Syria in 2017 (January-April)

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Russian Syrian Express.....

Russian Navy's Tapir class LST "NIKOLAI FILCHENKOV" 152 southbound on the İstanbul Strait en route to Tartus/Syria (8:20 am local)

She is riding actually a tad high for such previous supply runs....

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Russia has failed to comply with three major armored reductions ie destruction rounds that all other OSCE members did in fact complete....first Russia argued they were fighting in Chechnya and could not comply and then Georgia came along and then silence from Russia....

THESE tanks were part of the required 3000 that needed to be destroyed but were not.....

Based upon new picture from the port of Tartus, @mod_russia is “destroying” tanks T-62 by transferring them to Assad
https://www.facebook.com/CITeam.org/...3960994423547#

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In 2015, did China build a mock-up of Osama Bin Laden's compound?
41°38'59.65"N 86°21'25.55"E

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NOW US directly supporting Assad...as many felt was the indirect goal of Obama for a long while now......

Syria #US confirm they conducted several airstrikes since Saturday on #IS in #DeirEzzor to support regime-destroyed 12 vehicles & 1 barrier

BUT WAIT...this really cements UN intentions in Syria.......
Syria Since 2016 #UN dropped 177 times relief supplies by air into regime held part of #DeirEzzor city
This never happened for rebel towns

Increased US air support to Assad comparing to zero support to Turk/FSA forces fighting IS recently. Still think Russia kept Assad in power?

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Syria #DeirEzzor: #IS took power plant near airbase

Heavy clashes continue between rebels & Hezbollah/regime in Ein Fijeh, Wadi Barada this morning, shelling & rocket attacks haven't stopped

Damascus: FSA Video shows a destroyed #Assad tank in the outskirts of Ayn al-Fijah village in #Wadi_Barada today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw56wJIF5_Q#…

FSA || Rural #Damascus
Lightly armed FSA forces repel Hezbollah artillery attacks on Ain Al-Fija amidst regime airstrikes on the area

Regime & Hezbollah attacks on Wadi Barada for the 28th consecutive day, completely disregarding #ceasefire agreement

Woman in Othman Bin Affan IDP camp on border with #turkey talks about the bad conditions due to winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xTgzU_38Ro#…

45 Women in Town of Kafr Halab participate in first aid course, part of a campaign in #Idlib and #aleppo countryside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRZeG-YK2yU#…

Despite the war, raising pigeons and birds remains a special part of some Syrian's lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ZkMNLgYdU#…

Qasioun news @QasiounNewsAR video of a drone that allegedly targeted a JFaS car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98dw2qeGnd8#…

Graphic: Aleppo civil defense remove bodies of people killed in airstrike on town of Kafr Halab, #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGhimmLkSo#…

Takaful Charity distributes firewood to poor and families of those killed in al-Waer, #homs
https://youtu.be/236MCp9xMgk

Regime artillery fire on Kafr Zeit, Wadi Barada and it's surroundings earlier today
https://youtu.be/GdNNxKHyjB8

Qasioun news @QasiounNewsAR tour front lines in Qaboun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14VBIF2x50g#…

Residents of Besieged al-Waer, #homs suffer under winter weather conditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKZ--RywQHY#…

Rahman corps fighters discuss repelling regime attacks on fronts where there was a ceasefire declared
https://youtu.be/QM11ys9NKTc

‘People can’t stand it any longer:’ Regime supporters in Latakia fed up with 1 hour of electricity per day.
http://bit.ly/2jVi0dd#

IDPs in Marj, #ghouta complain of having to move from place to place due to regime attacks and conditions of camps.

Baladi news @baladinews_en report from an #idlib local council voting site as residents of the city cast votes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o93pedClNf8#…

Elections for #Idlib local council last 13 days with 1435 votes being submitted by people of the city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVHU_kWC3pM#…

Despite lacking the most basic supplies, nearly 300 students register for school in al-Rai after 3 yrs of no school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o50irKNvfhE#…

First Coastal Division opens specialist hospital in North #Latakia countryside
https://youtu.be/X3IIjiIj9r0#

Free #idlib army firing 120 mm mortar at Kinsibba, #latakia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QWiFNWGTcc#…

Speed net expands ADSL network to Sermin, #idlib. Cost of internet is six USD a month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6MNqXb40VU#…

Video from Baladi news of an alleged Israeli aircraft entering Syrian airspace in #Quneitra
https://youtu.be/h3rWUYnvZ3M

iHH opens a university in N. Syria for students who dropped out during the war to continue their education
https://youtu.be/lcnWmnCuyPw

Jaish al Islam fighting on multiple fronts in E. #ghouta

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Russia & Turkey bomb ISIS in al-Bab,
the US & Assad bomb them in Deir Ezzor.
As if we never had any differences on fighting terror ...

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DeirEzzor: #ISIS has killed #Assad Lieutenant Osama Mohammed Noman Jliti from #Baniyas, #Tartus Province.

DeirEzzor: #ISIS has captured a regime field hospital northwest of the #DeirEzzor Airport.

DeirEzzor: #ISIS has captured 17 pro-#Assad forces since the morning. Reports they could be from the Republican Guard.

DeirEzzor: Pro-#Assad forces are searching for more civilians they can send to the frontline. Many were arrested since the morning.

Democratic rep. Tulsi Gabbard just back from Damascus, aides decline question over whether she met with Assad:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/18/...rip-to-syria/#

She still has not stated she accepts the fact that Assad is a genocidal dictator...and she was in the US military......

@TulsiGabbard violated the US law by visiting Assad regime who committed countless war crimes. Potential 3 y Jail
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/953#

Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
Advocates of #Russia in #Syria, here’s something to warp your mind:
- Russian strikes aided Ahrar al-Sham & Zinki’s fight vs. #ISIS today.

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Syria #DeirEzzor Unconfirmed Reports: #IS launch now major assault on airbase from several axis

Syria #DeirEzzor Seems #SAA General Issam Zahreddine still alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI42...ture=youtu.be#

DeirEzzor: #ISIS has killed #Assad Colonel Mahmoud in #DeirEzzor.

DeirEzzor: #ISIS has killed #Hezbollah fighter Zayn Bakjaja in #DeirEzzor.

DeirEzzor: #ISIS is advancing and has nearly reached the #Harrabesh Roundabout.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...3677&z=16&m=b#


Russia gives Turkey influence in Syria and the right to crush a YPG-initiated Kurdistan. In return Turkey weakens NATO.

Russia and Turkey "mount first joint air strikes on IS"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38667895#
Trying to get Turkish/Nato confirmation

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DeirEzzor: #ISIS has killed the #Assad Republican Guard fighter Raja Hassan Almoudi in #DeirEzzor.

Damascus: #FSA Colonel Hamoud Douka was killed in the battle in #Wadi_Barada today. 1 woman & 1 child were killed by #Hezbollah.

All claims of "precise airstrikes" today unlikely

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Pukhov:...he is actually wrong.......the French and Italians had not a single issue with targeting...in fact the core problem was ...eventually a lack of targets forcing tanks to become targets.....and then drones were largely used and one drone was credited for killing a SAM 8 site....

Yes, when you run out of targets on your UNSCR to enforce a no-fly zone, it makes perfect sense to intervene in the civil war on behalf of the rebels, and fly CAS for them and their Qatari friends from out of town...

EDIT: Oh, and I believe that this is what Puhkov meant, that the Russian Air Force lacked sufficient targets.

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Well worth reading.....

Independent #Russia|n Analysts Argue Moscow Secretly Cooperating With #ISIS
https://jamestown.org/program/indepe...slamic-state/#

SO is Trump now going to work with Assad and Putin against IS...BUT WAIT if true then Trump is working together with IS...Russia...Assad and Iran...

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DeirEzzor #IS killed #NDF commander of Al Jufrah named Adel Aziz (village at northern entrance of airbase)
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...16&m=b#…

Syria #Homs #IS try to regain Sharifa village west of Tiyas Airbase (T4)

Syria #Assad-forces expelled #IS from this location in eastern #Aleppo
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...15&m=b#…

Syria #DeirEzzor: #IS took power plant near airbase

Fate of artillery base south of airport unclear

Syria #DeirEzzor #IS advance into Shuhada neighborhood

WFP airdrops to #DeirEzzour suspended, bad news for the civilians trapped in the middle of the current situation.

Syria Current battle map for #DeirEzzor city
(blue = new areas gained by #IS today)

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Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
To clarify, Ahrar al-Sham refused to attend #Astana because:

1) Ceasefire failure & attacks on #WadiBarada
2) Russia jets still bombing
3) Military dynamics governing the conference
4) To prevent internal opposition conflicts & to avoid isolating factions not going, incl. JFS

Intriguingly, Ahrar al-Sham says that its decision not to go to #Astana “could be wrong” & that “we support” all those who are going.

Latakia: Rebel snipers have killed 2 pro-#Assad forces on #Turkmen_Mountain in Northern #Latakia today.

First report about a deadly rebel attack against the regime in Latakia since a while.

Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
JFS/AQ has just claimed killing 16 #Russia military advisors in a suicide operation in Kafr Souseh, #Damascus, on Jan 12th.

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After heavy pressure, Jaish al-Fateh has turned over #Idlib's governance to an elected civil council.

85 people stood; 25 were elected.

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DeirEzzor: #ISIS has killed #Assad Lieutenant Osama Mohammed Noman Jliti from #Baniyas, #Tartus Province.

DeirEzzor: #ISIS has captured a regime field hospital northwest of the #DeirEzzor Airport.

DeirEzzor: #ISIS has captured 17 pro-#Assad forces since the morning. Reports they could be from the Republican Guard.

DeirEzzor: Pro-#Assad forces are searching for more civilians they can send to the frontline. Many were arrested since the morning.

Democratic rep. Tulsi Gabbard just back from Damascus, aides decline question over whether she met with Assad:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/18/...rip-to-syria/#

She still has not stated she accepts the fact that Assad is a genocidal dictator...and she was in the US military......

@TulsiGabbard violated the US law by visiting Assad regime who committed countless war crimes. Potential 3 y Jail
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/953#

Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
Advocates of #Russia in #Syria, here’s something to warp your mind:
- Russian strikes aided Ahrar al-Sham & Zinki’s fight vs. #ISIS today.

Reference Gabbard

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RUAF MEDEVAC Il-76 86906 departed #Latakia Syria

RUAF MEDEVAC Il-76 86906 departed #Latakia 0840Z and returned back 1415Z. Where was she? Hamedan? Damascus?

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Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
To clarify, Ahrar al-Sham refused to attend #Astana because:

1) Ceasefire failure & attacks on #WadiBarada
2) Russia jets still bombing
3) Military dynamics governing the conference
4) To prevent internal opposition conflicts & to avoid isolating factions not going, incl. JFS

Intriguingly, Ahrar al-Sham says that its decision not to go to #Astana “could be wrong” & that “we support” all those who are going.

Latakia: Rebel snipers have killed 2 pro-#Assad forces on #Turkmen_Mountain in Northern #Latakia today.

First report about a deadly rebel attack against the regime in Latakia since a while.

Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
JFS/AQ has just claimed killing 16 #Russia military advisors in a suicide operation in Kafr Souseh, #Damascus, on Jan 12th.

Astonishing: Ahrar al-Sham says it won't attend Astana because, among other reasons, it doesn't want to isolate Al Qaeda's Fateh al-Sham JFS

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DeirEzzor: Reports that Major General Issam Zahreddine and his son Yaroub are on the #DeirEzzor Airport.

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Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
To clarify, Ahrar al-Sham refused to attend #Astana because:

1) Ceasefire failure & attacks on #WadiBarada
2) Russia jets still bombing
3) Military dynamics governing the conference
4) To prevent internal opposition conflicts & to avoid isolating factions not going, incl. JFS

Intriguingly, Ahrar al-Sham says that its decision not to go to #Astana “could be wrong” & that “we support” all those who are going.

Latakia: Rebel snipers have killed 2 pro-#Assad forces on #Turkmen_Mountain in Northern #Latakia today.

First report about a deadly rebel attack against the regime in Latakia since a while.

Charles Lister
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@Charles_Lister
JFS/AQ has just claimed killing 16 #Russia military advisors in a suicide operation in Kafr Souseh, #Damascus, on Jan 12th.

JFS sends 2 Martyrdom operators to assassinate 16 Russian advisers/regime in meeting- Kafr Sosa #Damascus after 2 months of intel gathering.

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Multiple airstrikes conducted in Syria's Al-Bab, targeting #ISIS by Turkish forces, Russia, UK and USA — #Rudaw reporter in Ankara.

Assad with #YPG terrorists flags in #Aleppo, They displaced the people of the city and control it
Just to know who create the terrorists