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>>231819at what point is it considered as "deposed by the glow niggers" and not "deposed because he got too old for the job and got replaced by someone else in the establishment"
>>231819Thanks for the fresh bread and using the pic mate.
> Liberian flagged tanker MESDAR meant to be heading to Saudi Arabia has also made a sharp change of course to Iranhttps://twitter.com/air_intel/status/1152286491860713472 [Embed]
>>231823What is this retarded shit
Majoosi mind control magic being cast on the captains or what
>>231823>Liberianuh, are they going pirates of the persian gulf?
>>231827>they're going all in
>>231827Vessel specifications of the Mesdar:
Gross Tonnage ---> 160295
Deadweight ---> 315802 t
Year Built ---> 2007
Registry ---> Liberia
Vessel Type ---> Crude Oil Tanker
Mesdar is owned and operated by UK-based Norbulk Shipping Ltd.
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1152292150467584001 [Embed]
>More than 100 airstrikes targeted the city of Khan Shaykhun since this morning and only two people injured, that means the city is empty from civilianshttps://twitter.com/ConstantinGreco/status/1152294781843922944 [Embed]
Let's be real here: Iran literally cannot be invaded unless the government itself will obviously not put up a fight as soviet invasion in ww2.
>>231821agreed he shouldn't be on there.
>>231825those iranian sirens drawing the sailors to steer their ships into the rocks
“We heard one, we heard two” of #Iran seizing oil tankers today, says @POTUS in reply to my question. But he declines to say if this crosses a line and how US will respond except to say there’s an agreement US has with #UK on maritime security.
#Iran is “nothing but trouble” and US will be speaking with #UK. “It goes to show you I was right about Iran.”
https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1152296248172527617?s=19 [Embed]>>231834lmao
>@PressTV released vids of an #IRGCN UAV tailing LHD-4 #USS Boxer entering #Hormuz Strait. Based on #UAV GPS Pos in the video, USS Boxer is heading NNE exiting the strait. Frame after Waypoint 2 USS Boxer is heading WNW to #Larak Island. #USSBoxer exited Hormuz July 15 2017https://twitter.com/Obs_IL/status/1152298897877942274 [Embed]
>Very early & UNCONFIRMED reports of a third ship - LR2 Poseidon - being seized. There is also interest being shown in Star Osprey.https://twitter.com/DEFCONWSALERTS/status/1152303338622476288 [Embed]
>>231845>they're going all out
>>231845HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN?!
ALL YOUR SHIPS ARE BELONG TO US(actually Iran)!!!
>>231830> British-linked tanker Mesdar has updated its position after 2 hours and is now increasing speed and turning away from Iran, unclear whyhttps://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1152308628629729282 [Embed]
>52min in
>algeria leads by 1-0
who needs sleep anyways
>>231858Betting on at least 100 burnt cars.
>>231857i wish this was a fake one
i really wish i'm not living in this timeline
>>231856>Military sources are saying that only Stena Impero has been siezed & no other tanker has been siezed, adding that the Liberian-flagged tanker Mesdar has only been notified on the environmental & maritime regulations & then has continued its path.https://twitter.com/AbasAslani/status/1152309537271164929 [Embed]
>>231857lel
>>231858seems like a good time to do this
>>231869sorry but can't doxx the doc
>>231857i already miss Trump for when he's gone and the WH will become boring again
>>231758 →>the drone was spotted AGAIN about 4 hours ago. >They tried shooting it down to no avail.
There's supposedly action on the Kabani axis.
>>231877Just some fire exchange using technicals.
>>231834Hahahhahaha majoosi magnet crude oil tanker magic
>>231879Don’t worry Snus, it’ll happen... one day...
>>231887>a-any s-second n-nowhow long have >we been waiting for that mythical big offensive to finally retake idlib?
>>231890Large battle of Hamamiyat barely ended with 200+ killed and dozens of armour destroyed.
>>231890End of E. Daraa OP, where the projected September Idlib offensive was possibly scheculed early to August because Daraa already ended in July.
1 (One) Year starting with the 31st of July, when Daraa ended.
One year in 11 days. xDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Get a life losers lmao ;'D hanging around in this cold stale war lmfao like what are oyu stillw asting time here lol pathetic
>inb4 N.hama offensive counts
>>231890>mythical big offensive to finally retake idlibConsensus among most pro-SAA reports on the topic is that all of Idlib won't be taken in just one massive continuous offensive, rather it will be smaller offensives with breathers in between.
The best reasons i can imagine is the fact that Idlib is the last stand with no green bus alternatives, the Russian air fleet being too small and T*rkey not cooperating.
It's simply better to let the RuAF take them out instead of fighting them on equal terms and not overstretching the units with offensive capabilities.
>>231895This implies Idlib being finite in resources and an isolated phaenomenon.
uite Naive.
Seems more like the typical Russian incapable of ending something and remianing with one foot in and one foot out, viz. Georgia, Ukraine, Japan :), now Syria
>>231896>This implies Idlib being finite in resources and an isolated phaenomenon.In English please
>>231868>LIVE: Fans celebrate African Nations Cup victory in Parishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg3i59dzj3U [Embed]french culture as its best
>>231897that it is a siege type event; if Rebells keep getting new ATGM tubes, new recruits domestic but possibly foreign and the continued survival of Idlib won't jsut be a honeypot but a platform for export of ideology and terrorism.
If we were talking Ghouta I might agree with this possibility, even with SAA corrpution and usurpers, but Idlib scenario seems self-perpetuating if approached as specified by (you)
>maybe i just dont have enough faith in the Russkie AF achieving such great impact through bombings>>231899they abused faggot Africa for centuries, needed their men to stop invasion of the homeland and now continue to extract Africa's resources; not that nigs deserve it, but french get no sympathie points for their subhumans unlike other innocent european nations.
>>231899This country is as doomed as an ass of a nigerian prostitute in Lagos offshore bussiness area
>>231900The SAA with support of Russia and Iran will continue to take bites of Idlib until all of it is consumed.
Maybe you missed it but they took Kafr Nabudah, Qalaat al-Mudiq and tens of villages last bite - now the RuAF fleet is expanded, the SAA has beefed up (Iranian forces aren't even involved yet AFAIK) and the jihadists has lost a bunch of tanks/morale/experienced manpower.
Of course, the t*rks haven't surrendered yet so i'm cautiously positive about all of this.
>>231903Nothing to add here. Avoid ATGMs, build defences in every captur- liberated village, provoke jihadis to do everything to get them in open RuAF targeting.
Other than that diplomatical actions against Turkey and safe balance of use and containing the IRGC, dependable on many factors, including current situation in Lebanon, Jordan and Israeli actions.
>>231895>taking small chunks at a speed inferior to the replacement rate of the enemyyep, idlib wont be over before i retire
>Massive crowds and modern quality weapons for the first time appear to be coming to the Idlib, Hama and Latakia fronts in preparation for the Battle of Idleb.>Tomorrow is a sight>Wait for us Cominghttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1152524208188141569 [Embed]
>>231932is that iranian they are speaking (singing) or are they jsut labeling hezbollah as iranian because muh iran?
>Governor of Aleppo Hussein Diab: The Aleppo - Damascus International Highway will soon return to work.
Wishful thinking or inside information, who knows..
>>231935I’m more inclined to the former given the events of the past 365 days.
Any words on the majoosi pirates?
>>231938>BREAKING: It seems that Saudi Arabia has dispatched two tugboats to escort the departure of the Iranian VLCC supertanker HAPPINESS I out of Jeddah; heading home. She suffered engine failure in late April and needed assistance. The timing of her release today is interesting. #OOTThttps://twitter.com/TankerTrackers/status/1152585377783439360 [Embed]
>>231939welp
more events to come i suppose
>First footage shows IRGC operation to seize British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. Video shows tanker surrounded by IRGCN attack craft and soldiers in balaclavas fast-roping from military helicopter on to the tanker.https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1152594555235160064 [Embed]
>>231944Crew's expendable.
>Ahrar al-Sham "special forces" fighter trains with a AKM.https://twitter.com/AnalystMick/status/1152602184082739200 [Embed]Another quarry
>>231955wtf is that retarded statement
the rifle you use doesn't determine if you're a regular soldier or SF
and AKM are fine for both types of ops
>>231944very nice
>>231996this is how you do it
>>231999didn't you end up having to pay reparashuns for this?
>>231986That’s a pretty good indicator an offensive is coming.
>>232002Unless this is not near the frontlines in which case meh
>>232002It looks more like Palmyra surroundings, they're not even armed, probably some random desert.
>>232001yep
erdo cucked bibi for shekels
total embarrassment
>>232005i find it hard to believe that the same guy who lead hostage rescue operation is being cucked by everyone and their grandma
at this point it wouldn't surprise me if he gives back golan in exchange of a """promise""" that iranians leave syria
>>232007>if he gives back golanNah, his carrier would be over the next election (or even sooner).
>>232008> the next electionthat's coming up soon btw (i believe)
>>232007no but he'd do for a peace treaty ala egypt-sinai.
>>232008>implying it isn't already over at this pointwhat is he going to do? embrace the BBC to get the ethiopian vote to compensate for the more hardline right abandoning him?
>>232012Likud's status quo over Golan Heights is actually considered a rather moderate approach towards it.
>September 2019 Israeli legislative election
you read your own link? lul
>>231999This was the Turkish ship the IDF raided, yes?
>>232010there's another one in September and by the way things are looking there will be another one afterwards ad infinitum (or until bibi croaks).
>>232025aye
>>232028does Israel have Presidents that can "resolve" such parliamentary situations?
>>232030not really, he's mostly powerless.
>Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization projecthttps://t.co/PZ3EtGgxhPhttps://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1152564692851802114 [Embed]>- Hackers breached company via AD server [image below]- Defaced website
- Stole 7.5TB of data (shared with second hacker group, who shared it with local media)
- Hacked contractor is SyTech[.]ru
- Had contracts with FSB going back as far as 2009
https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1152564692851802114 [Embed]>Leaked projects:- Nautilus - a project for collecting data about social media users (such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn)
- Nautilus-S - a project for deanonymizing Tor traffic with the help of rogue Tor servers
- Reward - a project to covertly penetrate P2P networks (torrents)
https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1152564692851802114 [Embed]>- Mentor - monitor and search email communications on the servers of Russian companies.- Tax-3 - create a closed intranet to store the information of highly-sensitive state figures
- Hope - a project to investigate the topology of the Russian internet
>https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1152565062747512832 [Embed]>>232028Well shit, all I heard on the news back then was that the IDF had raided some ships carrying supplies and that some passengers were killed. Didnt know this happened as well.
>>232035>Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization projectthese goddarn russian hackers
>Didnt know this happened as well.yeah it was a massive fuckup all around
wtf are you doing iran!!!1!1!1!!
>>232043why not solely targeting UK ships is making me ask questions
>The Syrian army got a green light to continue operations in Idlib. The military leadership is the decision to launch land forceshttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1152709356212948994 [Embed]
>>232045>Astana format on settling crisis in #Syria is to be held in the #Kazakh Capital on the 1st and 2nd of August
>>232044Dunno mate. Perhaps they are really trying to drive the point home that the strait of Hormuz is their turf and the international shipping is at their complete mercy. Also this was reported yesterday:
>Some Persian sources are mentioning that #Iran plans to start checking oil tankers for "environmental regulations" daily from now on in their waters, all ships will be boarded during this process.https://twitter.com/AuroraIntel/status/1152323145262669825 [Embed]
>>232047>#Iran plans to start checking oil tankers for "environmental regulations" daily from now onstupid move
their only strength was the surprise effect, if they make it last longer they're basically giving US MoD a justification to increase permanent presence and patrols in the region because it's not a one time event anymore
this will cost them a lot in the long term since they can't win a face to face confrontation on the long run with US
>>232044Also just saw this
>London Saturday advised British ships to avoid the Strait of Hormuz for “an interim period” following Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker.http://www.arabnews.com/node/1528276/middle-eastDoesnt mean that these ship will disappear immediately from the gulf but does point to a situation where exclusively targeting UK ships will no longer be an option anymore. Unless the Iranians want to target UK naval ships.
>>232049Agreed, especially since US/UK has been incrementally increasing their presence in the Strait of Hormuz.
However I don’t really see that they had a choice, considering their threat of messing up transit if they couldn’t export oil and then UK seized one of their oil tankers.
>>232045>>232046More bargaining chips before the meeting eh?
>The 11th Division is ready for an offensive
>>232051>I don’t really see that they had a choiceintimidation when you have no ace up your sleeve is the dumb choice
if they want to gamble on fear they shouldn't present it in a "friendly" way with "ecological inspections" aka boarding ships but with a more hit and run way that can't be easily countered: basically shooting torpedoes from small boats or sending scuba divers with explosive charges
basically trying to board another ship by boat or helicopter will only get them shot while using US navy's weakness, ie slow, small numbers and reliance on screen ships for cover against small fast movers to their advantage by spamming the shit out of high mobility small task forces anywhere at anytime to overwhelm US poor coverage of the region
ultimately resulting in a sea reproducing ISIS' tactics of highly mobile, hit and run toyota task groups which worked very well for them (up until they got countered)
they're basically shooting themselves in the foot with what they've done, either you escalate or you appease, but you can't have it both ways
just my perspective on it
>>232053top ten anime crossovers
>>232015>>232028Wow i didn't think the coalition can lose, will get interesting in september, but that meanst moderate, slow, predictable Israeli foreign affairs doings.
New ANNA News airstrike compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJtbYIyLKB4 [Embed]>At 4 am today, Nusra and co launched an attack on Qasabiyah, where suicide bombers were in use, while two tanks covered their movement towards army points.>The army successfully crushed the attack and burned a tank and two other military vehicles.>It is said that the burned tank is a T-62.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1152870678573572098 [Embed]>At 4am SAA UAVs spotted mobilisation by terrorists from abdien & qeratah towards qasabieh, SAA ambushed the attackers & destroyed a BMP, two turkish made armoured cars & T-62 tank.>SAA didn’t suffer any casualtieshttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/115284253601007616 [Embed]
>al-Habit behind the lines
>>232045>got a green light tby whom?
if it is anyone but Russkies it doesn't matter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/world/europe/cyprus-israelis-rape.html>12 Israelis Are Held in Cyprus Over Rape of British Womanreally makes you think
>destroyed in a failed attack by militants on the positions of the Syrian Arab Army units, near the town of Al-Kasabiya.
How the hell did a humvee end up in Idlib
>>232137>If this is legit then they must’ve had this since late 2015/early 2016. Im pretty sure Iranian backed groups operated a couple of Humvees during south Aleppo battles, and I’m sure I remember them being captured by Nusra at Al Eis.
>>232137Huh, Iraqi army -> PMU -> Fatemiyoun/IRGC -> jihadis?
>>232148PMU -> IRGC affiliated Iraqi militias -> jihadis
The beta Israeli vs the Chad Arab
>>232154>iceland at 96%remind how are white ethnostates supposed to be based again?
societies just like any other super-organism become weaker and more prone to being wiped out if they aren't constantly confronted by "pathogens" to challenge its ability to survive and adapt
Nasrallah reveals plans of dabbing Israel into the stone age
https://twitter.com/allushiii/status/1153016465936781313 [Embed]
>>232157>when Nasrallah takes of is glasses
>>232156Without the post-WW2 Kalergist social engineering our numbers would be the same as arabs, the vast majority of the people answering these polls are virtue signalling what they've been taught all their lives.
If the societal concensus wasn't "if you don't want shitskin grandparents you're literally Hitler" the numbers would be drastically different on public polls like these.
>societies just like any other super-organism become weaker and more prone to being wiped out if they aren't constantly confronted by "pathogens" to challenge its ability to survive and adaptDoes society die because niggers aren't demographically replacing it or because niggers are demographically replacing it?
>>232154>mfw Portugal is 30% compared to Spain's 89%Not low enough, but I still feel smug.
>>232162>t. Alberto Barbosa
>>232163Ayo wite boy, 45%. :^)
>The terrorists north of #Hama attack with rockets the civilians in the towns of #Rasif and #Aziziyahhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.521399&lon=36.330414&z=14&m=bs&show=/31763353/Ar-RaşīfObvious propaganda bs about civilians since these (alawite) villages are right on the frontline, however, this might be an indicator that there's big troop movement happening in this area.
>>232156https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/once-homogenous-tiny-iceland-opens-its-doors-immigrantsSeems like Iceland became cucked in the 90's. It would be interesting to see what particular trends caused a change of sentiment away from ethnocentrism. A Charles Murray-level of statistician is needed to go around Europe and determine what cucks white countries (and it's not just Jews; there are 250 Jews in all of Iceland, the country expelled the Jews in the 1930's, and circumcision is banned).
Personally, I would blame a mixture of influences. One is integration with the European Economic Area. Another is a decline in religion and the cucking of the Church of Iceland (their bishop is a woman). Fertility rate is under replacement at 1.7. But most of all, a fifth of the land area (over 20,000 square km) is publicly owned. Large amounts of public space erases, ironically, the conception that "this land belongs to my people" in favor of "this land belongs to anyone the government allows." A private law society cannot come soon enough.
Kafr Nabl is still getting bombed
https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1153032868689584128 [Embed]I have seen at least 4 filmed bombings from this town today, what gives?
>Terrorists in North #Hama CS launched 4 Grad rockets on the village on #Masyaf>All landed in farm lands, no casualties reported.https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1153055000542830592 [Embed]>Reports of an explosion in #Masyaf amid active #SAA air-defenseshttps://twitter.com/Dannymakkisyria/status/1153055164938539009 [Embed]>The terrorists in North #Hama CS launched 6 Grad rockets from 3 different locations against the government controlled areas in Masyaf>The Syrian #Russia/n AD forces shot down 4 rockets >2 rockets landed in a farm land.https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1153057576122245121 [Embed]>local sources are saying that a small projectile landed in an empty farm, which suggest that this was a Grad rocket attack from Greater Idlib. Syrian Pantsir system may have intercepted some of the rockets, if this is the case.https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1153057393602899968 [Embed]>opposition sources are now claiming responsibility for the failed rocket attack, looks like all the Grad rockets, but one, were intercepted.https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1153057707232043008 [Embed]
>>232179>The MRLS’s were spotted>2 Russian jets will be unloading at any moment.https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1153058793661652993 [Embed]Even after all the RuAF strikes the jihadis still launch long range rockets from near the frontline, the offensive better start soon.
Latest ANNA News report on the Qasabiya battle
>>232122https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Y2xJVNTQ8 [Embed]no subs (yet)
>>232253Come to think of it, if the goal is killing as many jihadis as possible, what's the point of launching ground offensives when the jihadis keep exposing themselves moving troops and launching joke offensives?
I suspect there won't be an SAA offensive until the jihadis stop making themselves easy pray to airstrikes.
>>232259I’d recognize JiJu geolocation anywhere...
>Seven civilians, including women and children, were killed in a rocket attack on Jurin in northwestern Hama. Many others were injured.https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1153277310331695104 [Embed]
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-21/war-profiteers-and-demise-us-military-industrial-complexVery good article showcasing the state of the US military and the military-industrial complex.
I highly recommend reading it.
>The Palestinian people expelling a prominent #Saudi journalist from Old City of Occupied Al-Quds (#Jerusalem) for promoting the normalization of relations w/ #Israel|i occupation, humiliating him & throwing everything on him: “Go away you trash!”>The Palestinians (young & old) throwing the prominent #Saudi journalist out off Masjid Al-Aqsa’s courtyards for promoting normalization of relations w/ #Israel|i occupation: “Go pray somewhere else with your Zionist friends.”https://twitter.com/ArabianaINTEL/status/1153346954174304256 [Embed]
>#ISIS is confirming its reestablishment in #Damascus as they claim wounding an NDF commander and killing his companion in Qadam district, in southern part of the city.https://twitter.com/TomaszRolbiecki/status/1153374311576735744 [Embed]
>>232286"Reconciled moderate rebels" that operated in the southern Damascus pocket salty at their group for surrendering to SAA and pledged allegiance to ISIS i guess.
Jaysh al-Izza has a new ATGM location where they have a perfect view of the northern entrance of Shayzar.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/militants-with-likely-new-missile-destroy-syrian-army-tank-in-northern-hama-video/Masdar is speculating that they're using a newer type of ATGM but it's definitely within reach of the the hills controlled by Jaysh al-Izza with a regular kornet.
They must have became bolder and advanced to the edge of the hills when they took Tel Malah and Jubbayn.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.279223&lon=36.563380&z=16&m=bs&gz=0;365632724;352695929;9495;0;0;211733It seems to me that SAA are slacking off and not suppressing the edge.
>South Korea fires hundreds of warning shots at Russian military planeSouth Korean warplanes fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday, defense officials said, while Russia denied violating any airspace and accused South Korean pilots of being reckless.
It was the first time a Russian military aircraft had violated South Korean airspace, an official at the South Korean Ministry of National Defence said in Seoul.
Two Russian bombers and two Chinese bombers entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) together early on Tuesday, the defense ministry said.
A separate Russian early warning and control aircraft later twice violated South Korean airspace over Dokdo - an island that is occupied by South Korea and also claimed by Japan, which calls it Takeshima - just after 9 a.m. (midnight GMT Monday), according to the South Korean military.
Russia’s defense ministry denied that its strategic bombers had violated South Korean airspace, the RIA news agency reported.
South Korean military planes crossed the path of Russian bombers and did not communicate with them, Russia’s defense ministry said, according to RIA.
This was not the first time that South Korean pilots had interfered with a Russian military flight over neutral waters, the ministry said.
China’s foreign ministry said South Korea’s Air Defence Identification Zone was not territorial airspace and all countries enjoyed freedom of movement in it.
South Korea’s top security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, lodged a strong objection with Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of Russia, asking the council to assess the incident and take appropriate action, South Korea’s presidential office said.
“We take a very grave view of this situation and, if it is repeated, we will take even stronger action,” Chung said, according to South Korea’s presidential office.
‘TACTICAL ACTION’
South Korea’s foreign ministry would summon Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Maxim Volkov and Chinese Ambassador Qiu Guohong on Tuesday to lodge a stern protest and strongly urge them to prevent a recurrence, said ministry spokesman Kim In-chul.
Japan lodged a complaint with both South Korea and Russia over the incident, a government spokesman said.
“We cannot accept these kinds of actions in our territory,” the Kyodo news agency cited government officials as saying.
The Russian aircraft was an A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, an official at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, and South Korea scrambled F-15 and F-16 fighter jets in response to the intrusions.
The South Korean jets fired about 360 rounds of ammunition during the incident, the JCS official said.
“The South Korean military took tactical action including dropping flares and firing warning shots,” the defense ministry said.
A South Korean defense official told Reuters that the Russian aircraft did not respond in any threatening way.
The Russian aircraft left South Korean airspace but then entered it again about 20 minutes later, prompting the South Koreans to fire more warning shots.
The ministry said South Korean warplanes “conducted a normal response” to the incursion, without giving further details.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-russia-aircraft/south-korea-says-it-fired-warning-shot-at-russian-military-aircraft-that-violated-airspace-idUSKCN1UI072?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
>papa Roach supposedly had a heart attack
>>232289>>232289>Another group, called Qasiun Battalions, also claimed the same attack ... People didn't believe me when I said all terrorist groups cell are coordinating with each other in gov areashttps://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1153623373467009024 [Embed]
>My source told me that the SAA offensive on Idlib would begin by Wednesday but it was postponedhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1153681581602758656 [Embed]>view from the door of a SyAAF helicopter flying above Khan Sheikhun and Hama city
Video of SAA artillery in northern Latakia
>>232360>My sources say that the offensive of the army to Idlib begins by the end of Julyhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1153693252488482818 [Embed]
>>232360>samsung triple cameraweird flex but ok
>#BREAKING: News of Israeli airstrikes on Syrian Air Defence site atop Tal al Harra mountain in southern Quneitra>#BREAKING: Syrian air defences also launching over western Damascus- via @MIG29_https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1153792228956884992 [Embed]
>>232382Update
#Syria/n artillery shelled the source of the hostile missiles in the occupied #Golan Heights with 4 rounds
Expecting a retaliation soon.
https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1153794553528197122 [Embed]
>>232383>A huge fire broke out in the occupied part of the Syrian Golan Heightshttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1153819101141143552 [Embed]
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-23/china-armed-forces-prepare-massive-international-war-exerciseIndia’s participation in such exercises is very interesting to me and might - emphasis on might - be an indicator of which side India will join if - emphasis on it - WWIII breaks out.
Another ANNA news report of airstrikes
https://youtu.be/qYPk17fqsYg [Embed]
SRG has brought BMP 2 to the frontline
>The armed group's sniper is targeting the vicinity of Al_Hamza mosque and Al Bareed street in Al_Zahra neighborhood in Aleppo.>Popular campaign in Aleppo calls on the Syrian state to liberate the rest of Aleppo under the title "Aleppo calls for its army">More than 150 civilians have been killed since the beginning of this year by shelling and sniper fire in the western parts of the city of Aleppo.>Now a campaign has been launched calling on the Syrian state to liberate the rest of Aleppo.>Aleppo calls for its army.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1154083783416721410 [Embed]
>>232467>ISIS fighter praise israel as a democracy>ISIS official line on democracy is that this is a haram form of governmentsomething doesn't add up
>>232467these mossad agents are getting really sloppy
>>232468He is detained and is obviously trying to appear as a born-again democrat for good-boy points.
hey where the fuck are the shitmaps?
Powers that be are like “Fuck Europe but France in particular”
Also,
Mfw I grew up with seeing red all the time on temperature maps
Mfw only the purple and dark red areas in that pic are hot
Mfw in the US the only temps that get purple color assigned to them are 45-50+C (~110-120+F)
>>232561and humidity here is nothing compared to most of the US.
A summer in Virginia DC region would make every European wish they could get back to even these temperatures.
>>232561>Powers that be are like wtf is this nu-english?
>>232352>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appeared in public for the first time in a week on Thursday, ending days of speculation about his whereabouts and scotching reports in some Arab and Israeli news outlets that he had died. https://ahvalnews.com/recep-tayyip-erdogan/turkeys-erdogan-back-public-eye-after-days-absence
>Russian, Syrian air forces let loose big attack along Idlib-Hama axisBEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 A.M.) – The Russian and Syrian air forces have unleashed a massive assault along the Hama-Idlib axis this evening, targeting many areas under the control of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and Jaysh Al-Izza.
According to a source in northern Hama, the Syrian and Russian air force targeted the region of the Hama-Idlib axis between the towns of Khan Sheikhoun (Idlib) and the large hilltop of Tal Al Malah (northwestern Hama).
The source added tonight’s attack were some of the heaviest strikes launched by the Syrian and Russian air forces this month.
On Thursday, the Russian Air Force had heavily targeted the jihadist stronghold of Khan Sheikhoun, hitting several sites belonging to both Jaysh Al-Izza and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham.
At the same time as the Russian strikes on Khan Sheikhoun, the Syrian Air Force reportedly struck the Turkestan Islamic Party’s (TIP) positions in the Al-Ghaab Plain region of the Idlib Governorate.
Both the Russian and Syrian air forces have recently stepped up their strikes in response to the jihadist offensive at Al-Qasabiyah.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-russian-syrian-air-forces-let-loose-big-attack-along-idlib-hama-axis/
>Heavy clashes between the #SAA and the terrorists are taking place in #Latakia CS right now
View of Ghab from the mountaintop overlooking Jurin.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.614884&lon=36.284065&z=13&gz=0;362187266;355933199;0;277560;1711678;0Jabal Zawiya/Jabal Shahshbo certainly doesn't look menacing from here and Ankawi looks like a reasonable entry point unto it.
Maybe the view is deceiving and could be an explanation to all the failures of the SAA in the Ghab valley (big think)...
>>232605High ground is still high ground, and the Ghab plains are flat as fuck.
>>232608That's what i am saying.
In comparison to the heights of Latakia, that shit looks tiny and has probably lead to SAA generals underestimating it.
>>232610That’s what they get for not going down to Ghab to get a more realistic look to see what their troops will see when going on the attack.
>The Syrian army hit the Turkish Army Observatory at Sher Magharhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1154675623413059584 [Embed]> pro-Assad forces stationed in the town of Al-Hader target the outskirts of the town of Al Eis in the southern countryside with heavy artillery https://twitter.com/lummideast/status/1154675462838378497 [Embed]>Airplanes raids on the town of Al-Hawabiya in rural South Aleppohttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1154678004905316352 [Embed]>intensive targeting of artillery and missile trenches and the destruction of all sites and fortifications and movements of terrorists in the countryside of the northern protectors of Latamna Kafrzita Mork Tal-Malhhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1154686348789538816 [Embed]>Warplanes launch several air strikes on terrorist groups and their rallies in Mork, Jibin,Tall Malh and Latamnahttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1154690272913231872 [Embed]Airstrikes on strongholds of terrorism # Kafrzita in the countryside of the # northern Hama
https://twitter.com/jamlyyyyy/status/1154697735754407936 [Embed]>Video
>The former commander of the "Free Army" terrorist gang "Yasser al-Dahla" was killed by unidentified gunmen this morning on the road # Al-Hasakah - # Deir al-Zourhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1154676083846995968 [Embed]>The killing of the former commander in the # army _ Yasser al-Dahla on the road # Hasaka _ Deir al-Azur by shooting at his car and his clan accuses the forces of #YPG to stand behind the operationhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1154689015825780741 [Embed]
>Sudan forces withdraw from YemenSudan has withdrawn its troops from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday.
Spokesman of the Joint Forces in the Western Coast, Brigadier General Waddah Al-Dabeesh, told the news agency that the Sudanese army withdrew from three areas, without naming them.
Al-Dabeesh said that the Yemeni forces replaced the Sudanese troops as part of repositioning of the joint forces, which are comprised of 11 military brigades.
This came after the UAE partially withdrew its forces from Yemen.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190725-sudan-forces-withdraw-from-yemen/
>Turkey is preparing for a potential operation in northern Syria, in case it can't reach an agreement with the US over a planned safe zone.https://twitter.com/Ozkok_A/status/1154638659032932352 [Embed]
>>232639>Erdoğan: "We are decided to tear the terror corridor to the East of Euphrates into pieces. We will take all the necessary actions. We do not need any permission."https://twitter.com/AydnSelcen/status/1154684858754576384 [Embed]
>Bomber Su-24 VKS RF / Syrian Air Force strikes at the positions of terrorists in the vicinity of the village of Khan-Sheikhunhttps://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1154702789060235265 [Embed]
>>A Navy SEAL Platoon Is Pulled From Iraq Over Misconduct Reports
An entire platoon of Navy SEAL commandos was abruptly removed from Iraq this week after commanders heard reports of serious misconduct and a breakdown of discipline in the elite unit.
Officials did not release any details. But a senior Navy official with knowledge of the matter said the Navy is investigating reports that the unit, Foxtrot Platoon of SEAL Team 7, held a Fourth of July party where some members consumed alcohol against regulations, and that a senior enlisted member of the platoon had raped a female service member attached to the platoon.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about a continuing investigation.
Jeremiah Sullivan, a civilian attorney representing one of the SEALs in the platoon, confirmed that there was an investigation into reports of sexual assault and unauthorized drinking.
When commanders began investigating the allegations, the entire platoon invoked their right to remain silent, according to a United States official briefed on the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. At that point, the official said, commanders decided to send the whole platoon home, including the lieutenant in command.
The commander of American special operations troops in Iraq, Maj. Gen. Eric Hill of the Air Force, ordered the extremely rare removal of the platoon — the only group of SEALs in Iraq — “due to a perceived deterioration of good order and discipline within the team during nonoperational periods,” according to a statement from Special Operations Command.
“There were allegations of wrongdoing, and the commander initiated an investigation, which is still ongoing,” said Ken McGraw, a spokesman for Special Operations Command. “After the investigation began, the commander lost confidence in the platoon’s ability to accomplish the mission and ordered the platoon’s redeployment.”
The Navy ordered the SEALs to take drug tests, according to a Navy SEAL officer who has been briefed on the matter. The results of those tests are not yet known, the officer said.
Foxtrot Platoon — including 19 SEALs and four support troops — was in Kuwait on Thursday, en route to Seal Team 7’s base at Naval Base Coronado near San Diego. The unit was not immediately replaced in Iraq, increasing the burdens on other American troops there, but the Navy said in a statement that “the loss of confidence in this case outweighed potential operational risk” from their absence.
Enlisted Navy SEALs at Coronado said that while individuals are occasionally removed from missions for misconduct, they could not recall another instance of an entire SEAL platoon being sent home. Last year, a Green Beret detachment from the Army’s 7th Special Forces Group was withdrawn from Afghanistan after members of the unit were implicated in the abuse of an Afghan prisoner.
The withdrawal of Foxtrot Platoon is the latest in a series of black eyes for the SEAL teams, which have been hit repeatedly over the last year by reports of drug use, misconduct and violence.
Two SEALs and two Marines were charged in the death of a Green Beret who was strangled in 2017 during a hazing incident while the commandos were on a secret deployment in Mali in West Africa. One of the SEALs pleaded guilty and was sentenced in May.
Earlier this week, Navy Times reported that cocaine use was widespread among members of SEAL Team 10, based in Virginia, and that SEALs in the team considered the Navy’s drug testing efforts “a joke.”
Accounts of broad drug use among senior enlisted SEALs emerged in the court-martial of Special Operator First Class Edward Gallagher. He was acquitted earlier this month of charges that he had shot unarmed civilians and stabbed a wounded captive to death while leading a platoon in Iraq in 2017, but he was convicted of posing for photographs with the teenage captive’s corpse.
During the trial, SEALs from his platoon testified that they had constructed a rooftop bar at their safe house in Iraq, and that officers in charge of enforcing regulations drank there with enlisted men, and even took turns acting as disc jockeys.
Bradley Strawser, who teaches ethics in war at the Naval Postgraduate School, said the reports of rogue behavior in the SEALs are partly a product of nearly 20 years of constant special-operations warfare.
“This kind of slide in the ethical culture, standards, ethos and expectations we have been seeing across the service now for several years is yet another cost of this kind of endless war-fighting,” he said. “Our military desperately needs time to circle the wagons, go deep in working out some of the systemic problems, and effectively right the ship. But it’s very hard to do that when we are literally at never-ending war.”
Military regulations forbid the consumption of alcohol in Iraq and Afghanistan, two predominantly Muslim countries. But its presence among American troops serving there is hardly rare, and in many units, including the SEAL teams, leaders sometimes turn a blind eye to moderate use.
But this year, in response to repeated reports of misconduct, the commander of Navy Special Warfare, Rear Adm. Collin Green, took steps to clean up SEAL culture with a focus on accountability, character, and what he called “ethical compliance.”
When Admiral Green heard of the allegations about Foxtrot Platoon, he pushed for the unit to be withdrawn from Iraq, according to two Navy officials with knowledge of the event.
A spokeswoman for the SEALs, Cmdr. Tamara Lawrence, said that in general top commanders are increasingly focused on enforcing discipline.
>cont
>>232647“Naval Special Warfare insists on a culture where ethical adherence is equally important to tactical proficiency,” she said in a statement. “Good order and discipline is critical to the mission. We’re actively reinforcing, with the entire force, basic leadership, readiness, responsibility and ethical principles that must form the foundation of special operations.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/navy-seal-platoon-withdrawn-iraq.html
>After the #PKK attack on a Turkish diplomat in Iraq's #Erbil, #Turkish drones bombed two PKK cars in Atush and Batifa on July 19 and 24. 6 PKK members were killed. https://twitter.com/Ozkok_A/status/1154347669009162242 [Embed]
>'We can't hide anything' say Cambodians at alleged China baseREAM, Cambodia (Reuters) - Trying to rebut a report of a secret deal to give China access to a naval base, Cambodia’s defense ministry took reporters to see the torpid jetty and outbuildings on Friday.
The United States has also voiced concern that the Ream naval base in southern Cambodia could host forces from China, the closest foreign ally of long-serving authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
“You journalists. Open your eyes and noses. Today we show you everything,” said defense ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat. “We can’t hide anything ... because there are satellites.”
The Wall Street Journal said on Sunday that China had reached a secret deal with Cambodia this year to let it place forces at Ream. The report cited U.S. and allied officials.
Cambodia denied any such agreement and said hosting foreign forces would be against Cambodia’s constitution.
At Ream, a half dozen gray-painted Cambodian navy patrol boats were moored by the jetty. Sailors in military fatigues stood to attention as the press bus passed. Reporters were not allowed to get off.
The defense ministry pointed out that there was no sign of a Chinese presence or of any construction.
Reporters were also taken to a building where a sign proclaimed: “This building was given by the people of the United State of America an expression of friendship and cooperation.” Inside were U.S.-donated speed boats with guns.
The United States expressed concern to Cambodia over plans for Ream after its offer to pay for renovations at the facility was turned down by the Cambodian government in June.
“This causes us to wonder if the Cambodian leadership’s plans for Ream Naval Base include the possible hosting of foreign military assets and personnel,” U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Emily Zeeberg said in a statement.
Chhum Socheat said the building in question would be handed to the Cambodian navy, not to the Chinese.
Giving China access to facilities in Cambodia would boost its ability to assert contested territorial claims in the South China Sea, challenging U.S. allies in Southeast Asia.
The U.S. embassy said it was also monitoring media reports about the potential use of a resort by China.
Some 70 km (40 miles) northwest of Ream, a Chinese company is building a runway at the Dara Sakor resort that is capable of taking some of the world’s biggest planes to serve what for now consists of a rundown casino and a golf course.
China has poured billions of dollars of aid into Cambodia while private Chinese money has gone into real estate developments, factories and casinos.
The town of Sihanoukville, some 10 km (6 miles) from Ream, has been transformed by Chinese investment and the arrival of tens of thousands of Chinese workers and visitors.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cambodia-idUSKCN1UL0Z1?
>Fire and fury: With missile launch, North Korea shows ire at neighborSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s blistering criticism of South Korea as he oversaw his latest missile launch this week sparked new questions over the South’s role in mediating a nuclear deal between the North and the United States, analysts said.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been one of the most vocal proponents of engagement with the North, using last year’s Winter Olympics to host its delegations and then meeting Kim at summits filled with feel-good imagery, smiles, and hand-holding.
But Moon has been unable to convince Washington to ease sanctions and allow economic cooperation between the neighbors, nor has he persuaded Kim to take major steps toward giving up his nuclear weapons.
On Friday, North Korea called the previous day’s missile launches a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and holding joint military drills, with Kim explicitly urging Moon not to ignore them.
Kim may be impatient with what he sees as South Korea overpromising and underdelivering, said Jenny Town, a managing editor at 38 North, a U.S.-based project that studies North Korea.
“The North Koreans have made several statements challenging Moon to move forward, but obviously the situation has left Seoul unable to do so,” she said.
For his part, Moon said there had been “a lot of progress so far in inter-Korean relations and North Korea-U.S. relations, but we still have a long way to go.”
“I think the biggest challenge is national unity,” he added, in comments to a group of Buddhist leaders in Seoul.
North Korea’s growing frustration with its neighbor culminated in the missile tests as a protest against the South’s acquisition of new weapons, such as U.S. F-35 stealth fighters, and its participation in military drills with the United States.
Kim’s comments showed how skeptical North Korea has become regarding the South’s usefulness in talks with the United States, said Shin Beom-chul of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul.
“To them, the South Korean government is only a nuisance,” he said. “So the message is either ‘Persuade the United States,’ or ‘Stay out of it.’”
Overseeing Thursday’s launches, Kim Jong Un said the new missiles had to be developed to neutralize the weapons being acquired by South Korea and turn them into “scrap iron”.
South Korea’s acquisition of American F-35 stealth fighter jets, the first of which arrived in March, would force its neighbor to develop and test “special armaments” to destroy the aircraft, the North had warned in mid-July.
While Moon has faced some domestic concern that national security could be affected by his North Korean pacts, from a no-fly zone to fewer guard posts and landmines along the heavily fortified border, he has also pushed ahead with plans to modernize and invest in the South’s already large military.
In January the defense ministry unveiled a plan to boost military spending for the next five years by an additional 270.7 trillion won ($228 billion).
Still, some observers believe Kim Jong Un is leaving space for engagement by focusing on South Korea’s military.
“The state media report shows the North was still willing to maintain inter-Korean ties, as they mostly targeted the military forces, not the whole government,” said Kim Dong-yup, a professor at Kyungnam University’s Far East Institute in Seoul.
An official at Moon’s office said it would not comment on the state media report but the government remained committed to working to revive momentum for nuclear talks.
Poor relations have also prompted a show of reluctance by Pyongyang in accepting 50,000 tons of rice South Korea offered as food aid to its impoverished neighbor.
A South Korean official said the government discussed the plan with the World Food Programme, but Pyongyang had recently showed a “negative” attitude, citing the joint military drills.
Attempts to discuss two South Korean sailors detained by the North have also gone unanswered, the official added.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-southkorea-analys-idUSKCN1UL0ZL?
>According to Sanaa, the Syrian army crushed the positions of the terrorist groups of Jabhat al-Nusra and Al-Hazeb al-Turkmeni around the Al-Sarma Mania area in the northwestern province of Hama and the southern rif of Idlib.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1154730972199510017 [Embed]
>The positions of terrorists in the vicinity of the settlement of El-Lathamn are subjected to massive bombardment by cluster munitions.https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1154769304866496513 [Embed]
>>232645wtf is that female voice
>>232658https://twitter.com/GwaithBall/status/1154653294888935424 [Embed]>Moreover, one SAS killed is supposed to make up for the thousands of SDF fighters forced to leave the fight against ISIS in order to confront Erdogan's British-armed #boris #jihadijohnson-excused invasion of #Afrin is it?HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH
>S. #Syria: insurgency activities increased in #Daraa province past ~36h. There were 4 attempts to kill ex-Rebels & Assad's fighters (2 dead incl. ex-leader of Moataz Billah, 3 injured). An IED also targeted the Intelligence Building in Tasil.https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1154814688179494914 [Embed]
>#Syria: airstirkes continue tonight. Video shows heavy blast striking area of #KafrZita in N. #Hama countryside.https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1154822199737487362 [Embed]
>#SyAF-#Russia|n warplanes are dropping bombs on multiple areas in al-Zakah.https://twitter.com/Kyruer/status/1154832543826493441 [Embed]
>The bombing of the positions of militants in the vicinity of the settlement of Kafr-Zaita.https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1154838343261335553 [Embed]
>>232698Very good bombing of jihadi elements, approved
>>232719>WDHMBT?>I'll take a guess on the new offensive axis and if it turns out to be true more people will follow me on Twatter))
>>232720He has and auto-translates lots of sources, but yeah, probably.
>SuAF targets one of the headquarters of terrorist groups in Ariha and destroys the headquarters completely. photo Air inteligencePic of Ariha from the northwest, probably in Kafr Najd.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.820910&lon=36.592584&z=15&m=bs&show=/27727014/Kafr-Najd
>Tigers announce surprises. We'll see during the day
>More military convoys arrive with tens of vehicles and SAA equipment to Shayzar and al-Tarmiseh near Mahradehhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.285845&lon=36.473923&z=13&m=bs&gz=0;365037059;352617397;563049;0;0;105117Tel Malah and Jubbayn upcoming i guess...
The surprise Tigers...
Where is it?
SAA T-90 hitting some technical supposedly 5 kilomemes away
https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1155106783083552773 [Embed]breddy neat
>>232795>In the next 24 hours>The situation in North Hama CS will be shifted either to more heating or more freezing.https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1155104396470079488 [Embed]
>Australian Drone-40 kamikaze / reconnaissance drone is based on a 40mm grenade, simple, rude, effective, deadly and portable
>>232801My money is on freezing :^)
>>232802I know a guy on WeChat who's designing deadly drones for the upcoming race war.
#Syria: N. #Hama remains the epicenter of #SyAF-#RuAF airstrikes since for 3rd month. Photos from towns of Morek & Lataminah (flattened).
https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1155167358790635520 [Embed]
>>232809>My sources...-48.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155179924208201728 [Embed]Fine, I've been up for two days anyways so I'm going to bed.
Make sure they don't launch the offensive until tomorrow.
>>232815>Make sure they don't launch the offensive until tomorrow.I'll give Suheil a call right now))
>>232816Ok he told me we all have to be asleep at the same time for the offensive to begin)))
>>232818Is that the ceremonial sword you got from the russians stabbing me in the back or are you just happy to see me Suheil???
>>232819Just the sword buddy, relax
>>232815>my sources: trust me go- guise!
>>232836Hah, fantastic! That explains the amount of niggers in Khalid bin-Walid, at first I thought they're mercs or some IS foreign recruits. No idea they had indigineous blackies huh.
>>232837It gets better.
>Afro-Iraqis are an ethnic group that is descended from people of Zanj heritage in Iraq. Most are found in the southern port city of Basra, with many speaking Arabic and adhering to Islam.[1][2] Estimates shows there are more than 500,000 Afro-Iraqis.[3][4][5][6] The DNA study shows nearly 1 in 10 Iraqi people have African ancestry based on mtDNA study with a frequency of 9.48%, the origins most likely date back from the times of the Arab slave trade of women from Sub-Saharan Africa.[7][8]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Iraqi>Afro-Iranians (Persian: ایرانیان آفریقاییتبار) are people of Black African descent residing in Iran. Most Afro-Iranians are concentrated in the coastal provinces of Persian Gulf such as Hormozagan, Sistan and Baluchestan and Khuzestan.[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Iranians>Doc gets to give al-Irani a hard time about this if/when he returns.
guess maghrebois has no more challenger to prevent him from seizing the power
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Efrureurerin (Afrin) gets bombed, terrorized or PKK'd in other wayz all the time
https://twitter.com/Step_Agency/status/1155192578557579264 [Embed]https://twitter.com/HalabTodayTV/status/1155476369196761088 [Embed]Motorcycle bombs, granades, booby traps, full selection
>Violent clashes between the Syrian Arab Army and the terroriss on the axis of the Kabani in rural Lattakia.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155508709499506688 [Embed]>Russian warships on the shores of Tartus now>11 Division welcomes the goat fuckers army and says they will soon be seen somewhere near Marat Numan.
>>232949>Tall Malah under army. Unconfirmed.
>#Syria: after a pause of 6 weeks, pro-Assad forces launched another assault today on #Kabana front (NE. #Latakia). Despite heavy artillery & aerial bombardment, the attack was repelled like all previous ones.https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1155532983023165440 [Embed]>The army goes to Kafr Zeta and Latamina. https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155548026171273221 [Embed]
>Grand Conquest [al-Fatah al-Mubin] operations room reports the total repulsion of a massive storm of the Tiger Forces on Tal Malah village, Northern Hama.https://twitter.com/syria_map/status/1155546824180031488 [Embed]Yeah right
>>232954>The objective now is to capture Al Latamneh and Kafar Zeta>Then a long-term ceasefire will be issued (i hope not)https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1155547272706494464 [Embed]
>>232956> long-term ceasefire will be issued
>Violent clashes in the Jibeen north of the Tall Malah in the countryside of Hamahttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155549349994217472 [Embed]
>Northern Lattakia countryside:12 militants, mostly Chinese nationals, were killed during fierce clashes between Syrian army units and armed groups of the Islamic Party of Turkistan on the fronts of the Latakia countryside bordering the Turkish border.
https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155549847161884678 [Embed]
#SYRIA: President #Assad and the First lady #Asma visited Oregano restaurant in #Damascus today.
#Syria: tonight's battle on Tell Mallah front (N. #Hama) after pro-Assad forces launched an assault to capture the village.
https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1155551714356924416 [Embed]
>24 helicopter gunships working to crush the members of the terrorist mechanisms in the countryside of Hamahttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155552543130472448 [Embed]
>>232961Isn't that the Liwa al-Quds flag?
>Just got information about Tal Malah -#SAA is inside but not in full control - fighting is ongoing
https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1155553930664992770 [Embed]
>The Syrian army advances east of Tell Mallah and controls the Omar Kilani Furnaces by cutting the supply lines between Zakat and Lataminah.Hezbollah media reported by what is very likely to be participating in the offensive.
https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155555277644685312 [Embed]>The Syrian army cuts off supply lines between the town of # Al-Latamneh and # Zakat in Rafah # Hama after controlling the "Omar Kilani ovens" east of Tal Malahhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155555125064286211 [Embed]
>>232966>by what is very likely to be participating in the offensiveBasically "which means it is very likely that Hezbollah are participating in the offensive"
>The Syrian army cuts off supply lines between the town of # Al-Latamneh and # Zakat in Rafah # Hama after controlling the "Omar Kilani ovens" east of Tal MalahNo idea what the Omar Kilani ovens is but uhh, must be one hell of an advance...
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.323319&lon=36.567478&z=14&m=bs&gz=0;365771341;353209029;0;192563;470352;0
>>232964Sweet, both LaQ and Hezbollah participating would be dope
>>232966If they threw Hezbollah with the Tigers they're serious this time.
Wonder how long into the night the clashes will last and how determined is the command on advancing on large, strategic towns.
>>232966> "Omar Kilani ovens"
#Syria: whole N. #Hama front quickly heated up tonight. Intense battle raging in Tell Malah while Regime is trying to reach Lataminah (hit by incendiary bombardment). Rebels also heavily shelling Hamamiyat-Jalmah front.
https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1155561350631972864 [Embed]
>In the area of the town of Tell el-Malah are fierce battles.https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1155563058510647299 [Embed]
>>232979IS attack on SDF near Haijn, 2018.
>Airforce wiped out a convey headed from saraqeb towards tal malahhttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1155566407716937728 [Embed]
>Tell Malah and Tell Syriatel under armyhttps://twitter.com/watanisy/status/1155570271975354376 [Embed]Sigh, now i have to look for a fucking hill with a telecom tower
>>232998Syriatel civil war
>>232960looking at his chest, i'm willing to believe he started hormone therapy
>The Jerusalem Brigade storms the village of al-Jabain in the northern suburb of Hama>Syrian warplanes intensify raids amid the collapse of the terrorists and their withdrawal from the village of Jibeenhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.338724&lon=36.518555&z=15&m=bs&show=/11758038/Jubbayn>We’re expecting a counter attack by the terrorists in Al Qasabyh front.https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1155583754632597506 [Embed]
>>233014Huh, so it was al-Quds Brigades leading the attack. Nice.
Greater Idlib
The tiger's fist
Jibeen-friend
Lathamna
Zakat
Kafr Zeita
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https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155588369998602240 [Embed]>aims of the operation is Khan Sheikhun and everything south of it although everything is not yet publichttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155589828471218178 [Embed]
>Message from our correspondents from the advanced province of HamaThe Syrian army, as a result of a night attack, completely liberated the village and the height of Tel Malach in the north of Hama. The militants without resistance retreated to the village of Jubein, where fighting is still underway.
https://twitter.com/annanews_info/status/1155593934262980609 [Embed]
>>233018For now, besides the weird report of supply line between Lataminah and Zakah being cut (could be an awkward way of saying that the air forces are working extensively to bomb anything moving on the road tbh) there aren't any indications of SAA moving towards Lataminah from the direction of the current hot zone yet.
We'll see.
>>233018These seem pretty obvious as next targets. Maybe tonight? SAA(&friends) have thermal/night capabilities.
>>233022I wish we could see pics of Hezzies who took part in the operation. No way we will tho.
>>233026>These seem pretty obvious as next targets
>>233024Lataminah is dangerous, it's surrounded by the Empty Flat Agricultural Hellfields of Immidiate Doom. Small villages first - than air and artillery work, than air work on convoys/reinforcements & finally assault on Lataminah.
>The Syrian Army forces are advancing on a strategic hill overlooking the Hama-Skelibiya-Jisr al-Shughour roadhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155598159579701248 [Embed]
>>233026>>233027I think the offensive will stop for the night now that Malah and Jubbayn have been captured.
Judging from bombing reports I think next targets are the Zakah, Arbain and Raidi before Lataminah/Kafr Zita but it's too early to tell if they'll keep going here or focus their attention somewhere else (like the Habit axis) imo.
>>233028>Small villages first - than air and artillery work, than air work on convoys/reinforcements & finally assault on LataminahAgreed, but i still think that Habit-Sheikhoun road is a better angle of attack.
>#NLF targeted #SAA units near Rell Malah with GRAD rockets.https://twitter.com/Kyruer/status/1155599391085998080 [Embed]>>233031Thought it was bullshit name aswell but it seems to have mentioned before.
>In the province of Hama, a person was killed by the bombing of the regime forces stationed at al-Skelibiya town and targeted Qal’at al-Madiq in the province western countryside.https://www.shrc.org/en/?p=32331
>(#TSK) sends reinforcements to the Turkish Army observation post in the #SherMaghar locality in the south of # Idlebhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155602224183222274 [Embed]
>New SAA offensive begins at the small village of Tell-Malah. Objective: Conquer Al-Latamiah and Kafr-Zita as soon as possible. To control the highway to Khan Sheikhun.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155606957463617538 [Embed]
>The Air Force is now bombarding the "Front of Victory" gangs and their allies in Al-Tamamneh and Kafrzita.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155607631987400705 [Embed]
>>233032>I think the offensive will stop for the night now that Malah and Jubbayn have been captured.Probably, but if there's Tigers, Hezbollah and Liwa al-Quds involved they do have enough force to push forward some more. You're probably right and they won't though, pushing through minefields into enemy territory at night isn't the best idea.
>Habit-Sheikhoun road is a better angle of attack100% agreed, it creates The Great Kotel of Northern Hama 2019 Edition. Jihadis would be forced to fight to death surrounded from 3 sides or surrender.
>>233041>Al-TamamnehI'm sure this is an auto-translation of Lataminah but if it is Tamanah it could be a yuge dev:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.455392&lon=36.750340&z=15&m=bs&show=/15879509/Al-Tamanah
>New SAA Idlib offensive around Chan Scheichun. Turkey and HTS / TIP abandon the area to secure the north. Battle over Aleppo highway begins.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155609444434219008 [Embed]>Chan Scheichun
>>233042>Probably, but if there's Tigers, Hezbollah and Liwa al-Quds involved they do have enough force to push forward some moreFair point.
>>233038>control the highway to Khan SheikhunRoad from Kafr Nabudah or the actual M-5, that's the question.
>>233047>Chan Scheichunlul
>>233048Highway definitely means M5, but operationally push from Kafr Nabudah is way, waaay better.
>>233051>operationally push from Kafr Nabudah is way, waaay betterYep, biggest obstacle on the M-5 is the roaches in Morek...
>Pro-Assad forces control the Dahra school near the village of Jabin in the northern Hama after heavy fightinghttps://twitter.com/Step_Agency/status/1155720062365552642 [Embed]http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.318172&lon=36.512493&z=17&m=bs&show=/39347730/Madrasa-al-DuhraIt's a pro-militant outlet so it just seems like a late admission.
I never saw this place claimed as captured by pro-SAA sources and so i assume it isn't it's real name or it's actually just a part of Jubbayn or Tel Malah (I mean, if the SAA captured both Jubbayn and Malah last night, why wouldn't they also capture this due to it's close proximity??).
Mukhabarat spies provided us with some pics for ants of lataminah.
>>233110>pics for antsNevermind, new twitter ui is just absolute shit.
A new pic of the bearded Tiger Force guy with the fucked up eye (the one on the right) in Kuweires airbase.
Really makes you hmm
>>233113FYI he participated in the battles and made videos in Kafr Nabudah and Qalaat al-Mudiq among other places.
>Reports that #HTS conducted raid against #IS cell in Saraqib #Idlib province. Gun battle ensued, female suicide bomber blown herself uphttps://twitter.com/RisboLensky/status/1155845947018153985 [Embed]
>>233126I'm thinking it's just perimeter securing of the latest gains though, hope i'm wrong.
>Commander of the #Iran|ian Navy: “We will conduct military exercises with #Russia in the #StraitofHormuz and the Gulf.”https://twitter.com/TheINTELJunkie/status/1155854455805546496 [Embed]
>>233125>Eight killed, including women and children in Sarakib
>>226196 →>>231278 →>#Mizana DHQ #Zabul & all adjacent defense posts fall to Mujahidin, multiple troopers & police killed/wounded.https://twitter.com/TGhazniwal/status/1155860970524356608 [Embed]
>North of the province of Hama in the lenses of our correspondents
The first moments after the occupation of the height of the Syrian army by Tel Malach and the same-named settlement in the north of the province of Hama.
https://twitter.com/annanews_info?lang=en
>Turkish military convoy consisting of 12 military vehicles, accompanied by armed opposition departed from the Turkish observation post located east of the city of Morek north of Hama towards the Syrian northhttps://twitter.com/lummideast/status/1155880831392595969 [Embed]
>Turkish military convoy consisting of 12 military vehicles, accompanied by armed opposition departed from the Turkish observation post located east of the city of Morek north of Hama towards the northhttps://twitter.com/remilitari/status/1155881910301839360 [Embed]AWWW SHIEEEEEET
>Reports of #SAA fired several rounds from their 57mm guns, along with mortar shells, on the #Turkish military’s observation post in the town of Sheir Magher https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/1155890933050871809 [Embed]
>Helicopter aircraft of the regime forces drop barrel bombs at the southern farms of the town of Al-Tamanah, Al-Ter'i and the city of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of Idlibhttps://twitter.com/Step_Agency/status/1155890105246265346 [Embed]http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.468220&lon=36.687126&z=12&gz=0;366560554;354363374;930404;209766;844573;0;0;36363
>>233149>>233146Looks like Morek/Sukayk front is back on the menu!
>#Syria: a second assault on #Kabana was launched today by pro-Assad forces (NE. #Latakia province). It also ended in failure.https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1155903889327173633 [Embed]
>>233153>US officials: Afghan soldier kills 2 US troopsU.S. officials say that an Afghan soldier has killed two American service members in Afghanistan.
The officials say the soldier gunned them down on Monday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak on the record about details that have not yet been made public.
U.S. Central Command has confirmed that two U.S. troops were killed, but provided no details. It says additional information is being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin is complete.
https://apnews.com/a65f63750cdd461dbff3109074623db3
>>233157Bite the dirt, Jewbots
>>233154Bye bye roachz xoxo won't miss ya
>>233151Fuck yes, Morek is a must, sooner - the better. Inshali!
>>233131Welp, Ruskies overextending diplomatically like this? Rare, but cool
>>233154Looks like cockroaches leaving a building that has been bug bombed
>artillery targets militant sites at Zakat/Zakah
>>233163>Aerial & artillery preparation on al-zakat, al-latamneh & kafrzeta has startedhttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1155921207298076678 [Embed]
If they do advance tonight, it would seem the battle doctrine has changed, presumably because of superior thermal/NV-capabilities.
AFAIK the kornets and TOW launchers have sights that can operate during the night so i assume it's mostly to hide from MG's and small arms fire.
Anyways, did russkie drones always have thermal vision?
>The Air Force bombarded the sites of the terrorist groups on the outskirts of the town of Habit in the countryside Idlib South.
>>233168>Anyways, did russkie drones always have thermal vision?Yes, since 2015 at least. Infrared scopes.
>did russkie drones always have thermal vision?yep, they it off in the Khmeimim airbase documentary
watch from 15:20 mark
[YouTube] Russia's Khmeimim Air Base in Syria Documentary Part 1![]()
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>>233169Indicates a night op, with earlier news - assault on Morek or Habit is possible. Both had preemptive air sorties. As you mentioned, also great NV/thermal-capabilities from SAA&friends, I guess especially Tigers and Hezzies.
>>233171That's rather awkward, especially with the convoy leaving Morek earlier.
Possible Ruskies did some backstage action with Erdo, so SAA has a green light on the areas Turks are leaving.
I wish I had GPS (ekhm GLONASS) locators on top Russian diplomats and bugs in their phones.. It would make life a lot easier.
>>233175I see, then it's not the reason why the SAA started advancing in the night all of a sudden.
>>233179I think it's getting too late for tonight, they started storming three hours ago yesterday.
>>233180>Possible Ruskies did some backstage action with Erdo, so SAA has a green light on the areas Turks are leaving.Definitely
>town of #Lataminah in N. #Hama CS hit tonight by a barrage of Grad rocketshttps://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1155936323875639296 [Embed]
Speaking to Al-Masdar from the Hama Governorate, an source from the Syrian Republican Guard said the military is preparing to launch more offensives inside northwestern Syria in the near future.
In particular, the source said the Syrian Army is looking to open up new fronts in the Hama and Aleppo governorates, while also concentrating on previous battles that were put on hold due to the militant capture of Tal Malah and Jibeen.
The source would add that the Syrian Arab Army is sending more reinforcements to the Hama, Latakia, Aleppo, and Idlib governorates in the coming days.
>>233192>and AleppoCivilians formed some "where de fugg is our army please kill the fucking jihadis that are shelling us daily comittee" might be it. Could be great.
>Turkısh military sources denied that pro-Assad forces targeted observation point at Sher Maghar today
Halab front is so natural, SAA should do it within hours.
>Hama CountrysideScenes documenting the killing and escape of terrorists in Tel Malh and Jibin
https://twitter.com/jamlyyyyy/status/1155941113842114561 [Embed]
>>233195>Civilians formed some "where de fugg is our army please kill the fucking jihadis that are shelling us daily comittee" might be it. Could be great.Doubt the committee has had any influence on the SAA deciding to launch an offensive or not tbqh
>>233204In my opinion the southern front of Aleppo (M-5) is more likely to see action.
>>233211>Doubt the committee has had any influence on the SAA deciding to launch an offensive or not tbqhEh you know how it works with Arabs. If gov officials won't respect the will of popular committees there will be no suprise if Nusra grows 200 in numbers in one night and loyalists are well aware of that. Many people in Halab are ex-moderates and so on. If they won't feel safe under Assad - they can as well join the jihadis. Dara'a was a fine example of this.
I wouldn't underestimate Arab stupidity in this case.
>>233213>If they won't feel safe under Assad - they can as well join the jihadisThat ship has definitely sailed, seriously doubt jihadi bombings would convince anyone that Assad is the real baddie at this point...
https://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1155948101946900480 [Embed]Tomorrow the Turkish national council will be held to discuss Eastren furat and after it a meeting for the supreme military council.
And with readiness in Pro-turkey militants, we will see an operation in the next two weeks or so, with or without US approval.
Best solution for all this crisis is that SDF give back the territories they occupy to syrian gov.
Which will never happen, so brace yourself for some saddam style videos soon in Eastern furat
>>233215I've seen so much fucked up shit I wouldn't expect no matter what, that now I take literally every possibility into account. Even loyalists calculating military steps according to the dangers associated with popular committies.
>>233216>If attack started and SDF collapsed, then they won't stop at the 40km zone but they will go till they take all the land SDF occupy
That's a good slogan to give the kurdos a brain exercise, "Saddam or Assad?". Maybe a meme with Saddam being represented by an image of the "moderate" TFSA headchoppers having fun in Afrin and Assad being represented by a hookah cafe or some pre-war leisure shit.
>>233224Mentioned Dara'a sleeper cells, Yarmouk Basin protesters->opposition->jihad, peaceful headchoppers of 2013 in Euphrates Valley, Manbij Military Council out of nowhere, Kirkuk in Iraq suddenly landing in the hands of anarchists, al-Tanf being loyalists-turned-US cocksuckers et cetera
>That's a good slogan to give the kurdos a brain exercise, "Saddam or Assad?". Maybe a meme with Saddam being represented by an image of the "moderate" TFSA headchoppers having fun in Afrin and Assad being represented by a hookah cafe or some pre-war leisure shit.pic rel, Twatter campaign when? :DD
>>233225I don't see how any of that is related to jihadí missionary artillery shells... Sure they might hold a grudge towards the gov for basically letting it happen but switching sides to the jihadis who are killing them is absolutely ludicrous at this point in the war...
>>233226Basically this yeah, but a smiling caveman might not represent what the k*rds find menacing, it should rather be one holding a big ass knife. Shame i didn't save anything from the Afrin opration, lots of great material back then.
Exclusive!
The legendary Kasem Suleymani with fighters from "Fatimiyun" in Syria.
Reports have recently been released that the SAA is considering opening a third front against militants in Idlib.
https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155961800594083843 [Embed]Afhans at al-Eis
yaaaay
ANNA news
>Syria. Night offensive "Tiger Forces". Taken strategic height Tel-Mallahhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuNSvFxAbh4 [Embed]
>>233233>I don't see how any of that is related to jihadí missionary artillery shells… Sure they might hold a grudge towards the gov for basically letting it happen but switching sides to the jihadis who are killing them is absolutely ludicrous at this point in the war…Don't get me wrong, I understand that as well as you do, but Arabs man, they're fucking weird people. Of course it makes no sense to join the Nusrats now, or to hide with them and run away from the loyalitsts, but seriously, who knows? They're dumb fucks.
Might be an overextention, retarded humour and a silly joke, but imagine Mike being the wanna be committee and the Wine Tasters the loyalitsts.
[YouTube] Mike Strutter: Wine Tasting![]()
[Embed]Jokes aside, everything, literally everything is possible with Arabs.
>>233236ANNA and R&U are the best. Their combat footage is the finest we can get.
By the way have you got a reliable downloader for videos on YouTube?
>>233237>Arabs man, they're fucking weird peopleSure but in my view they are quite proficient at being vengeful fuckers.
>From Turkey they claim that it is only a rotation of soldiers so they would not be leaving Morek. We will see what the thing is.
>>233238>ANNA and R&U are the best. Their combat footage is the finest we can get.Hope they release proper video of this fight without the watermark soon.
>By the way have you got a reliable downloader for videos on YouTube?I use this shitty website for downloading videos
https://y2mate.com/Best ask others if you are looking for a specific software for downloading videos though.
>More than 74 dead for the militants Front Nasra and army of pride (Jaysh al-Izza) in Tal - Malah after clasheshttps://twitter.com/jamly_/status/1155965780825001986 [Embed]
>>233245Thanks I've seen this one but it's now working for me all the time.
Cheers lads, gainz tommorow!
>>233240How many roaches and roachmobiles would a base like this
>>231985 host anyways?
>>233217>>233233There are other ways to get a government’s attention than joining the enemy. Joining the jihadis would just create more cannon fodder.
A nice riot within the city however, especially if govt buildings are stormed Hong Kong-style...
Come to think of it, i haven't seen any reports of troop movement on the Abu Duhur-Atshan-Souran axis, Tamanah/Sukayk/Morek hasn't been extensively bombed in a fashion resembling preparatory bombardments until today, the TAF convoy from Morek wasn't carrying APCs and the latest SAA advance has only reclaimed lost territory which protects the supply line.
My hope for a double pronged offensive on the Hama salient is fading into thinking that the offensive will only focus on the Habit/Qassabiyah/Sakhr axis towards Khan Sheikhoun.
I dunno.
>>233260The jihadis definitely knew something was up tough and capturing Tel Malah made sense to them for a reason.
Masdar spoke wrote this "concentrating on previous battles that were put on hold due to the militant capture of Tal Malah and Jibeen".
Was it simply to disrupt the supply line (aiming for Kernaz and Kafr Nabudah) or had they gotten their hands on some secret battle plans saying the SAA would be using this axis to attack Lataminah/Kafr Zita from the west?
Maybe the Tiger Forces/fanboys hyping Lataminah/Kafr Zita lends credence to this theory.
Either way, gib gains already.
>>233135>tfw just iPhone Life is pain...
>‘Whoever’s on Israel’s side, we’re against’: Erdogan slams Netanyahu & US over Palestinian killings https://www.rt.com/news/465342-turkey-slams-israel-us-palestine/
>>233270bookmark these for later when you get a good pc?
>>233273Nah, I’ll just do another research overhaul like I did a few months ago.
>>233270get yourself a raspberry pi
cheapest web browsing solution for your situation
>>233323>According to some sources, the SAA is changing the direction of attack on TIP and HTS terrorists in northern Latakia. In the coming hours, we will find out which direction ... The army remains in the Kabani direction.
>Pro-Assad artillery stationed in the Shoudeidah Dam targeted the town of Khulsa in the southern suburbs of Aleppohttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.056420&lon=37.049375&z=15&m=bs&show=/13022149/Khalasah
>>233327>artillery stationed in the Shoudeidah Dam
>>233260>Come to think of it, i haven't seen any reports of troop movement on the Abu Duhur-Atshan-Souran axis, Tamanah/Sukayk/Morek hasn't been extensively bombed in a fashion resembling preparatory bombardments until today, the TAF convoy from Morek wasn't carrying APCs and the latest SAA advance has only reclaimed lost territory which protects the supply line.Hmm, you might be onto something, but isn't (acc. to satellite pics) the number of vehicles pretty much of what is stationed in the whole OP? They wouldn't rotate leaving it unguarded I guess. You're 100% right about the intensity of bombardment though.
>Turkey's National Security Council convened today at the Presidential Palace at 15.15pm with Erdoğan himself chairinghttps://twitter.com/Hevallo/status/1156185777526755328 [Embed]
>>233347Literally as RF envoy speaks about peace solution, at-Tanf situation etc - VKS bombs Lataminah))
https://twitter.com/baladinetwork/status/1156223184443719681 [Embed]
>>233342The dam isn't completed.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.033796&lon=37.086282&z=15&m=bs&show=/10260142/Khan-Touman-Dam-Project>>233343>isn't (acc. to satellite pics) the number of vehicles pretty much of what is stationed in the whole OP? They wouldn't rotate leaving it unguarded I guess.The images i posted wasn't high enough resolution to determine exactly what kind of and how many vehicles are present and we don't know if they have garages in the base.
Eh, i just don't know.
>gathering the jihadi bodies left behind around Jibeen
>Heavy artillery strikes the southern suburb of Aleppo now
>>233351Sweet, it's raining FABs
>Violent clashes are now taking place on the axis of Wadi Hasmina east of Tel Malah following an attempt by the Syrian army to advance amid the continuation of the preliminary shelling on the axis of the engagement
Can't find Wadi Hasmina anywhere so i assume it's either of the valleys in the two black boxes, the blue line (a canal) or maybe even the area south of Raidi.
>Pics allegedly from #Kabani front
>>233361Haven't seen anyone except the Y.N.M.S guy report this so i'm questioning it's validity.
>>233363SAA's damn Vietnam that front.
>>233363Wonder why they don’t airdrop paratroopers there. Attacks from below are all failing, maybe it’s time to attack from above?
Also,
>>233333 →
>>233364>>233361>#SAA is advancing towards Al Khamsin Valley near Al Zakah town in #Hama CShttps://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1156271451055513600 [Embed]oooooooo
>>233370Monsieur, some personal insight is requested: I have seen people say that these recent N.Hama SAA gains of Tel Malah especially are essential for the further advance and now after, the other villages ought to be easier (terrain or what idk).
Is this SAA twitter bullshit again and we are jsut gonna get this slow ww1 LARP on SCW scale continued or is what they are saying leggit?
With love and squalor,
me
>>233366For sure.
>>233367In my opinion on this front, the problem is SAA's unwillingness to risk their manpower.
Paratroopers being dropped on such an active front is risky as well.
The reason why they're so stubborn to attack at the same place is because the height would grant supervision of everything north of it.
>>233371>I have seen people say that these recent N.Hama SAA gains of Tel Malah especially are essential for the further advance and now after, the other villages ought to be easier (terrain or what idk).Tel Malah is definitely essential to advance further on this axis but the other villages won't be easier to capture if you ask me.
As you can see here:
>>233361 the militants has topographical superiority east of the canal (blue line).
>Is this SAA twitter bullshit againIt would seem it's not just bullshit, as the recent reports suggest that SAA are advancing towards Zakah right now:
>>233370http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.316526&lon=36.582928&z=13&m=bs&gz=0;365210437;353052494;0;0;544166;357151
>Suprise attack by SAA towards al-zakat>currently SAA has secured the town farmshttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1156277687968784384 [Embed]
>>233375That means Kafr Zita is really close now.
>>233377I'm more inclined to think Lataminah will come before Kafr Zita but anything is fine by me.
>>233379>#O Lord>#alzkat #al'arbaein #ard_alzkat #mzret_abw_reydhhttps://twitter.com/maan_abo_sham/status/1156284582087577606 [Embed]al-Zakat, al-Arbain, ard (the land of) al-Zakat, Mazra'at (farms/farm village) Abu Raidi.
Not sure if it's an announcement of control or a prayer for the Tigers to capture it.
>there will be surrender of some villages...and there's more ....https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1155929489584488449 [Embed]Posted last night in a thread on Hama promising "Good news in coming days".
Is there a deal taking place here (t*rks seceding the Hama salient) and the reports of clashes are just smoke and mirrors??
HMM
>>233382>he reports of clashes are just smoke and mirrorsAlternatively only the hardcore jihadis who doesn't adhere to the t*rks are fighting.
>>233382Sounds like some of TFSA/not-so-moderate jihadis want to give up after long and brutal air campaign. Turns out Shahadaseeking Ahmeds (HTS/TIP/random Uzbeks) will be on their own soon - if the news is true.
>Pic of #SAA Brigadier General commander of Tiger Forces, Suhel Al-Hassan with #Russian military intelligence officer and a Syrian journalist during the fighting in the NW #Hama #Syria
>>233387They're not holding hands >:-O
>The current clashes are occurring near the "Aziziyah" farm SW Zakah - E Tal Malahhttps://twitter.com/syria_map/status/1156294693392703490 [Embed]>Made some progress >The advancing troops are now in Al Zakah farms.https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1156297409867243520 [Embed]>Farm Zakat under army. Cnfrmhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156297463818522624 [Embed]No clue.
>>233370>Al (k)hamsin under army. Unconfirmed
>>233382>t*rks seceding the Hama salientIn exchange for what though? Russian agreeing to not oppose Turkish operations against the kurds?
>>233392Probably agricultural lands south of Zakat. Now artillery aviation work on the city. Later infantry advance, hope they don't fall in a trap somewhere in Zakat, it's not a tiny village.
>>233394>Russian agreeing to not oppose Turkish operations against the kurds?Or maybe some trade thing? Russians lifted plenty of gas/oil barriers with the Turks lately. Could be aviation too (Turks said they will stop dealing with Boeing if US keeps the sanctions). It's kinda wider image than just Syria, altough you may be right as well with the PeKeKe thingy.
>>233394A promise to not advance further northwards beyond the Hama salient maybe?
A reward for the S-400 delivery...?
I don't know man...
>>233397>A promise to not advance further northwards beyond the Hama salient maybe?
>>233399Remember months before the offensive when Russia moaned about t*rkey letting jihadis in the Hama salient (so called military deescalation zone) shell loyalist towns?
>>233401>thoughts on thisCoup when
>>233401>thoughts on thisTurkey should've known it'll be excluded from the F35 programme when buying S400. Should've been obvious to them. Maybe was? We don't know.
The fighters themselves aren't that much of a problem, Ruskies could propose them Su57 instead. Problem is Turkey had invested millions of $$ to take part in the offset production for F35 and they'll take probably billions worth of parts hit.
Already there's some reports Erdo will take part in offset S400 production, to help the economy afater USofA embargo hit them.
Basically NATO now has a Trojan Horse inside, how it's mentioned in the article. Anyway fuck T*rkey, fuck USofA and fuck white people.
>>233379So uhh, did the operation fail or was the objective to establish positions on the high grounds?
Very odd move.
>>233405There are some buildings for cover at least.
>>233406Hmm maybe just taking the high ground for artillery spotters? Kinda silly not to rush Zakat in this case, but as I've mentioned earlier - ambushes and minefields are a killer during night ops, even with NV.
>>233407>taking the high ground for artillery spottersTanks, ATGMs, HMGs etc.
No recorded rebel ATGM strikes since the 27th.
>SAA is at the door of Zakathttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156336560314470400 [Embed]Maybe it isn't over for the night yet!
>>233410Weird they usually spam the shit out of ATGMs
>>233411Zakat in the morning boyz
EBIN I NEED MY FUCKING SHITMAPS
REEEEEEE
SAA IS MAKING GAINZ, HOUTHIS MADE GAINZ, I NEED MY SHITMAPS
>>233292>series of *credit card-sized*I stopped reading there desu. I already have one such device ;^)
>BIG: #Tiger_Forces Shaheen Group have joined the #Hama offensive for the 1st time. This is one of the oldest & strongest TF groups. Been told they've been equipped & trained w/ lots of new night vision equipmentNew offensive led by:
Shaheen Groups
Taha Reg
Haider Reg
Tarmeh Reg
https://twitter.com/GregoryPWaters/status/1156354942594011136 [Embed]>Taha Regiment page claiming that Zakah, Abu Raida, & al-Arbain will fall by August 1
>SAA are so close to capture Zakah town in northern Hama following capture of Abu Raiidah farms and Wadi Hasmain in southern and western axes of Zakah.https://twitter.com/Ibra_Joudeh/status/1156471283984547840 [Embed]
>Backed by heavy airstrikes from their Russian partners, the Syrian Arab Army advanced past recently captured Wadi Hasmein, seizing the remaining farms south of Zakah.>Following this advance, the Syrian Arab Army managed to make their first advance west of Zakah, capturing the small town of Abu Rai’dah.>According to a military source in Hama, the Syrian Arab Army’s attack on Zakah should be coming later today, as they seize the last farms under militant control.https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-scores-new-advance-in-northwestern-hama/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.335573&lon=36.553659&z=15&m=bs&show=/25478567/Abu-Raidi
>There is going to be a serious push to capture Kabani. More troops have arrived in the area. The reinforcements are mostly NDF.https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1156471095249252352 [Embed]
>>233470you're missing so much
>Zakat farms/ Wadi Hashima
>>233505Turkish militants
Turkish water
Turkish food
The juice is Turkish
Turkish wound dressing
Even Turkish paper napkins
>from zakat farms
>>233507Let's get this out onto a tray!
>A number of terrorist gangs flee the town of Al-Latamamneh after the Tiger forces approach themhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156551568914812929 [Embed]
>conquered JAI position at Zakat farms
>>233502>hmmm, today I will steal A7_Mirza’s map, apply my logo on it, and pass it off as my own.
MAP: distribution of control in #Syria on last day of July 2019
• #SAA: 114,799 km² (59.5 %) ⏫
• #SDF: 51,867.3 km² (26.9 %)
• #FSA + #AQ: 13,905.4 km² (7.2 %) ⏬
• #TAF: 9,039 km² (4.7 %)
• #ISIS: 2,118 km² (1.1 %)
• #IDF: 1,155 km² (0.6 %)
https://twitter.com/ArabianaINTEL/status/1156631597707403268 [Embed]
#SAA captured Al-Aziziyah and clashes with #HTS on the outskirts of Hasariyah
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/1156637246671532032 [Embed]
S. #Syria: Mohamed Omran, Baath Party figure & ex-mayor of Jalin in W. #Daraa countryside was shot dead tonight. Pic not yet available.
https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1156652135565668354 [Embed]
Sorry guys, i was pulled out to drink with some international friends and couldn't remain at home.
I'm still kind of drunk but i'll post some updates atleast.
>Peace be upon the fronts of Aleppo nowhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156690096462188544 [Embed]REEEE
>Destroyed militants in northern Hama.(pic 1)
>Some sources on the ground already take Hasariyah as capturedhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156655574374854657 [Embed]>abu raidi,hasariya,aziziya under army controlhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.341280&lon=36.541986&z=15&m=bs&gz=0;365336823;353249647;0;0;0;0;3862;211807;83684;43416;196981;111336Throughout the night i haven't seen much of a confirmation on the villages/hamlets names but eh, we'll see soon enough. Obviously "Aziziyah" and "Abu Raida al-Gharbiya" was announced but for now we only have assumptions on wikimapia.
>A new batch of displaced families from Rukban camp (al tanf area) returning to their liberated areas from terrorists(pic 2, obligatory blue eyed girl to steal our hearts etc etc)
>>233586>>233586>(pic 1)me retard
So uhh, nothing amazing happened on the hama front tonight.
>HUGE Daesh attack on Bukamal right now>Locals are reporting lots of gunfire and explosions.https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1156713089124962317 [Embed]bark bark bark
>video of jewish-iranian head of hizboshaytan, Hassan Shaytanasr sexually abuses israeli-iranian suicide bomber instructed to bomb innocent sunni childrenhttps://twitter.com/zakiratmoqawama/status/1156643619975192576 [Embed]
>11 Suqur al-Sham FSA fighters have been killed after unknown assailants sneak into their positions from back lines near Ejaz town in southern idlib countryside.>The attack was done by Syrian special forces who managed to eliminate two positions for the rebels, seize their weapons and retreat back to safety.https://twitter.com/Ibra_Joudeh/status/1156834177460948993 [Embed]http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.631698&lon=36.923418&z=14&m=bs&gz=0;369020891;356151627;199985;292307;0;65586;173377;0;367355;302769;207710;293702
>Army controls eastern Abu Raida.http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.335713&lon=36.552179&z=16&m=bs&show=/25478567/Abu-Raidi>Friend request has been sent to Zakathttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1156883210644725762 [Embed]>SAA still didn't enter arbainhttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1156884330381283330 [Embed]>Zakat under control of the Syrian army.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156883828495065089 [Embed]I guess they haven't secured it yet, but are inside.
>a large cave inside the village Hasraya in the northern Hama countryside was found>The cave was heavily fortified and was home to armed groups, where military equipment, equipment and communication equipment were found inside.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156872402514710533 [Embed]>report from a field reporter says Hasraya and Mushayrifa are under Syrian Army controlhttps://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1156842822970068994 [Embed]If it is this, then that's a great development, Sakhr soon i hope.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.398111&lon=36.522267&z=16&m=bs&show=/25478555/Al-Musharifa>Zaka is cleared of HTS and other jihadists, will be declared under control after consolidation and demininghttps://twitter.com/Elly_Ammar/status/1156876455764254722 [Embed]Busy day for reporters.
>The reports about the capture of Zakat, Arbaen and several other places are incorrect.>Militant sites in Zakat are still under bombardment.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1156889728844779520 [Embed]
>>233681I don't know, maybe the pic is a couple hours old and he's basing his tweet on the pic only. We'll see soon enough.
My modest assumption at the moment.
>Breaking: Israeli Forces attack Syrian Army at Tal Bariqa in western Quneitrahttps://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1156894748965294080 [Embed]Busy day indeed
>>233680Pics of captured cave fortification in Hasraya.
Assad at infantry school in the 80's
>>233680>My source says that SAA reconnaissance units have withdrawn from Zakat. The city is mined, long for mine clearance. The point is, there are no terrorists in town>My source says reconnaissance units have withdrawn from Arbeen due to mined terrain. >Securing the environment firsthttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156888014020386817 [Embed]
>A Yemeni drone killed top commander and more than 40 soldiers today in occupied Aden.https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/1156890982169894914 [Embed]ayylmao
Looks like the jihadis managed to stall the operation, even launching a counterattack and in response SAA artillery is doing some more work.
>Fatemiyoun Brigade's artillery in #Aleppo countryside.
>Unconfirmed: Arbain captured
>HTS terrorists exploded a car-mounted bomb in Hasraya villagehttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156962518927122432 [Embed]Yikes
>>233708>SAA detonated car bomb before reach army position in Wadi Hismin #Hama>Arbain and Zakat enemy, and wasnt stormed so farhttps://twitter.com/SyriaWar2/status/1156960111115603969 [Embed]Not sure if it's the same SVBIED.
>>233710>>233708>There are no dead or wounded soldiers.
>Howashim Regiment fighters reported from close proximity to Zakathttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1156965518210994179 [Embed]
>Turkish side in astana is pressuring for a truce that starts tomorrow and ends after eid al-adha ( two weeks truce) with the option of extending it.>Will be interesting to see what they can offer in exchange of the truce>More interesting to see if Syria/Iran/Russia will even approvehttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1156965194733694983 [Embed]
>>233713>Rumours that the truce is approved
>Fatah al-Mubin factions begin an offensive against the positions of pro-Assad forces in the northern Hama villageshttps://twitter.com/baladinetwork/status/1156963485026258944 [Embed]
>>233713>>233714>Ceasefire will be applied only if the terrorists retreated 20km and withdraw heavy weaponshttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1156973993250971651 [Embed]
>A military source from the National Liberation Front confirms to "Halab today" the control of the rebel factions on the village of Hasraya in the northern suburbs of Hamahttps://twitter.com/HalabTodayTV/status/1156977145366876161 [Embed]
>Quiet on the Zakat front
>>233495>Taha Regiment page claiming that Zakah, Abu Raida, & al-Arbain will fall by August 1womp womp
>>233877>HTS and other militant groups announce that they accept the ceasefire (no word yet about their heavy weapons) but will cancel it immediately if a single shell falls on their territories>Tiger Forces source: If they withdraw, our military operations are completely over, forever..
>>233890>If they withdraw, our military operations are completely over, forever.
>>233890Aaaaaaaand just like that, Syria got partitioned.
>>233890>Tiger Forces source: If they withdraw, our military operations are completely over, forever..why?
>>233890 If they withdraw, our military operations are completely over, forever.
what? I don't understand this
>>233890>If they withdraw, our military operations are completely over, forever..Frankly, I would prefer this War coming to a complete indefinite standstill, jsut for the certainty aspect.
>>233926that's absoulte homo though
we need Tigers in Idlib city
>>233921>>233915>what? I don't understand this>why?If al-Qaeda retent themselves, it can be solved politically (lol)
>NDF Commander of Suqaylabiya Nabel Alabdalla
>tfw arabs with cigarettes are more lethal to the Shayrat airbase than the most expensive military in the world
>>234121they should have taken the snus-pill
>>234123>shilling for the snuslobby againtell it true how much do they pay you nigga
>>234127jokes on you
i'm quitting the nicotine jew
>Golani: If the regime wants a real cease-fire, it must withdraw from all the areas it has captured in its last campaign (press conference)
>>234128>i'm quitting the nicotinethey all say that but they never do
>>234131it's far more easier than you think with substitute
haven't redone snus ever since i started quitting
>>234134Well to be honest I have following your advice you gave me some time ago. I have been able bring it down to 2 smokes per day. One after breakfast and one after dinner.
>>234121the greatest enemy to the arab is the arab himself
>>234135try nicotine patch if you can get some
it really changes your life
although i must warn you, you'll have to suffer the first 2 weeks but past that point you're in a habit and the cravings for smokes tends to slowly vanish
technically you're supposed to use only one patch (dose depending of how much you usually smoke) per day, but my rule to make it easy is, i can use as much nicotine patches as i want/need per day as long as i don't switch back to tobacco, after a while you tend to go back to one patch a day and from then you start decreasing the dosage of your patch every month or whenever you feel like you can
>>234138Well I will try it if they are available. Thanks for the advice mate.
Seems like Tigers are promising "The next days will be great".
>>234132I forgot to mention that the town being shelled at night in the video is arabeen and cave system is here:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.336582&lon=36.553708&z=19&m=bs (mosque is destroyed).
>>234131Relevant video:
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[Embed]Also testing. If successful, well... I still won’t be able to Shitmap until I have a proper computer due to issues of C&P,, but I can at least districtmap now.
>>234153>the test is successful>I can districtmap againGive me a week to catch up on everything, and I’ll give you an updated districtmap.
>>234154Ok it didn’t take me nearly as long to catch up as I thought it would, although there were still huge updates to be done.
I’ll be keeping a daily eye on Afghanistan from now on.
Afghan Shitmupdate - A few Taliban-controller areas became contested, but the govt was the bigger loser as their areas of control shrank quite a bit. Special note in Daykundi, Taliban now contests 3 districts there. And govt control shrank significantly in Badakhshan and a rare Taliban offensive into Panjshir. Paktika and Ghor no longer contains districts 100% under govt control.
Now to see if I can figure out how to shitgif.
>>234152why do these rebels waste precious tanks by exposing them to Syrian Russian air forces?
>>234175What good will they do parked in shelters?
>#Turkey will enter #Syria's area east of Euphrates River (fight #YPG) and has already notified the United States and Russia, President Recep Tayyip #Erdoğan said Sunday.https://twitter.com/Ozkok_A/status/1158019763869822976 [Embed]
>Today at 3.04 p.m. #terrorists shelled Russia airbase #Hmeimim by two MRLS rockets from Kabana area. #breaking #Hmeimim
https://twitter.com/Syria_FreeNews/status/1157989522120105984 [Embed]
>>234235>Terrorists don't calm down .... more and more announcements that they will burn in the next a few hours
>>234214Massive if substantial. Busy day for reporters soon(tm).
>4th day into the month of august>already 5 mass shootings happened in shartistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2019
>>234236>The fire of the tiger is ready>next 24 hours
>>234247as long as you dont draw the conclusion that the guns must be extracted from the hands of the people, this is the best that could happen to the US.
>Colonel Ghaith Dalla assumes full command of Army operations in northern Latakia
No offence, just pictures
>>234337Asma said fully recovered, now she looks hipster enough
Afghan Shitmupdate.
More districts became contested.
>Just got information from the Syrian Army on the ceasefire. Syrian Army is giving HTS, FSA and other militant groups until the end of Eid (August 16) to withdraw from the demilitarized zone. If they fail to do so, offensive will resume.>Not sure why they did this because HTS already rejected it.https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1158285059583041536 [Embed]
>more than 13,000 Syrians were deported from Turkey via "Bab al-Hawa" crossing
>Armed terrorist groups target the Al-Hakuba and Al-Hakoura in the plain of El-Ghab in the countryside of Hama with several rocket-propelled grenades;https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1158292199563505665 [Embed]>Units of the Syrian Arab Army targeted heavy artillery positions of terrorists in the village of Zakat north of Hama.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1158292331344355329 [Embed]>Artillery from Russian camps targeting the city of Ltamenah in northern Hama [YouTube] قصف مدفعي عنيف من المعسكرات الروسية على مدينة اللطامنة بريف حماة 5 8 2019![]()
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Rumours that Julani has been replaced.
>SAA are targeting terrorists position in Zakat, Arbaeen and Latamina
>>234681By who? And clarify "replaced", Snus. Early retirment somewhere in MENA or the nearest ditch?
>>234688Hmmm so it's actually a promotion? Interesting.
>Urgent: Syrian Army General Command announces the resumption of military operations in the deescalation zone after the failure of the terrorist groups to abide by the Sochi agreementhttps://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/1158358792221921281 [Embed]
>>234701>From SAA statement it's very clear the military ops in idlib are now open with no limitshttps://twitter.com/CoolHuh_/status/1158362110566502400 [Embed]
>>231819>gaddafi under disgusting quatro colorREVOLTING
>The SAA will start striking in an unexpected place within hourshttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1158364997711536128 [Embed]
>Opposition media is reporting Syrian jets have taken off from the Hama Airporthttps://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1158366063274405890 [Embed]
Big question is what about RuAF?
>>234707>Only opposition media reporting this. Still no reports of airstrikes.
>>234709>Syrian Air Force has reportedly launched its first strikes on Khan Sheikhoun
>>234708Usually when there's Astana trio agreed ceasefire RuAF stays quiet for the duration. We both know how crucial their air force is when SAA starts assaults.
>Grad rocket launcher destroyed by aviation at Khan Sheykhun. (probably RuAF).>TF sourcehttps://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1158386385935622144 [Embed]
>The warplanes targeting Um Jalal, Babulin and Al-latmanah several air raids in the countryside # Idlib Southhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.501208&lon=36.724720&z=13&m=bs&gz=0;366781139;355022558;0;373041;1078033;0>So far, 60 air strikes targeting terrorist positions in preparation for a land offensive.
>Iraq decides to open the Qaim crossing with Syria on the first of September
weak source so not confirmed
>>234737>warplanes bombed terorists around the city of Ma'aret al-Nu'man
>The "Su-34" rages in the skies of Hama with a barrage of blessed missiles
>>234740anything new from the iran-uk debacle?
>>234737>32 air strikes by the Syrian and Russian warplanes on the terorists in town of Khan Sheikhoun south of Idlibwew
>>234742I saw that UK promised to support burger efforts in the Persian gulf.
>>234744so the uk crew is still detained?
>Al-Qaeda allegiance groups and the groups linked to the Feth al-Mubin Operation Room, established under the leadership of the FTC, are attacking Syrian Army positions on the "North Hama, Northwest Hama, Northeast Latakia and Abu Duhur" line.
I'm starting to think this is only an intimidation campaign.
The Syrian army should've been gathered and ready to storm before the announcement was publicized...
Sure, the jihadis had time to fortify their positions during the ceasefire but how effective are SAA artillery and helicopters dropping barrel bombs at actually destroying fortified positions?
Hope i'm wrong.
>Some SAA military sources warn that Turkey will launch the military operation east of the Euphrates in the next few hours.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1158462893693833217 [Embed]
>>234766>Rumors of a forthcoming agreement between the SAA and the Kurds on the takeover of the border by the SAA towards Turkey from the Euphrates to Qamisli.
>Preliminary information about the Syrian army and the allies are advancing on the axis of Khirbet al-Naqab in the western suburb of Hama, amid very violent clashes "revolving on this axis ...Must be this.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.646870&lon=36.325135&z=15&m=bs&show=/24200592/Khirbat-al-Naqus
>>234771>Syrian Army and allies are advancing on Khirbet al-Naqous axis in Hama western countryside, amid fierce clashes.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1158471032543617024 [Embed]Only source claiming this...
>>234745>>234743>>234740>>234737>>234719Wow, RuAF doesn't sleep. One of biggest single air operations in Idleb/Hama since the stalemate.
Are they bombing them in 20km "deescalation zone" or further into jihadi territory too?
>>234776>Are they bombing them in 20km "deescalation zone" or further into jihadi territory too?Furthest i saw was this (like 25km) but unknown if it was RuAF or SyAAF.
https://twitter.com/MMCSYR/status/1158445392662581248 [Embed]http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.589342&lon=36.653373&z=17&m=bs&show=/13215566/Basidah
>>234777It looks like they're "cleaning" the ~20km zone. Forcing the jihadis to respect the ceasefire by firepower. Good.
It's funny when you launch a FUCKUGE air operation to enforce a ceasefire.
>>234750Yeah, they still in Iranian hotel drinking mate and learning Farsi.
>>234778>Forcing the jihadis to respect the ceasefire by firepower>It's funny when you launch a FUCKUGE air operation to enforce a ceasefire.You know the jihadists rejected the ceasefire and after todays airstrikes they shelled multiple SAA points, right?
>>234781Oh I thought they agreed to it. No I actually had no idea.
>Armed terrorist groups target the city of al-Suqailbiya in Hama countryside with several missiles
>It should be noted that the TF Artillery had begun to strike militant sites in and around Arbaen and Zakat hours before the statement by the Syrian Ministry of Defense.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1158485032673120256 [Embed]
>>234783Thanks man. SAA land forces better get ready for removing Kafr Zita and Lataminah from jihadi control SOON
Ok I know why VKS attacked with such intensity now:
MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/. Armed formations have shelled the area of the Hmeymim airbase in the Syrian province of Latakia, where Russian Aerospace Forces are based, the SANA agency informed citing Syrian military sources.
"The terrorists opened fire at 15:30 Moscow time, several munitions exploded in the area of the air base," the message informs. "There are casualties in the wake of the attack, and significant material damage has been caused."
The agency does not provide any additional details regarding the attack.
Original source:
Terrorist groups targeted on Monday Hmeimim Airbase in Lattakia countryside with rocket shells.
A military source told news that at 3:30 PM, terrorist groups targeted Hmeimim Airbase with a number of rocket shells which fell in its surroundings, causing considerable losses in lives and material damage.
Earlier today, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said that terrorist groups supported by Turkey refused to abide by the ceasefire and carried out attacks against civilians, and that the army will resume its operations against those terrorists.
>Liwa al Quds in NW Hama CS days ago
Dope FN FAL.
>The operating room "incite the believers" announces that they have repulsed a second attempt by the SAA forces to advance to Khirbat Al Naqous in the plain of Al-Ghab Hama.http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.647236&lon=36.317904&z=16&m=bs&show=/24200592/Khirbat-al-NaqusWeird shit.
>>234802The "look at me being so tough wearing no ear protection" fuck's gonna be deaf in 2 next barrages))
Clashes in Tal Rifat +TAF soldier dead.
>>234766#BREAKING Pentagon chief warns unilateral Turkey attack on Kurds in Syria 'unacceptable', will prevent it.
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1158657695315972097 [Embed]muttblocked
>>235049Esper: US intends to prevent Turkey invasion into Syria
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that the U.S. intends to prevent any unilateral invasion by Turkey into northern Syria, saying any such move by the Turks would be unacceptable.
“What we’re going to do is prevent unilateral incursions that would upset, again, these mutual interests that the United States, Turkey and the SDF share with regard to northern Syria,” Esper told reporters traveling with him to Japan. He said the U.S. is trying to work out an arrangement that addresses Turkey’s concerns, adding, “I’m hopeful we’ll get there.”
https://apnews.com/d8444f9764ce4be6bdfa68aa3c9051f7
>Syrian pro-SAA sources report that Turkey urges Russia to reactivate the ceasefire.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1158688251181436929 [Embed]
>Unconfirmed>The commander of the Tiger Forces, General Suheil al-Hasan and an unspecified number of Russian officers, possibly his guards, were injured as a result of shelling by militants...>The incident occurred during a visit by a joint Russian-Syrian delegation to the front north of Kafr Nabuda.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1158717047444054016 [Embed]
>>235078>The Tiger and the escorts are great. False alarm confirmed.
>Turkish Armed Forces artillery units and Euphrates Shield forces are targeting the pkk/ypg terror group positions in Malikiyah - Maranaz axis with heavy artillery.https://twitter.com/XXVII27_/status/1158730351252070400 [Embed]
>>235099
>No, This Is Kazakhstan
We might get some frontline action this evening.
Kafr Zita, Arbain and Zakah still getting barrel bombed but no reports on any SAA ground movement yet.
>>235162>The battle is back, the fierce fire straightening and the holy rocket s'>New and important villages in the northern hama countryside are waiting for army armour to enterhttps://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1158789562673586176 [Embed]
>SuAF targets locations and fortifications of terrorist groups on the outskirts of Al-Hbeit townhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.435743&lon=36.544905&z=15&m=bs&show=/10418007/Al-Habit
>TF is clashing with militants on the Arbaen - Zakat axis.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1158799172641927168 [Embed]>Breaking: Tiger Forces storm the town of Zakah in northern Hama.https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1158802886794629123 [Embed]
>Warplanes launch a series of airstrikes in the vicinity of the city of Sukhnah amid the sound of clashes in the perimeter of the city from its south-eastern Badia between the army and the Islamic State terrorist organization.http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.870651&lon=38.906193&z=14&m=bs&show=/15686461/As-SukhnahSigh.
>>235180The "Tiger Forces storm the town of Zakah" tweet was deleted...
>>235186BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGG
>>235186>Source says preliminary shelling at Zakah and Arbaeen. He adds that there could be a ground assault tonight
>>235191>>235186>Here we go: Syrian Army (Tiger Forces) and National Defense Forces (Mhardeh and Sqaylabiyeh units) begin storming Zakah and Arbaeenhttps://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1158814746734485507 [Embed]For real this time i swear.
Some moderate propagandist claims a "full group" of SAA was killed on the axis of Hasraya.
Arabeen might have been taken, waiting for confirmation.
>Army reconnaissance units are on the fringes of Zakat
No confirmation on Arbain yet
>>235215Now also zakat being reported as taken, but no reliable source.
Anyone know the Libyan guy responsible for this?
>Al Nusra's attack on Abu Duhur (Tal Khatrah) shattered into pieces. A large number of militants killedhttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.745502&lon=36.973586&z=15&m=bs&show=/31293924/Dhahabiyah-Tal-Khatrah>SAA Tiger Forces captured Arbain - Arbain hills - Tal Aban - Aban (Bilaban) farmshttps://twitter.com/SyriaWar2/status/1158965598795239424 [Embed]I can't pinpoint Tel Aban/Aban farms, but there's "Qāḑī Bilābān" here:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.363436&lon=36.559528&z=18&m=bs&show=/35633863/Tomb-of-Kadi-BelʹbanSo I'm guessing the front looks something like this, more info soon.
>Breaking , Al-Zakat village under SAA Tiger forces controlhttps://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/1159000817325813760 [Embed]
>Syrian Army begins preliminary attack on Kafr Zita. Tiger Forces are firing several missiles and artillery shells on Jaysh Al-Izza’s defenses. Jaysh Al-Izza supply line from Kafr Zita to Latamnah has been cutoff.https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1159006772876709889 [Embed]
>>235384>supply line from Kafr Zita to Latamnah has been cutoffThe main direct road between the towns, sure, but there are several paved roads that connects them.
In the al-masdar report it says "According to a military source near the front-lines, Syrian Army artillery crews managed to cutoff the main militant supply line from Kafr Zita to Al-Latamnah after raining shells on the roadway between the two towns."
So there's no reason to believe that SAA has advanced eastwards beyond Zakah yet.
Video uploaded by jihadi reporter from northeast of Zakah claiming there are clashes in the town.
https://twitter.com/anasanas84/status/1159009709615144961 [Embed]Since it's not streamed it could be outdated already
>The SAA killed 68 militants on the Arbeen-Zakat axis overnight and this morning. 5 vehicles destroyed, 4 militants captured, of which 1 commander.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1159019276914831360 [Embed]>SAA reconnaissance units are in Kafr Zeta.https://twitter.com/nm79797979/status/1159018894612402176 [Embed]
>According to militant accounts, the SAA is preparing to move from southeast Idlib toward east of Khan Sheykhun.https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1159034353881616384 [Embed]
>Helicopters target Tal Fez in conjunction with the bombing of several airstrikes by Russian aircraft on the city of Latamnahttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.346215&lon=36.611509&z=15&m=bs&gz=0;366247916;353312144;44631;264992;0;0
After resolving the issues between #Russia and the command of the #SAA 4th Division
There’s a progress noted in #Latakia CS front.
The #RuAF is supporting the op. In Kabani
pin-point strikes were noted today, resulting heavy casualties within the terrorists Turkmenistan party
https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1159073308475875328 [Embed]Doubt but ok
NLF reporting they destroyed two SAA vehicles (probably technicals) on Zakah front with ATGMs.
What's interesting to note is the absence of ATGM strikes during the night, probably the main reason why SAA usually start their offensives when it's dark.
>>235452>A military vehicle of the militants on the road between Kafr Zita and Lataminah was knocked out earlier by a TF ATGM unit.
Zakah with Kafr Zita in the background.
Apparently SAA advanced on the Tal-Khatra axis (Abu Duhur) last night and there are still clashes going on.
No details on what was potentially captured, if they will keep advancing or what units are involved.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.749717&lon=36.953459&z=15&m=bs&gz=0;369373869;357409217;363922;36573;0;0;134325;180762;366497;43191
>>235462There has also been some action at A`jaz (Sinjar axis) but no advance AFAIK.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.621791&lon=36.931272&z=15&m=bs&show=/11760220/A-jazIt could be important since both places are at roads leading to Maarrat al-Numan...
>Non-stop airstrikes from helicopters and warplanes on Northern Hama cities and towns
>Russian warplanes target the outskirts of the city of Khan-Sheikhoun south of Idlib
>>235449Hmm why 4th has problem with Ruskies?
Anyway good if RuAF helps this dangerous front.
>>235452>What's interesting to note is the absence of ATGM strikes during the night, probably the main reason why SAA usually start their offensives when it's dark.ATGMs don't have any thermal/NV sights?
>>235404Pretty fucken sweat, with supply line Kafr Zita/Lataminah cut the advance on these towns is finally possible.
Crazy shit going down in Aden
>Renewed clashes around the palace of Maasheq
>Clashes erupted in the vicinity of Maasheq palace between Saudi mercenaries and UAE mercenaries
>Witnesses said Transitional forces have begun an offensive against the Maasheq palace, while troops from the presidential protection are fighting them.
>There have been fierce clashes between the two sides so far
>>235481>Hmm why 4th has problem with Ruskies?I don't know, i suspect they're just trying to make up excuses as to why they can't capture that fucking hilltop...
>ATGMs don't have any thermal/NV sights?I thought so too... Well, they're not striking at night so something must be wrong.
>Tonight 20 degrees north of Hama .... a nice and enjoyable evening to walk to Kafr Zeta and Latamina.
>>235484I've seen a lot of memeboxes on SAA vehicles, might be helping a bit. T72M and T90 both have NV capabilities too, so jihadis are getting pounded and their ATGMs miss the targets. Might be it, but something smelly is going on I suppose.
>>235501>4he sleeping? possibly tanning? seems kinda pale
>>235506He's taking a tactical nap.
>Syrian flag in the sky of Zakat
>A few hours later, it will fly over the sky of Kafr Zita
>t. el Tigro
why cant we just have our own website :(
>>235523not the fucking dead wordpress
>>235526 i am from /sg/ on cuckchan just checking in, and this site is much more superior. the only major problem is that it is dedicated to fucking horses
>>235527>not wanting to fuck horses
>>235538so afrin 2.0 not happening?
biji?
A car bomb exploded in al-Qahtanyia town claiming the lives of a number of people and causing material damages to the place.
News reporter in Hasaka said that a car bomb exploded near a telecommunication center in al-Qahtanyia town claiming the lives of a number of people including children and causing material damages to the center.
A military source said that terrorist organizations in Hama northern countryside starting from 23:00 pm on 06-08-2019 had mobilized large numbers of gunmen and booby-trapped vehicles and launched an attack in the direction of al-Zakat-Hasraya as our forces were forced to withdraw from some of their advanced positions.
The source added that the attack was repelled and a counter attack was launched and the situation returned to what it used to be after inflicting heavy losses upon terrorists in the personnel and equipment, meanwhile army units tasked with completing the mission are continuing to hunt down the remnants of gunmen in the region.
>>235581I don't think Kafr Zita will fall as easily as the other towns, besides being a bigger town than Kafr Nabudah or anything else that has been captured these past months, if it falls to the government Jaysh al-Izza will lose everything in the Hama salient.
>>235582>23:00 pm on 06-08-2019Important detail.
>>235581>counterattack from Lataminah consisted of seven cars (technicals, armoured troop carriers), a tank and two BMP'swew
>>235591Fake (news) and gay (suheil) see:
>>235089
>>235599so what you saying they only got the obsolete suheil 2.0 version not the current Spetsnaz model?
i see
>>235599>Fake (news) and gay (suheil)pic related
Good to know. I was worried the most about his escort))
>>235613Kafr Zita first i reckon, but since the rebels launched a counter offensive (they might launch more attacks) i'm not so sure it will be captured tonight.
>>235608Exactly.
>Army target the perimeter of Qarasi village with heavy artillery shells in southern Aleppo countrysidehttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.098597&lon=37.084222&z=15&m=bs&show=/6366801/Qaras
More pics of the caves.
Looks like they didn't leave in a hurry.
HTS has supposedly sent reinforcements to Kafr Zita.
>>235625>Kafr Zita first i reckonFor the ultimate Kotel™ experience? It's also more natural approach I guess, but it's notably bigger than Latminah. Time will show.
Also after the counter attacks there probably won't be any advances by SAA, true. Getting sniped/ATGMd/mineflying isn't the best idea when there's Shahadamobile probably waiting to leave Kafr Zita at advancing SAA.
>>235658>For the ultimate Kotel™ experience?Yep, they're far less likely to remain in Lataminah than Kafr Zita if the roles are switched.
>It's also more natural approach I guessFor sure, Lataminah is a mess topographically and i don't think SAA are too keen on defending it from counterattacks.
>Also after the counter attacks there probably won't be any advances by SAA, true. Getting sniped/ATGMd/mineflying isn't the best idea when there's Shahadamobile probably waiting to leave Kafr Zita at advancing SAA.We will see, the night is young and RuAF are still active.
Bombing of Kafr Zita and Lataminah, both classical Helicopter Barrel Funtime™ & RuAF
I guess it's more to stop potential counter attacks and regrouping of jihadi groups rather than preemptive air sorties before an offensive.
https://t.me/hmosyrian1/1672https://t.me/hmosyrian1/1673
TBQH the Turks are gonna be so preoccupied if they get involved in NE Syria "safe zone" that they might possibly give in more and more of Idlibstan; Id be willing to sacrifice seperatists for SAA gainz
>>235682>I guess it's more to stop potential counter attacks and regrouping of jihadi groups rather than preemptive air sorties before an offensive.I'm guessing it's both.
I have a feeling something magical is about to happen.
>>235684>I have a feeling something magical is about to happen.My body is ready.
>>235683>Turks are gonna be so preoccupied if they get involved in NE Syria "safe zone" that they might possibly give in more and more of IdlibstanIt's ~510 000 men army & ~150 000 Gendarmerie. It's not like they're incapable of running 2 relatively small ops at the same time.
>>235688ok throw Iraq incursion in that lsit as well
>>235710yah wanna archive that shit brother?
>>235705Wallah, I swear that Ajman az-Zawahiri knew nothing about jabhat al-nusra rebranding!
Ah shit time for a new one, on it!
>>235736u lookin for a fight hunboi
