Syrian Civil War (Graphic Photos/Vid Not Allowed)

[Dr.Thrax]

I'm back (silenced a little for "insulting" some Iranians in a different part of the forum.)
Rebels have made huge advances lately, and as many of you know have taken all of Mastoumeh. Now they have taken Nahlaya and Kafr Najd, making Ariha essentially besieged.

Here is a James Bond style explosion behind celebrating rebels in Mastoumeh:

And here is the situation in Eastern Ghouta, Brigade 39 specifically, which was a thorn in the back for JAI in Ghouta. If they take Brigade 39, they can rapidly expand in the North and Northeast of Eastern Ghouta and possibly connect with Eastern Qalamoun, partially ending the siege. Of course this comes with the drawback that they will probably have a huge force to attack them elsewhere in Eastern Ghouta if they try to do this.

For anyone wondering why there is no progress in Dara'a, it's because rebels don't have the ability currently to advance on Assad there. They're waiting on the Idlib offensive to finish, which will do two things in the North: An offensive to cut Assad's supply line to Aleppo (most logical choice) or start attacking Latakia (would be much more psychological than effective, as it would be striking Assad in his homeland.) In the South the Idlib offensive might prompt an offensive to take Dara'a as well, as the situation there is very similar to that in Idlib currently, and would cause the rebels to grow much much stronger, and would probably advance to Eastern/Western Ghouta and Western/Eastern Qalamoun. At least, that would be the most logical option. And as a side venture they would take the airfield in Suwaydaa, which they are very close to by now. (Rebels made an agreement with Druze leaders to not attack Suwaydaa, and Druze would do their best to try to limit Assad's ability to launch offensives.)

 

[Saif al-Arab]

I'm back (silenced a little for "insulting" some Iranians in a different part of the forum.)
Rebels have made huge advances lately, and as many of you know have taken all of Mastoumeh. Now they have taken Nahlaya and Kafr Najd, making Ariha essentially besieged.

Here is a James Bond style explosion behind celebrating rebels in Mastoumeh:

And here is the situation in Eastern Ghouta, Brigade 39 specifically, which was a thorn in the back for JAI in Ghouta. If they take Brigade 39, they can rapidly expand in the North and Northeast of Eastern Ghouta and possibly connect with Eastern Qalamoun, partially ending the siege. Of course this comes with the drawback that they will probably have a huge force to attack them elsewhere in Eastern Ghouta if they try to do this.

صركم الله يا المجاهدين المسلمين السوريين و اخوانهم العرب الاخرين
ادحروا الصفويين و الشبيحه لا ترحموا احدا لانه واجبنا حماية المسلمين
النصر او الشهادة

 

[Dr.Thrax]

صركم الله يا المجاهدين المسلمين السوريين و اخوانهم العرب الاخرين
ادحروا الصفويين و الشبيحه لا ترحموا احدا لانه واجبنا حماية المسلمين
النصر او الشهادة

Shookran ya akhi. Inshallah al Safawyeen will be destroyed soon. Al hurriya lal'kil jaye.

 

[IR-TR]

I got no bone in this fight guys

Shookran ya akhi. Inshallah al Safawyeen will be destroyed soon. Al hurriya lal'kil jaye.

Good thinking. But 'your' country is destroyed already. So a bunch of takfiris celebrating on rubble Ya akhi akhi1!11!!111!! eleven!

 

[White Tiger]

@Sinan

I am ELTurco, i did not leave because of that nonsense i just lost my password so made another account

 

[Ceylal]

Shookran ya akhi. Inshallah al Safawyeen will be destroyed soon. Al hurriya lal'kil jaye.

You are one of the very few, that is if you are a Syrian of course, that supports the ones that turning Syria into ruble and get thanks from a baguette boy..

 

[SipahSalar]

You are one of the very few, that is if you are a Syrian of course, that supports the ones that turning Syria into ruble and get thanks from a baguette boy..

Do you really think Assad is a leader who cares for his people? Haven't you seen him dropping barrel bombs on civilian neighbourhoods like there is no tomorrow?

 

[Ceylal]

Do you really think Assad is a leader who cares for his people? Haven't you seen him dropping barrel bombs on civilian neighbourhoods like there is no tomorrow?

They accused Kaddafy of something similar, but now the one that caused his death are denying that he killed civilian...Same goes for Assad, if he was dropping those barrel on his citizens, he would have made it to the next morning, since the SAA in her biggest majority is Sunni. Syria, is the only state in the area that is a truly unified state where it's citizenry pledge their allegiance to the country instead of the tribe, as Jordan, Iraq and the rest of the pour excuse of humans of the GCC...

 

[Dr.Thrax]

I got no bone in this fight guys



Good thinking. But 'your' country is destroyed already. So a bunch of takfiris celebrating on rubble Ya akhi akhi1!11!!111!! eleven!

lol. You don't even know the content of the post, and you're still doubting I'm Syrian. It's lovely how an Iranian thinks he has more jurisdiction to talk about Syria than an Arab, specifically a Syrian Arab. You guys are funny.

You are one of the very few, that is if you are a Syrian of course, that supports the ones that turning Syria into ruble and get thanks from a baguette boy..

I'm sure you care so much about Syria when you're openly worshiping the very people killing Syrians.

They accused Kaddafy of something similar, but now the one that caused his death are denying that he killed civilian...Same goes for Assad, if he was dropping those barrel on his citizens, he would have made it to the next morning, since the SAA in her biggest majority is Sunni. Syria, is the only state in the area that is a truly unified state where it's citizenry pledge their allegiance to the country instead of the tribe, as Jordan, Iraq and the rest of the pour excuse of humans of the GCC...

Gaddafi did kill innocents. Where did you pull that BS from? No one has ever denied he hasn't killed people. He killed 10,000. SAA is not majority Sunni in any way, shape, or form. There are two types of Sunnis in SAA, and they don't make up a majority of the SAA at all, Shiites from abroad do now (83,000 shiites fighting for Assad + a lot of Alawites, who make up the rest of the army with some other minorities here and there). The two types of Sunnis are as follows - The ones who benefit from the Assad regime (very little), and the forcefully drafted (the vast majority of the tiny minority of the SAA.)

 

[Solomon2]

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article4441821.ece
Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat

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  President Assad is looking more vulnerable than at any point since 2011GettSANA/y Images

Michael Evans, Deborah Haynes and Tom Coghlan
Last updated at 12:01AM, May 16 2015

Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad amid signs that Syria’s four-year civil war is turning decisively against him.

Intelligence reports suggest that recent battlefield gains by rebel groups have left the Syria dictator looking more vulnerable than at any point since 2011.

When John Kerry, the US secretary of state, met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov this week, Moscow was not ready to drop its long-standing support for Mr Assad.

However, it is understood that both sides recognised the fighting had reached a turning point and that a post-Assad transition would need to be discussed. US sources suggested it would mean Mr Assad taking refuge in Tehran or Moscow.

Britain is also involved in increasing diplomatic efforts to forge a peaceful transition of power in Damascus if and when he falls.

Syria has been torn apart by the three-way fight between forces of the regime, the moderate opposition and extremist fighters loyal to Islamic State, although the rebel forces have spent much of the past four years divided and lined up against each other.

A series of setbacks suffered by “exhausted” government forces in recent weeks and the dramatically improved cohesiveness of moderate rebel groups have increased the prospect that Mr Assad may be ousted.

One US intelligence official said that battlefield losses and the depletion of the Syrian armed forces meant the country was approaching “a turning point for Assad”.

They said: “If Assad’s position was to deteriorate significantly, Moscow and Tehran [his main backers] would have to decide whether to continue to prop him up.”

Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov met in Sochi this week and discussed how the US and Russia could work together on Syria.

“It was agreed that Secretary Kerry and Minister Lavrov would continue their conversation in the coming weeks with increased focus and purpose regarding a genuine political transition in Syria,” a State Department official said.

However, even if he were to quit Damascus and his regime were to fall, the State Department and America’s intelligence community remain wary of what form of government could be developed to build stability in Syria. “The alternative to Assad is not Isil [Islamic State], and the alternative to Isil is not Assad,” the State Department official said.

British officials are similarly concerned. “Whatever fragile alliance has been formed between the various factions, almost inevitably there would be some monster power struggle to try and establish their own fiefdoms or control over various areas or the whole area,” a Whitehall source said.

The change in Mr Assad’s fortunes has come about as a result of significant advances by the extremist al-Nusra, affiliated to al-Qaeda, in the north, the rise of another extremist Sunni group called Ahrar al-Sham and the continuing strength of Isis, despite US-led coalition aistrikes. Another key factor is the greater cohesion among moderate opposition in the south.

Mr Assad was being forced to rely increasingly on proxy forces such as Iran-backed Hezbollah, to protect his regime.

So far neither Russia nor Iran have signalled any public intent to lessen their support for Mr Assad. But the State Department is hopeful that in the next few weeks as Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov continue their discussions, some change of view might develop.

However, the intelligence official warned: “The regime’s allies have previously surged support to help avoid the Assad government’s collapse, and their interest in maintaining the viability of a long-term ally leaves little doubt they would do so again.”

There is also concern that Assad, if backed into a corner, could resort to using chemical weapons following reports that inspectors found traces of sarin and VX nerve agents at a military research site in Syria in violation of an agreement with the West to remove all such material following deadly chemical weapons attacks in a Damascus suburb in 2013.

“It does look as if a number of strands are potentially conflating… that may begin to really ramp up the pressure and force him [Assad] either voluntarily to cut a deal and get out or whatever,” a Whitehall source said.

“Underpinning that is there does seem to be some kind of stockpiles of chemical weapons.”

 

[Azad-Kashmiri]

Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat

• 
  
  President Assad is looking more vulnerable than at any point since 2011GettSANA/y Images

Michael Evans, Deborah Haynes and Tom Coghlan
Last updated at 12:01AM, May 16 2015

Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad amid signs that Syria’s four-year civil war is turning decisively against him.

Intelligence reports suggest that recent battlefield gains by rebel groups have left the Syria dictator looking more vulnerable than at any point since 2011.

When John Kerry, the US secretary of state, met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov this week, Moscow was not ready to drop its long-standing support for Mr Assad.

However, it is understood that both sides recognised the fighting had reached a turning point and that a post-Assad transition would need to be discussed. US sources suggested it would mean Mr Assad taking refuge in Tehran or Moscow.

Britain is also involved in increasing diplomatic efforts to forge a peaceful transition of power in Damascus if and when he falls.

Syria has been torn apart by the three-way fight between forces of the regime, the moderate opposition and extremist fighters loyal to Islamic State, although the rebel forces have spent much of the past four years divided and lined up against each other.

A series of setbacks suffered by “exhausted” government forces in recent weeks and the dramatically improved cohesiveness of moderate rebel groups have increased the prospect that Mr Assad may be ousted.

One US intelligence official said that battlefield losses and the depletion of the Syrian armed forces meant the country was approaching “a turning point for Assad”.

They said: “If Assad’s position was to deteriorate significantly, Moscow and Tehran [his main backers] would have to decide whether to continue to prop him up.”

Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov met in Sochi this week and discussed how the US and Russia could work together on Syria.

“It was agreed that Secretary Kerry and Minister Lavrov would continue their conversation in the coming weeks with increased focus and purpose regarding a genuine political transition in Syria,” a State Department official said.

However, even if he were to quit Damascus and his regime were to fall, the State Department and America’s intelligence community remain wary of what form of government could be developed to build stability in Syria. “The alternative to Assad is not Isil [Islamic State], and the alternative to Isil is not Assad,” the State Department official said.

British officials are similarly concerned. “Whatever fragile alliance has been formed between the various factions, almost inevitably there would be some monster power struggle to try and establish their own fiefdoms or control over various areas or the whole area,” a Whitehall source said.

The change in Mr Assad’s fortunes has come about as a result of significant advances by the extremist al-Nusra, affiliated to al-Qaeda, in the north, the rise of another extremist Sunni group called Ahrar al-Sham and the continuing strength of Isis, despite US-led coalition aistrikes. Another key factor is the greater cohesion among moderate opposition in the south.

Mr Assad was being forced to rely increasingly on proxy forces such as Iran-backed Hezbollah, to protect his regime.

So far neither Russia nor Iran have signalled any public intent to lessen their support for Mr Assad. But the State Department is hopeful that in the next few weeks as Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov continue their discussions, some change of view might develop.

However, the intelligence official warned: “The regime’s allies have previously surged support to help avoid the Assad government’s collapse, and their interest in maintaining the viability of a long-term ally leaves little doubt they would do so again.”

There is also concern that Assad, if backed into a corner, could resort to using chemical weapons following reports that inspectors found traces of sarin and VX nerve agents at a military research site in Syria in violation of an agreement with the West to remove all such material following deadly chemical weapons attacks in a Damascus suburb in 2013.

“It does look as if a number of strands are potentially conflating… that may begin to really ramp up the pressure and force him [Assad] either voluntarily to cut a deal and get out or whatever,” a Whitehall source said.

“Underpinning that is there does seem to be some kind of stockpiles of chemical weapons.”

''Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad''

What have they got to discuss when the World stood by and watched 250,000 persons murdered by the butcher. I'm sure they've got a 'puppet' ready to step in to fill the vacancy. The question is, will the ones who did the fighting listen to the powers to be?

 

[monitor]

''Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad''

What have they got to discuss when the World stood by and watched 250,000 persons murdered by the butcher. I'm sure they've got a 'puppet' ready to step in to fill the vacancy. The question is, will the ones who did the fighting listen to the powers to be?

This butcher succeeded killing 250000 people because of disunity between turkey Saudi Qatar each wanted their people , to win the war result nobody succeeded toppling assad . now when they relize infighting between them self will not bring any thing they are united and fighting the common enemy Assad and achieve some success . after assad they need to give a common' puppet'''' so that Syria doesn't engulf in a quagmire of fighting between different fraction .

 

[dearhypocrite]

I'm back (silenced a little for "insulting" some Iranians in a different part of the forum.)

alhamdulillah

you're back my brother

keep up the syrian news, i want to know what happen to my brothers & sisters there daily

 

[IR-TR]

What the fck are you tlaking about? KILLED 250.000 people? About 80% of those are combatants, split between takfiris and loyalistst. The rest is civilian. WTF? That's a CLEAN war. Look at Bush' Iraq war. 5000 dead Americans, about 20.000 dead Iraqi soldiers, about as many militants, and over 500.000 dead CIVILIANS. Why is nobody crying about that? In Iraq it was 90% civilians killed. In syria about 20%. This is a CLEAN war. Combatants vs combatants, aside from some collateral damage.

 

[Hussein]

What the fck are you tlaking about? KILLED 250.000 people? About 80% of those are combatants, split between takfiris and loyalistst. The rest is civilian. WTF? That's a CLEAN war. Look at Bush' Iraq war. 5000 dead Americans, about 20.000 dead Iraqi soldiers, about as many militants, and over 500.000 dead CIVILIANS. Why is nobody crying about that? In Iraq it was 90% civilians killed. In syria about 20%. This is a CLEAN war. Combatants vs combatants, aside from some collateral damage.

they always use the same dishonesty
they prefer blame only Assad (they're right to do so) but don't blame the salafis , jihadi groups butchers
mostly because they support these butchers themselves

it is good there is a discussion of alternative (something different than Assad and something different than groups supported by extremists in the region/islamists)
hopefully they could find a solution... but sadly let me doubt about it ... like doubt about any good will of all countries around (in the all region)