Syrian Civil War: News #6

E.Aleppo
Leith Abou Fadel ‏@leithfadel  5 hours ago
Tiger Forces source: soldiers had to withdraw from the Thermal Plant's compounds yesterday. ISIS is determined to hold it.


Raqqa
Leith Abou Fadel ‏@leithfadel 9 hours ago
Huge news from the Raqqa front! Syrian Army is two roads away from cutting ISIS' oil trade routes!  


Latakia
Leith Abou Fadel ‏@leithfadel 7 hours ago
Syrian Commandos are currently storming Kinsibba. I am praying that today is the day that it is liberated!

Syria ‏@Syria_Rising  6 hours ago
#Syria Reports : In a Few hours Kinssaba in Latakia's countryside should declared free of terrorists.#SAA

SturmGuard wrote:Can someone please identify the rifle the Mujahedeen sniper team is using at 5:00 mark?

It looks a lot as the IRI Baher 23mm rifle, but the bolt looks for a smaller calibre and the round is really slow on that clip. Bossibly Garage build 14.5mm. It is a 14.5mm round. You can see at extraction.

I originally thought it was ULR 50, but wasn't sure, then tried looking for Chinese, Pakistani, NATO AMRs. The round is rather slow but the rifle seems very light and basic.

Militarov wrote:

JohninMK wrote:BM-21 GRAD ‏@bm21_grad 2h2 hours ago

Rebel in Latakia with an IGLA-1(?) MANPADS. Functional?

Yeah looks functional, thermal battery included.

There gonna have a hard time hitting aircraft flying at 5-6 km altitude.

SturmGuard wrote:I originally thought it was ULR 50, but wasn't sure, then tried looking for Chinese, Pakistani, NATO AMRs. The round is rather slow but the rifle seems very light and basic.

yeah I can see your point, but Alas the machining and walls of the receiver scream Garage build. Also the rounds...

magnumcromagnon wrote:

Militarov wrote:

JohninMK wrote:BM-21 GRAD ‏@bm21_grad 2h2 hours ago

Rebel in Latakia with an IGLA-1(?) MANPADS. Functional?

Yeah looks functional, thermal battery included.

There gonna have a hard time hitting aircraft flying at 5-6 km altitude.

Given the Crocodiles have started firing Shturms and Atakas, they're not going to look for fast movers.

KoTeMoRe wrote:

SturmGuard wrote:I originally thought it was ULR 50, but wasn't sure, then tried looking for Chinese, Pakistani, NATO AMRs. The round is rather slow but the rifle seems very light and basic.

yeah I can see your point, but Alas the machining and walls of the receiver scream Garage build. Also the rounds...

Most likely everything except bore is garage made, it has signs of recent and not very good tooling, plus it has no "match" finish, its naked metal it didnt even go though browning or bluing. Also notice bipod.



I know from where they took material for it.

My personal view is that Russia should have a global social networking site which is safe unlike the US/west based services. Lots of plans (legitimate or not) and details are getting shared by the men with their confidants in the media (like the one posted below) and it is possible that the terrorist supporters in HQ is keeping a watch on their shortlisted twitter handles (and other social sites) so that they get the latest updates. Info like these can be passed on to the terrorists through most secured lines and help them better plan and prepare for any SAA+ offensives.

Rightly so the areas where the offensives are going to be has been censored, but the guys in HQ supporting their terrorists might have seen the info.

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 12 minutes ago
#Syria #Damascus #EastGhouta Post by #SAA Soldier Huge Battle being prepared by #SAA #NDF


Hope this Syrian navy seal gets out of danger and recover fast. God bless.  
Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 2 hours ago
#Syria #Latakia #Lattakia #SAA Eyad Suleiman got shot by a sniper in the neck he is still alive. #SyrianArmy
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/699969639439278081

SyrianMilitaryCap. ‏@syrianmilitary  25 minutes ago
1 Mi-35m ,4 Mi-24p ,1 Mi-17 in #Syria ready to action

SturmGuard wrote:Can someone please identify the rifle the Mujahedeen sniper team is using at 5:00 mark?

There is one hell of an infestation of Soros white helmets from 6:15 to around 7:00. They almost outnumber the takfiris. I wonder if they have a duty roster, one day white helmet, one day takfiri?

short_fuze wrote:There is one hell of an infestation of Soros white helmets from 6:15 to around 7:00. They almost outnumber the takfiris. I wonder if they have a duty roster, one day white helmet, one day takfiri?

Yes. They are medicals as well as "moderate terrorists" as per situations and meant to feed the PR. Multi-role guys.

short_fuze wrote:

SturmGuard wrote:Can someone please identify the rifle the Mujahedeen sniper team is using at 5:00 mark?

There is one hell of an infestation of Soros white helmets from 6:15 to around 7:00. They almost outnumber the takfiris. I wonder if they have a duty roster, one day white helmet, one day takfiri?

They probably just got finished getting some executions out the way, to later proclaim the corpses as "Assad's victims"...

Another good one from ANNA framing the frontline with SAA's Suqr Al Sahara/Desert Falcons in Latakia

Dima wrote:Another good one from ANNA framing the frontline with SAA's Suqr Al Sahara/Desert Falcons in Latakia

Jesus, I'm with these guys, but once this dies out, the Syrian armed forces need a proper retraining and ground up refoundation. And they'll need more up to date everything. Fucking war.

Notice flags. Reminded me of one song in Serbian. Lyrics in one moment say: "Trobojka napred viori, zastava moja i tvoja" - "Threecolor flag is waving in front of us, flag yours and mine".

Good move by Damascus

BEIRUT, February 17. /TASS/. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree announcing an amnesty for those who deserted the army before February 17, 2016, the national SANA news agency said on Wednesday.

The decree, announced by the news agency, said that the law would apply to the military deserters outside and inside Syria who violated the country’s military law before February 17, 2016 and would not apply to those who are under investigation or fled from arrest.

The presidential decree has come into force after publication.


More: http://tass.ru/en/world/857390

Syrian Forces Eliminate 70 Daesh Members in Aleppo - Source

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160218/1034935291/daesh-aleppo-syrian-army.html#ixzz40TzQbVFD

D-10 gun shells built by Bulgaria. Some further info: https://www.jmu.edu/cisr/_pages/research/afghanistan-oig/03-projectile.pdf

Looks like Syrian Army captured the last stronghold of terrorist in Latakia.


More:
http://tass.ru/en/world/857568


Wondering how the map looks now.

A Grad launch from beside and above

https://twitter.com/bm21_grad/status/700252991098589184

Vann7 wrote:

Looks like Syrian Army captured the last stronghold of terrorist in Latakia.


More:
http://tass.ru/en/world/857568


Wondering how the map looks now.

I assume the next step for SAA will be to seal the Latakia border, then prepare for pushing further to Bdama and Sirmaniyah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Syrian_Civil_War_detailed_map

Kriva wrote:

But Mr Davutoglu focused some of his toughest comments on Moscow.
“I am warning Russia once more,” he said in a televised statement, saying that Moscow’s condemnation of the attack was insufficient. “If these terror attacks continue, they will be as responsible as the YPG.”
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ca5d2...#axzz40Wm6RDjU

That guy is delusional.

No he isn't, he is following the script. Just like it is Russia's fault that the French/Germans are not forcing the Ukies to implement Minsk.

Kriva wrote:Turkish military attacked in south-east as Syrian Kurds blamed for Ankara blast

An explosion has hit a military convoy in Turkey’s south-east, killing at least six people, as the government blamed a car bomb attack that killed 28 on Wednesday on a Kurdish militia based in Syria.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-ankara-attack

Turkey warns Russia over Ankara attack

But Mr Davutoglu focused some of his toughest comments on Moscow.
“I am warning Russia once more,” he said in a televised statement, saying that Moscow’s condemnation of the attack was insufficient. “If these terror attacks continue, they will be as responsible as the YPG.”
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ca5d2...#axzz40Wm6RDjU

That guy is delusional.

The Turks are delusional but they are making things harder for Russia, "Turkish forces escort 2,000 militants to Syria: Monitor", if Russia wants to end the war in Syria, then Kurds need to be armed to the teeth.

http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/02/18/450990/Turkey-Syria-militant-Aleppo-Azaz


"Turkey signals escalating Syria attack."

http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/02/18/450963/Turkey-explosion-military-convoy-security

Anyone else smell a PR rat here? To me it doesn't look like reinforcing Azaz, it looks like pulling them and their stuff out of Idlib before they get pummeled. Clearly reinforcing Aleppo itself was not in the plan.

AMMAN - Syrian rebels have brought at least 2,000 reinforcements through Turkey in the past week to bolster the fight against Kurdish-led militias north of Aleppo, rebel sources said on Thursday. Turkish forces facilitated the transfer from one front to another over several nights, covertly escorting rebels as they exited Syria's Idlib governorate, traveled four hours across Turkey, and re-entered Syria to support the embattled rebel stronghold of Azaz, the sources said.

"We have been allowed to move everything from light weapons to heavy equipment, mortars and missiles and our tanks," Abu Issa, a commander in the Levant Front, the rebel group that runs the border crossing of Bab al-Salama, told Reuters, giving his alias and talking on condition of anonymity.
The reinforcements did not include fighters from the hardline Nusra Front or other jihadist groups, he said.

http://www.todayonline.com/world/hun...-rebel-sources

JohninMK wrote:Anyone else smell a PR rat here? To me it doesn't look like reinforcing Azaz, it looks like pulling them and their stuff out of Idlib before they get pummeled. Clearly reinforcing Aleppo itself was not in the plan.

AMMAN - Syrian rebels have brought at least 2,000 reinforcements through Turkey in the past week to bolster the fight against Kurdish-led militias north of Aleppo, rebel sources said on Thursday. Turkish forces facilitated the transfer from one front to another over several nights, covertly escorting rebels as they exited Syria's Idlib governorate, traveled four hours across Turkey, and re-entered Syria to support the embattled rebel stronghold of Azaz, the sources said.

"We have been allowed to move everything from light weapons to heavy equipment, mortars and missiles and our tanks," Abu Issa, a commander in the Levant Front, the rebel group that runs the border crossing of Bab al-Salama, told Reuters, giving his alias and talking on condition of anonymity.
The reinforcements did not include fighters from the hardline Nusra Front or other jihadist groups, he said.

http://www.todayonline.com/world/hun...-rebel-sources

Yeah I sort of agree, these must be an excess of insurgents from the Latakia front that for various reasons could not be re-located to Idlib (due to ethnicity and/or Turkey not wanting to show its crew is in bed with AQ proper). Latakia province right now is well over 95% controlled by SAA, all major towns and villages.

Here's a recent interview between RT's Oksana Boyko and Bassma Kodmani Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative.