Syrian War: News #22

...but what you will get is a president more stable (mentally) and one that will listen to allies and not be driven by one country alone. Biden is a fool but he's a stable fool. Clinton would be worse, much worse. With Biden I expect to see a return to normal international relations from the US and not the ad-hoc madness from the incumbent madman.

The general was killed, get over it, he was replaced and to be fair, he caused enough misery himself. The UN has labelled it an illegal act, Iran commits them too, it's life. Biden would not have allowed the attack to take place and behind the scenes the Europeans were not impressed with killing him. Trump and his madness approach to the world is all. So the leopard will become stable...

Time will tell, it always does.

crod wrote:...but what you will get is a president more stable (mentally) and one that will listen to allies and not be driven by one country alone. Biden is a fool but he's a stable fool. Clinton would be worse, much worse. With Biden I expect to see a return to normal international relations from the US and not the ad-hoc madness from the incumbent madman.

The general was killed, get over it, he was replaced and to be fair, he caused enough misery himself. The UN has labelled it an illegal act, Iran commits them too, it's life. Biden would not have allowed the attack to take place and behind the scenes the Europeans were not impressed with killing him. Trump and his madness approach to the world is all. So the leopard will become stable...

Time will tell, it always does.

Your confidence in Biden is touching. The guy is clearly heading rapidly towards ill health. His guardians are carefully planning everything so that he can avoid a head to head with Trump. Regardless of what one thinks of him that would be an event at which Trump would take him apart.

If he made it to the election and won he would never be in power, he would have a 'medical incident' that would rule him out either before or after inauguration. In that situation it is his VP that will be the next President of the US.

Trump is just a figurehead with very little power over strategic direction since the advent of CAATSA. I assume you are aware that when it was passed in 2017 much of the President's foreign policy powers passed to the SoS and SoD? This is why Pompeo is parading around the World, he has real power, well as much as TPTB behind the scenes give him.

You should read up on the Uniparty in the US. The US Government, all arms, is now so corrupt that they have no hope of salvation.

As we have seen, it is the US military that has proved to be the announcer of the final say over what the US does in Syria. There is little sign that there is going to be any change there. probably the only lever is if the US actually exits Iraq. If they exit northern Iraq then their Syrian operation is probably too far out on a limb to be sustained.

Touching? Sorry but just lost any respect for your post right there....

Crod,

Johnny is right...it's pretty obvious Biden isn't doing too well health wise. He's struggling to string together 2 coherent sentences.

Trump hasn't done anything previous presidents haven't done.

Sure he has pulled out of a lot of agreements, but the US was never one that liked to sign those anyway.

And the US has always used economic pressure to get its way... it has just been much less open about it...

America is the problem... the democrats and republicans are two sides of the same coin... it really does not matter who is in charge because it is the job of the other to thwart them from doing anything actually useful.

People complaining about Trump upsetting Americas allies have short memories...

Before the election the western world was happy to make predictions about the US elections, and the general consensus in the western world was that Hilary was going to win easily and that Trump was a joke with no chance at all.

Was it really a shock when he then went over to Europe saying HATO was useless and that europe was a parasitic tick feeding on the blood of Americans.

Perhaps they forgot calling him a joke...

Of course despite repeatedly being asked Putin only ever said his opinion does not matter and that it is for the American people to decide who they want to lead them... but of course that is not an acceptable position in the views of the media so in the background he must have been manipulating the minds of American voters to force them to vote for Trump because he knew it would weaken America, while all those Europeans putting in their two cents endorsing Hilary trying to get on the good side of the woman they thought would lead the US were of course not trying to influence the vote or the voters who watched them on the news telling Americans they would be silly to vote for anyone but Hilary.

Even the independents got blamed for taking Hilarys votes that could have helped her defeat trump... as if people voting for the greens or an independent took votes that belonged to Hilary...

Garry whats interesting is that now Russia/ China/ Iran are choreographing their geo-political moves much more so publicly than before. The troika's mask has really come off now hasn't it. I mean half a trillion in Chinese investments/ oil & gas deals and Zarif renewing that old multi-lateral 20 year cooperation agreement with Moscow. Both happening in the span of a ghaad dang week. It ain't no coincidence I tell you.

@garry
It’s strange how you continuously speak as if Europe is one country. There were and are lots of differences when it comes to any world leader within Europe but you wouldn’t have the first clue about that because a) you’re not European and b) have never worked within the European political structure. Don’t take offence to that, I’m merely pointing out some facts. You come from a (great) country where rugby union and agriculture are your main exports, a nation that lives in the shadow of a big cousin across the ditch...American ass licking cousin at that. Don’t get me wrong, NZ is far a better nation and the world would be a much better place if it had Ardern’s as leaders but your knowledge of European politics is not quite there tbh. Populous sound bytes with no real substance.

A lot of the comments on here are quite funny. Even from an Englishman trying to give history lessons on how US FP operates with a swagger that he’s in the know and the rest are not...English through and through I guess. I’d be more concerned about the mess that is BREXIT, BoJo and Dominic Cummings if I were in England...not to mention the real possibility of the breakup of the Union, just don’t tell the DUP just yet.

There are political norms, just because one picks trump apart for not following them doesn’t for one minute suggest that he’s deviated from the US bullying norms - it’s just Obama was different in many ways (with his many many faults of course - should’ve stopped the US creation of the turmoil in Syria to name only one). He did show how things can be done differently however, look at his stance against Israel, never before in recent times has a US president stood up to the jews, he did this against the MIC, AIPAC and the rest of the US fuckheads but did it with consultation with Europe.

There are alternatives and change is always possible. US dominance will decrease further as time goes by, as most human geographers will opine, paradigm shifts are inevitable.

Now just let me grab my helmet and take cover....incoming....

"Hearts, Heads&Livers: Syrian Army Uncovered Hideout Of Organ Traders In Greater Idlib (Photos)."

https://southfront.org/hearts-headslivers-syrian-army-uncovered-hideout-of-organ-traders-in-greater-idlib-photos/

It’s strange how you continuously speak as if Europe is one country.

Maybe when it shows some spine and tells Washington to mind its own business and starts making its own decisions I might think of it as something other than the Washington vassal that it is.

Don’t get me wrong, NZ is far a better nation and the world would be a much better place if it had Ardern’s as leaders but your knowledge of European politics is not quite there tbh. Populous sound bytes with no real substance.

Adern is just another puppet, she does as she is told eventually... not much better than Europe... just much less important/effectual...

There are alternatives and change is always possible.

Quite true, but as anyone talking to a gambler or drug addict or even just someone who smokes... you can talk logic and common sense all you want but until the person with the problem actually faces up to it actually being a problem and making the decision to actually try to do something about it then you are wasting your time... and the critical problem for the US and the EU is that power lies with those with money and they like the way the system is... they got really really rich and as far as they are concerned poor people are stupid or lazy or both.

Change is very unlikely by accident, and it is pretty clear Russia and China have actually made no efforts to undermine the west to help it collapse faster.

The whole concept of the Russian North Sea Route and all these silk roads from China to Europe are banking on Europe staying wealthy... Why was Russia and is China holding so much US debt if they want them to fail surely owning their debt is stupid because in any open war the first thing the US will do is say we are not paying to our enemy any debt so that debt will effectively be written off.

You would only buy debt with someone you are certain can pay it back... of course the US started attacking Russia with sanctions and trying to cut them off from using dollars etc etc so it was perfectly natural for them to then sell off all US debt they held, but still not because they wanted to invade or attack.

Russian responses to western lunacy has been sensible and measured and controlled.

BTW And the Australian shadow is not as big as you might think...

What is most amusing is that critics of Trump ignore the fact that he actually started fewer wars than Obama did, and Hilary would already have been at war with Russia over her kooky ideas about a no fly zone in Syria.

Odds are she likely would have pulled out of that treaty with Iran too because Iran was starting to develop and grow and was getting lots of investment... it is like Russia or China... let it grow and develop for a decade or two and it becomes rather more powerful and dangerous to US hegemony... which of course cannot be tolerated.

"Hearts, Heads&Livers: Syrian Army Uncovered Hideout Of Organ Traders In Greater Idlib (Photos)."

These are the people the west will help and support because Russia and China are soo dangerous... western leaders are fking idiots... but it is never their fault when it bites them in the ass... 11/9 wasn't Americas fault... Osama Bin Laden is an engineer by trade and made most of his millions building cave complexes for the Muj in Afghanistan in the 1980s... how could that go wrong...

Syrian T-72 based Terminator.

magnumcromagnon wrote:Syrian T-72 based Terminator.

I mentioned this setup in the past on a T-55. This is an ideal VBIED killer,  a bit easier to destroy one with four 14.5mm barrels. Lol

Forgot to mention that they have also mounted it on tricks, MT-LB, and BMP.

Is there a camera on top?

I think it's an old pic from a few years ago. I remember seeing it a while back

Cyberspec wrote:I think it's an old pic from a few years ago. I remember seeing it a while back

Yes originally from May 2015.

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4036-syrian-armed-forces-photos-video

israel attacking Syria again, using fighters and helis.

crod wrote:israel attacking Syria again, using fighters and helis.

Impotent BS. This will not stop the revival of Syria.

israel attacking Syria again, using fighters and helis.

Leopards don't change their spots... I am sure it was self defence...

There looks to be some kind of rebellion/civil war breaking our in Deir east of the river between the Arabs and the Kurds. Been brewing for a while but come to a head with the murder a few days ago of a key Sheik. This could get embarrassing for the US, especially on top of the proposed contracts being let in the US on updating the oilfield infrastructure and refining capacity..

Spriter
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The Aqadeet tribe is calm, for now, they have given the SDF and the coalition a month to discover and deliver the killers of the sheikhs of their tribe. Meanwhile, the SDF does not allow entry and exit from Shaheil and Theban and Hawaii.

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Urgent:
The tribe of Al-Mawali mobilizes against SDF in solidarity with the tribe of Al Aqadeet

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Sheikh Nawaf Ragheb Al-Bashir, the sheikh of the "Bakara" tribe reiterates call yesterday to unite with other tribes and Al-Akadeet to oppose aggression and SDF

Clear cut warning to Turkey that it's not implementing the agreement on Idlib and Russia will be forced to take action

From Oleg Blokhin (Anna News)

To prevent the disruption of the fulfillment of the tasks set by the Supreme Commander of the RF Armed Forces, the command of the Russian contingent of troops in Syria is ready to assume the responsibility of ensuring the safety of the M4 with all available forces and means.

This will require expanding Russia's zone of influence to the north of the Idlib zone.  If Turkey continues to evade the implementation of the agreement, this will have to be done, the representative of the security agency in Syria said.


Full thread
https://twitter.com/0legblokhin/status/1291437045869678593

@ KVS

".... Impotent BS. This will not stop the revival of Syria......."

Both agree and disagree. I remember watching James Bond Movie. Where he was doing martial arts training, and was getting used to being beaten to a pulp!

These terror acts by Rats in Europe or Russia, if sustained, will collapse government and cause disruption. But Usraelis are used to " Rockets". They keep having kids and expanding territory. No problems. Maybe Lebanon and Syria are reaching this point. And so is Iran. The trick is to hit back. Even Toweliban managed a ceasefire with yank and withdrawal agreement. And they don't have anti- ThAAD ballistic radar homing stealth missiles, like Iran. Only rifles. But they fire back. The trick is not minding that it hurts. Hitting back. Keeping calm and carrying on.......I eventually had to let go of an ant, that I was inspecting as a child..... It kept biting and it hurt......I never picked up another, till now.... The ants did not survive because of Ferdowsi poem....

Not sure how to embed this properly.

They say its an explosion in Syria seven months ago. Look familiar?

https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/mp4/Syrie.mp4?_=1

JohninMK wrote:Not sure how to embed this properly.

They say its an explosion in Syria seven months ago. Look familiar?

https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/mp4/Syrie.mp4?_=1

This is contrails tin foil hat BS level analysis.   You see the shock wave because of condensation of atmospheric water vapour
and not because of bomb combustion products.   So different days will have different relative humidity conditions and you will
either see a spectacular condensation even or you will see almost nothing (there may be some evidence of the shock wave
closer to plume depending on the stratification of the boundary layer).   The peculiar doughnut hugging the ground condensation
pattern seen in the explosion shown in the video is also a reflection of the stratification of the boundary layer. There is a
wave-guide effect depending on the vertical temperature gradient (or lapse rate). The lapse rate also determines how easy
it is to condense the water vapour by vertical air parcel displacements. The shock wave does not simply override the atmospheric
conditions, it is triggering what amounts to cloud (fog) formation.

The explosion in the video above clearly has no red-brown colour so its only similarity to the Beirut blast it was a large explosion.

JohninMK wrote:Not sure how to embed this properly.

They say its an explosion in Syria seven months ago. Look familiar?

https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/mp4/Syrie.mp4?_=1

Blast-wave clouds, known as a "Wilson Cloud," are made when humid air gets compressed and causes the water in it to condense. They are very common with a big enough explosion, most people just aren't used to seeing them so they think its not ordinary

Even worse when an aircraft pulls a manouver in the right air conditions and clouds of condensation form on the wings and people think it is breaking the sound barrier... when in actual fact along with those explosions... what you are really seeing is a super accelerated forming of normal clouds... from a high speed high energy pressure wave from the explosion and air rapidly being compressed over a wing surface....

Pace of revolution picking up east of the Euphrates. Could be the start of guerilla operations against the SDF/US. With a map to remind me where the demarcation lines are.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – On Sunday, the Al-Akidat Tribe in Syria announced the establishment of the (Al-Akidat Army) and immediately began operations against the U.S. Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) east of the Euphrates.

During a meeting in the city of Deir Ezzor, the sheikhs and notables of the Al-Akidat Tribe stressed the need to unify the positions regarding what is happening in the Syrian Jazeera region (east of the Euphrates) after the attacks carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces, with help from the Coalition.

In a statement obtained by Sputnik, the sheikhs and notables of the Al-Akidat Tribe addressed the circumstances into which the situation and matters had turned at this stage and the crimes of the “SDF gangs with US-Zionist support, which crossed all red lines.”

The statement said, “This militia used some criminals, fragmentation and assault on the sanctities of the homeland and society, plundering the nation’s wealth and liquidating national symbols represented by targeting Sheikh Mutashhar Al-Hafl in cold blood and in broad daylight.”

They continued: “As a result of the above, and in response to this, the notables and elders of the Al-Akidat Tribe will meet to discuss these matters, and take the necessary measures to respond to the occupier, his tools and terrorist gangs, and liberate all of the Syrian lands, so that Syria remains the leader of the Arab nation, under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad.”

The statement would say: “In response to the urgent desire of the Akidat sons to move and organize ranks to get rid of the American occupation and its tools , the elders and notables of the Al-Akidat Tribe decided to form a political council for the tribe from the tribe’s notables and elders, whose task is to manage its affairs in coordination with the relevant authorities in the state and form the Al-Akidat army.”

They explained that this army will be formed from all the tribe’s clans in Syria as a resistance military wing, and immediately begin work to achieve the comprehensive liberation of the Syrian lands, in coordination with the Syrian Arab Army, and “eliminate terrorism in all its forms and chase criminal gangs.”

The political council of the Al-Akidat tribe announced the start of popular resistance against the SDF and Coalition and considered them a legitimate target of the resistance, and called on all those “associated with the occupier and his supporters from the tribe and the region to return to the bosom of the homeland, otherwise it will be considered a legitimate target of the resistance as is the case of the occupier, his tools and his mercenaries.

They added: “the great heroism of our Syrian Arab Army, the sacrifices of the martyrs, the heroic stances of the allies and friends of Syria, and their standing by the right and supporting Syria under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, and we affirm the national unity, land and people.”