#Hama Battle: 6 #Russia|n soldiers pictured on #Helfaya frontline, confirming increased Russian involvement there. http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35...95116&z=13&m#
CrowBat...anything on your end on this????
Russia delivering to #SyAF the 2nd batch of upgraded Su-24M2s (8 bombers) after first 2 received last Summer.
http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/syr...bombers.html#
#Hama Battle: 6 #Russia|n soldiers pictured on #Helfaya frontline, confirming increased Russian involvement there. http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35...95116&z=13&m#
E. #Damascus: Rebels heading to frontline with 2 RPG-29 rockets. Fierce shelling & clashes raging in #Qabun as pro-Regime try to advance.
Treaty law banning the use of incendiary weapons against civilians
1980 Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III to the CCW) prohibits the aerial delivery, in relation to the conduct of hostilities during armed conflict, of incendiary weapons within a concentration of civilians.
Consonant with general international humanitarian law (IHL) rules governing the conduct of hostilities, the Protocol also prohibits attacks on ‘any military objective located within a concentration of civilians by means of incendiary weapons other than air-delivered incendiary weapons, except when such military objective is clearly separated from the concentration of civilians and all feasible precautions are taken with a view to limiting the incendiary effects to the military objective and to avoiding, and in any event to minimizing, incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians and damage to civilian objects’. Attacks on civilians or civilian objects with incendiary weapons are prohibited under the Protocol, as are attacks on forests or other kinds of plant cover by incendiary weapons except when such natural elements are used for military purposes or are themselves military objectives. (Article 2(4))
For the purposes of the Protocol incendiary weapons are defined as
any weapon or munition which is primarily designed to set fire to objects or to cause burn injury to persons through the action of flame, heat, or combination thereof, produced by a chemical reaction of a substance delivered on the target.
The definition’s scope is limited by the requirement that the weapon or munition must be ‘primarily designed’ to act through flame and/or heat, but it is broad in that it includes weapons from flame throwers, shells, rockets, and grenades, to mines, bombs and ‘other containers of incendiary substances’.
Excluded from the definition and, hence, from the scope of the Protocol are munitions which have ‘incidental incendiary effects’ (such as illuminants, obscurants or tracers), and combined effects munitions ‘in which the incendiary effect is not specifically designed to cause burn injury to persons’.
Because munitions containing incendiary substances can be used for incendiary and for other purposes (for example to create smoke), the Protocol’s definition of an incendiary weapon has in recent years been subject to debate. In this regard, the Final Declaration adopted by the Fourth Review Conference of the CCW (2011) noted concerns raised by some High Contracting Parties ‘about the offensive use of white phosphorous against civilians’ and further ‘that there was no agreement on various aspects of this matter.’
Incendiary weapons that take the form of cluster munitions falling within the scope of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions#(CCM) are prohibited under that Convention. Excluded from the definition of a cluster munitions are munitions or submunitions designed to dispense flares, smoke, pyrotechnics or chaff.
Certain incendiary substances used in incendiary weapons, like white phosphorous, also pose harm to humans through their toxicity. Such ‘toxic chemicals’, as well as ‘munitions and devices’ containing toxic incendiary substances can be ‘chemical weapons’ prohibited under the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention#(CWC).
In view of the toxic and asphyxiating effects of many incendiaries, the 1925 Geneva Gas Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and Bacteriological Methods of Warfare also requires consideration.
Massive use of incendiary weapons can also have long-term ecological consequences, which can be severe and are largely unpredictable. The massive use by the U.S. of incendiary weapons in Vietnam was one of the catalyst for the promulgation of the 1976 United Nations Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD).Incendiary weapons may also fall within the definition of an ‘incendiary weapon or device’ under the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. Note, however, that the Convention does not cover the activities of armed forces during an armed conflict which are governed by IHL. (Article 19)
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9 airstrikes conducted on #Daraa city in southern #Syria since morning
Syria Rebels took new barriers in south western neigborhoods of #Daraa city this morning
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So far, I've seen no reason to trust any such rumours. Deliveries of Su-24s were announced sometimes in May 2016, then again early this year. Nothing at all turned up: the 'Ba'ath Squadron 819' (as this unit is cited in official SyAAF correspondence) is meanwhile down to flying 6-8 sorties a day (if at all; on 12 April, they didn't fly even 1).Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Hama Battle: pro-Regime militia Qalamoun Shield near Taybet Al-Imam frontline yesterday.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35...730728&z=13&m#
Fox News host says dropping 'mother of all bombs' on ISIS is 'what freedom looks like'
http://read.bi/2phGtwQ
Right now am not so sure Syria and Ukraine are the hot spots......
Northkorea: #Japan making plans to evavuate 60,000 citizens from #SouthKorea and to deal with a refugee crisis.
Russia reportedly moved military vehicles (Air Def) toward Vladivostok not far from the border w/ North Korea
https://already-happened.com/2017/04...a-this-night/#
Analysts identify #SyriaHoax as Russian-fueled propaganda designed to undermine credibility of U.S. government.
http://abcn.ws/2of25YQ
Russia, Iran, and Syria warn of 'grave consequences' for further US strikes
http://read.bi/2peiEst
Russian TOS-1A firing thermobaric rockets east of Palmyra
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=34.597686&...&z=17&m=b&v=1#
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Iraqi mullah Muqtada al-Sadr is banking on the Soleimani Doctrine coming to an end. Why he may be right:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...ource=twitter#
Less #AssadPutin air strikes in northern #Syria today as the axis doesn't want to threaten the population exchange deal with rebels.
But pro-regime activists make no secret out of their plan to start the "final offensive" fr. #Aleppo after #Fuah & #Kefraya are emptied.
East of #Damascus, #Assad's jets (Su-22 here) dropped bombs on towns and villages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EBo4FYf-2s#
Also today, dozens of #AssadPutin air strikes hit #Daraa city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iubbGqPox5A#
McMaster wants 10,000-50,000 U.S. boots on ground in #Syria - a surge of sorts.
Others arent so sure.
= Debate
https://bv.ms/2orVA72
Daraa: Reports that rebels have destroyed an #Assad vehicle in #Sajnah District of #Daraa City.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=32...1268&z=16&m=b#
Major equipment win if confirmed....
Hama: Rebels report that they seized T-90 & T-72 tanks south of #Halfaya from the pro-#Assad forces.
Hama: Rebels have recaptured some positions south of #Halfaya from the pro-#Assad forces after heavy clashes today.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35...3785&z=14&m=b#
Hama Battle: Rebels took back "Sensehr" position between #Helfaya & #Khattab after withdrawal this morning.
Damascus: Pro-#Assad forces were captured after rebels launched a counter-offensive in #Barzeh in Eastern #Damascus today.
ISIS has recaptured several villages west of #Jirah Airbase, including #Zakiyah, from the #Assad regime. http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...8759&z=13&m=b#
Daraa: Rebels have captured the Oqbah Bin Nafe Mosque in #Manshiyah District of #Daraa City.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=32...8790&z=18&m=b#
Protest against agreement in Dana near turkey border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d90uD_pRnRA#…
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Hama Battle: #FSA Jaish Al-Izza seized a T-62, a T-62M and a technical with MG on #Helfaya front after failed pro-Regime assault.
wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=35.218557&lon=36.622925&z=13&m=b#
Raqqa: Video shows #ISIS attacking #YPG positions in Northern #Raqqa and crossing the irrigation ditches.
Lavrov: Evidence Growing #Syria Chemical Attack Was Staged
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ck-was-staged#
Syria Rebels seized 2 T-72 Tanks, 4 BMPs & a Caterpillar in #Damascus near Harasta
Syria norther #Hama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze4R...ture=youtu.be#
The #Kremlin regime delivered fresh T-62M to #Assad's militias.
They los them in the 1st battle w/ rebels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfT-...utu.be#…
For those not knowing what H2200 means.
It stands for heavyweight cargo on @RuRailways trains.
Previously seen in Rostov Russia and inside eastern Ukraine...
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Despite close to a thousand #AssadPutin air strikes on them over the past two weeks, rebels keep advancing in #Daraa's #Manshiyah.
Hama Battle: another #Fagot strike by Jaish Al-Izza, this time destroying a bulldozer on #Khattab front.
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Interesting tweet from the past.....
But @mod_russia said it was a Syrian bombing of a "terrorist" CW warehouse, how was it orchestrated?
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2...ns-warehouse/#
Syria Strikes Warehouse Storing Chemical Weapons Being Delivered to Iraq
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that Syrian aircraft have conducted an airstrike near the town of Khan Shaykhun in Syria’s Idlib province on the warehouse of terrorists’ ammunition and the mass of military equipment, where chemical weapons' ammunition had also been stored and delivered to Iraq.
Daraa: Rebels have captured in #Manshiyah today:
- 90 buildings
- 4 checkpoints & barriers
Rebels control 85% of #Manshiyah District.
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