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    Well finally the UN Envoy responsible for the Syrian talks is admitting that "well maybe there are 400,000 killed in Syria"....a majority of other commenters state the figure is now far above 500,000 and climbing daily........

    U.N. Envoy Revises Syria Death Toll to 400,000

    In some place of the world THIS would qualify as "genocide"........BUT for the UN and the Obama WH it does not nor does the words "war crimes" get mentioned.
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    Graphic footage of #Assad's large-scale #terror attack on #Aleppo yesterday.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKjtrt8ObAI

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    IS under pressure but nowhere near collapse and internal security almost certainly able to prevent revolt presently
    http://ow.ly/4n1oKq

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    This town has been in the center of numerous recent missile attacks and Assad air strikes...previously Putin air strikes......

    Assad and Putin somehow think attacking hospitals and field hospitals are not "war crimes"....but they are in fact .........

    Hospital in Jisr Shughour was Assad regimes main target last night

    NEITHER the UNSC nor the Obama WH say a single word about these attacks....

    Russia "fighting ISIS" by dropping sending air drops to Hezbollah in Fua

    BUT WAIT Kerry stated twice in recent weeks that Iranian troops were leaving Syria....boy did he get it wrong....Iran is sending in even more troops

    Just days before attack on Ahrar Al Sham HQ in Binnish Rebels had arrested an ISIS cell......then SVBIED attack from JaA

    Aleppo: Syrian rebels vaptur KafrShoush & Tel Hussain from ISIS for 100th time

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    Maybe Obama and Kerry should realize that if Geneva is to succeed then they must address Syrian demands not those of a genocidal dictator and his proxies Putin....and Khamenei.....

    Negotiations Must Focus on Meeting Syrian's Demands
    http://ow.ly/4n15kX

    Syrian activist doing this for more than 5 years, labelled a AFP. reporter.. It's ok, may be get more attention by the western MSM.......

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    FSA Suqour al-Jabal launching mortar shells at #ISIS positions in Baraghida in north rural #Aleppo, #Syria

    From yesterday......
    Reports of an Assad MLRS attack targeting the Wadi Baradah area in rural #Damascus, #Syria

    Renewed Assad airstrikes on Bani Zeid, al-Masir, Dahret Awad & Castello Road in #Aleppo

    Smoke rising from Old Damascus, it looks like another fire

    Multiple airstrikes reportedly by Russian jets targeted the village of al-Kabana & its surroundings in Jabal Akrad, rural #Latakia, #Syria

    Renewed Assad airstrikes on Kafrzita in north rural #Hama, #Syria

    Eastern_Ghouta
    Fighters of #AlRahman_corps - liberate new points in #bala sector as the fighting intensifies.


    AlRahman_corps
    #Eastern_Ghouta
    weapons seized from the Assad's and other sectarian militias in #Bala sector.

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    Perfect example of the Obama Kerry Syrian FP.......

    Kerry: "We’ve even proposed drawing a line,..& saying, ‘You don’t go over there, we don’t go over here,'"

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/wo...one-share&_r=0

    SO what will the color of this so called new line be........?

    Especially since red has been used already...to no avail......

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    Russian Syrian Express on the go again towards Syria......heavily loaded .....

    After visiting Larnaca, Cyprus & returning to Tartus, #ВМФ #ЧФ Prof.N.Muru arrives to Alexandroupoli-Dedeağa Greece

    Appears the Russians are moving something between Cyprus and Tartus......

    Heavily-laden #ЧФ Saratov transits Bosphorus en route to #Tartus; LST carried URAL trucks above the deck...went she went out 10 days ago..returned yesterday riding high and totally empty....
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    Arab Press Reports On U.S.-Russia Understandings Allowing Assad To Remain In Power In Syria During Transition Phase
    http://fw.to/sye09SP

    Allowing Assad To Remain In Power In Syria During Transitional Phase

    By: N. Mozes*

    According to many reports in the Arab press in recent days, alongside the indirect talks in Geneva between the Syrian regime and opposition that are being mediated by UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, the U.S. and Russia have been conducting separate secret talks to draw up understandings on resolving the crisis. The reports state that the U.S. is inclined to accept the position of the Syrian regime and its Russian ally, namely, that the idea of a transitional governing body should be abandoned in favor of a joint regime-opposition body, and that the Syrian regime should remain in the hands of President Bashar Al-Assad, at least in the transitional phase.

    Concurrently, during his talks with the regime and opposition delegations, de Mistura presented an idea that he claims he did not initiate, which involves Assad remaining as a figurehead president and appointing deputies to whom he would delegate his political and military authority. It is hard to imagine that the U.S. and Russia were unaware of this proposal, which is in line with what has been reported on their own understandings regarding Assad's remaining president during the transitional period. These reports, if true, show that the U.S. has backed down even further from its position vis-à-vis Assad and the Syrian opposition, and that it is disregarding the clause in the 2012 Geneva I communique calling for the establishment of a transitional body with full authority.

    Arab press reports on these U.S.-Russia efforts increased greatly after Secretary of State John Kerry's March 24, 2016 meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin. Following the meetings, Kerry said that both sides had agreed to step up their efforts to achieve a political transition in Syria and had agreed on a timetable and that a draft constitution would be submitted in August 2016. On April 8, Kerry confirmed reports that the U.S. was further backing down from its previous position when he told the Saudi Al-Arabiya TV channel that while Assad can no longer lead his country in light of the many crimes he had committed, he would still be present at the start of the transitional phase. He added that if Assad would facilitate this phase, then a safe exit for him could be discussed.

    According to the Arab reports, the U.S.-Russia understandings would be imposed on the parties involved, as with the February 12, 2016 agreement on cessation of hostilities. In another similarity to that agreement, the Assad regime will be the main one to benefit.

    On April 16, 2016, three days after the start of the third round of indirect talks in Geneva between the Syrian regime and opposition under the mediation of UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that Western diplomats "are warning that there will be a U.S.-Russia deal on Syria before the summer." According to the report, it is the Americans who are pressuring the Russians to arrive at understandings that are to be "very close to the Russia proposal regarding the nature of the transitional phase, the regime, the constitution, and the elections." The diplomats cited in the report said that the U.S. is trusting Moscow to find a solution for the Syrian crisis while ignoring Western and regional elements.

    The following day, the newspaper reported that the U.S. and Russia were discussing not only "regime leader Bashar Al-Assad's remaining in power during the transitional phase, but also the central role he would play in it, including in drafting a constitution and in the elections set for 18 months after the start of negotiations between the sides." In a later report, the paper cited Western sources who warned against recycling "the Yemen model" under which Yemen president 'Ali 'Abdallah Saleh had officially been removed but had in effect remained in control of the armed forces and in possession of many political cards.

    On April 17, the London-based Saudi daily Al-Hayat also reported on the U.S.-Russia talks. According to the daily, Robert Malley, the White House Coordinator for the Middle East and chief advisor to President Obama on Syria, and Putin's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentiev were holding intensive talks behind the scenes with the aim of drawing up "constitutional and political principles" based on a "political partnership" between the regime and the opposition, "in accordance with an improved Lebanese model." Under this proposal, the regime and opposition would share executive, military, security, legal, and constitutional authority. The newspaper also stated that Obama would present these understandings during his visit to the Gulf states on April 21, and that the Russians would present them to Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Qods Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who recently visited Moscow. The understandings would then be brought before Syrian regime representatives, and a "select list" of oppositionists who agree to a political solution.

    On April 18, 2016, the London-based daily Al-Arabi Al-Jadid reported that in light of the Geneva talks' failure so far to bring the sides closer together, representatives of presidents Obama and Putin are working in Geneva to formulate an alternative plan in the event that the negotiations fail; this plan would be imposed on the sides via a UN Security Council resolution, under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. Two main proposals to resolve the crisis were presented at these U.S.-Russia Talks: The first is based on the principle of a "political partnership" among all elements of Syrian society, which would be more comprehensive than the 1989 Taif Agreement and would include leaving Assad in power, because he controls the main power base in Syria. The second proposal includes the establishment of a transitional council comprising eight technocrats; this council would lead the transitional phase.

    Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov denied the reports about secret U.S.-Russia talks, stressing that they were "routine consultations." However, during the regime-opposition Geneva talks, de Mistura brought the delegations a proposal "from an expert" that also involved Assad's remaining in power, at least temporarily. Under this proposal, he would continue to serve as president and would appoint three deputies to whom he would delegate his political and military authority and who would manage the country during the transitional phase. It is hard to imagine that the U.S. and Russia, who sponsor the Geneva talks, were unaware of this proposal, which is in line with what has been reported on their own understandings regarding Assad's remaining president during the transitional period.

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    On April 11, 2016, a Syrian oppositionist website reported that Russia had prepared an alternative plan in case the Geneva talks failed; it dictated the establishment of a military council comprising both regime and opposition elements; this council would rule the country and prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections. Under this plan, there would be no transitional phase and no interim ruling body, as neither are compatible with the current Syrian constitution. Russia reportedly presented this plan to Kerry during the latter's Moscow visit, and Kerry assured his hosts that the U.S. would not oppose it but that Russia would have to persuade the opposition to accept it.

    Kerry: Assad Should Remain For Start Of Transitional Phase

    The American administration's statements on resolving the Syrian crisis are rife with internal contradictions. For example, officials repeatedly state that Assad is illegitimate because of his crimes against his people, and that he cannot unite Syria, but at the same time Kerry said that Russia and the U.S. have agreed that he should remain for the start of the transitional phase. This effectively confirms reports that the American position is moving closer to the Russian one, and that the former no longer objects to Assad's remaining in power during the transitional phase.

    In an April 8, 2016 interview, Kerry told the Saudi Al-Arabiya TV: "During the transitional phase, Assad will remain in power in accordance with the Geneva [I] communique, since this communique required joint [regime and opposition] consensus regarding the phase. This means that both Assad and the opposition must join this consensus... The U.S. and Russia have reached an agreement that was reached also with many other countries, that is, there is no escaping a transitional phase followed by a united, secular, and non-sectarian Syria... Likewise, we agreed that Assad should be present at the start of the transitional phase...

    Continued.....

    On April 16, a Syrian opposition website also reported that the U.S. had agreed to postpone the debate on Assad's fate, and stated that Kerry, on his April 7 visit to Bahrain, had told the Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers that Assad's withdrawal from power should not be discussed at this time.

    U.S.-Russia Military Coordination

    Continued.......
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    Reference Merkel's call Syrian refugee "safe zones"..something Obama has flatly rejected..........

    Creation of "safe zones" to shelter refugees north #Syria will not happen as long as #Obama in power but let's see.
    http://reut.rs/22W9kTc

    Not so sure he can resist the call after the Assad's deliberate killing of civilians over the last week and the IS/Assad/Putin strikes against IDP camps along the Turkish border....

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    Same procedure as every day in #Houla, besieged #Homs province.
    #Assad's jets bomb civilians 3 times today alone
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grMhGXCowXE

    Same picture in nearby #TerMaela.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_glS0DsnmE

    A pro-Assad US citizen got White Helmets' Raed Saleh banned from the US by falsely reporting him as Al Qaeda (!!) https://eternispring.wordpress.com/2...oint-on-syria/

    Scott Gaulke is a US Assad agent who reported him to DHS as AQ. AND the response from DHS...nothing....at all......and yet if one is a proAQ supporter even online...it gets you a no fly DHS entry..........he's a sociopath with a restraining order who moved off prescription drugs and onto Assad worship.
    http://unitedagainstmike59.blogspot....lke-to-be.html

    THE kicker is.....DHS believed him without doing any background checks whatsoever.....that is in itself scary.......

    Actually filing false reports to federal officers is a major offense..........
    Scott Gaulke @Navsteva taking direct credit for false reports to federal @DHS officers.

    Footage
    The #FSA's 13th brigade recaptures Tel Hussein from #ISIS.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNWS6gc0ISA

    ProAssad and Putin trolls are extremely active today......

    Abraxas Spa ‎@AbraxasSpa
    Bot invasion continues, about 200 blocked in 12 hours
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    Kyle W. Orton ‎@KyleWOrton
    Note this esp from @PhillipSmyth. (And it's not just #Iran pursuing its own agenda under cover of "fighting IS".)

    Phillip Smyth ‎@PhillipSmyth
    I wrote this for @ForeignPolicy back in Sept of 2014, I hate to say it, but what I said is coming true --
    http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/18/...yatollahs-men/

    MAYBE DoD should hire all the outsiders that fully understand the ME and fire all of their so called intel analysts......
    So it begins ...
    Armed clashes between Kurdish #Peshmerga and Shia "Popular Mobilization Forces" in #Iraq's #Tuz district.

    Heavy clashes between Peshmerga and Shia "Popular Mobilization Forces" in #Tuz_Khormato. Several killed.

    Little known fact of the ME.........
    While YPG & Hashd are sort of allies in Syria, majority of Syrian rebel groups including FSA have much in common with Kurdish Peshmerga.


    BIG difference the YPG and Hashd are intertwined with the Kurdish terrorist group PKK........the Peshmerga are not....
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    Footage
    The #FSA uses US-made 81 mm mortars (M52A2) vs. #ISIS in Baraghedeh.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7EQ_MYL4S8

    Homs: Nonstop #Assad regime airstrikes on #Houla since morning.

    Activists are working in secret across Deir Ezzor to uncover mass graves filled by #ISS & #Assad's government
    http://nwsdp.ly/wldmo

    Several shops were destroyed in Old Damascus today as fires swept through the Asrouniyeh market...claim is the shops were burnt to make way for Iranian Embassy expansion.....
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    IS today fires rockets again at Kilis.........

    Same as everyday, Assad airstrikes on Teir Ma’ala & Houla in #Homs
    https://youtu.be/BCKz7jc_U70
    https://youtu.be/UkO0g7noM-A
    http://youtu.be/T2yzYTS8iBM

    Assad airstrikes continue targeting many areas in #Aleppo for 4th day in a row; Sukkari, Shaar, Qarlaq & Muwasalat districts hit again today

    Rebels firing a SNEB rocket vs SyAA in Jabal Al Akrad in the last week, not seen for quite some time
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi4QSXPXF2g

    TOW strike by Jaish Al-Tahrir wiping out a 23 mm gun in W. #Aleppo.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrHHQBHTE70

    Spotted......
    A Russian BTR-80 and two GAZ Tigrs in Homs

    More Russian soldier photos from their social media pages....seen in Syrian.....
    Russian soldiers in Latakia

    Cute pictures of refugee kids from Aleppo/Idlib with Russian soldiers after they handed out aid in Latakia

    Russian soldiers in Tartus port

    Russian soldier in Latakia. Two guns (D-30?) in background and a Kamaz

    Russian soldiers ontop of a R-166 0,5 radiostation in Palmyra
    http://www.canalplus.fr/c-infos-docu...ml?vid=1382917

    Russian soldier in Latakia

    Syrian soldier made a VK profile to stay in contact with the Russian soldiers he was with in Tartus

    ONLY comment... poor OPSEC as seen even now in eastern Ukraine as well and this after the Russian GRU and MoD said not to post anything and made it a punishable offense.
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    FSA expelled #IS from Tel Hussein village in the countryside north of #Aleppo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNWS6gc0ISA
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...61212&z=16&m=b

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    Kyle W. Orton ‎@KyleWOrton
    Great panel on #Russia's intervention in #Syria with inter alia @EliotHiggins, @faysalitani, and @MaksCzuperski.

    https://youtu.be/_moUg08QdLQ

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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    So it begins ...
    Armed clashes between Kurdish #Peshmerga and Shia "Popular Mobilization Forces" in #Iraq's #Tuz district.

    Heavy clashes between Peshmerga and Shia "Popular Mobilization Forces" in #Tuz_Khormato. Several killed.

    Little known fact of the ME.........
    While YPG & Hashd are sort of allies in Syria, majority of Syrian rebel groups including FSA have much in common with Kurdish Peshmerga.


    BIG difference the YPG and Hashd are intertwined with the Kurdish terrorist group PKK........the Peshmerga are not....
    BREAKING:
    Peshmerga Commander Mahmoud Sangawi to Kurdistan24:
    Agreement with Hashd al-Shaabi was unsuccessful.

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    Daraa: Heavy clashes south of the #Thalah Airbase between #Syria|n rebels and #Assad forces. #Tell_Sheikh_Hussein

    Foreign Affairs
    ✔ ‎@ForeignAffairs Putin has become willing to take major risks to counter seemingly manageable threats:
    http://ow.ly/4n0Rsc

    Hezbollah tip #1: When times are tough, point to #Israel in order to divert attention from #Syria
    http://bit.ly/1XNfR1f

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    Does Obama and Kerry really want to continue to pretend that Putin/Assad and IS do not work together......????

    Play this video for the US Congress and then listen to their comments.........

    Footage of alleged #ISIS convoy leaving E. #Qalamoun under close escort of Assad/Putin attack choppers.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foee1mtIYh4

    3 dead & 8 injured in Muwasalat district in #Aleppo by Assad airstrikes today inc. a women & child

    5 dead from the same family, 4 of whom were children in Assad airstrikes near Uqayribat in north rural #Hama, #Syria today

    No this is not terrorism. Sham al-Jasim, another baby killed by Assad airstrikes on Sakhour district in #Aleppo

    Multiple casualties reported in Assad barrel bomb & artillery attack on eastern Zabadani mountain after midnight last night.

    Homs: Assad regime shelling Houla
    http://fb.me/7R8fZ1a0L

    The Assad regime attacks on Sheikh Maqsoud was deliberate. It came straight after clashes in Qamishli that's how deliberate it was

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    Iran offered Assad asylum but he refuses to step down #Syria see this great analysis
    http://eaworldview.com/2016/04/iran-...eave-damascus/

    75 civilians killed yesterday by Assad regime. Why is the Assad regime still on the negotiation table again?
    http://fb.me/5d9TChxZf

    Hama: Rebels destroyed refund 14.5 cannon inside Saro checkpoint & killed all forces inside

    Free Syrian Army gives the world 24 hours to put pressure on Assad to stop bombardment
    http://www.futuretvnetwork.com/node/210966

    Assad’s Bombing of #Aleppo Encouraged by Int'l Community’s Bias
    http://ow.ly/4n15dU

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