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    Post  KoTeMoRe Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:14 pm

    JohninMK wrote:
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    Poor poor Peto... lol1
    Why?

    Looks like the SyAA is turning west to cut that road south after which ISIS will have to take to the fields to escape.

    Peto has to change the boundaries each & every hour now m.
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    Post  calm Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:25 pm

    Syrian Arab Army captured Qawas, Durubiyah Şaghir, Khan Sha‘r and Khirbat ‘Uqla from #ISIS.
    11km left to Maskanah
    lol1

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    Post  PapaDragon Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:33 pm

    KoTeMoRe wrote:
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    Poor poor Peto... lol1
    Why?

    Looks like the SyAA is turning west to cut that road south after which ISIS will have to take to the fields to escape.

    Peto has to change the boundaries each & every hour now m.

    Yeah, workload is getting to him just like during finale of Aleppo party.

    And now he has to draw another one... lol1
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    Post  miketheterrible Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:59 pm

    Turkish soldiers killed 8 Syrian soldiers west of Menbeij
    https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-turkish-forces-attack-syrian-army-units-west-menbeij-8-killed/

    US deploys 400 marines to Syria near Raqqa
    http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN16G1CB

    Looks like US is invading.
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    Post  George1 Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:05 pm

    It has become clearly an international war..
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    Post  par far Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:05 pm

    miketheterrible wrote:Turkish soldiers killed 8 Syrian soldiers west of Menbeij
    https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-turkish-forces-attack-syrian-army-units-west-menbeij-8-killed/

    US deploys 400 marines to Syria near Raqqa
    http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN16G1CB

    Looks like US is invading.


    The US was invading from the start.




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    Post  par far Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:10 pm

    George1 wrote:It has become clearly an international war..


    When was it not a international war?


    "SYRIAN WAR REPORT – MARCH 9, 2017: GOVT FORCES CRASH ISIS IN ALEPPO, AIM RAQQAH."


    Hopefully the SAA and Allies push for Al-Raqqa, the SAA and Allies need to beat the dam Kurds where ever they can.

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    Post  calm Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:30 pm

    that's a big tunnel

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    Post  d_taddei2 Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:36 am

    par far wrote:
    George1 wrote:It has become clearly an international war..


    When was it not a international war?


    "SYRIAN WAR REPORT – MARCH 9, 2017: GOVT FORCES CRASH ISIS IN ALEPPO, AIM RAQQAH."


    Hopefully the SAA and Allies push for Al-Raqqa, the SAA and Allies need to beat the dam Kurds where ever they can.


    i have a feeling they will go as far as Al thawrah/ Dam, then possibly stay on south side of Euphrates and head all the way down to Deir Ez Zoir. But it will all depend of the Kurds/USA forces, and also where will ISIS flee to once Raqqa is fully engaged, that is if there is a route for them to escape which i am starting to think that there won't be one. Also lets see what the turks will end up doing they have already started to attack the SAA. Hopefully ISIS can be defeated before the terrorists in Idilb finally stop fighting giving the SAA a chance to redirect there forces to to Idilb, Damascus and Daraa.
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    Post  calm Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:33 pm

    SyAAF airstrikes on IS

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    Post  MMBR Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:59 am

    It most defiantly was an international proxy war from the start with special ops doing there thing.

    Deployment of conventional units to fight e.g. 2,500 paratroopers takes away the proxy part if they do enter the combat zones

    It would be interesting to know if strictly speaking it was a conventional official war before as USA was providing, logistics, artillery, air support, medical etc i.e. everything except conventional armor and infantry units.
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    Post  Visc Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:34 pm

    President Bashar al-Assad's interview with Chinese Phoenix Channel [English]

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    Post  miketheterrible Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:59 pm

    Essentially: US and Turkey are invading Syria and they weren't invited nor got UN mandate - thus illegal.

    Now I know that Assad has appealed to UN to have Turkey condemned for its part of the invasion. I think US should also be added to that as well. Both are there to invade. If nothing done, then part of Syria will be stripped away from central government.
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    Post  JohninMK Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:23 pm

    Didn't someone mention earlier that ISIS would have to swim. Seems they didn't go to the lessons, the rape and pillage classes were much more fun, especially the practicals.

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    Post  JohninMK Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:27 pm

    From a couple of days ago. Can't get the image to load.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/CivilWarMap/status/839558073891049472/photo/1

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    Post  PapaDragon Sun Mar 12, 2017 10:23 pm

    JohninMK wrote:Didn't someone mention earlier that ISIS would have to swim. Seems they didn't go to the lessons, the rape and pillage classes were much more fun, especially the practicals.

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    ROFL, first rule of not drowning: keep both hands in the water!

    But I should not be too hard on them, it's not easy to swim and rape at the same time... Razz
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    Post  Visc Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:41 am

    According to various sources, 25-30k SAA+allied forces are getting ready for Idlib offensive (Southern and possibly Western Aleppo front).

    Most likely the majority of Iranian-backed forces from Al-Hadher area will push for M5 Aleppo highway towards Taftanaz airbase and besieged Fu'ah-Kafriya.
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    Post  VladimirSahin Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:51 am

    Good stuff... still very slow progress IMO. I hope the Syrian army is building more units as time goes on.
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    Post  Visc Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:31 am

    VladimirSahin wrote:Good stuff... still very slow progress IMO. I hope the Syrian army is building more units as time goes on.

    In my opinion SAA today is more organized, better equipped and experienced, the territory is consolidated, morale is back up and progress is satisfactory, especially if compared to previous years i.e. early stages of war. Just remember 2012/13/14 when losing an airbase/town or two was an everyday thing and SAA(/NDF) seemed more like a ragtag militia than a military.
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    Post  JohninMK Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:01 am

    Visc wrote:
    VladimirSahin wrote:Good stuff... still very slow progress IMO. I hope the Syrian army is building more units as time goes on.

    In my opinion SAA today is more organized, better equipped and experienced, the territory is consolidated, morale is back up and progress is satisfactory, especially if compared to previous years i.e. early stages of war. Just remember 2012/13/14 when losing an airbase/town or two was an everyday thing and SAA(/NDF) seemed more like a ragtag militia than a military.

    Agree, also we hear very little to nothing about the training/re-indoctrination camps that there must be, probably with a lot of RuA involvement. I wonder if being part of a now winning military is seen by Syrian males as a 'good' item on a future CV as opposed to something little more than a death sentence.
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    Post  calm Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:28 pm

    SAA broke first line of defense at DeirHafir. Tiger forces full control Humimiah Kbirah East Of Kuieres AirBase

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    Post  JohninMK Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:45 pm

    Looks like more US gear for the SDF. Also it looks like those US Marines for artillery support have landed in North East Syria.

    The US has sent a new batch of armored vehicles and hardware to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to an SDF source who asked to remain anonymous. In an interview with Sputnik Turkey, the SDF representative shared the details of this new delivery.

    “Cannon batteries, armored vehicles and hardware were delivered to the south of Kobani [north of Raqqa] in 43 wagons across the territory of northern Iraq, which will be used in the ongoing operation to free Raqqa,” the source said.

    According to him the weapons that were sent by the US earlier weren’t enough for the Syrian Democratic Forces.

    “We are about to encircle Raqqa and we must enter the city on armored vehicles in order to be able to defend ourselves against snipers and numerous mine traps left in the city by Daesh,” the source explained.

    Hence, the new batch of armored vehicles may reinforce the ongoing operation for the liberation of Raqqa.


    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201703131051542079-us-dispatches-armored-vehicles-syria/
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    Post  PapaDragon Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:52 am


    Already outdated apparently:

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    Post  JohninMK Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:56 pm

    A picture of one of the Aleppo canals previously mentioned.

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    Post  JohninMK Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:01 am

    Today's move in Aleppo

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