Devs Jan 11 >Iran state media confirms they shot down Boeing over Tehran >China: Unilateral US withdrawal from JCPOA root cause of crisis >US pulled back from striking historical sites >EU blasts Israel’s 'illegal' settlement expansion activities, urges TelAviv to comply with intl. law >Rouhani to UK PM: There would be no security in London without Soleimani’s efforts >Iran invites Ukraine, Co. to help with plane crash probe >Ukraine FM: Kiev receives full cooperation from Iran in plane crash probe >Haftar makes large gains in Libya >Iran fires at Al Assad U.S base in Iraq >Iraqi parliament passes resolution asking government to cancel request for assistance from US-led coalition >Trump threaten to strike 52 locations in Iran including historic heritage >SAA begins heavily targeting southern Aleppo as offensive approaches >Tehran has removed last constraints it agreed to impose on its nuclear program under the 2015 deal >President Ashraf Ghani said Afghanistan's territory will not be used against any nation in the region >Letter published about US forces preparing to leave was a draft accidently sent, decision not up yet
>>255788 Luckily ruskies said that they are going to invest some moneyz into renewal of the cultural sides, Palmyra the most. I wonder if any of the gulfniggers are supporting Aleppo/Damascus mosques renewal.
Thread on Danish TV report on Danish soldiers in Ain al-Assad airbase: https://twitter.com/ASBreakingNews/status/1216515582859849728 >The government had been warned six hours before missile attacks against military bases >After the attack, the soldiers were surprised that the destruction was not greater. I would estimate that the nearest rocket hit 300 feet from us, and as we walked around afterwards, there were helicopters split in half and holes so big that you could park a van in them.
>>255833 Syria, Turkey and Russia at trilateral meeting in Moscow were presented by their heads of intelligence services. Syria reassured that it will return control over all of Idlib
>>255837 SANA reports a Syrian-Turkish-Russian meeting in Moscow, at which Syria (Ali Mamlouk) demanded Turkey (Hakan Fidan): • respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and withdraw Turkish forces; • satisfy terms of 2018 Sochi agreement on Idlib. https://twitter.com/AbuJamajem/status/1216782794938077185 Now we just wait and watch as T*rkey sends more military hardware to the jihadis.
>>255834 >This Toyota with ZSU 23 was captured from Liwa al-Quds near Kawm and was used by ISIL in 3 diferent locations about 120km away in period of 3 months
>>255839 >#Libya: Turkey-backed GNA's demands were so ridiculous they were short of asking Haftar to surrender himself at one of their stations in downtown Tripoli >Haftar returns to Libya refusing any ceasefire. https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/1216872407656550400 Seems promising for the T*rkey-Syria meeting in Moscow.
>>255744 → Hmm, 3 days into the ceasefire and Russia started launching airstrikes plus SAA artillery increasing activity in both Idlib and Aleppo. 15th is too early imo, i'd give it another week. One thing is for sure though and that is the ceasefire not lasting 25 days. Let's see if Erdomeme's threats were just jokes or not.
>>255911 For those who missed it >Erdogan threatens Assad regime with military action: “400K displaced Syrians in Idlib must be returned to their homes. If necessary we’ll stop regime’s attempts to break the ceasefire on our own. Everyone should see that we don’t joke, we will do whatever we say” >Erdogan issues a veiled military threat to Haftar “If coupist Haftar continues it’s against the legitimate Libyan govt and our brethren there, we won’t hesitate to teach him the lesson he deserves” https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1217014576258088960
>Turkish Defense Minister Akar: "Our effort is to stop the bloodshed, with a political solution in both Libya and Idlib." >Turkish Minister of Defense announces that ongoing talks with Russia on "establishing a safe area in Idlib where displaced Syrians can spend the winter" >Turkish Defense Minister: We will not withdraw from the observation point in Idlib and it has been strengthened Empty talk, they have a "safe zone" on their border already and neither the M-4 nor M-5 run near it. Remains to be seen if they'll further prop up their proxies and literally al-Qaeda to retain the highways.
>>255990 In the 2020 adress, Putin proposed several changes to the Russian constitution that are aimed at strengthening the Russian Federation’s national sovereignty.
Among others, the proposals include the following:
• To guarantee the primacy of the Constitution of the Russian Federation on the territory of Russia over international law and international treaties. Previously, the Russian state followed the principle of the primacy of international law over its national laws. • To ban prime ministers, governors and other key officials to have foreign citizenship or residence permit at the constitutional level. • To update the requirement for presidential candidates. This should include the residence in Russia for 25 years and the absence of foreign citizenship. • To introduce in the Constitution the corresponding status and role of the State Council (an advisory body to the Russian head of state). • To increase the responsibility of the Federal Assembly (the two-chamber Parliament) for the formation and activities of the government and entrust the State Duma (the lower house of the Parliament) with the approval of the prime minister. The President will not have the right to reject the approved candidacy. • The President should appoint of heads of law enforcement agencies, after consultation with the Federation Council. • To strengthen the role of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. At the request of the president, it should verify the constitutionality of bills and other documents. • To allow the Federation Council (the upper house of the Parliament), on the recommendation of the President of Russia, to remove from office judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts in response to their misconduct defaming honor and dignity. https://southfront.org/putins-annual-address-nationalization-of-elites-and-strengthening-of-russian-national-sovereignty/
Tl;dr these amendments are aimed at reinforcing Russian sovereignty.
>Yesterday NDF in the Deir Ez Zor Governorate sent to help & Support the Syrian Arab Army & #SRG repel the remnants of #ISIS #ISIL #Daesh who Sieged a military point in the Badiyat (desert of) al-Mayadeen city at noon yesterday.
>"The resumption of military action on several axes in Idlib countryside, amid great progress of the army from an hour until now, its control of several towns & a major breakdown in the defensive lines of armed groups." https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1217555186178236417 The announced "towns" are Nawhia al-Gharbia and Nawhia al-Sharqia, but SAA has been pictured in both after jihadi raids and they were never claimed before. Weird and gives credence to this: >>256023
>Reconciled fighters from Beit Jinn fighting (in) the 5th Corps are now in Barsah according Idleb Police Command source. Battle continue... >Same source indicates that Barseh was not held by anyone since the 'ceasefire' was implemented https://twitter.com/ProNDF/status/1217571411373580288
>Hayder Regiment have mobilized more men after successful contract negotiations with the SAA last week. 25th Division getting closer to full strength. Ready for Idleb https://twitter.com/ProNDF/status/1217742216782843904
>>256089 MILITANT “UNCONFIRMED CLAIMS” Abu Juraif recaptured Seized a Shilka Seized Doshka machine guns Seized anti-tank missiles Seized various weapons, ammunition, and mechanisms More than 20 dead and dozens wounded from Liwa al Quds.”
>>256097 #Syria: a #Kornet fired by #NLF wiped out today a pick-up filled in with pro-Assad fighters (E. #Idlib). Deadliest #ATGM strike since long time.
>>256177 >War planes are still in the sky of Aleppo and dozens of airstrikes, Rockets and Artillery shaking and raining down on militant locations in western aleppo countryside. This ferocious paving is the biggest in years.
Haven't seen any reports of arty/airstrikes hitting Kafr Hamra/Haritan/Anadan on the NW front of Aleppo so a direct assault on this salient is improbable, working on the west/southwest/south axis is more likely.
Can't really find any weak spots to take advantage of in the Aleppo front though and arty/airstrikes aren't that effective when the jihadis have been busy digging tunnels for years. If the 4th aren't ready to brute force to punch a hole somewhere by zerging tanks (more than 3 at a time) straight into ATGM fire this will be another Jobar/Kabani.
Pretty amazing what the 5th corps, Liwa al-Quds & co managed to do this week. Not only did they lose Abu Jurayf and Tall Khatrah, they also lost and failed to recapture an important fortified hill they've held since the Abu Duhur offensive. http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.746416&lon=36.953276&z=17&m=bs&show=/39881093/Tal-Mustayfi This front isn't getting anywhere, it's another Tamanah disaster now that HTS & co has reinforced it and NLF got a green light to launch ATGMs. Hopefully the tigers will come true with their promise of surprises and the 4th brings the heat to the Aleppo front for real.
>>256326 >SAA was ready for that rebel attack in Idleb. Bad weather means high probability of a rebel attack. No charity today >Some minor booty for the rebels should be expected from these raids, but not these free giveaways we have seen the last couple of days. Important to note that the rebels suffered big time today https://twitter.com/ProNDF/status/1218918798419537920
>>256331 >Video : Suqour al-Sham Brigades vehicle involved in todays attack on Abu Dafna being struck by #SAA #SyrianArmy which causes the driver to jump out & run for his life. Militant activist say That atleast 3 Militants from Jerjanaz died in this. https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1219001859769278464 top lel volume warning
>>256326 >>256331 >>256445 >>256449 https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1219680145142878216 Video from the assault on Abu Dafna, SAA fled like cowards from their positions as they usually does in the NW part of the village but somehow managed to win the battle. Good amount of mines laid out on the road, probably the biggest reason why they didn't lose the rest of the town. SAA lost like two ATGM launchers and an AGS, probably all from the fortified houses visible at the start. No movement from the Tigers and the 4th are still bombarding the Aleppo outskirts.
>A source from Liwa al Quds says there is fighting in Aleppo. I have no confirmation if the offensive has started >Another source close to Liwa al Quds says it has started. I repeat, I have no confirmation. https://twitter.com/ynms79797979/status/1220115337653444608
Hmm, besides all the other locations around Aleppo the RuAF specifically bombed the vicinity of the Great Prophet Mosque in Al-Zahra (white circle). Could be they're targeting jihadi frontline positions for SAA to break through. https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1220245495630700545
>In the last two attacks, I recall a tank commander and field commander in Tiger forces telling me how dispointed they were that HTS was simply running away. The SAA wants to break HTS bones, have no doubts about this. The coming days will show many people how stupid they were. https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1220345967972626433
40 Syrian forces killed, scores wounded in militant attack in Idlib
Up to 40 Syrian soldiers have been killed and 80 others wounded in a multi-pronged attack by militants in the northwestern province of Idlib.
Syria’s official news agency SANA cited a military source as saying that militants launched “fierce attacks with large numbers” on the country’s army positions in the northwestern province early on Thursday.
SANA said the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, launched the attacks with the use of various types of weapons, including booby-trapped vehicles, to break through some of the army’s positions in the areas of al-Samaka and al-Tah in Idlib.
>>256667 This is sourced from the Ru-MoD and included the battles for Abu Jurayf and Tal Khatrah (not a single attack). If the jihadists made such a succesful attack in a single day the commotion would be much bigger and they would publish corpses instead of only the loot. Bad translations or propaganda to justify resuming the operations, pick your poison. Furthermore, the only successful raids beside ATGM attacks have been on the 5th corps(e) front where the Tigers have no presence. I'm not denying the last 10 days have been brutal for the SAA but the Tigers have been successful in defending their gains as the tweet pointed out.
>>256671 >supposedly a sniper nest It's around 3,5-3,8km from the nearest frontline so probably at most it's used as a spotting location and ATGM nest now but could be lethal if SAA decided to advance in it's direction. Not saying my 2018 Aleppo predicshun will happen but it definitely will.
NDF DeZ All things considered they seem to be handling the Euphrates region quite good compared to the shia militias down towards al-Bukamal and SDF. Lots of local recruits.
#Syria: pro-Assad forces resumed tonight battle to take #MaaretNuman (SE. #Idlib). Fierce clashes on Talmenes-Deir Sharqi front. #RuAF-#SyAF highly active over that area.
>>256771 #Syria: pro-Assad forces captured Deir Sharqi from Rebels (SE. #Idlib), advancing towards #MarretNuman. Fierce artillery bombardment pounding entire area amidst #Russia|n close air support. Battle also on Abu Jurayf front.
>>256781 3 Axis's of Military Operations started today toward Aleppo-Damascus Highway. Until this Moment: Deir Sharqi Kresian Tel SyriaTel Abu Jreif Completely friend and the advance continues
Ok i'm home now and trying to ANALize and consolidate the gains. Fucking nocturnal yoink of Maar Shamarin, Dayr Sharqi & Gharbi + Kursiyan and Abu Jurayf (Kursiyan was a big launching point for a lot of attacks on that front so it's a big gain for the 5th, arguably the reason why they lost their gains, see pic). The gains near Maarrat al-Numan were way overdue but i'm happy the 5th are making gains alongside as was the norm when the offensive began. TF forcing their way into Maar Shamshah and Talmenes tomorrow night will be the death bell for Maarrat al-Numan and Kafrumah-Kafranbel, THE Ahrar al-Sham main bastion. Let's see how this impacts the Aleppo front (which has alot of AAS fighters involved.)
Also fuck the royal families of Europe (esp of the UK), Saudi arabia, T*rkey and the UN. Hell Seger era jävla undermänniskor Also fuck polish mongols, Norway, Africa, Iran (for pushing racial equality) and last but not least Putin for being a kike servant whilst doing the bare minimum to subserve them. Also fuck any MENAoid for going to Europe and every European who condone it (also fuck Hungaria and Bulgaria for their impure bloodlines). Fuck this world and eradicate Canada, America, the UK, Russia and anything south of Normandy. Subhuman wall now
If anything just grant everything north of Normandy an instant death, we're getting Syrianized and the wheel of diversity won't stop spinning. Welcome to world Kalergi of eternal internal strife and kikeoid overlordery
>Turkey never cut its support to al-Qaeda in Idlib, let alone to its proxies. These photos by @annanews_info shows the reaility of the situation, doznes of empty ATGM tubes found by the SAA, one of them is even a Chinese HJ-8.
>>256863 > i think Maar Shamshah and Talmenes will be taken first. Telmenes town has fallen militarily and the forces are working on combing it and installing points on its perimeter in order for it to be declared safe. The forces' advance is now towards Maarshamsha with aerial bombardment at the militants' positions.
military significance of Tal Menes 1. Fire control over the Aleppo - Damascus highway & the eastern front of the city of Maarat al-Numan. 2. Fire control over Wadi Deif military base & monitoring the militants inside it 3. Supervision of supply roads to Marshurin & Babila
>>256890 Hey would you look at that, another round of redemption. I'm drunk again as promised and very satisfied with the TF gains but wtf is the 5th doing? Slackers. Supposedly there's progress on the Aleppo front.
https://twitter.com/xinwenfan/status/1221342226975866881?s=21 > China health director Ma Xiaowei says #WuhanCoronavirus is contagious during the incubation period, which is up to 14 days. "That's very different from SARS." If this is true, brace yourselves: this could get bad, very fast. Doc, tell me it’s impossible for a virus to be infectious while incubating.
>>257101 > it’s impossible for a virus to be infectious while incubating. >what is the flu for 50$ contagious diseases that can be transmitted before the subject develop symptoms is very frequent there is even a word for it "healthy carrier" (not sure if it's the proper translation) to designate subjects that are contagious but still haven't developed symptoms
>>257104 >What do you think about the outbreak so far? an overblown meme china has learned from their poor management of the 2003 epidemic and is going overkill on the safety measures which make it look like it's annuda black plague. all in all lethality rate for all these past epidemic has been very low (the swine flu had a lethality of 0.01 to 0.03% if contracted and among the dead, the eldery and children are over-represented, and the so called super deadly spanish flu of the 1918 that killed more people than WW1 had a lethality rate of 2-3% and that was at a time where modern antibiotics didn't exist) the whole big deal with it, is if you have 1 billion people getting infected, 1 million will die which make it look like a super deadly virus. so when you see high numbers of deaths, remember that it's a question of perspective, don't forget that china has a huge population and thus it might be misleading to only look at raw numbers
>>257106 >>257106 Thank you for your answer and insights. Cheers to it being overblown, hopefully, since locking down 57+M people is certainly overkill for just 2000 confirmed cases.
>>257112 The lack of movement westwards suggest they won't be entering Maraat al-Numan from the south but what they'll focus on after the city is gonna be interesting. They should obviously grab Kafrumah-Hass-Kafr Nabl to the west to secure the city and that would open the road to finally capturing Jabal Zawiya and the Ghab plains but since the 5th would have trouble capturing Saraqib themselves the Tigers might prioritize storming north along the M-5 to reach Aleppo. Exciting times either way!
>Unlike what many people thinks >This phase of the operations in #Idlib are about to end soon >But in #Aleppo its a different story. https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1221482958118363137 Hmm? I guess that means no Jabal Zawiya and Ghab plains for now? He could just be wrong again though, who knows.
>>257146 >5th Corps soldier talk about many areas being no man's land in a SAA WhatsApp-group for soldiers from the Baniyas area. SAA control these areas, but not with boots on the ground >Rebels have abandoned villages, with the SAA choosing not to enter Probably related. I guess they won't advance when the RuAF is busy supporting the Tigers...
Important advances by the Syrian Army on M5 highway! SAA liberated MaarShorin,Zaalana,Dana,Babila & Sawami' and cut the Aleppo-Damascus highway north of Maarat al-Numan.
Red arrows: possible pockets or direction of advances.
Now will they go for surrounding Al-Ghab plain? I bet Tiger would prefer to avoid it,as this is kind of a dire place for him, he got wounded there really badly.
>>257229 At most they're currently just advancing on villages north/west of Maarrat al-Numan to encircle the city. I don't think their objective is to go that far west right after capturing Maarrat al-Numan (focus seem to be on the highway) but there's always a possibility...
>Jihadi sources: "O people of Sham, Maraat Al Numan has been betrayed, they fled and left it in the middle of the night. Curse you Joulani, Curse you Erdogan, Curse you Salim Idris, Curse you traitors" https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/1221791610561875968
>Anna News: The militants hastily retreat, occasionally firing at the advancing #SAA troops with artillery & ATGMs. Marat al-Numan looks deserted from the surrounding heights. Most likely, the liberation of the city is a matter in the coming days.
>>257274 >>257270 >>257272 >Militant Activist claim Al-Hamidiya was recaptured by Militants & Say “They fell in the trap laid for them north of Maarat, follow the Shabiha pages for the mourning.” >Situation unclear for now. >Militant Activist : Recovery of Al-Hamidiya south of Maarat Al-Numan... >Volunteers from the Red Crescent are needed to move the corpses of the brave army (sarcastic) outside of Idlib. https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1221842244535226370
>A U.S. Bombardier E-11A crashed today in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. While the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire. We will provide additional information as it becomes available. https://twitter.com/USFOR_A/status/1221854389805158400 Maybe it was another bird
>>257301 >People in the area have confirmed the event, and have said that the destroyed vehicles belong to the TFSA that were attempting to reinforce the defense of Idlib.
>Militants are claiming to have Damaged a #SAA #SyrianArmy tank this morning at the Kafr Roma Axis https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1222072482787667968 Looks like they really want to keep the Kafr Roma-Kafr Nabl supply route open to Marat al Numan.
>The Syrian Arab Army is working to secure the international highway between Ma`rat al-Nu`man and # Khan_ Sheikhoun ># Hayish (hish) https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1222204740244844544 Also >Work to secure the M5 between Maarat N. and Saraqib underway. - reporter https://twitter.com/Bosni_94/status/1222204886630240256 As expected, we'll see what happens after Saraqib considering Jabal Zawiya, no intentions of going further west for now.
>>257406 Think the jihadists have any reserves to launch a counteroffensive? Seeing as RuAF bombed TFSA in Afrin trying to go to greater Idlib, i think not.
>according to some SAA on Facebook: HTS is counterattacking the town of Kafr Rouma and the city of Marat al Numan now. >Various different accounts of heavy fighting in the area for at least half an hour. https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1222235917160800256 Doubtful, they haven't shown any serious signs of wanting to keep Marat al-Numan - why would they launch a counterattack when they've lost the city and SAA has had time to fortify?
>>257422 Situation Journalist Housing friend Assad Forest friend Rashiden 5 friend soon Khan Touman clashes on E side Tal Khatrah Abu Jarif Kursiyan enemy Marrat Numan Kafer Rumah friend
>>257423 >Rashiden 5 friend soon They have to secure the hills overlooking the neighborhood from the west before it's to be declared friendly. Granted if wikimapia and geonames are correct, if anything west of R5 on this pic i doodled together gets announced we'll know. I'll do some more maps of the western Aleppo front...
>>257423 >>257426 Unclear if SAA controls the entire or even the two hills in the forest because the info on this front has been so sparse, hell i haven't seen any specific building complexes in the forest like the zoo, flamingo restaurant or the forest resort mentioned.
I hate that Wikipedia’s update was just that one city to the NW of Maarat al-Nu’man. Oh well, tomorrow will be better. Syria Shitmupdate, final update for today.
>The Turkish point near Khan Tuman in west #Aleppo CS is not besieged >In fact the point was evacuated earlier today >The recon. showed no movement or occupation inside the outpost. https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1222540094097252352 umm
>The leadership of the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement Abu Mahmoud Badran states - >Our first push of 500 fighters will be heading tomorrow to the western countryside of Aleppo to participate in the fight against the #SAA and its allies. https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1222618004569186304 >Leaders from Tahrir al-Sham, Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement and the National Liberation Front met today, without revealing the location of the meeting, and agreed to form a joint operations room for fighters in the western Aleppo countryside. https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1222619240093691905
>>257588 >After the liberation of Khan al-Sabil and Maar Dibsah, no forces advanced towards Mardikh or any village around it >Mardikh is an enemy >Jawbas is an enemy >We repeat that there has never been progress toward them >t. Raef Salmah TF
>>257612 Shortening the frontline does make sense and they probably want to control more than just the southern entrance to Saraqib before storming it so it makes sense that they would clear the south-southeast-east countryside.
>Situation in Idlib: >SAA controls several places that are not reported yet >Also some places previously reported as liberated are still under jihadists control or empty >Confusion is around most frontline areas of clashes, waiting for dust to settle https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/1222981233124290568
>Rajm Jedran, Hazmar hills, Khalidya, Khirbat Khars >All friend, in southern Aleppo https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1223186296409116673 Khan Tuman front situation according to a TF page. Rashidin 4, Journalists Housing and al-Assad Forest situation is unknown.
>>257766 Also I really love the contrast on that map. A picture is truly 1000 words. Notice how dark the rebel areas look. Dark, gloomy, murky green. This is to reflect the bleak future of the jihadis and also life under jihadist rule. Certainly not a place I’d want to be. Then contrast that with the red areas. Bright, clear, illuminating. This is to reflect a brighter future under Assad. Certainly better than what the jihadists would ever offer. I’d certainly want to live in the red areas if given the choice of red or green.
Some villages around Al-Bab were captured by SNA.. but then SAA counterattacked and everything is ok Also, I love how they surrounded Saraqib with so many cucksheds, so desperate.
>>257812 >but then SAA counterattacked and everything is ok I think they withdrew because t*rk was yelled at by Russia. >I love how they surrounded Saraqib with so many cucksheds, so desperate. Yep, Saraqib is the gate to the Idlib plains for SAA and the t*rks know it.
>>257814 Oh, so Volodia (as of yet) allows Bashar to play and keeps Papa Roach on leash? Interesting, maybe Erdomeme actually wants to get rid of radical elements from his pawns, as shipping them to Libya is not really effective.
>>257815 There's no offensive SAA units near al-Bab that could launch a counteroffensive that fast. It does look like a radical faction of TFSA/SNA were behind it and they got scolded big time because this attack is a casus belli that Erdo doesn't want at all right now.
>>257879 It seems to have become dormant. >>257917 You reckon this is gonna be similar to the maneuvering between SAA and TSK around al-Bab? No direct fighting, but both sides trying their damndest to outmaneuver the other.
Words from a Syrian Arab Army Soldier Moments Ago about ongoing Southern Aleppo Countryside Situation. -after Saraqeb our forces will have began turning around to Aleppo's southern countryside and will enter these villages from the rear
>>257972 >Turkish army fired at pro-Assad forces also from Morek point in Northern Hama well if liveumap is true then the turks are extra darey tonight.
Erdogan claims that the Turkish military hit 40 regime positions, killing 30-35 Syrian soldiers in response to the killing of four soldiers near Saraqib #Syria
Some are speculating that SAA will go for Ariha but capturing Tarnaba and the silos is enough to convince me they're going all in on capturing Saraqib.
>Yes, we liberated Turnaba and the Turkish post inside it >They were not in the checkpoints... Turks escaped from the Turnaba observation point >TF reporter
>>258074 >This guy claims HTS retook Zaytan Well yeah they actually did recapture it yesterday but what happened was probably "just" a raid, I suspect they consider it too exposed to defend with static units.
>President Erdoğan (at joint news conference with Ukrainian counterpart Zelenskiy in Kyiv): I reiterate that Turkey rejects the illegal annexation of Crimea https://twitter.com/DailySabah/status/1224349054035005440 There we gooooooooooooo
>>258078 If SAA takes control of Saraqib tonight we'll know that T*rkey has lost in Idlib and Russia are giving the SAA free reign to liberate the rest. This statement is a revenge against Russia for letting T*rkey lose. How will Russia respond? Not approving ceasefires that benefit the jihadists, support LNA even more? We'll see.
>>258015 Some mappers are no longer including the little Turkish zone around their outposts. They're de facto just SAA-authorized Turkish military installations on Syrian territory at this point.
According to militant supporters the jihadists have "launched a counter-attack on Al-Nayrab with heavy clashes inside the town." https://twitter.com/abdozehn/status/1224426843744411649?s=21 Meanwhile according to pro-SAA sources "Armed groups evacuate their headquarters and flee Sarmin, in Idlib countryside, towards Idlib." https://twitter.com/ynms79797979/status/1224432185958006785 Who to believe? We'll find out soon i suppose. The jihadis haven't succesfully regained a single village with Tiger Forces involved this whole offensive (besides making them temporarily retreat from a tiny hamlet or two) but the long battle for Saraqib paired with the fact that they only have one angle of approach into city indicates they might've ran into some trouble. Halting the storming to deal with a counterattack is highly likely.
22:09: >Red Banners and Ansaru Tawheed regained control over Naryab, and fighting continues. >Pray for your brothers. 23:05: >Our brothers retreated after heavy airstrikes and bombardments. https://twitter.com/david_daveid/status/1224442249125085184 Yeah right
Imagine that by the way, SAA broke into the M-4 like 8km from Idlib city and the jihadists can't launch a counterattack let alone counteroffensive worth shit. They barely defend entire cities so t*rkey has to step in to stop SAA from just waltzing. Did they really throw everything they have at holding the outskirts of Aleppo and battling the 5th corps on Abu Duhur front or are the airstrikes just annihilating them whenever they peak out of their doors? After taking al-Eis (unless the SAA units in Aleppo get's there first) they should take Ariha and Idlib before koteling Jabal Zawiya/Ghab and go to Jisr al-Shughur. If t*rkey doesn't paint a red-line for real and risk going to war, it looks like game over for Idlib.
After capturing Tall Touqan, SAA just have to sweep the cauldron between it and Mardikh. After that they can circumvent the roach infested Saraqib and continue along the M-5 to al-Eis capturing everything east of the highway with ease.
NEW MAP: Military situation in #Aleppo and #Idlib Governorates. #SAA forces and allies achieved a full breakthrough on a broad front and are advancing towards Idlib city and #Saraqib. #Syria
>>258216 Poor Peto can't keep up >>258215 >Personally got several close contacts fighting in the area. They are fighting back this time. TIP are trying to encircle them, knowing the good amount of equipment they have got
>>258221 What happened in southern Aleppo 2015-2016 is more relevant. Back then IRGC and their proxies managed to take al-Eis but the counteroffensive drove them out of the town + the villages being fought over today and Khan Tuman. Besides Khalidiyah and Khan Tuman not falling, the majoosis failure at Zaytan, Khalasah, Humayra and Qalaajiyah is almost identical...
>Militant Activist “Ariha and all the areas are now empty (of people) and yet you still find speech givers attack the nation (ummah?) to justify the betrayal of Turkey, commanders, and security.” https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1224761994072465409 loooooool
>Meanwhile by pro-militant media: The Turkish-Russian emergency meeting failed because Russia sticks to the military solution in Idlib. https://twitter.com/Bosni_94/status/1224804775440584706 Hopefully they convinced the roaches to get the fuck out of Saraqib atleast.
>>258320 I think tomorrow I’ll map out the gains in Sirte province. That’s really the only area there were gains that could be mapped - Tripoli area is too tight, and I’m just waiting for the minimap to pop up once the LNA enter deeper into Tripoli.
>Military reinforcements of "FSA" reach the fronts of Latakia and the Syrian coast https://twitter.com/MGhorab3/status/1225039911402835968 Jihadi offensive brewing or will they just sit there like cowards to avoid facing the SAA's advance? I reckon it's the latter.
>>258365 How do you take an urbanized industrial city surrounded by agricultural lands? They have fire control on Idlib now but rushing on the city would lead to Kabana-tier hijinks.
Libyan militia leaders in Tripoli told The Associated Press that Turkey has brought more than 4,000 foreign fighters into Tripoli, and that “dozens” of them are extremist-affiliated. The two commanders spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the media.
The commanders also highlighted differing opinions within the Libyan militias about accepting Syrian extremists into their ranks. One said the fighters’ backgrounds aren’t important, as long as they’ve come to help defend the capital. The other said some commanders fear the fighters will “tarnish” the image of the Tripoli-based government. https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/world/998023/turkey-deploys-extremists-to-libya-local-militias-say.html
>>258367 Simple! To take Idlib it seems quite clear that the SAA must now with victory in their grasp to fulfill the final step employ the ol' trusty chemical weapons.
>>258367 >How do you take an urbanized industrial city surrounded by agricultural lands? How did they take Marat al-Numan? Obviously they would surround the city, atleast a half encirclement, then work their way through all the houses (the Idlib countryside is far from just agricultural land with no houses, take a look at a map) between the city and whatever towns/villages they take control of before. Preferably at night. >They have fire control on Idlib now They don't. >but rushing on the city would lead to Kabana-tier hijinks. While i don't believe they'll go for Idlib yet and i seriously doubt they just charge down the highway after capturing Sarmin, the Tiger Forces could definitely pull it off.
>>258378 >I just mean the city is likely to be well supplied for a siege Well sure, it's fortified but the Tigers with RuAF support have proven to be unstoppable by anything the jihadists can do. The thermal camera equipped tanks, RuAF support, drones and all the night vision gear they have nullifies all defensive positions during the night. >They can hit it with a grad soon Theoretically they could if they positioned GRAD and artillery in Nayrab, but they won't because Nayrab is too exposed.
>>258380 This is also the land of Suheil's defeat by HTS; can he bring it the football into the scoring zone without fumbling it? ATGMs and mixed tactic AQs aren't a walk in the park. Attrition will be high, but less high than the Uyghur front. Soon Uyghurs will rule All-Free-Syria, and be the true successors of Ilkhanate
So uhh, grabbing Afes and possibly Sarmin then continuing the choo-choo train to Aleppo? How anticlimactic. Did Erdomeme send everyone that isn't on the Aleppo front to Libya?
>>258402 Possibly, then there’s also the fact that most of the rebels/AQ have literally no motivation to fight anymore. They are literally defeated not just on the battlefield but also in their minds.
>>258403 >most of the rebels/AQ have literally no motivation to fight anymore The dudes left in Idlib are still heavily sectarian and hate the Assad government for genociding muh sunnis, killing their sons in battel and barrelbombing cities, but i guess they are just too cowardly to die in battle. But there are still hardcore fuckers left, will they go gorilla warriors or make a final stand someplace?
>Syrian Arab Army controls Wadi Tota, Wadi Maqqar, Wadi Maghar, Sheikh Ali, Sheikh Mansour in eastern Saraqib >Qirat, Mizara'a near the M5, towards Afes village https://twitter.com/SyriaGeneral/status/1225160292004515840 Uhhhhhhhh, well, they're confirmed locations around Saraqib according to geonames, the locations are probably miles off, but eh. We all know a wadi is a valley/rivers but looks more like ditches here to me. The Sheikh locations are shrines according to geonames and Qirat/Mizara'a are "localities". Whatever
>Here’s a clip from the Jihadists chat via their radio channels >The Jihadi says: “The Turks told me that the pigs (SAA) retreated, if they really retreated how the hell is this car down the hill targeted and burning? why is no one responding to me in the chat room?” https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1225178325338947584
>>258507 How will this pan out? I have a feeling Putin would rather support Syria than Turkey, and that Turkey is doing a grave mistake issuing ultimatums. Especially ultimatums that benefits Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
>>258499 >that tanf conflict with kb originally started because america wanted to build an iraqi counterpart to tanf and kataib hezbollah wouldn't let them
>>258524 israel had been bombing the imam ali brigades and kataib hezbollah in bukmal already for some months now, with iraqis assuming the usa were giving them the ok to use the airspace from rojava, and kataib hezbollah being designated an FTO way back during tanf clashses. the larger us engagement against all shia militias fits with the periphery strategy proposed between israel and gulf states, which targets shia arabs primarily. even the vagrants amongst the protestors in iraq have been targeting shia pmus exclusively.
>>258529 SAA twitter claiming they destroyed a SVBIED on the Nayrab axis before reaching it's target, so that means they didn't destroyed the SVBIED before reaching it's target.
According to jihadi twitter: "Reports that the rebel assault on Dadikh is very succesfull by incite the believers operations room and reports that the village is also almost cleared." "First reports that after the VBIED, stormtroops of Ansar tawheed, HTS and Incite the believers opsroom finished off the remaining Russia/Assad militias and that Nayrab is almost fully liberated" http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.825329&lon=36.785660&z=12&m=bs&gz=0;367178535;358012469;140762;0;0;695825 Reminder that this guy claimed that SAA were getting massacred in Marat al-Numan.
>>258544 When faced with this, they claim there is another Karratin in southern Aleppo but SAA never claimed to control a Karratin in this front in the first place.
>>258535 >Former Jund al-Aqsa men were attacking SAA in the village Nayrab >Fighting still ongoing but SAA got control now after suicide attack https://twitter.com/ProNDF/status/1225425309215969280 Sarmin has always been a Jund al-Aqsa/ISIS supporter stronghold, if SAA decides to advance they'll probably meet fierce resistance. If they don't Nayrab will not be a calm town for a while to come. >A major attack by Erdogan's gangs, A heroic confrontation of God’s men (SAA) on the axis of Dadekh and Neirab >Until the moment, the clashes are continuing and there is no truth to any news of control published by the enemy >Don't believe the enemy’s news >t. TF reporter https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1225426538658705410
>The Syrian army kills dozens of militants from the Al-Nusra Front and the terrorist factions loyal to them after repelling their attack on the Nayrab axis in the southern Idlib countryside >The bodies of the militants fill the surrounding agricultural lands, and their destroyed vehicles are still burning among them
Unconfirmed but very probable: >A Turkish convoy comprising a number of tanks and heavy vehicles moving from the military point at Taftanaz Airport towards the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib https://twitter.com/ynms79797979/status/1225538926795984897 So far haven't seen any t*rk movement towards Ariha so it's still up for grabs. I still think al-Eis comes first tho.
>>258582 They also positioned themselves in Binnish. Some jihadi supporters on twitter thinks the t*rks are doing this because they know Idlib city is the next target of SAA.
>Syrian Army Confronts U.S. Patrol In Northern Al-Hasakah >“A unit of the SAA intercepted a military convoy of the American occupation forces, that tried to enter the village of Tell Shamiran in the western countryside of Tell Tamr and forced it to retreat,” the Syrian newspaper’s reporter said. >The Syrian state-TV also shared footage of the incident showing U.S. armored vehicles leaving Tell Sharman under the cover of Apache attack helicopters. https://southfront.org/in-video-syrian-army-confronts-u-s-patrol-in-northern-al-hasakah/
>Military Genius Erdogan Gets Hundreds More of His Troops Encircled in Syria >To stop the ongoing — and wildly successful — Russian-backed Syrian offensive Erdogan ordered hundreds of additional Turkish troops to pour into Syria’s al-Qaeda-held Idlib and put themselves in the way of the advancing Syrian army. >This first got 7 of his troops killed when the Syrians at night mistook the Turks for Islamist rebels, and now it has resulted in all of the new troops becoming encircled. https://www.anti-empire.com/military-genius-erdogan-gets-hundreds-more-of-his-troops-encircled-in-syria/
>>258626 Thanks and yep, noted. I was going to give it to them on the 6th anyway. On another note, of the SAA secure the entire road, can we expect Aleppo to become a nice, plump, bulging, beautiful, red circle on your map, rather than a minimap? My OCD has wanted this for some time!
>HTS announces the restoration of control of the villages of Maharim, Al-Khwari and Tal Al-Nibar in the southern countryside of Aleppo after clashes with the pro-Assad forces https://twitter.com/Step_Agency/status/1225704967698341889 What the fuck are they smoking?
>>258659 >Barnah under army control >t. supposed resistance officer The fact that only sketchy sources are reporting on this front paired with the bad weather >>258660 makes me think there is no advance in Aleppo.
>#HTS trucks in #Ariha, #Kafranbel and Jabal al-Zawiyah towns spotted dismantling heavy-duty generators and power transformers for transport elsewhere. Locals say this is usually a sign preceding surrender/expected takeover of towns by #Syria regime. https://twitter.com/Dalatrm/status/1225794341865652225
>>258682 >Liwa Zainebiyoun and LDF Eagles of Aleppo are in the area (southern Aleppo front). Ready for storming. HTS expected to regroup... >High ranking IRGC officers are in the area too. Revenge (for 2015-2016 failures in the area) https://twitter.com/ProNDF/status/1225826478170025986
>The 25th Special Division (Tiger Forces), begins operations towards the southern countryside of Aleppo, coming from the southern countryside of Idlib, with the aim of completing securing the Aleppo-Hama Highway - Damascus https://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/1225840988989591555
>Russian military delegation reportedly meeting with their Turkish counterparts this weekend to discuss a ceasefire in Idlib. >Last talks broke down after Turkey demanded the SAA withdraw from all captured areas. Russia is demanding the disarmament of HTS and other jihadist factions. No consensus likely, but maybe another ceasefire https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1225851226006401025
>>258731 Odd direction to chose while heading to Idlib City. But I guess that prove Suheil version from 2016 is also the current version. No heli crash or what not.
>Tiger Forces Haidar Regiment Media Man on comments about the army taking areas by "agreement": Yesterdays attack on axis of Al Nerab was the biggest militant attack history. More than 3,000 mercenaries from Sarmin front alone.
Houthi compilation: >The process of liberating the strategic Jabal Salab (mining site) and its adjacent sites west of the city of Marib within the paths of the Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous operation https://youtu.be/Moa5r4IaLdQ I can't find the damn site but the absolute madlads control mountains overlooking Marib now.
The units of the Syrian Arab Army that are advancing from Idlib countryside have met with the units that are advancing in southern Aleppo in Tal El Eis - This Map is good only thing that’s wrong with it is Talhyah & Tal Heddiyah = SAA
Personally i don't think they'll launch an offensive with t*rkish support against SAA, i just think they're beefing up the TFSA's ability to defend against SAA if the SAA tries to advance closer to Idlib city or the border in Aleppo.
What are they doing!?! don't go that way! Finish taking the m5 before you go there! Do the commanders know what direction they're meant to be heading? Ergh, this is some pretty nasty bordergore. I mean don't get me wrong, gains are gains, but... but... >>258964 Well, if they reported it, then it must be true.
>Communication Department in the Turkish Presidency: "We have responded to the attack that targeted a Turkish military post in Idlib" https://twitter.com/Dannymakkisyria/status/1226851453731573760 Uhh, are they trying to justify the artillery launched at SAA in Saraqib this morning or claiming they've retaliated right now?
>TFSA from Kafr Halab: There is no counter attack. SAA is bombing, hitting Turkish points, wounded Turks at Taftanaz airport, SAA took control of Kafr Halab. We will try to recover it, if in 2 hours we can’t, we’ll withdraw, bye-bye, perhaps we won’t meet again, your prayers to me https://twitter.com/LindseySnell/status/1226851203486801927
>Just got a video of TFSA in the Western countryside wearing Turkish army uniforms to make it look like Turkey has their own men there. The Turks asked for 5 volunteers from each village to do this. The payment is "a free vacation in Turkey." (If they don't die in airstrikes.) https://twitter.com/LindseySnell/status/1226966158554882048 The T*rks are going bonkers trying to invent ways to stop the SAA without declaring war
1 hour ago >The Kremlin confirms that Putin and Erdogan will have a telephone conversation on Syria - Peskov I hope Putin tells Erdogan that they will liberate E V E R Y I N C H