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Thread for discussion of Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Libya
>Interview w/ Assad
http://youtu.be/wELCDCPsw6M
>Abu Tahseen
http://youtu.be/sInofrqKhH4
>battle for Palmyra
http://youtu.be/IhLeeoXcRgM
PERMA MAPS
>Live hohol with ticker
http://mideast.liveuamap.com/
>Interactive military map
http://militarymaps.info/
>Timeline map of Syria
http://www.cartercenter.org/syria-conflict-map/
>Fan maps
https://twitter.com/syria_protector/
https://twitter.com/PetoLucem/
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/
https://twitter.com/a7_mirza/
RECENT MAPS
>Qaryatayn (Mar 21)
https://i.imgur.com/yt0YmNU.jpg
>Daraa (Mar 21)
https://i.imgur.com/booEUot.jpg
>Aleppo (Mar 21)
https://i.imgur.com/SaBTayN.jpg
>Palmyra (Mar 20)
https://i.imgur.com/ZzyInrm.jpg
>Darayya (mar 19)
https://i.imgur.com/Axv9QFO.jpg
>Dier Ezzor (mar 17)
https://i.imgur.com/4v3KYDp.jpg
DEVELOPMENTS (Mar 21)
>Maher Al-Assad promoted to Major General
>ISIS launches offensive at the Al-Sha’ar Gas Fields in northeast Homs
>Oil prices skyrocket in the “Caliphate” after ISIL’s recent losses
>IDF carries out covert operation to bring the last Yemeni Jews to Israel
>Saudi air raids kill 11 civilians in Yemen’s Al-Jawf
>Breaking: Syrian Army cuts off ISIL’s supply road from Palmyra to Quraytayn
>Syrian Army encircles Qaraytayn while battle for Palmyra continues – Map update
>Friendly-fire in Palmyra kills 17 Syrian Marines
>Rebels arrest civilians in east Hama for reconciling with the Syrian government
>Russia threatens to use force against ceasefire violators
>Syrian Army discovers 18 ISIL corpses in northern Aleppo
>ISIS affiliate captures key town in Daraa
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>>68333478
I'm seriously worried about those cia assets.
Are they going to be ok?
>International Military Review – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Mar. 21, 2016 (Arab, Ger Subs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0RsnSqOU8
>>68334069
no, they're getting fucked on every front
im getting sick of US and their supported maniacs who use my religion to supported their filthy agenda.
anymore of that i will be forced to take action by my own hands towards them
>Friendly-fire in Palmyra kills 17 Syrian Marines
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/friendly-fire-palmyra-kills-17-syrian-marines/ | Al-Masdar News
what the fuck
>>68267946
fella if both sides are wrong how can you recommend a total fraud like lister
>>68337756
Assad is the best choice by fucking light-years.
the west literally has NO replacement for him. We're constantly arming both sides of the same conflict and destabilizing entire countries for nominal profit.
don't bother wasting your time on some diaspora terrorist shill in france.
rip belgium
also here are some videos i found, its a pretty good watch if you have a couple of hours that sheds some light on turkey's foreign policy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1S5zQl1-iA (in this one an academic from turkey who has studied davutoglus articles and writings about how turkish policy should be for two years gives a good summary of his plans for middle-east at the start)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmIC9PUBBoo (this is a talk with kilicdaroglu on the turkish foreign policy and how the main opposition party would handle it)
https://twitter.com/Presidency_Sy/status/346700451087015937
Assad predicted the future!
>>68340440
this one is even better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-PT-rrKdzA
>18 march
>belgium/europe is playing among snakes (or however the saying goes)
>these bombs could also go off in brussels
>>68336693
I'm honestly surprised that this doesnt happen more often. We are talking about pilots who drop bombs using google maps sometimes.
but this time were russians, i don't know, shit happens
>>68340816
yeah. the USAF destroyed a couple Bradleys during the Iraq war, if i remember right.
It's good to be alive
>>68340440
I wounder if the belgium mehmet poster will be happy with this.
>>68344168
I wasn't around for a while, what was waffle Mehmet's line during the Ankara blasts?
>>68344168
i want to see his reaction.
>>68344168
Maybe he got exploded.
Has the body count exceeded Paris?
just for the keks and giggles
http://interfax.com.ua/news/general/332353.html
>At the same time, speaking about the events that took place in Brussels, the head of the SBU (Ukrainian Security Service) said: "I do not want to be unfounded, and argue about something, but I would not be surprised if there was a Russian trace behind these attacks in Brussels".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL2dTzEgr98
we warned you guys. we warned you!
>>68344464
inshallah
>>68345033
Surprised.
>The general public in the Belgian capital is also being advised not to call friends and family as the phone networks are becoming saturated. Instead, people are being asked to text or use social media in order to stay in touch with friends and family.
>use social media
This is a great way to force-multiply an act of terror
>>68344168
brussels is a mismanaged shitshole, i thank all*h everyday he sent my father to settle in the outskirts
>>68345033
developing:
Russian prime-minister Medved wroye in his official facebook:
>Head of the SBU Hrycak, who said about the Russian involvement in the terrorist attacks in Brussels - moron
haha, /ug/ soon, fellow comrades
>>68346568
fuck
https://twitter.com/Mr_Ghostly/status/712053474670862336
>Slaughter of 17 loyalists by @mod_russia causes #Assad's ranks to set upon themselves in a purge for traitors.
WTF
who's the rat?
https://www.rt.com/business/336601-syria-fruit-russian-market/
TURKS BTFO
>>68347674
Great. Now they won't buy our apples like ever.
>>68345033
holy shit how butthurt can one country become before they form a black hole
>>68347674
>those comments
kek, i think the asspain will literally never go away
>>68347471
ISIS scum infiltrating SAA ranks. They will pay in due time.
>>68347471
That's quite unexpected.
>>68347674
more shekels for us!
-rubs hand-
I want to protect this smile
>100's of suicide bombers roaming the EU
Didnt I read this here yesterday?
>>68337756
>ASSAD IS UH DICTATOR DEM REBELS IZ MODERATES DEMS GOOD BOYS DEY DINDU NUFFIN DEY JUS WANTS SUM DEMOCRACY!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Front_(Syria)
>>68345033
Soon they will be blaming russia for earthquakes and typhoons.
>>68345033
inb4 tomorrow all the newspapers will yell how PUTIN BOMBED BRUSSELS
palmyra when?
>>68352278
soon
>>68347674
>those comments
russians added to the ass burnt by turks list
HOW MANY KILOMEMES TO THE CENTER OF QAYARTAYN?
>>68348473
I bet sometimes Bashar dreams of a land where you dont have to hold the nation in such a strong grip
A land without Sunni radicals being instigated by Saudi-funded mosques ready to rip the country a new asshole at any sign of protest or lawlessness
It must fucking suck to try to hold a secular modern country while the majority of your population is pretty much Sunni desert-dwellers
And then the west is surprised that demonstrations and protest in Syria were being suppressed: you see now what happens when the opportunity arrises to turn protests into fully fledged Jihadism.
>>68333478
>Friendly-fire in Palmyra kills 17 Syrian Marines
Damn, I thought it was a false report but seeing it here confirms it.
>>68354775
This morning in Dutch newspaper Trouw in interview with Syrian refugee:
"Five years ago a spark ignited in Syria for a revolution. Or does the word "revolution" not cover it? None of the Syrians that Im in contact with still use that word. Mostly I hear tirades about how murderers have destroyed our country and that they should be punished. But occasionally I hear something I didn't expect anymore: a careful regret. The feeling that the Syrian people walked into the trap of war. That they silently carry responsibility for this total destruction. A quiet torment of a broken people."
30 year old Syrian living in the Netherlands
I guess Syrians in the future will think twice of starting large scale protests for democracy. Probably better to start peaceful political opposition legally and attempt to get pressure for political reforms from abroad.
>>68356065
>30 year old Syrian refugee
>30 years old
>30
What this so called refugee should do is walk/swim back to Syria and join the SAA and build back his county like a real man.
>>68357515
Well apparently hes lived here for at least the last decade
Still has family there and friends and stuff, but he appears pretty well integrated here
>>68346568
Hey Abdellah Saleh, thought you were arrested. Got released for autism ?
so when will we be getting back into the game lads?
or is it just all huff and puff?
>>68359259
Ivan, your planes are still there.
>>68356065
Can you provide a link or a photo of the article? Many thanks.
>>68359824
yes but we aren't attacking the rebels (out in the open) like before
>>68359259
мы в игpe пpямo ceйчac o чeм ты?
>>68345033
HOLY FUCK!
It's truly developing!
there might be not Russian, but Belorussian trace.
2 slav brothers Dovbash migrated from Belarus into Belgium, they adopted Islam there, they met another guy - Yunusov, who was born in Dagestan, Russia (so he probably already was a muslim), but adopted Belorussian citizenship. They fought in Syria, returned recently. A week ago russian Lifenews site published an article that according to it's source in FSB they might preparing terror attack in Brussels, so now Special Services check them for connections to this terror attack
>>68360454
Fucking putin at it again!
>>68360204
Be aware that it is in Dutch and that Ive translated it. I will try to find it for ya now, and if I cant find it Ill photograph it
Happening thread
>>68361611
>>68361611
>>68361611
>>68361611
get in here fellow stalkers
>>68361021
Thanks, I'm aware but someone's asking for it after I gave them your translation, they said original source is needed.
>>68362045
Here it is
The bold start of the article is the part I translated
The rest doesnt deal on Syria but is about how Syrians are perceived in the Netherlands now that their numbers are growing
desu its pretty hilarious that an integrated modernized film academy/arts student pretty much admits that the protests may not have been such a good idea for Syria
>French Prime Minister says ‘we are at war’ after attacks target Brussels
http://wqad.com/2016/03/22/french-prime-minister-says-we-are-at-war-after-attacks-target-brussels/
Hollande too, made this retarded statement after the Paris attacks.
>not-so-moderate headchoppers run amok in Syria and Iraq thanks to western intervention
>declare war and start bombing them
>they strike back in their slightly moderate but not really ways
>we are at war
wew lad
>>68364412
My friend's patients, the mixed Palestinian-Syrian family that's been living here for like 10 years or so outright call it "stupid" and "unnecessary". Before they moved here they lived under Assad in Syria. They moved out because the dude got scouted by Mittal.
Heres another interesting one
Hassan (2014)
Hassan (39): 'When Assad bombed the city Raqqa, I joined the Free Syrian Army. That was fighting side by side with Al-Nusra, a group affiliated with Al-Qaida. In march 2013 we liberated the city from Assad's army. But after that criminality and insecurity in Raqqa increased every day.
When IS-fighters came to Raqqa, they were welcomed with open arms. By me too. The fighters were well organized, made sure the city was safe and they helped divide supplies. They promised us justice, so I transferred from the FSA to IS. Criminality and corruption was tackled. Sharia-courts were started and in the first few months people were given pretty mild punishments. Sadly it changed when IS-fighters got more power over the city and gave the other rebel groups less influence. The city was getting more violence. On the middle of the street people were executed. Together with a family member I ran to Aleppo."
>>68365032
So basically this dude:
Wanted freedumbs from ebil Assad
Join FSA fought side by side with Al-Nusra
Joined IS because FSA are sunni radicalists anyway, pretty compatible
Gets butthurt when IS goes full Wahhabi-mode
Runs away
kek. Blurry lines between FSA, Al-Nusra & IS.
Hazem Abdullah @Hazem_teleSUR 10 min.
#Palmyra Syrian army advanced in spite of a strong sandstorm in the vicinity of Palmyra @telesurenglish
Postan' Palmyra-cat
>General Maher Al-Assad of the 4 Mechanized Division has been promoted to the rank of “Major General” after serving 7 years and 2 months as the Brigadier General for the 42nd Brigade.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/maher-al-assad-promoted-major-general/
>ISIS burns tobacco in Deir Zor
full scale revolt against ISIS soon.
>An IED explosion and aftermath clashes have led 13 #Turkish security forces killed/injured in yuksekova town of #Turkey.
https://twitter.com/taylieli/status/712273155138658304
>>68365981
SAA burns tobacco too.
>>68366490
>wearing adidas tracksuit
colonization of Syria by Russia confirmed
>>68340794
translate you turkish faggot
>>68366801
>turkish faggot
REDUNDANT
>#YPG Diplomacy Comitee held a meeting with the Arab tribes of Serêknaiyê to promote and discuss the Federal project.
From a few days ago but I just saw it. There is a lot of shilling from both pro-kurd and anti-kurd places regarding the kurds' relations with non-kurdish factions in Syria, I can't quite tell if they are friendly or not. None of the proclaimed disputes between YPG and non-kurds ever amounted to anything so I'm inclined to believe they've had some success at integrating with other factions
>Rebel forces storm key town in northern Hama
On Tuesday morning, the extremist rebels from Ajnad Al-Sham and Jund Al-Aqsa (Syrian Al-Qaeda group) launched another powerful assault in the northern Hama countryside, targeting the key town of Ma’an along the Aleppo-Damascus Highway (M-5 Highway).
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/rebel-forces-storm-key-town-northern-hama/
https://twitter.com/LavrovMuesli/status/712275532063371264
Hohols support ISIS now
>>68369674
hahaha wtf
that looks like something straight out of /pol/
>>68369635
It was stopped, Ma'an as important town for SAA and actually, Nusra is losing a lot of shit for that town.
>>68366801
>Once again I address the countries that directly or indirectly support terrorist organizations. You are nursing vipers in your bosom. That viper might bite you at any moment. It probably meant nothing to you as you watch the explosions in Turkey from your TV's. But you will definitely know how we feel when the same bombs start to explode in your cities. But it will be too late to do anything. I know what you would do if one of your deputies express their condolences to the suicide bomber.
there you go babe
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/field-report-syrian-army-controls-new-points-outside-palmyra/
LET'S KEEP ROLLING SAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbfC9s55WSE
new southfront
>>68370914
He should have heeded his own advice, then.
any update on bruxelles?
>>68371712
That Shishani guy is claimed to be dead for like a 50 or 60 times during the last 12 months. -_-
>>68371712
>>68371712
Thanx!
What happend in Sweida provice its pretty funny! they killed the driver of the buldozer
>>68372901
So just like Soleimani.
>>68366141
Interesting how terror attacks in turkey ramped up after they shot down the Russian plane, but I'm sure it's pure coincidence.
>>68373345
But unlike Soleimany, Shishany's dead body can move pretty far.
>>68373463
Are you implying something?
>>68365540
You stole my cat!
>>68373463
Shit was exploding there for the whole last year.
>>68373345
solemani and the wax figure tiger forces guy aren't alive
>>68374573
Wax figure man is absolutely alive.
Vid of the RuAF friendly-fire in Palmyra
RIP heroes.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ae9_1458636735
>>68373463
Attacks by TAK or PKK began after the ceasefire was broken in July. They increased in intensity and TAK started targeting civilians after the alleged Cizre "basement massacre"
Attacks by ISIS used to be mostly confined to pro-kurdish rallies / people. They increased in intensity after Turkey started openly assisting N. Aleppo rebels against ISIS with artillery fire
>>68366638
iz no colonization, comrad, iz referendum!
>>68374991
>Up to 17 assad crime dynasty 'marines' were killed yesterday, (March 21st, '16) when a russian terror raider rather agreeably attacked them in error.
>The Kremlin gangsters have 25+ aircraft still operational in Syria, which are on call to support Tehran's gangs of shiite terrorists, and the remnants of the assad crime dynasty's forces.
New Palmyra map after SAA captured Palmyra Triangle.
>>68333478
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqn0bm4E9yw
>>68374991
The fucking embarassment, man...
That description, tho, wtf?
>>68374787
The vid with Hassan al Waxasi was somewhat creppy.
>happenings right before I have to sleep
god damn it
>ISIS claims responsibility for Brussels attack via Amaq Agency
>>68365266
talk about being disillusioned.
>>68347471
I sense the Mukhabarat knocking on someone's door soon
>>68340440
Assad is just saying it as it is. Just respect for this man.
>>68360664
Пyтин - бoг хoхлoв.
>>68360454
i like how fsb just warns before attacks but noone is acting on it
>>68379293
I hope my country is next and I die in it.
>>68368006
Sunni elders seem to be receptible to them with all that's gone on. Hell even Shia militia has been welcomed by them in Iraq
