Syrian #civilians, killed by #Russia
September: 33
October: 263
November: 259
December: 155 (until the 23rd)
Heroes aftermath retake control over Brigade 82 surrounding #Sheikh_Meskin
#Daraa cs #Syra Dec 29
Russian AF deliberately strikes first responders.....AND YET they claim to not be killing civilians....another lie it seems.......
@SyriaCivilDef recover wounded children due airraids,then 2nd one hit them
#Douma #SYria Dec29
SCD filling water tanks of Schools in #Maarrat_Misrin city
#Idlib #Syria Dec 29
SCD teaching the children of #Ariha, how to protect themselves in case of explosions..
#Idlib #Syria Dec 29
Important
#SCD collecting #Russia cluster bombs on #Qalaat_alMadiq
#Hama #Syria Dec 28
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...54873181215815 …
Russia airstrikes on #Rashah village
#Hama cs #Syria Dec 29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lfjLY62lF0 …
Assadis getting desperate---- wiping themselves out trying to get up to Kbeyna, #Latakia. Unloading thousands of shells
Syrian #civilians, killed by #Russia
September: 33
October: 263
November: 259
December: 155 (until the 23rd)
Actually, this attack killed nearly 50, and about 20 of them were top NDF commanders in the city.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
So, it's a double failure (on the part of the MSM).
Graphic from @snhr: toll of civilians killed in #Syria during 2015
12,044 killed by the regime = 73%
@SyriaCivilDef
pic.twitter.com/ki1muFqwD1
Now it really does appear as if Obama and Kerry are totally complicit in the killing of civilians as Assad is the core problem and has been since 2011....OR does now the US equate genocide with democracy......?????
OR has the US figured out that the anti Assad forces are just fighting to just fight because they are so happy with Assad in power???
Washington reportedly backing down on insistence that Assad can’t compete in Syrian presidential election:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ria-settlement …
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Turkish and Greek fighters engage in dogfight over the Aegean Sea
http://wp.me/p2TYIs-9jc
pic.twitter.com/xtxKcNcd2j
Bershidsky on Putin's year abroad--a boost to Russian pride delivered by TV propaganda, but no tangible benefit.
http://bv.ms/1QFP0UR .
Maidan all over again...Putin's biggest nightmare.......
What happens when Russians start not believing state television? Kremlin makes some preparations for civic unrest.
http://bit.ly/1Ox6v9z .
Map
Pro-#Assad forces recapture one third of #SheikhMaskin (29.12.).
#FSA / rebels outgunned and inferior.
pic.twitter.com/9fNlmj3JOQ
Well after taking major loses and slow pay just what did they expect......
Hezbollah Fighters Are Fed Up With Fighting Syria’s War
http://thebea.st/1SlKiLi via @thedailybeast
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Syrian Express is on the move again...........
ВМФ NF Amguema class Yauza concludes the cargo ship's 3rd deployment to Syria, transits the Bosphorus & will be at the BlackSea in minutes
Mikhail Rudnitsky (Project 05360/1) class salvage & mooring vessel Sayany going to Black Sea
pic.twitter.com/WSLrv98ZEK
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Footage
The outgunned #FSA takes tank hits / casualties in #SheikhMaskin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vul...ature=youtu.be …
Footage
The #FSA fights at the N entrance of #SheikhMaskin as pro-#Assad forces advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MSmRI1vLlY …
CrowBat----what do you think of these comments....... Second question...was this the reason for the Erdogan visit to KSA???
Syrian rebels are starting to realise, the current offensives are different.
It's not #Assad that attacks them, but #Russia&#Iran.
They lose.
Latakia prov. is as good as lost, #Aleppo prov. (S-W of the city) will fall piece by piece, the #Homs pocket will shrink dramatically.
While winning time due to fake @UN negotiations, #Russia will bomb the hell out of #FreeSyria and Shiite sectarian forces will gain ground.
Here is my prediction for #Syria2016:
#Assad, #Putin, #Nasrallah and #Khamenei will capture at least 50% of what Syrian rebels hold today.
Syrian rebels talk of "repelling" attack after attack, but in reality, they fall back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iIIaXkTdYI …
Footage
Brutal Russian airstrikes on #KafrNabudah today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW6gzGphh4Y …
Footage
#FSA D-30 artillery position, shelling #Assad forces, advancing into #SheikhMaskin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZjINyk5fuU …
Footage
#SheikhMaskin today.
Pro-#Assad terrorist forces advanced back into the city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZgAkMA088M …
Tall Rifat after 6 weeks of #RussianAirstrikes:
Imagine, that was YOUR #kitchen ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRab1Ye_1sA …
5 years of #Assad's bombings & Syrians still did not get ANY help to stop them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGPenkxU-zU …
(Ter Maela)
Rebel's TOW targets a tank near Khan Touman, not clear whether or not it was hit
https://youtu.be/IXa0GKHUlUo
Daraa Moment when rebels retook brigade 82 base in outskirts of Shayk Maskin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89dVOcZ90IU …
JaF-report from frontline in southern outskirts of #Aleppo after repelled attack by Shiite militias
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49UH...ature=youtu.be …
Clashes earlier between FSA Liwa Mutasim brigade & #ISIS on the Harbel front near Mare’a in northern #Aleppo,
ISW @TheStudyofWar ·
New ISW #Syria airstrikes map. #Russia continues attacks on opposition prior to negotiations.
http://bit.ly/1VnPRbJ
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Absolutely savage Russian bombardment on the rebel-held town of Kafrnabouda in Hama. #Syria
http://youtu.be/qW6gzGphh4Y
Syrian Rebellion Obs @Syria_Rebel_Obs
#SRO - Mortars and sporadic clashes between regime forces and #SDF (mainly #YPG) at S-W Sheikh Maqsoud (#Aleppo) frontline after aristrike.
Ayatollah Putin is not backing down, insists #Hezbollah is not a terrorist group, what would we do without him!
BUT WAIT.......
High civilian death toll, low accuracy and efficiency. #Russia's air campaign is solidifying stalemate in #Syria.
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SCD collect dozens of #Russia unexploded CLuster Bombs in #Maarat_al_Nouman
#Idlib #SYria Dec 29
Hezbollah mercenaries terrorists occupiers raised their dirty flag on #Al_Waer neighborhood
#Homs #Syria Dec 30
Heavy clashes between Rebels & #SAA mercenaries in #Manshiyah neighborhood now
#Daraa #Syria Dec 30
Rebels destroyed #SAA Tank exterminating mercenaries crew+hidden behind it #Khan_Touman
#Aleppo #Syria Dec30
SAA mercenaries shelling With Grad Rockets targeting #alGhab_plain
#Hama CS #Syria Dec 30
Russia warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Ratiyan village
#Aleppo CS #Syria Dec 30
Russia warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Kashtaar village
#Aleppo CS #Syria Dec 30
Russia warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Faysal_Mills
#Aleppo CS #Syria Dec 30
Russia warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Tanab village
#Aleppo CS #Syria Dec 30
SAA helicopters dropped barrel bombs on #Darayya
#Damascu CS #Syria Dec 30
SAA barrel bombs on #Teir_Maela
#Homs #Syria Dec 30
https://youtu.be/dNYFvAlA0RI
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I've got very little clue about politics. Can only guess that Turkey and Saudi Arabia want to better coordinate their next moves related to support of insurgents.
Re. what 'rebels' are 'starting to realize': this depends upon what 'rebels' are we talking about.
The JAN, for example, is next to never bombed and thus has not much to report. Lately, it has lost a lot of its 'fierceful' image in the Syrian public: it proved unable of effectivelly defending any important parts of the frontline (at least not on its own), while only one of its units (Chechen-staffed Jund al-Aqsa) has proven as skilled enough to run offensive operations. Unsurprisingly, JAN is presently primarily preoccuppied with hijacking or assassinating various FSyA leaders in northern Aleppo and Idlib, steering trouble between FSyA and SDF etc., with the aim of weakening the FSyA, or at least keeping it disunited so it can maintain control over insurgent units. Then, the JAN knows it's got no support in the population there, and the moment FSyA stands united against it, it's 'game over'.
Ahrar ash-Sham is also seldom hit, and thus feeling very little. They've got no problem to send reinforcements around the frontlines as necessary, and are doing quite well in bolstering the FSyA in NE Lattakia or on the eastern side of Azaz corridor, for example.
Ahrar's pendant in Eastern Ghouta - Jaysh al-Islam - is feeling impacts of the mass-murder of local civilians run by Assadists and Russians around them, but otherwise felling quite little in terms of own losses. Their frontlines are meanwhile back to a 'circle' of Damascus suburbs and minor towns, which will be much more problematic for the regime to assault than relatively flat and open orchards around Marj as-Sultan. Overall, I do not see them giving up that easily.
The Rastan-Talbiseh Pocket (north of Homs), has survived the first big NDF offensive without losing one metre of the ground, despite massive bombardment and tank assaults. The area is held by a mix of FSyA and ex-FSyA units that declared themselves the JAN in order to receive support from abroad (read: Kuwait and Qatar). Most importantly: mass of insurgents there are ex-SyAA officers, NCOs and other ranks, well-versed and meanwhile very experienced, and they're defending their homes and families. The area is also build-up, and thus very problematic to assault. I do not see them giving up just like that.
The FSyA - whether dozens of its factions fighting in Aleppo and Idlib in the north, or the Southern Front in the south - is bearing the brunt of fighting. It is not really feeling 'Russian' impact as such, directly. Russians do bomb a lot, but they're either missing or their bombs fail to detonate. Exceptions are the few PGM-strikes Russians are sporadically flying. Overall, these make as much 'difference' as PGM-strikes flown by Assadists at earlier times....
What the FSyA does feel is presence of many more, and then better-trained and -equipped Assadist troops on the frontline. Namely, Russian Army troops were deployed so to protect all the major installations in the rear, which means that plenty of NDF was made free to be rushed to the front. Lately, the regime and IRGC have re-trained lots of NDF-militias run by various intel agencies, Shabihas etc. and thus we can now track the appearance of entirely new 'loyalist' units like 102nd and 103rd Brigades Republican Guards, or the Ba'ath Brigade etc., on the battlefields.
What the FSyA also feels is a massive presence of IRGC-QF-run units of Hezbollah/Iraq. There are nearly 30,000 of these in Syria meanwhile, and although they are not really 'outgunning' or 'outnumbering' the insurgents, that's really a big number for this war - and then one that's felt on the frontlines. Foremost: such numbers enable the IRGC to rotate own units in and out of the battle, and - despite losses - keep its troops relatively 'fresh'; this is a luxury the FSyA can not afford: thanks to JAN's efforts, it's too disunited but to coordinate on bigger scale. Means not this is unlikely to change, then the more JAN is terrorising them, the more enemies it is creating too...
...and overall, most of the FSyA, AAS and IF have one thing in common: as genuine Syrians, they're stubborn beyond what we in West consider 'possible'. They went through much more problematic times too (think just about late 2013 and early 2014, when the Daesh was on the verge of completely destroying the insurgency). On the contrary, they know that what the regime is throwing into the battle now is the last of what the regime can send there; they know Hezbollah/Lebanon and the IRGC are at the end of their nerves showing first signs of frustration etc.
So, for them, it's a matter of 'holding out'. As long as they keep on getting supplies, they'll hold out.
Regarding battlefields: FSyA in NE Lattakia is under immense pressure, absolutely no doubt about this. But, it's not crumbling. It was reinforced by four FSyA and two AAS brigades from Idlib, the last week, in turn prompting Russians to withdraw one Hezbollah brigade, and thrown in the 102nd RGD and that 'Desert Hawks Special Forces Brigade' of the PGM, but even these 'fresh' troops are only making crawling gains. Overall, it's anything but 'guaranteed' that Lattakia is 'lost forever' for insurgents there.
I'm particularly curious to see how anybody imagines to 'shrink' the RTP pocket so 'dramatically', in 2016.
...and in southern Aleppo: the IRGC offensive there was stopped cold short of reaching M5. Although there is no doubt that Hezbollah/Iraq can send additional brigades to Syria (and is even likely to do so during January), I'm yet to see the IRGC achieving what it wanted to achieve there. On the contrary, evacuation of civilians and WIA from Fouah-pocket near Idlib City indicates they've concluded they can't go on like this, and are now searching for different ways of solving the situation.
So, from my POV, the question is rather how long can the regime, the IRGC, all three of Hezbollahs and then also Russians hold out?
And how much are they all - plus the JAN - going to radicalize the FSyA, IF, and AAS? Then, there is a limit for everything, so also for Syrian tradition of tollerating any sort of idiots in the neighbourhood.
IMHO, many things are likely to change should this US-vetted, Sunni-Arab part of the SDF really punch through from Teshreen Dam and capture Manbij. If they can widen that operation and really bring collapse of the Daesh west of Euphrates, the FSyA would suddenly get plenty of room to manoeuvre - and also re-establish JAN-free links to the Turkish border.
(With other words: there's a new - and perhaps the last ever - chance for the West to 'do something' in Syria... we'll see if the West is going to use that opportunity.)
Russia cluster bombs found at #al_Rashdin village aftermath it's airstrikes
#Aleppo cs #Syria Dec 30
2 martyrs so far:
Child Rama Jarsh, 8 yo
Sir Mohamed Abdelaziz
Victims of #Russia airstrikes on #Douma #Syria Dec30
Our heroes in #Dalha after it's liberation from #isis terrorists
#Aleppo cs #Syria Dec 30
SCD collecting #Russia Cluster Bombs on #Maarat_a_Nouman, aftermath it's airstrikes
#Idlib #Syria Dec 27
Starvation is a favorite Assad and Putin (eastern Ukraine)now Syrian tactic.....
Ignored by #media, people/IDPs living in Madaya, rural #Damascus are starving to death b/c of #Assad regime & #Hezbollah imposed siege.
And here is @Pynnha108 comparing #RuAF destroyed civilian convoy with a militant one not spotted by RuAF. Wonderful.
Northern #Aleppo villages Dalha & Harjala seized by #ISIS this AM are back in rebel control following a succesful counterattack by rebels
MORE Russian attacks on civilians.....
Not the 1st time the Abidin IDP camp was targeted, not too long ago Assad even targeted it with cluster munitions
http://youtu.be/rel0nQN2lnc
6 reported dead so far inc. women & children & 10s injured in 3 #Russia|n airstrikes on Abidin IDP camp in Jisr al-Shugour, #Idlib, #Syria
Brave Russian pilots attack A'bden refugee camp south #Idlib again.
https://youtu.be/A0WScHgh4QE
Unrelenting/unprecedented Russian airstrikes target rural areas of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama and Latakia today. Explosions rocking entire region.
Clashes picking up again between rebels & #ISIS at the border town of Dalha in northern #Aleppo, #Syria
Daraa Sheikh Miskin battles continue bet. rebels & Assad/Hezb, mostly at northern part as per reports, situ very fluid, lots of airstrikes
So this is the "milestone" Kerry and Obama were recently talking about....??
This is how Syria peace talks going: Russia killed one negotiator by an airstrike and regime just detained another 2
Ahmad al-Asrawi & Munir Bitar were reportedly heading to Riyadh when they were arrested on the Lebanese borders
Unconfirmed reports #ISIL expelled #FSA Thuwar al-Riqqa & #YPG from Ayn Issa and Brigade 93 northern #Riqqa.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...59501&z=13&m=b …
SRO - After its renewed offensive (after the failed assault yesterday), pro-regime militias took over most of north of #Sheikh_Miskin.
Maybe this is a wake-up call for MOC southern groups kept silent while Assad and Shia invaded the rest of Syria..
ISIL suicide attack targeted a Ahrar al-Sham and Shamiya Front CP in A'zaz north #Aleppo.
https://youtu.be/l9iWteeM5Bo
According to @SputnikInt #RuAF destroyed #JaI´s OSA 9k33 SA-8 SAM in #Ghouta. But it was out of ammo anyway.
That's the 2nd time they claim destroying one, the 1st was in October:
http://lenta.ru/news/2015/10/15/vks/ …
(link in Russian)
Why is #Russia attacking Tal Rifat at the rebel front line against #IS? #RuAF has not attacked #IS in north #Aleppo.
Put the question differently: Why is #Russia actively supporting #IS in their fight against north #Aleppo rebels?
Aftermath of Russian airstrikes in Tal Rifat, #Aleppo yesterday. 15 homes destroyed, 19 civilians dead & 37 wounded
http://youtu.be/OTio4Ih38ks
Oh & no #ISIS in Tal Rifa’at, in fact it’s considered the 1st line of defence against #ISIS, weaken rebels is Russia’s objective of course
IS arms captured by SDF are from KSA. Part of Saudi military support to Saddam war against Iran.
Michael Weiss ✔ @michaeldweiss
1. Russian MoD is the sole source. 2. "Syrian oppo" group tipped them off? Which one? http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015...ideast%20Brief … pic.twitter.com/nwis7otWS7
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: American comprehension of being an exceptional nation is not helping the matter of fighting terrorism
http://sptnkne.ws/avx6
#IS reported advances taking Ain Issa and surroundings after #FSA retreat in north #Raqqa countryside
http://redd.it/3ysk7v
Intense Russian air strikes are taking place on and around various cities and towns in #Syria. None is targeting #ISIS locations.
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Zakharova:We demand Turkey authorities to immediately catch those responsible for murder of #Su24 Russian pilot
http://bit.ly/1NQVDzU
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