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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    Syria Airstrikes continues on northern #Hama, northern #Homs, #Idlib & #Latakia mountain towns & villages today

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vykSvtVqvVY
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGtQ-vzqN0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz6p889pNg0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWs6k-JkiD4
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5eem2womus

    Just from today.....still not a statement from the Russian Syrian RCC about number of CoH violations especially from the Assad and Russian AFs.....

    BUT WAIT....Russia stated they would keep on bombing and that is their definition of a "CoH".......
    Come on really...we have this massive DoS 1-800 Call Center to record Syrian called in CoH violations AND now the French call a spade a spade and they have no such center???????

    Breaking: French Foreign Ministry calls for immediate meeting to discuss violations of #Syria ceasefire

    Al Arabiya English ✔ @AlArabiya_Eng
    #Breaking France says called for immediate meeting of Syria task force to discuss violations of cessation of hostilities

    AND our billions invested into the 17 intel agencies could not come to this conclusion faster than the French?????

    Simply embarrassing.......
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    The Jerusalem Post
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    Report: Assad regime using Israeli drones against Syrian rebels

    http://dlvr.it/Kf0W31

    Glad this worked out well for the Israeli's.... taken by the Russians as well and were lied to as well....

    Drones were sold to Russia 5 years ago in an effort to convince Russia not to sell S-300 systems to Iran

    Russian Transport Aviation sorties to #Syria up 30% this week. 17 flights so far.

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    CrowBat......here is again that Iranian withdrawal rumor..........

    Iran said withdrawing all its fighting forces from #Syria
    http://toi.sr/1RcVRQL via @timesofisrael

    Maybe they figure they have enough transnational shia jihadists already in Syria and they will pull out only their IRGC elements...then they can say see we pulled out our own troops......

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    Bashar #Assad opposes efforts to stop the turmoil in #Syria and wants to undermine the negotiation process says #Bulgarian FM Daniel Mitov

    UAE FM: Iranian-backed militias killing Iraqis & Syrians must not be overlooked in the fight against terrorism https://www.facebook.com/58801250455...8688672816278/

    Here the UAE FM is referring to the sectarian killing of Sunni's by Shia militias.

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    Reuters Top News ✔ @Reuters
    NATO chief says concerned about Russian military build-up in Syria

    http://reut.rs/215NSKD

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    After Obama and Kerry saw the thousands of attacks carried out by the Russian military and her mercenaries in eastern Ukraine AFTER Minsk 2...JUST why did they really think Putin would adhere to his own CoH in Syria??

    Michael Weiss ✔ @michaeldweiss

    Ceasefire in practice: Syria regime reportedly mobilizing for west Aleppo campaign
    http://mme.cm/UXAW00
    via @NOW_eng
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    Short range METIS ATGM attack on a Tank in Hirbnafsah village, #Hama. IR-detector attached?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrHnmBSZcGw

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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    CrowBat......here is again that Iranian withdrawal rumor..........

    Iran said withdrawing all its fighting forces from #Syria
    http://toi.sr/1RcVRQL via @timesofisrael

    Maybe they figure they have enough transnational shia jihadists already in Syria and they will pull out only their IRGC elements...then they can say see we pulled out our own troops......
    Sorry, but this is loads of nonsensical day-dreaming. I have no clue why are Israelis repeating this... already for the 5th time or so?

    At the time the Mentalist babbled something of this kind for the first time, there were 20+ gangs of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists in Syria. Meanwhile there are more than 55. Plus, Hezbollah/Syria and Alawite sectarians have established several additional units - most of which are at least commanded by Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists.

    BTW, that there can be no trace of true in reports about some supposed Iranian withdrawal from Syria was 'indirectly confirmed' this morning, when it turned out that all the reports about 'SAA recovering Khan Nassir and re-opening the road to Aleppo are a bunch of moronic lies by various regime-fans on the internet.

    Namely, the Daesh not only counter-attacked and re-captured parts of Khan Nassir, but the road is still closed on at least one of two points further south, too. Which means that up to 50,000 IRGC & consorts troops and 1,5 million of Syrian civilians living in western Aleppo remain cut off from supplies.

    In essence: nearly everything all the possible regime fans (but especially al-Masdar/Mangier, Sidorenko and Ridha) have reported in regards of this battle is wrong. The only thing that was 'right' was that the Hezbollah reached Khan Nassir - and lost its top 'special forces' CO there (whether KIA, MIA or whatever else), three days ago.

    Meanwhile, even the YPG switched to 'Russian lies style'. They got overrun in Tel Abyad by a Daesh raiding party. Now, shame enough that a gang of Daesh idiot overrun YPG garrison of several hundred, supported by US SFs and air power. But nah, that's not enough: now Kurds can't stop crying how 'Turkey let the Daesh attack Tel Abyad from its soil' - then, clearly: 'it's impossible the YPG got beaten by Daesh idiots'.

    Ironically, everybody in Syria I asked about this is sure: Daesh actually infiltrated the place via the YPG-controlled territory.

    Characteristically: the first victim of that raid was no YPG guard or whatever - but one of Sunni Arab tribal leaders from Dayr az-Zawr, who lived there as a sort of a 'refugee'.

    Bottom line: the entire story about Tel Abyad is Kurdish+Daesh PRBS 1st class, and not worth mentioning with one further sentence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrowBat View Post
    Sorry, but this is loads of nonsensical day-dreaming. I have no clue why are Israelis repeating this... already for the 5th time or so?

    At the time the Mentalist babbled something of this kind for the first time, there were 20+ gangs of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists in Syria. Meanwhile there are more than 55. Plus, Hezbollah/Syria and Alawite sectarians have established several additional units - most of which are at least commanded by Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists.

    BTW, that there can be no trace of true in reports about some supposed Iranian withdrawal from Syria was 'indirectly confirmed' this morning, when it turned out that all the reports about 'SAA recovering Khan Nassir and re-opening the road to Aleppo are a bunch of moronic lies by various regime-fans on the internet.

    Namely, the Daesh not only counter-attacked and re-captured parts of Khan Nassir, but the road is still closed on at least one of two points further south, too. Which means that up to 50,000 IRGC & consorts troops and 1,5 million of Syrian civilians living in western Aleppo remain cut off from supplies.

    In essence: nearly everything all the possible regime fans (but especially al-Masdar/Mangier, Sidorenko and Ridha) have reported in regards of this battle is wrong. The only thing that was 'right' was that the Hezbollah reached Khan Nassir - and lost its top 'special forces' CO there (whether KIA, MIA or whatever else), three days ago.

    Meanwhile, even the YPG switched to 'Russian lies style'. They got overrun in Tel Abyad by a Daesh raiding party. Now, shame enough that a gang of Daesh idiot overrun YPG garrison of several hundred, supported by US SFs and air power. But nah, that's not enough: now Kurds can't stop crying how 'Turkey let the Daesh attack Tel Abyad from its soil' - then, clearly: 'it's impossible the YPG got beaten by Daesh idiots'.

    Ironically, everybody in Syria I asked about this is sure: Daesh actually infiltrated the place via the YPG-controlled territory.

    Characteristically: the first victim of that raid was no YPG guard or whatever - but one of Sunni Arab tribal leaders from Dayr az-Zawr, who lived there as a sort of a 'refugee'.

    Bottom line: the entire story about Tel Abyad is Kurdish+Daesh PRBS 1st class, and not worth mentioning with one further sentence.
    CrowBat...what do you think about this that has come in today......

    Syria regime reportedly mobilizing for west #Aleppo campaign

    http://mme.cm/UXAW00
    pic.twitter.com/xVWD97TGkK
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    Countries where Libyan weapons have been found since 2011
    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us...imes&smtyp=cur

    BUT not seemingly found have been the estimated 24K MANPADs that were not largely destroyed by air strikes ...............

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    IMHO as much as I dislike Erdogan's politics in Turkey you do have to admire his statements on Syria.

    Erdogan: "I can tell you that there is no cease-fire across Syria"
    I think everybody knows.. but they like to live in denials.

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    Aleppo Head of Kafrhamra local council refutes SOHR's claims of Nusra presence, says they left over 2 months ago
    http://youtu.be/a3jUg50l0O0

    He says Kafrhamra is a refuge for IDPs. The 10 that were killed [by Russian airstrikes] were women & children. #Aleppo

    Pro-terrorist #YPG kid ask the people to accept being looted by YPG because"still better than Arab/Muslim as he said

    Clashes ongoing between JaI rebels & ISIS in Dumair since Fri, JaI spox says prominent ISIS cmdr & fighters captured

    Body of Hezbollah commander found in Syria
    http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News...-in-Syria.html

    Jets flying over northern #Daraa break sound barrier, willing to bet these are Israeli jets.

    Even these numbers are off by a factor of 15-20......
    Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR): 35 violations on 2nd day of ceasefire, 27 by Assad & 8 by Russia. Total=49 since start of ceasefire.


    Attempt to assassinate Jaish al-Yarmouk commander with IED in Nasib, #Daraa
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    CrowBat...what do you think about this that has come in today......

    Syria regime reportedly mobilizing for west #Aleppo campaign

    http://mme.cm/UXAW00
    pic.twitter.com/xVWD97TGkK
    It's certainly so that the 'regime' (read: IRGC + Russians) is keen to finish insurgents in Aleppo. Even with all the hordes of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists, they don't have enough troops to attack the city directly: that would take years. So, better to cut the place off from supply links to Idlib and thus Turkey.

    And there is really a big concentration of their troops in Aleppo area: in net effectives, this is nearly two thirds the size of 'regime' troops in the rest of Syria.

    Recent 'surge' (read: doubling) in number of Iraqi Shi'a units deployed to Syria, bitter battle with Daesh to re-open the Ithriya-Khan Nassir road, and intensive activity at Aleppo IAP/Nayrab AB - which saw plenty of landings of Russian, Iranian and Syrian transports in the last few days - is unlikely to be related to 'holding this area only'.

    ...and this entire comedy with 'cease-fire' is a more than wellcome break for 'regime' troops.

    Therefore, this is a logical conclusion.

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