ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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Jura The idiot
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anti-Government forces are trying to get into "New Aleppo District" (marked, by somebody in Twitter, more to the north in the map below) and "3000 Apartments" as I write:
this:
Oct 27, 2016
(described inside https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...o-oped-no-politics.t6913/page-461#post-421645) at that time was fairly inaccurate in the southern part, but, ironically, is more accurate now ... here's what the most recent "de Syracuse" shows in this area:
(comes from
you should be able to like zoom in upon clicking on the map in that link)
Interesting that this indicates US-backed Kurdish/rebel forces are inserting themselves between Turkish/rebel forces and Syrian government/allied forces at the expense of IS. It will be interesting to see if/who tries to take Al-Bab and whether that happens with any relation to Syrian government success/failure in securing the rest of Aleppo.
Jura The idiot
General
Today at 1:16 PM
("Cassad"
has the description)
it seems they didn't break in today:anti-Government forces are trying to get into "New Aleppo District" (marked, by somebody in Twitter, more to the north in the map below) and "3000 Apartments" as I write:
("Cassad"
has the description)
Jura The idiot
General
related to the fights west to :
Today at 6:59 AM
Today at 6:59 AM
... and I've read in Twitter recently ISIL was able to mount a counter-strike against Rebels/Turks, but "de Syracuse" says now they're advancing again:... here's what the most recent "de Syracuse" shows in this area:
...
Jura The idiot
General
top 1 news at gazeta.ru right now
links to the Twitter
which links to an ISIL outlet purporting to show a Russian helicopter taken down
(don't quote this to tell me it's a fake, impossibility, whatever)
of course the Russian Ministry of Defense has a different story:
links to the Twitter
which links to an ISIL outlet purporting to show a Russian helicopter taken down
(don't quote this to tell me it's a fake, impossibility, whatever)
of course the Russian Ministry of Defense has a different story:
Not quite sure what you think people make accuse as fake?
This story was all over AMD yesterday with the video that one of your links contains.
The official story is that the helicopter landed safely with a technical issue and that the pilots were rescued, just in time as an ISIS ATGM team hit and destroyed the downed helicopter.
My only comment to that, is that if I was watching the video blind, that I saw nothing that indicated an ATGM and would just have assumed that the Russians decided to burn out the helicopter abandoned in enemy held territory and beyond hope of recovery.
If the Russians say ISIS destroyed it on the ground why should I doubt them (Unless the pilots have to pay for abandoned equipment of course
)Nothing from the video indicated any missile damage before the "ATGM hit" and the helicopter must have been down on the ground for some time to allow another Helicopter and two ground vehicles to reach it.
Jura The idiot
General
LOL if you had not been a Moderator, I would've ignored ... well, I've heard there's plenty of "explanations" at Russian-fanboish sites (like the blast doesn't fit and it was Russians who were blowing up the helo [with another right beside it hahaha, I add], the sound of a launch doesn't fit, etc. etc.), plus the official story (the РИА link I posted) requires a willing suspension of disbelief ... stuff I'm really not interested in, that's why I included the "disclaimer"
but it seems I should've extended it to "and don't tell me it's not a fake and it is a possibility"
I'm not going to post about this story anymore.
Jura The idiot
General
Yesterday at 7:14 PM
I'm guessing the two "fireballs" to the west are supposed to mean Government artillery/aircraft attacks against the rear of anti-Government forces in this area
here's the most recent pro-Government map:
I'm guessing the two "fireballs" to the west are supposed to mean Government artillery/aircraft attacks against the rear of anti-Government forces in this area
Jura The idiot
General
Oct 1, 2016
... and since then Government has progressed slowly, but significantly in what I called "C" above:...
...
"C" (where most of the fights have been going on recently):
- Mubattan G
- Kawkab R
- Tayyibat al Ism G
- Qarah R
- Junaynah G
- Zugbah G; "C" ends
...