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DarthPutinChristo @christogrozevOriginally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Whatever we did, we did it right @DarthPutinKGB is back. Nazdorovya!
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The New Syrian Army: America’s “Tip of the Spear” Against ISIS in the Syrian Desert via @bellingcat
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena...syrian-desert/ …
Don't know how do you come to the idea that the US government is lying to its own public (not to talk about everybody else)...?
Guess, we should understand this as an indication of 'ever more advanced tactics' of the 'SAA': meanwhile, they have precious SP-artillery pieces knocked out because they're deploying them into the line of fire...Ahrar Al-Sham destroyed a Gvozdika with a #Kornet #ATGM on Shalaf citadel, N. #Latakia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5exFPQfg75c …
Except for scant A-10 and B-52 sortie, I would be curious to find out how many of these were actually flown by Turkish F-16s...Inlt coalition strategy seems clear (May27-30): 15 #ISIS targets destr. in #Marea (FSA) & 74 in #Manbij to back #SDF
Somehow, I can't escape the feeling we get so little videos to see even of these 15 flown over the FSyA's frontlines, not to talk about all the stuff that should be flying over the 'SDF'...
Sigh... one simply can't follow this war with anything like straight face any more...
Seems Outlaw is 'not around' today, so here a summary of what's reported around the internet (I'm usually posting such stuff on the forum of ACIG.info website).
Azaz Pocket
Units of Hawar Kilis OR continue fighting Daesh in Kfar Kalbin. The latter is meanwhile completely besieged, but not giving up. Details remain scarce, though. What became known is that the CO of the Tajamu Fastaqam Umrit's contingent that used to hold Kaljibrin, Abu Abdu al-Homsi, decided to stay and fight there when the Daesh came, and went down together with all of his men.
Also available became details about one of Daesh's VBIED-bombers, Abu Yahya al-Lebnani. He is cited as having joined the Daesh several months ago, together with another Lebanese, Umar Sayf. Furthermore, he should have insisted on 'fighting the YPG or the regime, no one else' - but was sent to go blowing himself up attacking the FSyA in Kaljibrin.
He missed: nobody else was killed in his attack.
As can be read here, and has been reported... well, at least by me already so many times, primary problem of insurgents when fighting the Daesh remain IEDs. The Daesh is sowing these in hundreds - and meanwhile using plastic bottles that cannot be detected by metal detectors. Turks have provided the latter to insurgents, but they're not enough to do the job: one can discover few IEDs in a room, perhaps two, but because of sheer number of IEDs, it's impossible to clear entire villages with them. One of involved insurgent groups - apparently the Tajamu Fastaqam Umrit - suffered 180 KIA the last few days, and 80% of these were from IEDs...
Ah yes, and to make things even more interesting - particularly because it's really making all the possible leftists supporting 'infailable', 'multi-ethnic', 'never facing an armed rebellion' PYD - the KRG-Kurds (that's the group of about 14-15 different Kurdish political parties, nearly all of which are oppressed by the PYD, but also the Kurdish party in power in northern Iraq) have organized their own unit, the Kataib Thuwar al-Kurd.
Consisting of Jabhat an-Nasr, one group of Ahrar ash-Sham, and about a company of KRG's Kurdish Peshmergas from northern Iraq, this is said to have requested Turkish permission to get deployed to the Azaz pocket.
Will be funny - but also a 'classic' - should Erdo permit them to do so. Guess, PYD-fans are never going to stop hating and demonising them.
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North-eastern Aleppo/Raqqah
After all the possible announcements about its 'all-out offensive into northern Raqqa', the US-supported 'SDF' (that is: ex-FSyA units now under joint, US-PYD control) is actually using its operations in southern direction (i.e. towards Raqqa) as a diversion.
Namely, it is keeping the Daesh there busy, 'in contact', and thus exposed to heavy US air strikes, which seem to be forcing the Daesh to withdraw, meanwhile. After plenty of cleaning of IEDs, and several Daesh VBIED-counterattacks (one of which claimed the life of a US SOF operator, as reported yesterday), the PYD is claiming to have liberated 16 villages there so far.
Major blow came three days ago when the YPG-part of the SDF launched a big offensive in western direction, towards Manbij, i.e. against the Daesh-held 'Manbij pocket' - and this inspite of all the possible Turkish complaints and reservations. Although massively slowed down by IEDs and Daesh resistance, this operation should have resulted in liberation of up to a dozen of (predominantly Arab) villages by now.
Southern prong of this offensive is aiming to cut the road connecting Manbij with Raqqa.
Trying to lessen the fears of local Arabs - and especially their opposition to the PYD/YPG conglomerate - US officials are announcing that 'Manbij pocket operation will be overwhelmingly comprised of Arabs. "Kurdish YPG militia" will only represent about a fifth or a sixth of the overall force.'
Ho-hum...
The - apparently - 'best' map can be found here.
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Aleppo (city)
The 'heroic', 'infailable', and 'surrounded by enemies' (most of which it created on its own) YPG in Sheiqh Maqsood, continues to shell the Castello Road - the last venue connecting insurgent-held eastern Aleppo with western Aleppo province. Yesterday, Kurds hit a passenger bus there, killing eight civilians and injuring four.
Perhaps Assadists and Russians could 'outsource' the business of massacring civilians to the PYD now...
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Hama
The regime - that is: the 11th Division SSNP... sorry: 'SyAA' (LOL)... has launched a big attack on Khirbat al-Jame, on the northern side of the Ra'astan Talbiseh Pocket (RTP). Seems it did manage to enter the place, yesterday, but whether it captured it too - that remains unclear. Map below.
CrowBat...sorry for being AWOL for most of today....was busy since last night and today chasing down a few misfit hackers actually they were quite good on the net that had been causing a customer heatburn...finally tracked them to the exact location and ID'd three of them...now it is a German criminal police issue....
Back now in action.....
Thanks for taking up the slack for me....
15 rebel groups in north rural #Aleppo completely merge under the al-Nasr Brigades
Kafrnaha, one of the many towns targeted by Russia/Assad airstrikes/barrel bombs in #Aleppo today hit again with cluster munitions now
Just why is the US now killing civilians...that was reserved for the Russians....
#Manbij: #US air force bombing the villages & towns east of #Manbij now, reports that dozens of civilians were killed and wounded. #Aleppo
BREAKING: Syrian Observatory: #US-led air strikes near #Manbij kill 15 civilians in last 24 hours
Note: The #US-Coalition air-cover for #YPG/#SDF (which was not provided for #FSA) playing the main role why #ISIS is losing all these areas.
ISIS troops withdrawing from East #Aleppo (with no resistance against #YPG/#SDF) to fight #FSA in #Azaz-#Marea.
A child was killed and other civilians were injured from two regime airstrikes on Sijar village east of #Idlib city.
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Graphic!
Direct hit of mini bus on the #Castillo road destroyed the vehicle, killed 8 today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ISkbWn_Eo …
The #Castillo road, the ONLY life line of free #Aleppo, is bombed every hour / semi-blocked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaHenmusTPs …
Iran vows Syria army, allies will take all of Aleppo
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsRepo...-all-of-aleppo …
Now they cant move forward, no manpower, moral is low , Lower Russian air support than before
That is the reason Russia begs US for coordinated air strikes on rebels, they know they are out of recources to defeat rebels
This terrorist, designated by Treasury, is being allowed by the Obama admin to come to DC.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/pers...el-Samaha.html …
A terrorist, plotting w/Assad to kill Christians & blame it on Sunnis will speak in DC against ISIS terror.
BUT DHS stops the leader of the Syrian Civil Defense even with a valid US embassy issued visa.....
Shaaban is under U.S. sanctions & travel ban. Leaked audio shows she conspired with convicted terrorist Michel Samaha. @PressClubDC
DoS stated she will only speak via Skype......BUT does the Obama WH even "get that it appears the US is now doing business with Assad"....at least that will be the perception in the Sunni ME.....
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Russian info warfare hard at work to deflect them being blamed for their very own air strikes to two hospitals resulting in a high loss of civilian lives including children.......
RT America Verified account
@RT_America
URGENT: US, Russia working together to uncover whose airstrike killed 23-28 in Idlib, Syria
http://on.rt.com/7e6w
They are seriously attempting to sell their "narrative" that thei allies the US is working with them to determine who bombed the hospitals...BUT WAIT the US is not working with them...just a minor "MISTAKE" on the part of Russia Today....
Kafrzita in #Hama & Kabbana in Jabal Akrad in rural #Latakia also targeted several times by airstrikes.
Russian airstrikes & Assad barrel bombs continue across many towns in #Aleppo this AM (Hraytan, Rashidin, Khan al-Asal, Hawr, Kafrnaha, etc)
7 killed including children & more wounded in Russian airstrikes on an IDP camp last night in al-Sukhna, east rural #Homs
Report
54 people were killed by #Assad, #Russia and #ISIS across #Syria yesterday.
- LCC
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.@mod_russia thinks the world is clueless & must believe its lies.
We are not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV1lTv-89GY …
Also new shipment of BGM-71 reached #Azaz #FSA groups.
Still no advances by rebel forces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScFIAzvYsk …
Footage
Rebels received new 9M113 to attack #ISIS.
Shot at bulldozer in #KafrKalbin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URqS05chGTU …
Coalition planes has isolated #Minbij from #Jarablus by destroying all bridges
Driver through the #Castillo road to #Aleppo.
More car wreckages than cars & heavy shelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKH9q6VL9cY …
SDF open second front on #IslamicState in #Manbij after repaired
Qarah Qawzaq Euphrates river bridge
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Another day, another "no Russian air force activity over #Idlib province" ?!
Surely not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKV5...ature=youtu.be …
Never forget: Whenever #Russia says something is white, assume it to be black.
We caught them lying a thousand times on #Syria and #Ukraine.
Shows Russian Su-35 & Su-24 bombing #Idlib city only hours after the night raids.
Activist is well-known&experienced
https://youtu.be/F9dEWJp9DbM
Footage
Multiple bomb attacks on #Idlib and #Binnish today by what look like #Russian Su-24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1C7gfVxNgs …
Footage
#Binnish last night.
More night time air strikes by #Assad's and #Putin's killers,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcBvFTWfo8A …
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 06-01-2016 at 03:56 PM.
Syria: the council of Azaz (N #Aleppo) has announced it will open the road with #Efrin after 3 days of negotiations with the #SDF
Truce agreed in Syria's Daraya from Wednesday for 48 hours: Moscow
What has been left of Daraya:
First aid convoy in 4 years reaches #Daraya in #Syria
http://itv.com/news/update/20 …
RuAF Su-35S also performing high altitude airstrikes in Idlib.
https://youtu.be/LV1lTv-89GY
BUT WAIT...no Russian air activity over Idib......
Between February 2014 & February 2016, **19,947** #Assad regime barrel bombs killed 8,136 civilians in #Syria:
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.@phildstewart has ‘exclusive’ details on US-backed, SDF-led, #Turkey-‘supported’ offensive on #ISIS in #Manbij:
Officials claim:
- SDF force for #Manbij is 4-5/6 (67-83%) Arab
- Kurdish #YPG will leave Manbij after its capture
= #Turkey support
Turkey, however, insists it does *not* support & is *not* assisting the SDF advance on #Manbij.
No comment from #YPG or #SDF.
OK which US official "spun" up his statement and included the Turks which would have never supported the Kurds even if there had been 500 US SOF.....
REMEMBER the Turks offered the US a joint SF operation to kick out IS and the Us never even responded.....
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 06-01-2016 at 04:16 PM.
By backing groups abhorred by people of Falluja & Raqqa, US backs a tactical, not strategic, defeat of IS
Creating for ordinary people the perception their choice is between its own jihadis & militias they see as invaders
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a7a50...#axzz4ABQMbNdl …
Jabhat al-Nusra's Abu Abdulllah al-Shami: instead of establishing a no-fly zone for the rebels, the US enabled the PKK to paralyze the north
So Kurdish forces are physically crossing Erdogan's red line with American boats.
https://twitter.com/DrPartizan_/stat...63628704813057 …
MAP: #SDF operations in the Manbij pocket vs #ISIS - @Levantinegroup
#SDF are over QereQozak and control Hamam hill,
Heavy clashes near Juthane vlg
ISIS withdraw from 15 villages near Manbij handing them to SDF but attacking Rebels in Mare
http://eldorar.com/node/98918
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11 civilians killed in suspected Russian air strike on #Sigar in #Idlib province.
US Official to Al-Hayat: No change on Buthaina Shaaban, remains sanctioned, barred from 🇺🇸. "World has not been fooled by her lies."
Waiting for international uproar but *crickets*, another instance of selective outcry | #palmyra #syria
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-archaeologist …
Syrian army is now looting Palmyra......
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