Syrian Civil War: News #10

Airman wrote:

calm wrote:IS claiming  
6 - bmp
6 - 122mm guns
7 - 23mm mounted technicals and a bunch of ATGMs ammo small arms
16 - T-72 tanks
12 - T-55 tanks
22 - Ural-4320 trucks
Vystrel battle vehicles

Good gifts to Daesh from the Syrian Arab Army....

IS claiming to take the marked junction, last major checkpoint before Jabal Tiyas.
Separately local media reports #Tiyas/#T4 being shelled

Khepesh wrote:Idlib, maybe.... Any attempt to retake Palmyra would be for reasons of pride, and that is not a good military reason for any actions. Palmyra can wait until the advance to Dair-ez-Zor.

calm wrote:Any predictions for direction after Aleppo?

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calm wrote:ISIS claims ATGM hit on TR tank near Al-Bab.

Leopard?

While the SyAAF should have no problem evacuating most of the Su-22M4s and Su-24M2s if the Islamic State attacks, it is yet to be seen if they would manage to evacuate the extensive stock of spare parts, armaments and irreplaceable personnel also present at the base. If not, it is unlikely the SyAAF would ever recover from such a major loss.

As seen at Tabqa, the SyAAF had great difficulty evacuating the remaining personnel and weapon systems, and failed even in destroying the MiG-21s undergoing maintenance, which would have prevented possible future use by the Islamic State.

T4's direct line of defence is provided by various checkpoints manned by the National Defence Force (NDF) and numerous anti-aircraft gun emplacements that can be used to slow down assaults by the Islamic State. As seen at Tabqa, fighter-bombers stationed at the airbase or detached SA-342 Gazelles and Mi-25s can provide another layer of protection from the skies.

Two S-75 and three S-125 SAM sites are tasked to defend T4's air space, although their operational readiness can be questioned. One RSP-7, two P-12/18 ''Spoon Rest'' and two P-35/37 ''Bar Lock'' radars are responsible for detecting any plane flying in mid-Syria.

same thing every year in last 3 years
The fighter-bombers and the possible deployment of SyAAF attack helicopters at T4 complicates any future offensive undertaken by the Islamic State in the Homs Governorate and makes T4 a priority target for the Islamic State to take out.

Even though it remains to be seen if T4 will be attacked soon, the offensive in the Homs province, leading to the capture of the vital Shaer gas field, comes at a time when the rest of the world remains distracted by the Islamic State's offensive on the city of Kobanê and once again shows the flexibility of the Islamic State to carry out offensives on multiple fronts.

KiloGolf wrote:

calm wrote:ISIS claims ATGM hit on TR tank near Al-Bab.

Leopard?

Yeap. These idiots seem to have no idea what they're doing with those tanks.
And they're meant to be professionals

This is their PR stunt before it received the strike: