Syria in 2017 (April-December)

[OUTLAW 09]

Carpet bombings by #Kremlin regime war planes on #Hama towns today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZpp...ture=youtu.be#

At Merkel presser, #Putin called it "ceasefire".

Putin says he doesn't interfere in domestic affairs of other countries.

AND as Syria and eastern Ukraine continue to be in a deep war...we have the American FP bogged down in a debate on the "Civil war"?????

TRUMP (yesterday): I would've used my dealmaking skills to prevent the Civil War

TRUMP (today): I can't get anything through a GOP Congress

YET after his "red line" TLAM strike..he has done nothing more in Syria....

Russian MoD denies @hrw report that Soviet-era bombs were used in chemical attack, says not 1 Western inspector has visited site in Syria.

[OUTLAW 09]

Syria: after these advances Western/Jordanian backed rebels have entered #DeirEzzor governorate from the SW, controlling most of the desert

Syria: Maghaweer al-Thawra (#FSA) rebels have captured Jabal Ghrab, wadi Swab, Muayzilah & the T3 Pumping station in the Syrian desert

Hama : Regime barrel bomb massacre in #Latmenah as a mother, father and four children were killed by a helicopter.

[OUTLAW 09]

Afrin today.

#Kremlin regime soldiers patrolling with #PKK-affiliated fighters.

Putin's middle finger to Erdogan, one day before the visit.

[CrowBat]

Russian MoD denies @hrw report that Soviet-era bombs were used in chemical attack, says not 1 Western inspector has visited site in Syria.

...as if one needs any 'Western inspector' - to get killed by old Russian bombs: there are enough photos and videos of what are VKS fighter-bombers dropping around.

Except of ODAB-500s, the 'newest' stuff are FAB-500M-62s: 62 stands for the year of their design... (1962).

BTW, the VKS now has at least one A-50 SRDLO (Russian for AWACS) in Syria. The source is 'murky', to put it mildly, but the photo appears to be genuine: it was taken near Hmemmem AB, on 29 April.

This, in turn, is 'little surprising', considering number of sorties flown every day is indicating that the Russians meanwhile have about 50 combat aircraft - mind: combat aircraft, i.e. fighter-bombers alone - deployed at Hmemmem.