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    ISIS biggest mistake: They made Nusra/AQ look almost like a humanitarian organization in Syria.
    - Maj.Gen. A. Gilad


    Chechnya's Kadyrov says he's going to Syria at Assad's invitation http://ria.ru/syria_chronicle/20160404/1402048916.html

    @QalaatAlMudiq Note: Humvee N°8 seized on 16th November 2015 was used during 1st April Rebel assault on #Al_Eis.
    US Humvees Fleet used by Iraqi militias in S. #Aleppo (#Syria): 4 seized & 4 destroyed. HD:
    https://jpst.it/GLee

    Syria Ahrar al Sham participate to clean western #Daraa from #IslamicState
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHaa...ature=youtu.be
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    FSA takes out an Assad dozer on al-Bistwai hill in south rural #Aleppo, #Syria with a TOW missile
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rokc...&feature=share

    Syrian Nusra Front's Abu Firas killed in suspected drone strike
    http://www.unian.info/world/1308318-...ne-strike.html

    The #FSA liberated Sheikh Saad in S-W #Syria (#Daraa province) from #ISIS proxies.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHGldXMJ268

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    Impressive #FSA light mobile infantry attack on Tat humus that pushed out #ISIS.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I9zyKJQPMw

    Interesting video as it reflects a certain level of combat training with the use of constant covering fire by .50s and the use of the light truck technicals to cover the advancing infantry as they made their way into the village...WHAT is more interesting is the impact the .50s are making vs the 12.5mm Russian HMG......it is able to push continuous fire and then taken a new belt from the ammo can...vs the FSA went out having to hand load each shell into a belt...for years the US Army had not used the .50 until late into Iraq and AFG.....was a major HMG used all over VN. There must be thousands of them still in storage warehouses left over from WW2 and Korea.

    Reminds one of advancing US infantry but with light trucks providing covering fire not Bradley's.....

    New map of East Qalamoun & Palmyra situation after loss of #Qaryatayn by #IS /
    HD : http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/archives/717 #SyMap
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    CrowBat......can you confirm this on your end??

    Reports: #Iran send special forces from 65th Airborne Brigade to #Syria

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    I started using the term "altered state of reality" here at SWJ when referring to statements made often by Putin and his FM during Crimea and now eastern Ukraine and Syria....I also indicated a number of times that it is extremely dangerous when the leader of a nuclear country starts to truly believe and "drink his own cool aid".............WHICH is where we are right now with Putin.....he now truly believes he can do whatever he pleases and the West will not stop him because basically he is right...the West has not truly pulled out the "Stop sign"....and an Abrams tank parked behind it.....

    If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.
    - Goebbels


    This has been the price paid by the US for the Obama WH retrenchment in eastern Ukraine and Syria.....

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    TOW strike by Jaish al-Nasr on ammo truck in Ain al-Qantara, Jebal Al Akrad, N. #Latakia.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LEs6osna0

    This is also a symbol: first #TOW launch video recorded in N. #Latakia since 25th February.

    So rebels didn't abandon this front?

    No, never. No pro-Regime forces advance since 1.5 month despite almost daily attacks on Rebels in N. Latakia

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    More Assad and or Russian air strikes on hospitals.....

    LCC: Assad's jets targeted the national hospital in Azaz, northern Aleppo. #Syria


    Assad-forces try to advance into #Daraa suburb Yadudeh in southern #Syria

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    JUST maybe the Obama WH should be rethinking their own "Iran Deal" and his statement in the Goldberg interview of a "cold peace"...Iran is attempting to fully annex Syria and pull it into their military conflict with KSA and the Sunni's and Obama seems to not have "gotten that".....??

    Iran's parliament member "Mohammad Ali Bozorgvari"visiting #IRGC forces in Syria,Hama prov,near Sahn village12 March

    During the #Afghanistan war, #Iran paid Taliban fighters $1,000 for each #American they killed"

    UAE ambassador to US: the Iran we have long known—hostile, expansionist, violent—is alive & well
    http://www.wsj.com/articles/one-year...1502?mg=id-wsj

    “Death to America” has always been more than an ugly catchphrase; it has been Iranian policy." - Amb. Otaiba
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    AND another IRGC senior leader "bites the dust"....
    Key IRGC colonel Mashallah Shamseh, killed in southern rural Aleppo battles with Syrian revolutionaries.

    AND another Hezbollah senior leader "bites the dust"...
    Ali Fawzi Taha, Hezbollah’s chief commander in Syria directly responsible for Madaya siege, killed in Syria.

    Footage shows Afghan fighters of #IRGC's Fatemioun brigade near Tadmur, Syria
    https://youtu.be/XmjQ-owO9MA

    8 Pakistanis of #IRGC's Zeynabiun brigade killed in Aleppo, Syria, buried today in Qom,Iran.

    Habib Abdollahi,lost his eye in #IRGC's operation in North Aleppo, during Khamenei's speech,Tehran,30 March

    Iranian #IRGC Heydar Ebrahimkhani killed in southern Aleppo, Syria.

    Iranian #IRGC Abuzar Qavvaasi killed in southern Aleppo, Syria.

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    Map. Recent rebel advances in N Aleppo. 8 Villages taken in the last 8 hours.
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    http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/688...a0wj9qxbzg.jpg

    Daraa Rebels have taken control of Sheikh Sa'ad, Jalin, al-Tira, Mzera'ah & the Scientific Research area from ISIS-affiliate al-Muthana

    Syrian rebel progress in Deraa against ISIS. Capture Tayra, Sheikh Saad, Ainfa & Bara'i

    Unidentified aircraft bombed Jaysh Thuwwar (YPG ally) positions around Tel Rifaat last night, wounding 2.

    Its about time opp's forces end ISIL linked militias in south Syria.

    Important: Shaykh Abū Firās as-Sūrī (AQ veteran & Jabhat an-Nusra official) killed in US airstrike in Kafr Jālis
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    hassan hassan ‏@hxhassan
    #Syria rebels fought in Aleppp for seven hours, and yet 1) no Russian airstrikes 2) U.S. had no objection http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/co...foreign-forces
    my take

    Rebel gains show regime’s reliance on foreign forces, by @hxhassan
    http://news.ae/1TuScmY

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    CrowBat...is it just me but in the last two weeks there has been a "sudden" alliance of necessity between Turkey, the US and FSA towards first of all IS but more importantly towards Assad...with suddenly weapons flowing that had been stopped and the US AF now openly flying CAS for FSA.

    AND more importantly the RuAF has "equally suddenly stopped flying air strikes"......so are we seeing an unspoken three way triangle.....US/Turkey, the FSA and Putin with two goals eliminate IS and Assad?

    OR has Putin been outmaneuvered by the FSA and Turkey with the US realizing it must support both if they are to make any progress against IS??

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    Or simply put the CIA and CENTCOM finally got their act together.....
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    Syria Rebels blow up Shiite militia vehicle in southern #Aleppo at Kafr El Obeid with TOW
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...67091&z=14&m=b

    Daraa Seems Rebels enter Tasil after IS retreated
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=32...75075&z=13&m=b

    Syria IS-vehicle bomb in #DeirEzzor & clashes at northern city frontlines with regime forces

    Key Nusra leader who had pushed for hardline religious rule killed in suspected Syrian or Russian airstrike
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...ille-airstrike
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    Syrian tyrant's cousins Rami and Hafez Makhlouf in #panamapapers
    https://panamapapers.icij.org/the_power_players/

    FSA Southern Front press conference on the SF ops against #ISIS
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwAe...&feature=share

    Rebels (Central Division) took out a T-72 yesterday on E. #Hama front with #Konkurs #ATGM.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfazhDm6wYU

    The insurgency is fighting on numerous fronts but the regime is unable to hold its ground.
    http://bit.ly/222yNKd

    Syria Iraqi Akram Ka'abi on the left, Saudi al Muhaysini on the right. Al Eis mosque, souther Aleppo.

    Syria Report from Tat Humus in northern #Aleppo after #FSA expelled #IslamicState
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFWp5Y72tsY
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...77892&z=14&m=b

    Russian info warfare......
    Kremlin is increasing its financing of state-run #Russian #propaganda.
    https://twitter.com/specghost/status/700149810238775296
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    Pick-ups with US 50cal M2HB hvy machine guns spearheading assault on #ISIS in Tat, N. #Aleppo
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    How long before we see not just Iranian proxys & army units in #Syria but full Iranian divisions.
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    After the fighting for Palmyra then the standard Assad looting begins....as always....

    FRANCE 24 
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    Homes in Palmyra 'looted' by victorious Syrian govt soldiers http://f24.my/234ohIj via @Observers #Syria

    RU @mod_russia led forces in #Palmyra treating themselves to goods stolen from inhabitants. Thanks ANNA
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    CrowBat......can you confirm this on your end??

    Reports: #Iran send special forces from 65th Airborne Brigade to #Syria
    Yup, though they are there since nearly a year. Just no clue how many.

    BTW, their 'colleagues' from the 55th Airborne and some other units are working with Peshmerga in northern Iraq since late 2014: it turned out Kurds have it easier to work with 'regulars' than the Pasdaran...

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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    CrowBat...is it just me but in the last two weeks there has been a "sudden" alliance of necessity between Turkey, the US and FSA towards first of all IS but more importantly towards Assad...with suddenly weapons flowing that had been stopped and the US AF now openly flying CAS for FSA.
    Not really. Oblabla remains Oblabla. But Saudis and Turks feel they've got 'free hand' to do what they like. There is a lot more Emirati involvement too, though we get next to nothing to hear about them: they're fiercely anti-Islamist (no matter what sort) and thus 'no story' for the media.

    OR has Putin been outmaneuvered by the FSA and Turkey with the US realizing it must support both if they are to make any progress against IS??
    Putin has got a problem with a combination of MANPADs and necessity to get out of Syria (at least publicly) on time. At the current level of intensity, he could really withdraw this troops 'tomorrow in the morning', and hardly anybody would pay attention.

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    CrowBat....one for you.......

    First footage of Russian Air Force Ka-52s in combat in Syria emerges
    https://t.co/G5QbENVNrd

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