Syrian Civil War (Graphic Photos/Vid Not Allowed)

[Shaagird]

Peto exaggerates loy advance as usual. They have only fire control of the highway.

https://twitter.com/x/status/680026521382301696

The corridor lost by Assadists contains 3 large cities: Idlib, Ariha, Jisr and many villages.
On the other hand Qalamoun region is empty desert.


No one supports Assad. Many Sunnis tolerate Assad simply because dont want to pay that super heavy price of getting him off. I can understand them. In Syria if u oppose Assad then ur town will be daily barrel bombed and starved. You must be a true hero to oppose Assad. I doubt I myself would be ready to pay such a heavy price.


In Syria hardly 50 K Alawites and Druze are fighting for Assad willingly. Thats about it. There are additional 150 K Christians and Sunnis and even Aalwis and Druze who are drafted to army and NDF by force and fear, therefore have zero motivation and terrible fighters.

Rebels on the other hand have some 150 K force which is all volunteer. Thats why despite total lack of weapons they were chasing Assadists in 2012.

Thats why the addition of only 10 K Hezies and Iraqis in 2013 changed the situation in favor of Assad.


In 2012 FSA had virtually no support. Yet they kicked Assad butt.

y u r so much obsessed about terrorists. you should be thankful to the Asad govt. for exterminating them

 

[gau8av]

Russia killed Alloush?

looks like they did

Top Syrian rebel leader killed in air strike in Damascus suburb: rebel sources| Reuters



@jamahir how about this bit of good news we both agree on ?

y u r so much obsessed about terrorists. you should be thankful to the Asad govt. for exterminating them

golan ke liye kuch bhi karega

playing a dangerous dirty game with ISIS etc but I still support their right to exist.

 

[jamahir]

looks like they did

Top Syrian rebel leader killed in air strike in Damascus suburb: rebel sources| Reuters



@jamahir how about this bit of good news we both agree on ?

yes, we can agree on this news.

They said a secret headquarters of the group, which is the largest rebel faction in the area and has thousands of fighters, was targeted by what they described as Russian planes.

now soon, luffy will post a thread talking of russian planes massacring civilians and he will be joined by our israeli friends and most turk friends and all saudi friends.

 

[Serpentine]

No news like this about Syria could cheer me up tonight. Even if the Damascus falls tomorrow, it still wouldn't over-shadow killing of Aloush the Scum, especially considering the fact that he was the top dog of Saudis in Syria.

 

[500]

No news like this about Syria could cheer me up tonight. Even if the Damascus falls tomorrow, it still wouldn't over-shadow killing of Aloush the Scum, especially considering the fact that he was the top dog of Saudis in Syria.

Big deal another Syrian killed.

y u r so much obsessed about terrorists. you should be thankful to the Asad govt. for exterminating them

Firstly address my arguments dont talk about my obsessions.
Secondly Assad arms and supports terrorists, not talking that he is a biggest terrorist himself.

 

[Shaagird]

Big deal another Syrian killed.


Firstly address my arguments dont talk about my obsessions.
Secondly Assad arms and supports terrorists, not talking that he is a biggest terrorist himself.

First , there ain't any valid arguments to begin with.
Second , Asad govt is recognized by the U.N
Third, what you are doing by aiding terrorists, comes into the category of war crimes

 

[Hussein]

looks like they did

Top Syrian rebel leader killed in air strike in Damascus suburb: rebel sources| Reuters

a sectarian guy dead. good news for Syria

 

[gau8av]

yes, we can agree on this news.

I was actually hoping Modi would make a statement about the leading role Russia have taken in combating terror in Syria but this latest visit was very underwhelming.

understandable though, Arab, MENA issues are not a priority for the leadership here.

https://twitter.com/x/status/680458109526126592

 

[Serpentine]

Big deal another Syrian killed.

Indeed, a very very big deal.

Footage of the strike that killed Aloush and 21 other high ranking commanders.

Another big hit: Top commander of Faylaq Al-Rahman Abu Al-Nasser was also killed in the strike.

 

[Daneshmand]

Indeed, a very very big deal.

Footage of the strike that killed Aloush and 21 other high ranking commanders.

Another big hit: Top commander of Faylaq Al-Rahman Abu Al-Nasser was also killed in the strike.

Another Saudi sponsored zombie bites the dust.

 

[Dr.Thrax]

Jaysh al Islam hasn't reported on the death yet (if its true at all), but they are still operating on the Marj al Sultan front:

And Hama:

Islam Alloush, who was supposedly among the dead, retweeted something posted 5 hours ago. Either he was injured as well or the strike didn't happen.
النقيب إسلام علوش (@islamdamas1980) | Twitter

Arabs protesting against YPG, supporting Jaysh al-Ashaer:

Also a fun fact: Hassan al Kharrat, the leader of Syrian rebels in Eastern Ghouta, was killed by the French on December 25th, 1925 during a firefight. If Zahran's death is true, it is history repeated 90 years later, a Syrian rebel killed by occupying forces who are helped by Alawites.

If JAI's leadership is really eliminated (and I am skeptical because everyone is basing this off of a Reuters report; they're reliable but not always right) they can recover and become stronger just like Ahrar al Sham did. New leadership = new ideas, strategies, tactics, zeal.

Jaish al Islam also graduated recruits just yesterday:
دورة الإعداد الجهادي أسود الحق في درعا
Spacing is good (finally! Rebels bunch up too much), but injured evacuated is bad - he takes his time and picks up the gun of the injured, which is a bad idea.

Seems Zahran Alloush has passed away, this is apparently the new leader, Abu Hamam:

 

[KS]

Peto exaggerates loy advance as usual. They have only fire control of the highway

No Khalidiya has also been captured and that is essentially cutting off the highway and Peto has been one of the more reliable sources in the war as of late.

The corridor lost by Assadists contains 3 large cities: Idlib, Ariha, Jisr and many villages.
On the other hand Qalamoun region is empty desert.

Except the corridor that the goverment lost was of little strategic importance to them. It was purely symbolic. Neither it blocked any border crossings or gave them any staging points. It was always a case of when they would lose and not if they would lose it. Also Ariha and Jisr werent "big cities". They were towns with population in 25K-30K range while Idlib was big city of 150,000.

On the other hand the Qalamoun was a vital logistical point for the rebels into Syria from Arsal and that is now cut off. The last remaining town of Zabadani also has been forced into a truce. And no, it wasnt "empty desert either". A lot of towns were there. Not to mention the recent losses in Rif latakia and Rif aleppo.

Anyway not to divert from my original point, the "land loss" percentage you initially posted is highly misleading since the bulk of that loss is un-inhabitable and sparsely populated desert areas in Homs and Damascus.

No one supports Assad. .

Just as its your opinion, my opinion and one that is much more feasible is that the urban, middle class sunnis who have accustomed to a certain way of life are not comfortable with the wahhabis who dominate the opposition and also there is bit of class warfare here where the opposition is primarily rural, conservative poor along with foreign jhadis.

Assad for now has the support of a good number of sunnis, alawites, shias , druze and christians. That is the fact. Why he has that support it depends on each one and its subjective. That along with the fact the Kurds are acting a third entity with their own fight with the wahhabi opposition makes his position stronger.

In Syria hardly 50 K Alawites and Druze are fighting for Assad willingly. Thats about it. There are additional 150 K Christians and Sunnis and even Aalwis and Druze who are drafted to army and NDF by force and fear, therefore have zero motivation and terrible fighters.

Rebels on the other hand have some 150 K force which is all volunteer. Thats why despite total lack of weapons they were chasing Assadists in 2012.

Wow 500. You must someday look up the difference between opinion and facts. Don't ever confuse between the two. Almost every single word you just uttered is your opinion/bias which is unprovable/unverifiable and there is no point in even trying to counter them.

In 2012 FSA had virtually no support. Yet they kicked Assad butt.

Yeah no. This is an article in pro-rebel Hurriyet from September 2012 and it already documents how the FSA is unravelling and the jihadis are increasingly leading the fight. And it was in 2012 that Turkey started supporting the rebels with military support and hosting them.

Syrian rebels: Too fragmented, unruly - MIDEAST

FTA

The Jihadists, Islamists, pro-al-Qaida and secular groups that are not under the control of the FSA and which are fighting in different areas of Syria against the Syrian regime forces prove how fragmented and disorganized the Syrian rebel groups were in Syria

The most prominent rebel group, the “Free Syrian Army” (FSA) – who listed its main base as in the southern Turkish city of Hatay on its website – is the best connected with the SNC.

SNC Executive Committee member Semir Nashar has just met three different leaders from three different rebel groups fighting in Aleppo where heavy clashes have been going on between the rebels and regime forces for one month.

“Nashar has met one rebel from Jabhat al-Nusra which is al-Qaida in Syria,

The SNC member said mainly Chechens, Libyans and a few Afghans were fighting on the fronts in Syria. “Most of them fight in Syria to be martyrs,” he added.

In 2012, not only did the FSA had foreign support - they were not even based in Syria - they were also unruly and not capable of putting up a fight . Additional point a lot of foreign wahhabis fresh from the libian war and from caucuses had invaded syria at that point and Nusra was active then. It was only after the opposition took in the foreigners did the government took in Hezbollah and much later the first Iraqi militia , Liwa Abu fadl al Abbas in damascus to protect the sayyida zeinab shrine which was under attack by wahhabis.

Fact remains if the opposition had not received any foreign support, the rebellion would have been crushed by the government.

 

[Serpentine]

Jaysh al Islam hasn't reported on the death yet (if its true at all)

lol

 

[Dr.Thrax]

lol

That's Faylaq al Sham. Now go read my updated post.

 

[KS]

If JAI's leadership is really eliminated (and I am skeptical because everyone is basing this off of a Reuters report; they're reliable but not always right) they can recover and become stronger just like Ahrar al Sham did. New leadership = new ideas, strategies, tactics, zeal.

His death is confirmed and along with a host of leaders.

And whether they could repeat Ahrar remains to be seen. Ahrar had the advantage of turkish patronage and border connectivity that helped them recoup in peace and bounce back. Not sure if Jaish Islam has that advantage.