CrowBat...stumbled on this today......Originally Posted by CrowBat
Village notables in E. Idleb, Hama region seek deals with govt, abducted by JN
http://syriadirect.org/news/east-ham...ng-with-regime …
by Nisreen Nasser
Yup, thought it's something of that kind.
Namely, unless there's a flag to be seen, everything is related to 'local notables', i.e. civilians: 'if Assadists and Russians can wave flags', say, 'Central Division or another of local units can do so too'.
'Men wearing uniforms' means not much. It's like at the times of the US Revolution or the Civil War: most of people are too poor to get anything else to wear.
FSA Thwarts Regime Attacks on 3 Axis in Lattakia Countryside
http://bit.ly/1XMr0iC
FSA #Southern_Front brigades announce shared operations room & targeted areas for operations against #Daesh
#Daraa
Statement from #FSA #Southern_Front's @osodsunna pledging to fight #daesh in #Daraa
Assad airstrikes in Kafrnaboudeh, rural #Hama, #Syria today
http://youtu.be/HFSPyYSsgTg
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The Syrian Observatory denies #Syria state TV report about Syrian troops entering #Palmyra saying clashes still ongoing on the western front
Even al mayadeen (pro Assad & pro Hizb) denied the news Assad State TV claimed
CrowBat.....hear anything on this yet???/
Seems #Russia covertly agreed to include #Ahrar into the ceasefire deal. Very important step moving forward. https://twitter.com/gebeilym/status/713054959575506944 …
But as far as I know Ahrar was never included in the UNSC listing of terrorist groups?????
The #SyriaCeasefire
LEFT: Russian lies today.
RIGHT: The reality today.
#Assad ignores it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrNFpaIMtNo …
Also in #EastGhouta, the #Assad air force breached the #SyriaCeasefire as every day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kibsvgWAgE …
Assad forces also bombed #Hayyan near #Aleppo w/ artillery, ignoring the #SyriaCeasefire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e229-2nLHQ …
Footage
Syrian rebels in #Jassem (#Daraa prov) in operation vs. #ISIS sleeper cells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-N2wEDExec …
More footage from the operation is available (just one example).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YW6xQ0Bqvg …
#Jassem #Daraa #Syria
"#Turkey is now mired in a tripartite asymmetrical conflict" says @aaronstein1 to @business on 3/19 bombings
http://buff.ly/1T7NKKB
Russian media reports N. Korean troops fight on Syrian government’s side
http://english.donga.com/List/3/03/26/528361/1 …?
Two North Korean military units are fighting in Syria's civil war on the side of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russian news agency TASS reported on Tuesday. There have been claims that North Korea is helping the Syrian government since the Syrian conflict began in April 2011. It was the first time that the North’s troop commitment to the civil war was reported.
According to TASS, Asaad az-Zoubi, the head of the Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee delegation, said the two North Korean units are named Chalma-1 and Chalma-2. He made the claim as he attended Syria peace talks brokered by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Sputnik, another Russian news agency, also quoted Zoubi as saying that the North Korean units were “lethally dangerous.”
If the claim is true, Pyongyang will likely come under international criticism for providing military assistance for the Syrian government, which has been trampling on human rights by using chemical weapons even on civilians, let alone the opposition forces, in order to maintain the dictatorship. Some speculate that considering the North had never sent ground troops to overseas conflicts, Pyongyang could have “exported mercenaries” to earn much needed dollars. During the Vietnam War, North Korea sent only pilots and logistics troops to North Vietnam. The North also dispatched special forces instructors to various countries in Africa but avoided direct involvement in armed conflicts.
The exact size of the North Korean troops in the Syrian conflict has yet to be confirmed. “If North Korean special forces troops have really been sent, the size would not be big, with about 10 troops in one unit,” a South Korean government official said. “We are currently trying to gather detailed information.”
When Amud Horan, a rebel unit active in Daraa in southern Syria, unveiled four captured government militia troops on YouTube in April 2015, it claimed that one of them was “Korean.” The man looked like a typical Korean in his mid or late 20s. The young man was believed to be a North Korean soldier but soon forgot after the rebel unit executed him after the video was shot.
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CIT (en) @CITeam_en
Russian military says another Spetsnaz officer killed near Palmyra while working as airstrike spotter
http://slon.ru/posts/65735
Al Arabiya English
✔ @AlArabiya_Eng #Breaking: Russian special forces officer killed in Syria was directing air strikes onto ISIS targets: Interfax
Russia media reports Russian officer killed himself in Syria when he found himself surrounded by ISIS in Palmyra. https://twitter.com/tvrain/status/713084903076864000 …
Reports that #Russian spetsnaz soldier killed nr #Palmyra called in fire on himself after surrounded by ISIS #Syria https://twitter.com/mkomsomolets/sta...90486081290240 …
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Hezbollah, Russia, Assad All Blame West for Brussels Attack
http://bit.ly/1SjPYnK
Kremtrolls spread fake story of Brussels police chief being a transvestite, with obvious old-Testament implications http://alexandr3.livejournal.com/2042536.html
Nail-covered explosive teapots, 2 tons of ammonium nitrate:Turkish soldiers raid PKK hideout
http://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/na...id-pkk-hideout …
News
Pro-#Assad forces attacked #Handarat north of #Aleppo shortly ago.
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Putin : "Only thanks to Obama's position could we achieve such great results in Syria"
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2..._8414345.shtml …
Putin expanding his ME reach.....
Russia promises helicopters, gear for Tunisia's anti-terrorism fight
http://defnews.ly/1MnWXgo
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Ahrar was never declared a terrorist organization by anybody (bar Assadists, of course, but then they consider everybody fighting them a terrorist).
That said, Russia seems to be particularly keen to include the JAN in the ceasefire too: they just couldn't ignore them any more than they did the last six months.
CrowBat...interesting comment...why the sudden Russian interest in JaN which they fought to have declared by the UNSC as terrorist and their alleged closeness to AQ?
That puzzles me....could you explain more?
I know the long and deep FSB ties into IRGC, IS AND AQ......why the interest in JaN..is it because of AQ?
I don't know. All I can say is that they are NOT attacking them since months.
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BTW, countering all the reports by Assad-fans about 'advance to the outskirts of Palmyra', 'soon to be liberated' etc, there's a Twitter emitting from Daesh-held Palmyra (i.e. Tadmor): PalmyraRev1.
He's virulently anti-Assad, staunchly anti-Russian (blaming Russians for destroying Palmyra and its history), perhaps slightly pro-Daesh too... Whatever, he's denying any kind of regime advances. 'They're still 3-5km from the south and west of the city', 'clashes are still far from the city'.
MFA Russia
✔ @mfa_russia #Lavrov: Modern terrorism was largely triggered by erroneous actions of the West
http://tass.ru/en/politics/865040 …
Russian Officials Fault the West Over #BrusselsAttacks
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/77906
Kremlin Outraged at #Ukrainian Claim That Russia Linked to #BrusselsAttacks - Transitions Online
http://www.tol.org/client/article/25...ort-metro.html …
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Syria Some of the aftermath of Assad airstrikes in the Marj area. Man says only women, children & their cattle here
http://youtu.be/IOdJavlFiwY
Of 46 sieges in #Syria, 43 are imposed by Assad, inc all six of the worst:
- Jobar
- Douma
- Yarmouk
- Daraya
- Zabadani
- Madaya,
Yet another regime attempt to advance in Jabal Akrad thwarted by rebels today. #Latakia #Syria
Over 15 regime violations of the truce in Kafr Nabouda #Hama today with many strikes on #FSA positions. There is no #daesh or Nusra in area
Reports of more civilians wounded in #Hezbollah sniper fire in #Zabadani, rural #Damascus a little while ago
Reports of Assad airstrikes on al-Habit in south rural #Idlib, #Syria. Anyone still counting those CoH violations?
Night clashes in #DeirEzzor city after #IS launched attacks at several regime points.
IslamicState is expanding in southern #Syria after battle with Nusra & FSA
Really worth the read of a long article that is a valid thesis.......
https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com/...mic-terrorism/
How Russia Manipulates Islamic Terrorism
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on September 8, 2015
NOTICE that even in this article there is linkage between the FSB and AQ.....Taken from the article.....
Last year I wrote about the murky role Russia was playing in the Syrian war, bolstering the Assad tyranny while facilitating the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) and other Salafi-jihadists as a means of dividing and discrediting the Syrian opposition. Moscow’s action were in line with the strategy it had used to defeat the separatist movement in Chechnya, infiltrating the insurgency, driving it into extremism, and facilitating the arrival of al-Qaeda jihadists who displaced the Chechen nationalists. In Syria, Russia’s actions accord with the strategy adopted by the regime and its Iranian masters to present Assad as the last line of defence against a terrorist takeover of Syria and a genocide against the minorities. New evidence has emerged to underline these points.
24 Martyrs including 1 Tortured by #ASSad genocidal Regime.
6 Aleppo
6 Damascus
4 Latakia
3 Hama
1 Idlib
1 Hasaka
1 Quneitra
#Syria MAR 24
Russian soldier in front of a RuAF Mi-24P near Palmyra, via @syrianmilitary
@syrianmilitary Full photo album is by MIKHAIL VOSKRESENSKIY for Sputnik,
http://sputniknews.com/photo/2016032...ons-photo.html …
Now working directly with Iran's #Hezbollah & Fatimiyoun, @mod_russia troops
Reports #Isis affiliates occupy #Saham_alJawalm village now but battles continue in the area
#Daraa cs #Syria MAR 24
Ahmed al-Khalaf helped #Assad coordinate with Da'esh in #Palmyra (& looted artefacts too):
Assad regime intelligence agent Ahmed al-Khalaf turned up in #Germany after coordinating with Da'esh in #Palmyra.
https://unfetteredfreedom.wordpress....ees-in-europe/ …
ISIS affiliate Liwa Shuhada Yarmouk captured Sahm al-Golan in #Daraa & now advancing into Hayt where clashes are ongoing on outskirts
60 Russian airstrikes targeted #Palmyra today & reports 2 #ISIS VBIEDs targeted Hezb & pro-regime miltias at hotel complex SW of the city
Reports of 3 dead & several others wounded by #Hezbollah gunfire targeting #Zabadani today.
FSA Suqour al-Jabal promo vid of the daily clashes with Assad forces in the Jabal al-Akrad area in rural #Latakia
http://youtu.be/RTwr7CdF97M
Rebels have again taken Touqli in north rural #Aleppo from #ISIS following heavy clashes & holding against multiple #ISIS VBIEDs as usual
IslamicState is expanding in southern #Syria after battle with Nusra & FSA
This is concerning; expect Jordan and the MoC to intervene
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