Syrian Civil War: News #7

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 2 hours ago
#Syria #SyrianArabArmy #SyrianArmy Good News Mahmmoud Al Bariruty A #SAA soldier captured by Militants is now Freed


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jordan ن ‏@alurdun_   22 hours ago
Just finished my morning prayers at my shrine

International military review Syria-Iraq Mar-30-2016
https://southfront.org/international-military-review-syria-iraq-mar-30-2016/

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 19h
Syria, Palmyra, Footage of Recent Syrian Arab Army (Desert Falcons) Operations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQkPQJEtBiU&feature=youtu.be

Syria, Palmyra, Syrian Arab Army Desert Falcons on the way to Liberate Palmyra Triangle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYhq1Ok2eVE&feature=youtu.be

Syria, Homs, Palmyra - Syrian Arab Army Desert Falcons Liberate Palmyra Triangle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB6FdTiFO7U

Palmyra, Syrian Arab Army Desert Falcons Hours before Storming Palmyra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBDW7emIpWg&feature=youtu.be

BM-27 Uragan ‏@bm27_uragan 5 hours ago
Said Tiger Forces officer along with Russian soldiers


https://twitter.com/bm27_uragan/status/715145861681004544

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 1 hour ago
#Syria #Palmyra clarification - He is not a "Officer" he just leads Al Sahabat group #Tiger_Forces #SAA #SyrianArmy

The current situation compelled him & a bunch of guys to volunteer W/ colonel Suheil Hassan * lead a group named Al Sahabat

His group has fought on numerous fronts when ever and where ever needed. May God protect them and RIP martyrs

MP9 and SPAS-15 in SAA hands. Not the typical guns you'll find on the battlefield, maybe KoTeMoRe, ult, or Dima know their origin of who passed them on in to the Syrian theater:

Map showing the growing ISIS patch in SW Syria. Wonder where their supplies come from



Different author, take your pick!

magnumcromagnon wrote:MP9 and SPAS-15 in SAA hands. Not the typical guns you'll find on the battlefield, maybe KoTeMoRe, ult, or Dima know their origin of who passed them on in to the Syrian theater:

MP9s hmm... Russia getting rid of theirs that were issued to Vympel and Alphas? Only other option i can find plausible is if they came via YPG, as they might got some from one of major users.

SPAS-15 could be via Hesbolah, as they captured some from Israelis.

Militarov wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:MP9 and SPAS-15 in SAA hands. Not the typical guns you'll find on the battlefield, maybe KoTeMoRe, ult, or Dima know their origin of who passed them on in to the Syrian theater:

MP9s hmm... Russia getting rid of theirs that were issued to Vympel and Alphas? Only other option i can find plausible is if they came via YPG, as they might got some from one of major users.

SPAS-15 could be via Hesbolah, as they captured some from Israelis.

SPAS 15 has the old "non Picatinny" carry handle, Folding full stock and Long barrel choke mounted muzzle device it's most probably a private purchase from Italian Stocks (Carabinieri). It's probably a post 1999 rifle. Pre-99 have sheleton folding stocks.

Also MP9 is a dime a dozen and a lot of countries have bought and sold stocks of the weapons, It could very well be a French MP9 transited when the mood was smoother between Chirac and Al Assad junior.

KoTeMoRe wrote:

Militarov wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:MP9 and SPAS-15 in SAA hands. Not the typical guns you'll find on the battlefield, maybe KoTeMoRe, ult, or Dima know their origin of who passed them on in to the Syrian theater:

MP9s hmm... Russia getting rid of theirs that were issued to Vympel and Alphas? Only other option i can find plausible is if they came via YPG, as they might got some from one of major users.

SPAS-15 could be via Hesbolah, as they captured some from Israelis.

SPAS 15 has the old "non Picatinny" carry handle, Folding full stock and Long barrel choke mounted muzzle device it's most probably a private purchase from Italian Stocks (Carabinieri). It's probably a post 1999 rifle. Pre-99 have sheleton folding stocks.

Also MP9 is a dime a dozen and a lot of countries have bought and sold stocks of the weapons, It could very well be a French MP9 transited when the mood was smoother between Chirac and Al Assad junior.

Yeah but how it would end up in Syria in SAA hands via Italy? Mby some SAA unit obtained SPAS via Italy years ago but we never knew about it? I mean SPAS is quite rare weapon. There are far easier and more convinient ways to obtain weapons during conflict, in most cases exotic weapons end up in places like this by row of coincidences.

Militarov wrote:

KoTeMoRe wrote:

Militarov wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:MP9 and SPAS-15 in SAA hands. Not the typical guns you'll find on the battlefield, maybe KoTeMoRe, ult, or Dima know their origin of who passed them on in to the Syrian theater:

MP9s hmm... Russia getting rid of theirs that were issued to Vympel and Alphas? Only other option i can find plausible is if they came via YPG, as they might got some from one of major users.

SPAS-15 could be via Hesbolah, as they captured some from Israelis.

SPAS 15 has the old "non Picatinny" carry handle, Folding full stock and Long barrel choke mounted muzzle device it's most probably a private purchase from Italian Stocks (Carabinieri). It's probably a post 1999 rifle. Pre-99 have sheleton folding stocks.

Also MP9 is a dime a dozen and a lot of countries have bought and sold stocks of the weapons, It could very well be a French MP9 transited when the mood was smoother between Chirac and Al Assad junior.

Yeah but how it would end up in Syria in SAA hands via Italy? Mby some SAA unit obtained SPAS via Italy years ago but we never knew about it? I mean SPAS is quite rare weapon. There are far easier and more convinient ways to obtain weapons during conflict, in most cases exotic weapons end up in places like this by row of coincidences.

It's a single weapon, from the Land that gave us Mafia, Spaghetti and the best counter attacking football. It's one of those things that wouldn't even need an explanation. The moment I see a full crate of Spas 15's, then yeah I'd hit the SIPRI

Syrian Mi-24/35 action in Palmyra from last years operation.

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1  9 hours ago
Syrian_Hezbollah #Hezbollah With #Russia #Russian T90 Tanks


Hezbollah was (probably) using a T-90 in the Aleppo offensive and in the video their yellow flag with AK hoisted on the tank could be seen. Some twitter handlers had posted it. Cant find it now.

ANNA News is covering the Hezbollah units and these images and short clips are probably from that (upcoming) reports.

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 10 hours ago
#Syria #SyrianArmedForces #SAA - #Aleppo #SyrianHezbollah #Syrian_Hezbollah #Hezbollah #Russia #Russian

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha  21 minutes ago
Hassan Ridha Retweeted Addounia TV
Mass grave has reportedly been discovered NE of #Tadmor, 25+ people killed by #IS including women/children

Aleppo is heating up?

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha  6 minutes ago
Reports of #JN & friends launching assault on positions controlled by #SAA & allies in south #Aleppo countryside

Few snaps from Governor of Homs visit to Palmyra/Tadmur today

Ivan Sidorenko ‏@IvanSidorenko1 14 hours ago
#Syria #Homs #Palmyra #Tadmur Governor of Homs Visits #Palmyra #SAA #SyrianArmy #SyrianArabArmy
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/715717732893925378




Palmyra is so beautiful and the view of castle is fantastic. Cant stop loving it. I'm sure once the fight gets settled down, there will be more tourist arrivals to Palmyra, in particular, than earlier. We can expect inflow of tourists starting next year.

Al-Masdar News ‏@TheArabSource  10 hours ago
Large convoy of Syrian Army reinforcements arrive to Quraytayn for offensive, Map update
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/large-convoy-syrian-army-reinforcements-arrive-quraytayn-offensive/


Al-Masdar News ‏@TheArabSource  37 minutes ago
Syrian Army, Hezbollah capture Bala Al-Kadhim in the East Ghouta : Map update



This is probably the first time Iranian ballistic missiles has been used in battle.
Peto Lucem Retweeted
Ashkan ‏@Zarathoustra96 7 hours ago
#BREAKING: #Iran has reportedly launched balistic missiles on IS's positions near Makhmur in #Iraq for supporting Iraqi Army's offensive.

Dima wrote:


This is probably the first time Iranian ballistic missiles has been used in battle.
Peto Lucem Retweeted
Ashkan ‏@Zarathoustra96  7 hours ago
#BREAKING: #Iran has reportedly launched balistic missiles on IS's positions near Makhmur in #Iraq for supporting Iraqi Army's offensive.

Wow, I bet CENTCOM enjoyed watching that fly in.

^ It could be an IRBM, right? Short range ones wont be having range from inside Iranian territory.
Seems like all are now testing their inventory and taking note of Russian approach of "live" exercises.

Syrian soldiers released after four years in captivity
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-soldiers-released-four-years-captivity/ | Al-Masdar News

In February 2016, the Syrian Army managed to recapture the town of Athman, a few kilometers to the north of Daraa city, which for long served as a stronghold for FSA-affiliated factions. Ever since, local Reconciliation Committees launched negotiations to restore all kidnapped soldiers.

Big background article by Peto with new maps and strategic view.

The ancient city of Palmyra, which was first documented in the early second millennium BC, is located in Syria’s present-day Homs Governorate. It was captured by the so called “Islamic State” (ISIS) in May 2015 when ISIS was expanding its control over central Syria. Days after Palmyra’s fall on May 21, 2015 ISIS captured the towns of Al-Furqlus (30 kilometers SE of the Homs city), Qaryatayn and a majority of the nearby Shaer mountains. Due to these gains, ISIS became able to:

   put pressure on the strategic town of Al-Salamiyah, located 20 kilometers SE of Hama
   threaten the provincial capitals of Homs and Hama
   threaten the strategic Damascus-Aleppo (M5) highway

Taking into account these facts, the Syrian government invested significant resources to recapture Palmyra. On March 9, the Syrian Arab Army’s 67th Brigade and the 134th Armoured Brigade of the 18th Tank Division, supported by Syria’s Special Forces (Tiger Forces, Desert Hawk Brigade) and Syrian Marines, launched the long anticipated counteroffensive aimed at retaking Palmyra.

The town was finally liberated after intense artillery and aerial bombardment and heavy clashes on March 27. This strategic victory was described by mainstream media as the Islamic State’s “biggest loss ever”. ISIS reportedly suffered between 400 and 550 casualties during the 18 days of the loyalist forces’ offensive. A decisive factor of the success was the support provided by the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The liberation of Palmyra opens a few strategic opportunities:

Deir Ezzor Governatore and Raqqa Governorate play an important role in ISIS’ oil smuggling business due to a high number of oil fields and refineries located there. The liberation of these governatores will allow the SAA to cut off ISIS’ financial revenues dramatically.

All eyes rest now on the besieged Government enclave at Deir Ezzor, approximately 120 kilometers NE of Palmyra. Breaking the several months old ISIS siege of Deir Ezzor Governorate’s capital is a tempting opportunity, but such are not always the most rewarding and enduring ones. One year ago, the important town of Sukhna – the gateway to Deir Ezzor – fell swiftly to ISIS and closed the pocket in May 2015. As previously mentioned, ISIS also captured many more areas to the west. It seems the lesson had to be learned that this 120 kilometers long road between Palmyra and Deir Ezzor is very difficult to hold – especially while so many ISIS staging areas remain nearby in the North and the South.



Full article at https://southfront.org/from-palmyra-to-deir-ezzor-the-upcoming-campaign-in-eastern-syria/#st_refDomain=t.co&st_refQuery=/No1r7pSvNU

A video of that strange SAA mortar/rocket in action, don't know anything about its accuracy but it generates a huge dust storm.

BM-27 Uragan
‏@bm27_uragan

SyAA IRAM launched on Eastern Ghouta today (Video shows both launch and impact)

https://twitter.com/bm27_uragan/status/715953409581572100

JohninMK wrote:A video of that strange SAA mortar/rocket in action, don't know anything about its accuracy but it generates a huge dust storm.

BM-27 Uragan
‏@bm27_uragan

SyAA IRAM launched on Eastern Ghouta today (Video shows both launch and impact)

https://twitter.com/bm27_uragan/status/715953409581572100

Accuracy is poor naturally but its improvised, you cant expect much

Militarov wrote:

JohninMK wrote:A video of that strange SAA mortar/rocket in action, don't know anything about its accuracy but it generates a huge dust storm.

BM-27 Uragan
‏@bm27_uragan

SyAA IRAM launched on Eastern Ghouta today (Video shows both launch and impact)

Accuracy is poor naturally but its improvised, you cant expect much

Wow, that vertical plume at 3.00.

Two new overall map, can't get the second to insert.



http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/archives/714

Another epic fail for SAA at Tal El Eis..

It's enough!

Solncepek wrote:Another epic fail for SAA at Tal El Eis..

It's enough!

there are going to be ups and downs...part of the deal when Turkey holds open about 100 km of border.

Rebels launched huge counter offensive and captured several points. Where is the Russian air force? In Russia. So much for the ceasefire.

https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/716263962984075265