ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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Jura The idiot
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delft while you're reading dubious texts about "games", I've noticed the Government is under attack in Aleppo and its vicinity (of course the reports are difficult to verify, so just coupla points here): allegedly,
- huge building of "Syrian KGB" blown up (first a tunnel was dug to undermine the compound):
- anti-Government forces about to take over some important district in the city center:
- anti-Government forces about to take over
Dec 20, 2015
I'm as suspicious as ever: very little news comes out of Aleppo area ... let's see if I'll be able to update this post
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The matter is complex. You might read this blog article by the retired Indian diplomat M.K.Bhadrakumar:
which contains this quote from Wall Street Journal:
Men can earn very little money in the "rebel" held areas except by serving in "rebel" movements that are sponsored by foreign countries. If you choose a political solution with free and fair elections and to that end destroy Nusra and Daesh the US sponsored and armed "rebels" are to weak to have any influence on the elections especially if there are sufficient independent observers.
which contains this quote from Wall Street Journal:
Men can earn very little money in the "rebel" held areas except by serving in "rebel" movements that are sponsored by foreign countries. If you choose a political solution with free and fair elections and to that end destroy Nusra and Daesh the US sponsored and armed "rebels" are to weak to have any influence on the elections especially if there are sufficient independent observers.
Jura The idiot
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Today at 9:58 AM
let's see tomorrow
two sources now ("deSyracuse" and "almasdarnews") concur the Government lost Khan Tuman and Al-Khalidiyah (shown in yellow in the map below; less than two miles from "M5"), and it's unclear to me what else ... saw claims of Al Humayra (middle-bottom) and Khirbat Ma'rata (north-east corner), but not of Al-Qarassi (most to the east in the map below):
Jura The idiot
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several anti-Government videos, graphic!, right from there available at
from what I figured, it fell this morning, the defenders were (mostly) Iranians
Jura The idiot
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Yesterday at 8:41 PM
... and I decided to post just this map (should be "clickable"; in case it didn't show, you could try the links or ):Today at 9:58 AM
two sources now ("deSyracuse" and "almasdarnews") concur the Government lost Khan Tuman and Al-Khalidiyah (shown in yellow in the map below; less than two miles from "M5"), and it's unclear to me what else ... saw claims of Al Humayra (middle-bottom) and Khirbat Ma'rata (north-east corner), but not of Al-Qarassi (most to the east in the map below):
let's see tomorrow
Jura The idiot
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Yesterday at 9:58 AM
... and the yellowish smoke also shows inside of
WATCH: Aerial Drone Footage of a Tunnel Bomb Exploding in Syria
... and the yellowish smoke also shows inside of
WATCH: Aerial Drone Footage of a Tunnel Bomb Exploding in Syria
Jura The idiot
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Friday at 9:28 PM
Members of Iran's elite force killed in Syria clashes
Revolutionary guards lose 13 soldiers with 21 wounded after clashes in Khan Touman just south of Aleppo.
referring to by "it", while
Members of Iran's elite force killed in Syria clashes
Revolutionary guards lose 13 soldiers with 21 wounded after clashes in Khan Touman just south of Aleppo.
Jura The idiot
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the map inside of the article, which is dated "7 May 2016", failed to notice Government had lost the area around in the morning of May 6; using that map anyway, I approximated this area by the white arrowhead, and the threat to the Government could be its forces in Aleppo might be trapped (which I approximated by the white line: I'm predicting NOTHING though):
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