Syrian Civil War: News

Pyrrus wrote:in the past there were units of Interior Forces, mostly commanded by Interior Ministry Headquarters, to fight with guerilla groups. In fact they were just infantry units with APCs and light weapons. But is it enough or there should be used army special forces instead?

Cyberspec wrote:
As for the use of tanks by the Syrians, it varies by unit I think. If you watch clips of the more elite units they perform well and look like they know their business. While some of the regular/reservists type units still make obvious mistakes.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new wave of Europeans is heading to Syria, their ranks soaring in the past six months as tales of easy living and glorious martyrdom draw them to the rebellion against Bashar Assad.

The western Europe-based rebels, mostly young men, are being recruited by new networks that arrange travel and comfortable lodging in the heart of rebel territory, and foster a militant form of Islam that Western security officials fear will add to the terror threat when the fighters return home.

The 11 western European countries with the biggest contingents in Syria are estimated to have some 1,200-1,700 people among rebel forces, according to government and analyst figures compiled by The Associated Press. That compares to estimates of 600-800 from those countries in late spring.

The surge has occurred particularly in France, Germany, Belgium and Sweden. It reflects the increasing ease of travel to Syria's front lines and enthusiastic sales pitches by the first wave of European volunteers.

As Sa'iqa wrote:

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new wave of Europeans is heading to Syria, their ranks soaring in the past six months as tales of easy living and glorious martyrdom draw them to the rebellion against Bashar Assad.

The western Europe-based rebels, mostly young men, are being recruited by new networks that arrange travel and comfortable lodging in the heart of rebel territory, and foster a militant form of Islam that Western security officials fear will add to the terror threat when the fighters return home.

The 11 western European countries with the biggest contingents in Syria are estimated to have some 1,200-1,700 people among rebel forces, according to government and analyst figures compiled by The Associated Press. That compares to estimates of 600-800 from those countries in late spring.

The surge has occurred particularly in France, Germany, Belgium and Sweden. It reflects the increasing ease of travel to Syria's front lines and enthusiastic sales pitches by the first wave of European volunteers.

I hope they'll all die there. Would be helluva good riddance.

Yep, that German rapper died there a couple weeks back. Served him right. wrote:

Werewolf wrote:
Do you know the name of this "rapper"?
Not that i give a shit about such scum that praise themselfs as "freedom fighters".

Following a near death experience in a car crash, and effected by Pierre Vogel, a former professional boxer and convert to Islam, he ended his rap career in 2010 declaring his own religious conversion to Islam. He declared his decision to convert in a public video. He became a member of a radical Islamic group called Die Wahre Religion (meaning The True Religion). He also said he was dropping his earlier name Deso Dogg in favor of the Islamic name Abou Maleeq

After conversion, he became an Islamic vocal music "nasheed" singer in German. Controversies ensued as he declared public support for Islamic "Mujahideen" forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Chechnya, describing Berlin as eine weitere Kuffar-Metropole (yet another kuffar (infidel) metropolis).

In April 2011, the Berlin public prosecutor brought charges of illegal possession of weapons after Cuspert appeared as "Abou Maleeq" in a YouTube video brandishing arms. In house raids, 16 cartridges of 9 mm caliber and .22 were found in the premises. On 18 August 2011, he was found guilty and fined a monetary fine of 1800 euros without any jail term being specified. German officials remained vigilant however claiming his videos and speeches contained inflammatory rhetoric that promoted violence. Guido Steinberg, an Islamic studies expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs think-tank stated that Dogg's music "support[s] a radicalisation process." The public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (SWR) said in a report that the "Islamist radical Denis C. alias "Abu Maleeq" was being investigated for sedition". The popular Report Mainz news magazine on German ARD TV highlighted his videos, including publicly praising Osama bin Laden in one of his nasheeds. Abou Maleeq announced he was moving from Berlin to Bonn. But his nasheeds came under further scrutiny when Arid Uka, a Muslim Kosovo Albanian from Frankfurt am Main, revealed after assassinating two U.S. Airmen and severely wounded two others in an operation in Frankfurt Airport that he was greatly influenced in his actions by Abou Maleeq's works and that he was a great fan of the nasheed singer

Denis Cuspert became involved with the Egyptian Austrian-born al-Qaeda affiliate Muhammad Mahmoud (also known as Abu Usama Al-Gharib) who had founded the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) as well as the militant salafist group Millatu Ibrahim later banned by the German authorities. German broadcaster ZDF also received footage apparently made by Cuspert where he threatened to start jihad in Germany and warned of many attacks. According to the German security authorities, Cuspert despite heavy observation managed to leave to Egypt to join the remnants of Millatu Ibrahim to try to establish a German Salafist colony that sought to impose Sharia law in Germany.

In 2013, he appeared in a video claiming to be on a jihad mission in Syria fighting with the opposition forces against the government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. He allegedly operated in Syria as a fighter with the Syrian opposition under the nom de guerre of Abu Talha Al-Almani (Abu Talha the German).

In September 2013, Cuspert was reportedly injured in an air attack in Syrian Civil War. In November, German authorities issued a warning emanating from its Federal Criminal Police Office (Das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA)) and made public through the Foreign Office (Das Auswärtige Amt), about a possible attack by Cuspert against German institutions working in Turkey. The warning published by German national daily Die Welt explained that according to the German Foreign Office, it is possible that "Cuspert could use an explosive-laden vehicle". In a video posted online, Denis Cuspert denied ever having had such plans against Turkey or institutions working in Turkey" adding that Germany was not his "objective in terms attacks". Some reports close to the jihadists claim he has died. But there is no official confirmation from independent sources about his alleged death.

Cyberspec wrote:The so called FSA seems to have suddenly vanished into thin air   Now the US is left without any respectable puppets to bring to Geneva and is considering to openly negotiate with the Jihadi's ...I wonder how they're going to spin that one in the media?

  Whither the Syrian "revolutionaries" ?
http://www.voltairenet.org/article181534.html

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The supporters of the rebels seem to be living in a fictional reality and appear delusional....check this one out

Hannibal Barca wrote:Well DEBKA is rubbish, 99% of it's claims are lies to keep the moral of Jews high.
And the worse Jewish condition military wise will become the following years the more apart with reality DEBKA will grow.

George1 wrote:No clear winner after 3 years