Nothing is happening anywhere, besides that US Marine killed in Iraq.
But lets have a thread either way.
Old one died over the night:
>>29287793
According to pro rebel sources, ISIS has launched an attack on the industrial city of Sheikh Najjar in Aleppo.
They also reported that pro ISIS sources claimed ISIS took control of the village of Kafar Saghir, just North of the industrial city.
>>29319991
Unlike methinks. Though the idea of a larger isis campaign against the SNIC to join the battle of aleppo has been floating around since years.
But with the desperate situation in eastern aleppo province its very likely just a small diversion.
>>29320031
The claims of them seizing Kafar Saghir are from pro ISIS sources which could be wrong.
All we know is that ISIS launched an attack, so it might be just diversion.
As I like to say from time to time, it is best to wait for more updates and reports. We will see how serious ISIS is about this attack.
1st for Assad
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=887_1455803097
Pretty entertaining stuff: FSA getting REKT by ISIS - not really new, but awsome as fuck
Al Masdar confirms that ISIS has taken over Kafar Saghir.
They also claimed that the SAA launched a counterattack to take back the village but were only able to enter it so far.
There were also reports of airstrikes conducted by the Syrian airforce as ISIS attempts to storm the Northern entrance of Sheikh Najjar.
The incompetence of the SAA never ceases to astound me. Thousands of men, tanks, artillery and Russian air support and they still can't take a desert town (Palmyra) which is essentially defended by light infantry.
>>29319839
Looking at my smartass post made before the thread died last night and it rings true today. The SAA and allies are still stalled out on the Palmyra front.
>>29320501
IS is up to something big again. They won't take losing eastern Aleppo lying down and they can't hold most of eastern Aleppo much longer either. They don't have much time left to make a move.
>>29320525
You should try to advance into a town surrounded by desert by yourself, having the fear of being beheaded if they catch you. They survived 5 years against a shit ton of rebels and islamists, who all belong to a shit ton of alliances. Is there any army on the world that could do the same without dying or surrendering?
>inb4 US Army
Also, any news on Palmyra?
>>29320555
Not good news for the SAA in Palmyra but I don't want to rub it in since all the pro gov take anons take it to heart and get pissy.
>>29320555
US army could and did do it.
They say this is the T-90 that was shot with a TOW, is it true?
The armor looks tough, but it looks like everything that will make it operating was destroyed
>>29320594
How would anyone know? You would need pictures from inside the tank to see what kind of penetration the TOW did if any. Penetration is the main goal of a ATGM.
>>29320552
Losing Sheikh Najjar would cut off the SAA supply line to their Northern Aleppo territories. Attacking it would definitely provoke a big SAA reaction if that is what ISIS is looking for.
Not to mention all the reinforcements sent to Palmyra, maybe ISIS is hoping to make the SAA scramble men and resources.
>>29320525
>a desert town (Palmyra) which is essentially defended by light infantry with TOW guided missles, able to fuck up tanks from over 2 miles away...
Fixed that for you
>>29320286
>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=887_1455803097
Not FSA.
>>29320594
i think the one in the video has a white spot/blur on the sam place where the 21-4 is writen, so it indeed could be that tank
>>29320615
Half of the tank looks all black, and also under the turret it looks like it melted
>>29320622
They are using HJ-8s not Tows. IS is mounting an effective defence against a far large force with ovewelming air power backing them.
>tfw the SAA can't advance
>>29320622
Muh muh T-90, shtora, muh muh
>>29320620
>maybe ISIS is hoping to make the SAA scramble men and resources.
This what isis is doing since the begining, each time SAA and allie fall in theses trap.
Syrian government is fucking incompetent.
>>29320627
i know, its most likely Ahra al-Sham, from the logo on their ID cards...but i dont really give a fuck, they are all the same shit if you ask me
>>29320652
butthurt roach detected
>>29320555
>>29320622
>Completely outnumber your enemy with full control of the skies and huge amounts of armour and artillery
>still get BTFO by literal camel fuckers
the SAA is shit, get over it
>>29320695
Becarful, SAA cocksucker will try to harm you because they hate the reality.
>>29320583
When?
>inb4 WW1 or 2
>>29320620
It's going be hard for IS to take Sheikh Najjar but like Khanser that doesn't seem to bother them very much. Completely agree with you that IS is probing to force a large SAA reaction.
>>29320501
>the second russia is scaling down their air campaign, assad is beginning to lose ground again
I really can only imagine putins face right now.
>>29320651
>filename
lol
Not to mention that ISIS has a shit ton of HJ-8s thanks to the Deir Ez Zor weapons depots.
>>29320667
Yeah, the standard ISIS response.
I wonder if the SAA will be able to hold off without reinforcements or if they will be forced to take the bait.
>>29320501
>>29320074
>>29319991
For anyone wondering where Kafr Saghir is, here is an old map
>>29320652
Muh altay, muh superiority
>>29320781
Or mybe better
>>29320786
Will the Altay/K2 and the Leopard 2 finally be battle proven once Turkey inevitably is drawn into syria or will they just send all their shitty M60 variants?
>>29320786
Lol altay is a fucking shity classic tank. No fucking interest at all.
>>29320820
They'll probably spam Pattons, they have gorillions of them
>>29320820
Don't talk shit about Pattons
>>29320822
>making a tank in 2014 out of licensed parts and calling it Altay even tho Altay is a region belonging to Russia
>being independent and superior
choose one
-Pro rebel sources claim that ISIS recaptured the villages of Mereighel and Al Tawqli in North Aleepo.
Keeping track of this is becoming a nightmare lol, reminds me of Tripoli back in World War 2.
-The SAA attempts to advance in Latakia despite claims from pro SAA sources 2 days ago that the operations were halted until April.
Some good news for the SAA because I talk about the conflict on a whole and not just when one side is winning like some here do.(not Zvezda or RU, their cool)
The SAA has repelled a large IS attack last night and this morning in Deir Ezzor. This was IS responding to SAA advances south of the airbase that went unchecked. IS wanted to keep the SAA honest and got punched in the mouth for it.
tfw when you have to choose between a german tank, a south korean tank and an israeli version of an american tank as your MBT
>>29320992
Couple of things on this. First the attack isn't over. IS is still fighting in parts of the city. Second is (and I think there is pictures of this) credible reports that the SAA loaded a lot of dead IS bodies on trucks and drove in the city indicating IS took heavy loses and possibly to troll them.
>>29321062
Here is one of the pictures from Deir Ezzor. On the IS side the pro IS accounts are saying them made advances in shaer gasfield near Palmyra which not only stalls the SAA but they are actually going backwards.
>>29319839
>using a dumb dutch kid's map
Come on.
>>29321090
forgot pic
So, to recap the recent news:
IS surprise advance in north Aleppo towards Sheikh Najjar, they take Kafr Saghir and try to break the Industrial City's defenses, but the SAA counter attacks, advancing towards Saghir. Ongoing operations.
SAA defeats an IS attack in Deyr-ez-Zor. Fighting continues although at a reduced scope.
SAA still stalling in PAlmyra, advancing slow as a turtle.
SAA makes dvances towards Qaryatain, surrounds the city from 2 sides, tries to cut the IS "arm" reaching for the Brigade 128's base.
Inkhil shenanigans between rebels and an offshoot of ISIS seem tohave calmed a bit.
>>29320992
Thanks mate!
Things seem to be going well for the SAA in Deir Ez Zor.
>>29321188
No, they just lost entire "strategic" area in Deir Ezzor due to the ongoing sand storm in Syria.
>>29321456
Damn, this just happened.
It's not an entire area, but Al Furat Hotel is a strategic building, yes. Bad day for the SAA I guess.
>>29321456
What are you talking about?, the SAA repelled the attack. IS made minor gains in the city but that has been the case for the last week. The SAA is driving the dead IS bodies around the city for all to see. I could be wrong so i'm all ears.
>>29321170
No issues with this recap other than Qaryatan where there was a IS counter attack at Al Mahsa mountains blunted recent SAA advances. I'm out for a while.
>>29321637
The battle is ongoing. Where the fuck are you getting your informations ? It's everywhere on Twitter...
>>29321683
I asked what "strategic" area was lost by the SAA. I fucking mentioned specifically the battle was ongoing in this post >>29321062
>>29321637
>>29321696
Reports from twitter accounts (including Markito) that ISIS took the Furat Hotel.
Nothing yet from news agencies.
https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/711568124508819456
>>29321696
You said: "the SAA repelled the attack"
Wtf, you don't even know what you are saying ? How can you say that when the battle is still ongoing ?
Indeed, you are a "5 star armchair general"...
>>29321736
>Markito
Zvezda pls
>>29321736
There are also reports the SAA took it back after briefly losing it.
https://twitter.com/sternschmerzen/status/711580921628139522
However you are right in that the SAA has not had a total victory in Deir Ezzor today. Despite repelling the airbase attack IS is still the wolf at the door.
>>29321752
They repelled the attack at the airbase by wiping out all IS attackers and I already said the attack was still ongoing. Fuck your shit IS fanboy.
>>29321753
Yeah I did mention "reports" and "twitter accounts", as in it's just people on computers.
Again, nothing yet from news agencies.
Let's wait for things to clear up.
>>29321796
But why talking about Markito in particular? His lies go on and on. There are rebel/ISIS sources that are more honest than him, he's just a cheerleader.
>>29321808
Yes I understand, I was just stressing that the reports were from a few twitter accounts, including Markito. Meaning that they could be wrong.
Armchair general was asking and I wanted to make it clear that the news agencies have still not reported anything about the Furat Hotel.
In other words, I posted about it so that people can keep an eye out for more news, but I also encourage people to not take these claims as confirmed.
Best to wait for more reports.
>>29321888
I think so too.
Furat Hotel falling would open a big gash in the army's defenses.
>>29321795
IS fanboy ? Wtf ? Because I said isis just taken an important area in Deir Ezzor ? Wtf is wrong with assad cock sucker....
>>29321989
What Zvezda is saying is the Furat hotal may have been taken as reported by Markito and I am waiting to see myself. All I was asking was what area were you talking about because I had not heard of this and there are already twitters saying IS lost the hotel.
So no , no "strategic" area was lost by the SAA in Deir Ezzor today that anyone knows of but that dose not mean the SAA is out of the woods yet.
>>29321989
>calling 5 star an Assad fanboy
Mate, he's an american that's generally neutral, but shows a good interest in ISIS.
Zvezda is rebel leaning but honest about everything. I like him the most.
R. Updater is like 5 star.
There are two new ones that I don't know about.
>>29322053
All true. To make my position clear I think IS commanders show shears of brilliance in their military tactics in eastern Homs and I have a low opinion of the SAA unless it's a large and well planned offensive. I was impressed by the Ruafs showing and the YPG backed by the US.
In general I think Syria is a quagmire but this is a normal opinion a lot of people share.
>>29322186
The one thing the SAA is good at is logistics, they've managed to keep hundreds of thousands of soldiers across the country continuously supplied for years without too many major hiccups. If the SAA wants to put ten thousand men and a fuckton of armoured vehicles, tanks and artillery somewhere they can do it without major issue. Considering how corrupt the institution is it's impressive how smoothly their supply system flows. It's only when it comes to actual fighting that the SAA falls apart. A combination of shitty generals and demoralised poorly trained conscripts who fight worse than they should.
>>29320594
It's not the same, it's a new one that got fucked up by bullets and RPJ, heavy damages in the interior
>>29320651
>the SAA air force*
You realize the Kurds and Iraqis have had as much trouble with the entire coalition backing them, right?
>>29320652
>T-90's in Palmrya
Shtora doesn't fix HJ-8's to a tank's asshole.
>>29320695
I like how all the adjectives used here are exaggerated for rhetorical purposes.
People lie with adjectives.
>>29319839
>K*rdish rats owing all that.
Hopefully JAN or Assad drives them out.
>>29322553
Pic related: You
=]
>>29320885
LITERALLY stowing ammo in your crew compartment
>>29321017
They're T*rks. They're Arabs with a slightly higher IQ and more roach germs. You can expect them to procure a bajillion kinds of incompatible weapons because rule of cool, just like Arabs do.
>>29322553
Jut wait until they become too greedy and go for Jarabulus/Manbij/azaz and watch the turks rolling in.
>Kafr a small
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ENiBqBGws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDPnATTIuwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT0TnX_e0sM
>Deir Ezzor
>15
>>29322553
Back to your designated shitting street Turkroach. You've got more coins to make :^)
After three years of coming to this thread and seeing all the events occur, I have four key observations.
1. The Middle-East is an extremely complicated region. Western analysts try to simplify the conflicts down too much, and it's why they've been consistently wrong.
2. The SAA is incompetent, but has enough courage to not give up.
3. ISIS has been far more ingenious and lasted far longer than many would have expected.
4. The Rebels, even with the support of Sunni nations and the West, have failed to create a true alternative to the pre-Arab Spring authoritarian governments.
>>29323159
Have you come to the conclusion that the region would be far better with no involvement from the West yet?
>>29323190
>implying it wouldn't just get worse
>>29322926
That camo actually blends unlike the greenish one SAA uses.
>>29323190
>West
>>29320555
get behind armor and advance carefully is what my army taught me, but we never got to actually do it
>>29320594
Lads, has a photo sharing forum alternative for militaryphotos.net sprung up yet?
>>29323190
I think that's inherent knowledge for anyone who isn't a neocon or braindead.
The West has absolutely devastated the region.
And unlike>>29323211
the Middle East was far safer and more stable pre War on Terror. I don't see how anyone could argue this.
The region instead of progressing and slowly secularizing, has 4 nations in civil war, more authoritarian shitholes than before, and is significantly more Islamists.
Assortment of the custom done up vehicles by the republican guard, Darayya
>>29323860
Haha looks like he's riding a horse.
Few points as this eventful day ends:
-Pro SAA and pro rebel sources report that clashes are still on going in Kafar Saghir as the SAA attempts to recapture it.
-After a bit of an argument in this thread, it seems that things have settled down in Deir Ez Zor. ISIS did indeed take the Furat Hotel, but only for the SAA to recapture it shortly later.
As armchair general mentioned earlier, the SAA was also able to repel an ISIS attack South of the Deir Ez Zor airport.
-The SAA has resumed its operations in Latakia as Al Masdar reports SAA advances near the Turkish border.
It is worth noting that Al Masdar reported the SAA has placed Palmyra as a priority before moving in for Jisr Al Shughour. This comes after the SAA was supposed to halt operations in Latakia until April but then resumed them 2 days later.
Speaking of Mandic's picture >>29322778
These are Jabhat Al Nusra men who were captured by the SAA/NDF in Latakia while trying to set up their TOW.
-If anyone is interested the Kurdish population is celebrating Nowruz in al Hasakah. Meanwhile a few protests continued today in Idlib, while 2 took place outside of Syria in Washington D.C. and Amsterdam.
>>29323996
Any truth to claims Sultan Murad intending to enter Jarbalus from Turkey?
>>29323996
>It is worth noting that Al Masdar reported the SAA has placed Palmyra as a priority before moving in for Jisr Al Shughour. This comes after the SAA was supposed to halt operations in Latakia until April but then resumed them 2 days later.
Which shows that the partial russian withdrawal left the SAA with some scrap paper among their strategy plans.
>>29324081
I haven't heard about such claims. But Turkey letting rebels fight from Turkish territory to take Jarbalus is quite a big step, I don't believe they are willing to do that.
Not to mention that Jarbalus is quite far from the rebel held North Aleppo corridor. It won't do them any good if they take the border crossing without linking up to rebel territory
Latest from North Aleppo is that the rebels declared 10 villages under ISIS control as military zones, meaning they intend to continue their push against ISIS (even though they lost back 2 villages today).
My theory is that some rebel groups in North Aleppo (like Liwa Ahfad Salah Al Din) have been recently well supplied by the West most likely. It seems that their suppliers are pushing them to focus on ISIS.
It won't be easy but the rebels are slowly advancing, so they might be able to deal with ISIS while staying inside Syria.
>>29324251
Right after the Russian withdrawal, operations in Latakia stopped. I thought that maybe the SAA wasn't too eager to attempt to advance without the air support they got all this time.
I was a bit surprised they picked it up this quickly, specially since they sent manpower from Latakia to Palymra as reinforcements.
I don't know what made them stop and then suddenly advance again. Maybe they thought they should play it safe and later decided to advance slowly until they can focus on Jisr Al Shughour.
>>29323996
>These are Jabhat Al Nusra men
Proof ?
>>29324343
They must have weighted all their options to see if they were really prepared to continue operations immediately in Latakia without full russian support. Seems like the answer was positive.
Having sent some manpower to Palmyra is somewhat inconsequential, as the front in Latakia is much smaller than what it was a month or two ago.
>>29323884
Does that uparmoring work? For the mbts turrets?
>>29324402
https://twitter.com/TheArabSource/status/711566403334225920
I haven't found anything about them from pro rebel sources.
Al Masdar could be wrong, but it could be Jabhat Al Nusra since they are present in Latakia.
I am not implying that they are supplied by the US with TOWs, they looted those from rebel groups.
>>29324429
>They must have weighted all their options to see if they were really prepared to continue operations immediately in Latakia without full russian support. Seems like the answer was positive.
Sounds right.
But even though the front on Latakia is smaller, suddenly picking up operations without all the air support and less men could have a big effect on the results.
Anyway, we could argue all day but I guess the only way to find out is to give it some time and see what happens.
This is getting interesting.
>>29323996
I thought Nowruz was months ago
>>29324500
Regime love to call rebels Jabath al-Nosra fighters since USA put JN on terrorist list in 2012 .
Also on the photo they don't look like JN fighters but more like Caostal Division fighters.
>>29319839
how do rebels in pockets survive some have been encircled for years and why can t the saa take them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZ7T9kC2HI
>>29324962
It happens around the 21st of March.
>>29325064
Yeah propaganda basically, they do that to tarnish the rebels, I just couldn't find anything about the captured men from other sources. They could be Jabhat Al Nusra or anybody else for that matter.
Well in any case, the main point is that some rebels were setting up to fire a TOW and as Mandic said, they got busted.
>>29325115
Fail ?
Haven't kept up with the news. Is the ceasefire still holding?
>>29325206
Not really.
The only place where it is holding 100% is Al Quneitra. Daraa is relatively calm except for infrequent shelling and low level clashes here and there.
The rest is back to square 1.
>>29324402
>>29325064
Well they were actually from the 1st Coastal. And that is also coming from Al Masdar, lol.
https://twitter.com/TheArabSource/status/711694906100686849
>>29323996
>>29324445
works vs RPG's and HEAT
>>29325881
Yeah, just saw that on twitter. It was obivious that they were not from JN, JN (like the jihadist group operating in Latakia) have specific "style".
>>29326017
have a specific style* (like the short qamis, or much longer beard).
>>29323850
>the Middle East was far safer and more stable pre War on Terror. I don't see how anyone could argue this. The region instead of progressing and slowly secularizing, has 4 nations in civil war, more authoritarian shitholes than before, and is significantly more Islamists.
If you referred to the ME in the 1970s and maybe the 1980s, you might be right.
But by 2001 Saudi Arabia, using all the oil money they amassed over the past 50 years, was already spreading their Wahhabist values all over the Mideast for two decades like Western pop culture has globally with the media. It's created immense pressure for secularist Arab nationalists, already marred by decades of volatility and undemocratic rule, to appease or clamp down on increasingly empowered Islamists. It would only be a matter of time before powder kegs would flare up in the region between these factions. The War on Terror simply accelerated it.
>>29322186
It'll all be over by Christmas
>>29322993
So.... why isn't she dressed up in a bin bag?
>>29327135
Only married women are dressed in bin bags.
>>29327142
True, but isn't there a colour coding to it? Green being widow's, blue for single, etc etc, the burka still needs to be worth and yet this slut's all dolled up and showing her face and hands
I'm honestly confused
>>29327118
Right, and those tanks are still 30 minutes out.
I ended the entire day out and little late to report anything interesting, but the coverage of the day by Zvezda, Five Stars and some Anons was great.
About ISIS new set of attacks on the north Aleppo industrial district, I think this is yet again their way of making the SAA too busy somewhere, to prevent the SAA to continue their advances in ISIS held territory around Aleppo.
No one here, and probably ISIS commanders to, really expect that they will take the industrial district, it's too important for the SAA, as was Khanasser, but better defended. So I think that they only want to make the Regime Forces busy, as was Khanasser, if they get something more with it, so is profit.
I could be wrong, of course.
Heil hezollah
>>29327175
>Color coding.
its a woman not a resistor lol
Bet this faggot would drop her for a goat , any chance he gets.
>This contraption, based on a 6x6 truck, features a variety of metal plating and slat armour and is equipped with not just a BMP-1 turret, but a complete BMP-1 instead! The 73mm 2A28 Grom main gun and coaxial 7.62mm PKT machine gun have been removed however, and an armoured platform housing a single 106mm M40 recoilless rifle (RCL) has been installed over the turret.
>>29329054
That's actually pretty fucking neato.
>>29329054
I would love to see this getting BTFOed by SAA AF ))
Any idea on where it was last seen ??
>>29320669
Good thing nobody asked you then.
>>29320695
>defying double dubs
ABSOLUTE MADMAN
>>29323850
>the Middle East was far safer and more stable pre War on Terror
lol read a book nigger
fucking mecca terrorist attacks
iran iraq war through the whole 80s
about a billion palestinian hijackings/bombings from 70s onward
dictators constantly toppling monarchs/each other
Israel shitting up shit with bulldozers
hellaballsa rocketing on the regular
in the wider islamic world you got pakistan vs. india in the 60s, soviets fucking shit up in astan in the 80s. wars in nafrica etc etc. ME has been a clusterfuck since before the automans fell because it is all just plunder economies held together by strongmen and outside stakeholders. This isis bullshit isnt new, it is normal. just because the little tiny sliver of the 90s saw some banging western style nightclubs in Lebanon or something doesnt mean it was safer or less chaotic or war ridden than in the past
>>29325881
>the 1st Coastal.
But their car marked with Nusra flag?
>>29323454
for some reason all the videos ive seen outta palmyra show a single pair of vehicles moving by themselves across open dessert.. i dont know why they dont try something different as that seems like the worst possible way to do things but hell they managed to bad 4 spetznaz guys out that way so it must be rough ground
>>29330358
bag* not bad
>>29330252 well nusra and 1st costal started working together towards the end of the latakia bullshit so its not surprising
>>29330252
>>29330366
Not really correct
The car is marked with "La illah ila allah, Muhammed rasul allah".
Which translates to "There is no god but God, Muhammed is his prophet".
This is something commonly used by all Muslims around the world. Like Saudi Arabia, for example, has it written on their flag.
Note that Jabhat Al Nusra does use it too, however, their flag has "Jabhat Al Nusra" written in Arabic right under it. See the picture, I circled it.
Some Jabhat Al Nusra flags even have "Tanzeem Al Qaeda fi Bilad Al Sham" written on them. Which translates to "Al Qaeda organization in the Levant".
Also, note that on the car of the 1st Coastal, there is a sword (just like on the Saudi Arabian flag) which Jabhat Al Nusra doesn't use.
The "Shahadah" ( illah ila allah, Muhammed rasul allah) with the sword under is not only used by Saudi Arabia, again it is something quite commonly used among Muslims.
Quick updates
-Rumors spread yesterday that Liwa Shuhada Yarmouk, an ISIS affiliate, was planning on attacking Jabhat Al Nusra and rebel positions in Western Daraa.
Surprisingly, they attacked today. According to pro rebel sources, they have been able to seize the city of Tasil. There are some reports that they were also able to seize the village of Adawan, but that is unclear for now.
-According to pro SAA sources, the SAA has been able to recapture the village of Kafar Saghir, near the Sheikh Najjar industrial city, from ISIS.
Mandic previously posted some videos showing clashes in the village, here they are as a compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRlqgqAEX18
>>29325095
They are on extremely fortified terrain and defended by very experienced fighters, also SAA can't starve them because then the whole world screams about war crimes, even though that's standard war time procedures and has been for millennia.
>>29331151
Liwa Shuhada Yarmouk, an ISIS affiliate ? I thought that ISIS had a join us or we kill you philosophy?
>>29331205
Yeah they do the same as Jabhat Al Nusra, they use groups that swear allegiance to them.
I think ISIS found it particularly useful in this case because they have no presence in Daraa. Rumors started spreading and pro ISIS sources started saying that ISIS will be launching a "strong Daraa offensive". Since they have no presence in Daraa, they used Liwa Shuhada Yarmouk to do the work for them.
They could be also acting on their own, but I doubt it since they have been sitting quiet all this time.
Also, pro ISIS sources are getting boners from this.
http://www.independent(dot)co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-dispatches-marines-ground-fight-against-isis-in-iraq-a6942886.html
So apparently the 26th MEU is being sent to Iraq to enter the ground fight. What can we expect out of this? Will they just set up camp and guard shit or do you think they are being sent to fuck up a specific target?
>>29319839
Who was shot?
>>29331030
Thanks for clarification.
>>29331205
ISIS don't want to officially considers Liwa Shuhada Yarmouk as part of it's "state" because LSY is not so strong for the moment and can be wipped with no problem if the coalition begin to hardly bomb them, it would be a major blow for isis if LSY got crushed quickly.
>>29331274
No problem, glad I could help!
>>29321683
Bump
>>29331680
You bumped that idiots post? I asked him about the sudden "strategic" area IS took and
>hurr battle ongoing
I knew full well IS had lost the hotel he was referring too. Anon was trying to evade the question. The only reason I backed off was a Markio tweet around the same time giving his post the slightest air of creditability.
https://twitter.com/DeirEzzor24/status/711680647346188289
DeirEzzor24 tweeting about IS losing hotel. It is a large SAA strongpoint. It would have been a big deal had IS took it but they didn't.
>>29331680
>>29331772
Samefag
>>29331784
Oh are you the idiot I called out? Just lurk if you don't know what you are talking about or post stupid shit I don't care.
I can do a small update right now. One that is going to validate what I have been saying about Palmyra for the last two weeks.
The SAA lost 26 trying to advance on Palmyra today. All reports make it sound like they got massacred.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/Mar-21/343279-26-pro-regime-fighters-killed-battling-isis-near-syrias-palmyra.ashx
People are saying these 26 SAA killed were SAA Marine reinforcements that were recently sent in from Latakia.
>>29331826
So you are confirming you were the same fag, good.
>if you don't know what you are talking about
You are like everyone here, you are behind your screen talking about people who don't know you. So stop trying to play the "Syrian specialist", lel.
>>29331838
First you have brought no proof I samefagged. I usually check the thread around this time of day. I just posted relevant information to contribute to the thread too. Try it sometime, it's fun and informative.
>>29331867
I was the guy who bumped.
Y'all niggas contentious today.
Even 5 star jumped down my throat. I just wanted more news.
Americans just wanna watch the Muslim world burn. Let's get back to that.
>>29331901
No problem , I was just laughing at the post you bumped , not you.
All I am looking at right now is fighting out of Daara between JAN and the pro IS group Yarmouk Brigade with JAN losing a leader in this battle.
>>29331826
Read an update about that from the SOHR.
Damn not even Russian advisers, Hezbollah and SAA reinforcements are making ISIS budge.
Can the SAA eventually do it though?
The guy who said it will be a Pyrrhic victory for the SAA might be right.
>>29331947
During the beginning of the offensive I did a full write up of the problems the SAA would face and a anon came in and did a even better job explaining the same things. IS has many options to either stall or redirect the SAA even with reinforcements.
IS has excellent commanders in eastern Homs and mobile tough fighters. There is a reason the SAA was stalled in eastern Homs in the first place. I have been watching these IS guys for a long time.
>>29331867
>>29331901
Stop posting as anonymous, Mr Armchair.
>>29331980
Again that was me. Been coming to these threads for years.
God bless all namefag updaters who contribute.
>>29320669
It's the Islamic Front.
>>29331972
Yeah, it's like ISIS is in its element when it comes to fighting in the Homs desert.
Keeping an eye on this will be very interesting.
By the way, it's really cool that you follow up closely on ISIS in Deir Ez Zor and now Palmyra. Great work!
>>29320781
Why is that in Farsi?
>>29332023
IS is good at maneuver warfare. They try to hold static positions and they get slaughtered but they learned. They will attack in small groups from the front, behind, on the sides and then retreat like shit didn't happen.
The main thing is the SAA does not control the countryside. I would be willing to bet there are some IS forces still around Mahin/T4/other rear areas that are just watching them. They watch the SAAs every move.
Now pro SAA reports that Iranain special forces have arrived at Palmyra. Get the popcorn ready. Dis goin be gud.
>Hezbollah vows to attack US forces "defending" ISIS in Iraq
This is seriously how conspiratorial Arabs are
>>29329194
Derna in Libya lol
>>29326239
Okay so I was right. Thanks for agreeing.
>>29330172
The number of deaths has increased dramatically. When was the last time 4 nations were in civil war, there was an Islamic terror state, and and only one semi-functioning democracy in the entire Middle-East?
>>29330172
Lmao
I can guarantee you it's never been as bad as 2011-present.
Here is a picture going further back.
Remember that terrorism rates have fallen dramatically everywhere but the ME, and this entire rise 2001-present has been in the ME.
>>29332284
>>29332304
Yeah this guy's right. Simply statistically the ME is worse. At least in the 80s there was functional governments
>>29332304
The data seems to mirror the time when the saudis started exporting wahabbism.
>>29332304
Lower terrorist attacks doesn't mean the region was stable or safe.
Wars and ethnic genocides and all.
>>29332330
They were exporting it since the late 80's.
>>29332328
There were a lot of deaths in Iraq/Iran and Afghanistan. As well as turmoil in Algeria.
The Middle-East has never been "safe" by Western standards, but one look at the graphs or situation all across the Middle-East have shown how much worse it has become since 2003.
I use facts to prove my points, unlike many on here.
>>29332357
Look above. Your point is meaningless since the 90's-early 2000's were far more safe. Relative peace has been spreading all around the world, and it was especially in the Middle-East.
Just because more people died when Iraq and Iran were genociding each other, doesn't mean a massive absolute decrease in security all over the region has not occurred.
If 9/11 and the War on Terror did not occur, there's a high likelihood the Middle-East would have been far more peaceful the last 15 years.
>>29332403
>They were exporting it since the late 80's.
Naïve.
>>29332412
(Citation needed)
The Wahhabists gained a lot of power in SA and the Gulf throughout the 80's.
What do you think they were sending imams and funding to Afghanistan/Algeria/Iraq for? They were benefiting off of the wars during this time.
The exporting began in earnest in the late 80's.
>>29331772
I am getting something new on Deir Ezzor since the SAA smashed IS attack's yesterday. The attack on the Furat Hotel was done by IS reinforcements.
IS has brought reinforcements into Deir Ezzor city.
ISIS with Kord
>>29332455
Going off my reinforcements alert IS is attacking in Deir Ezzor city right now according to Deir Ezzor SS. So far it's mainly shelling but it's widespread.
IS has fresh meat for the grinder. I expect IS to continue their attack in the city at the usual places and not to try the airbase like they did yesterday with bad results. Maybe they will hit the furthest SAA group that advanced south of the airbase by the oil field the SAA took. IS is feeling spunky all the sudden.
Lastly the SAA has repelled IS at Kafar Saghir as said by RU updater everyone could see IS didn't have a shot there. I think it was just a probing attack just to test the SAAs reaction.
Their still out there looking for a weak spot.
-IS Yarmouk brigade near Daara took a couple of FSA spots and are fighting with JAN/FSA as far as I can gather.
-minor shelling/airstrikes reported at the major fronts like eastern Ghouta , Latakia etc.
-breaking of IS suicide attacks in Iraq near Hit and also in Palmyra by Al Dowa. The suicide attack in Al Dowa may have targeted the Iranian special forces I bought up earlier. IS of course reports high casualties but we all know IS fuggs the numbers a little.
We'll see. I'm out.
>>29333014
The full story of the Al Dowa attack is coming out. The killed were the SAA marines from earlier. It's just the full story of the attack that killed them. Pro SAA sources at first thought it was a missile attack while IS claims it was a VBIED. The whole unit was basically wiped out.
>>29331901
>I just wanted more news.
This. All I'm just getting from the mainstream media as far as Syria and Iraq are "hurr durr refugees" and "hurr durr possible ISIS terrorist attacks in the West". Between these and the incessant coverage of the US presidential election (with no end in sight for the next 8 months) there almost nothing else about these shitshow wars.
Feels almost like the media fell back to the same crappy coverage as in pre-Fall of Mosul in early 2014.
I was expecting to see if the Kurds have any report worth to post, but its look like they are celebrating the Nowruz, the traditional Iranian new year holiday, in wich they welcome the coming of spring. So the majority of the pro kurds twitter posters are posting about the celebrations.
Happy Nowruz to them.
Anyway, about what have already been post here:
-Pro SAA sources are saying something about 30 ISIS fighters killed near the Aleppo Industrial district. The SAA found 18 of the bodies. By the photos and footage, all of them are using relatively good gear and the ISIS pattern camo uniforms.
-About the Syrian Army Marines killed in Latakia, mentioned here>>29331826 by Five Stars , Arab Source is saying that they got killed by friendly fire while in battle. It seems that a Russian missile hit them.
>Now pro SAA reports that Iranain special forces have arrived at Palmyra.
Jesus, the SAA and Allies are throwing everything against ISIS in Palmyra. In reality, almost all the special units in the side of Regime, can be find in the Homs front now; Hezbollah and some of the Shia militias, Tiger Forces, Deserts Hawks, Syrian Marine Commandos and others. The only ones still out of this party is the Republican Guards and that parade of slat armored tanks, called 4th Armored Division.
>>29333367
>The whole unit was basically wiped out.
How many of them were in the unit?
>>29333520
>>29333539
This whole story is crazy. The death toll varies from 7 to 30. 17 claimed Arab source and more injured. The commander is confirmed dead by all sides and the actual attack is either friendly fire or a VBIED.
Take your pick on what you want to believe. Regardless they got fucked up. Ivan has been posting RIP pictures on twitter.
>>29333520
Where is the 4th operating now?
Are they all tied up in Latakia and East Ghouta?
>>29333615
If I remember correctly they're in north Aleppo.
Here's a badly made mosaic with some ISIS photos that I find of the attack at the industrial district.
>>29333615
I believe that their bulk still around Damascus and Darayya.
>>29320695
The fact you believe US got btfo anywhere, wether it be any sandbox or 'nam, shows your ignorance. I mean, believing that is like thinking any object you hold in two hands is an ay kay 47 high power assault rifle.
Also
>believing using combined arms successfully is ezmodo
Do you hunt bears with a butter knife because otherwise it's not manly?
I'm sorry, but US army has a magnificent track record. I don't understand why you can't face the reality.
>>29333520
Just curious, but how likely is Palmyra to turn into another Stalingrad?
SAA has taken some relatively heavy losses, and they are only on the outskirts of the city. Meanwhile, losing the city would be a major blow to ISIS both strategically as well as psychologically.
Would SAA be willing to level the city with arty/bombing? Would ISIS commit the resources to turn this into a meat grinder?
>>29333864
I don't think that Palmyra can become a new Stalingrad, maybe the comparison its a bit off.
But ISIS wouldn't need to commit more resources to Palmyra to transform it into a meat grinder, because the place already is one, and about quite some time. This is ISIS "magic" in the Homs region, do more with less, defending great extents of lands using small units with great mobility, and his success its heavenly helped by the type of tactic employed by the SAA over there, until now.
The city itself its the lesser of the problems, and when/if the SAA reach the city, I bet with you they would need less than three days to clean the town from ISIS.
The real problem it's the outskirts, it's all the desert area and hills around Palmyra.
I dont think that ISIS will hold it forever, even more because Palmyra become the Number one priority on the SAA list, and is visibly throwing everything against them, but in the way it is being done, the SAA will gain the city with the bitter price of heavy casualties, and only after a month or two.
https://youtu.be/HRlqgqAEX18?t=82
Am I crazy or is this indirect fire ATGM at 1:23? If not what could it be? rpu-14 gone partisan like grad-p?
>>29333762
Are there playlists of ISIS movies? Those faggots seem to be churning combat vids on a regular basis and I've only watched ~5. Not interested in jihadi faggotry beheadings just some high quality war porn.
>>29335328
Just a 107mm rocket launcher, very common in Syria.
#StopChildRapeInTurkey is top trending worldwide now on twitter.
If anyone is wondering there isn't anything new, R.Updater and armchair general have covered things nicely.
I will, however, add to the earlier report about Liwa Shuhada Yarmouk attacking rebel positions in Daraa. >>29331151
Other than seizing the town of Tasil, the ISIS affiliate has been indeed able to seize the nearby village of Adawan, according to pro rebel sources.
Southern Front groups have reportedly dispatched reinforcements to the area.
>>29332796
Quick post and I'm gone again. Late breaking IS has taken the village Al Jifra which is next to the airport in Deir Ezzor. Basically everything I predicted in the new attack was wrong. I didn't think IS would be stupid enough to try and charge the airbase again but here we are again.
Entire Assad "elite force" getting wipped out by shity isis vbied inside their base in middle of the Palmyra desert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYWC9RcePO4
This army is so fucking incompetent....
>>29337000
ISIS and rebels taken Hafra village at least 10 times. It never worked to take this village before attacking the airport.
>>29337000
The thing about continuously trying to storm the airport is simple.
If pressure isn't applied in that front, the SAA is free to release the majority of its troops in the area, which are tied in the defense of the airport, to push towards the east, establishing a perimeter (just like it happened before), to then go around, take Sakr island and put pressure on the part of the city controlled by ISIS, possibly taking the whole left bank of the river.
And that's something they don't want to happen, it would be the worst possible scenario.
If the army controls the left bank, they'll entrench themselves, putting enough defenses on the city to allow them to expand along the river on its left side, and maybe try a push towards Palmyra.
And ISIS know the SAA has enough troops for those kinds of operations.
Wasting men against the airport defenses may seem dumb, but it's a necessary waste.
>>29337037
SAA has been shitshow from day one
FSA captured Abu Kashab and Bir Kahsu in Northeastern Syria. Humvees spotted being used by Syrian opposition forces (most likely FSA)
a few days ago
>>29337878
Another update: US Marine base in Makhmour attacked for the second time in three days, no reported casualties as of yet.
Also; heavy fighting in Hayakil, Fallujah Iraq. Iraqi police reported 21 ISIS aligned fighters dead, no reports on Iraqi casualties though
>>29336139
>sunnis
>ever not raping children
>>29335431
I love it. Check apache clips.
What's the size of the forces at Deir? How many SAA are under siege and how many soldiers does ISIS have committed to surrounding them?
>>29329054
we Road Warrior now
>>29323884
They look a bit like Panzer IVs with that aditional armor.
>>29329054
BAWKSES! OUR ENEMY IS USING METAL BAWKSES!
>>29339558
I estimate 1200 for SAA and 4 - 5 thousands for Isis.
>>29329194
>SAA AF
>able to hit targets that "small"
Good one
>>29337878
Those names mean nothing to 99.99% of the people here
>>29342998
>SAA AF
>syrian Arab army airforce
Derp
>>29337159
It all makes sense now that they would have to restock and restart their airbase attack. A lot of airstrikes being reported in the IS side of Deir Ezzor city right now.
>>29334179
Agree with you, this is a tough question such as the ending of major battles.(comparing Palmyra to Stalingrad is ridiculous but a legitimate question anyway) The issue of Palmyra is timing though. With Russia drawing down and all the media covering the SAA at Palmyra it's egg in the face of pro government supporters to sit here day after day watching what they want to believe is the winning side take a beating in such high profile battle.
They brought their best guys there. They are being killed like lowly conscripts running straight into the teeth of IS defenses.
Almost no real news until now, aside from what Isf have already posted.
The majority of the attentions now are on the Brussel terrorist attacks. Ivan Sidorenko is still posting photos of the SAA soldiers in Palmyra. The majority of the pro Kurds/YPG twitters posters are still taking about the Nowruz celebrations, and Dr Partizan twitter account is down.
The Arab source is reporting that the SAA encircled the city of Qaryatayn, what it's very unlikely to have happen.
It also seems that the SAA soldiers in Palmyra are harboring feelings that the Russia missile friendly fire, that killed 17 Syrian marines and wounded 26, was an intentional error from the guy who gives the coordinates, and that he is a ISIS mole. That is probably the stupidest thing I ever heard. The accident was probably just poor coordination between units. The Syrian Marines and the Desert Hawks use desert camo patterns that from distance could resemble those used by ISIS, the guys that has given the coordinates probably confused the troops and shit happened. Poor idiot.
>>29343924
I thought it was 26 marines killed?
>>29344107
It's because of the disputing claims. ISIS version is that they hit the marines with a VBIED, claiming 26 dead and some others wounded.
The pro SAA claims are that the marines got hit by the Russian missile friendly fire, with 17 dead and more 26 wounded.
Is it just me or are those loyalist forces taking a good time to attack a city of 50k even with air superiority?
>>29344693
I mean can't you see the progress the SAA made today in their new map of "new" points!? heh
I see they lost Al Dowa which they had claimed to have taken a day earlier(pre the whole place blowing up). I give the map maker credit for at least being honest. Al Dowa is a big flash point. It's changed hands a few times even before this offensive. IS likes to move in and out of there.
>>29344828
Only true advance I've seen was securing those hills southwest of the city and those qatari farms.
>>29344855
Also, is the surrounding of Qaryatain confirmed? Yesterday sources said so, but I haven't seen anything from the usual map makers, and they're usually cautious regarding news.
Also, the pseudo-ISIS guys in Daara keep advancing, they're threatening Tafas and cut the road between Daara city and Nawa.
>>29344878
I guess I have to be the "angry have to contradict everything the Arab news source says" guy again but what Fidal is talking about is the SAA cut off a road that connects Palmyra and Qaryatain but in no way is Qaryatain surrounded. In fact the hill they took on the outskrits of the city a few days eairler they lost to IS the next day.
https://twitter.com/Malcolmite/status/712208563586916352
https://twitter.com/Qattouby/status/712347245576888320
>>29345488
> is propaganda, meaning could be another
>>29345488
>Malcolmite
>>29343924
>Battle of Tel Abyad had the same hallmarks of a terrorist attack, with sleeper cells and execution of civilians
>News is skimmed over by the media
>Belgian attack happens
>Media swarms over it
Quality mainstream media coverage.
>>29345998
Shit happening in Syria isn't news anymore. Peace in Syria would be news. Happening in Belgium is news.
Turkey captured a Daesh linked suicide bomber along the Syrian border near the Aleppo province.
Looks like the guy was ready to blow himself up when he was captured.
In other news, Russia claims that one of their humanitarian convoys in Syria. No indication as to where the convoy was or who shot at them (apart from them being labeled as militants).
JN and FSA units captured the town of Sheik Saad Dara, reducing the Daesh territory in South-West Syria to only seven towns near the Golan Heights
>>29346395
Here's some interesting news, Turkish troops in Iraq halted an attack by Daesh that aimed at taking the Bashiqa camp to the north east of Mosul.
Interesting that Turkish troops are still operating inside Iraq, especially in Kurdish territory (though Turks have decent relations with the Iraqi Kurds, so that part isn't as interesting as the fact that Turkish troops are deep inside Iraqi territory even after they were ordered to leave by the Iraqi government).
>>29344306
>The pro SAA claims are that the marines got hit by the Russian missile
While pro-SAA reporters were confirming by video that it was an isis vbied... Change your pro-SAA source.
No serious regime source said it was a russian missile.
>>29344855
Yes , I was looking at the 15th map from mil adviser to compare. Clearly the SAA is attacking from the southwest and northwest and gained Jabal Hayyan or at least holds positions there today. The 15th map shows the SAA already held Qatari farms. The map on the 15th also shows Al Dowa as SAA held which they lost.
IS cut in the middle the two advances with Al Dowa. IS has options here and so does the SAA.
Why has nobody died from an IED in the past 2 years? Advanced humvee technology or something?
>>29346265
It's just because it's a distant conflict that could be ignored if it didn't have wide-reaching effects to the West.
The war itself is not their concern, but the refugees and domestic ISIS-sponsored attacks are. I can't tell if Western governments are just short sighted or non-interventionist.
Rebels take control of Tal Battaal village northern countryside of Aleppo, after battles with IS organization
Rebels appear to have gained control of Muzaryib, Yadoudeh and Kharab al-Shahm in Daraa following clashes w/ ISIS affiliated groups (copy pasted from UA maps)
>>29346776
>I can't tell if Western governments are just short sighted or non-interventionist.
Not exactly mutually exclusive concepts.
>>29346776
They're short sighted because people are.
Basically nothing matters to the general public other than "Are we fiscally well off right now?"
Trying to tlel the average person about how the natural economy works, sine wave up and down naturally, they'd blow up and go "NO THIS ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T FIX THE RECESSION VOTE THEM OUT" and demand a stimulus to keep the natural downturn from happening.
So the downturn is stopped until after the elections, then it crashes worse than it would have.
This happens frequently.
People have the IQ of rocks.
>>29323014
They call themselves SDF now. Their tactics are still shit and they rely on US and SAA/Russia to do all the heavy lifting and can’t even secure their cities from IS infiltration. If the place is not completely flattened by Bombs they can’t take it. Its telling the US has to destroy MG nests for them when they have T-55s. Their latest attempt to stab Assad in the back failed big time.
Once FSA completes its Jarabulus Offensive they are going after them with Turkish Support and arresting their leaders and trying them and executing them. They already executed the ones they caught when they retook Shaykh Isa and are using more TOWs against them to block further advances on Azaz which you can see on Youtube.
The main change is TOW is no longer effective to use against tanks as Russia has refitted the T-72s with Shtora and replaced a lot of SAA Tanks with T-90As fitted with Shtora, EMT-7 electromagnetic-counter mine system, Nakidka signature reduction suite, and Kontakt Five.
FSA has to snipe the Shtora boxes to successfully fire a round or wait for Shtora to shut off, but the Nakidka requires them to get closer as it halves the range the TOW can paint them at. Even then the T-90A’s armor and Kontakt-5 Package means it shrugs it off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOJSz1WOEg
This videos shows a TOW crew attacking a T-90A whose Shtora is shut off, either overheated from six continuous hours of operating or not turned on. The Commander has spotted them and is engaging them with the NVST gun on his cupola which can be remote fired from the tank. He missed, probably from rushed training, but the Kontakt Five and the T-90A armor did its job and the Tank is back in action, probably with a new gunner who won’t panic and bug out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XUDd6O8iE
This shows the Shtora system working and deflecting two TOW attacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W9xEWyarEw&list=PL4226A62D2219B3C4&index=37
A T-72 refitted with Shtora deflects a TOW.
>>29327749
I can't respect a military unit that would allow it's troops to appear in public with their berets so crooked.
>>29350297
>The Turkroach is strong in this one
>>29348896
>People have the IQ of rocks.
More like insularity. If you have people thriving off one spot for too long they're more likely stop giving a shit about the outside world, even if their actions indirectly and discreetly fuck over the outside world.
>>29350297
>That YPG improv armor
>Massive cat head in front
>Digital woodland camo on the lower shields
>Bright colors on the upper sides that nullifies the camo's usefulness
The paint scheme is so stupidly adorable, I just can't hate it.
Sixth Russian killed in Syria near Palmyra. Sergey Vladimirovich Chupov died in Syria, he was a major in the 46th Brigade, of the ministry of interior troops and apparently died on the 8th of February
>>29353405
Forgot image
>>29351985
He is fucking right (expect that he is using fake video).
Stop your hate, and be a real man by using arguments.
>>29350297
Man if you had cut the top half of your comment it would have been a pretty good post.
>>29350297
>Nakidka requires them to get closer as it halves the range the TOW can paint them at
Wouldn't listen to this guy since he obviously doesn't know shit
And no, there still hasn't been video from Syria where Shtora is shown to deflect a missile. First video is from Russian testing. In the second one you can't see the target and we have seen straight out faulty TOW missiles before.
Two interesting new:
- Its seems, according to pro SAA sources, that the NDF "Golan Regiment", from Quneitra, it's on the move to join the ranks of the SAA forces attacking Palmyra. The Golan Regiment its a NDF unit, that iirc the commander its a former FSA member that ended going back to the SAA. They participated in the majority, if not all, of the last battles and skirmishes of the Quneitra region. The SAA is really throwing all their named units against ISIS defences in Palmyra.
- Asaad Al-Zoubi, the head of the Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee delegation said that there's two North Korean military units, called Chalma-1 and Chalma-2, fighting for the Regime in the Syrian civil war. Its a bizarre report, but I dont think that it is improbable.
>>29354651
It's not bizarre.The DPRK army base is a small building in a pro government area of Damascus. These North Koreans have been seen around Jobar before big SAA offensives.
Not sure how much these North Koreans have helped the SAA since Jobar is still rebel held.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v0SXjwsxZc
Video is of the rebels that got caught in Latakia with a TOW launcher on them. The video shows them getting beat up. I wouldn't be surprised if they got beaten to death. Seen rebels do the exact same thing.
>>29354793
I said bizarre as referring to the possibility of those units really fighting in the war.
Until now I believed that only a small mission of medics and advisers was present in the conflict.
>>29354881
>Seen rebels do the exact same thing.
Muh muh, rebels do also that so this is normal, muh muh.
Idiot Assad cock-sucker.
>>29354899
Relax, habibi.
>>29354899
Ahmed detected. Go back to bombing brussels muhammed
>>29354884
They are detachments, even if they are fighting it's not very many of them. About 30 or so men in total for all North Korean forces based in Syria.
Newest map of Palmyra.
>>29354956
So Ahmed can't be pro-Assad ? Thx, you are confirming that no arab love Assad and that Assad and his familly are aliens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjPApMN3V0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87of2EJCqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EntHdpthFus
>>29344693
Considering the fact this war is 5+ years long, is this supposed to be suprising?
>>29355032
>goat fucker continues to shitpost
Unlike backwards fucks like yourself, the people that support Assad aren't radical Sunnis who only name their children Muhammed.
>>29354881
Did I just watch a guy get his shit kicked while his hands were cuffed behind his back?
>>29355161
Um yes, you can't follow the Syrian civil war without seeing people getting fucked up.
SAA seems to have entered the ancient city of Palmyra. Even Pro-SAA figures are skeptical. Reports that it was given up easily by ISIS and required no air assistance.
Either its a trap or ISIS gave all they had in the outskirts and simply ran out of gas.
>>29355433
Wow, that's a lot of progress reported. If true it would mean the entire IS front collapsed and city fighting is about to start.
