Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

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Hmeymim Airbase, photo early June...............

 

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Road to Deir ez-Zora.

Syrian Arab army, with the support of at least 1,000 fighters been supporting Iran, opened the 4th front to capture the valley of the Euphrates (Euphrates Valley), heading to Abu Kemal (Abu Kemal).

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SAA and its allies took control of 85 km of the Syrian-Iraqi border, and almost reached the T-2 pumping station .

 

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Map update....

SAA is moving on the Raqqa-Itria highway

 

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Kamov Ka-52 Alligator in Syria!!!

 

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Syria tanks destroying Documentary

 

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Dolby militants "Dzhebhat en-Nusra" in the district of Al-Baath in Quneitra province.

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Do Syrian army forces respond to the attack of frontline militants?

 

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Active promotion in Deir ez-Zor province along the Syrian-Iraqi border to the Euphrates.

 

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Operations in the city Itria area in the eastern part of the province of Hama.

 

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Information needs to be confirmed !!!

Izhevchanin killed in Syria during a military operation

he served first in the Donbass, and then went as a volunteer to the Middle East

June 23, it became known that died izhevchanin Artem Gorelov in Syria. According to friends of the young man, Artem first took part in the fighting in the Donbas. He was a member of the Reconnaissance Battalion "Sparta", commanded by Motorola - the national hero of Donbass (passed away in October 2016 - Ed.)

- Artyom was call - "lawyer". He did not seek fame. His heightened sense of justice, remove it from the house and drove into the distance ... "lawyer" did everything he could for the security of Russia, Izhevsk and his mother - wrote his friend in a social network.

After Donbass Artem went to Syria and joined the ranks of a private military company.

It is not known under what circumstances izhevchanin died. But we can say - it was a big operation, which killed another 11 people, 15 were injured.

By the way, over the past few months, this is the second case of the death of our compatriots in Syria. Recall that in February 2017 in the province of Homs in the performance of military duties, Alexander died Tychinin.

REFERENCE "KP"

private military companies (PMCs) - a commercial company offering specialized services related to the protection, defense (defense) anyone and anything, often with the participation in armed conflicts, as well as intelligence gathering, strategic planning , logistics and consulting.

Follow the news of Izhevsk in the "VKontakte", "Facebook", "Twitter" and "Classmates".

http://www.izh.kp.ru/online/news/2787446/

 

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Correspondents Federal News Agency (FAN) visited the Syrian army positions to the north of the city Akerbat and received detailed information about the IG terrorists in the area.

 

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the cockpit of Su-35s side number 50 (the manager. Number 03309) on a / b Hmeymim

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the cockpit of Su-35s side number 50 (the manager. Number 03309) on a / b Hmeymim

 

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More photos from the visit of Bashar al-Assad on Hmeymim. For the first time in Syria lit BMPT.

 

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The servicemen of special units of the Russian Federation in Syria.

Photo: http://vo-in.ru http://raidgear.ru

 

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More photos from Hmeymim airbase

 

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Qalamoun Shield Forces: Capabilities And Role In Syrian War

 

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U.S. EQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK DRONE SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN S-300 OVER MEDITERRANEAN SEA NEAR SYRIA

UPDATED - SEE BOTTOM -- Within the past few minutes, Russia/Syria fired an S-300 surface-to-air missile from a base at Tartus, Syria, westward out into the Mediterranean Sea.

The S-300 is one of the most fearsome, accurate, and deadly interceptor missiles in the world. It does not miss.

No word yet on what has been shot down.



UPDATE 5:35 PM EDT --
The Pentagon confirms the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is operating in the Mediterranean and has aircraft which are airborne conducting flight operations. No indication at all if the Bush or any of its planes were the target for the missile launch.



UPDATE 6:32 PM EDT --
Still not one word about what was fired upon or shot down. Checking all my sources repeatedly. . .



UPDATE 11:46 PM EDT --
Reports are now coming in that a United States Air Force EQ-4 "Global Hawk" drone was shot down over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Syria, by a Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile fired from the Russian Base at Tartus, Syria.

I contacted the Pentagon Press Office after-hours phone via Text message to seek their comment(s) for this story, but they did not reply.

The EQ-4 with a wingspan of more than 130 feet, (roughly the same as a 737 airliner) is the the Air Force's largest drone.

The Air Force has more than 30 RQ-4 surveillance drones, but only three EQ-4s fitted with Northrop Grumman's Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN).

BACN is a high-altitude, airborne communications and information gateway system that maintains operational communications support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The persistent connectivity that BACN provides improves situational awareness and enables better coordination between forward-edge warfighters and commanders. BACN bridges and extends voice communications and battlespace awareness information from numerous sources using a suite of computers and radio systems.

After the BACN payloads have been integrated on Block 20 Global Hawks, the aircraft are designated as USAF EQ-4B unmanned systems, providing long endurance and high persistence gateway capabilities.

All of the EQ-4 aircraft are assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing based at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.

If this information that the Russians shot down an EQ-4 Global Hawk is accurate, then US Troops operating on the ground with Syrian "Rebels" will no longer be able to INSTANTLY talk to nearby air support as was done a few days ago, when a US F/A-18 was called-in to attack and destroy a Syrian Arab Army Air Force fighter jet.

This type of shoot down would severely hamper US future operational ability in Syria because there are only a total of three EQ-4's in existence.

To outfit one RQ-4 with the BACN (thereby turning it into an EQ-4) costs about twenty-two million dollars.

Such a shoot down by Russia would be pricey retaliation over the US Shoot-down of a Syrian Jet, without causing the US to feel a need to avenge anything; like a pilot.

As shown below, the cost of a Global Hawk Drone is a MINIMUM of $131 Million, but with R&D, the Unit Cost can be as high as $222 Million -- plus the BACN for another $22 Million.

It would send a Russian message to the US not to shoot down anymore Syrian government aircraft.

http://halturnershow.com/index.php/...ing-russia-fires-s-300-out-over-mediterranean

what kinda shit by poor Russians to praise their Master..there is no such activates reported ..Please stop posting dumb fanboys Websites

 

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what kinda shit by poor Russians to praise their Master..there is no such activates reported ..Please stop posting dumb fanboys Websites

May be, may be not....

As we know America lost a global hawk in California soon after(I heard news on next day) the news that S-300 downed hawk. No pics to confirm the crash in California.

http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http:...crashes-in-california&grqid=lk203px_&hl=en-IN

Now, one may ask why Russia didn't confirm the kill. Russia might gain enough brownies by claiming the kill. It will be termed as Tit for Tat to the Su-22 killed by Hornets.

I think the aim is to send message to the men on top level. This news might no be published, but everyone knows that Russia did it. If Russia had announced the same, then America will be forced to take tough stance towards Russia. This could be more sanctions, more fighters in Syria, pressure on Russia. More peacefools crying of possible WW3. America is ok with the loss of Hawk, but not ok with Russia saying that in public. It will weaken America posture.

If Russia don't publicize it, then America will slow down....A win win for both. One may ask, if America attacks again, then Russia will take similar action, but this time publicize it.

I think Israel is pushing with Russia, if things don't change, Similar incidents might take on Israel too..... But let's wait and see.....

 

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Female Kurd Sniper escapes death by few inches!!!