Massacre in #Ariha, 3 martyrs & 12 wounded, victims of #RUSSIA airstrikes on popular market
#Idlib cs #Syria MAR 25
IRAMs used by SyAA in Latakia. 1250kg each.
After Afrin YPG works with Russians, US links up with local FSA militias. Americans are spreading their bets
VIDEO: FSA make ground against #ISIS in northern Aleppo, #Syria with help of USAF.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClZxVYafvLA …
Massacre in #Ariha, 3 martyrs & 12 wounded, victims of #RUSSIA airstrikes on popular market
#Idlib cs #Syria MAR 25
IRAMs used by SyAA in Latakia. 1250kg each.
A Major-General in command of an artillery battalion? What's that? Some punishment-battalion of sort?Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Anyway, regime claimed today the following (I'm just summarizing all of their reporting):
- Mt Qasiyoun today;
- Base 555 (north of Tadmor);
- Palmyra air base;
- al-Amiriya district (northern Tadmor);
- Palmyra Prison (was blown away by the Daesh already 6-7 months ago);
- and 'orchards' (read: oasis);
- and 'ancient city' of Palmyra;
- and, finally: 'SAA' captured the Moon Base Alpha, too.
Bottom line: they might have captured the Base 555, 4km north of Palmyra. It seems they did attempt to attack Mt Qasiyoun too, but there's no proof they've captured the place (on the contrary there's only proof they didn't: otherwise there wouldn't be videos from this afternoon, showing Russian artillery shelling the place).
They have also assaulted in direction of Palmyra air base, coming from the south, but were stopped at least 500, probably more metres away from it.
...and they have suffered heavy losses for actually capturing nothing at all.
Meanwhile, accusations are flying about who is launching all of this nonsense. Latest variant is: 'no authoritative source claimed anything of that'... Who's then the 'authoritative source' - when everybody, from that Slim Shady...erm... Shady Hulve...to all possible 'embedded TV reporters' plus Damascus have announced repeatedly all of the stuff listed above...?
And the ever ongoing Russian/Assad/Hezbollah constant victory cries that they are in Palmyra.....
Syria Artillery rain on Amiriyah suburb of #Palmyra but no regime pics from inside town
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34...89027&z=16&m=b … …
Palmyra: #Assad militias captured the Castle(again), heaviest fighting in Al-Amiriyah now.
Palmyra Battle Map: #ISIS is still in control of the City, the Airport & Ancient City
Palmyra under nonstop artillery shelling by #Assad militias. Heavy street fights with #ISIS since the morning.
2 hrs ago: Assad media filming from Palmyra citadel hill, showing shelling&fighting for western outskirts.
Pro-Regime forces are 800 m from Ancient city of #Palmyra. Last #ISIS defense (sand barrier) reached in W. Palmyra
PalmyraRev1
Regime's army and foreign militias. Control of the #Palmyra castle and neighborhoods beside them.
#Syria , Mar 26 , 12:00 AM
ISIS launches fierce assault on regime and its militia located north and north western #Palmyra to regain what it has lost during last days
A Violent clashes between #ISIS against the regime's army #SAA. Behind #Palmyra castle.
#Syria , Mar 25 , 23:00 PM
Syria Assad forces enter western #Palmyra at Hospital
Syr army confirms that Gen.Shaba'an Ouja commander of 64th regiment killed in battles to retake #Palmyra from #ISIL
Assad regime commander admonishing his men for running away from battles in Palmyra & admits 18 killed 32 injured
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-26-2016 at 03:11 PM.
Crowbat & Outlaw09,
Slightly puzzled about the offensive to retake Palymra.
Approx. ten days ago you both IIRc posted that the desert highway between the regime's strongholds in the south and the offensive towards Homs was cut. I don't recall posts on that highway being secured. Presumably the regime secured the highway (from ISIS) and could attack Palmyra?
davidbfpo
David...the highway was cut...am assuming it was also held as IS has decided to defend the area not a road....due to the flatness and open desert holding a road is really tough when you have the massive GRAD, artillery hitting you in the open and Russian AF over you.
IS has a great record at defending fixed positions as that comes down to a urban light infantry fight which takes away the advantage of the CAS and artillery.
Plus IS has really developed itself into a "mine emplacement group" which has really slowed down the Russian/IRGC/Hezbollah attack force forcing them into the avenues of approach IS wants them to take.
If there is a lessons learned for the FSA...it has been their tendency to not use mines and IEDs to slow down the attacker.
There was a comment I forgot to post and need to refind it...indicating that the IS bomb making abilities has progressed massively in the last few years.....
Even the Russian Spetsnaz is meeting more than their equal right now--IS was able to search out the Russian Spetsnaz JTACs and recon teams that were attempting to find routes into Palmyra.
Remember the IS combat leadership is well tested from the US Iraq period especially Ramadi and Mosul fighting which tied US forces up in knots for months.
The Assad attack force is though running into their traditional weakness....high loses and low manpower in order to hold what they capture as shown by the IS retaken positions today.
IS when it all said and done has a remarkable ability to pull back under fire after a heavy round of fighting which lulls the attacker into thinking they have won...then they get hit have a massive SBIED strike and IS re-attacks....
It is interesting to see just how IS uses the SVIEDs as their CAS.....
This fight is similar in nature to the Ukrainian Debaltseve fight where Russia attacked using first the Cossacks who literally took a beating and then Russia sent in a Russian Tank Bde and their Spetsnaz...and the loses was massive for Russian standards.....
The Russians attempted to encircle Debaltseve and with one blow finish off the UAF....which was able to conduct what is truly rare a fighting retrograde pulling all troops and their heavy equipment out of the pocket leaving the Russians with a destroyed town, heavy loses and no propaganda "victory"...
Right now the IS light infantry is taking a beating and yet beating the Russian Assad force into the ground as well all without heavy weapons and CAS.
This will be one pf those battles that needs to be truly analyzed in the coming years....
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-26-2016 at 05:15 PM.
Angry protesters burn JN checkpoint at Marrat al-Numman entrance y'day & raise #FSA flag.
https://youtu.be/dvRCwwnb0ug
This Div13-Nusra conflict is getting out of control and must be settled ASAP before it turns into a deadly inter-rebels war
The way I see it, Jund al-Aqsa plays a destructive & suspicious role in JN-Div13 conflict in Marrat al-Numan.
Nusra checkpoint targeted by #ISIL VBIED near Beit Sahem #Dara -
Syria Hassakeh Daesh controls back several points in…
https://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2...eral-points-in …
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-26-2016 at 06:11 PM.
Regime's army and foreign militias. Control of the #Palmyra castle and neighborhoods beside them.
#Syria , Mar 26 , 12:00 AM
Intense air strikes by #Russian warplanes. Aimed at reviving the city and its environs And clashes still continue in some neighborhoods
To sum up current #Palmyra situation: pro-Regime forces seized Castle + Mount & part of N. suburb. Rest of city (incl. airport) under #ISIS
Report #ISIS evacuated heavy equipment to East. city of Sukhna & waging street battles in #Palmyra. City not completely surrounded so far.
David...recognize the full light infantry fighting, then slow withdrawal fighting each step backwards,,,then the protecting of their heavy equipment and then we will see the SVIEDs come in.....
IS tactics are predictable but somehow they are good at it.....IMHO they get away with it simply because they are a motivated fighting force fighting a Russian/Assad/Hezbollah mercenary force that does not have their heart into it, has poor officer leadership and even poor training.
Example...in Iraq AQI now IS were the first users of the "swarming" attack starting in late 2005 and even though the US Army knew the tactic they could never adjust to it and took several bad beatings from AQI with one attack killing and or wounding over 40 US military also led by two five ton SVIEDs.
The core problem with the Assad/Russian/IRGC/Hezbollah and the Iraqi militaries.....they do not fight for a flag....they fight for money......or in the case of IS..they fight for a black flag.....
Last edited by davidbfpo; 03-26-2016 at 06:42 PM.
At least 5 dead & more wounded in a Liwa Shuhada Yarmouk VBIED targeting Liwa Mutaz Billah HQ (FSA) in Tafas, #Daraa
Must watch #Drone combat vid by #JundAqsa
SAA run & death of mujahid via @LifeInSyria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndBJyXzk-CI&sns=tw … …
More reports of Assad forces arresting women near Barzeh & detaining them & their children at the Khansa mosque #Damascus
Over 5000 people have fled west suburbs of Daraa because of fighting between rebels and ISIS, families walking as long as 10 hours on foot
Mohammed al-Khous, a poet & the last doctor in #Zabadani was one of the people killed by #Hezbollah snipers y’day
Assad’s artillery on top of Qasioun mountain in #Damascus continues to shell eastern Ghouta over everyone’s heads :/
Heavy clashes still ongoing, rebels were able to take back Bala fields after Assad forces/militias had briefly captured the area
Heavy Assad rocket fire & artillery shelling targeting the southern part of eastern Ghouta since last night. #Damascus
New York Court Lists Khamenei as the Second Defendant in the September 11 Attacks - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT http://english.aawsat.com/2016/03/ar...ber-11-attacks …
Respect to this brave lady for speaking out about the suffering in Assad's torture cells.
https://youtu.be/FBMQQyM7C_w
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-26-2016 at 06:09 PM.
Assad's army high ranking officers killed in #Palmyra so far:
2 Major General
3 General
2 Colonel
2 Major
Almost all from the Coast #Syria
SAA Major General Ahmed Hamadeh from 134 brigade killed in #Palmyra battle
Syria Pro #Hezbollah al-Manar channel reporter killed among 8 militia members in #Palmyra
Iran-backed Afghan Fatemiyoun fighters on the front lines near Palmyra, #Syria
Even if Assad/Russia kicks out IS in the end this is a really bad "victory".....
Last edited by davidbfpo; 03-26-2016 at 06:41 PM.
Worth reading.Europe's responsibilty."@wissamtarif:Turkish officials: Europe wanted to export extremists to Syria
http://gu.com/p/4hp6q/stw
Beyond media to interrogate the idea Europe exported jihadis who killed 1000s Syrians while blaming those fleeing
Shi'ite #Kuwait-i MP who was stripped of immunity pops up in #Syria w/ Assad & Hezbollah:
Great summary from @JoelWing2 >> Iran#s Ties With Al Qaeda In Iraq’s [#IS's] Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
http://goo.gl/wNigNG
http://alqabas.com/7368/
Palmyra: Russia defence ministry says it conducted more than 40 sorties targeting 158 "terrorist positions" near Palmyra in last 24 hours
Last edited by davidbfpo; 03-26-2016 at 07:56 PM. Reason: copied to the Iran & AQ thread
Russian site.....
New Latakia emir of Jabhat an-Nusra (al-Qaeda in #Syria), Iyad at-Tubasi (Abu Julaybib), is a brother-in-law of #IS founder Zarqawi.
Nusra's new coastal emir, Iyad at-Tubasi, fought alongside Zarqawi in AFG, and moved with Zarqawi to Iraq in 2002, before the invasion.
Some of this is undeniable: #Iran's had an operational cnx with al-Qaeda since 1996, a partnership even longer.
http://i24ne.ws/ZWOzL
Iyad at-Tubasi was wrong reported killed in DEC 2012, was said to have been replaced as Nusra's Deraa emir by Mustafa Abd al-Latif Saleh.
Mustafa Abd al-Latif Saleh is also from Zarqa, and arrived early in Iraq with Zarqawi (2003 latest), working on the Assad-overseen ratlines.
Both Iyad at-Tubasi and Mustafa Abd al-Latif Saleh were among the ISI advanced party that entered Syria in AUG 2011 to create Nusra.
Last edited by davidbfpo; 03-26-2016 at 07:56 PM. Reason: copied to the Iran & AQ thread
Palmyra is meant to erase the memory of 14 years of strategic collaboration between Assad and IS, which is ongoing in most other areas.
Last edited by davidbfpo; 03-26-2016 at 07:52 PM.
Evidence Tadmor has been hit by Russian-made cluster bombs (most likely RuAF, which continue sorties there) https://twitter.com/CITeam_en/status/713801118913060870 …
Tos-1a in #Palmyra
Pro-Asad militia in Amiriya in north Tadmor. RBK-500 cluster bomb remains in the foreground.
Syria ~70 #Assad-forces killed in #Palmyra battle in the past days
Syria Salute shooting reported in #Latakia when motorcade with coffins arrived at military hospital (probably from #Palmyra battle)
Syria List of dead #Assad-forces
مدينة تدمر @PalmyraRev1
A map showing the areas dominated by #SAA. only 3 neighborhoods. And still 5 neighborhoods with #ISIS , #Palmyra
Syria Video from western neighborhoods of #Palmyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8-QLIQckj4 …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34...61379&z=17&m=b …
First video of RuAFs Mi-28N taking part in Palmyra operation. Video of it firing ATGM.
#Russia|n forces involved in the assault on the #Syria|n city of #Palmyra
v @newsburko |@AP
https://informnapalm.org/21469-palmi...ijskie-vojska/
Russian COM or CCT team helping #Syria army soldiers on the ground against #ISIS at #Palmyra front.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-26-2016 at 08:30 PM.
FSA form brigade 93 in #Idlib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODPh_1sdnA …
Who remembers this Hezbollah dog Yasir Ali Da'oun crying at funerals? Well now he's dead
First Russia uses the Kurdish YPG to attack the FSA not IS, and then gives the Kurds the impression Russian supports their independence AND then let's them fall after using them as cannon fodder.......
http://tass.ru/en/politics/865164
MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. Moscow is explaining in its contacts with Kurds that Syria is an indivisible country that should not be broken into parts, Russia's presidential envoy on the Middle East and North Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters on Friday.
"Our task is to help Kurds, to find common ground, common approaches. National Syrian interests should prevail over all others," Bogdanov said. "They should proceed from the fact that Syria should not be broken apart as it will be bad for Syrians themselves," he added.
The diplomat noted that Russia maintains good relations and contacts with Kurds. "We maintain good contacts with Kurds. We keep in touch not only with Democratic Union Party and several other parties and organizations," he said.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-26-2016 at 08:43 PM.
Syrian Rebels capture the leader of the biggest Assad sleeper cell in North Syria
https://youtu.be/PyrYwvWQFE8
Assad regime war criminals Mustafa Abd Al Rujob notorious for raping/torturing women killed in Deir Ezzor
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-26-2016 at 08:45 PM.
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