Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
CrowBat......here is again that Iranian withdrawal rumor..........

Iran said withdrawing all its fighting forces from #Syria
http://toi.sr/1RcVRQL via @timesofisrael

Maybe they figure they have enough transnational shia jihadists already in Syria and they will pull out only their IRGC elements...then they can say see we pulled out our own troops......
Sorry, but this is loads of nonsensical day-dreaming. I have no clue why are Israelis repeating this... already for the 5th time or so?

At the time the Mentalist babbled something of this kind for the first time, there were 20+ gangs of Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists in Syria. Meanwhile there are more than 55. Plus, Hezbollah/Syria and Alawite sectarians have established several additional units - most of which are at least commanded by Iraqi Shi'a Jihadists.

BTW, that there can be no trace of true in reports about some supposed Iranian withdrawal from Syria was 'indirectly confirmed' this morning, when it turned out that all the reports about 'SAA recovering Khan Nassir and re-opening the road to Aleppo are a bunch of moronic lies by various regime-fans on the internet.

Namely, the Daesh not only counter-attacked and re-captured parts of Khan Nassir, but the road is still closed on at least one of two points further south, too. Which means that up to 50,000 IRGC & consorts troops and 1,5 million of Syrian civilians living in western Aleppo remain cut off from supplies.

In essence: nearly everything all the possible regime fans (but especially al-Masdar/Mangier, Sidorenko and Ridha) have reported in regards of this battle is wrong. The only thing that was 'right' was that the Hezbollah reached Khan Nassir - and lost its top 'special forces' CO there (whether KIA, MIA or whatever else), three days ago.

Meanwhile, even the YPG switched to 'Russian lies style'. They got overrun in Tel Abyad by a Daesh raiding party. Now, shame enough that a gang of Daesh idiot overrun YPG garrison of several hundred, supported by US SFs and air power. But nah, that's not enough: now Kurds can't stop crying how 'Turkey let the Daesh attack Tel Abyad from its soil' - then, clearly: 'it's impossible the YPG got beaten by Daesh idiots'.

Ironically, everybody in Syria I asked about this is sure: Daesh actually infiltrated the place via the YPG-controlled territory.

Characteristically: the first victim of that raid was no YPG guard or whatever - but one of Sunni Arab tribal leaders from Dayr az-Zawr, who lived there as a sort of a 'refugee'.

Bottom line: the entire story about Tel Abyad is Kurdish+Daesh PRBS 1st class, and not worth mentioning with one further sentence.