Syria in 2016 (January-March)

[OUTLAW 09]

Interesting from one of the ex colonial powers that has basically caused this mess in Syrian YET refuses to accept their responsibility in that mess.........

French ambassador to USA @GerardAraud defends burning of Saudi embassy, says "Iran was obliged to react." https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/stat...16245438418944 …

Iran reacts with fury after Saudis execute Shi'ite cleric
http://reut.rs/1NYrbUC
pic.twitter.com/3yzJTb3XKq

If one reads the sermons by the executed Shia cleric then in fact if a Sunni had said the same thing it would have happened to them as well.

One might go as far back as Jesus and say the same thing...meaning if one decides to speak truth to power one might end up dead if the power bear does not like what is being said ie the Romans...

The West would do well in fully understanding this in the ME---the Syrian civil society did just this and are still paying the genocidal price for it....BUT at least they made a choice......

[OUTLAW 09]

When Obama is pushed for a decision on anything--all we hear is we need more time..........hoping to outlast the problem and the chatter will disappear thus not needing a decision.....

White House: more time needed for new Iran missile sanctions

http://reut.rs/1NYig5q
pic.twitter.com/HiTuIUHw0z

[OUTLAW 09]

Go figure, #ISIS is now in #Daraa. What absolute nonsense. Pure comedy from @RT_com & @MuradoRT as usual

Reports of 11 martyrs frozen to death do far in #Arsal refugee camp
#Lebanon #Syria JAN 3

Madaya under siege
#Assad regime & his #Shiite thugs impose a deadly siege on Madaya city #Damascus countryside, people there die of famine
Assad uses starvation as a battlefield tactic to cleanse Sunni areas...AND Putin continues this tactic which he also used in Chechnya....

Ahmed Abdul Karim died due hunger, more 1/100s starves to death by #ASSad & his occupiers #Hebollah siege in #Madaya
#Syria JAN3

#FSA repealed #SAA attempt to infiltrate #Darayya backed by #Russia airstrikes & barrel bombs, dozens SAA killed& weapons seized
#Syria JAN3

[OUTLAW 09]

Kurdish sources confirm the capture of Kashti‘ār, claiming it was "in defence" and only vs. #JaN and #ahraralsham.
http://jinhahaber.link/en/ALL-NEWS/content/view/41064 …

BreakingNews
#YPG forces took two villages this morning with indirect #Russian air cover on rebel-held town nearby

Kishtar was recaptured this morning, Tenab recaptured 2 days ago. No airstrikes on any of the villages.

MyTwoCents
Looking forward to see the west's disbelieving eyes when #SDF (90% #YPG) ,#Assad and #Russia shake hands in some months.

[OUTLAW 09]

Civilians speak after another night of #RussianAirstrikes on their homes in #Tall_Rifat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7KToovKXqM …

Footage
Devastation after a "#RussianAirstrike" on a town in #EastGhouta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-ztUEnxYg …

Footage
Rockets hit the #Saudi embassy in #Baghdad this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXI8Z9BwGdw …

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#Russia's terrorism vs. the Syrian population continued in #Tall_Rifat last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VN1dc3lnzk …

ANOTHER Russian info war mistake.....
RT took a tweet from @NorthernStork,in which he accidentally mixed up Daraa and Quneitra provinces.
44km fr. Sh.M.

Rebels this morning foiled a regime attempt to break into the NW side of Daraya, 10s of regime forces reportedly killed. #Damascus

[OUTLAW 09]

Unbelievable regime bombing of Daraya & Moadamiya last night, massive explosions kept many awake in #Damascus

Hama Rebels seized barrier near #Maan

Eliot Higgins ‏@EliotHiggins
Just stumbled across this, Kata'ib Hezbollah showing off their various IRAM launchers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUkopUHDpf0 …

[OUTLAW 09]

Zaman Wasl continues to dump purported data leaks from #Syria's security apparatus. Here, 96k names of wanted people https://zamanalwsl.net/news/67004.html

With Jund al-Aqsa & Feilaq al-Sham out, Jaish al-Fath is:
- Ahrar al-Sham
- Nusra Front (AQ)
- Jaish al-Sunna
- Liwa al-Haqq
- Ajnad al-Sham

Syria's MB proxy Feilaq al-Sham splits from Jaish al-Fath, after the latter began to veer into hard jihadi rhetoric

Former pacifist Haitham Mannaa goes full warlord in a letter to UN, written in his new role as DSA president
https://zamanalwsl.net/news/67526.html

Things that weren't immediately evident about Mannaa in 2010: that five years later he'd lead a Kurdish army battling a psychotic caliphate

Seems to be the new thing: No point in talking to Assad, says NC, since he "barely controls 18% of Syrian territory"
http://en.etilaf.org/all-news/news/h...iate-with.html …

Bold words for a group that controls 0% of Syria. And by that metric, the only group invited to Geneva would be IS. Possibly a bad idea.

But percentages aside, he has a point: "How can there be ceasefire talks in the absence of our armed forces, who control 16% of #Syria?"

.@laurapitel reports on Madayya, the mountain town whose starving residents are eating weeds and cats to survive: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6793386.html …