Syria in 2016 (January-March)

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CrowBat.....referencing JaN comments from yesterday

Comment from this morning.....

Extremely interesting re Syria ceasefire.
Russia holds fire, despite crazy "Nusra map".
Nusra also holds fire despite crazy map
pic.twitter.com/8DaibA4p2C

Maybe more than meets the eye.....did they move into a desolate location to avoid direct contact to IS and clearly show to the Russians where they are actually located in exchange for not getting hit?????

But that would mean some kind of a direct contact link between the Russians and JaN...??

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Appears a few major Russian and Assad violations are actually in progress at the moment......

Still ongoing, fire fights, helicopters bombing, #Russia & assadis trying to take advantage of the "fire" to advance in #Lattakia.

Barrel bomb runs over #Lattakia LIVE.

SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????

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IS fighting now...........

After the attack on Tal Abyad, starting during the night, Amaq News now also claims they took Bir Marwan, to the west of Ain Issa! Looks like Daesh attacks the YPG strongholds to take out the pressure regarding the Kurdish push on the road to Deir Ez Zour, as they're currently only a 100km (62mi.) away from the city.

Amaq claims that they (Daesh) launched a "surprise" attack on various locations north of #Raqqa...

Previously posted info....
Syria various Daesh accounts claim fierce fighting in Tal Abyad, after a suicide attack in the night, the claim to control the hospital building in the city...

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After T90 TOW hit IS posted a video of a US Abrams being taken out by an ATGM inside Ramadi Iraq......so all modern tanks have been taken out by TOWs....

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Russia Asked for American Rescue Copters in Syria
http://warisboring.com/articles/russ...ters-in-syria/ …

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Cannot verify this posting was after the CoH went into effect or before ....but skies are clear and the washed clothes hung out so might in fact be a ceasefire violation from the Russian side......

Based on this one and the previous posting...both are in fact Russian violations....

Damascus: #Assad militias shelling #Khan_Alsheh now, civilians killed & wounded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/DxUAiNdwVd
with some dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGCjXCZxMBg …

BreakingNews
Heavy shelling of #Khan_Alsheh, S-W of #Damascus resumed.
Killed + injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/UXY5c9V33c

ANOTHER one as well and this time the RuAF....appears the Russian moD in Moscow is out of control or they simply lied again as is normal for them.....

Russia'n airstrike on Maarath Alaratiq in #Aleppo despite cease fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkJXln8qe4 …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...55511&z=14&m=b …

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Cannot verify this posting was after the CoH went into effect or before ....but skies are clear and the washed clothes hung out so might in fact be a ceasefire violation from the Russian side......

Based on this one and the previous posting...both are in fact Russian violations....

Damascus: #Assad militias shelling #Khan_Alsheh now, civilians killed & wounded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/DxUAiNdwVd
with some dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGCjXCZxMBg …

BreakingNews
Heavy shelling of #Khan_Alsheh, S-W of #Damascus resumed.
Killed + injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUTS-OWFtc … pic.twitter.com/UXY5c9V33c

ANOTHER one as well and this time the RuAF....appears the Russian moD in Moscow is out of control or they simply lied again as is normal for them.....

Russia'n airstrike on Maarath Alaratiq in #Aleppo despite cease fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkJXln8qe4 …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...55511&z=14&m=b …

Nobody should seriously expect the #Latakia front to be included in the ceasefire.
https://twitter.com/worldonalert/sta...30863905132544 …

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Some needed humor for this first ceasefire day....

Lord's Prayer - 66 words
10 Commandments - 179 words
Gettysburg address - 286 words
EU regulations on the sale of cabbage - 26,911 words

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Appears a few major Russian and Assad violations are actually in progress at the moment......

Still ongoing, fire fights, helicopters bombing, #Russia & assadis trying to take advantage of the "fire" to advance in #Lattakia.

Barrel bomb runs over #Lattakia LIVE.

SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????

First day of Russia/Assad ceasefire:
Attacks on Khan al-Sheeh #Damascus
Air attacks on Marat al-Artiq #Aleppo
Barrel bombs on Najia #Latakia

Regime shelling on rebel held Al-Ghantu in northern #Homs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbcVJmmUfbk …
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34...98198&z=14&m=b …

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Just what the heck does this mean....meaning the US never even mentioned they had put such a map together and NOW suddenly they have one AND lo and behold it is virtually the same as the Russian map.....whoa how can that be when SecDef Carter has all but refused to work with the Russians......must have been that pesky do nothing all day Obama NSC that put one together.....or maybe Obama just threw darts at a map..BUT presto there is suddenly a US map of some sort??????

Russia's MoD claiming map of #Syria it received from U.S. was similar. And now (*after* ceasefire) they're comparing https://twitter.com/mod_russia/statu...40777545289728 …

AFTER the ceasefire begins the Russians decide to compare...what a lame limp excuse even for the RU MoD???????

BUT WAIT round two of the Russian excuses comes not three minutes later per twitter.......

Russia's Defence Ministry says Moscow has stopped airstrikes in #Syria until it's agreed on a map of where terrorists are with the U.S.

BUT WAIT someone is dropping bombs and shelling.....as we speak even without a valid map it seems.....

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Really great read on Hezbollah activities in Bosnia.....no wonder they are in Syria.....they have been on their jihad for a long number of years in support of first Khomeini and now Khamenei.....

Bosnia either gets left out of the jihadist account or only ascribed to the Salafi-jihadists
https://goo.gl/a31i3o

Reposting this .........

A veteran of Bosnia, prominent Hizbollah commander Alaa al-Bosni was killed in Aleppo http://www.annahar.com/article/31840...B1%D9%8A%D8%A7 … killed by ISIS

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A video showing Assad television crew wearing military clothes. The outpost comes under attack https://www.facebook.com/yaceen.abo....9264055443281/ … Daraya

This I believe is actually very correct....and can only come from the Obama WH and his NSC......
Michael Weiss ‏@michaeldweiss
Actual DC policy argument: Syrian rebels are all al-Qaeda and so we must pressure them to diplomatically settle with Assad, Putin, Khamenei.

A really bad case of intellectually we cannot can come up with anything on our own approach....this is just how bad US FP has become in the last seven or so years.....

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So where do we stand or better yet where do the Russians stand with their own propose "CoH"......appears violations are still ongoing since 00:00 this morning...

What is out.....Russians claim that due to a map problem they are not bombing BUT WAIT of their AC a SU25 was in fact videoed this morning dropping bombs.....After 00:00.......

SyAF bombings are in as well as helicopters dropping barrel bombs are in.......

SAA/Shia militia artillery is in as is the firing of GRADS.....and Shia militia IRAMS are in.........

So all in all the ceasefire is not really a true ceasefire but rather an limp excuse at one just as is Minsk 2.

Rocket fire by Assad forces in Jorin now reportedly targeting the villages of Elzaqum & Qalidin in north rural #Hama

Heavy rocket fire by Assad forces in Braideej targeting Kafrnabouda in north rural #Hama now

Areas definitely targeted by Assad today are: eastern Ghouta, Homs, Latakia, Quneitra & rural Damascus. Airstrike in Aleppo possibly Russian

Assad artillery shelling & IRAM rockets targeted Bala in rural #Damascus a little while ago
http://youtu.be/qOhVN6hbYts #Syria

REALLY APPEARS as if Assad has a far different map than do the Russians....let's see if Putin can rein in his partner???????

[CrowBat]

Appears a few major Russian and Assad violations are actually in progress at the moment......

Still ongoing, fire fights, helicopters bombing, #Russia & assadis trying to take advantage of the "fire" to advance in #Lattakia.

Barrel bomb runs over #Lattakia LIVE.

SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????

Helicopters or not: no JAN there.

SyAAF helicopters drop bombs on areas occupied by #JN & friends in #Latakia & #Jisr_Shughour countrysides
pic.twitter.com/tyD1HcUtBS

Latakia: #Assad helicopters dropping barrel bombs on the village of #Obin in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia
pic.twitter.com/IhGwbxHVWq

Guess helicopters are not legally fighter bomber aircraft so maybe not an air strike using the Russian mindset??????

There's no JAN - nor any 'friends' of theirs - left in Jishr ash-Shughour, nor any in all of Jabal Akrad.

Maybe more than meets the eye.....did they move into a desolate location to avoid direct contact to IS and clearly show to the Russians where they are actually located in exchange for not getting hit?????

But that would mean some kind of a direct contact link between the Russians and JaN...??

Considering authoritative reports about FSB literaly exporting Jihadists to Syria, and how many Chechens remain in the JAN - wouldn't surprise me the least.

On the contrary: I am nearly ready to conclude that the FSB recommended the JAN to move out of the way, so it wouldn't get hit.

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APPEARS the Russian Mod lied again as it always does if these reports coming out of Syria are accurate......

Another deliberate Russian air strike on a food market...strictly targeting civilians not fighters....

RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting a popular market in #Altakkaya_Street
#DeirEzzor #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #al_Mohammedeya area
#DeirEzzor #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#RUSSIA warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting #Deir_Hafir
#Aleppo cs #Syria FEB 27


#BREAKING
#SAA helicopters dropped barrel bombs over #Jabal_Aubin village
#Latakia cs #Syria - #Turkey border FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelled heavy artillery targeted southern fronts in #Darayya
#Damascus #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA shelling with heavy artillery targeting #Aqrab town
#Hama cs #Syria FEB 27

BREAKING
#SAA at #Burj_alQasb/#Burj_alZahiyah positions, shelling villages on #Turkmen_mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA helicopters dropped barrel bombs on #alNajaiyah village
#Idlib cs #Syria FEB 27

SAA helicopters dropped barrel bombs on #Kuds_Mount
#Latakia cs #Syria FEB 27

NO humanitarian aid has been delivered since the UN aid previously delivered but stopped by Assad AND was to be delivered under the Russian ceasefire....

BREAKING
Little boy Mohammed Ali Ayoub starved to death by #ASSad & #Hezbollah siege in #Madaya #Syria FEB 27

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BREAKING
Leaked video from inside #Homs Central Prison, detainees protesting
#Syria FEB 27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kQlaC6KLTk …

[CrowBat]

BREAKING
Leaked video from inside #Homs Central Prison, detainees protesting
#Syria FEB 27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kQlaC6KLTk …

A rather sad reminder about what is this war actually about.

I've got an entire group of friends incarcerated in one of such a sh!thole since eight years already...

(Note: nah, it's neither your monitor, nor 'cameraman lacking skills': it's ALWAYS THAT DARK INSIDE.)

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Helicopters or not: no JAN there.


There's no JAN - nor any 'friends' of theirs - left in Jishr ash-Shughour, nor any in all of Jabal Akrad.

Considering authoritative reports about FSB literaly exporting Jihadists to Syria, and how many Chechens remain in the JAN - wouldn't surprise me the least.

On the contrary: I am nearly ready to conclude that the FSB recommended the JAN to move out of the way, so it wouldn't get hit.

CrowBat...have along ago come to that conclusion.....as there is simply no other reason that makes any sense.

And if you think about it does make sense.....the Russians are in general using the JaN excuse to continue their air strikes on really nobody except FSA and if you destroy JaN then you destroy the "excuse".....a win win...you keep your informers alive and then use them as the excuse all the while loudly stating we are attacking and destroying terrorists.

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One of the core demands of the HNC was the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid..to besieged or hard to get to locations ALL Sunni..

If one paid close attention to several Russian comments in the last few days aid would only come if the rebels "signed peace agreements"...this was never discussed at all in the Munich 1938 discussion nor are part of the CoH agreements....

BUT WAIT the first 21 tons (all lost or damaged by poor Russian air drop techniques) of aid went to Assad military and civilians not a single shipment of the SEVEN that Kerry talked about in Munich have ever arrived....

No aid deliveries reported as of 1200 midday Saturday

Filed at: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:57:12 +0000|

So far no aid deliveries have been reported to any besieged or hard to reach areas as a result of the cessation of hostilities.

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One of the core demands of the HNC was the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid..to besieged or hard to get to locations ALL Sunni..

If one paid close attention to several Russian comments in the last few days aid would only come if the rebels "signed peace agreements"...this was never discussed at all in the Munich 1938 discussion nor are part of the CoH agreements....

BUT WAIT the first 21 tons (all lost or damaged by poor Russian air drop techniques) of aid went to Assad military and civilians not a single shipment of the SEVEN that Kerry talked about in Munich have ever arrived....

No aid deliveries reported as of 1200 midday Saturday

Filed at: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:57:12 +0000|

So far no aid deliveries have been reported to any besieged or hard to reach areas as a result of the cessation of hostilities.

SO in effect Assad, the Russians and the UN are in total non compliance with their very own COH agreements.........