Syrian Civil War: News #2

kvs wrote:

And Femen at it again....there was a comment made that maybe they should airlift to Raqqa or Homs like that and see what happens

This retarded bimbo would be stoned to death for being a harlot not just by ISIS but by the "moderate" al Nusra.  

Scratch that the other idiot would be beheaded because of being seen with her.

Cyberspec wrote:

zg18 wrote:Syrian military advance in southern Aleppo

So Abtin has been recaptured



There seems to be Hezbolah infantry involved judging by some of the soldiers uniforms and equipment

Safir Jeep with 106mm Recoilles Gun

   
   
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Sounds like they got a bloody nose here...

Islamist Rebels Attempt to Recapture Jubb Al-Ahmar Amid the Syrian Army’s Offensive in Salma
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/islamist-rebels-attempt-to-recapture-jubb-al-ahmar-amid-the-syrian-armys-offensive-in-salma/

Not exactly Hizb but Quds guys, when you look the Sana footage you can see the QC 556 rifles typical of Quds hired people.

Cyberspec wrote:So Abtin has been recaptured

   
They`ve lost Abtin during first day of offensive and never recaptured it.

Cyberspec wrote:Sounds like they got a bloody nose here...

Islamist Rebels Attempt to Recapture Jubb Al-Ahmar Amid the Syrian Army’s Offensive in Salma
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/islamist-rebels-attempt-to-recapture-jubb-al-ahmar-amid-the-syrian-armys-offensive-in-salma/

Yeah , FSA so-called Mountain division took heavy beating today.

https://twitter.com/IraqiSuryani1/status/655791053811904512

Graphic 18+

BTW Russian-made UAV was lost it`s way in Al-Qarassi

KoTeMoRe wrote:
Not exactly Hizb but Quds guys, when you look the Sana footage you can see the QC 556 rifles typical of Quds hired people.

Even better then...

zg18 wrote:Yeah , FSA so-called Mountain division took heavy beating today.

https://twitter.com/IraqiSuryani1/status/655791053811904512

Thanks

zg18 wrote:BTW Russian-made UAV was lost it`s way in Al-Qarassi

Orlan-10....there's a short video



Rats being shelled - SW Aleppo countryside

^^^

Interesting...so supplies increased, but I think also because they are on the defensive they increased the use of ATGW for which they're best suited

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Syrian army (#SAA) seized control of Til Al-Sanobarat located northwest of Al-Waddihi village in the southern countryside of #Aleppo
https://twitter.com/IraqiSuryani1/status/655851109555290112

SyAF Su-22 over Talbisah....we haven't seen them for a while

Those civilians who choose to stay in terrorist held areas can be considered terrorists themselves. Their citizenships should be revoked and then killed as terrorists. We don't need this anti terrorism operation to last decades.

Two brigades of Iraqi Hezbollah has arrived in Syria

Shiite Gipsy music is a welcome relief to the Allahu Akbaars the "moderates" yell.

KoTeMoRe wrote:Shiite Gipsy music is a welcome relief to the Allahu Akbaars the "moderates" yell.

LOL Hell , indeed reminds of Gypsy music

Muharem "Aga" Serbezovski should definitely sing some of this.

zg18 wrote:

KoTeMoRe wrote:Shiite Gipsy music is a welcome relief to the Allahu Akbaars the "moderates" yell.

LOL Hell , indeed reminds of Gypsy music

Muharem "Aga" Serbezovski should definitely sing some of this.

T-72 tallava.

Interesting that they came with their T-72 Safirs naked.

Cyberspec wrote:^^^

Interesting...so supplies increased, but I think also because they are on the defensive they increased the use of ATGW for which they're best suited

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Not sure how they can know that supplies increased, much more likely it is as you say, the 'activists' are starting to fire off their stocks in increasing numbers as they come under attack. With the pressure on their supply dumps and supply systems it is possible they won't get any replacements. If they retreat, then carrying the TOW launcher without missiles, in the hope of getting them later, may not be top of their priorities.

KoTeMoRe wrote:Shiite Gipsy music is a welcome relief to the Allahu Akbaars the "moderates" yell.

A most welcome change indeed, feels like good old Balkan kafana!

We've been criticising the SAA, but Robert Fisk thinks they're tough bastards...


Everyone wrote off the Syrian army. Take another look now
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/with-russias-help-the-syrian-army-is-back-on-its-feet-and-fiercer-than-ever-a6698866.html

zg18 wrote:
Syrian military advance in southern Aleppo

The banner with the palm and the crossed swords is very peculiar. For Salafis who pretend to be Islamic fundamentalists
they sure disregard the censure of images of people and other lifeforms in imagery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism_in_Islam

But this banner does look like this:



The US task force insignia is a classic caliphate theme. BTW, the pirate flag with the skull and crossed bones likely originates from this
theme as well. All of these insignia have a not so hidden message in them.

JohninMK wrote:

Cyberspec wrote:^^^

Interesting...so supplies increased, but I think also because they are on the defensive they increased the use of ATGW for which they're best suited

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Not sure how they can know that supplies increased, much more likely it is as you say, the 'activists' are starting to fire off their stocks in increasing numbers as they come under attack. With the pressure on their supply dumps and supply systems it is possible they won't get any replacements. If they retreat, then carrying the TOW launcher without missiles, in the hope of getting them later, may not be top of their priorities.

'Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.' Old quote from many moons ago but still valid to a point. Without the beans and bullets no modern army can fight.

Russia will learn a LOT in this air campaign fighting terrorist in Syria.. that they could use later
in caucasus and hopefully the Russian Defense industry will design ,develop military hardware exclusively for Urban Warfare heavily armed with American TOW and Javelin missiles guided by wires.

As an example in cleaning Urban cities..captured by terrorist that they cannot move a lot.. you don't need fast tanks.. at all.. something very important Russia defense industry in their development of tanks..   So a super heavy tank of ~100 tons that have protection in all sides
with passive ,and reactive to lead the charge ,and with a gun designed not to fight tanks but terrorist and light fortifications will be ideal. Something like a tank with a 75 mm gun with anti personnel fragmentation munition will do the the job.

This is old school defense that do not depend in counter electronics at all.. but instead in mostly passive protection  that will always work. regardless of technology. This is to create mobile fortress to easily open the way for any assault on any heavily defended city captured by well armed terrorist. and any counter electronic added only be a bonus.. but not depend on it at all.

Its difficult to tell from the maps with front lines drawn more for convenience than reality, like south of Torez last year. But it seems that the existance of the large boiler between Homs and Hama is predicated mostly on ISIL holding Talbisah in the south and Ar Rastan to the north, everything else marked as ISIL held just being essentially empty countryside. So if this offensive happening today against Talbisah succeeds, then Ar Rastan will be in difficulty and the entire boiler could collapse freeing large numbers of SAA to move to another area. That is my view of a confusing war so I don't know if anybody sees anything radically different in that area Hama - Homs.

FSA using Google Earth to aid their mortar teams lol

zg18 wrote:

KoTeMoRe wrote:Shiite Gipsy music is a welcome relief to the Allahu Akbaars the "moderates" yell.

LOL Hell , indeed reminds of Gypsy music

Muharem "Aga" Serbezovski should definitely sing some of this.

that's because this music / singing is a "kawli" style of music... "kawli" is gypsy. Its the most popular type of music / singing / dancing amongst the "hoi poloi" lower classes in Iraq. Middle / upper classes look down upon this type of art naturally

Walther von Oldenburg wrote:What is Shia stance towards music BTW?

Sunnism is extremely hostile towards most forms of art... painting is banned (except calligraphy), sculping is banned, dancing is banned, musical instruments are banned (except a type of small drum allowed during certain religious festivals - and not all clerics allow even that).

In Sunni videos you never hear anything except boring singing without instruments - all in the same vocal style. Red Army Choir beats their "nasheeds" by orders of magnitude.

well the shias aren't called apostates without good reason. they have music bands even in their heretical religious festivals... no wonder the "true muslims" are always there full of rage blowing them up with suicide bombers.

https://twitter.com/LinaArabii/status/655900475624181760

"No ISIS in Idlib" Interesting shot video showing "moderates" having very peculiar....rally of a sort

This morning SAA and allied forces take important hill of Tal SyriaTel which overlooks the Damascus - Aleppo highway and the strategically important city of Khan Touman, which is held by the terrorists and likely will be the next objective of the southern Aleppo offensive http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-and-hezbollah-capture-tal-syriatel-in-southern-aleppo/