FSA repels #ISIS near #Marea.
But see how they stop to shoot with no cover at all ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-tKX3cqW6Q
Iran announces the deaths of 5 more Fatimiyou members in #Syria.
3 Afghans and 2 Iranians.
Dr Jaber Alsiwat
@jsiwat
President Obama was received by Riyadh governor at the airport.
The king had a very busy schedule receiving GCC leaders this morning.
Not busy. Just a straight out snub.
Khamenei.ir
@khamenei_ir
On youths, there is an intangible soft war going on between the Islamic Republic and the U.S. and the Zionists.
FSA repels #ISIS near #Marea.
But see how they stop to shoot with no cover at all ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-tKX3cqW6Q
Iran announces the deaths of 5 more Fatimiyou members in #Syria.
3 Afghans and 2 Iranians.
Same procedure as every day east of #Damascus.
#Assad pounds civilians and rebels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y7u...ature=youtu.be …
Clashes btw #Assad-forces & #IslamicState south of #Palmyra today after last attacked outpost
Major Assad Kurdish clash is now ongoing......Assad loses are mounting.....
Battle btw #Assad-forces & kurdish #Asayish-forces in #Qamishli today
~20 dead so far & clashes continues
AT LEAST 35 SYRIAN ARMY SOLDIERS CAPTURED ALIVE BY YPG IN QAMISHLO, WEST KURDISTAN.
Qamishlo Update:
Automated Bakery liberated
Allaya Prison liberated
Baath Barracks liberated
NDF Base, Security Square surrounded
Road cut
FSA News
@FSATruth
108 killed by regime & Russian strikes across #Syria y'day
53 in #Idlib
12 in #Damascus area
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42 people died from #Assad regime's bombs on Maarat al-Numaan shops in #Syria
Michael Weiss
✔ @michaeldweiss US Officials Say Russia Preparing For Aleppo Offensive As Syria ‘Ceasefire’ Collapses
http://www.interpretermag.com/us-off...ire-collapses/ …
JUST as in eastern Ukraine with Minsk 2 which Putin has never fulfilled a single point of the 11 points.....
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Saudi official: US wants greater special forces and naval cooperation with Gulf states to counter Iran
http://buff.ly/1MHFboT
BUT WAIT did not Obama sell congress the Iran Deal because he was betting on the Iranian moderates......did they all disappear...yes they did...all went to Syria to fight FSA not IS......
Really........all tension points settled...seriously doubt it.......
After 2 1/2 hr mtg, WH official declares US & #SaudiArabia "really cleared the air" on "ALL tension points."
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Ukrainian SBU reporting on ISIS recruiters activity among foreign students in Kharkiv
http://liveuamap.com/en/2016/20-apri...activity-among …
Qamishli: Heavy fighting between #YPG & #Assad forces continues tonight. Regime calls residents to join the fight.
https://twitter.com/yeniarin_/status/722842852552740865 …
Update #Qamishlo
#kurdish anti terror arrested #regime reinforcement convoy coming from #Airport to security block
Kurdish forces stormed Prison held by #Assad-forces in #Qamishli
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=37...58801&z=18&m=b …
Kurdish #Asayish-forces destroyed vehicle from #Assad-forces near City Department in #Qamishli
Sources in Qamishlo say fighting between Kurdish forces & regime militia intensified
Kurdish forcs have seized several military barracks of Syrian regime in Qamishlo
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US Official says Russia has moved artillery units from Palmyra to Aleppo, Latakia. Now conducts 12 airstrikes a day
7 Afghans of #IRGC's Fatemyoun brigade killed in southern Aleppo,Syria;buried today in Qom,Iran.
Rebel group claims assassinations of two regime security officials in Damascus.
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsRepo...assassinations
Clear Regime escalation today: unable to progress on the ground, it resumed large airstrike campaign on whole Rebel-held N. & Central #Syria
"SAA cancels DEz offensive": sounds like implicit admission pro-Regime forces are unable to lead several offensives. http://en.abna24.com/service/middle-...412/story.html
Lack of Russian air support?
Syria:Growing U.S.frustration w/ Hawar-Kilis ops room inability to make progress against IS in north Aleppo.May turn to SDF in next 2 weeks
How many weeks & hundreds of US airstrikes did #PKK #YPG need to even retake #Kobane??
Compare to how many CAS Mare?
Jaish al-Izza targeted an #ATGM position with a #Fagot in N. #Latakia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naF2ZH08qnM
The largest-caliber mortar system in the world is shelling cities in #Syria and #Ukraine.
http://www.offiziere.ch/?p=27125
Syria Reports that #FSA retook Kafr Ghan in northern #Aleppo from #IslamicState tonight
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...87433&z=14&m=b …
ISIS overruns part of Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor city
http://ara.tv/v7zmx via @AlArabiya_Eng
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An incredible admission by Philip Gordon: Obama Should Have Bombed Assad Over CW- in convo w @JeffreyGoldberg http://www.theatlantic.com/internati...ctrine/479031/ …
TRUELY worth reading the entire article...and then go back and read the Obama interview........
QUOTES from the article......
In other words Obama not executing strategy to empower Iran. He just doesn't understand MENA“I think sometimes, on the credibility point, on the deterrence point, you actually have to be willing to do things that are a cost to you.”
On the subject of Saudi Arabia, a country for which Obama feels no great fondness, I asked Gordon if he thought that the president is actually up-ending another aspect of the so-called playbook, by questioning its worth as an ally. “This is another example of the difficulty of challenging the playbook,” he said, “and it frankly demonstrates why we follow the playbook—because certain policies are in our interests. Whatever the president might think of Saudi Arabia, it turns out that it’s important for the U.S. to have strong relations there, and in the broader Gulf. Whatever he thinks personally, he is following a decades-old policy of pursuing strong relations in the Gulf region. And if you think about it, what would challenging the playbook on Saudi Arabia consist of? Promoting regime change? Refusing to sell them weapons or defend them? Would that lead to a better outcome for us? Whatever our differences, it’s not as if there are good alternatives to our partnership.”
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Jaysh al-Islam confirm the remaining #ISIL troops left Dumayer after deal with Assad army for safe passage to Badiya
Assad and YPG work together still in Aleppo and its countryside against rebels but fight over territory in Qamishli.
Assad-Warplane on low level flight above #Qamischli- threatens #Kurds to share fate of bombed out towns in #Syria
Rebels coalition retake Kafr Ghan and al-Hamzat villages from #ISIL north Aleppo.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...84429&z=14&m=b
For the first time #USAF conducted airstrikes with B-52 in #Syria & #Iraq
Dr Partizan @DrPartizan_ · 8h8 hours ago
Journalist in Qamişlo, who denied Allya prison was fully controlled by Kurdish forces earlier today, says the prison has been liberated now
Khomeinist dog whistle language: Khamenei openly says US created/backs ISIS w Saudis while Zarif slyly hints:
Deraa: Syrian rebel engineer brigade blow up mines killing & injuring many ISIS affiliates who were wreaking havoc.
Syrian rebel group Ahrar Al Sham capture ISIS assassination cell
http://eldorar.com/node/97168
Obama truly does not understand the ME...he does virtually nothing in assisting in stopping the massive genocide being carried out by Assad AND Putin YET demands the GCC does more in Iraq........one cannot have it both ways.......
Obama is pushing the US's Gulf allies to step up their contributions in Iraq
http://read.bi/1pj8i6m
BUT WAIT they had already offered large amounts of armed assistance in Syria BUT the US must led........which they are not.....so why step up for Iraq when the US befriended Iran is deeply involved in????
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Inspired by @EliotHiggins, Googles New YouTube App Crowdsources War Reporting with the help of @Storyful
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/googles...war-reporting/ via WIRED
Social media open source analysis has now gone mainstream.....will be interesting to see if western MSM keeps up.....
Eliot Higgins @EliotHiggins
Details about Montage, the new conflict video analysis platform
https://medium.com/jigsaw/montage-th...aff#.nqpk2btk5
Access it here http://montage.storyful.com
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20 Afghans of #IRGC's Fatemiyun brigade killed in Aleppo,Syria buried in last 24hours in different cities in Iran.
The Washington Post: Russian artillery, Syrian troops shifting back to northern Syria
http://www.unian.info/world/1325704-...ern-syria.html …
REGARDLESS of what Putin states which is usually nothing but lies to begin with.....Putin actually supports the complete taking over of Syria by Assad...notice all Russian military activities actually support every move Assad makes...WHILE Putin talks about reconciliation he actually pushes total elimination of the anti Assad opposition together with Iran.
ALLOWING IS to fully survive which his FSB has a tight relationship with over the last years.
BEST EXAMPLE from yesterday of this Russian/Assad/Iran/YPG/IS deep relationship.........
Jaysh al-Islam confirm the remaining #ISIL troops left Dumayer after deal with Assad army for safe passage to Badiya
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Charles Lister @Charles_Lister
Absolute must watch series of @BBCNews reports on @Raqqa_SL ft. @3z0ooz, @HussamEesa @hamoud_almousa, @Sarmad_AlJilane & more
1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwGm0s2b3N4
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5i5ZPWivA4
3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8KDldAoDMU
4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPn2scOP3HE
5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPIWHZ6eTyU
Great examples of how social media is reporting Syria WHEN western MSM seems to be somewhere else on the planet BUT not in Syria and or Ukraine where the first wars of the 21st century are actively being fought.
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton
Late to this ... Jihadi Rivalry: The Islamic State Challenges al-Qaida
http://ow.ly/4mUy2R v @Charles_Lister
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton ·
"VSO" is "Vetted Syrian Opposition": A new acronym from Op INHERENT RESOLVE. Not met with universal approval; EG
First use of #VSO seems to be APR 7
COL Steve Warren
@OIRSpox
In #Syria, VSO added a total of 81 square km of new territory, moving the Mar’a Line 7.5 km east #DefeatDaesh
FSA's Division 13 attacking the #Assad regime in Aleppo in revenge for the regime's massacre against Marat an-Numan
MORE connections of Assad to the Iraqi insurgency when US was fighting there......
Assad's Ba'ath Party provided funding for #ISIS and "discuss[ed] operations against the U.S. Embassy + Green Zone"
Murderer of USAID ambo, supposedly in jail, was running a terrorist training camp under #Assad's watch for #IS.
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HAS Obama fully tilted to Iran and defies the GCC, KSA and Turkey?????
Obama has sent 2 secret letters to Tehran during last month, urges Rouhani to launch bilateral talks on regional topics. Via @sahamnewsorg
Khamenei has reportedly gave Rouhani a green light to launch direct talks with Obama on regional topics. Via @sahamnewsorg
U.S-Iran (1): Tehran, Washington are negotiating a Rouhani-Obama meeting
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/9142.htm …
BUT WAIT...know he did not discuss this during his GCC visit.......????
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton ·
"Interesting if true"
If true, will the Iranians write back this time?
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...furthermore, Oblabla has either got memory of a fish, or is intentionally ignorant: Iraqi government explicitly forbade any kind of GCC's involvement against Daesh in Iraq.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
...but (to complete your question) sending troops to Syria to fight local uprising against Assadists instead to Iraq to fight the Daesh...?BUT WAIT they had already offered large amounts of armed assistance in Syria BUT the US must led........which they are not.....so why step up for Iraq when the US befriended Iran is deeply involved in????
I mean: if Iranians want to fight Daesh - and Oblabla is encouraging them to go on and do so - then they can do so in Iraq: there's more than enough of Daesh there and it's closer to Iranian borders than any kind of Syrian insurgents.
No wonder any more, some say 'USA' stands for 'United States of Absurdistan'.
Kurdish #YPG-forces still fighting inside of #Assad-forces prison & clashes in #Qamishli streets continues
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=37...65893&z=18&m=b …
About 50 regime forces have surrendered themselves to Kurdish forces outside Allya prison.
Kurdish #YPG storm now a HQ of #Assad-forces near Bashir mosque in #Qamishli
Kurdish #YPG in control of #Assad-forces base (bread fact.)
in #Qamishli
At least 4 Afghan child soldiers among 20 of #IRGC's Fatemyun brig who have been buried in last 2 days in Iran.
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CrowBat.....what do you think of this comment??
Saudi Arabia believes #Jordan tied to #Alloush killing: report in pro-rebel outlet
http://mme.cm/F7AW00
THIS particular incident by the US government is a clear and definable action that reflects absolutely no understanding by the Obama WH on what exactly is ongoing inside Syria and they really do not car what happens to Syrian civilians regardless of what Kerry says about humanitarian aide being delivered....Kerry and Obama in same ways actually with their non actions are really providing support to both Assad and Putin.....
Genocide seems to be a totally foreign word to the Obama WH......
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/wo...?smid=tw-share
Leader of Syria Rescue Group, Arriving in U.S. for Award, Is Refused Entry
By SOMINI SENGUPTA and ANNE BARNARDAPRIL 20, 2016
UNITED NATIONS — The leader of a Western-backed rescue organization that searches for survivors of bombings in Syria was denied entry into the United States this week, where he was to receive an award recognizing his contributions to humanitarian relief.
Raed Saleh, the head of the Syria Civil Defense, was to accept the award from InterAction, an alliance of aid agencies, at its gala dinner Tuesday night in Washington. The dinner’s keynote speaker was Gayle Smith, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
But when Mr. Saleh, who works in Syria and Turkey, arrived Monday at Washington’s Dulles International Airport on a flight from Istanbul, the authorities said he could not enter the United States. He was told his visa had been canceled.
It was unclear whether Mr. Saleh’s name might have shown up on a database, fed by a variety of intelligence and security agencies and intended to guard against the prospect of terrorism suspects slipping into the country.
The State Department declined to give specifics, but a spokesman, John Kirby, said that “the U.S. government’s system of continual vetting means that traveler records are screened against available information in real time.”
“While we can’t confirm any possible specific actions in this case, we do have the ability to immediately coordinate with our interagency partners when new information becomes available,” he added.
Mr. Saleh was put on the next flight back to Istanbul. In a telephone interview from Istanbul on Wednesday, Mr. Saleh sought to turn the focus to the experience of millions of Syrians who find the world’s borders closed to them.
“In any airport, the treatment we get as Syrians is different,” he said. “The way they look at us, we are suspected.” In his case, he pointed out, he had no intention of staying longer than 16 hours.
His group is widely known as the White Helmets for the headgear its members wear as they rush to bomb sites to rescue survivors and dig out the dead from the rubble. Government supporters have criticized the group for working in some areas held by the Nusra Front, a terrorist organization linked to Al Qaeda. But like many internal aid groups, it says it is neutral and seeks to help civilians no matter whose territory they live in.
Joshua Landis, a Syria expert at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, called the denial of entry “a scandal.”
“The White Helmets are one of the few organizations in Syria that have been above reproach,” he said. “They have tried to observe strict neutrality in order to facilitate their humanitarian work and save lives. To do this they have worked along side all sorts of militias in order to get to victims of the fighting.”
At the dinner on Tuesday night, InterAction staff members wore white helmets in solidarity — and posted a photo on Twitter.
“I really was moved by this moment,” Mr. Saleh said. “It was a stance of the unity of humanity — and I don’t mean the international community, I mean humanity.”
Mr. Saleh, who once made a living buying and selling electronics, became a search-and-rescue volunteer after the Syrian civil war began in 2011. He has traveled to the United States several times. He was in Manhattan in September 2014, during the United Nations General Assembly’s annual conclave, where he pressed diplomats to come to the assistance of areas controlled by rebels fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president.
Last June, he testified before the United Nations Security Council on the Syrian government’s use of barrel bombs. The Assad government continues to strongly deny using the explosives.
Ms. Smith, the U.S.A.I.D. administrator, praised the work of Mr. Saleh’s organization at the dinner, without elaborating on why he had been denied entry.
“These are people who once led ordinary lives, with ordinary jobs,” she said. “They were teachers, bakers, and drivers. But there is no ordinary in Syria anymore. But Raed and his colleagues don’t run away. They run toward the bombs, protected only by their white helmets and driven by a simple belief inspired by the Quran — to save one life is to save humanity.”
InterAction staff members said they planned to honor Mr. Saleh next month at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul.
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