Levant Crisis Thread

[Singha]

isis launches counter attack in al omar oil fields
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pi ... eir-ezzor/

[Singha]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNF11p1WkAALQfM.jpg:large

[Singha]

https://muraselon.com/en/2017/10/overwe ... sex-slave/
Berlin | A 28-year-old German man who had officially joined ISIS forces in 2015 has recently escaped from Syria after he was allegedly turned into a sex slave by ISIS.

The young man, who had converted to Islam in 2014, had pledged allegiance to ISIS hoping to become a full-fledged soldier in its war against Western civilization.

Instead, he was rapidly turned into a sex slave for ISIS combatants, spending most of his time in captivity chained to a bed, dressed up as a Western-style woman and performing sexual services on ISIS soldiers daily until his recent escape.

“I went there to fight but I guess they had other plans for me,” he told reporters, visibly ashamed.

“Upon my arrival, they kept pinching my ass, rubbing my nipples across my shirt and whistling at me,” he said.
Hermann Gottlieb, 28, says he was drugged the first week upon his arrival and woke up chained to a bed where he would spend most of his eighteen months of captivity.

“They forced me to dress up with wigs, lipstick, and makeup all the time. One of the commanders had a fetish for Marilyn Monroe and would even make me watch movies of her so I would talk like her,” he told reporters.

“They kept feeding me and feeding me, one soldier told me they wanted my breast to get bigger by overfeeding me,” he recalled in tears.

[Singha]

syrians are 50km north west of al bukamal
https://muraselon.com/en/2017/11/map-up ... eir-ezzor/

[Singha]

ruaf heavy bombers and kalibers strike al bukamal
https://muraselon.com/en/2017/11/video- ... eir-ezzor/

[Singha]

iranians actively involved in al bukamal offensive
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/la ... offensive/

they and hezbollah are keen to open land routes via western iraq - it is within reach now

the continued US presence in al tanf at tri junction of jordan iraq and syria is perhaps to monitor this future route using drones and local proxies.tip off the israelis.

[Singha]

second consecutive day of backfire strikes from south ossetia into al bukamal

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/vi ... sis-syria/

[Singha]

Al Qaim has fallen in 200 hours. the khalifa has no urban center left in iraq anymore

Live Update‏ @IraqLiveUpdate 15h15 hours ago
Iraqi forces liberate #AlQaim swiftly in record time!

Army 9th Armoured Div
Hashd 26th and 46th Brigades
Hashd Armoured Division

[Singha]

the remnants of isis are concentrated in a V shaped area in syria now with mayadin and east of T2 at the top and al bukamal at the bottom.

they must be busy trying to cut deals with nato backed freedom fighters to hand over territory in exchange for a safe passage out to turkey and beyond.

[Singha]

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/11/le ... ullah.html

[AbhishekC]

Today's summary of Saudi news:

Trump urges Aramco IPO
Lebanon PM resigns
Saudis intercept missile
Major cabinet reshuffle; 3 Saudi princes - who run the anti-graft committee - arrested for money-laundering
A total of 11 princes, >30 ministers arrested on corruption

This is just today

Looks like a color revolution is underway in KSA.

[While strictly not Levant, it is close enough and related enough to be in this thread]

[AbhishekC]

And read this: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/11/le ... .html#more

[Singha]

Yes i had posted it just above yours

I wonder how qatar is holding up no news of late

[Singha]

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article ... -mayadeen/

Iraqi pm signs off on iraqi army to cross syria border if needed to fight isis

Some elements of pmu have already crossed to establish links with iranian led militias some of whom are pmu volunteers