Syrian Civil War (Graphic Photos/Vid Not Allowed)

[Alienoz_TR]

Islamic State supporters in Ma'an, Jordan.

 

[elszADaQ]

CC (Crusader Coalition) tactics is amusing. They did not bomb IS when they were advancing towards Kobane, but started bombing Kobane after IS entered it.

Yesterday CC bombed the abandoned 93th base for whole day.

The coalition isn't just about bombing everything. Conducts have to be carefully implemented. That's why Obama personally authorizes every single strike in Syria unlike in Iraq. This is to ensure that US isn't dragged into Syrian civil war and also not to anger and push the majority Syrian sunni Arabs toward the extremists. No one intervened when those Syrians experienced hundreds of Kobane-like scenarios during the past 4 years.

 

[Alienoz_TR]

Rebels with the captured equipments from Assad troops. In Tel Harrah, Daraa.

 

[al-Hasani]

Islamic State supporters in Ma'an, Jordan.

This is due to poverty and neglect. You will not find ISIS supporters among the educated class or prosperous areas of the Muslim world aside from your 1 or 2 odd cases such as OBL that was born to immense richness but choose another path.

Jordan seriously needs to do something before they start killing people in Jordan.

@BLACKEAGLE @Ahmed Jo

Now I would personally like the richer Arab countries to show solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Jordan and help them in whatever way to combat ISIS and remove the reasons to why they get support in the first place.

Which are unemployment, poverty etc. This is also the case in Iraq, Syria etc. Doing all that will solve much of the problem. I know that this is already done but it could be done at a faster rate and more intensively. But the ME are not really blessed with sane rulers by far so what to expect really?

Give the job to a few educated PDF members and they would do a better job. Almost.

 

[Alienoz_TR]

Some of the photos from Ayn Al Arab. More in the net. I decided not to post everyone of them.

 

[Serpentine]

CC (Crusader Coalition) tactics is amusing. They did not bomb IS when they were advancing towards Kobane, but started bombing Kobane after IS entered it.

Yesterday CC bombed the abandoned 93th base for whole day.

I don't assume you are being sarcastic, and if not, you and I agree finally agree on something for the first time.

 

[elszADaQ]

John Kerry hints protecting Kobani is not priority - ITV News

 

[Mosamania]

Hezbollah's lies are exposed.
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The tragedy of a former resistance
With its change of strategy and intervention in the Syrian war, Hezbollah is the crow that tried to imitate the partridge and forgot its own walking style
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Twenty-four hours after the Brital Mountains attack, the Al-Nusra Front – Al-Qaeda in Syria – published a video showing the various stages of a military operation that targeted a Hezbollah position outside Brital, not far from the city of Baalbek.


On October 5, clashes broke out on the Bekaa side of the Anti-Lebanon Mountain Range, and involved at least four positions. This time, the clashes were relatively distant from Arsal. The fighters came from Syria’s Assal al-Ward area, crossed the supposed border and penetrated several kilometers into Lebanese territory before setting up artillery. Their foot soldiers then proceeded to infiltrate a Hezbollah position, supposed to function as a monitoring and early-warning post, where they carried out a classic guerrilla attack. The fighters eventually took control of the position, killed those in it, and then seized the ammunition and withdrew to the mountains once again as the wounded fled.


In the first hours of the clash, the only information came from the Lebanese side; either security sources or people who had fled the area near the fighting. The violence of the artillery response suggested that ferocious battles were underway in the mountains. Hezbollah leaked information to news agencies – the French press in particular – saying that hundreds of fighters had attacked their position, and later on that two of its members had been killed. Meanwhile, party supporters in Baalbek where calling on residents to donate blood from every group to the area’s hospitals.

Initial information was that dozens of Nusra members had been killed, similar numbers injured, and that artillery shelling had continued into the night. Later, additional information was leaked to journalists about Lebanese Armed Forces participation in shelling operations and the recapture of all the positions.

The next day, the Nusra Front published a video and we were confronted with two stories. Hezbollah can easily change its version, especially as it has not yet released it as an official statement, while the Al-Qaeda affiliate’s recorded story was quickly removed from YouTube.

Hezbollah later announced that of eight of its members had been killed; most of them from Bekaa areas near the scene of the clash, while Nusra said it had killed 11 Hezbollah members and announced the death of one of its own. The losses to each side are no longer very different, with the former attacker now occupying a defensive position. Salafist fighters have become adept at guerrilla warfare and begun to confront the former master with its own tactics.


For a long time Hezbollah trained its fighters for surprise guerilla warfare and defense in small groups. Its activities in resisting Israel were made legend, and the image of fighters taking part in that resistance was romanticized. This attracted young volunteers and earned the reverence of the masses.


The party’s military media was responsible for promoting the image of a resistance fighter who climbed the mountains to strike the occupier in the hills; a fighter who returned with minimal losses, sowing fear in his enemy’s heart and destroying his morale. This image would never have waned if the party had not gone to war in Syria and been forced to play the role of its former enemy: a semi-regular force facing a people’s resistance (regardless of the fact that the group which carried out this latest attack is ideologically and organizationally affiliated with Al-Qaeda.)


Today, Hezbollah is living the nightmare it once inflicted on the Israeli occupation by using small groups of fighters and swift withdrawals. It is being attacked by small groups, no bigger than two platoons, or 50 members. They kill, wound and plunder as much as they like before withdrawing. Worse than that, they film the insides of positions and the TOW missiles being taken away; something the party was never able to accomplish against its Israeli enemy.


The party occupied the upper hills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountain range to protect its military compounds further inland and prevent supplies from reaching fighters in Syria’s Qalamoun Mountains, but these positions, which are supposed to be early warning posts, have become more like the Israeli positions that once stood in the hills of southern Lebanon – fixed targets for fighters prepared to engage in the tough work of guerilla warfare.


Today, with its change of strategy and intervention in the Syrian war alongside Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Hezbollah is living the proverb of the crow that tried to imitate the steps of the partridge only to fail and forget its own steps. It is the tragedy of a former resistance that is now being attacked using its own tactics.

The tragedy of a former resistance

I always said, Hizb is nothing but an over inflated Iranian propagabda machine in the region, nothing more nothing less, yeah they get the mist money out of all terrorist groups in the past, but it shot itself in the foot once it helped Assad against the people. Hizb died the day they entred Syria.

 

[Alienoz_TR]

I always said, Hizb is nothing but an over inflated Iranian propagabda machine in the region, nothing more nothing less, yeah they get the mist money out of all terrorist groups in the past, but it shot itself in the foot once it helped Assad against the people. Hizb died the day they entred Syria.

I saw the video. I saw the Hezbollah death. From the hill where they stood, they were looking at the city of Brital. Lotsa equipments were captured, inc. Missiles. Dunno which type was the missiles?!...

 

[Hasbara Buster]

US after foothold to bring down Assad

Washington is intentionally using ISIL to gain a foothold in Syria rather than stop training terrorists, says an analyst.

Daniel Patrick Welch, political commentator from Boston, told Press TV in an interview on Tuesday that if the United States was serious, it would do two things.

“One is to stop the funding – turn off the tap for all the terrorists fighting in Syria - and two, coordinate with the Syrian government to fight off this horrible scourge.”

“And they are not willing to do either because it is disingenuous. What they want is a foothold in Syria to bring down the Assad government,” the analyst said, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Welch also said the US is intentionally allowing ISIL to reach the strategic northern town of Kobani near the border with Turkey.

“By mistake they claim to have bombed grain silos, oil refineries, a Syrian brigade and many civilians – That’s all apparently by mistake; but on purpose they haven’t managed to stop this advance in the north.”

Heavy urban warfare is underway between Kurdish forces and the ISIL terrorists in the eastern parts of Kobani. The Kurdish forces have forced ISIL to pull back from some neighborhoods, but the terrorists are advancing into the southwest of the town.

The ISIL militants launched attacks on Kobani about three weeks ago. Some 200,000 people, mainly Kurds, have been forced from their homes by the attacks so far.

The United States and its Arab allies began airstrikes targeting ISIL positions in late September. Kurdish authorities say the attacks are not working.

The political commentator said the United States has not been “serious about confronting ISIL,” because Washington has been “instrumental in funding and training” them.

“Since their stated aim is the ouster of the elected government (in Syria), it is just another regime change operation and this is another vignette in that whole saga.”

PressTV - US after foothold to bring down Assad: Commentator


US, UK considering buffer zone for Turkey

The UK and the US say they are ready to examine the Turkish idea of setting up a buffer zone in Syria to protect refugees fleeing ISIL violence.

US Secretary of State John Kerry made the announcement on Wednesday in a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in Washington DC.

“The buffer zone is an idea that's out there, it's worth examining, it's worth looking at very, very closely," said Kerry.

The US secretary of state added that creating a buffer zone will be one of the issues General John Allen, President Barack Obama's anti-ISIL envoy, would be discussing with Turkish officials during an upcoming two-day meeting in Turkey.

Kerry said the two sides would also discuss what role Turkey will take up following the release of the Turkish hostages held by ISIL, adding that the so-called coalition led by the US against

ISIL is trying to deprive the terrorist group of its overall ability, not only in Kobani, a Syrian border town with Turkey, but also elsewhere in Syria and in Iraq.

Hammond, for his part said, the UK would continue to work closely with its coalition partners on further actions against ISIL militants.

"We'd have to explore with our other allies and partners what is meant by a buffer zone, how such a concept would work,” said Hammond, adding, “But I certainly wouldn't want to rule it out at this stage."

The buffer zone has been proposed by Turkey in a bid to protect its border against ISIL and to provide security for Syrians fleeing the onslaught by the militants.

The latest reports suggest that Kurdish fighters in Kobani are getting the upper hand in the urban warfare between them and the Takfiri ISIL terrorists.

The intense fighting for the strategic town has forced nearly 200,000 people to take refuge in Turkey.

The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has called for an urgent international response to prevent Kobani from falling into the hands of the ISIL terrorists.

PressTV - US, UK considering buffer zone for Turkey​

 

[Alienoz_TR]

Reports coming for IS conquest of the city of Ayn Al Arab. Final statement awaiting.

Meanwhile...

https://twitter.com/x/status/519923106975318016

 

[Alienoz_TR]

Source: SOHR -IMPORTANT-

The violent clashes in the town of al Sfireh in the northern eastern countryside of Aleppo have still erupted between the Islamic movement of Ahraro al- Sham and the regime forces, where the clashes resulted in the death of 14 soldiers from the regime forces and 5 fighters at least from Ahraro al- Sham, as well as Ahraro al- Sham fighters could take control over the villages of Qashotah, al Barzaneyyi, Diman, al Zera’ah al Tehtaneyyi and al Zera’ah al Foqaneyyi in a battle named “ Zaeir al Ahrar” ( the freemen roar). This battle, as what is mentioned in a statement by the Movement, aimed to “strike three sites of the army which are al Adnaneyyi, al Zera’ah al Foqaneyyi and al Zera’ah al Tehtaneyyi in order to open a road to attack the Defense Factories from which the helicopters take off in order to drop barrel bombs onto Aleppo, Idelb and Hama. In a case of controlling the Defense Factories the main supply line for the regime forces in Aleppo will be cut off”. Information reported that the Movement’s fighters could destroy 2 helicopters trying to take off from the Defense Factories.

The importance of taking control over the Defense Factories, which are adjacent to the town of al Sfireh, comes from being the start point of the military operations of the regime army supported by militiamen towards the fronts of the Industrial Area, al Sheikh Najjar, the Central Prison of Aleppo and the airbase of al Nayrab. This also will led to cut off the supply line of the regime forces from Aleppo to Hama from Khanaser side. These factories produce the barrel bombs that dropped onto the city of Aleppo and its countryside.

In addition to, the control of these factories will led to besiege the regime forces inside the town of al Sfireh as well as the two towns of Tal Aran and Tal Hasel located in the northwest of al Sfireh by Ahraro al- Sham Movement and Islamic State which bombarded few hours ago areas in the regime- held towns of Tal Aran and Tal Hasel.

 

[Ceylal]

Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph
Kobani has become the Kurds’ Alamo as they fight ISIS in Syria. Nobody’s coming to help them, and if and when they fall, the repercussions will be felt for years to come.
ATMANEK, Turkey — At dusk on Friday evening the crackle of automatic gunfire, the whoosh of rockets and the sickening roar of tank shells echoed from the fighting in Kobani, Syria, less than a mile away. We stood on the rooftop of a derelict farmhouse meters away from a Turkish tank and a razor wire fence marking the end of Turkey.

Nearby a family of Turkish Kurds busied themselves in their fields piling vegetables onto a donkey-drawn cart. Look the other way though, towards Syria as the sun melted in a red glow under the horizon, and the occasional rocket and flare flashed across the skyline.

Another day in a desperate fight was ending in the Kurds’ Alamo. And as with the 13-day last stand of the Texans James Bowie and William B. Travis there was no relief in sight.

In the morning Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told journalists in a briefing in Ankara that his government would do what it could to prevent the mainly Kurdish town of Kobani, known as Ain al-Arab to the Arabs, from falling to the militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS).
“We wouldn’t want Kobani to fall,” he said.

It is hard to tell though.

Despite the Turkish parliament giving the government powers to order cross-border military incursions into Syria, there were no signs yesterday of any Turkish military buildup. Along the border every quarter of a mile or so there was a tank or armored vehicle parked with turrets pointing towards Kobani, but they didn’t thunder. Yet if Kobani falls, the strategic victory for ISIS will mean it controls much of the long Syrian frontier with a nation that is a member of NATO and wants to become part of the European Union.

Turkish soldiers sat by their vehicles in the twilight languidly chatting or cooking. They only bestirred themselves to hassle passing Turkish Kurds traveling along newly made tracks in the flat fields now shorn of their wheat between the tiny villages along the border. The Turkish Kurds were looking for better vantage points—as I did—to try to make sense of the battle between the YPG, the Syrian Kurdish defense forces and the jihadists.

In the border villages Kurds from all over Turkey are gathered in small groups—from Diyarbakır and Mardin, Batman and Van—to keep vigil and to watch a battle unfolding that is making their blood boil and will be fixed firmly in the history of the Kurdish struggle.

For 30 years inside Turkey the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, waged a ferocious war met with ferocious repression that had only recently seemed ready to end. But the action—or inaction—of the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan right now in the face of what’s happening at Kobani is threatening all that. The YPG is essentially a Syrian offshoot of the PKK, and the fate of its fighters—if left to die as Turkish tanks stand by—will be felt among millions of Kurds in Turkey, Iraq and in Western Europe as well.

“If Kobani falls,” Sabri Ozdemir, the mayor of Batman, told me, “the peace process between the [Turkish] government and the Kurds will end.” He is also bitter about the failure of the U.S.-led coalition to intervene decisively—all the dozens of Turkish and Syrian Kurds I spoke to yesterday share that bitterness.

On Wednesday U.S. warplanes did strike ISIS targets in a captured Kurdish village near Kobani. And late Friday night there were more strikes on outlying areas of the besieged city now mostly empty of civilians. But the forays have done nothing to slow the jihadists. On Friday morning three ISIS battle tanks sat brazenly out in the open before trundling towards the center of Kobani. Wouldn’t the armored formation have been an easy target for U.S. F-15s?

Ozdemir’s warning echoed the threat given a day ago by Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK. He too warned that an ISIS victory would mark the end of the faltering peace process between the Turkish Kurds and Ankara. In a message relayed to supporters from his prison cell on the island of Imrali he declared ominously that, “the siege of Kobani is far from being just an ordinary siege.”

That was the feeling Friday night, certainly, as young and old Kurds sat hunched around campfires near the border cooking communal meals and debating whether Kobani can hold out from a furious ISIS offensive that has seen dozens of outlying villages fall to the jihadists.

There was bravado in their talk about how Kobani won’t fall and in the village of Alizer patriotic Kurdish songs were sung. But in quieter moments the pessimism was tangible—and along with it went the realization that the fall of Kobani will likely impact dramatically their lives, too.

In Kurdish towns across southeast Turkey there are reports of increasing clashes between Kurdish youngsters and police. The young men and women are furious they have been blocked from crossing the border to assist in the defense of Kobani. And they accuse the Turkish government of helping ISIS, meanwhile, by failing to block jihadist fighters from entering Syria through Turkish territory. They see collusion and deception and they say Ankara is determined to subjugate them.

Just across the border from Kobani in the town of Suruc the Turkish police are alert. Unlike their military counterparts they are ready for trouble. The town that has received, according to the local governor, about 180,000 refugees. Crowd control is needed—the numbers are daunting—and refugee families are sleeping where they can, from tents to municipal buildings and empty shops. But the police presence seems more about intimidation.

Several refugees say they have received no food from the Turks—but have been given supplies by Kurdish families and activists and by “the friends,” meaning the PKK.

By the evening what slim hopes had been placed in the pledge by Turkey’s Prime Minister to do all that could be done to save Kobani had evaporated. In a TV program later in the day he pulled back from his earlier remarks, saying Turkey could not intervene militarily because it would drag the country into a wider conflict.

And so the Kurds of Kobani will face ISIS alone.

 

[Oublious]

Pkk burning Qoran schools...

 

[Alienoz_TR]