Syrian Civil War: News #5

JohninMK wrote:

Erk wrote:

JohninMK wrote:

Erk wrote:

par far wrote:Why are the Kurds taking Azaz?

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY REVIEW – SYRIA, FEB. 5, 2016


http://southfront.org/international-military-review-syria-feb-5-2016/

The Kurds are trying to close/control the border between Syria and Turkey.

The Kurds are in a much better position to quickly cut off the town, it is still quite a way for the SAA to fight their way up. What will be interesting is what happens, assuming the Kurds take the area, when the SAA gets there. Is the Government going to insist on taking it over? Then how do the Turks react?

I am not sure what the Kurdish long term game plan it, they want their own territory and they seem to be choosing it to be a buffer zone between Syria and Turkey, on the Syrian side of the border. It would be interesting to know what Assad/Putin think of this.

Probably let them get on with it. Then at the end of the war the Kurds will get a self rule area within Syria. The border will probably have to be a Government operation to reduce the Turks pain at having all those 'orrible Kurds next to them.

Erk wrote:I am not sure what the Kurdish long term game plan it, they want their own territory and they seem to be choosing it to be a buffer zone between Syria and Turkey, on the Syrian side of the border. It would be interesting to know what Assad/Putin think of this.

OminousSpudd wrote:Looks like Soviet Auxiliary Army is in overdrive.

Vann7 wrote:

does anyone knows if Russia is making any attack drone to be used in conflicts like Syria?
The Iranian one can do the job ,but 4 missiles is a bit limited. The US predator carry up to 6
air to ground missiles. Wondering if Russia is working in Attack drones against mercenaries
in conflicts and their pickups.. anyone knows?

KiloGolf wrote:

Erk wrote:I am not sure what the Kurdish long term game plan it, they want their own territory and they seem to be choosing it to be a buffer zone between Syria and Turkey, on the Syrian side of the border. It would be interesting to know what Assad/Putin think of this.

They approve it. The real estate YPG want to control is OKish but nothing great, no access to sea and lacks strategic depth. I.e. can be penetrated at anyone's choosing. They lack air assets too. So if they voluntarily want to be a buffer autonomous republic, facing Turkey. Well let them be. Aleppo-Al Bab is on SAA plans for control, so are the largest population centres. And their largest populations centers, Qamilsi and Hasaka are full of strong pro-SAA folks.

PS. YPG zone of control will discourage any Turkmen-related issues in Aleppo province

par far wrote:
The SAA need to grab as much oil territory as they can, the cocksucker Jews took Golan Heights, said the SAA need to hurry to get all the oil territory they can.

par far wrote:

JohninMK wrote:These devices seem to be appearing all over the place, so someone is making them in reasonable numbers. Iran?

What are these are devices? And what is the purpose of these devices?

Solncepek wrote:

par far wrote:

JohninMK wrote:These devices seem to be appearing all over the place, so someone is making them in reasonable numbers. Iran?

What are these are devices? And what is the purpose of these devices?

http://ria.ru/syria_chronicle/20160206/1370482179.html

MOSCOW, 6 Feb — RIA Novosti. Saudi Arabia and its allies among the Arab countries prepare up to 150 thousand troops for a possible operation in Syria against the group "Islamic state" (IG, is prohibited in the Russian Federation), according to the sources of the TV channel CNN.

Advisor to the Saudi Minister of defense Ahmed Asiri said Thursday that the country is ready to send troops to participate in a ground operation in Syria, provided that it coordinates the command of the international coalition led by the United States. He suggested that such a decision can be made at the NATO summit in Brussels next week. The U.S. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter confirmed that at the NATO summit will discuss with the representatives of Saudi Arabia the initiative.

GunshipDemocracy wrote:if this is true then how they want to move those masses of people to support terrorists? then clash with SAA seems to be  inevitable as IMHO this is main reason to use them. I wonder if caliber-nukes start being used?

Zivo wrote:

Solncepek wrote:

par far wrote:

JohninMK wrote:These devices seem to be appearing all over the place, so someone is making them in reasonable numbers. Iran?

What are these are devices? And what is the purpose of these devices?

So it is a dazzler. Interesting.

chinggis wrote:What is interesting is, we can see that this device have a convex lens and normal glass is not good material for IR light, so that lens will be from SiO2. It is not space science, but is harder to manufacture lens from SiO2 than normal glass, that mean, after 4+ years of war they are consolidate itself and decide what they need and what they do not need for fight and after that decision, they channeled resources in production needed equipment. That is important, because after you decide something, you need to find material and financial resources, you need to find laboratories where will be devices and equipment developed, approved by authorities, then you need to find workshops where that will be produced. You need to round up able workers for that job. So, what we see today, that process is start before 1 more probably 2 years. It is time what you need to transfer your manufacturing from normal peace production to war production. It can tell you a lot.
And every source of light can damage your eyes, if it is powerful enough.

KiloGolf wrote:

Hamosh ‏@Hamosh84  1h1 hour ago
Footage battle of #Rityan earlier which #SAA #Hezbollah + allies captured earlier today. #Syria #Aleppo

https://twitter.com/Hamosh84/status/695740221414121472

Doesn't get more gucci than that, kit, heavy loadouts, T-90(?)
dafuq is going on.. these folks mean biznis, messing things up left and right.

GunshipDemocracy wrote:if this is true then how they want to move those masses of people to support terrorists? then clash with SAA seems to be  inevitable as IMHO this is main reason to use them. I wonder if caliber-nukes start being used?

CNN: Riyadh allies are preparing for 150 thousand military action in Syria

http://ria.ru/syria_chronicle/20160206/1370482179.html

MOSCOW, 6 Feb — RIA Novosti. Saudi Arabia and its allies among the Arab countries prepare up to 150 thousand troops for a possible operation in Syria against the group "Islamic state" (IG, is prohibited in the Russian Federation), according to the sources of the TV channel CNN.

Advisor to the Saudi Minister of defense Ahmed Asiri said Thursday that the country is ready to send troops to participate in a ground operation in Syria, provided that it coordinates the command of the international coalition led by the United States. He suggested that such a decision can be made at the NATO summit in Brussels next week. The U.S. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter confirmed that at the NATO summit will discuss with the representatives of Saudi Arabia the initiative.

They claim they will send troops (to Syria) but I don't think they will dare do so. They have a classic army and history tells us such armies stand no chance in fighting irregular resistance forces," the Fars news agency quoted Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari as saying. wrote:

zg18 wrote:If Yemen is any telling, Saudi Arabia bringing 150,000 troops to Syria is science fiction.

GunshipDemocracy wrote:if this is true then how they want to move those masses of people to support terrorists? then clash with SAA seems to be  inevitable as IMHO this is main reason to use them. I wonder if caliber-nukes start being used?

CNN: Riyadh allies are preparing for 150 thousand military action in Syria

http://ria.ru/syria_chronicle/20160206/1370482179.html

MOSCOW, 6 Feb — RIA Novosti. Saudi Arabia and its allies among the Arab countries prepare up to 150 thousand troops for a possible operation in Syria against the group "Islamic state" (IG, is prohibited in the Russian Federation), according to the sources of the TV channel CNN.

Advisor to the Saudi Minister of defense Ahmed Asiri said Thursday that the country is ready to send troops to participate in a ground operation in Syria, provided that it coordinates the command of the international coalition led by the United States. He suggested that such a decision can be made at the NATO summit in Brussels next week. The U.S. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter confirmed that at the NATO summit will discuss with the representatives of Saudi Arabia the initiative.

par far wrote: I think(just me thinking here), that both Russia and Iran would love this, the Saudis involved on two fronts, the Whabbis getting killed on two fronts would be great, the price of oil would go up, the same goes for the Turks, it would be way easier to start a major civil war inside Turkey.