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Palmyra seems to be lost but it seems with minimum deaths to SAA. It appears that it wasn't a fight worth fighting for now as SAA wants to concentrate on Aleppo. I think it's important for SAA to be able to keep their focus and not spread themselves too thin. Aleppo is important now and after...

Palmyra is in a bad spot. Current reports seem to indicate that city is being besieged by ISIS.

Horrible news. Best of wishes for the Turkish people, to be able to rise over this disgusting act.

I thought ISIS and Iran were best friends? Can you explain?

News regarding Palmyra is not accurate yet, but from what I can gather, ISIS seems to be on the retreat. It almost looks like the pyrrhic victory the opposition had in trying to break the siege in Aleppo where they apparently had initial success, but they received such devastating losses, that...

When ISIS is advancing, its haha SAA are such losers, when ISIS is retreating, its SAA and ISIS are best buddies. But this is not important, to any objective person interested in this conflict, one has to understand that there can be set-backs at times. And the future can never be 100%...

ISIS taking advantage of SAA's concentration on Aleppo by having a massive offensive to retake land in Palmyra, and things not going so well for SAA.

Albert Einstein is an Arab too. Well, he was Jewish and Jews are Semites and Arabs are semites, ergo Albert Einstein might as well been called Albert Ibn Hermann Al-Almani

What a shit thread this turned out to be.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/35/251510/Arts--Culture/Stage--Street/Google-Doodle-celebrates-Persian-astronomer-Azophi.aspx Google doodle celebrates Persian astronomer Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sufi known in the West as Azophi and Azophi Arabus, with a representation of the constellation...

To use a different example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents Almost all space related accidents are due to Americans & Russians. Does this mean they suck the most at space? or are they the best? Obviously, its better to be able to build an...

So, the first thing Syrian mothers do when their 7 year old daughter is killed, is to quickly update their English twitter? ---- Anyway, new map of Aleppo,

The headline of the article doesn't seem to match Assad's quote, "We are very cautious in judging him [Donald Trump] … But let’s say if he is going to fight the terrorists of course we are going to be (an) ally, natural ally with the Russians, with the Iranians" Basically, he is saying IF...

Party at Al-Bab, everyone's invited!! http://www.*************/convkey/7249/bbnz5yhkgb89k7azg.jpg?size_id=c I don't know why media-fire is blocked. Anyway, see the map at this reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/5cxhap/situation_in_n_aleppo_fsa_only_2km_away_from/

In terms of per capita, there are actually more Sunni mosques per Sunnis than shia mosques per shia. Although, designation is bullshit. there are no Sunni or shia or sufi mosques. There are just mosques. Sunnis are allowed to visit any mosque they choose in Iran and Shias are allowed to visit...

1.7% of GDP on military spending is nothing, compared to how volatile the region is. If anything, the government would have to put military at the forefront for now, because trying to fix the economy could mean cutting down on subsidies which could push certain elements into criminal extremism...

A translation from an Arabic article, found on Reddit, regarding explanation for failed rebel attacks from their own perspective, The publishers of the article, Eldorar Alshamia, say they spoke with several sources inside Jaysh al-Fath and Fatah Halab asking why the offensive was not...

What an absolutely strange world we live in. Now, it is the conservative, hardline republicans who are willing to work the "Axis of Evil" to end war? Of course, let's wait and see. We can't trust what a politician says, and have to wait and see for ourselves the actions that they do...

Latest Aleppo Map: Reminder that insurgents have completely failed in their Aleppo attack. 1070 Apartment Project has fallen into SAA hands, and insurgents have been badly hurt. Aleppo is now almost certainly lost to the rebels, and if SAA succeeds, this will free up their men for further...

We need Babak Zanjani to run for President next year on a Principalist ticket. Imagine Trump & Zanjani negotiating!