Syria in 2016 (October onwards)

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Unconfirmed reports were 3 VBIEDs struck Assad/IRGC in 3000 project west Aleppo

BASED on initial Russian propaganda comments four days ago they were claiming JFS had 30 VBIEDs/SVBIEDs.....

SO 23 more to go before this offensive is over....ALMOST as if rebels are VBIEDing their way through western Aleppo.....

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Ahrar al-Sham in #Hama trying to cut Assad/IRGC Ithriya-Khanaser supply road to Aleppo.

FOURTH attack axis in play now......
Aleppo: Reports that rebels attacking regime positions at #Khanaser Highway

That attack goal is relatively easy to fulfill and their positions placed them close to the road anyway....and if only to place the road under direct fire will interrupt the flow of supplies and manpower....causing the Assad regime mercenaries to fight now on five different attack axis....
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Aleppo: Rebels launched Phase 2, attacking 3000 Apartments Project, Binyamin, New Aleppo District and regime barriers west of Az-Zahraa.

Appears to have been a major a really major ambush on the road of a large troop convoy heading to Aleppo
JFS & Ahrar al-Sham have reportedly attacked a convoy heading to Aleppp on Khanaser highway

Assad/IRGC reinforcement convoy on its way to Aleppo forced to retreat to Ithriya after lost a tank in Ahrar al-Sham attack earlier today.

Indicates JFS and Sham control the highway and or can interdict when needed to support the fighting in Aleppo which is important.....

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JFS #FSA in E #Aleppo say they prepared to take over entire city. Advise civilians "stay away" from centre frontlines and regime HQs

VIDEO: Russian ANNA footage of pro-govt. forces fighting in Western Aleppo yesterday.
https://youtu.be/vg3go3JQZW8
INTERESTING Russian video footage..showing intensity of rebel attack...confusion on the part of Hezbollah and their Russian advisors potentially Spetsnaz....
Great OPSEC by #Assad's troops.
They show Russian TV (and us) exact locations of all (lost) strong points in Minyan indstrl area & al-Assad.

Jaish al-Fath and FSA captured the family house park and Mahna housing around al-Zahra artillery base #Aleppohttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...15&m=b#…

'Family House' area near 'Halab Al Jadeed' district is liberated...

Reports: #SDF/#YPG took over former #SAA Infantry College in northern #Aleppo, Fafin, Tel Sussin, Kafr Qarishttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...17560&z=14&m=b
YPG taking over SAA positions allowing SAA to move reinforcements into the fight...

YPG now 20km away from kurdish towns of
Tel Hasil & Tel Eran near Al-Safira in east #Aleppo
Liberate it from #SAA?

FSA destroyed Assad/IRGC first defense line north al-Zahra artillery base west Aleppo

AND against IS the fighting does not stop....
TAF/FSA has captured Shawa Kabeer and Saghir from ISIS

Impressive!
Ahrar al-Sham drone films Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba IRAM attack on the rebel-captured al-Assad suburb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdH5eFN50M#…

Drone footage of al-Assad suburb this morning capture what looks like an airstrike or a barrel bomb attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdH5eFN50M#…

Footage
Today's rebel attack on #Zahraa district started with another SVBIED vs. the #Assad line of defence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYhR8_3CxJY#…

Syrian rebels took three barriers outside #Aleppo's western Zahraa district.
(not for the first time)

Day 2 of the #BattleForAleppo.
Rebels are still not short of ammo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy1G...utu.be#…

Syria Ahrar al Sham detonate remote VBIED in center of Minyan / western #Aleppo city entrance
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...4758&z=17&m=b#

Aleppo: Rebels detonated a VBIED at Binyamin District and storming the District in Western #Aleppo now.
11th VBIED used now......19 to go if the Russians were correct......
4th VBIED today and the 2nd inside 3000 housing project west Aleppo.

[OUTLAW 09]

IRGC linked Iraqi PMU (Hashd) sectarian shiite forces say they will go to fight for #Assad in #Syria after taking #Mosul from #IS

BUT WAIT they might be tied up in Mosul for some months to come.....

RussiaLies
That "coalition strike" on a Shiite place of worship last week was done by the Iraqis. Russia's claims can't be trusted.

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Aleppo: Rebels repeatedly calling on civilians: "Stay away from regime headquarters and frontlines in #Aleppo City."

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Russia MoD lies again and again and again and again and again...

This is filed under the rubric of ...Oh REALLY....not what DoD has stated....and it was a Russian AC that barely missed a US fighter...lights off and no transponder......and the Russian AC never even knew the US AC was in front of him?????

Moscow says US has formally apologized for jet that flew dangerously close to Russian aircraft in Syria yesterday.
https://slon.ru/posts/75545

[OUTLAW 09]

CIT (en) @CITeam_en
We and @bellingcat never got an answer from @mfa_russia and @rianru about a "report" on UN aid convoy attack
https://citeam.org/the-syrian-red-cr...-half-answer/#

Astonishing footage from inside war-torn #Aleppo in #Syria
via #Periscope @AlabedBana
https://www.periscope.tv/w/auNCwzFEW...zyQln68C7QflY#
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Worth sending to the Obama WH.....

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Example of the explosive power of the rebel VBIEDs being used right now as a form of direct fire 5,000-10,000 lb bomb..has a multiple effects...terror weapon against the Shia/Hezbollah front line troops that have broken and run when they see them coming which indicates a lack of frontline ATGMs and it literally blasts a way through the security checkpoints that need to be taken in order to advance.....

[OUTLAW 09]

Rebel advances are picking up speed now....the question is can the rebel attacking force keep of the ops tempo as they are on foot and fighting forward all the time within a respite....battle footage is indicating high morale and an amazement with forward progress that will carry them on....handling the clearance of large areas of building with apparent ease....

Aleppo: Rebels have captured Family House Amusement Park, Obari Farms, Mahna Housing and Water Storage from #Assad regime.

Advances are fast and continuing.....
Already outdated. Seems, entire #Minyan was captured by now.
Waiting for confirmation.

Rebels captured most of the #Minyan district in S-W #Aleppo..now confirmed..captured the entire district....

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Ahrar al Sham detonate remote VBIED in center of Minyan / western #Aleppo city entrancehttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...758&z=17&m=b#…

Syria Race toward al Bab town btw #FSA & #YPG

[OUTLAW 09]

Rebel advances are picking up speed now....the question is can the rebel attacking force keep of the ops tempo as they are on foot and fighting forward all the time within a respite....battle footage is indicating high morale and an amazement with forward progress that will carry them on....handling the clearance of large areas of building with apparent ease....

Aleppo: Rebels have captured Family House Amusement Park, Obari Farms, Mahna Housing and Water Storage from #Assad regime.

Minyan area west Aleppo completely under Jaish al-Fath control

You do what you do to move forward....innovative to say the least but typical for ME....but not quite a BMP but hey it works for speed.....
Ahrar al Sham fighter's go-pro footage of storming of W. Suburbs of Al-Assad neighborhood on motorcycles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq6V2YCp3h8#
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[OUTLAW 09]

Aleppo civilians now joining the rebels in larger numbers...

Aleppo: Civilians in Eastern #Aleppo forming self-defence militias to defend their families against pro-#Assad forces.

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NOW 1800 time wise...getting darker and still overcast/light rain and cloudy limiting Russian CAS.....

NOW WE ARE THE SO CALLED "TIPPING POINT"........regardless of the coming night rebels are driving their advance forward into the night as well.

"Critical situation for regime if rebels enter New #Aleppo"

THEY are about there in the next few hours....actually are inside some areas of New Aleppo already...and reinforcements have been cut off and the Aleppo airfield is under attack and damaged....

[OUTLAW 09]

Pro-#Assad forces captured and being shown by rebels in Western #Aleppo today.

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NOW 1800 time wise...getting darker and still overcast/light rain and cloudy limiting Russian CAS.....

NOW WE ARE THE SO CALLED "TIPPING POINT"........regardless of the coming night rebels are driving their advance forward into the night as well.

"Critical situation for regime if rebels enter New #Aleppo"

THEY are about there in the next few hours....actually are inside some areas of New Aleppo already...and reinforcements have been cut off and the Aleppo airfield is under attack and damaged....

Aleppo Battle: Jaish Fateh took #Menyan Petrol Station & seized 1 BMP. Ongoing attack on area protecting New Aleppo http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36...z=16&m#…

TIPPING POINT HAS BEEN REACHED......when confusion replaces coordinated resistance....the Assad mercenaries are falling apart rapidly

Aleppo: Pro-#Assad forces in #Aleppo are confused & begging for #Russia|n help

FSA || West #Aleppo
Advance to Minian means taking control of main gate of the Military Academy & just a few metres away from New Aleppo

Map. A summary of the rebels' gains around #Aleppo in this most recent push.

[OUTLAW 09]

REALLY NEEDS to be read and then reread.....

Think Iraq Looks Bad Now? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
http://thebea.st/2ePtPmp

[OUTLAW 09]

Aleppo Battle: a SVBIED targeted Al-Zahraa fortifications amidst fierce clashes & shelling, also reported on Military Academy frontline.

Again notice the size of the explosion....in the tons of explosive power.....

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JaF factions tell the civilians in Aleppo that the Mujahideen in the city are prepared and ask them to take precautions by staying inside.

Not sure if this warning was for all of Aleppo and or just the regime western side

Possible indicator of full night time operations....thus do not come out at all.....

[OUTLAW 09]

Aleppo Battle: more Grad rockets targeting pro-Regime forces in W. Aleppo with Sultan Murad's BM-21.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzJoKhGONo#…

SIXTH GRAD in action and none have been targeted and or destroyed by Assad and or Putin AFs....AND are still firing rockets....

Aleppo Battle: new Grad rockets barrage on #Nayrab Airbase, this time during the night & by Free Idlib Army.
https://youtu.be/Fa5PUQqeTLE

Regime forces trying to counterattack rebel taken northern and western barriers......