The Syrian Crisis

[Armand2REP]

^^^ If true, how long can assad not retaliate. He has to "show" action for his people, else it will be a lose of face. And lose of face is a BIG thing in the region.

Retaliate against Isreal? Do you think he is stupid? He can't even handle rebels.

 

[nrupatunga]

@Armand2REP Yes, he is having issues handling rebels. But loss of face is a big thing in the region. If he is seen as helpless, it will be a big PR disaster for him. So he has to show that he tried something. What that maybe is for him to think about.

 

[Armand2REP]

@Armand2REP Yes, he is having issues handling rebels. But loss of face is a big thing in the region. If he is seen as helpless, it will be a big PR disaster for him. So he has to show that he tried something. What that maybe is for him to think about.

If he tries something, Israel will enforce their own no-fly zone = end of Assad.

 

[nrupatunga]

^^^ @Armand2REP Its also important for israel as to how syria will shape up after assad, also how the region will shape up. Maybe the israelis do not shoot themselves onto their foot for some petty short term gains.

Also it maybe too early to say how a no-fly zone will help rebels. Unless nato/israel do daily sorties in favour of rebels, the rebels will still find it hard to beat assad. Its important to remember that iraq also had a no-fly zone imposed for over a decade post GW-I. But that didn't stop saddam ruling with iron fist over iraq. If no-fly zone is similar to iraq, the rebels will not like beyond a point. But if they enforce an no fly zone similar to libya where nato literally "fought" against gaddafi and along with rebels, it will be easier for rebels .

 

[SajeevJino]

'Syrian rebels receive anti-tank missiles from Saudis' ​

The Syrian rebels have received Russian-made "Konkurs" anti-tank missiles from Saudi Arabia and have already used them in Aleppo, the British Telegraph reported on Wednesday night, quoting rebel sources.

The arrival of the missiles to opposition forces confirms reports that an unofficial embargo placed by the White House on its Gulf allies has been lifted, allowing them to send rebels heavy weapons, according to the Telegraph.

The Konkurs are able to penetrate the Syrian army's most advanced Russian-made T72s tanks, the report said.

Rebel sources told the Telegraph that more advanced weapons are on their way.

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Syrian-rebels-receive-anti-tank-missiles-from-Saudis-317139

 

[The Last Stand]

'Syrian rebels receive anti-tank missiles from Saudis' ​

Shit. The Syrian tank force is done for.

 

[SajeevJino]

Mortar Shell From Syria Explodes In Israel​

The civil war in Syria once again spilled into Israel on Wednesday night, as a mortar shell that was fired during the fighting between President Bashar Al-Assad's and rebels exploded in an open area in the Golan Heights.

Channel 2 News reported that the incident occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. local time, when residents of one the communities near the border reported that they heard an exploding sound

That incident occurred 24 hours after IDF soldiers carrying out routine securityassignments along the border with Syria reported that shots were fired in their direction from the Syrian side of the border. No one was reported hurt in the incident.

Israel later accused Syrian forces of trying to provoke conflict following the border clash

» Mortar Shell From Syria Explodes In Israel

 

[pmaitra]

Spain arrests 'Syria jihadist suspects' in Ceuta

Link: BBC News - Spain arrests 'Syria jihadist suspects' in Ceuta

 

[The Messiah]

Assad

 

[The Messiah]

@W.G.Ewald I reckon another email is on the cards including this video to your elected representative ?

 

[W.G.Ewald]

@W.G.Ewald I reckon another email is on the cards including this video to your elected representative ?

No response to my email. A letter by post is next.

 

[t_co]

No response to my email. A letter by post is next.

Call their office, leave a 30-second voicemail. Friends of mine who have interned for congressmen tell me constituent voicemails are tallied just as much as other forms of correspondence.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Call their office, leave a 30-second voicemail. Friends of mine who have interned for congressmen tell me constituent voicemails are tallied just as much as other forms of correspondence.

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I spoke with Mr. Holding's intern as well.

 

[amoy]

Colonel Gaddafi's Legacy? Unregulated Libyan weapons 'flood' Syria — RT News

With a massive stockpile of loosely-supervised Gaddafi-era weapons, Libya resurfaces as a key player in the Syrian conflict, with more reports emerging that rebels get materiel through official and rogue channels, despite UN condemnation.

"It is just the enthusiasm of the Libyan people helping the Syrians," explained Fawzi Bukatef, a former revolutionary commander, who has recently been appointed as ambassador to Uganda, to the New York Times.

According to the paper, Qatari C-17 cargo planes – capable of carrying a payload of more than 70 tons – have landed at least three times in Libya this year, each time to pick up a shipment of weapons that were then taken the Turkish-Syrian border, and passed onto the rebels.

Earlier this week, British-Libyan arms dealer Abdul Basit Haroun boasted to Reuters that weapons reach Syria not only by numerous charted flights, but also on ships – concealed among humanitarian aid.

The process is not controlled by the weak central government; instead, a handful of opportunistic middlemen have emerged.

"The authorities know we are sending guns to Syria," Haroun said. "Everyone knows."

Libyan assembly member Tawfiq Shehabi said the government tacitly supports the activities of dealers like Haroun, himself a brigade commander during the successful uprising against Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

"After the end of the war of liberation, he became involved in supporting the Syrian revolution... sending aid and weapons to the Syrian people," said Shehabi. "He does a good job of supporting the Syrian revolution."

 

[Armand2REP]

Rebel DIY 50kg FAE Mortar

 

[t_co]

Rebel DIY 50kg FAE Mortar

Incendiaries in an area populated by civilians - lovely. How many parts of the Geneva Conventions will the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner help break before he's gone?

 

[Armand2REP]

Incendiaries in an area populated by civilians - lovely. How many parts of the Geneva Conventions will the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner help break before he's gone?

It is a military airbase.

 

[t_co]

It is a military airbase.

1) A military airbase surrounded by houses

2) Why wouldn't just shell a bunch of government checkpoints in residential districts next?

 

[Armand2REP]

1) A military airbase surrounded by houses

There are no houses except of the base. Did you not see the open fields?

2) Why wouldn't just shell a bunch of government checkpoints in residential districts next?

Because that is something Assad does.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

The adventures of a Libyan weapons dealer in Syria | Reuters

Abdul Basit Haroun says he is behind some of the biggest shipments of weapons from Libya to Syria, which he delivers on chartered flights to neighboring countries and then smuggles over the border.

After fleeing Libya in his 20s, Haroun established himself as a property developer in Manchester. After about two decades in the British city, he returned to Libya in 2011 to fight in the revolution, where he became a prominent rebel commander.

He says he sends aid and weapons to help Syrians achieve the freedom he fought for during the Libyan revolution.

The first consignment of weapons was smuggled into Syria aboard a Libyan ship delivering aid last year, Haroun says, but now containers of arms are flown "above board" into neighboring countries on chartered flights.

In the months since Haroun began his work, arming the rebels has moved up the international agenda, with Saudi Arabia equipping them with missiles, and Washington also planning to send weapons to the men fighting President Bashar al-Assad.