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Looks like many YPG fighters fleeing to manbij. Next stop Manbij it is then

True the 200,000 figure is exaggerated, the last census that took place before the civil war at 36000 in the city and I don't think much more 100-150,000 in the 200 odd villages in Afrin district. On google maps, if you use the time feature, the city hasn't changed much at all since 2010 so...

Also claims that as many as 200,000 people have fled Afrin in recent days towards Aleppo. The city must be pretty empty by now. Meanwhile in Anadan I think the NDF will regret aligning themselves against Turkey

This one? http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.495251&lon=36.833704&z=16&m=b&show=/37966719/Central-Prison

http://time.com/5195442/eastern-ghouta-syria-civil-war-anniversary/ Ultimately might is right. Before Turkey took effective action on the ground the narrative was dominated by anti Turkish lines. From Turkey=ISIS to the CFR head recommending a carrot and stick policy to beat Turkey into line...

The damage to the yellow building seems quite minimal for an airstrike. The building itself is still mostly unscathed and rubble at the front showing any signs of something happening. The YPG has a history of staging false flag attacks and manipulating scenes to give false narratives, so i'll...

Technology can help secure borders in difficult terrain and lessen the physical toll on the human body.

Looks like OB forces are continuing south adjacent the road from Afrin to nubl. Preparing the way to Tel Refat from south

I don't want to derail the thread so to clarify quickly, when I said in Iran, I mean the people of Iran. Iranian Turks will call themselves Turks and many non Turks call them Turks, not Azeris. I agree politically there is repression and chauvinism from the state. In Iran Turks refer to...

True but "Azeri" is a Soviet construct. In Iran Turks self identify as Turks, Iranian Turks, Azerbaijani Turks. Even the Qashqai refer to themselves as Turks. Ever since the Russians got to past the Caucasus they have introduced ways to distinguish between Turks west of Aras river of the Ottoman...

These NDF guys seem to be the definition of cannon fodder. 0 impact and 100% despendable

Good analysis. I would also say Russia wants some balance of forces on the ground to maintain its dominance over the regime. Russia and Iran aren't as friendly as they make out publicly. Iran has it's own schemes in Syria and the more successful Assad is on the ground the stronger Iran and less...

The PKK network is usually quite savvy when it comes to drawing attention to their "cause" but todays protests seem to be really counter productive. Here's one from Cambridge Mostly Kurds and some hippy leftists from the nearby universities. Yet all they seem to have achieved today is pissing...

Kirazli is now the only settlement left before Afrin gets completely cut off.

PKK supporters are protesting on train tracks at manchester piccadily LOL. Not sure what they hope to achieve other than to piss people off who just want to go about their day and can't be arsed with foreigners airing their foreign gripes which they couldn't care less about. I think for the...

The mask is slipping. YPG/PKK supporters calling out to revert to terrorism

I can see Tallaf airbase being an important strategic location for TFSA forces. Located halfway between Jinderes and Afrin city, will create a supply route from air right on the main highway between the two biggest settlements. Also joining the main highways into and out of Afrin towards Idlib...

Unfortunately for him it's not safe to send him by road so there would be no choice but to drop him in from the sky

You are right in that the title is important to convey a message. Propaganda is the wrong word to use. It gives the message the information is manipulated and false. Trust is important if you want your information to be spread and believed. Media relations is much better term to use, but...