Syrian Civil War: News #8

Terrorists shell Syrian cities killing over 270 peaceful civilians

This is a good example why ceasefires only makes matters worse because Terrorists use this opportunity to regorup, rearm and cause more destruction

d_taddei2 wrote:so whats peoples views on whats likely to happen after Raqqa is liberated?
will the war continue?
if so which will be the next focus?
and can the Kurds be trusted especially now USA are their new puppet master?

the one thing that does worry me is its very likely that ISIS will no doubt go on a killing spree killing men women and children in raqqa as well as using them as human shields its the sort thing they do and i think they would be sore losers as well. With only northern Aleppo to run to will they stay and fight or run. Iraqi army is closing in on Syrian border so unlikely to run there. I think it likely that the Kurds will be the ones liberating Raqqa, the SAA still have a lot of towns and villages to go after before they get there and their over stretched. I just hope the southern Aleppo front can hold.

after Rakka fall, wich may take 2-3 months, war will freeze and diplomatic ways will try to solve the Allepo issue .
The big question is what Turkey can/will do to avoid the unification of Rojava.
Kurds are not to be trusted, thats for sure. But their interests must also be considered

The United Kingdom's special forces are fighting alongside rebels in Syria to defeat Daesh terrorist organization, British media reported Monday, citing rebel commanders.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The United Kingdom's special forces are fighting alongside rebels in Syria to defeat Daesh terrorist organization, British media reported Monday, citing rebel commanders.

The British troops based in Jordan reportedly cross the border to assist the New Syrian Army (NSA), comprised of former Syrian special forces, when it defends village of Tanf in Syria'a southeast. "They helped us with logistics, like building defences to make the bunkers safe," NSA 1st Lt. Mahmoud Saleh told The Times newspaper.

The daily also reported that, recently, the NSA base had been hit by a suicide attack and British troops helped to rebuild it.

Syria has been mired in civil war since March 2011, with government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups.

Daesh is outlawed in many countries around the world, including the United States and Russia.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160606/1040849016/daesh-uk-forces.html#ixzz4AnVYD0i9

A-19 in Syria. Havent seen one in a while being used there, since like late 2015.

Some good footage from Russian news teams courtesy Morant Mathieu

Federal News Agency. "The battle of Raqqa" (1)


Federal News Agency. "The battle of Raqqa" (2)


Raqqa offensive, by Roman Saponkov (1)

South Front analysis, 06-06-2016


Raqqa offensive status (06-06-2016) by Hamza_780

Not directly related to military..
Another excellent coverage by ANNA.... of this little girl who lost her legs in the recent bombing by moderate terrorists on maternity hospital during "ceasefire". Unfortunately, no English translation. Posting translated text of the video description along with it

The Film ِAnna News. "Cider.Singed soul"
Published on Jun 2, 2016

The crew Anna-News was already told about the tragedy that occurred may 16, 2016 material "Aleppo. Pogrugenie to hell. Part 4".
During the shelling of the Sulaymaniyah district of Aleppo, on the street al-Vilat, 3 people were killed - a pregnant woman Maryam and her son Mahmoud. Sister Maryam, a girl named Cider, lost his leg. The Russian military command the decision was made to transport the injured for treatment to Russia for assistance. The film crew visited the injured girl up to the moment of her departure to the base Hamim from Aleppo June 1, 2016.

From Russia24

After the amputation of the feet of the Syrian girl rescued in Moscow
Published on Jun 2, 2016

Militias are prohibited in Russia, the ISIS are constant attacks on civilians. To Moscow for treatment delivered 11-year-old girl from Aleppo. Under fire in his native city, she lost both legs. In his homeland Sidra, in fact, was doomed. But the chance of recovery gave the Russian military.

No one has been posting much on multimedia thread for too long... just as a reminder there is a thread for Syrian military photos and videos
https://www.russiadefence.net/t4036p125-syrian-armed-forces-photos-video#166453

Did you guys see that Tos-1A TOW-ed and blown up in a huge explosion south of Aleppo? What do you make of it? Was that a dumb place for keeping Tos there?

Heartbeer wrote:Did you guys see that Tos-1A TOW-ed and blown up in a huge explosion south of Aleppo? What do you make of it? Was that a dumb place for keeping Tos there?

Not A TOS-1/ Not a TOW but a Kornet/ Not a strike on the MRLS (looked like the DIY iranian 302mm on a truck), you can see part of the cabin, but probably on the building in front of it (which was a ammo dump for the ARLS). Also TOS was never used in the area...

Morant Mathieu ‏@MathieuMorant
Raqqa offensive. T-90A.


Syrian T-72B obr.1989g.



@bm21_grad
Al Sanobar facility, seems like Suqur al Sahara were given more tanks

Excellent shot of the Kamov.

Morant Mathieu ‏@MathieuMorant
Syrian Navy Ka-28 ( Ahmad Rabiaa ALkhayer).

Sister of martyr Yahya Shoghri whose last words to Daesh were "We will erase you"  sworn in to the People’s Assembly


Double-amputee SAA soldier Mazen Omran met with President Bashar Al Assad after being sworn in the People’s Assembly

Russian and Syrian soldiers in Damascus countryside


SAA have started to encounter the IS resistance and it may get stronger as they approach the Tabqa airbase.

Aldin Abazović ‏@Ald_Aba
Captain Ali Tsawb injured with few soldiers after ISIS VBIED struk Zakia crossroad Raqqa

Raqqa offensive, earlier posted video but with editing and background music. I liked that they did not override the engine sound... what I love most about the T-72/90 engine sound is that of the turbine in work which we can hear above the grunt of the diesel even during revving.

Dima wrote:Raqqa offensive, earlier posted video but with editing and background music. I liked that they did not override the engine sound... what I love most about the T-72/90 engine sound is that of the turbine in work which we can hear above the grunt of the diesel even during revving. ]

Theme is as said in the youtube comments: Battlefield 2 Modern Combat Menu theme.

>00:58 "Nice"

"French special forces on ground in Syria – Defense Ministry official", this is going to get dangerous, all of NATO is sending in more Special Forces, into Syria/Middle East, I really wish Russia would start sending in more fighter jets to Khmeimim airbase(put as many fighter jets as you can), does anyone know when Admiral Kuznetsov is going to be ready and sent to the Mediterranean Sea/Syria?

We all know about Russia's support to Syria but little is known of what the Iranians have done in Syria, this is a report by two people(from the US, so take it with a little grain of salt), about what Iran is doing in Syria and how they changing their tactics.

It is a long read but really worth it.
http://www.irantracker.org/sites/default/files/imce-images/Irans_Evolving_Way_of_War_IRGC_in_Syria_FINAL.pdf


What another author had to say:

There are now multiple articles about what has been called Iranian asymmetric force multiplier. It is a new battle field phenomenon, never seen before. Where Iranians land 250 men for example,in Nigeria, and rise up in a week with a Shiite militia of 10000 men already trained in that country. But then it causes that 10,000 to fight with an effectiveness of like 25000. But Iran only flew in 250 men. This is scaring the shit of the Pentagon

Did I miss something or is this highlighted bit wrong? Seems incredible if true.

The Obama administration pledged to play an integral role in liberating the city of Raqqa, but US-backed forces are moving in the wrong direction and are now nearly 80 miles from the Daesh stronghold.

The Syrian Army (SAA) continued to advance on Raqqa after seizing the Taqba dam on the Euphrates River only 25 miles (40km) from Raqqa this weekend. The surge represents the first time that Syrian forces have entered the Raqqa province since 2014, when Daesh first began its terror campaign.

The SAA’s assault on the Daesh stronghold has been supplemented by unrelenting Russian airstrikes in the eastern areas of Hama province, bordering Raqqa. The aligned forces are currently situated in the town of al Tabqah, recently cleared of Daesh and which served in 2014 as a aunchpad for Daesh attacks, givens its proximity to Raqqa.

At the same time, the US-backed and Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reversed their position and refocused military strength toward recapturing the city of Manbij, in a bid to strengthen the opposition group’s position to destabilize Syria’s Assad regime.

The retreat by the US-backed SDF, which had previously been in competition with the Russian-backed SAA in a collective bid to recapture Raqqa from Daesh, presents a major strategic setback for the Obama administration, employing the dual goals of ousting Bashar al-Assad while also liberating territory from Daesh.

Financial Times reporter William Wallis wrote on Monday that by recapturing Raqqa ahead of American-backed forces, the Russian and Syrian armies would "poke the Americans in the eye in a place they have long talked of helping to recapture."

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160610/1041101875/russia-assad-obama-kurds-daesh.html#ixzz4BAiFZJLW

If true, that's f****** quick.

JohninMK wrote:Did I miss something or is this highlighted bit wrong? Seems incredible if true.

The Obama administration pledged to play an integral role in liberating the city of Raqqa, but US-backed forces are moving in the wrong direction and are now nearly 80 miles from the Daesh stronghold.

The Syrian Army (SAA) continued to advance on Raqqa after seizing the Taqba dam on the Euphrates River only 25 miles (40km) from Raqqa this weekend. The surge represents the first time that Syrian forces have entered the Raqqa province since 2014, when Daesh first began its terror campaign.

The SAA’s assault on the Daesh stronghold has been supplemented by unrelenting Russian airstrikes in the eastern areas of Hama province, bordering Raqqa. The aligned forces are currently situated in the town of al Tabqah, recently cleared of Daesh and which served in 2014 as a aunchpad for Daesh attacks, givens its proximity to Raqqa.

At the same time, the US-backed and Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reversed their position and refocused military strength toward recapturing the city of Manbij, in a bid to strengthen the opposition group’s position to destabilize Syria’s Assad regime.

The retreat by the US-backed SDF, which had previously been in competition with the Russian-backed SAA in a collective bid to recapture Raqqa from Daesh, presents a major strategic setback for the Obama administration, employing the dual goals of ousting Bashar al-Assad while also liberating territory from Daesh.

Financial Times reporter William Wallis wrote on Monday that by recapturing Raqqa ahead of American-backed forces, the Russian and Syrian armies would "poke the Americans in the eye in a place they have long talked of helping to recapture."

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160610/1041101875/russia-assad-obama-kurds-daesh.html#ixzz4BAiFZJLW

I'm very skeptical to this news as it sounds hardly to believe. We have to wait a concrete confirmation than Tabqa dam and Tabqa airbase are in SAA hands. If it will be confirmed as truth, that this will mean, that ISIS in Iraq and eastern of Tabqa in Syria is cut from Turkey. This would mean no ISIS sell of oil to Turkey and no supplies for ISIS from Turkey. Cutting ISIS from Turkey will make fighting with ISIS easier for Syrian and for Iraqi army.

medo wrote:it sounds hardly to believe. We have to wait a concrete confirmation than Tabqa dam and Tabqa airbase are in SAA hands. If it will be confirmed as truth, that this will mean, that ISIS in Iraq and eastern of Tabqa in Syria is cut from Turkey. This would mean no ISIS sell of oil to Turkey and no supplies for ISIS from Turkey. Cutting ISIS from Turkey will make fighting with ISIS easier for Syrian and for Iraqi army.

Oil/supply routes run though Iraq/KRG to Turkey. Also I'm pretty sure SDF allows convoys in/out if the money is good.

Syrian Army just 20 kilometers from Tabqa Airbase
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-advances-just-20-kilometers-tabqa-airbase-raqqa-map-update/ | Al-Masdar News



Earlier today, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) captured the Rasafeh crossroad after clashing with ISIS in western Raqqa province; the Rasafah intersection leads directly north to Tabqa Airbase. The advance was spearheaded by the Desert Hawks Brigade and Syrian Marines, who were assisted by the SAA’s 555th Regiment of the 4th Mechanized Division. Alongside the SAA’s tanks and artillery, airstrikes have played an instrumental role in driving ISIS back during the Raqqa offensive as the scarcely populated desert terrain is not suitable for ambushes but leaves ISIS forces exposed. These recent gains leave government troops just 20 kilometers south of Tabqa Airbase and 60 kilometers from the provincial capital of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State.

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that would be a nice point for SAA to inetraupt trafic of ISIS to the west

Kriva wrote:FSA in Allepo operation room with Russian T-90 tank that they captured from SAA Tiger forces.
https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/741299896729411584

I'm still not convinced, by the patch.
Not that a single MBT capture is big news, but I do detect the propaganda points these FSA moderates are trying to achieve.