Assad and Putin do not seem the least interested in just how many dead they have on their side of the fighting....BUT when the word gets around and believe me it will....fighting morale of his forces will sink and badly......
Footage
Pro-#Assad forces BMP-1 drives over its own dead fighters in N #Ramouseh.
No interest ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwc...has_verified=1 …
Half of pro-#Assad unit runs away after being hit by rebel ATGM in north.#Ramouseh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fFKUMfSXGs …
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-27-2016 at 11:22 AM.
Footage
North of #Aleppo, #ISIS delivers a heavy fight, tried to recapture al-Rai.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43o...ature=youtu.be …
IS is sensing they are being slowly and completely surrounded and a rapidly abandoning their positions.....
And again, it's rather "moving in" than fighting #ISIS acc. to rebel footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCdY...ature=youtu.be …
Seems to be now a "foot race" to gain back towns and villages formerly occupied by IS before YPG moves in.....
Syria, Daraya: 1385 days of siege ended after agreement reached. Rebels left to Idlib
http://syria.liveuamap.com/
Daraya is "Donetsk airport" of Syria. Sieged, burnt to ground, depopulated
A circular firing squad
A telling phrase in Paul Woods article in The Spectator three weeks ago; he is a BBC reporter too and has covered Syria for sometime, rarely now from within and the title & sub-title give you a theme:Link:http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/08/s...th-sex-slaves/Syria’s warlords were nobodies. Now they are rich men with sex slave; As Isis lose ground the other Islamist militias have a vested interest in keeping the civil war going
Sadly those in the 'firing squad' not only shoot each other, millions of Syrians are the "firing line" too.
davidbfpo
Same exact development in eastern Ukraine which is under control of Russian mercenary gang/criminal warlords that have survived the second/sometimes third round of Russian assassination attempts in trying to rein them in....Originally Posted by davidbfpo
Assad embolden by "victory" in #Darayya unleashes massive barrel bomb onslaught on #Alleppo https://twitter.com/RevolutionSyria/...75225520484352 …
A child in #Waer neighborhood in #Homs. Suffered serious burns as a result of targeting the neighborhood with napalm
Encouraged by the "success" in #Daraya?!?!
Besieged #Waer was attacked by jets today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL9Iig2g2Cg …
As #Daraya is evacuated Regime using same method w/ another Rebel enclave: Al Waer near #Homs hit w/ many airstrikes and napalm
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34....668930&z=12&m …
Rebels retaliated to the Regime bombardment of Al-Waer by targeting its forces on #Zara front with several missiles.
#Syria: At least 24 civilians killed, tens wounded in a heavy regime strike on #Aleppo|s rebel-held Bab al-Nairab.
Shams Shamal,another Kurdish-Turkmen faction in #SDF,says it is deploying towards #Jarabulus to fight the FSA.
Footage: total Regime failure in #Aleppo Arti Base w/ Rebels destroying armor behind lines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijCVfKsLMOQ …
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EuphratesShield: #FSA on Tell Amarnah 8 km S. of #Jarablus after expelling #SDF.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36....013210&z=13&m …
FSA nearly doubled their territory around #Jarablus
EuphratesShield: #FSA found 7 #ISIS fighters hidden inside tunnels in #Jarablus, killed 5 of them and is tracking down the last 2.
EuphratesShield: #FSA declares control of Yussef Bayq after expelling #SDF.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36....923603&z=13&m …
EuphratesShield: #FSA is now 16 km West of #Jarablus after controlling Turaykhim.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36....841721&z=13&m …
FSA gains on 3rd day of operations vs #ISIS: #Jarablus and 9 villages taken.
EuphratesShield: #FSA took Bir Al-Tahtani 11 km West of #Jarablus as #ISIS withdrawn.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36....893219&z=13&m …
EuphratesShield: Turkish warplanes pounded #SDF/#YPG positions S. of #Jarablus.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-27-2016 at 05:27 PM.
.@JohnKerry & @LavrovRF have begun press conference in #Geneva.
Kerry clearly against #Darayya “forced surrender."
'Regime violations eventually became the norm, including indiscriminate bombardment & also now chlorine.'
Kerry: 'Today, we have achieved clarity on the path forward, completing technical discussions to make the CoH real.'
BUT WAIT...neither Assad nor Putin have held to a single ceasefire, the CoH and the so called regimes of silence...SO why would they now????
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister
Deliberations continue within armed groups in N. #Syria surrounding a proposed grand merger. No agreement & unresolved issues remain.
The proposed merger involves all Jaish al-Fateh factions:
JFS
Ahrar al-Sham
Faylaq al-Sham
Jaish al-Sunnah
Ajnad al-Sham
Liwa al-Haq
As with Jolani's offer of a grand merger in Feb 2016, he has again offered a name change & to cede his leadership of the new group.
While military unity is supported by all, organizational mergers = substantial opportunity costs & non-JFS factions have much to lose.
Unity negotiations are also catalyzing major tensions within former Nusra leadership. 10+ key figures have effectively split from JFS.
This includes #Latakia emir Abu Julaybib, AQ vet Faruq al-Shami, former military chief Abu Hamam al-Suri & chief Shari’i Sami al-Oraydi
Some, like @saleelalmajd1, suggest these defectors may end up establishing a new splinter faction devoted to the old guard AQ vision.
This dynamic within JN/JFS has been well known for a long time - those heavily pushing unity know extremists fear ideological erosion.
What is clear is that (1) JFS rebranding *was* clearly a substantive move & (2) its consequences will take time to play out in the open
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister
Things getting messy around #Jarablus.
2 pro-YPG SDF units announce intent to counter “Turkish occupation.”
This morning, Faylaq al-Sham claim its forces have clashed with SDF south of #Jarablus; several killed:
Turkey’s offensive into Syria is opening up a hornet’s nest. via @africawriter @erinmcunningham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...mepage%2Fstory
We created this “hornets nest.”
It’s been blatantly clear since late-'14 what the inevitable consequences would be.
Northern #Aleppo now:
CIA/DoD/#Turkey-backed FSA opposition factions
vs.
DoD-backed SDF anti-#ISIS factions.
= Disgraceful mess.
Worse of all is we’re now seeing U.S. DoD-supplied weaponry being used by *both* sides, to fight each other.
Shameful “policy."
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister
I recall a senior DoD official telling me in early-2015:
‘But the YPG *is* an opposition force, so why won’t FSA join us to fight #ISIS?'
Another DoD official later in '15 said:
‘If necessary, we’ll transform ethnic/tribal power dynamics in #Syria to fight #ISIS. We can do it'
I & others have said for a long time: U.S. counter-#ISIS strategy will create a secondary war in N. #Syria that’ll outlast that vs. #Assad.
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton
Had any constraints been put on the #PYD, #Turkey might never have intervened. U.S. could have averted new risks:
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton
PKK claims to adhere to "democratic confederalism". In Syria, it's looked a lot more like the authoritarian old days
Hassan Hassan @hxhassan
Hate to say I called it:
"Ankara’s foreign policy will probably be more assertive in the coming weeks & months"
BUT WAIT this is the Obama/Kerry "clarity"......
1. Back a force regarded as terrorist by a NATO ally
2. Switch sides to NATO ally once it intervenes
3. Goggle at the resultant mess
EVEN MORE Obama/Kerry "clarity".........
Reports this Ma'adi attack was a Russian AF 'double tap.' First responder rescuers reported to be among injured
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-27-2016 at 06:19 PM.
3rd #Fagot strike by Sham Front vs a T-72 near Technical college. Unclear if hit. S. #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuDDfxiyJds …
Sham Front fired another #Fagot vs pro-Regime forces in Technical College, S. #Aleppo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaCpzJ3xIw …
Another BMP taken out by a #Fagot (Sham Front) in Technical College, #Aleppo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1QV7vhv-Ys …
DoD made a big mistake supporting Kurdish takeover from ISIS of Arab & Turkmen areas
A new phase in the Operation Euphrates Shield has just started when the YPG/PKK hit a NATO member's tank with a missile supplied by the US.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-27-2016 at 06:49 PM.
BREAKING Rocket attack on Turkish tanks in Syria kills one soldier, wounds three: reports
Kurdish sources earlier said that three Turkish tanks were hit south of Jarablus by SDF/JMC forces.
Turkish sources confirm that 2 Turkish tanks been hit in Jarablus area. At least one Turkish solider killed.
http://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/cerabl...i-1askersehit-
oldu%2c_uTvidmxfUi1gFyfP9zP_Q …
Turkey widens Syria offensive
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN112094 …
MORE: SDF spokesman @servankobane claims that the Jarabulus Military Council has destroyed 3 tanks of Turkish backed rebels -
RBC Publishes Report From FSB and Military Souces on Wagner PMC with 2,500 Fighters in Syria
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia...26-2016/#14971 …
SYRIA: Turkish backed group Sultan Murad Brigade captured SDF members during offensive in northern Syria.
Syria child suffering burns caused by #Assad napalm-like bomb attacks on #Homs' besieged Waer district
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twk5_IAUKAs …
IIRC Daraya-like cleansing of Waar was once hailed by @UN as a blueprint for "local reconcilation" https://twitter.com/HadiAlabdallah/s...67860708474880
FSA's Sultan Murad brigade captured at least two US-backed SDF fighters after today's clashes sw- of Jarablus.
SNN reporting from Al Rai after #FSA recaptured the town from Islamic State who took over parts this morning.
https://youtu.be/FosjhsV2AWY
First Coastal Division targeting regime forces in Fortress mountain with t-55
https://youtu.be/xYMQfM0bTss
Bodies being removed from rubble of building after airstrikes hit bab neirab neighborhood in #Aleppo
https://youtu.be/Uf02QzzXrqk
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Baghdad Street in Huraytan being hit by air strikes today.
https://youtu.be/yrXFnQXPjoE
Graphic: Tens of civilians killed after regime drops barrel bombs on Maadi district, #Aleppo. 5 yrs & this is normal
https://youtu.be/eEjo6Ea75KA
SNHR: at least 15 victims died in gov helicopter #BarrelBombs dropped on Al Ma'di in #Aleppo city, Aug 27.
Originality and Developement front attacking regime warplanes in Northern #Homs
https://youtu.be/J_B1fwCBflc
Maath al Shami interviewing rebels that left #Darayya "We left for the women and children, inshallah we'll be back."
https://youtu.be/atQEl-mVyuI
Sultan Murad Brigade statement from before operations today to liberate more of Northern #Aleppo
https://youtu.be/SAWvySLGKk8
Jaish al Nasr and the rest of #Idlib welcoming rebels and civilians from #Darayya into the city
https://youtu.be/XB6sCAJFDSI
Children in the town of Treekhm in Northern #Aleppo cheer for the FSA after the town was liberated from IS
https://youtu.be/obu5lfUYg94
Levant Front destroying a regime T-72 with a Fagot ATGM at the entrance of the aeronautical School, #Aleppo
https://youtu.be/YuDDfxiyJds
Levant front hitting a regime BMP with a fagot ATGM at aeronautical school in #Aleppo
https://youtu.be/d1QV7vhv-Ys
Regime infantry hit by ATGM.....
https://youtu.be/uIaCpzJ3xIw
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-27-2016 at 07:28 PM.
RuAF TU-154 in #Syria. Who's coming?
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