While leaders try to extend ceasefire to Aleppo w/ last minute phone calls, it’s been a week of massacres there:
13 civilian centers were targeted by regime/Russian strikes from 4/20-/29
http://sn4hr.org/blog/2016/05/01/21272/ …
UPDATE: A source within the interior ministry reportedly denies that prisoners have taken over Hama prison.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
While leaders try to extend ceasefire to Aleppo w/ last minute phone calls, it’s been a week of massacres there:
13 civilian centers were targeted by regime/Russian strikes from 4/20-/29
http://sn4hr.org/blog/2016/05/01/21272/ …
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 05-02-2016 at 05:28 PM.
Syria: Islamic State Releases Images Of Battles East Of #Hama (another weapons haul)
https://beyondthelevant.com/2016/05/...-east-of-hama/ …
Aamaq claims IS forces take a fourth barrier in the vicinity of Shaer gas field in eastern Homs
Aleppo : Regime helicopters drop barrel bombs on #Bustan_Basha and the town of #Layramon.
FSA 1st Regiment firing on #IS positions with multiple M2 Browning technicals
https://youtu.be/ectpBop4fSA
New Syrian Army #FSA announce intent to take Al-Bukmal from #ISIS through graffiti by sleeper cells and social media posts #
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AFP news agency
@AFP
Syrian conflict 'in many ways out of control', Kerry warns
http://u.afp.com/Zui9
BUT WAIT...it was Kerry's own spokesperson and the DoD spokesperson who openly stated repeatedly that Aleppo was under JaN control THUS giving Putin and Assad a "green light to destroy Aleppo under the guise of destroying JaN who allegedly "controls" Aleppo.....DID Kerry forget this...??????GENEVA (AFP) -
Syria's civil war is "in many ways out of control" US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Monday, vowing to work hard in the "coming hours" to salvage a tattered truce.
Speaking after talks with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura, Kerry said he would call his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov later Monday to press for the ceasefire to be restored.
But, in some of his most downbeat comments yet on the effort to end the deadly five-year-old conflict, Kerry warned that he did not want to promise success.
Standing by de Mistura, he thanked him for supporting a political process in the midst of "a conflict that is in may ways out of control and deeply disturbing to everybody in the world, I hope." Kerry said a ceasefire mediated by Russia and the United States in February was still holding in parts of the country, but he singled out the situation in Aleppo.
There, he said, Bashar al-Assad's regime had deliberately targeted three clinics and a major hospital, killing doctors and patients and threatening the truce.
"The attack on this hospital is unconscionable," he said. "And it has to stop."
If Mr. Kerry is suggesting that, in some way, the Syria crisis is under control, that, too, is an idea with disturbing implications.
BUT WAIT.......
Did Russia bombing hospitals under guise of ceasefire or Hezbollah raising it's flag on enemy mosques clue him in?
WELL so much for his liking Merkel...........
Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng
#BREAKING: White House says #Obama does not believe 'safe zones' a practical alternative in #Syria right now
NOTHING BUT talk is all he and Kerry can do......
Aleppo: civilian casualties in Assad regime bombing of Castilo
BUT THIS is what Obama and Kerry call....."specific initiatives".......
IF confirmed THEN Obama and Kerry are in fact carrying out the Putin FP for Syria.....A commander of one of the opposition groups working in the Countryside of Idleb and associated with the operations room of the International military support, MOC, told the Syrian Mirror that MOC has summoned delegates of the factions working under its instructions from various fronts in Syria, except those of Homs and the Southern region, and presented a set of conditions to be met if they wanted the military support to continue.
According to the military commander, a Colonel, who refused to be named, revealed that the meetings were held in the Jordanian capital, Amman, and not in Turkey.
About the nature of these meetings, the colonel said that the MOC presented a set of ideas, first and foremost was that opposition factions must understand that destroying the military and security structures in Syria is a RED LINE to the international community, they can however remove Assad from the picture, preserving the same structure of the regime. Also the opposition factions must NOT demand a trial for Assad along with 250 people ho will escort him out of the country, explaining that this was this condition is a Russian demand to end the war in Syria.
"The representatives of MOC made it clear that opposition factions must prepare themselves to join the ranks of the Syrian Army in his fight against Nusra Front and all the armed groups that refuse to join the Army", the commander added.
The source pointed out, Islam Army and the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham, also received these conditions through separate meetings that were held with representatives of MOC, without indicating the nature of the responses of the two big factions on this proposal.
He concluded that most of the opposition factions are worried after these meetings, for they can not comply to such conditions because of the wide public disapproval and rejection of fighters these same factions, and if they refused, the military and financial support will be cut and these factions will collapse.
It's worth mentioning that MOC operations room is the western military support group that includes representatives of many countries such as USA, Britain, France, UAE, and Jordan, it provides financial and military support for the "Moderate" opposition factions, where TOW missiles are the most important weapons it provides.
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Iraq Asharq Al-Awsat alleges IRGC sending ammo, arms, & missiles to Hashd al-Shaabi fighters in Tuz Khurmatu
Prisoners of Hama calling out for help, they rose up took control of prison
http://eldorar.com/node/97648
Inmates in Hama prison capture guards & take control of prison Assad regime using tear gas
Aleppo: clashes between rebels & Assad forces in "Family House"
Syria Daily: 6 #Aleppo doctors write open appeal to US and #Russia to act to stop bombing
http://eaworldview.com/2016/05/syria...inues/#doctors …
Doctors who call 4 end to bombing n #Aleppo immediately threatened & called "heretics" & "pro-jihadi" on pro-#Assad @SyrianperNews |
Fact. #Assad air strikes on #Aleppo, #YPG artillery on #Azaz, #ISIS rockets on #Kilis.
Protesters in #Idlib’s Marat al-Numan take down Jabhat al-Nusra’s flags & replace them with the 13th Division’s -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGfjTsGrwQ4 …
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Kilis is under #ISIS rocket attack. #Turkey will have to fight, if it wants it to stop.
BreakingNews At least 1 killed, 32 injured in #ISIS evening attack on #Kilis. #Turkey still not responding beyond artillery attacks.
ISIS It controls 5 points in the vicinity of a Sha'ar gaz fields. Near #Palmyra in east of #Homs #Syria
Shiite militiamen loyal to #Assad, expropriate a number of houses in #Palmyra, after the theft and the expulsion of their respective owners.
A Camp and medical points. Established by #Russia|n forces of aggression inside the archaeological area in #Palmyra
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister
New documents reveal yet more evidence of #Assad regime collusion with #ISIS in #Syria:
http://news.sky.com/story/1688756/is...with-militants …
The #Assad regime allowed #ISIS to withdraw its heavy weaponry from #Palmyra before #Syria’s Army attacked the town in March 2016.
The #Assad regime allowed #ISIS to withdraw its heavy weaponry from #Palmyra before #Syria’s Army attacked the town in March 2016.
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton
As well as de facto funding #IS and assisting in various ways v rebels, #Assad provided #IS fertiliser (bomb-making substance) for terrorism
The Assad Regime’s Collusion With ISIS and al-Qaeda: Assessing The Evidence
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on March 24, 2014
https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com/...adists-part-1/
Really really worth reading this long article in light of the Sky article......
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Overheard at the Pentagon: "Is it so bad that I basically side with Sadr at this point?" #IraqiParliament protests
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton
Anyone have any good info (numbers, leadership, etc) on Ajnad al-Sham [the northern Salafi one, not the Sufi group in Eastern Ghouta]?
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton
The "stable" Arab tyrants were mafia dons: creating demand for their services [EG v jihadis]http://bit.ly/24ipB7A
Moderator adds: Linked article was also posted on a wider themed thread:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=17692
Deadly drone, artillery strikes launched against IS from #Turkey: report @AFP
Last edited by davidbfpo; 05-03-2016 at 09:59 AM. Reason: Add Mods Note
Eastern_Ghouta territorial control #map May 3 during the extended truce
http://edmaps.com/html/syrian_civil_war_in_maps.html …
Battle of Quweik Plain - March 6 - May 2, 2016 #Aleppo #Syria
#Rebels vs. #IS
HD GIF: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img923/6592/Y3ewTw.gif …
Rebels targeting regime positions in #Qunitra SW #Syria,notice the wind turbines on the Israeli side of #Golan
Jaish al-Fath Resumes Activity against Regime Forces in North of Syria
http://tinyurl.com/za5jotk
Don't worry: my Arabic is less than basic. But, I've got two gentlemen from the area that help (as and when they've got the time to do so).
In essence, yes: the Amman MOC has got that offer and the order to distribute it to its commanders. These have turned this offer down, knowing there is no way their own fighters would accept any kind of 'Assadist regime stays' - with or without Assad.
That said, the entire affair is just another Russian sham, used by Kerry to impose conditions upon insurgents, and is actually not worth talking about.
...even more so, because Kerry is meanwhile showing clear indictions of not having a trace of clue what is he talking about (see: either senility or complete overload resulting in confusion). See this:
What 'cessation of hostilities' was put in place 'over the Christmas holiday and into January?...The cessation of hostilities that we were able to negotiate and put in place over the Christmas holiday and into January...
You discussed it at that time, Mr. Mentalist, that's right, but there was no cease-fire before 28 February - and even then: fighting never stopped.
Wary of Sky News
Cited in part:Last night there were several critical responses to the Sky News report on Twitter, particularly over the alleged veracity of the document(s).
Aymenn J Al-Tamimi translated the Arabic text:Link:https://justpaste.it/skynewsdocumentqalamounIt has come from Sheikh Abu Mus'ab al-Suri (may God protect him): it is requested to remove heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns entirely from the surrounding of the Palmyra desert and inside Palmyra towards Wilayat al-Raqqa in order for them to be re-prepared and for some of them to be redeployed to Qalamoun as the brothers need them there to strike the fortresses of the Rafidites and Nusayris....You will be informed of all the military orders bit by bit at the hands of Sheikh Abu Hafs al-Uzbeki...
He also tweeted:Be wary of stories that aim to use IS documents to prove polemical points: the regime and Russia do this to prove Turkey-IS collusion too.
davidbfpo
Reference the above mentioned SKY s documents.....regardless of twitter comments the ground reality clearly indicated IS knew what was being thrown at them and outside of a short and intense firefight which allowed IS to pull out...most of the loses were on the Russian and Hezbollah side and if one rechecks the photos and videos there were no heavy IS weapons and or munitions captured at all..nor lots and lots of dead IS bodies laying around.
What is interesting though is that there have been a number of recent IS/Assad and Russian contact points where IS does not seem to appear to be the target of anything from Assad and or Putin so taken together with the released documents there is a clear pattern to be seen in the interactions of IS/Assad/Putin......against the FSA......and for that matter Turkey in the IS shelling's of Kilis.
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Top #Syria regime officer threatens #Homs governor
http://mme.cm/N8AW00
Syria Airstrikes hit market in #Aleppo's Hellok neighborhood
Regime shelling eastern parts of #Aleppo city with heavy rockets
~15 airstrikes hit #Aleppo city neighborhoods since morning
BUT WAIT Kerry was suppose to e talking with the Russians who also stated they were thinking of including Aleppo into the "silence regime".....BUT WAIT Kerry got sandbagged again by Putin.....typical eastern Ukraine tactic...Putin claims he wants to talk and all the talk does is allow him more attack time.....Kerry just does not seem to "get it"??????
Regime shelling eastern parts of #Aleppo city with heavy rockets
Helicopter dropped barrel bombs on Dahret Awwad neighborhood in east part of #Aleppo city
Top #Syria regime officer threatens #Homs governor
http://mme.cm/N8AW00
Assad-forces failed so far to retake #Hama Central Prison from detainees
Revolt continues in tear gas
5 Afghans of IRGC's Fatemiun brig Hossein Khavari,Enayat Ahmadi,Zakerali Jafari, Reza Akbari, Madadi killed in Syria
Another pic from huge tunnel bomb under regime building in western #Aleppo
Russian "claiming" it was a tunnel bomb hitting a regime hospital.....they would like to at least be able to say one of their hospitals were hit......
From what I see, there was 1 explosion in front of the hospital, 1.6 km from every front.
+ a car was ripped apart.
Initial explosion was in that white car, I would estimate.
Interesting.
The two parts of this white care in front of the hit #DabbitHospital lie more than 20 meters apart...
BUT first Russia Today claims it was a rebel rocket attack...naturally......
First Russian-circulated picture of the "hit hospital" is ... old.
Another person in #Kilis was injured this morning in ongoing #ISIS rocket attacks on the town.
Aleppo today.
Here we go again ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YXWc8XWkm0 …
GRAPHIC!
Pictures by a Syrian rebel.
Air strikes on #Huraytan (N-W of #Aleppo) yesterday.
The #FSA destroyed an #Assad 23mm gun West of #Aleppo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtCWo_N9IRQ …
Footage
#Assad air force choppers dropped bombs on #KafrHamra & other towns W of #Aleppo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCl5qNfPryU …
Footage
Several people wounded, others fleeing #SDF/#YPG artillery attack on #Azaz yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHdF7otMwE …
The death of 1041 civilians by the influential parties in Syria in Apr 2016.
http://goo.gl/XWcPQZ
Syria Rebels destroyed 57mm cannon mounted on truck in western #Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFZOsTU8iBg
Breaking. Report Rebels took "Family House" near Zahraa Artillery Base, #Aleppo.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36....075682&z=15&m
Aleppo: #Syria|n rebels advancing now, captured Family House Amusement Park and parts of the #Zahraa District.
Syria Rebels blow up regime tank in western "New #Aleppo"
Meanwhile #Assad- forces publish pic from rebel tunnel blast in western #Aleppo
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...02407&z=17&m=b
Iraq IRGC Col. Ali Reza Shamsipoor was killed by an IED in Kani Manga, Penjwen. Was part of MIA Search Committee.
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