report: #Iran deploy 2 dozen fighter jets on Tiyas Airbase (T4) btw #Homs & desert city of #Palmyra

Russia reports that they have begun delivery of the S-300 to Iran
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:...3a3a484e5727df …

[OUTLAW 09]

Elijah says #Syria will attack any air craft with S-300 if penetrating air space without coordination.

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsRepo...onflict-report …

So down Syrian S300 and Russian S400s together with SAAF, RuAF and now Iranian AF aircraft will shot down US, Turkish, KSA, UK, and French aircraft.

[OUTLAW 09]

THIS is exactly why Obama has a "MESS" in Syria and it is really his "mess" alone---no one else's......

So OK—will Obama fully ever realize his failure with his “Iran Deal”……..???

Iran to get $100B boost in spite of stonewalling IAEA, testing banned missile, and exporting terror.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/iaea-fin...003-1449078659 …

Full text of final assessment on past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear programme
http://theiranproject.com/blog/2015/...ear-programme/ …

IAEA re #Iran: coordinated #nuclear weapons relevant work until 2003, some after, no evidence of such since 2009; no mat'l diversion for PMD

This is actually a very detailed report. IAEA - using its unique language - rejects most of Iran's explanations.

Nearly unnoticed #IAEA stated #Iran lied about earlier intentions to build "The Bomb".

IAEA: available info "including the results of the sampling analysis and the satellite imagery, does not support" Iran on purpose of Parchin

The Parchin section is particularly damning. Environmental sampling catches Iran in a lie.

[OUTLAW 09]

Multiple #RussianAirstrikes on the rebel-held front town #Morek this evening
Preparing another #Assad ground push?!

RussianAirstrike hits the "#FSA headquarters" along the main highway in #Latakia prov.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7yZfGogok …

Footage
Lightly armed #FSA troops, still defending the #Ghab plain vs. #Assad & #Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk6Y0Zki_1A …

[OUTLAW 09]

MORE evidence that confirms that Putin is basically lying when he repeatedly states he is fighting IS and global terrorism.......

Eyewitness of #Russian bombing #Aleppo. Rami Jarah,ANA Press,4 #France24 Observers says no IS.
http://f24.my/1MZpBPy

The core problem with Putin is that he has repeated his lies so often he even now believes them......when he threated Turkey again in his speech from today half those present were basically dozing...........seems they were not interested in what he was saying....

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So again who is exactly being hurt by this Putin tirade against Turkey .....?

Turkey row leaves Russia stuck with abandoned gas pipes worth billions
http://reut.rs/1NrLdTV

Maybe he can sell them on the scrape metal markets-----BTW the Russian troops and her mercenaries have been stealing scrap metal for months in eastern Ukraine so there might in fact be a market for them........

[OUTLAW 09]

The Russian President has presented state decorations to Russian servicemen, participants in the military operation in Syria
http://bit.ly/1MYBd7C

Rostov: 15 Turkish citizens - workers of Turkish 'Merinos' carpet factory to be deported from Russia @aa_russian
http://v.aa.com.tr/485348

[OUTLAW 09]

So again who is exactly being hurt by this Putin tirade against Turkey .....?

Turkey row leaves Russia stuck with abandoned gas pipes worth billions
http://reut.rs/1NrLdTV

Maybe he can sell them on the scrape metal markets-----BTW the Russian troops and her mercenaries have been stealing scrap metal for months in eastern Ukraine so there might in fact be a market for them........

Here it comes: Turkey agrees with Azerbaijan to accelerate gas project http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tur...&NewsCatID=348 … pic.twitter.com/zoChIWgLRj

LOOKS like the second largest gas consumer of Gazprom is getting ready to ditch Putin......

[OUTLAW 09]

MORE Russian lies again.......

Quatar, #UAE purchasing arms from #Belarus for #Daesh – #Russia'n expert http://belsat.eu/en/news/quatar-uae-...ussian-expert/ …
pic.twitter.com/Ndu1uUWtdT

Same sort of nonsense that produced when they claimed "the Ukraine had shipped FN6 Chinese MANPADS to IS......" and demanded the US check out their claims.....

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Syria #Damascus View to regime held Dhahiyat al-Asad suburb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1cL31iGOKc …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=33...66506&z=15&m=b …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgIv5IKPIxg …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gik7jw6APAQ …


Julian Röpcke @JulianRoepcke
@markito0171
Very interesting angle!
pic.twitter.com/4cedvW4lQ2

[OUTLAW 09]

And Die Welt joins the Russian MoD chorus to smear Turkey without raising any doubt about Russian credibility https://twitter.com/welt/status/672102589270462464 …

Looks like the German CIA (BND) overstepped their civilian political controllers again just as they did in eastern Ukraine...........

UPDATE: German government distances itself from BND (German intelligence) report criticizing Saudi Arabia http://www.spiegel.de/politik/auslan...-1065917.html# …

In German........

[OUTLAW 09]

"We have the proof in our hands. We will reveal it to the world." Erdogan claims Putin's involved in ISIS oil trade.

http://news.yahoo.com/erdogan-says-t...ory&soc_trk=tw …

[OUTLAW 09]

SCD founds #Russia Cluster Bombs on #Hayan village
#Aleppo
Dec 3

ANOTHER Russian precision "friendly fire strike"..........
Reports: Mistaken #Russia'n airstrikes hit #Hezbollha convoy on #Homs - #Damascus highway

Russian missiles targeted Najiya village rural Jisr #Idlib killed 3 residents.

Syria: PHOTO: #SAA Soldier in #Latakia with new gear, & uniform.
pic.twitter.com/94SrhWAdHg

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria Reports: #Russia pave airstrip in northern #Hasaka city outskirts for kurdish #YPG
- & provide them fighter jets?
any confirmations?

CrowBat---anything on this from your side?????

[CrowBat]

Report: #Iran deploy 2 dozen fighter jets on Tiyas Airbase (T4) btw #Homs & desert city of #Palmyra

Sorry, but I consider this for nonsense. At best: another of Russian-style lies, which are now something like a 'norm' there.

What kind of aircraft should the IRIAF deploy to Syria - that could be 'serviced by Russians'?

First selection would be Su-24MKs. Presently, the IRIAF has one squadron that couldn't make more than 3-4 Su-24MKs operational at once. Only some 6-7 original (Iranian ordered) Su-24MKs, plus two ex-Iraqi examples; are left in something like 'recently overhauled and could be brought into operational condition'. Everything else is stored.

Even if, say, Elijah Mangier made the mistake done by almost every source that has ever published anything about this topic in the West (and East Europe and most of the Middle East even more so), and mixed the IRIAF with the IRGCASF: the latter is left with two operational Su-25s. Everything else is in Iraq, or so worn out it's non-flyable.

Reason: money. I.e. lack of money. Contrary to the times around 2008-2011, when the IRIAF was really in relatively good condition (see IRIAF 2010: Modern-Day Iranian Air Force), ever since Tehran is spending so much in Syria, and oil prices are so low, it simply has no money for such adventures. It's so bankrupt that even the IRGCASF was grounded already back in late 2013 (for details on this, see Modern War magazine, Volume 19).

Without that Daesh advance into northern Iraq, IRIAF would've been grounded the last year too. The US 'amen' to 'new' cooperation between Baghdad and Tehran, and large Iraqi orders for arms of Iranian production (financed by Chinese loans provided with US permission) have eased the situation a little bit, but only enough for the IRIAF to be kept at the minimum of its operational readiness.

...and even if, there are such obscure reasons like: the IRGC wouldn't let the IRIAF earn itself any praise in Syria. They were already so jealous about F-4-strikes on Daesh in Iraq, they didn't let the media report about these at all.

Sure, the IRIAF has three squadrons still operating F-4Es and one equipped with F-4Ds (for details, see Smoketrails magazine, volumes 20-2 and 20-3). But, for same reasons as above, most of units in question currently don't have more than 4-5 operational aircraft at any time - and Russians would be of absolutely no help with them.