The Syrian Crisis

[Gabriel92]

Please post the Tweet, not a screenshot. I cannot tell whether this is genuine or fabricated.

Here it is.


I took a screenshot in case they delete it.

 

[pmaitra]

Here it is.


I took a screenshot in case they delete it.

Thanks.

Good that you took a screenshot. Anyway, they did not delete it. They just used this image for illustration purposes. See fine print in the image.

 

[pmaitra]

Kurdish fighters shot down a Turkish Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunship using Igla MANPAD.


Report with longer video: https://theaviationist.com/2016/05/...helicopter-getting-shot-down-by-sa-18-manpad/

 

[Tactical Frog]

This is huge news ... where does this craziness stops ? Now Turkey will not hesitate to provide Syrian extremist rebel factions with MANPADS.

 

[pmaitra]

This is huge news ... where does this craziness stops ? Now Turkey will not hesitate to provide Syrian extremist rebel factions with MANPADS.

Turkey has been providing them with MANPADS for a long time. It is the electronic countermeasures on Russian helicopters and Russian aircraft flying at 6 km altitude that has prevented these MANPADS from being successful.

 

[gadeshi]

Turkey has been providing them with MANPADS for a long time. It is the electronic countermeasures on Russian helicopters and Russian aircraft flying at 6 km altitude that has prevented these MANPADS from being successful.

And also constant air and land patrols that prevent jihadis approach to Khmeymym runways.

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[pmaitra]

Well, we have heard Hindi music as the ringtone of one NovoRossiyan militiaman.

 

[pmaitra]

Big fat toad shaped ISIS executioner caught by the Syrian Army and loaded onto a pickup truck like a piece of carcass:

 

[pmaitra]

Iraq: KamAZ and Abrams side by side

 

[Nathanmarcus]

Truck bomb kills nearly 50 people in northeastern Syria

A truck bomb has exploded in the city of Al-Qamishli, Syria, killing nearly 50 people. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack and said that the bombing was in response to air strikes launched by US-led coalition forces in Manbij area. The bomb allegedly targeted the area of the defence committee that is part of the self-managed democracy, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The number of dead is likely to increase as many were seriously injured in the blast that took place on Wednesday, the UK-based organisation said. The militant group previously conducted bombings in Qamishli and Hasaka city, media sources reported. The explosion was initially believed to have been caused by two bombs. However, it now appears that the first blast was the gas tank exploding, according to AFP.

Meanwhile, the Syrian army has announced that pro-government forces are interrupting supply into ISIS-controlled Aleppo by tightening their grip on the province. The largest Syrian city has now been seized by army personnel, who are calling on the militants in the region to surrender their weapons, SANA news agency reported. The observatory announced that at least five civilians in the Mashhad district of Aleppo were killed on Tuesday after Syrian helicopters dropped barrel bombs in the region.

 

[rockey 71]

https://www.irinnews.org/opinion/2016/07/29/aleppo-screwed-thanks-everyone

Aleppo is screwed - thanks to everyone.

 

[asianobserve]

Get Ready for Obama’s ‘October Surprise’ in Iraq

All evidence supports that notion, but U.S. officials have confirmed the Pentagon is planning ways to time their offensive against Mosul with an attack on the Islamic State “capital” in Raqqa, Syria. A coordinated Mosul-Raqqa military offensive could yield a dual defeat to the ISIS caliphate, unhinge ISIS power in both Syria and Iraq and have the added benefit of pinning ISIS units moving into Iraq along interior lines from Syria in place. In late March, the Centcom stepped up its monitoring of the Syria-Iraq border, with the intended purpose of spotting and bombing ISIS units headed toward Mosul.

A dual offensive targeting Raqqa as well as Mosul was hinted at by Lt. General Sean MacFarland, the U.S. officer commanding the anti-ISIS effort, in a July 11 news conference. Seizing control of Raqqa, he said, would mean that ISIS would “lose a base of operations, would “lose financial resources” and would “lose the ability to plan, to create the fake documentation that they need to get around the world.” Centcom military planners say that, from a U.S. military perspective, the fight for Raqqa will be even more important than the fight for Mosul.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...a-foreign-policy-kurdish-214121#ixzz4GE6HElQF
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[asianobserve]

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down

A Syrian rescue service operating in rebel-held territory said on Tuesday a helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas overnight on a town close to where a Russian military helicopter was shot down hours earlier.

A spokesman for Syria Civil Defence told Reuters that 33 people, mostly women and children, were affected by the gas in Saraqeb.

Syria Civil Defence workers, who went to the scene of the attack, said they suspected it was chlorine but could not verify that.

"Medium-sized barrels fell containing toxic gasses. The Syrian Civil Defence was not able to determine the type of the gas," said the spokesman.

The Syrian government and its Russian allies were not immediately available for comment.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idlib-idUSKCN10D0OZ

 

[arpakola]

does any body kmows what happened to www.iranmilitaryforum.net ?
is down for a long time..

 

[IBSA]

does any body kmows what happened to www.iranmilitaryforum.net ?
is down for a long time..

I also dont know what happened. Maybe they didnt pay for the server, or changed their domain, who knows...

 

[arpakola]

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[arpakola]

Syrian soldiers have found mobile footage of an Islamist militant, immobilized by a leg injury, recording his own death during a jihadist offensive in Aleppo’s Ramouseh district yesterday.

The fighter reiterates the Shahada (Islamic creed) while crying for help; unfortunately for him, his comrades fail to reply. Meanwhile, heavy gunfire and occasional explosions are heard in the background.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/articl...ppo-pleads-help-captures-last-moments-camera/

 

[Razor]

Kids will be kids.

@pmaitra @Dovah @Keshav Murali etc

Syrian kids chase Pokémon in war-torn Aleppo

To escape the harsh realities of existence in war-torn Aleppo, the few children who have smartphones use brief moments of silence in between battles and internet blackouts to hunt Nintendo’s virtual creatures amid the city rubble.

While many face difficulties in downloading the game due to a poor internet connection in the ravaged city that has been one of the epicenters in the Syrian war for the last five years, those lucky enough to get a hold of it wind their way through bombed-out buildings to capture digital characters.

https://www.rt.com/viral/354907-syria-kids-pokemon-aleppo/

 

[Dovah]

Kids will be kids.

@pmaitra @Dovah @Keshav Murali etc

Syrian kids chase Pokémon in war-torn Aleppo

https://www.rt.com/viral/354907-syria-kids-pokemon-aleppo/

That Vaporeon has no business being there .

 

[Razor]

Holy Shoit, I forgot about that.

Maybe it's a damn fotoshop.