Levant Crisis Thread

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

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Reports that Kurdish units fled from Sinjar (becoming a tradition). If true then what a humiliation. Iraqi forces haven't even made a move.

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Armoured vehicles, given to the Kurds by the US and other western allies, have been abandoned along Kirkuk's main roads.

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:05 am

Next stop will likely be Erbil the nerve center of western mnc oil politics ?

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:27 am

Isis have surrendered raqqa and will be bussed to the south with families in exchange for letting remaining trapped civilians go

Raqqa siege will be over soon barring ied clearing

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:03 pm

in sporadic clashes some 20 peshmerga killed, rest on all fronts the peshmerga are running as fast as they can
iraqi forces moving to take control of all border crossings with turkey and syria in the north

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Now reports that Peshmerga militias and PKK mercenaries have fled from Mosul Dam

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:20 pm

Very sad news
Muraselon.com

Fighting the ultraconservative group of the Islamic state for 3 years, defending the years-long besieged city of Deir Ezzor, Major General Issam Zahruddein, martyred, Wednesday.

The 56-year-old veteran officer, has been killed while Army advancing against the terrorists organization in Huaijat Sakr island – southwest the city – , when a landmine struck his armored vehicle, military sources said.



Commander of the elite 104th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard, General Zahruddein has managed – over the last few years – to repel the most virulent ISIS attacks on Deir Ezzor city, the military airbase and Syrian Army’s positions around, killing hundreds.

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:23 pm

According to reports from Dier Ezzor , the Russian Forces have entered Koniko oil factories – witch are under SDF control – located in Eastern bank of the Euphrates River .

The Russian forces Have entered Koniko oil factories as part of a “reconnaissance mission”, those forces comes from the Russian Reconciliation Center in Hameemim .



This mission is part of an agreement being made in Qamishli between the Russians, Syrians and the Kurds , The field may be handed over to the Syrian government, reports said.

Earlier this Morning , a Russian political figure has arrived to Qamishli , and met Kurdish leaders ( According to SDF media )

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:11 am

al masdar news

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) High Command announced on Thursday that their forces will be launching an offensive to retake the Idlib Governorate.

According to the statement released by the military command, General Mohammad Khaddour will be leading the operation to retake the Abu Dhuhour Airport in eastern Idlib.

In addition to overseeing the Idlib campaign, General Khaddour will also lead the operations to recapture the town of Abu Dali in northern Hama.


General Khaddour is considered one of the most experienced officers in the Syrian Army; he is also the commander of the elite 3rd Legion.

A military source told Al-Masdar News on Thursday night that this operation will not likely begin for a few weeks, as they still need to secure their main supply route to the Aleppo Governorate.

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:13 am

in other news

- sakr island in dez has been liberated and some inroads made into the surrounded isis remnants camping in city

- suheil al hassan will lead the offensive to liberate al bukamal, his forces are presently clearing the desert area round mayadin

- saa + hezbollah + afghan fatemiyun have surrounded T2 from 3 sides and expected to liberate it soon to open another axis toward al bukamal

- iraqi army have started their final offensive to liberate western anbar and end at Al qaim, which will herald the formal end of isis khaliphate in iraq though insurgency will remain in the vast desert tracts

- two repub guard units have moved from east hama to T2 front as isis pockets in east hama were eliminated

- saa + allies are working to widen the safe corridor to aleppo via salamiyah from jihadi incursions from idlib side by seizing new belt of territory

- stalemate in damascus fronts like jobar and east and west ghouta continues as faylaq al rahman and jaish al islam continue to foil numerous SAA efforts to conquer these areas - their sources of intel, weapons , food, miraculous ability to build tunnel networks remain mysterious. obviously powerful players want them around as pressure point on damascus region.

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:20 am

a iranian + hezbollah led initiative to seize the western countryside of aleppo (which was lost to powerful jihadi attacks in the past) is in planning stages for end of the year. this was long delayed by many other more pressing matters and russian insistence to attend to them first.

this includes a belt of territory incl famous places like khan touman , mansoura, anadan currently under nusra HTS control and riddled with strongpoints and tunnels.

it is unclear if russis will agree to support this.

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:23 am

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al masdar news

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:44 pm

Massive pmu cum govt convoy moving to join fight in
Western anbar

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article ... der-video/

H2 airbase has been wrested from isis

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:44 pm

Saa plus allies have taken t2 station. Demining is on

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Indrad » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:08 pm

on kurdistan front it is free for all...
kurds want referendum result (in their favour that is Kurdistan) frozen but not dissolved.
Iraqis (personally spoken to some of them) are furious with Kurds and calling them backstabbers. It seems there was some agreement Kurds will keep quiet till war on IS is over but Kurds have made a move.
Iraqi pm doesn;t want to secede an inch of land. Most of the lands kurds are asking for is oil rich.
At the same time Iran & Turks are also annoyed. Hezbollah is fighting hand in hand with Iraqi army against Kurds.
There seems to be some method in madness re why long back US placed Kurds group into terror ones. At the same time some Kurd groups like SDF are patronised by US. Seems like good kurd vs bad kurd....

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:01 am

>>Hezbollah is fighting hand in hand with Iraqi army against Kurds.

these would be the kataib hezbollah affiliate of the more capable lebanese hezbollah. they are part of the PMU umbrella and indeed did thrash some kurds who tried to resist the takeover of kirkuk recently. kirkuk sits on a huge oil basin.

meantime the ISIS allied tribes who were squatting on al-omar oil basin the largest in syria east of mayadin, executed a deft 180' reflagging op, joined the SDF and overnight are now US supported "democratic freedom fighters" under nato air cover. they did this just as the SAA+ entered mayadin.

will be fun to see what the nato does with the rump rojava, rump kurdistan and rump sunni tribal bantustan east of the euphrates. perhaps prop up all 3 to balance things

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sat Oct 28, 2017 4:57 pm

Hassan Ridha‏ @sayed_ridha 23h23 hours ago
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Iraqi Army capture Cement Plant and reach Qa'im outskirts. PMU from Akashat axis capture al-Ka'rah (canyon area) + H1 & H2 airbases

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:14 am

Elijah J. Magnier‏ @ejmalrai Oct 27
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#Iraq sec forces, mainly Kataeb Hezbollah Iraq, have liberated H1, H2 airbase and T1 Pump station: still waiting before attacking al-Qaem+

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

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Elijah J. Magnier‏ @ejmalrai Oct 26
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This shows a real thinking of #ISIS military strategy, monitoring, imitating the enemy and capability of carrying out aggressive attacks.
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Elijah J. Magnier‏ @ejmalrai Oct 26
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Only reason why d 80Ridwan were firing at d same enemy coz they were from d same unit.Otherwise d result of the battle wld hv been different
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Over 14 #ISIS vehicles came out of nowhere and attacked the position screaming "Lab'bayki ya Zainab", a Shia slogan, 2 confuse #Hezbollah +
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That day, 80 of Ridwan forces from the same battalion were passing 2spend d nigh be4 leaving next day.d guard killed d #ISIS suicide bomber+
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His nose & eyelashes were dusty, an indication he was coming from d desert, not d main road. At the base usually there r 7Syrians & 5guards
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He was driving a vehicle similar2 Hezbollah with the same cloth. He was stopped at a checkpoint before the base. The guard doubted 4 a reson
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#ISIS sent a VBIED w/ a driver, almost shaved w/ a green band on forehead w/ Lab'bayki ya zaynab writes on it, pretending 2be a #Hezbollah+
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I'll share with you a new #ISIS (clever) military tactic in #Syria against #Hezbollah at the T2:

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:18 am

if not for the 80 ridwan passing through on transit , that base with just 12 people would have been massacred.

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:21 am

the battle of al qaim on iraqi side
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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:22 am

not to be left behind , bunches of nato flagged "freedom fighters" are also preparing to invade al bukamal from the east.

syrians are bringing in reinforcements to mayadin for the push down to al bukamal and also developing a thrust from the west via the liberated T2 pump station. both these prongs will converge on al bukamal and spurs will clear the border and meet with iraqi forces.

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:37 am

Haidar Sumeri‏ @IraqiSecurity Oct 27
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Peshmerga units have withdrawn from Teleskof in the Nineveh Plain, northern #Iraq. The collapse continues.
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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:21 am

iranian armed drones hit a isis den in the desert
https://muraselon.com/en/2017/10/video- ... q-borders/

not the chakravyuh spiral type berm structure

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Re: Levant Crisis Thread

Post by Singha » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:29 am

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#Syria R.I.P. #SRG #SyrianRepublicanGuard Brigadier General Issam Zahreddine - Photo From 1994, Homs Armored Division College

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