Syrian Civil War: News #6

ultron wrote:At a rate of several weeks to capture 1 village out of nearly 1000 to be captured, I suppose the pace is much slower than Putin expected. Chechen war was over in a matter of months. Here we are, months later and still fighting in Latakia. By the time Putin is 300 years old I suppose they'll still be fighting in Syria.

JohninMK wrote:

ultron wrote:At a rate of several weeks to capture 1 village out of nearly 1000 to be captured, I suppose the pace is much slower than Putin expected. Chechen war was over in a matter of months. Here we are, months later and still fighting in Latakia. By the time Putin is 300 years old I suppose they'll still be fighting in Syria.

Hey guys, is this our ill-informed friend back with us?

ultron wrote:But seriously, why is the pace so slow? The Spanish civil war was over in 4 years. The Chinese civil war was over in 4 years. The American civil war over over in 4 years. WW1 was over in 4 years. WW2 was over in 5 years. How on Earth do rebels in East Ghouta and Homs pocket have so much arms and ammo when they are completely surrounded for years. Something is not right.

ultron wrote:FFS don't you read the threads here? I'll make one go at this.

Progress is 'slow'

- against what measure? Ukraine or Iraq wars?
- the SAA started with almost no morale
- the SAA and allies have limited manpower and weapons especially armour
- the SAA is spread over endless fronts
- the terrorists have had in some places years to dig
- many of the terrorists are good fighters and don't seem to mind dying for the cause
- urban warfare is slow with house to houe fighting
- much of the fighting to date has been in mountains which is always hard work
- huge amounts of weapons and ammo have been pre-positioned

ultron wrote:

JohninMK wrote:

ultron wrote:FFS don't you read the threads here? I'll make one go at this.

Progress is 'slow'

- against what measure? Ukraine or Iraq wars?
- the SAA started with almost no morale
- the SAA and allies have limited manpower and weapons especially armour
- the SAA is spread over endless fronts
- the terrorists have had in some places years to dig
- many of the terrorists are good fighters and don't seem to mind dying for the cause
- urban warfare is slow with house to houe fighting
- much of the fighting to date has been in mountains which is always hard work
- huge amounts of weapons and ammo have been pre-positioned

Ideally, the war in Syria should have ended by now after thousands of air strikes. The fact that it's nowhere close to ending is worrying. If this war drags on for years, who knows what can happen. It is not in Putin's interest to drag it out. It is in Putin's interest to end it as soon as possible. The Chinese have an old saying, ye chang meng duo, the longer the night, the more dreams. The longer something goes on, the greater than chance for unexpected things to happen.

ultron wrote:At a rate of several weeks to capture 1 village out of nearly 1000 to be captured, I suppose the pace is much slower than Putin expected. Chechen war was over in a matter of months. Here we are, months later and still fighting in Latakia. By the time Putin is 300 years old I suppose they'll still be fighting in Syria.

http://ria.ru/politics/20160210/1372486075.html
For the people of West Kurdistan this event is historical. This was possible thanks to the hard struggle of the Kurds in Syria, said the special representative of the region in Europe and the USA Senam Muhammad.

The announcement of the leadership of the Syrian Kurds that they would open their first foreign office in Moscow is telling: their choice of Russia over Washington or Western Europe signals that Russia is allying with the Kurds in the Middle East, which will certainly undermine US and Turkish policy in the region, according to the Israeli media.

ultron wrote:At a rate of several weeks to capture 1 village out of nearly 1000 to be captured, I suppose the pace is much slower than Putin expected. Chechen war was over in a matter of months. Here we are, months later and still fighting in Latakia. By the time Putin is 300 years old I suppose they'll still be fighting in Syria.

JohninMK wrote:

ultron wrote:At a rate of several weeks to capture 1 village out of nearly 1000 to be captured, I suppose the pace is much slower than Putin expected. Chechen war was over in a matter of months. Here we are, months later and still fighting in Latakia. By the time Putin is 300 years old I suppose they'll still be fighting in Syria.

Hey guys, is this our ill-informed friend back with us?

par far wrote:Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1  4h4 hours ago
#Syria #Latakia #Lattakia New Video Showing #SAA #SyrianArabArmy #SyrianArmy Morale In the Region.
#SyrianArmy Morale In the Region.

Look at their faces...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD0I5LAJlWU

aris roussinos ‏@arisroussinos  20 hrs20 hours ago
Ahrar spox Abu Yusuf al Muhajir on the YPG/SDF, via @ARANewsEnglish :
https://twitter.com/arisroussinos/status/697400036284624896

ultron wrote:Putin proposes ceasefire in Syria beginning on March 1

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-idUSKCN0VJ2G2

DerWolf wrote:

ultron wrote:Putin proposes ceasefire in Syria beginning on March 1

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-idUSKCN0VJ2G2

Russian military campaign and SAA are doing fine, why to propose ceasefire now?

par far wrote:Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1  4h4 hours ago
#Syria #Latakia #Lattakia New Video Showing #SAA #SyrianArabArmy #SyrianArmy Morale In the Region.
#SyrianArmy Morale In the Region.

Look at their faces...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD0I5LAJlWU

Big_Gazza wrote:

Neutrality wrote:........................................

Indeed. Accidents happens all the time right? Like hitting one of those Saudi oil terminals in the strait of Hormuz

or a large air-drop of weapons and communications gear landing in the Shia areas of the KSA?  

DerWolf wrote:

ultron wrote:Putin proposes ceasefire in Syria beginning on March 1

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-idUSKCN0VJ2G2

Russian military campaign and SAA are doing fine, why to propose ceasefire now?

DerWolf wrote:

ultron wrote:Putin proposes ceasefire in Syria beginning on March 1

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-idUSKCN0VJ2G2

Russian military campaign and SAA are doing fine, why to propose ceasefire now?