Ali Özkök
"Islamic State" killed around 300 SDF/YPG fighters in the deserts of Deir Zor in the last two weeks, taking advantage from the desert storms.
Israel has carried out attacks in Syria since the accidental shooting down of a Russian surveillance plane last month, a senior Israeli official said on Monday.
The Israeli official did not give details of the nature of Israel's actions since the shooting down of the IL-20 aircraft near Latakia, in which the crew of 15 were killed, or the number of times it had attacked.
"The IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) have attacked in Syria, including after the downing of the Russian plane. Military coordination with the Russians continues as before," said the senior official, who could not be named.
Israel, which has carried out air strikes in Syria many times during Syria's seven-and-a-half-year-old civil war, said after the Sept. 17 incident it would work to improve "deconfliction" of its missions with Russian forces, but would not halt them.
But since the Russian plane was shot down shortly after Israeli jets attacked a nearby target, there have been no reports of Israeli air strikes in Syria.
The apparent pause raised speculation in the Israeli media that Israel was either holding back at Russia's request or had paused the attacks over concern that they would fuel further tensions with Moscow.
Netanyahu said earlier this month that he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "soon" to discuss security cooperation.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-ca...163048763.html
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It is said the S-300 'system' is not fully operational/integrated yet... idk. I do know it is being probed/mapped every day by SIGINT aircraft.. aka Poseidon etc.Originally Posted by Swordsmyth
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Deir Ezzor
Al-Masdar News
Syrian FM says US Coalition allowed ISIS to advance on Iraqi border
https://aml.ink/bizr7
►“If we talk about the east of Syria, since the creation of the so-called US international coalition, thousands of Syrians, including women, children, men and the elderly, have become its victims,”
►“All because of the fact that the United States is fighting anything in Syria, except for Daesh…”
►“Today, the US assistance to the Daesh group has enabled the latter to reach the Syrian-Iraqi border once again,”
(I member coalition airstrike 'mistake' murdering 100 SAA soldiers & enabling ISIS occupation in Deir Ezzor 2016.. do you??)
Muraselon News
►ISIS burns bodies of US-backed fighters in east Syria (Video+18)
https://en.muraselon.com/2018/10/isis-burns-sdf-syria/
Bosni
►Kurdish teacher from Afrin addresses the YPG Kurds who are fighting and dying in SE DeZ
"As long as you die outside of your land ... you are not a martyr ... but mercenaries, dying for the interests of the States."
"Your place is in Afrin and not in DeZ."
►YPG reinforcements from Ayn al-Arab/Kobane and Qamishli CS reportedly reached al-Shaddadi. (US base-Iraqi/Syrian border)
►Iraq air force dropped the leaflets over Baghuz calling IS militants to surrender themselves SE Deir Ezzor.
►SAA 11th Armored Division will launch a large-scale military operation in the E Homs Desert in order to reinforce the fixed points and break into new points.
In addition to a new sweep of the entire line extending from the T3 towards the T2 (airbases) until reaching the Iraqi border.
►(new)Iraqi PM Mahdi orders ISOF supported by Armored and Mechanized forces to secure the border with Syria opposite from Baghuz.
Last edited by goldenequity; 10-30-2018 at 05:47 AM.
A Russian defense official has doubled down on prior claims that the United States was behind a prior massive drone attack against Khmeimim Air Base near Latakia (alternately Hmeimim), which has further come under sporadic waves of attack by small armed drones which have appeared increasingly sophisticated.
Vladimir Shamanov, head of the lower parliamentary house's defense committee and a former airborne troops commander, warned, according to a translation of his Tuesday statement by Russian Market:
In case of another U.S. drone attack on Russian Military Base in Syria, Russia is ready to shoot-down that plane.The threat was made against an American spy plane possibly being in the area near Syria to coordinate any future attack. Last week the Kremlin said, based on new intelligence provided by the Russian defense ministry, that a major attack on Khmeimim last January was coordinated by a US P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...fense-official
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
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Linus, from the Peanuts comic
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The U.S. Department of Defense has voiced concern over Israeli airstrikes against Iranian forces in Syria and the possibility of Iranian retaliatory attacks on U.S. forces, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 28.
More at: https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...eli-airstrikes
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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Idlib:
Al-Masdar News
Jihadist rebels kill 3 Syrian Army soldiers in Idlib buffer zone
https://aml.ink/Awwto
Al-Masdar News
Syrian Army hammers jihadist forces across Idlib buffer zone as situation intensifies
https://aml.ink/p0AIc Syria
Idlib buffer zone experiences most violent day as jihadists launch retaliatory attack
https://aml.ink/MLZPM
Syrian Army spies reveal jihadist activities to Russian military - report
https://aml.ink/o74vb
Suweida:
Al-Masdar News@TheArabSource · 22 min.
ISIS kills several Syrian soldiers during surprise attack in southern
Syria https://aml.ink/1jJZM
Manbij
Turkish And U.S. Troops Begin Conducting Joint Patrols North Of Manbij
https://southfront.org/turkish-and-u...manbij-photos/
Ali Özkök
According to this source Turkish army entered YPG territory in the north of Manbij. They entered the village Um Julud.
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Deir Ezzor
Deir Ezzor front on the eastern bank of Euphrates is completely collapsing. ISIS punches US proxies left and right,
takes new territories and marches east amid chaotic, ineffective USAF airstrikes. What a $#@!show...
Drexl Spivey
►USA jets over SE DeirEzzor area. They're mostly striking Hajin area now.
►Air strikes targeted Hajin as IS launched surprise attack towards Jubb al Bahrah SE DeirEzzor
►near Hajin IS are issuing statements threatening Arab tribes, especially Al-Shaitat clan SE DeirEzzor
Last edited by goldenequity; 11-03-2018 at 06:34 AM.
al Tanf Rukban Refugee camp
Hassan Ridha
UN humanitarian convoy reaches Rukban Camp on Syrian - Jordanian border after being escorted by Russian MP near Tanf zone
CENTCOM 'allows' food/medicine to reach them after 2 fuuking years.
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more US fuukery...
Russian Navy amasses its ships off Syrian coast in preparation to strike jihadists
https://aml.ink/5LKUq
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Deir Ezzor:
Al-Masdar News
Syrian Army reinforcements pour into Deir Ezzor as Daesh attempts to expand to Iraqi border
https://aml.ink/jmo0r
Yusha Yuseef
ISIS militants move freely in Euphrates river as US jets kills civilians in DeirEzzor
https://en.muraselon.com/2018/11/eup...ts-deir-ezzor/
Homs:
Al-Masdar News
Breaking: #Daesh suffers huge losses in failed east #Homs attack
https://aml.ink/XufPK
Quneitra: There are weapons and ammo boxes hiden everywhere...
Al-Masdar News
Syrian military seizes (another) large quantity of US and British-made weapons in Al-Quneitra
https://aml.ink/UmFbj #Syria
The'Nimr'Tiger
SDF trying make it to 2019 in one piece
Arab tribes now openly calling for an uprising in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor
ISIS in Hajin continue to advance against SDF
High tensions at the Turkish border
How many SDF leaders assassinated over the past 2 months? 10 or 20, maybe 30!
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Syrian Army eyes new territories east of Euphrates as SDF loses ground to Daesh
https://aml.ink/06a0w
Russian official says Syria has right to use all weapons to defend country
https://aml.ink/zZkkF
Last edited by goldenequity; 11-06-2018 at 10:35 AM.
U.S. Syria Envoy James Jeffrey has called on Russia to continue to permit Israeli airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, The Jerusalem Post reported Nov. 7.
More at: https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...ranian-targets
I expect Russia is amused.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
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I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
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You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
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Regional Middle East media have been circulating early reports that the United Arab Emirates is preparing to re-open its embassy in Damascus after six years of closure, which is to kickstart a new regional shift. This comes as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are reportedly strongly considering the restoration of diplomatic ties with the Assad government after all GCC states had closed their Syrian embassies in 2012.
The significance of this is huge, coming after seven years of war driven by an official policy of Syrian regime change by these very GCC governments, foremost among them Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. Restoration of ties also means countries like the UAE could be major sources of financing reconstruction projects at a key moment when the United States is attempting to block all aid that could benefit the Syrian government.
According to Al Masdar News Abu Dhabi has "ordered full maintenance works to its Syrian embassy to be ready for opening within the next two weeks."
Such a speedy turn around signals the UAE is ready to acknowledge Assad as the legitimate leader of Syria after emerging victorious as the international proxy war continues to wind down, and likely with other Gulf states to follow.
Prominent Syria analyst Joshua Landis noted this week there's currently a monumental realignment underway as regional powers hasten to restore ties with Damascus:
Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and Jordan are reopening relations with the Syrian government. This suggests that they are not fighting "Sunnis," but extremists that they seem to consider common enemies. No longer Sunni vs Shia - but Conservative vs Radical. Or Governments vs insurgents.The rationale for this is also tied up in regional rivalries and the continuing fallout of the internal GCC schism, which has pitted Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Qatar.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...t-assad-likely
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Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
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Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
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“Russia has been permissive, in consultation with the Israelis, about Israeli strikes against Iranian targets inside Syria.
We certainly hope that that permissive approach will continue,”
James Jeffrey, Washington’s special representative to Syria said on Wednesday
https://www.newsweek.com/will-israel...espond-1206362
Heartbreaking moment when the kidnapped women and children from Suwayda met their families
after they were liberated from ISIS by the SAA.
A happy ending that you will never see on western media or Al Jazeera.
They don't want to show you the real heroes #StandWithSyria
Photos taken after special operation in which hostages were rescued from ISIS:
U.S.-backed Syrian fighters resumed their ground offensive Sunday against the Islamic State group in the last territories controlled by the extremists in eastern Syria.The Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement that the decision to resume the fighting came after threats from Turkey against the Kurdish-led force dropped due to diplomatic activities.
The SDF said in late October it was temporarily suspending its campaign against IS in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour, accusing Turkey of jeopardizing its efforts.
The group said that the aim of the renewed operation that began two months ago is "to work for the final defeat of Daesh organization," using an Arab acronym to refer to the group.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-backed...160008608.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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Al-Safa Al-Tanaf
Al-Masdar News
Daesh corpses litter battlefield as Syrian troops liberate new areas in southern Syria
https://aml.ink/lijjS
SouthFront
Captured ISIS Member Reveals How ISIS In Al-Safa Received Support From US-led Coalition Base At Al-Tanaf
https://southfront.org/captured-isis...-tanaf-photos/
Idlib:
Al-Masdar News
Islamist rebels on high alert in Idlib as Syrian Army prepares for offensive - report
https://aml.ink/YXbio
Al-Masdar News
Tiger Forces spy films from jihadist stronghold as Idlib offensive looms (video)
https://aml.ink/xqews
Al-Masdar News
Former US-backed rebel commander revealed to be an SAA spy
https://aml.ink/qPTtI
N. Syria Kurd/Turk
N. Hama:
Drexl Spivey
SAA targeted militants positions in northern Hama Militants firing from techicals on SAA lines in southern Aleppo...Business as usual.
Idlib:
Al-Masdar News
Jihadist rebels send reinforcements to eastern Idlib as situation worsens around buffer zone
https://aml.ink/5inUh
Al-Masdar News
Syrian Army continues mass mobilization of troops in northern Syria
https://aml.ink/I92EI
Suweida:
Al-Masdar News
Battle for Al-Safa intensifies as Syrian troops approach key mountain
https://aml.ink/us0O1
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al Tanf
Russia compares situation at Rukban Camp to WWII death camps
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...ii-death-camps
Russian military demands US withdrawal from Al-Tanf►about 50,000 people
►6,000 are militants (US backed Maghawir Al-Thawra)
►Daesh have kidnapped/trafficked hundreds from the camp
►They are in fact hostages inside a hostile zone.
►Global community remains silent on Rukban camp.
100 Dead This Month Alone
►Disease and lack of medical assistance has led to the deaths of more than 100 people.
►Crude sanitary and epidemiological situation inside camp.
►Outbreak of infectious disease was always likely and predictable while refugees received almost no medical assistance.
No Media!“All these circumstances lead to a high mortality rate. Over the past month alone, more than 100 people died in Rukban.
I confirm the difficult, disastrous situation in Rukban,”
►No media allowed to communicate with Rukban refugees. Why.
►There is an explanation to it: Someone has something to conceal there.
►Who is responsible for this barbarity?
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...-from-al-tanf/
US responsible for ‘chaos’ in Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp – Russian MoD
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...p-russian-mod/
Russian Defence Ministry representative Yury Tarasov slammed the United Stated for being responsible of the “horrifying” conditions in the Rukban refugee camp in southern Syria on the border with Jordan. He was speaking via video link at the Meeting of the Interdepartmental Coordination Unit on the return of refugees to Syria in Moscow on Friday.
Tarasov said the camp’s residents, some 50,000 people, suffer from constant lack of food and water and have no access to healthcare.
“There are cases of severe abuse as the refugees have no money [to pay for food.] The help of international organisations almost completely goes to the militants’ hands and does not radically improve the situation,” he added.
Tarasov also said the camp’s administrators are unable to provide security for the refugees.
“On Rukban’s territory, theft, prostitution and forced marriages are frequent. Sexual exploitation of minors and gender inequality are widely practiced. Marriages, births and deaths are not registered. Many temporarily displaced people in the camp do not have documents at their disposal,” he said.
“The full responsibility for creating chaos in Rukban lays upon the USA which occupied this region illegally and used humanitarian problems in the refugee camp to legitimize their military presence in the south of Syria,” the MoD official said.
Raqqa:
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"Let it not be said that we did nothing." - Dr. Ron Paul. "Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone." - Sophie Magdalena Scholl
"War is the health of the State." - Randolph Bourne "Freedom is the answer. ... Now, what's the question?" - Ernie Hancock.
Syria Sitrep - Army Wins Al-Safa Battle - More Troops Move Towards Idelb
Today the Syrian army won the al-Safa battle. Al-Safa is a barren area around an old volcano southeast of Sweida where in July ISIS abducted dozens of hostages. The last of those hostages were freed in a commando raid ten days ago.
With the hostages out of the way the Syrian army could finally use heavy weapons against ISIS … the troops made good progress (video). Then came three days of unprecedented rain fall. ISIS fighters drowned in their caves and fighting positions. The commander of ISIS in the area, a Chechen, was killed. Those ISIS fighter who were left fled towards the al-Tanf area, which is under U.S. control, and into the desert in east Homs. The Syrian army is now in full control al-Safa. …
Since the launch of the offensive in September the U.S. forces and their Kurdish proxies in northeast Syria made no progress against the ISIS pocket east of Deir Ezzor. The U.S. recently started a serious bombing campaign against the area. But the aim is not necessarily ISIS. The attacks are aimed at 20 armored Humvee vehicles ISIS captured from U.S. proxy forces. … these vehicles are tagged …
Earlier today at least 40 people, most of them women and children, were killed by such U.S. strikes. …
"Let it not be said that we did nothing." - Dr. Ron Paul. "Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone." - Sophie Magdalena Scholl
"War is the health of the State." - Randolph Bourne "Freedom is the answer. ... Now, what's the question?" - Ernie Hancock.
Tell Abyad:
Ali Özkök
Pentagon, US Congress seek alternatives to Russia's S-400 for Turkey
https://sptnkne.ws/kbYA
Last edited by goldenequity; 11-20-2018 at 04:23 PM.
The US announced new sanctions against what a "network of petroleum shipments" to Syria, including Russian and Iranian companies and individuals, in what Washington said was an attempt to disrupt shipments to Syrian-owned ports. Six individuals and three institutions were sanctioned in what the Treasury said was an illicit plot involving officials in Iran working with Russian companies to send millions of barrels of oil to the Assad government in exchange for funds that Tehran then used to fund Islamic militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
Those sanctioned include two officials working with the Central Bank of Iran, a Syrian national and his Russia-based company Global Vision Group, and Russia’s state-owned Promsyrioimport, a subsidiary of the Kremlin’s energy ministry, as well as its first deputy director. The administration is also sanctioning an Iranian entity that purports to be a medical and pharmaceutical company that U.S. officials say has been repeatedly used to facilitate illicit money transfers in the scheme.
“Today we are acting against a complex scheme Iran and Russia have used to bolster the Assad regime and generate funds for Iranian malign activity,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. “Central Bank of Iran officials continue to exploit the international financial system, and in this case even used a company whose name suggests a trade in humanitarian goods as a tool to facilitate financial transfers supporting this oil scheme."As detailed in the Treasury statement, Russian companies would act as middlemen, taking money from Iran to move the oil to Syria. In one case detailed in a Treasury Department press release, the Iranian central bank transferred money to an Iranian pharmaceutical company, hoping that its humanitarian name would throw US observers off the trail. That money was then allegedly wired to a Russian bank, then to a Russian company that shipped the oil from Iran to Syria. Along the way, the Treasury Department claims that Russian ships would switch off their GPS tracking systems to conceal the origin of their cargo.
Once the cash is stashed in the Central Bank of Syria, it is then allegedly sent to Hezbollah and Hamas units operating in Lebanon and on Palestinian territory.
Trump administration officials said Syria sent hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force in return for the oil shipments, money that was then used to fund Hamas and Hezbollah.
Officials described the action as the latest effort to ratchet up pressure on Iran for its “destructive and destabilizing behavior” beyond the reimposition of sanctions lifted under the Obama administration as part of the Iranian nuclear deal. Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the deal in May and reinstated sanctions on Tehran earlier this month.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...hipments-syria
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Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
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You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
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The US announced new sanctions against what a "network of petroleum shipments" to Syria, including Russian and Iranian companies and individuals, in what Washington said was an attempt to disrupt shipments to Syrian-owned ports. Six individuals and three institutions were sanctioned in what the Treasury said was an illicit plot involving officials in Iran working with Russian companies to send millions of barrels of oil to the Assad government in exchange for funds that Tehran then used to fund Islamic militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
Those sanctioned include two officials working with the Central Bank of Iran, a Syrian national and his Russia-based company Global Vision Group, and Russia’s state-owned Promsyrioimport, a subsidiary of the Kremlin’s energy ministry, as well as its first deputy director. The administration is also sanctioning an Iranian entity that purports to be a medical and pharmaceutical company that U.S. officials say has been repeatedly used to facilitate illicit money transfers in the scheme.
“Today we are acting against a complex scheme Iran and Russia have used to bolster the Assad regime and generate funds for Iranian malign activity,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. “Central Bank of Iran officials continue to exploit the international financial system, and in this case even used a company whose name suggests a trade in humanitarian goods as a tool to facilitate financial transfers supporting this oil scheme."As detailed in the Treasury statement, Russian companies would act as middlemen, taking money from Iran to move the oil to Syria. In one case detailed in a Treasury Department press release, the Iranian central bank transferred money to an Iranian pharmaceutical company, hoping that its humanitarian name would throw US observers off the trail. That money was then allegedly wired to a Russian bank, then to a Russian company that shipped the oil from Iran to Syria. Along the way, the Treasury Department claims that Russian ships would switch off their GPS tracking systems to conceal the origin of their cargo.
Once the cash is stashed in the Central Bank of Syria, it is then allegedly sent to Hezbollah and Hamas units operating in Lebanon and on Palestinian territory.
Trump administration officials said Syria sent hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force in return for the oil shipments, money that was then used to fund Hamas and Hezbollah.
Officials described the action as the latest effort to ratchet up pressure on Iran for its “destructive and destabilizing behavior” beyond the reimposition of sanctions lifted under the Obama administration as part of the Iranian nuclear deal. Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the deal in May and reinstated sanctions on Tehran earlier this month.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...hipments-syria
The United States is setting up "observation posts" along parts of the border between Turkey and Syria to help keep the focus on defeating Islamic State militants in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday.The observation posts would not require additional U.S. troops being sent to Syria, Mattis told reporters. The Pentagon says it has about 2,000 troops in Syria.
The United States has long been complained that tensions between Turkey and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, have at times slowed down progress on fighting Islamic State militants.
The observation posts are aimed at ensuring that Turkey and the SDF remain focused on clearing final Islamic State strongholds.
"We are putting in observation posts in several locations up along the Syria border, northern Syria border, because we want to be the people who call the Turks and warn them if we see something coming out of an area that we're operating in," Mattis said.
"What this is designed to do is to make sure that the people we have fighting down in the (middle Euphrates River Valley) are not drawn off that fight, that we can crush what's left of the geographic caliphate," Mattis said, referring to areas controlled by Islamic state.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-setting...202019970.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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Muraselon News
Syrian Army captures advanced US TOW missile from ISIS
https://en.muraselon.com/2018/11/adv...-missile-isis/
the BGM-71E-1B, a version that – in comparison to the standard TOW – provides a larger, extended-penetrator warhead with about 50 percent longer range and more responsive guidance handling.
One can only ask how an isolated rag-tag ISIS group operating in the vast expanses of the Syrian Desert
managed to come into possession of such performance enhanced weaponry and if the basing of US special forces in southern Syria around Al-Tanf
(around 150 to 200 kilometers away from the ISIS presence) may have had something to do with it.
Al-Masdar News
Syrian military uncovers large weapons depot with US-made M-16 rifles
https://aml.ink/O5Usg
Al-Masdar News
Russia ships large quantity of weapons to Syria
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...-syria-photos/
Hamza sulyman
Syria got more than S-300 from Russia, how will the other AD systems now be used?
https://en.muraselon.com/2018/11/syr...0-from-russia/
Idlib:
Hamza sulyman
French jihadists in Syria's Idlib armed with chemical weapons, anti-aircraft missiles - report
https://en.muraselon.com/2018/11/fre...s-idlib-syria/
H.K
French terrorists enter Idleb to modify missiles and supply them with toxic chemicals
http://dlvr.it/QrrY87
Al-Masdar News
Turkish-backed rebels form new special forces unit to fight Syrian Army (video)
https://aml.ink/l0FUK
Aleppo:
Al-Masdar News
Jihadists step up attacks in #Aleppo as Syrian reinforcements arrive from southern Syria
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...outhern-syria/
Last edited by goldenequity; 11-22-2018 at 08:41 AM.
Investigative Committee releases video of Su-24M crash site as nine suspects receive charges
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article...charges-video/
Basmanny court in Moscow charged nine Syrian citizens accused of killing the pilot of the Russian SU-24M bomber, Oleg Peshkov, in absentia on November 20.
The Syrians were charged with participating in illegal militias along with murder, attempted murder, and the mutilation of a corpse in accordance with the level of participation.
These nine Syrian civilians are under an international arrest warrant.
In November 2015, a Russian SU-24M was shot down in the province of Latakia, near the Syrian-Turkish border by a Turkish F-16, with Turkey claiming the aircraft violated Turkish airspace. Both SU-24M pilots ejected.
The crew commander Oleg Peshkov was killed by fire from the ground, while the other pilot, Konstantin Murahtin, escaped and was rescued.
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