Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

[gadeshi]

Turkey has directly blackmailed EU by sending more migrants to EU in the case when EU will not support Turkey in Syria:

 

[pmaitra]

Some latest news from Syria:

 

[pmaitra]

ISIS comes under mystery attacks
Shadowy assailants conducted two strikes against the extremist group in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor.

Arabic graffiti reading "Death to the ISIS." (AFP/Haidar Hamdani)


BEIRUT – Shadowy opponents of ISIS have conducted two attacks against the extremist group in Deir Ezzor, the latest in a series of mystery strikes targeting its members in eastern Syria, according to a pro-opposition outlet.


The first attack occurred shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday, when unknown assailants rigged a ZiL armored vehicle with explosives and detonated it outside one of the group's bases in Deir Ezzor, a city where control is split between the jihadist organization and the Syrian regime.


However, the blast only caused material damage, according to a report published Friday morning by All4Syria.


On Thursday evening, the mystery assailants struck again, firing an RPG round at a patrol of ISIS's Hisbah religious police.


"The operation was executed by masked persons riding a motorbike," All4Syrai reported. "They targeted the Hisbah vehicle near the Ghassan Abboud roundabout in central Deir Ezzor, destroying the minivan and killing a number of people."


The pro-rebel outlet added that after the operation, shots were fired from one of the neighboring buildings to cover the escape of the two people who had carried out the operation.


Following the strikes, ISIS went on alert, closing off most areas leading to its main bases and deploying patrols on the Al-Takaya thoroughfare to search passersby and inspect their mobile phones and IDs.


As with previous attacks in the Deir Ezzor province, the identity of the gunmen remains unknown and no group has yet to claim responsibility.

Perhaps the most notable ISIS resistance force present in Deir Ezzor is the White Shroud, a shadowy Free Syrian Army-affiliated organization that has claimed responsibility for assassinations and strikes against ISIS since it took over the province. From time to time anti-ISIS actions are also claimed by a pro-regime group calling itself the Popular Resistance Front in the Eastern Region against ISIS.


Mystery attacks


ISIS has been hit by a number of attacks over the past year in apparent reprisals for the draconian rules it imposes in eastern Syria.


On January 7, 2015, unknown persons kidnapped Hisbah religious police members in an ambush and burned their vehicle. The fate and whereabouts of the kidnapped men remains unclear.


A day earlier, the decapitated body of the deputy leader of the group was found near the electricity plant in Al-Mayadeen, a small town northwest of Deir Ezzor.


His body bore signs of torture, and a cigarette was found in his mouth. The attackers wrote on his body: "This is munkar [a forbidden action], sheikh," in reference to the smoking ban imposed by the Hisbah.


The tempo of the mystery strikes picked up in the ensuing months, with gunmen conducting a number of deadly hit-and-run shootings across eastern Syria that left dozens of jihadists dead and injured.


In response ISIS heightened its security measures in the Deir Ezzor province, which it seized large swathes of in a campaign that lasted from April to July 2014 and led to the expulsion or assimilation of all openly active rebel groups in the region.


In early April 2015, the ISIS began digging trenches outside towns and villages it controls in Deir Ezzor province. The group also briefly shut down the small town of Al-Mayadeen in mid-April following a brazen attack on a courthouse that killed a number of its members.


The security measures, however, have not stymied the attacks, with unknown gunmen attempting to assassinate an ISIS commander in the village of Al-Tayyana in July 2015.


NOW’s English news desk editor Albin Szakola (@AlbinSzakola) wrote this report. Ullin Hope translated the Arabic-language source material.

 

[Kshatriya87]

Assad 'will be removed by force' if peace talks fail, Saudi foreign minister says

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...oreign-minister-says/articleshow/50992529.cms

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be removed by force if the Syrian peace process fails, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has said.

"Bashar al-Assad will leave - have no doubt about it" Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir told CNN. "He will either leave by a political process or he will be removed by force."

Saudi Arabia has sent troops and fighter jets to a Turkish military base ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria.

Mr Jubeir said Saudi Arabia is prepared to contribute ground troops to the fight in Syria, but only as part of a US-led coalition.

He added: "We will push as much as we can to ensure that the political process works. But if that doesn't work, it will be because of the obstinance of the Syrian regime and that of its allies.

"And should that prove to be the case, then it becomes clear that there is no option to remove Bashar al-Assad except by force."

On Sunday, he told a press conference in Riyadh that previous efforts to prop up Assad by Iran had failed. (President Assad) has sought the help of Russia, which will fail to save him," he added.

The foreign minister's comments come as Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, have taken rebel ground near Aleppo and are poised to advance on the Isis stronghold of Raqqa province.

The move could be aimed at pre-empting any Saudi plans to send ground forces to fight Isis in Syria.

Although world powers agreed to a temporary "cessation of hostilities" within a week, there is little hope for a long-term peace as President Assad vowed to regain control of the entire country by force, which he said would "take a long time and will incur a heavy price".

 

[Kshatriya87]

Something VERY interesting this time - Russian Su-34 has flew anti-ship missions in Syria with extended range (250km) Kh-35U ASMs:

taken from this video:
I just wonder against whoom have they flew that missions in Syria???

Are there any planned Naval movements there? US navy / Saudi Navy coming in ?

 

[gadeshi]

Are there any planned Naval movements there? US navy / Saudi Navy coming in ?

Turkish Navy I guess...

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[Kshatriya87]

Turkish Navy I guess...

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Then maybe its a show of force / warning to turkish navy that they can be easily tackled by russians if threatened.

Or, any turkish ships trying to supply weapons.

 

[The Last Stand]

Any idea what the Russian response (or future response) to the Saudi and Turkish threats to Assad recently?

 

[gadeshi]

Any idea what the Russian response (or future response) to the Saudi and Turkish threats to Assad recently?

Just see Putins speech in the moment of S-400 deployment to Syria.
He have said that any even potentially threating target will be destroyed at once.

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[gadeshi]

Russian Navy sends its newest Small Missile Ship (corvette) Zelioniy Dol (project 21631 Buyan-M) with Kalibr/Onyx missiles onboard:
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/74160/

And Kovrovets maritime mines tral ship:

 

[garg_bharat]

Small boats are more likely to evade satellite surveillance. Russians have shown that small boats can be effective by mounting long range missiles on them. I call it a smart move.

 

[gadeshi]

And some mode Buyan-M:

And Tartus Russian fleet base in Syria:

Molniya-class small missile ship (missile boat) is clearly visible on the second plan.

 

[garg_bharat]

Russians can mount ICBMs on lorries and trains. Deception is the name of the game. An ICBM on a fishing trawler is as effective as an ICBM on a submarine. Large platforms are more difficult to hide.

 

[gadeshi]

And Turkey continues to shell Aleppo suburbans beyound the borders:
and American envoy lies about Russian operations in Syria:

 

[gadeshi]

Russians can mount ICBMs on lorries and trains. Deception is the name of the game. An ICBM on a fishing trawler is as effective as an ICBM on a submarine. Large platforms are more difficult to hide.

It is directly forbidden by the Strategic Weapons Treaty.

 

[gadeshi]

Russia makes sudden complex combat readiness check for Southern MD in response for Turkish claim to start land missions in Syria:
Su-27SM from Belbek (Crimea) fly training mission during the sudden check:

 

[Bahamut]

Some humor .......................................

 

[gadeshi]

More about Sudden Complex check:

 

[Kshatriya87]

It is directly forbidden by the Strategic Weapons Treaty.

What is directly forbidden?
......................

 

[gadeshi]

What is directly forbidden?
......................

To place strategic BMs on civillian or civillian looking vessels.

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