Links updated for April 23
https://syriagenerals.wordpress.com (everything you need is here)
Thread for discussion of Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Libya
>Interview w/ Assad
http://youtu.be/wELCDCPsw6M
>Thread theme
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http://youtu.be/l_e9-CZxybc
http://youtu.be/_H_Vg5qAEr4
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http://youtu.be/cTZYx4x5bQg
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http://www.cartercenter.org/syria-conflict-map/
>Fan maps
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RECENT MAPS
>Qayartayn (April 23)
https://i.imgur.com/Lm2QXLm.jpg
>Qamishli (April 22)
https://i.imgur.com/7Ij2WZS.jpg
>N. Aleppo (April 21)
https://i.imgur.com/aBuwP52.jpg
>Jisr al Shughur (April 19)
https://i.imgur.com/MJ9Veaa.jpg
>Daraa (April 19)
https://i.imgur.com/ORHTzEF.jpg
>Palmyra (April 19)
https://i.imgur.com/HWHDYmZ.jpg
>Aleppo City (April 17)
https://i.imgur.com/XKTwjBX.jpg
>Khanasser (April 16)
https://i.imgur.com/lVTKocS.jpg
DEVELOPMENTS (April 23)
>Rebels rocket attacks kill civilians in Syria’s Aleppo
>Syrian Army kills nearly 30 Nusra fighters in northern Hama
>Nusra, ISIS clash in southern Yamrouk as Palestinian committees prepare to attack
>Russia awards Syrian elite commandos
>Syrian army advances east of Al-Qariyatein
>Syrian pilot captured by ISIS in east Damascus
>Russian, Syrian air forces intensify airstrikes near Turkish border
>Syrian Army advances amid Russian airstrikes in east Homs
>Rebels recapture Tal Hussein, Jariz in northern Aleppo
>Syrian Air Force pulverizes northern Homs in preparation for ground assault
>UN-brokered Yemen peace talks opened in Kuwait
>Yemeni parties hold closed session
Previous >>71802098
fuck muslims
1st for the pilot
>>71836431
Well, the rural areas won't be contaminated, but the problem is that the biggest cities have most of the people and thus most of the political influence. The cityfolk want their technicolor dream while the rural people couldn't care less as they are not affected and thus do nothing to stop it.
So the only white outcome here is an uprising and swedes are too cucked now to manage that. Even while Stockholm and Göteborg are already in flames.
Picture related. It's the prerequisite for not failing as a state. You can ask Israel about it's effectiveness.
Also Nth for the Greater Syria!
For the SAA
UN worried about situation in Yarmouk refugee camp
The UN agency tasked with looking after Palestinian refugees has expressed concern about the “worrying humanitarian situation” in Yarmouk refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, QudsNet reported on Friday.
“There is a degree of calm for the third day since the outbreak of violence at Yarmouk on 6 April,” said UNRWA spokesman Sami Mshasha. “Nevertheless, residents are still besieged and the humanitarian situation is very difficult.” He pointed out that it is necessary for armed clashes to stop in order to aid agencies to have safe access to the refugees trapped in the camp.
“UNRWA is concerned about reports of the lack of clean drinking water at a time of increasing drought and no operational sewage network,” said Mshasha in a press statement. “This presents the threat of dangerous health problems.”
The UNRWA official explained that the last food distribution took place in Yalda, Babila and Beit Sahm areas within the camp between 9 and 15 March. “We received reports about civilians seeking refuge in Yalda last week, but it is impossible to reach them to check their health.”
UNRWA hopes to resume food distribution and mobile healthcare services soon. “We are monitoring the situation closely and demand the end of armed clashes, as well as the protection of civilians in Yarmouk and across Syria,” added Mshasha.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160423-un-worried-about-situation-in-yarmouk-refugee-camp/
=deeply concerned=
What’s Left of Palmyra — and Syria
By pouring weapons and money into the Syrian war, the West and its Gulf state allies share in the guilt for the Islamic State’s partial destruction of Palmyra’s historic ruins, which Jeff Klein visited.
ISIS/Daesh is on the retreat in Syria, which is very good news for the people of that beleaguered country and for the world. But the Syrian tragedy is far from over and rebuilding the country, even under the best circumstances of an end to the war, will take many years.
Our little international delegation — we were two Americans, a Canadian, two Norwegians, a Palestinian from Jordan and another Palestinian from Lebanon — got to see the evidence for this first-hand, along with the horrific devastation left in the wake of the ISIS occupation of the world-famous ancient city of Palmyra and the neighboring Syrian town of Tadmor.
The tour was arranged and led by a Palestinian organization based in Australia that is very supportive of the Syrian government and it was facilitated by the Syrian Ministry of Tourism and other government agencies.
continue reading if you want
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/04/23/whats-left-of-palmyra-and-syria/
>>71837998
цфe
Kurds hold talks to end fighting with SAA
Syrian regime officials and Kurdish representatives were to meet on Saturday for a second day of talks on ending deadly clashes in the northeastern city of Qamishli, a senior security source said.
A truce agreed on Friday held through the night, an AFP correspondent reported, and no gunfire was heard in the mainly Kurdish city, where control is split between Kurdish militia and the Syrian army and its allies.
The army and the Kurds have coordinated on security in Hasakeh province against Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, but tensions have built up between the sometimes rival authorities.
The fighting in Qamishli began on Wednesday with a scuffle at a checkpoint and was a rare outbreak of violence between the two sides.
According to the Kurdish security forces, the three days of fighting have left 17 civilians, 10 Kurdish fighters, and 31 troops and allied militiamen dead.
"There will be a new meeting today (Saturday) at Qamishli airport," a senior security source in Damascus told AFP.
"They will discuss several points, including an exchange of fighters held by each side and the Kurds handing back control of the neighborhoods they took from the regime," the source said.
On Saturday morning, there were fewer fighters from either side on the streets. Even checkpoints that had been erected during the fighting had been taken down overnight.
The army and its militia ally, the National Defense Forces, control Qamishli airport and parts of the city, as well as parts of the provincial capital Hasakeh to the south.
Nearly all of the rest of the province is controlled by the People's Protection Units (YPG), who have declared an autonomous region across the mainly Kurdish northern areas they control.
The YPG is regarded by the Pentagon as the most effective fighting force on the ground in Syria against ISIS.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211320
>>71838875
>the fighting was fucking nothing
I knew it even when everyone said that this would be the moment YPG would wage war against the SAA.
either way, fuck the Kurds in the Hasakah canton. nothing but a bunch of faggot dindus
at least the Kurds in Afrin are alright
Russian Military Buildup Near Aleppo, Syria, Threatens Truce, Kerry Warns
Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that Russia had moved heavy artillery into position outside Aleppo in northern Syria, raising new concerns that a partial cease-fire will come undone.
After the main opposition coalition walked out, Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, said the fragile truce was “in great trouble if we don’t act quickly.”
Kerry said he was not certain if Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin was sincere in his stated aims for the buildup: combating terrorism.
“We are not going to sit there and let him do his thing supporting the regime and hammer at the opposition and say, ‘This is working,’ ” Mr. Kerry said. “Obviously, we’re not stupid about it.”
Mr. Kerry said that the Russians might be moving on Aleppo because members of the Al Nusra Front, an affiliate of Al Qaeda, were mixed throughout parts of the region, and that they were terrorists not party to the cease-fire. At the same time, he said, the region is home to insurgent groups that oppose Mr. Assad and have agreed to the cease-fire.
“That has proven harder to separate them than we thought,” Mr. Kerry said. “And there’s a Russian impatience and a regime impatience with the terrorists who are behaving like terrorists and laying siege to places on their side and killing people.”
“The administration can let the Russians try to blast their way out of it, but the Russians blasting their way out it exacerbates the migrant crisis,” Mr. Tabler said. “The Russian activities are expelling people out of the country. Russia plays the role of arsonist and firefighter.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/world/middleeast/russian-military-buildup-near-aleppo-threatens-truce-kerry-warns.html?_r=0
>>71837949
They captured Russian pilot?
>>71839544
yes. another syrian pilot got captured.
this time it was by ISIS.
>>71839400
I was not around when it started, but it would have been stupid for both sides to escalate it, as if they don't have enough problems already. probably some ego driven kurds thought they run the show
>>71838875
>The YPG is regarded by the Pentagon as the most effective fighting force on the ground in Syria against ISIS
Ahh...
America...
>>71839600
Russian or Syrian? Or two of them?
>>71838224
saved
>>71839903
Syrian not Russian
>Syrian pilot captured by ISIS in east Damascus
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-pilot-captured-isis-east-damascus/ | Al-Masdar News
Funfact Azzam is the first Syrian pilot captured by ISIS. all the others were by Nusrats
>>71839826
>>71839400
Somehow I still believe this to be a USA's doing.
>>71839452
> we really can't tell Nusrats from freedom fighters
> but Russia must, or else!
Jihadi black market: ISIS smuggles ‘blood artifacts’ out of Syria to buyers in US, Europe
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is selling antiquities looted from Syria to buyers in the US and Europe as a means of funding its terrorist activities.
The jihadists are transporting the artifacts out of the country via Turkey according to documents from IS’s Ministry of Natural Resources, obtained exclusively by an RT documentary crew.
Middlemen have told the center that buyers are coming from the US and Europe – but they haven’t documented the final buyers.
special hearing held by the US House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing this week.
The hearing, entitled “Preventing Cultural Genocide: Countering the Plunder and Sale of Priceless Cultural Antiquities by ISIS” identified collectors from Europe and the US as the top buyers of the ancient relics.
“The trade’s main target buyers are, ironically, history enthusiasts and art aficionados in the United States and Europe – representatives of the Western societies which ISIS has pledged to destroy,” Fanusie testified.
Dr. Patty Gerstenblith, pointed out a major loophole in the system.
“At the moment it’s not illegal, or not necessarily clearly illegal, to bring antiquities from Syria into the United States; they’ve not been included in the OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) sanctions and there’s no general legal principle,” she testified.
The US Congress has voted to ban imports of practically all ancient art and artifacts from Syria in an effort to discourage the illicit trade by ISIS and other jihadist groups, but the bill still needs to be signed into law by President Barack Obama.
IS currently controls 4,000 archeological sites in Syria alone and is believed to have made millions of dollars through looting the related artifacts.
https://youtu.be/5mf0G4j5sTE
https://www.rt.com/viral/340731-jihadi-isis-syria-artifacts/
>>71840131
>terrorists who are behaving like terrorists
this line got m
>>71839826
I do wonder who they will embrace next
Iran says Islamic State hatching plots against it from Raqqa
An Iranian minister said on Saturday that Islamic State has been hatching "plots and conspiracies" against Iran from its de facto capital Raqqa in Syria and has made several attempts to send "terrorist teams" into Iran.
Intelligence minister Mahmoud Alavi said in an interview with Lebanese television station al-Mayadeen that if Iran had not fought terrorism in Syria and Iraq it would have had to do so in Iran, justifying its continued role in the Syria conflict as a matter of national security.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-iran-idUSKCN0XK0IQ
>>71840183
I think Russia is good friend
Reminder to watch the /sg/series of this season
Daily reminder that;
>"Armenians are Jews who got lost in a church after chasing a rolling coin" - Georgian Anon
>>71840096
i think you are right, they shilled ypg as a "freedom fighter secular americanized" force for months before the attack happened, i think america is trying to colonize the area.
>Russian Helicopters provide support to Syrian Army around Palmyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJb0USHo78
Also map update according to wikipedia
Angela Merkel in Turkey – in pictures
German chancellor visits refugee camp in Nizip, near Gaziantep and Syrian border, as she prepares to inaugurate EU-Turkey migration deal
-picture
Angela Merkel speaks with women as she visits a kindergarten at Nizip refugee camp
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/apr/23/angela-merkel-turkey-visit-refugee-camp-in-pictures
>>71839452
>the terrorists who are behaving like terrorists
How does he expect them to behave? If he can't control his dogs then they should be exterminated.
>>71841136
The bus carrying Merkel, Davutoğlu, Tusk and Timmermans arrives in Nizip
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/apr/23/angela-merkel-turkey-visit-refugee-camp-in-pictures
>>71841277
Security personnel stand guard as Merkel, the European council president, Donald Tusk, and Davutoğlu pose for photographs
>>71840707
the shithead pro-Turk Iraqi kurd dude... whatshisface
>>71841399
1st pic
Merkel chats with a refugee during a welcome ceremony at the camp
2nd pic
Refugees stand behind a wire fence as they wait for the delegation to arrive
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/apr/23/angela-merkel-turkey-visit-refugee-camp-in-pictures
>>71841399
>all these women in hijab for the propaganda pictures
reeeeeeeeeee, women with headscarfs isn't even %50 of turkey ERDOGAN STOP
>>71841582
you either stop him yourselves, or he drags Turkey into war and chaos
>>71841582
>>71841820
>>71841820
literally impossible, turkey is a ochlocracy, uneducated population+controlled media and opposition=un-dethronable corrupt leaders
he has actually lost the last election, but one of the opposition leaders forced a re-election and erdogan won that one. the results of the next election will be revealed this summer
if he wins the referendum there is no stopping him ever again, he will stay as the president until he dies or until army intervenes again
also you say "do it yourselves" but you don't even know the tip of the iceberg of the turkish political arena and the american involvement in all of this, its a fucking mess
>>71842433
> impossible
>>71841399
Is that fleur de lis on those dresses?
>>71841573
>refugees
>>71843333
i tried a zoom
Can someone explain me how the fuck ISIS attacked Idib?
>>71841399
where r all the male rapefugee
BASED ISIS
Suicide bomber killed a rebel commander and 10 militants inside Idlib. 40 others were injured though some are civilians.
>>71843333
Either that or a cross, which I doubt. I this Bosnia uses the Fleur de lys and has used it for some time.
>>71843880
>>71844423
this is news to me too. what i got:
ISIS suicide bomber kills senior rebel commander deep inside Idlib province
According to rebel sources in Idlib, the attack which was conducted by a motorcycle rider who had his vehicle packed with explosives, thus killing a senior military commander of the Ahrar al-Sham rebel group, Abu Hussein
This attack comes as the commander-in-chief of the Free Syrian Army’s 1st Coastal Division was assasinated by unknown gunmen just three days ago in Jisr al-Shighour, Idlib. Meanwhile, new reports suggest that hundreds (possibly thousands) of ISIS sympathisers are currently operating undercover in Idlib. In January, ISIS sympathisers (likely fighters) also executed another Ahrar al-Sham commander Abdul Qadir Dhabaan while killing the local sharia judge Safar Al-Safer in the town of Khan Assubul.
sleeper cells ?
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-isis-suicide-bomber-kills-senior-rebel-commander-deep-inside-idlib-province/
>>71844045
You seriously think they could contain them for an elaborate photo shoot event like that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHX5jsomq_U
>>71844045
in europe
>>71844467
>Free Syrian Army’s 1st Coastal Division was assasinated by unknown gunmen
>unknown gunmen
that's a strange name for SAA spies
>>71844661
It is Syria ya know.
>>71844661
and blame it on isis!
that's top!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIDi07qQNZk
>>71844928
>>71844809
I thought it was well known that SAA spies killed the 1st Coastal commander.
it makes perfect sense with the jisr al-shughur advance.
SAA and ISIS are working together to take out Nusrats in Idlib. just how SAA and Jaysh al-Islam worked together to take out ISIS in al-Dumayar.
Bashar is a real player.
>>71844809
Why you are not fighting ypg internet warrior?
>125.419 KMs
>>71845967
>>71845679
who where?
FSA CONFIRMED
THICC
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>>71846389
meant to say SAA fuck
>>71846389
REMOVE THIS
>>71846389
>no headcover
haram whores.
>>71846389
>Assad is mirrin in the background
VIDEO
Exclusive: Interethnic coalition takes on the IS group in Syria
FRANCE 24 brings you a rare documentary filmed inside Syria. Our reporters gained exclusive access to the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab militias, as they continue to battle to recapture cities and territories from the Islamic State group.
http://www.france24.com/en/reporters/20160422-exclusive-documentary-syria-rebel-alliance-kurds-islamic-state-caliphate-shaddadi
>>71846389
Phew. There's plenty of her to go around.
>>71846416
hey Libya bro
how are things going?
>Video: #Iranian_Air_Force has deployed a C-130 squadron at #Syria, here is one dropping food aids over #Idlib today
https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/723922296205770752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
>>71846389
>dreadlocks
>>71847009
there is not a single libyan on 4chan
>>71847223
are you the one from bengazi?
>>71847223
oh so you're a proxyfag?
>>71847223
i meant to say there are multiple libyans
i should get some sleep
nite /sg/
>>71847276
yes
there is another guy who is also from benghazi
>>71847293
So which one are you? You hated Gadaffi?
>>71847392
are you serious?
>>71847392
thats so fucking vague
>>71847392
>>71847528
and yes everyoen did
if everyone didnt he wouldnt have gotten fucked so much at the slightest unrest against him.
>>71847528
Not to me. I have counted three different libyans on /sg/ threads and they all had different views.
So I guess the pilot is kill?
>>71847625
the other Libyan who posted on here thought Gadaffi was good
also which side do you support in the war?
>>71847625
Yeah. There was no nato bombing campaign. Never happened. Will of the people my ass.
>>71848527
Who are the different colours on that map? ISIS is black i'm guessing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%93present)
Merkel pushes for 'special security zones in Syria'
Angela Merkel has announced she is pushing "for the establishment of special security zones in Syria" to be set up near the border with Turkey so that refugees have somewhere where they can find shelter.
Speaking at a press conference today the German Chancellor said: "I have ... again demanded that we have zones where the ceasefire is particularly enforced and where a significant level of security can be guaranteed."
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2016-04-23/merkel-pushes-for-special-security-zones-in-syria/
Turkey will take all measures to stop rocket fire on border town: PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday all necessary measures will be taken to prevent missile fire in Kilis, a Turkish town bordering a region controlled by Islamic State militants in Syria.
Kilis has repeatedly come under rocket fire in recent weeks. On Friday, two people died and four were injured in such an incident.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-rockets-idUSKCN0XK0NC
what could happen?
>>71849246
So basically Libya is all fuct up
>>71848970
Red is the 'Democratic' government that took after Gaddafi
Green is the Islamist rebels that want sharia
Black is ISIS
Yellow are Touraks. They just steal the countries resources and stuff. Nobody really likes them since they play both sides
Blessed be those who meme for Greater Syria.
>>71850089
>Yellow are Touraks. They just steal the countries resources and stuff. Nobody really likes them since they play both sides
Just like the Kurds.
what's with the creepy smile
>>71850446
oops
>>71849301
So a rebel controlled area where they can use refugees as human shields so that Assad/YPG can't take it, also acting as a buffer zone for Turkey.
>>71850089
>touraks
Tuaregs?
>>71850446
Poor Assad inherited a very awkward facial structure and a fitting set of mimicry. He either looks like an average factory worker or a complete asshole, but there is no way in seven hell he can hit the 'serious politician' even when he does serious politician shit.
>>71849301
>special security zones in Syria to be set up near the border with Turkey so that refugees have somewhere where they can find shelter.
I wonder whether she realizes what "war" means, Jesus it's like she thinks it is just an upscaled schoolyard brawl
>>71851804
kek
>>71851991
>>71851991
>tfw you will never have a selfie with the most amazing leader in the middle
Why live?
>>71850203
It needs to happen. It's going to happen.
>>71852376
To see him return his country to greatness.
>>71852407
Lebanon may happen soon, and there is some interest in Jordan. Iraq can happen too, but there is no SSNP there. The major hurdles are Israel, Kuwait, the slivers in Iran and Turkey, Cyprus, and that large chunk of land in Egypt.
>#ISIS-affiliated Shuhada al-Yaromuk captured several ATGMs and loads of ammunition boxes in Ain Thakar south #Syria
N Korea launches ballistic missile from submarine – Seoul
North Korea has conducted its third submarine ballistic missile firing, Yonhap news agency reports, citing the South Korean military. There has been no immediate report on whether the launch was successful.
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was fired Saturday from the Sea of Japan (also known as East Sea) water zone in the open sea direction at about 6:30 p.m. local time (0930 GMT), Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
The missile flew “for a few minutes,” Yonhap agency said, citing a military source.
Seoul believes the missile launch was made to make a point in the wake of a key 7th meeting of North Korea Workers' Party in May. A congress of the ruling party has been summoned for the first time in 36 years.
https://www.rt.com/news/340715-north-korea-submarine-missile/
>>71853977
If there was a civil war in best Korea between the great leaders' government and US-backed rebels, who would you guys support?
>>71854845
Japan or South Korea
>>71854845
>US-backed rebels
so, worst korea?
>>71854845
If US got involved I'd just glass the whole peninsula.
>>71854845
south
Japan should just remilitarize and annex North Korea
>>71837949
We now have confirmation of American SOF imbedded with the YPG. A french news channel took this picture.
>>71856833
>>71856865
>>71856833
Is this even allowed? Habbening!!
>>71856985
It's probably not new. The only difference is now we have pictures.
>>71856833
>>71856985
also they said french and british are also present,
see clip here
>>71846676
the clip was filmed when the javelin was shot
Peshmerga forces repelled an ISIL attack near the Kirkuk-Takrit main road and the town of Taza Khurmatu.
https://twitter.com/DrPartizan_/status/723965011639603201
Kurdish Peshmerga and YPG have asked the US for protection against chemical weapons
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/22/isis-is-using-chemical-weapons-against-the-kurds-why-wont-the-u-s-help/?utm_content=bufferfc168&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
>>71857333
POO
>>71857658
PANTS
>>71857198
>also they said french and british are also present,
Consider the implications if Russia or Syria starts bombing those positions now. Butt-hurt levels would got into the stratosphere.
>>71857333
protection against chemical weapons?
what could usa possible do to help em, do they want some hazmat suits?
>>71857696
>southerners
>>71837949
RUMOR: A Russian Flanker shot down an Israeli F-15, but both countries are denying it to avoid a shit-storm.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-israel-idUSKCN0XJ14O
>>71857816
thank god they are denying it. Fucking Ruskies trying to start WW3
>>71857701
I would imagine it going on like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFZlRiTHuw
had weapons, seem suspicious, terrorists!
>>71857816
desu i would like to see S400 in action ... maybe isis will fly something or turkey claim some isis fan pilot of their decided to attack russia
I miss the old times... isis expanding rapidly, chaos everywhere, 2012-14 syria tube videos with this song in the background... :^(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjd6FhOjxfg
Megumin bump.
>>71859118
2014 was a good year. I wish the coalition had not intervened, happenings would be a common sight.
President Assad and Asmaa Al-Assad visit Cultural Centre in Dummar Damascus
>>71859178
>>71859375
I.....I finally bit the bullet and watched the show.
It's even more perverted than I imagined it would be.
But I couldn't stop. I want more now.
Also, I think you guys are stupid for preferring Megumi over Darkness.
>>71860527
Oy darkness is a nice girl, but megumin has that explosive spark that I simply love.
>>71860291
>>71860743
that kid needs to be barrel bombed for not smiling for based Assad. i'm thinking 3 barrel bombs on his house with his family inside and one on a bakery.
>>71860527
Darkness is entertaining in her own right, but she lacks the one thing that /sg/ needs and that is explosions.
>>71859932
Yes, 2014 was the best year of the conflict. If the coalition had not intervened, the kurdish problem would have been solved... kek
>>71861439
The battle for ayn al-arab is proof that the kurds suck when it comes to fighting. They are not and never have been elite warriors that the KIDF claim they are. The entire battle hinged on the coalition intervention; it defined the battle and turned the tide in the favor of the ypg, pkk, and peshmerga forces.
No chance of NATO expansion for years of fears it could destabilize Russia.
There is no chance of NATO expansion in the near future because of fears it could destabilize Russia, the U.S. ambassador to the military alliance said on Friday, a prospect which could disappoint Georgia and a number of Balkan states.
Douglas Lute said NATO was at an "an inflection point", facing an upheaval matched only by circumstances at the end of the Cold War, and the alliance did not want to exacerbate internal weaknesses in Russia.
"In practical terms I don't there's much additional room in the near term, the next several years perhaps or maybe even longer, for additional NATO expansion," Lute told the Aspen Security Forum in London.
"I think Russia plays an important part in the strategic environment and the strategic environment will put a brake on NATO expansion.
"If you accept the premises ... about Russia's internal weakness and perhaps steady decline, it may not make sense to push further now and maybe accelerate or destabilize that decline."
Last December, NATO invited Montenegro to join in its first expansion since 2009, a move which provoked anger from Moscow which opposes any extension to former communist areas of eastern and southeastern Europe.
NATO gave Georgia an open-ended promise of membership at a summit in April 2008 and other Balkan states such as Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are keen on membership while Ukraine, which has battled Russian-backed separatists in its east since 2014, has also set its sights on joining.
Lute said the policy line for additional members remained open but all NATO's 28 allies had to agree on inviting new members and there was little likelihood of that.
"There's no way we're going to get consensus any time in the near future on adding ... Georgia or Ukraine," he said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-expansion-idUSKCN0XJ1GM
nigga wut
>>71861865
>There is no chance of NATO expansion in the near future because of fears it could destabilize Russia
wat
>>71861439
sure thing, kiddo
who do you think would hold that territory if the Kurds weren't there?
bump
>>71862454
Again, the aid of the coalition has been the defining element for the kurds. Every day bombings when there is no conflict and bombing runs when there is to aid the kurds. Lose the aerial support and the kurds have nothing to defend themselves with.
>>71862479
#AssadMakesAnimeRealAgain
Merkel confirms Turkish visa liberalisation from end of July
SOT, Angela Merkel, German Chancellor (German): "We have set the liberalisation of visas from the end of July, as a part of the agreement. We have said that, of course, Turkey must reach the conditions. There are still two projects that must be implemented and we have, today, spoken about a certain aspect of this. The Commission will set out a report on this on 4th May. And I have the intention that we will continue with the agreement, provided, of course, that Turkey delivers on the agreed points and we are in close contact - the Commission is in close contact, but also Germany is as well. Our interior ministers are in close contact because we are also, of course, often discussing our concerns and fears with each other. We, on the one hand, want guarantees of security and, on the other side, comply with this commitment to visa liberalisation."
SOT, Angela Merkel, German Chancellor (German): "Things cannot continue as they are today in Syria. And, therefore, the opposition must also, of course, be a part of these talks so that clear changes can be put in place in Syria. Otherwise, there will not be any peace there. Germany is there with those who are advocating for this peace and we have a very close cooperation between Russia and the USA. We have a lot of agents who are playing roles and the talks are complicated but we're doing all we can to bring them forward."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyrJoddgCpY
>>71860291
>tfw no asma gf
>>71862454
no airstrikes no party :)
>>71838041
eerste post beste post...
>>71862762
GREATER TURKEY NOW
GERMANY SOON TO BE TURKISH CLAY
GET KEKED GERMANY
>>71863021
germanistan?
>>71862636
>>71862979
doesn't change the fact that the YPG is fucking ISIS up all over the place.
>B-But the YPG would've lost Kobani if it hadn't been for the air strikes
you could argue that, but the primary reason for why the Kurds took Kobani was because Peshmerga came to the rescue and flooded in from the Turkish border.
if you want to blame someone for creating Rojava, don't blame the US airstrikes. Russia makes more airstrikes in one day the the US coalition does in 2 weeks. blame the Turks for letting Peshmerga into Kobani.
>>71863171
Greater Turkmany
>>71862762
>Merkel confirms Turkish visa liberalisation from end of July
Great, now all the kurds will flood into Germany.
>>71863278
>>B-But the YPG would've lost Kobani if it >hadn't been for the air strikes
you could argue that, but the primary reason for why the Kurds took Kobani was because Peshmerga came to the rescue and flooded in from the Turkish border
It wouldn't have made a difference other than delaying the inevitable. Quit spinning this narrative that the kurds are great. The Air strikes are what changed the conflict.
>if you want to blame someone for creating Rojava, don't blame the US airstrikes. Russia makes more airstrikes in one day the the US coalition does in 2 weeks. blame the Turks for letting Peshmerga into Kobani.
WHat the hell are you taking? The Russian air strikes have been used to help the SAA the most. They are done on both the FSA and the Islamic state. Coalition air strikes are almost purely Islamic state; Coalition isn't going to save the Syrian Government, they want to see it collapse so they can have their puppet leader installed.
>>71863934
kek. I never said that Russian airstrikes were helping the YPG.
I was making a point of how US airstrikes are nominal because we hardly do any at all compared to RuAF
you guys are talking like the USAF is making constant airstrikes all over.
>>71864415
Well considering Russian airstrikes are virtually non existent at the moment, the US may actually be doing more for once.
>>71851804
>This one Hungarian guy always being a little negative bitch
>>71837949
>>71864799
What the fuck are you talking about? the RuAF is churning out airstrikes every day.
they just intensified airstrikes over Latakia just today
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-syrian-air-forces-step-assault-northern-latakia/
>>71864862
desu from what I noticed over the months, there always pops up some hungarian that makes one wonder if a rapefugee staid there
Night /sg/
>>71865089
He always comes in bitching about how Assad did everything wrong
know-it-all smartass faggotry. but Im sure a random hungarian knows better how to run an Arab country with sectarian unrest, torn between archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia, next to Turkey and Lebanon, under a magnifying glass by the west
what could go wrong? sounds like an easy job right? its not like any other Arab leader ever had a problem with sectarian conflict, arab "spring", foreign intervention.. its all Assads fault buuhuu
Assad did nothing wrong
>>71857816
HAPPENIONG
>>71863278
>you could argue that, but the primary reason for why the Kurds took Kobani was because Peshmerga came to the rescue and flooded in from the Turkish border.
This is a meme spread by Turks. Erdogan let trough the Peshmerga AFTER the us decided to conduct airstrikes against YPG. It was decided at that point already. Hell, its not like the peshmerga are some wonder fighters.
>>71864982
They haven't bombed rebel held territory for almost a month. And the only videos of recent bombing involved helicopters on ISIS.
>>71866829
against isis*
>>71857816
Rumor 100%. Otherwise it'd be already proven that it was shot down by Hezbollah.
>>71866835
source?
>>71866835
RuAF bonked Aleppo a while ago, and did maybe one or two strikes in Latakia.
Other than that no bombings because ceasefire.
Xth for fuck Minnesota
PRAY
>>71867901
HEY FUCK YOU MAN I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS THREAD IS BUT I SAW IT ON THE FRONT PAGE AND YOU DISSIN MINNESOTA LIKE I WOULDN'T FIND OUT
>>71868078
Fuark off m8
>>71868140
you apologize and i might just do that!
>>71868140
Don't hate the great state, m8
Can /sg/ explain how based assad has not taken Damascus suburbs? SAA seems to have had them entirely surrounded for years, how are those nigs even getting food / ammunition supplies and why has putin not helped to crush?
>>71866829
The US was only conducting a few dozen airstrikes a day and ISIS continued to advance under those airstrikes for over a month. There was no way they would not only defeat ISIS but also capture a massive amount of land without Peshmergas help.
>>71868592
>food
UN
>ammunition / supplies
tunnels
>>71868592
Urban warfare is shit in somewhat densely populated areas. And they receive humanitarian aid. As for ammunition there's barely any clashes, all the rebels ever do there is shell government-controlled areas from time to time and smuggle them via tunnels.
>>71868671
So what are you telling me exactly, i dont get it. Are you telling me the ypg who was getting rekt for over a month with a couple airstrikes in their favor, would have magically go BOOM BOOM and capture all that land??
I saw a Turkish video (not have it) in a pkk guy fighting there said that if it wasnt for americas help they would still be fighting against isis in kobane. Its really as simple as that, i dont know why people keep thinking its any different.
>>71868592
Urban warfare sucks dick. It took forever at Stalingrad. It took forever at Fallujah, and it still takes forever today. There are so many places to hide, so many places to set traps, so many places where you can hide supply caches in advance in case you want them later. And worst of all, you can't just bomb the whole thing (usually).
>>71868592
Un supplies tunnels, and the fact that their positions are well entrenched along with good geography on their side.
>>71868592
Fighting an enemy that is surrounded and entrenched is incredibly difficult, add to the fact that the fighting is in urban makes it that much worse. You have to consider that the Iraqi army has frequently engaged in this warfare and it takes weeks and months just to clear out those areas. It's not worth it nor strategically required for the SAA to engage in this warfare. Once more of Idlib, Aleppo, Raqqa, hasaka, and Deir is captured, then it will be a requirement to clear out those pockets. You ha e to consider that a surrounded foe has nothing to lose and will fight with all of their might and when your foe fights this way, your own troops are in greater danger of being injured and dying in combat.
>>71868140
Don't hate on based Minnesota.
>>71845679
Fuck off cockhole
>>71847044
pro-iranian in israel? Watch out for the IDF man.
>Ivan Sidorenko @IvanSidorenko1 58 sHace 58 segundos Ver traducción
>#Syria #Aleppo #NorthernAleppo Very Violent Clashes ongoing btw Rebels and #ISIS #ISIL #IS #Daesh & Outskirts of #Mare #Mare` #Marea #مارع
>Ivan Sidorenko @IvanSidorenko1 7 minhace 7 minutos Ver traducción
#Syria #Aleppo 18 minutes ago - Very VIOLENT
>Explosions & Clashes shaking Aleppo now. #Rashideen, #Assad Suburb / #Hamdania /#New_Aleppo
Aleppo is on fire tonight
>>71869138
They bombed the whole thing at Stalingrad. Made it worse.
>>71871595
So Azaz encircled soon-ish. Unless moderate memers up north are planning another supply run.
>>71872150
>Implying that ISIS/FSA are killing each other in North Aleppo
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/724044778992705536
Wow, a slaughter of rats is happening at Aleppo City. Nusra/FSA try to infiltrate inside of a SAA-hold area and they get #REKT
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-launches-massive-offensive-east-damascus/
Also, ISIS BTFO by SAA and Mother Syria
>>71872588
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/724045929100259329
Photos of that battle
Do the FSA still have a chance or are they pretty much done?
>>71872972
Pretty much done, thanks to Russia, they have been degraded to the point that they are the same as Al-Qaeda, because nobody knows who are the real FSA anymore.
>>71872972
All they can do at this point is be a bitch and torment SAA so they can't devote fully to blowing ISIS the fuck out.
>>71872972
I think they're done. I'm basing this on the fact that the media is no longer shilling for the FSA and rather are shilling for the YPG instead.
>>71872972
There is no hope for them. Islamic state and SAA are killing them off slowly; along with that al-nusra has the moderate factions by the testicles. The only hope for the FSA(the moderate factions) is accept whatever reparations and political reforms the Assad government will offer. From there, have the moderate forces and SAA engage in all-out was against al-nusra and their extremist affiliates. From there, begin advancing against the Islamic state and ypg.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-army-popular-committees-advance-west-towards-syrian-boder/
ISF is 150 KM OF THE SYRIAN BORDER
ISIS ON SUICIDE WATCH
>>71873688
But Iraq is a U.S. puppet, once they get into Syria they will just support the "moderate rebels" and fight the SAA.
>>71873769
Iraqi units are fighting on SAA's side in Syria. Iraq is flipping for Iran nowadays.
>>71873769
>Iraq is a U.S. puppet
kek 2008 is that you?
>>71873769
>But Iraq is a U.S. puppet
To some extent. I doubt that Iraqi soldiers would attack Syria without serious coercion.
>>71837949
LOL
>#Syria #Aleppo #WesternAleppo Clashes are SLOWING down after 4 hours of continuous Battles @ #Midyan & #Rashideen
>Vulva prayers
>>71875000
The goddess of puffy vulva brings glorious victories.
>>71874591
kill_yourself/10
>>71875352
decent
>>71837949
At least it seems like the US SOF guys are fighting ISIS rather than the SAA.
>>71837949
bashar al kalb must go
allahu ackbar
fuck america for not giving more weapons to rebels
>>71875249
Nigga, what are you posting?
>>71875519
>launch a $250k missile
>at a $200 car with $400 worth of explosives and a $2 driver inside
>>71875666
Paid for by the US taxpayer so it's all good.
>>71875666
>George, shoot a missile at that car bomb before it hits us!
>Nah man, too expensive
>BOOM
Nobody does this.
>>71875666
It's not like you can sell the missile while the americans are watching.
> Full and Correct Translation for the last Report I posted. #SAA #NDF vs Militants
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/724058020532068352
School's off.
>>71837949
That sniper rifle looks fuggin cool.
Prolly costs several thousand dollars as well.
>>71875809
A fucking RPG would be enough.
>>71876031
U.S. forces don't deploy with RPGs
>>71875894
#prayForAleppo
>>71876031
>George, shoot a missile at that car bomb before it hits us!
>Nah man, too expensive, hang on a sec while I find an RPG
>BOOM
You think people are gonna bring along super high-tech weapons and then not use them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIpwNS-I6w
>>71876031
and then you miss with the RPG
>>71875666
>$200 car
>ISIS chiefs FREEZE 45 of their own fighters to death after accusing them of cowardice during a battle in Iraq
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555575/ISIS-chiefs-FREEZE-45-fighters-death-accusing-cowardice-battle-Iraq.html
>>71850203
hell yeah nigga
>>71876206
Actually the car was speeding away from kurds. They just shot it for the lulz.
Don't worry though. Goyim can always print more money. It's not like Jews will own you more for it. Not even God Emperor is going to fix your shit. Remember goyim Israel is a tremendous ally!
>>71876991
I think that at this point ISIS is just bored as fuck and finding new amusing ways of killing people.
>>71876313
allahu ackbar
>>71877212
Yeah, wondering what they're planning for the pilot.
>>71877520
Death by snu-snu?
>>71877520
probably filming it right now
>"Abu, a little lower the camera cant get the full shot"
>"good, good ...no wait to low, ABU STOP FUCKING AROUND "
>>71877520
I would kill myself instead of being captured by isis
>>71877520
Shoot him the head before throwing him in a high place?
>>71877520
>Mohammad, rape this man to death.
>But that's haram!
>Yes, and we'll freeze you to death later. Now get on with it unless you want to be stoned
>>71876991
In the ISIS army, it takes more courage to retreat than advance :^)
This has been on my mind, the tiger forces have been advancing against the Islamic state near Palmyra countryside; I mean, consider that multiple hilltops and mountains were captured by the tiger forces and that the majority of SAA forces have been allocated to clear up Aleppo province. Does major general hassan plan on advancing to as-sukhnah with his small fighting force?
>>71878714
IS THIS TRUE?! :^(
>>71878816
>>71837949
So are they gonna burn this pilot nigga too or are they gonna microwave him, or maybe freeze him with liquid nitrogen and hit him with a hammer?
>>71878816
iran is shit at war, they lost so many generals and shit its funny
>>71878946
ISIS is running out of ideas desu
I just found out that president Assad was actually a member of the Republican guard. That means he has, not only military training, but he also has spec-ops training... And yet our kekold of a president has nothing in military experience. Can you name a man more based than president Bashar al-assad?
>>71877142
>Actually the car was speeding away from kurds. They just shot it for the lulz.
Or maybe they shot it to prevent it from getting away?
>>71879326
Pro Tip: You can't
this thread is still up?
This war(not sure) is fucking shit. Seems unstoppable. In four years, it has killed 250,000 people.WHEN WILL THIS FUCKING WAR WILL END?
/TG/ GENERAL SOON
>>71879482
I keep it alive
>>71879419
Curious hypothesis friend. Is it worth throwing away a lot of dough though? Not letting a couple of IS dudes escape to Baghdadi to be frozen to death.
Baffling attempt at ArmenianGenocide denial: Turkey skywrites denial slogans over NY & celebrates w/ dance troupe.
