Syria in 2016 (April-June)

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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.

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.

Middle East Eye ‎@MiddleEastEye
King Abdullah of Jordan tells Russia: "One bullet across border, all gloves are off"
http://ow.ly/ZXD5p

CrowBat.....BTW...in one of the FSA videos released in the last day...there was a M72 LAW to be seen firing......tons of those sitting in US weapons depots and a very effective light infantry weapon.

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Current situation in north #Aleppo province
http://mediafire.com/convkey/f99d/didz7e6a518m19ezg.jpg …

Navy: Iranian weapons confiscated at sea — and it’s the third time in two months
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...in-two-months/ …
US Navy seizes Iranian weapons likely bound for Yemen and Houthi rebels. Over 1,500 AK-47s
Iran very kindly returns 1,500 AK-47s + 200 RPGs that the #Houthis lost at sea.
http://fxn.ws/1MNyDF1 #Yemen

One of the #FSA Division 13 staging points during the attacks on Khalidiya village.Loc. forwarded to relevant acters

FSA expelled #IS from Qantarah in northern #Aleppo
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...93341&z=14&m=b …

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Highly recommend watching this as it will pertain to Putin in Syria......

Eliot Higgins ‎@EliotHiggins

Join us tomorrow for our next big release on #PutinAtWar—230pmET Register/WATCH LIVE
http://goo.gl/pRq2mi

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AND another SAA senior officer "bites the dust"......
Syria #SAA Colonel Ibrahim Salloum deputy of Issam Zahreddine killed in #DeirEzzor

Rebels at the eastern gate of #Tasil to expell IS from town
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=32...84344&z=14&m=b …
Adwan seized

Lots of regime airstrikes along frontlines in southern #Aleppo

Kurdish #YPG shelling Deir Samaan & Simeon monastery in western #Aleppo with mortars
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...35613&z=14&m=b …
seems under rebel contr.

Rebels from Authenticity & Development Front in south #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxyoc3jkfk …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3G06xxyFeE …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authen...elopment_Front …

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Heavy clashes btw rebels & regime continues in several villages in eastern #Hama
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...68994&z=13&m=b …

U.S. behind strike that killed Nusra Front's Abu Firas - officials
http://reut.rs/1q0ltK5

3 Lebanese citizens imprisoned in Emirates for trying to funnel money to Hezbollah
http://bit.ly/1RUn1ip

Mgdi al-Homsi took $1500 from a family for information on their jailed son, ran off to Europe. He gave them nothing.
Mr Homsi is now living in Bahnhofstr, 863820 Elsenfeld & basically bragging about keeping the cash.

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Syria Opposition HNC
‏@SyrianHNC_en

Syria Opposition HNC
#Assad regime forces hinder aid convoy to besieged areas. Via @hrw_ar. #Syria

ONE of the core issues to the CoH was the delivery of humanitarian aid to roughly 500K beseiged and hard to get to locations...Putin and his MoD constanly boast of aid deliveries BUT to loyal assad towns and villages and in the 6-10 ton ranges BUT UN estimates 100s of tons are urgently needed.......

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BREAKING Mother arrested w/her baby by #SAA in #Damascus,she was tortured to death, then the baby died #Syria APR 4

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JaI combat #GoPro vid from KhanTuman front during assault
https://youtu.be/KPXh_7xEQkM
BTW, The #JaI tank shielding the assault party speeds to fast to allow close cover, exhausts spearhead troops.

Too many besieged Syrians still not receiving aid. Gov still blocking aid to #Eastern Ghouta #Daraya
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/04/...-areas-blocked

Syria 5 #SAA officers & ~20 soldiers killed by #IS assault in #DeirEzzor today

[CrowBat]

CrowBat.....BTW...in one of the FSA videos released in the last day...there was a M72 LAW to be seen firing......tons of those sitting in US weapons depots and a very effective light infantry weapon.

Haven't seen FSyA troops with the M72, but the IRGC captured a few from the JAN in al-Eis area - and all were 'made in Turkey'.

BTW, the Daesh assault on Dayr az-Zawr might be the biggest this year. So, the situation there is something to watch the next few days.

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FSA is now storming Al-Rai,a strategic IS stronghold

Its seems #FSA and Faylaq al-Sham offensive on al-Ra'i has started with Intl coalition and turkish artillery support
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...ch=al-ra'i …

Syria #US fighter jet above #Azaz in northern #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwsf...ature=youtu.be …

Faylaq al-Rahman show dead #Assad republican guard solders killed attacking al-Marj area in #EastGhouta #Damascus.

Several Russian airtrikes reported on al-Eis & ICARDA south #Aleppo. Unconfirmed if this is part of Assad & IRGC militias counterattack.

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MORE Iranian senior officers "bite the dust"..........

Three senior Iranian officers killed in confrontations with Syrian rebels in Aleppo - ARA News
http://aranews.net/2016/04/three-sen...rebels-aleppo/ …

An interesting Russian article.........
RIA runs op-ed claiming a “new world war” is underway, where you need “advanced cognitive tech,” not just nukes.
http://ria.ru/analytics/20160404/1402284827.html …

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It is intereasting that this US Congressman shows up again on the Russian radar....he was a really big Russian supporter of the Crimea takeover and the Russian invasion into eastern Ukraine and attempted to get any aid to ukraine cut.......

Stridently pro-Moscow, anti-NATO comments from visiting @DanaRohrabacher welcomed by Russian govt media. Sigh ...
http://sputniknews.com/politics/2016...-tensions.html …

US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has accused US politicians of incompetence that led to the deterioration of US-Russian ties, and thanked Russia for its operation in Syria.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Relations between Washington and Moscow have been strained since the start of the Ukrainian crisis and Crimea’s referendum to secede from Ukraine and reunite with Russia in 2014.

The US government took a hard line on Russia, accusing it of interfering with Ukrainian affairs, and imposed several rounds of economic sanctions on Moscow. The Russian authorities have repeatedly refuted all allegations and called the imposition of sanctions counterproductive.

"Literally a large percentage of decision makers" are incompetent about Russia today, Rohrabacher was quoted by RT as saying at an inter-parliamentary meeting in Moscow, adding "they do not give you credit for the good things you are doing. When there are disagreements, it’s been portrayed as: ‘Russia is evil because you disagree with us.’"

Rohrabacher also thanked Russia for its positive role in world affairs, particularly for the contribution to the settlement of the Syrian crisis.

"Thank you for what you are doing in Syria. From me! "I’ve been talking to ordinary Americans and I say: It’s great they have Russia down there killing the terrorists that want to kill us. And they thank you too," he said.

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US/Turkey backed rebels now fighting ISIS in Northern Aleppo during the night

Syria #YPG using bulldozers against peaceful protesters in al-Hawl #hasaka

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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.

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.

CrowBat...here is the MANPAD arrival confirmation announcement.......

Aleppo: Reports that #US/#Turkey backed Regiment 99 #FSA Group has received #MANPADS

Any idea where they are from...and type??

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‎@michaeldweiss
Syria rebels near ISIS stronghold in N. Aleppo
http://mme.cm/S4AW00 via @NOW_eng

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OCCRP ‎@OCCRP

Parade of the Blacklisted Marches Through Firm’s Client List — and Syria’s Civil War:
https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapaper...e-blacklisted/ …

A MUST read article taken from the over 2.6terabytes of leaked offshore tax haven data...released yesterday......

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FSA is now storming Al-Rai,a strategic IS stronghold

Its seems #FSA and Faylaq al-Sham offensive on al-Ra'i has started with Intl coalition and turkish artillery support
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...ch=al-ra'i …

Syria #US fighter jet above #Azaz in northern #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwsf...ature=youtu.be …

Aleppo: #Syria|n rebels are storming the #ISIS held border town of #AlRai now. Massive airstrikes by #US Air Force.

Reports rebels took the railway station and grain silos inside al-Ra'i north Aleppo.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...ch=al-ra'i …

Syria: #FSA rebels are now in full control of Tal Ahmar and Qanitrah, they're now on the outskirts of al-Rai, N #Aleppo push continues...

Syria: #FSA rebels have captured the villages of Shabaniyah and al-Raghbiyah right on the Turkish border from #Daesh militants

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The #Assad-Makhlouf Mafia a.k.a. "government" ripping off #Syria.
https://twitter.com/theosint/status/716686203236421632 …

Syria: hypocrisy at its finest; Jaysh al-Thuwar (took Tal Rifaat w/ Russian help) condemns #Turkey for helping #FSA

Opening of a residential village in rural #Idlib province with 268 apartments to house displaced families
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ZUR_9rjI0 …

FSA (green) advance in N- #Aleppo against #ISIS, but kurdish #YPG (yellow) not a single Km -only backstab

[AdamG]

This is either the stuff of epic legends or worthy of Winston at MiniTru

The Russian Special Forces officer who was killed during the operation to liberate Palmyra from the Daesh terrorist group has been named as 25-year-old Alexander Prokhorenko, who ordered air forces to strike his position after he was discovered by Daesh terrorists.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/201603...#ixzz44t4jFGzm

Prokhorenko : command I am compromised, I repeat I am compromised.

Command: Please say again and confirm.

Prokhorenko : They have spotted me, there are shooting everywhere, I am pinned, requesting immediate extraction.

Command: Extraction request acknowledged.

Prokhorenko : Please hurry I am low on ammo, they seem to [be]everywhere, I can’t hold them for too long please hurry.

Command: Confirmed, hold them off, continue returning fire, retreat to a safe position, air support is monitoring, state your coordinates

Prokhorenko : [gives coordinates which are blurred in the transcript]
Command: [command repeats coordinates which are blurred.]Confirm

Prokhorenko : Confirmed, please hurry I am low on ammo, they are surroundig me, bastards!

Command: ETA on evacuation 12 minutes, return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.

Prokhorenko : They are close, I am surrounded, this may be the end, tell my family I love them dearly.

Command: Return to the green line, continue returning fire, help is on the way, followed by air support.

Prokhorenko : Negative, I am surrounded, they are so many of these bastards!

Command: Extract ETA 10 minutes, return to the green line.
Prokhorenko : I can’t they have surrounded me and are closing in, please hurry.

Command: return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.

Prokhorenko : They are outside, conduct the airstrike now please hurry, this is the end, tell my family I love them and i died fighting for my motherland.

Command: Negative, return to the green line.

Prokhorenko : Unable command, I am surrounded, they are outside, I don’t want them to take me and parade me, conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and this uniform. I want to die with dignity and take all these bastards with me. please my last wish, conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way.

Command: Please confirm your request.

Prokhorenko : They [are] outside, this is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer. Please take care of my family, avenge my death, good bye commander, tell my family I love them!

Command: [No response, orders the airstrike]

Original post location by Pravda.Ru administrator(s)
http://engforum.pravda.ru/index.php?...ion/?p=2619998

See also https://youtu.be/7oVzfzuts3o

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This is either the stuff of epic legends or worthy of Winston at MiniTru



Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/201603...#ixzz44t4jFGzm




Original post location by Pravda.Ru administrator(s)
http://engforum.pravda.ru/index.php?...ion/?p=2619998

See also https://youtu.be/7oVzfzuts3o

It is correct as he did in fact call in the last strike on himself..........BTW......a number of US SF in VN did similar air strike call ends in after they were seriously wounded and stayed behind in order to get their MACV SOG teams extracted.....many are still MIA until today.....

Seems to be a SF kind of thing.......regardless of what army a SF soldier fights for......