Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

[gadeshi]

2 Russian OTBMs Tochka-U has destroyed ISIS leaders summit in Salkhin (Idlib province):

Spoiler: GRAPHIC

 

[gadeshi]

More about battle for Ar-Rabiya:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1453645858
http://rusvesna.su/news/1453568117

 

[gadeshi]

SAA forces has surronded Deraa and captured its suburban blocks:

http://rusvesna.su/news/1453833186
And more about capturing Turkish border:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1453492302

 

[gadeshi]

And more about Rusian Special Forces in Salmah:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1453494643

And Sheikh Miskin:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1453666450

 

[gadeshi]

Another video from Deraa:
and Sheikh Miskin:
and SAA woomens battalion:
Kurdish female snipers from Qamishli with their proven SVD rifles:

 

[pmaitra]

Kurdish female snipers from Qamishli with their proven SVD rifles:

These are Assyrians.


BTW, visit Twitter account of Ivan Sidorenko. There are pictures of dead ISIS there. I did not post them here because they are bloody pictures.

 

[gadeshi]

These are Assyrians.
BTW, visit Twitter account of Ivan Sidorenko. There are pictures of dead ISIS there. I did not post them here because they are bloody pictures.

I have posted them or similar ones on the previous page, I guess.

 

[pmaitra]

I have posted them or similar ones on the previous page, I guess.

I put it in a spoiler. Please put bloody pictures in a spoiler and mark "GRAPHIC."

 

[pmaitra]

Russia carries out more long-range bombing sorties over Syria

Tim Ripley, London and Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
26 January 2016

Five Russian Tu-22M3 bombers are seen lined up at an airbase, presumably Mozdok, in an image released by the Russian MoD on 25 January. Source: Russian MoD

Russian long-range bombers returned to action over Syria after a pause of just over two months in an attempt to drive back Islamic State forces besieging a government-held city in the east of the country.

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 25 January that Tupolov Tu-22M3 ('Backfire') bombers flew 18 sorties to engage Islamic State assets in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr (Deir ez-Zour) between 22 January and 24 January.

While the MoD did not say where the sorties were launched from, it has been previously revealed that the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKO) deployed Tu-22M3 bombers to the Mozdok Air Base in North Ossetia to support the military intervention in Syria.

The MoD released a video showing two bombers taking off from a Russian airbase and each dropping about 12 FAB-250-270 unguided bombs, purportedly over Syria. The video showed eight Tu-22M3s present at the base.

The previous round of long-range bomber strikes announced by the Russian MoD took place on 17-20 November and included Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers launching cruise missiles in addition to Tu-22M3s dropping unguided bombs.

Major General Anatoly Konovalov, the deputy commander of the VKO's Long-Range Aviation, said on 9 December that during this surge 145 sorties were flown, 1,500 bombs dropped, and 20 cruise missiles launched.

An image released by the Islamic State on 20 January shows a 1S91 engagement radar at the 2K12 Kub battery northeast of Dayr al-Zawr city. (Islamic State)

The latest long-range bomber strikes came after an Islamic State ground offensive made progress against the enclave held by government forces around the city of Dayr al-Zawr. The Russian MoD said that 2,000 militants with armoured vehicles are involved in the offensive.

The Islamic State has released images of large quantities of materiel it said it captured during the offensive, including a 1S91 engagement radar, at least one 2P25 launcher, and at least two missiles from a 2K12 Kub (SA-6 'Gainful') surface-air-missile (SAM) system.

The Islamic State captured a 2P25 launcher from retreating Syrian forces in 2014, but this is the first time its fighters have been seen with the 1S91 radar needed to form an operational 2K12 system.


To read the full article, Client Login
(355 of 652 words)

 

[gadeshi]

I put it in a spoiler. Please put bloody pictures in a spoiler and mark "GRAPHIC."

OK, will do it later.

Отправлено с моего XT1080 через Tapatalk

 

[pmaitra]

OK, will do it later.

Отправлено с моего XT1080 через Tapatalk

I have already edited your post and put the picture inside a spoiler. In future, if you want to post bloody pictures, please put it in a spoiler.

 

[gadeshi]

I have already edited your post and put the picture inside a spoiler. In future, if you want to post bloody pictures, please put it in a spoiler.

OK, thank you

Отправлено с моего XT1080 через Tapatalk

 

[gadeshi]

Russian VKS have deployed 4 Su-35S to Khmeymym AB in Syria:
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1710222.html
http://antonio-d50.livejournal.com/303425.html
http://balbesus.livejournal.com/27279.html
http://judgesuhov.livejournal.com/145930.html
http://vpk-news.ru/news/28981
http://www.vz.ru/news/2016/2/1/791522.html

 

[gadeshi]

And photos:

 

[gadeshi]

And more:

And a route:

 

[gadeshi]

And as usual - more VKS strikes in Syria:
and Turkish army shells Syrian territory evidence:

 

[gadeshi]

A short RT report about S-400 covered by Pantsyr-S1 on AB Khmeymym (Latakiya, Syria):
and Syrian army breaking Northern Cities 4-years old blockade near Turkish border:

 

[Kshatriya87]

Tens of thousands flee as Syria regime advances near Aleppo

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...advances-near-Aleppo/articleshow/50859634.cms

DAMASCUS: Tens of thousands of Syrians were reported to have fled their homes on Thursday as regime troops pressed a major Russian-backed offensive around second city Aleppo.

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking at a donors conference in London, said up to 70,000 people were headed towards his country to escape the fighting.

Both Davutoglu and activists said 300,000 people were isolated in Aleppo after the rebels' main supply route from Turkey was severed by regime forces backed by Russian warplanes.

"The situation in the north countryside of Aleppo is catastrophic," said Maamoun al-Khateeb, an activist and journalist from nearby Marea village.

"Civilians are now besieged from three sides and have just one road to the Turkish territories," he said, explaining that regime forces threatened from the south, Islamic State (IS) group jihadists from the east and Kurdish fighters from the west.

The donors conference saw more than $10 billion pledged to help ease the plight of Syrians affected by the nearly five-year war, just hours after the collapse of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva.

Western nations accused Syria's regime of torpedoing the talks with its military offensive, and Washington demanded Moscow halt its bombing campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

The growing offensive around Aleppo this week overshadowed peace and aid efforts, as regime forces sought to build on a series of important gains since Russia launched air strikes in September.

Aleppo city, Syria's former economic powerhouse, has been divided between opposition control in the east and regime control in the west since mid-2012.

The rebels' main supply line to Turkey was severed on Wednesday when regime troops broke an opposition siege of two Shiite towns, Nubol and Zahraa, on the route to the border.

Regime forces entered the two towns on Thursday to the cheers of residents, who chanted pro-government slogans and showered the fighters with rice.

But elsewhere in the region the advance prompted tens of thousands to flee for fear of being caught up in the fighting.

Davutoglu said 60,000 to 70,000 people were "moving towards Turkey" and 10,000 were "waiting at the door" on the border because of air strikes and attacks around Aleppo.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said nearly 40,000 people in Aleppo province had fled their homes, with many massing at the border.

Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said the regime was now likely to target the Aleppo rebels' last remaining supply route, through the neighbouring opposition-held Idlib province.

"The regime has managed to achieve in 72 hours what it failed to for the last three years," he said.

A high-ranking Syrian government official described the Aleppo advances as important, but said the regime had even more ambitious goals.

"The next objectives are to close the borders with Turkey to prevent the arrival of troops and weapons, then taking Aleppo province, then Idlib province, and finally Idlib city," he told AFP.

The offensive has been backed by a wave of Russian air raids, including strikes on Thursday that killed at least 21 civilians, including three children, according to the Observatory.

In London for the donors conference, US Secretary of State John Kerry said he had warned Moscow to stop bombing the Syrian opposition, in a "robust" phone call with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Opposition delegates cited continued regime attacks as the key obstacle to this week's peace efforts, which struggled from the beginning.

The opposition arrived late and refused to begin even indirect talks without the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on the lifting of sieges and protection of civilians.

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday the talks had been suspended but insisted the process had not failed, saying he hoped to resume on February 25.

The UN Security Council said it would meet on Friday for consultations with De Mistura on the breakdown.

Top diplomats from countries involved in trying to resolve the conflict are also set to meet again on February 11, but tensions inside the group remain strong.

Moscow on Thursday accused Ankara, a key backer of opposition to Assad, of actively preparing to invade Syria, saying it had spotted troops and military .

It came just hours after Davutoglu accused Assad's supporters of "committing the same war crimes" as the regime.

Meanwhile Saudi Arabia, another backer of Assad's opponents, said it was ready to join any ground operation in the US-led coalition against IS in Syria.

"If there is any willingness in the coalition to go in the ground operation, we will contribute positively in that," Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri told AFP.

More than 260,000 people have died in Syria's conflict and more than half the country's population have been forced from their homes, including over four million who fled abroad.

Most Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries, including Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, but hundreds of thousands have also headed to Europe this year.

 

[Kshatriya87]

U.S. asks Russia to end strikes after Syria talks collapse

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...after-syria-talks-collapse/article8195326.ece

The U.S. demanded on Thursday that Russia immediately halt its bombing campaign in Syria after a bitter breakdown in peace talks exposed the deep rift between world powers aiming to end the five-year conflict.

On the ground, nearly 40,000 people have fled an offensive this week by President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime north of the city of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor. Mr. Assad’s forces also entered two Shia villages that were under siege by rebels.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Moscow to halt its bombing of the Syrian opposition in what he said was a “robust” phone call with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. “We discussed, and we agreed, that we need to discuss how to implement the ceasefire,” he said, adding he and Mr. Lavrov would speak again later Thursday or on Friday.

Meanwhile, aconference of donor nations raised $11 billion for Syrian humanitarian needs over the next four years, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday as the event in London drew to a close. Mr. Cameron told a news conference that donors had pledged $6 billion for this year alone, and a further $5 billion to be spent by 2020.

 

[Razor]

@pmaitra Check this out. http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/pure-desperation-saudis-ready-send-troops-syria/ri12648
Also a russian DefMin Spekesperson had said yesterday that Turkey maybe preparing for an invasion of syria.
And the US has asked/warned russia to stop airstrikes in syria.

Looks like americans aren't gonna back down and let their ISIS buddies meet the 72 virgins.