Middle East General /MEG/ - Motherfucking Bootleg Jihadis edition

Checking in. Even though I missed most of the weekend including the final breaking of the Aleppo siege I should be around the next couple days.

A ton of footage is still coming out from the artillery college battle. This one is a drone view of a rebel tank pounding one of the buildings. They blasted it good before entering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6dxLi3E-o&feature=youtu.be

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Step reporting large rebel attack repelled the SAA from around Shilif and Shilif castle. Pro rebel sources claim they hit the SAA positions with grad barrages and are still mopping up.

I would be lying if I said I didn't expect this. Rebels let them in and they fell for it.

>>30906152
>>30906347
Any idea of how wide the corridor currently is? I wonder what the SAA will try in order to relieve the situation.

So is Egypt about to start fighting IS?

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>>30906413
Ramossah district fell. Latest map. They busted a decent size hole to get supplies in. I bet they are going to shell the shit out of the airport too.

>>30906473
They have been for several Months, try to keep up

>>30906478
Will be interesting if and where they move next. I'm pretty sure that they will go to the Water Treatment in the south this week (and the cement factory in front). It should be an ideal target to make the breakthrough wider.

In the north probably try to move into Hamadiyah/300 Apartment and Al Assad suburb. No idea how successfull that will be. But JaF has already announced that they are definitely going into Western Aleppo.

>>30906413
>Any idea of how wide the corridor currently is?
2km

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>>30906478
>>30906413
Just to add, the corridor is some 2 km wide.

From what the pro SAA sources are reporting, it seems that the Government forces are all flocking up around the Hamadiyah district, but until now, doesn't seem that they have any plan to counter attack, aside from prepare more defences in that area.

Rebels also declared that the fourth phase of the operation, aiming to take all of Aleppo, have already began. Their victory breaking the siege made their morale pumped up.

>>30906830
Yup.

The rebel propaganda is saying they were expecting the battle to take a month, not 2 days. And that they've only utilized 20% of their manpower, which might not be the exact figure but still a worrying sign for the aleppo defenders.

If they cut off the Castello Road permanently and trap the thousands of defenders in west Aleppo, the SAA and Iranians inside are screwed.

>>30906937
>If they cut off the Castello Road permanently and trap the thousands of defenders in west Aleppo, the SAA and Iranians inside are screwed.

Impressively, this was the exactly same thing that I was thinking. But the best place where the Rebels could attack to try siege the government forces in west Aleppo, without transforming it into a all out bloody urban battle, would still be at the Mallah farms area.

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Jets – believed to be Russian – intensified their bombing of rebel-held Aleppo countryside and also hit opposition-held Idlib city in northwestern Syria, rebels said.

“We have now seized full control of the Ramousah area … we are in our trenches but there are insane air strikes of unprecedented ferociousness. The regime is using cluster and vacuum bombs,” said Abu al-Hasanien, a senior commander in Fateh Halab, the coalition of moderate rebel groups inside the city.

Rebel-released video footage showed huge flames which, the group said, was caused by white phosphorus bombs dropped on the city.

As the insurgents took over parts of the government’s Ramousah military complex, which contains a number of military colleges, they broadcast images of the weaponry and ammunition they were taking possession of.

Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, formerly the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, posted pictures of rows of armoured vehicles, munitions, howitzers, rockets and trucks.

The rebel frontline is now pushing northwest towards another large government military complex, the Assad military engineering academy.

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Well, here the other latest YPG volunteer killed in Manbij; Firaz Kardo, a Kurd from Sweden, killed four days ago.

For the updates related to the battle of Manbij; pro SDF/YPG sources claim the capture of the "Security Square", that I dont know where it is in the map, but I believe is near the city central neighbourhoods.

>>30906065
webms of fighting?

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Posting Manbij map for a bump. Not much is going on right now.

IS is taking their last stand, this battle went how I thought it would. I thought they would lose but not without mauling SDF/YPG. Taking this city hit's IS hard. Aleppo based IS will be forced to make a move. They already wore out the Mare city option.

I'm honestly surprised they managed to hit south Aleppo that hard. I pictured modest gains and then it being rolled back. Though it can still be rolled back this makes the regime look very incapable of defending its 2nd largest city...

Moral hurting for sure.

And did the rebels just overcome Russian support via en masse or did the Russians not really help? I find it odd with south Aleppo being relatively easy picking for air targets. Feels like the Russians aren't actually committed.

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There is also a change in the SAA Aleppo command now; Security Committee for Aleppo President; Maj. Gen. Mohammed Adib was sacked and now replaced by Maj.Gen Saleh Zaid, pic, the one who commanded the Republican Guards in the attack of Layramoun and Bani Zayd industrial areas, some weeks ago.

>>30908111
>that filename
kek

>>30907991
The Russians were not that much involved during the weekend in the Aleppo battles.

I can only imagine what the pilots are thinking when they are ordered to drop yet another bunch of bombs on some shitty Idlib market place, while Aleppo falls.

>>30907928
>we are in our trenches but there are insane air strikes of unprecedented ferociousness. The regime is using cluster and vacuum bombs,” said Abu al-Hasanien, a senior commander in Fateh Halab, the coalition of moderate rebel groups inside the city.
>Rebel-released video footage showed huge flames which, the group said, was caused by white phosphorus bombs dropped on the city.
Post links please!

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Bump

So much for Assad winning and having control of shit.

Russia is a fuck up too. There is just no excuse for letting that shit get opened up besides incompetence. "Was not that involved" is not an excuse. They have nothing to gain by Assad losing.

>>30906065
a Ranger on reddit confirmed the ID was of a guy in 3/75

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HMS St Albans,nicknamed The Saint, sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base following its deployment to the Syria and Iraq where it worked alongside the French and U.S. carriers FS Charles de Gaulle and the USS Harry S Truman.

The 220-strong crew were welcomed by cheering families waving Union Flags as it pulled up at Portsmouth.

And a specialist embarked detachment of Royal Marines from 43 Commando conducted numerous boardings of suspicious vessels, working closely with the ship's boarding team.

A Navy spokesman said: 'They were supported by the flight team from 829 Squadron and their new Merlin Mk 2 helicopter whose state-of-the-art sensors have given St Albans a major advantage in detecting and identifying suspicious vessels, helping disrupt the flow of illegal goods in the region.'

>>30907991
>>30908234
Russians are more careful with their deployments too.

How many Russian aircraft have they lost on the ground and in the air?

>>30907928
>fury written on the tank.

Oh Hollywood. Making bored teenage jihadis name their tanks after evil infidel movies.

>>30907991
The Russians are committed, they're just not very good.

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Islamic Front tunnel led under SAA outpost in Ildib and set off a mine. Killed 50+ soldiers.

webm related

>>30911679
Isn't this webm extremely old?

>>30911679
>>30911903
Yes the webm is old, that was sometime around 2014 if I am not mistaken.

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>>30910664
>>fury
I am ok with this

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>>30912456

>>30908111
that camo always reminds me of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BinWA0EenDY

>>30907948
These YPG photos look like cheap basketball cards lol

>>30906347
What goes around comes around as the SAA with Ruaf backing fully retook Shilif, Shilif castle, most of Kansiba and a village to the flank called Shir Qabouh in Latakia.

180 turn of events since last nights grad barrages and retreat. They are doubling down on Kinsibba.

Other parts in Syria now,
In Aleppo JSF claims to have repelled a attack from the cement factory near the siege break area in Aleppo.

-Ruaf airstrikes around Palmyra with TU-22 bombers.

-Daryyra and the northern Homs pocket hit with airstrikes

-Building/tunnel? was blown up in Al Ithah, Aleppo with pro SAA forces inside at the time.

http://syrianobserver.com/EN/Features/31468/Loyalists_Ridicule_Regime_Slanted_Coverage_Aleppo_Battles/

heh, this story claims Syrian MOD/state media still refuses to admit the Aleppo siege has been broken. Talk about sour grapes.

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Is there ever any more hell-arious footage along the lines of the legendary Abu Hajaar's?

>>30912959
ignore that "ever", I'm clearly only half-conscious right now

I see all the usual guys are on it today. As step reported so did others. JAI just announced a offensive in eastern Ghouta. This after months of ground loses they want to push back.

>>30909591
You are an idiot if you think the rebels didn't have a high chance of making a break in the siege lines.

The SAA was overextended after completely surrounding Aleppo. The FSA moved a decent amount of its forces from Idlib and attacked with overwhelming numbers.

Now the SAA needs to bomb the hell out of the FSA and retake the district. That's how it has always been in Syria.

It was a loss, but one I expected.

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Guess who are back in the battle of Aleppo?

>>30913258
Jaish al-Kindergarden Teachers?

arabic letters are so pretty.

>>30913258
Hope those motherfuckers are right on the edge of the effective range of a thermobaric bomb.

Why doesn't Russia just start dropping their equivalent to the daisy cutter bomb on anti-assad areas?

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Rebels finally switched to modern combat helmets

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rebels meet at aleppo corridor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X9FAJJ1w-E

>>30912959
That video was fake as fuck.

A hour ago step reported IS had attacked SAA positions in eastern Palmyra (likely near the silos) killing some of them.
A IS revenge raid after the Tu-22s?

RT Tu-22M "Backfire" bombing raid video today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Mtmdpw_hc&feature=youtu.be

btw it's interesting to see Ruaf send their strategic bombers to hit the desert around Palmyra, conveniently flying past the battle of Aleppo.

>>30914010
>dat gopro
this is why this war is going nowhere. Everyone is too eager to get cool combat footage for liveleak instead of actually accomplishing an objective

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i dont know if this has been posted before but here ya go

>>30912918
Gotta keep that morale up famalam

>>30914218
>btw it's interesting to see Ruaf send their strategic bombers to hit the desert around Palmyra, conveniently flying past the battle of Aleppo.
Dumping unguided munitions from altitude like that on Aleppo would probably be a worse option, given how relatively close a lot of the positions there are. Would you really want to be the SAA with RuAF doing bomb runs like that anywhere near you? Better to let them smash stuff out in the desert where nobody gives a fuck if they're half a km off target.

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more ypg stuff

http://www.inherentresolve.mil/Video/videoid/468587/videopage/5/ccenabled/false/?videotag=Latest%20Videos

One dude had a resolve too strong at 40s

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>>30914237
This is more in the lines of what everyone was expecting that would be the battle of Manbij. Shame that we dont have much other first hand accounts of the battle, until now.

>>30914381
This most likely is not from the YPG, but from the Iraqi peshmergas.

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Since Wednesday that I have been out of town.

Can any anon please, update me on what has happened in the meantime?

So far it looks like Manbij is is from the Kurds and that everything looks the same at Aleppo.

>>30914218
>btw it's interesting to see Ruaf send their strategic bombers to hit the desert around Palmyra, conveniently flying past the battle of Aleppo.
So Russians basically don't give a shit about Aleppo, even though they support SAA. I don't get that, why wouldn't they bomb rebels in Aleppo. Rebels have massed a huge force, perfect target for carpet bombing and turning the tide for SAA

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more first hand account wlli be posting more

>>30914477
>http://www.inherentresolve.mil/Video/videoid/468587/videopage/5/ccenabled/false/?videotag=Latest%20Videos

lol that loader who drops the round, gun crew not impressed by that performance

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What do you think is going to happen next in Aleppo? I really hope no more ground is lost to the Daesh. Why can't they fucking bomb the open corridor to hell?

>>30914625
Jesus Christ Johnson

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Watching some random VICE news stuff about the Iraqi SF, in an interview one soldier outright states that after ISIS falls, there will just be more conflict and killing, that other factions will just go after each other. (24:12)
https://youtu.be/R6axTxU30yo?t=24m12s
That's pretty sad man.

>>30915112
That's how it is, unfortunately. The Arab Spring fucked everything up, and boy did it fuck it up bad.

It's well known already, but surprising to see something so definitive in MSM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37015915

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>muh 9/11
>muh moderayessunnu jihadis
>muh democratic Syria

https://www.ft.com/content/da076830-5d77-11e6-a72a-bd4bf1198c63

@30915873
Oh hey, look who's back.

Man I just want this fucking war to end, it;s taken way too long and relatively nothing has been achieved.

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I'm reading that rebel factions are offering 10,000 dollars for every Iranian/Hezbollah or Russian turned in to the rebels in Aleppo. SAA are allowed to take part.

I like the idea but I has some questions. Is it dead or alive? What kind of proof is needed or dead bodies could start turning up that might not be Hez/Iranain, On that note do you just need the head or the whole body?

Also what if it actually works too well and a SAA soilder kills/catchs something like 25 of them. I hope they would be willing to pay out a quarter of a million dollars to this newly rich former SAA solider.

>>30915452
The destruction of the Iraq state fucked everything up.

>>30917232
These are the """"moderate"""""

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Here to bump the thread with some useless informations, as almost all fronts are the same as early today; no news on the Rebel counter offensive in East Ghouta, as airstrikes probably screwed their plans. In Homs and near Palmyra there are coming more reports of fighting between the SAA and ISIS, recently. Manbij is 90% controled by the SDF/YPG now, their claim. And, in Aleppo, no other major activity have happened since the Rebels have broken the siege, Syaaf and Ruaf stepped up their airstrikes over there, while almost all SAA named units are being called to the area, from Hezbollah, the Homs Leopards, some Tiger Forces, the Quds, more Shia militias and, now, even the Special Forces of the 15th Division.

Also, the military commander of the Quds (the guy of the Glock shirt) received a russian medal.

>That Nitro Tech

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>>30919440
A ruskie translation would be welcomed.

>>30914597

There is no fucking excuse. For whatever fucking reason, they don't feel safe operating there properly.

>>30919481

Muxamov Maxumd Raffi, by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, awarded with a medal of the Minister of Defense of the RF for increasing military cooperation (literally a word that is a mash of friendship and cooperation).

Now someone answer >>30919670 and why Russia a shit.

>>30919727
So the medal was just a pat on the back and mentioned no combat valor whatsoever.... that's nice of them.

Also to your question Ruaf is heavily bombing parts of Aleppo especially near Mallah but there has never been good ground coordination between them. They worked well together during Palmyra because Russian Spetsnaz were calling in the airstrikes.

Expanding on this is the reason they bring the Tu-22ms for Palmyra strikes. They have a FOB IN Palmyra and IS controls the surrounding countryside. This is a situation the Russians have to keep a close eye on least their own troops get murked.

>>30920073

>Expanding on this is the reason they bring the Tu-22ms for Palmyra strikes. They have a FOB IN Palmyra and IS controls the surrounding countryside. This is a situation the Russians have to keep a close eye on least their own troops get murked.

Oh wow, I had no clue. That's interesting.

>So the medal was just a pat on the back and mentioned no combat valor whatsoever.... that's nice of them.

Yea, kind of dick, but yea, it's just for "military cooperation"

>>30915802
Funny since Obama promised the American public "no boots on the ground in Syria".

>>30917232
Very moderate

>>30919440
What's sad is that he's probably more American than most people living in NYC.

Coming back from a short hiatus. Been loosely following what's happening. Hopefully will do some more research in the next few days.

>>30907991

Did you see the webms of how the SAA operates?

No forward posts, nothing to warn them of the islamists' approach. Suddenly they're there, bam, run away.

#Arabs at war

>>30920349
uhh, those are british special forces, not american

>>30906065
Rebels video with what I can best describe as age of empires tier Arabic music.
https://youtu.be/rVedrdsFgvg

Makes me wish there was a AoE modern middle east mod

>>30920948
oh god lol, this is an old vid now, but damn you're spot on with the music

>>30914230
To play the devils advocate, vids from actual combat are very valuable for review and learning after the battle.
They likely don't do that though...

>>30915873
You forgot the one who has gained the most out of this conflict so far:
IRAN.

Iran has been able to legitimize itself through fighting ISIS.
Iran has been able to de facto take control over large portions of Iraq.
Iran has increased it's weight in Syria dramatically. The Syrian government is propped up by thousands of IGRC soldiers and tens of thousands of Iran paid and imported mercenaries.
ISIS gave the Iranians and Shia justification to invade and take control over the Sunni parts of Iraq.
The ongoing conflict is causing Sunni ethnical cleansing in Syria and Iraq, with Iran being the greatest benefactor, a continued conflict only serves to increase Shia demographic dominance in Syria and Iraq further.

Your little 'info-graphic' is little more than an 'I hate these countries' rant.

>>30919440
>in Aleppo, no other major activity have happened since the Rebels have broken the siege

Seems like the rebels are smart, by the time they have broken the siege, every logical venue of attack in the region was being reinforced and read (psychologically for an attack). Starting another offensive right away had a good chance of turning into a defeat for them.

Also, they need to reinforce the defense line and turn it into a strong defensive position as fast as possible. That means a lot of work, I bet there are crews there digging defensive tunnels 24/7.

>almost all SAA named units are being called to the area
Sounds like propaganda. The area is too small to allow all of these to operate simultaneously anyway, concentrating too many of your capable forces in one spot in the North of the country is asking to get overrun somewhere else.

>>30920866
Green berets and SEALs are there, hence the dead guy from a few months ago.

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>>30915112
>Watching VICE

>>30921265
I've been saying for 2 years they should have balkanized Syria and Iraq. It's not a perfect solution, but splitting into 3 or 4 countries would've solved so many problems.

>>30920369
While you were gone you were right about Latakia and the theory that the SAA would make large gains there after rebels moved all their troops to Aleppo. I argued thinking they would leave behind a "big enough" rear guard and I was wrong.

RU correctly pointed out that you were right but it didn't matter since rebels considered breaking the Aleppo siege far more important than losing Kansiba so it was a calculated risk.

I don't have much but the early reports,
-rebels again claim to have repelled a attack coming from the cement factory next to Ramossah

-airstrikes at the usual hot areas

-pro SAA sources claim advancing at Tell Mahrouqat then pro rebel sources claim this was repelled

-pro SAA sources claim to have taken Hawsh Nasri in eastern Ghouta

-rebels ambushed and killed 6 SAA near Mann village in Hama


The day isn't over yet....

>>30917232
>I like the idea but I has some questions.
>I like the idea

Okay 5 star

>>30917232
Like with any military bounties you'll get jack shit, maybe one guy will get the minimum or a few other smaller bounties but if someone actually brings in 25 guys he wont get shit. Also I assume each soldier dead or alive will need some type of ID, either a passport if hes Iranian/Afghan or a militia membership card or something. But the idea isn't bad desu how some if not most SAA troops are severely underpaid.

>>30923338
Offering a cash reward to kill your enemies isn't exactly a new concept in war or the middle east. It's a good idea with caveats. My questions pointed how this out could spiral out of control quickly. Cry more bitch nigga.

>>30922767
The VICE war footage is usually pretty good. They use proper war correspondents instead of the SJWs in the comfy offices.

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lil putin sends troops to crimera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykvFEThzvQ8

>>30924100
>only useless BMP-2's
nah also what this have to do with middle east?

rebels precision firing 82mm torwards Assadistic mafiathugs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQxBh41hQE8

>>30924119
>what do putin have to do with middle east

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>>30919727
Thanks anon.

>>30923756
I double this, they cover conflicts decently, even if sometimes over dramatized, and their combat footage is bretty gud. Why there is so much hate for VICE?

There are reports coming of another SAA and allied assault into the Ramouseh district, and unconfirmed reports that the SAA have taken the Souq Al Jibs area, next to the Assad district. The latter comes from a pro SAA source that I dont put much trust.

Here a cheesy video od the Iraqi shias sending reinforcements to Aleppo, some reports suggest a figure of 2000 troops:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeZF3NE55ZE

fuck...


Iraqi Hezbollah heading to south aleppo...

with BTR-80/82 and Iranian ATGM Toophan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeZF3NE55ZE

>>30924138
that's not how this works anon

>>30924139
Agreed about VICE, my personal distaste is when it comes to more local civil stuff, usually shitty leftist bias, though it's usually just the reporters comments, though they actually care about interesting topics so I enjoy it for that

>>30924179
BTR-80 is kek tier

russian mafia bombing civilians , Darat Izza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDCL-jh7H_A

>>30923205
how would one draw the borders? Saying lets balkanize the ME is on par with saying let's balance the budget.

>>30919481
its fucking nothing

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aleppo cement factory

HIND over Daraya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOli81XOMis

>>30914597
Aren't there still a lot of civilians? Hitting them is very bad PR.

>>30913232
Since I'm tired of this fucking cauldron being formed and opened, and the fact that its almost confirmed arabs are only good at genocides, why didn't the fucking RUAF bomb the shit of troops build ups during the rebel attempt at lifting the siege instead of it being open now?

Isn't it magnitudes easier to say: "Abdul and his SAA buddies are in these buildings separating the cauldron from the outside, vacuum/fire/phospor/meme-bomb-of-the-week the shit out of any troop build ups. ".

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>>30924138

https://twitter.com/OrbSparta/status/762976259492151297

>>30924502
What is this?

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>>30924535

>newfag

>>30924580
Nah, just not a faggot vatnik like you

>>30924139
>I double this, they cover conflicts decently, even if sometimes over dramatized, and their combat footage is bretty gud. Why there is so much hate for VICE?

They are nice drama. But it is usually just some guy going into the thick of it, without any larger context presented.

>>30924408
Russia doesn't care about PR. They only care about civilian deaths insofar as it causes a reaction from their opponents outside Syria.

>>30924639
>newfag

>>30924502
Another day another ruble

>>30924139
Video time
This newly released video is of rebels in Rashidin next to Souq Al Jibs. This implies SAA did advance into Souq although I would consider it minor progress in the grand scope of things like when the rebels took fuel hill last week than lost it the next day. Rebels almost lost fuel hill today too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MseEgHGxJy0

This video has been out since this morning of drone footage of the fuel tanks rebels hit in the cement factory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRmXd1lkDJw

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>>30925046

>Should I Work for Free?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnRt9CZz58

Hezb drone bombons

>>30925194
I saw that one too as the others came out. New armed drones are buzzing around.
Last new one is near Shilif after 1st coastal got beaten out of Kinsibba there was continued fighting in the area. Two ATGM strikes on infantry. The second one is 100% direct hit.

Lesson number 1 here: Don't sit on ridgelines in Latakia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU8_nT-nrkc

>>30906065
Reposting for advice,

My family are starting up a Security Management business in the Middle East and they want to hire me in some form of low-ranking Security role.

I'm Australian so I've got little experience with guns and dealing with the combat threats that I would encounter over there.

They're looking at places that are less AllahuAkbar like Qatar, UAE, etc.

Does anybody have any advice for me? How to live over there, things to avoid, crash courses on using an AK47?

>>30925329
use an ak74

>>30925194
Hezbollah Air Force!
So now that Manbij is almost completely liberated, and the SDF is reversing ISIS gains around Mt. Sinjar, what is next for them? Securing the Turkish border by going for Jarabulus, taking Al-Bab, taking Azaz and uniting the cantons?

>>30909591

am i the only one who starts to think it could have something to do with the better relation between putin and erdogan lately?

i know that the moarle is the mein factor at this war and that the shia militias have fucked up hard, but it really seem that russia didnt give a shit about aleppo

>>30920349
Didn't Trump speak about boots on the ground as well?

>>30925329
i think you're in the wrong thread

>>30925528
He probably talked about a parajump into Raqqa too

>>30925329
>crash courses on using an AK47?

The countries that you guys consider " less AllahuAkbar", like Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Oman etc etc, are generally armed with westerner guns, american and european, so I dont think that would have much use learning how to use a AK 47.

>>30925583
Qatar might not be as ideal though. The ruling House of Thani has been pretty close with Saudi Wahhabists and so may be politically under its influence.

>>30925520
Russian can only do so much. They are not about to enter into Aleppo with more than air support. Hezbollah is though. They have been drawn deep into Aleppo fighting. It's going be a long war for them.

>>30925309
Russia*
>>30925746
oh and SAA drone footage of Kinsibba after their victory. Everyone get's their just due with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyEvBn0ldE

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hezbollah use RC drone bombers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnzeLelZY04

>>30925543
>>30925389
>>30925583
>>30925672
I don't know jack shit about this stuff, I'm just getting a plane ticket packing my bag and being thrown into a Security Personnel role.

Probably going to die over there, but I'd like to be as prepped as possible.

>>30925850
try to merge in fuck a goat or something
and remember no russian

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>>30925746

>Hezbollah is though

yeah, the lebanese one

all iraqi so calles "hezbollah" units perform shit in syria, even when they did a good job against ISIS at home
and i doubt there are "enough" lebanese ones at aleppo to do something worthy

not to mention that radio call of one of them (no matter if true or not) saying they where the only ones not just retreating and they did fight (most likely til death)
what can a few good soldiers do when the frontline right and left to you completely colapses without a serious fight.

i said it before and i repeat, if they at least would give them a crashcourse training in urban warfare and would make them realize how impartant it is to fight and not just retreat they would at least perform a bit above NDF level

>>30924203
>BTR-80
why is it kek tier? better than a hilux

>>30926077
it gives you the illusion of security but its just a dead trap
That's why you never see rooskies sitting inside

>>30926000
>how impartant it is to fight
Loyalist morale problems aren't exactly due to training. Even shit troops can fight to the last man if they feel like the cause is worth it.

Trying to get Sunni Aleppo back to Assad control isn't that worthy a cause for a lot of them. Especially considering how much they bleed trying to reach that goal.

>>30926104
Yeah for mines and ieds that's why they sit on top of it though I don't think the rebels are mining aleppo

>>30914173
What?

>>30926204
I mean how many NDF are taking part it this? It must be a decent amount because they have a lot of area to take care of and I guess they think north Aleppo is gonna pop off again because they still got the tiger forces up there

>>30925329
Qatari cops use shitty pistols or CAR-15s.

That's what I saw during my stay there whenever the Emir's convoy passed in the city.

>>30926000
I did notice the pmu hezzies did an ok job in Iraq but they got btfo in Syria almost hibitually, does that mean the better fighters have made their way to Syria or is there something I'm missing

>>30926872
The better fighters as in Isis and the Syrian jihadi groups

>>30920866
We have our own base with our own little airfield in sovereign Syria.

I don't have the satellite shot saved, but it is floating around. Hell, discussion of the construction of the airstrip in SDF held territory has been in major-papers since the late last year.

Might want to get with the times.

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>>30925782
Breaking a SAA Col. in what they call navy "seals"? was killed in Kinsibba by mortar fire. Late night fighting has continued in the area. Latakia rebels are not taking the lose of Kinsibba without making the SAA pay for it.

Meanwhile the SAA gained Mt Qala'ah nearby the Turkish border today. The SAA and pro SAA forces managed to make small advances on various fronts in Syria today.

>>30921265
>The ongoing conflict is causing Sunni ethnical cleansing in Syria and Iraq, with Iran being the greatest benefactor
Huh? That's funny. The UN started giving a shit when Serbia did it but they're totally giving Iran the blind eye.

>>30924204
context please?

>>30925309
I'm sure I've seen this vid before, don't think it's new.

>>30925309
two men sit down, four men fly off

>>30927548
Hey ding dong.

The base these brits are in is in Syria's Southeast with the New Syrian Army rebels.

>>30907928
How the fuck do these things keep running... Jesus christ what a war machine.

>>30926872
Iraq is literally filled with shitload of factions all united to stop isis' incursions.

Hence why Iraq has for the most part reclaimed most or Anbar's urban centers and just needs to purge Mosul and Hawaja along with reclaiming the al Qaim border city. And then isis is pretty fucked and forced to go back to guerilla mode, but now with literally everyone else ready to kill them which is not the best spot to be in.

>>30914575
Even the Kurds have to deal with soft-shoe profiles

>>30928208
Most Slav equipment was designed with the idea of nuclear warfare vaporizing supply lines, so it must work as long as possible with few new parts and maintenance. This is why Soviet equipment is generally regarded as reliable, but when something breaks it is probably truly dead

>>30928126
Where? I have never seen it before and I am sure it would make the classic hits list. They claim these strikes just happened today.
>>30921373
This. Exactly what you laid out. They are trying to consolidate the corridor first. The supply route isn't really open. Jaf/JFS can get though but it's under SAA fire control in parts. They want to knock out the cement plant first than they are going get uppity.

Never saw anything about this on here. Doesn't sound like they dropped warning leaflets this time like the last time the coalition hit a big convoy.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/09/islamic-state-oil-trucks-destroyed-massive-strike/88459864/

This is the kind of stuff that kills ISIS. As long as they have money, they can just hire more desperate people. They're the only opportunity for good wages for most people. The less money they make, the smaller they're standing army can be.

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>>30928074
Can't remember, old gif, but definately Syria.

imo it looks like the corner of the building takes a big round, and the ensuing shrapnel takes out the jihadis face.

>>30907991
Did you not pay attention to the Chechen Wars? Russian military is extremely paltry when it comes to actually fighting wars.

>>30927934
I read it wrong. Col. Munir Abdallah, commander of Navy "special forces" was severely wounded but still alive.

One of the pro rebel sources just translated it.

>>30913851
>hitting extremely well dug-in insurgents with bombs that cost way more than your poor nation can afford

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>>30928326
At least the SAA and allied air forces are trying, and in some degree, succeeding, in hitting Rebel positions along the area, delaying any Rebel organization to prepare further pushes. This could give the SAA enough time to prepare whatever thing they are planning with all those reinforcements that they are pouring into the area.

There is almost nothing else to report aside from what have been already said; there are reports that the Rebels took some three villages in North Aleppo ping pong tournament, a ride that never ends and a front that almost everyone have already lost interest. But it should be said that, maybe, this time is finally for good, as ISIS dont seem to have enough reinforcements or will to try anything funny in northern Syria, anymore, who knows.

Related to ISIS in Northern Syria, there are some reports that ISIS is finally sending some reinforcements groups from Raqqa and Jarablus to reach Manbij, now that the the SFD/YPG have claimed some 90% or more of the city in their hands.

>>30928764
I'm not saying the SAA isn't trying , in fact like you said they are hitting the corridor hard. What the rebels goal is to get a larger buffer. If they can than the battle Aleppo is going to get a lot more exciting. Jaf will start thinking big and try something crazy. If they can't than this is going be a rather standard Aleppo stalemate for the next few months.

>>30928953
Don't worry Five Stars, I was not criticizing what you said, I agree with what you said. I was just adding to the comment saying that at least for the SAA they are not idle, taking punches and defending.

I also agree that there is chances that we will get a stalemate and static lines for some months, until some try push again, if one of the factions did not make a move or something, soon.

>>30924139
Vice is unusually center left. They criticize everything but make it clear "hey look this is what is going on and the absurdity of it all laid out in plain view"

Their coverage of the shit in Crimea and Venezuela is a must see.

>>30928007
There is ehthnic cleansing on both sides

>>30906065
its old news, but TU-22M's were reported to be up in the air as of four hours ago in South/Eastern Russia, if these aircraft are headed to Syria they will most likely target the Rebel relief corridor or the 1070 apartments.

I mentioned 1070 because a few hours ago RuAF aircraft apparently dropped incendiary bombs over the apartment complex.

This comes as Hezbollah has finally arrived in Southern Aleppo. The units sent to Aleppo are apparently comprised of commandos, no specific unit name has come up.

>>30929140
The difference between their reporting on Liberia and Nigeria is quite different. As supposed to interviewing washed up burnt out former warlords they've actually tried to find legitimate sources which they could interview.

Biggest problem I have is that they don't really do more than scratch the surface. They touch on an interesting topic (such as PMC's in Nigeria) and don't really go back and follow up on that.

>>30929345
the difference is quite large**** fuck

>>30915452
Russia meddling in Afghanistan in the 80s fucked everything up.

>>30930057
>Russia meddling
>not CIA

>>30930228
Gloruous Hezbollah Air Force delivers a cluster submunitions on the rebels heads with DIY strike drone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnRt9CZz58

>>30930228
both desu

Russia intervened in a local conflict, which brought in the CIA.

After the war neither side wanted anything to do with the country and let fanaticism and conflict fester, which then gave way to the Taliban to come "out of nowhere" and take over Afghanistan.

But if you wanna blame one and only one specific country, blame Pakistan. ISI funded/supplied/trained the Taliban

>>30924139
Who are the Iraqi s reinforcing, Assad or the rebels?

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The United States has approved the possible sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 153 tanks, hundreds of machine guns and other military gear in a deal worth $1.15bn.

The announcement coincided with news that Saudi-led coalition warplanes had resumed air strikes on Yemen’s capital for the first time in three months, killing 14 people and shutting the airport after UN-brokered talks were suspended.

According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Riyadh had requested the possible purchase of up to 133 American M1A1/A2 Abrams tanks that would be configured to Saudi needs, plus another 20 to replace damaged tanks in their fleet.

Additionally, the deal would include 153 .50-calibre machine guns, 266 7.62mm M240 machine guns, smoke grenade launchers, armoured recovery vehicles and a range of other hardware.

Congress has 30 days to block the sale, though is unlikely to do so.

>>30931101
Assad. Most of those guys (if not all) are pro Iranian militias

>>30926411
ISIS is just less capable than Nusra and most of the other rebels groups bar few in south Syria. It also makes sense Iraqis sent to fight in Syria for the Iranians have much lower moral than fighting in Iraq...

>>30928397
A war 20 years ago. Few years after the collapse of the SU is not a good measuring tool. Furthermore the russians improved tremendously by the second war. It's like saying the USA can't perform special forces raids because that mangaled shit in Iran.

However the ineffectiveness of the russian airforce in the war in Georgia does expose problems.

>>30906065
Bump

>>30931768
>Isis is less capable
Well their track record begs to differ, though it seems they're squeezed in man power as of late

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Few relatively minor updates.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban have made more advances in the Helmand province. As it stands, they control 10/14 of the region's districts and have displaced up to 30 thousand people in the span of seven weeks.

In Syria, SAA troops have managed to recapture strategic positions to the north east of Sweida (southern Syria, near the Jordanian border) from ISIL.

>>30932446
They're hella squeezed. Many fighters are realizing it's a lost cause and abandoning Frontline positions at the risk of torture and public execution. Filthy shit skin turncoats.

Sky News ran a story about a Russian PMC called "Wagner" that operated in Syria. Allegedly, they numbered in the hundreds and took a lot of casualties that the Russian government does not disclose.
>The Wagner fighters accused their commanders of sending them on 'suicide missions' designed to 'soften-up' the opposition before Syrian Army troops were sent in.

>Alexander recounted the battle for the city of Palmyra, conducted earlier this year.

>He said: "During the storming of Palmyra, we were used as cannon fodder. You could say that. Reconnaissance went forward first so they could observe and report. I knew three in that group - two died before they got to the city. From my assault company, 18 died. After us, those chickens from Assad's army followed and finished the job but we did most of the work."

>The official number of Russians killed in Syria stands at 19. However, the Wagner fighters told Sky News they believed hundreds of their fellow employees have been killed.

>They accuse the authorities of covering it up.

>"Who will ever tell you about this? Sometimes the bodies are cremated but the papers say 'they're missing'. Sometimes the documents say the soldier was killed in Donbass (eastern Ukraine). Sometimes they say 'car accident' and so on," claimed Alexander.

>Dmitry claimed hundreds of men have been left in Syria.

>"Sometimes they are buried, sometimes they are not," he said. "Sometimes they just dig a hole. It depends on how the commanders feel towards the person."
http://news.sky.com/story/revealed-russias-secret-syria-mercenaries-10529248

>>30928074
>>30928367
There's a second part to the video where his friends are circled around his faceless body, but he's still alive. His hole face is fucking ripped off and he's still moving around on the ground and his friends are just snackbaring,

>>30928326
Sorry I couldn't tell you but I could swear I have seen the first clip before. Latakia hills and mountains look similar though so I'm probably mistaken.

anyone know of stores in the greater puget sound area where you can try on boots? i have a weird foot (9.5-10.5 wide to double wide depending on manufacturer) and buying boots online is a bitch

>>30925309
Old video

>>30928764
>Related to ISIS in Northern Syria, there are some reports that ISIS is finally sending some reinforcements groups from Raqqa and Jarablus to reach Manbij, now that the the SFD/YPG have claimed some 90% or more of the city in their hands.

Talk about desperate, when Manbij is close to being lost no matter what they do. The SDF managed to hold back repeated counteroffensives while being able to consistently advance in Manbij. IS really should had cut their loses and focus on defending Bab instead of throwing more of their men into a futile operation.

>>30932728
Bruh, that's pretty brutal

>>30932676
>The Wagner
>Sky News
Sensationalist bs

>>30933679
Yeah they are no doubt sensationalizing it but i read this Russians count here on MEW at least a month ago. The article linked was posted today so I'd be inclined to believe it. The piece i read reported there was a possibility of charges being brought against the owner of the contracting group as he left the members in Syria to make their own way home.

>>30929190
It's like poetry

>>30932676
Are they using Russian minorities for this?
Somehow i doubt they'd give so few fucks about Slavic Russians.

>>30933958
>>30934033
>>30933679

These are the guys I was talking about in this post

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavonic_Corps

>>30934049
Forgot the part where i say obviously not the same guys my bad.

>>30932582
Basically yes. Not much today as me and RU were talking about yesterday it looked like a stalemate was forming in Aleppo. I wouldn't count either side out yet for another major offensive but they are more concerned with digging in for the time being.

At the end of the day the only major thing that has changed was after rebels losing Castillo road /Bain Zaid they gained Ramoussah and the artillery school making it a wash.

That said the lose of the artillery college was one of the biggest defeats for the SAA in years. A massive military complex being overrun doesn't happen everyday.

>>30908111
WHERE CAN I GET BLUEBERRIES WITH AN ACU CUT

>>30933361
I talked about IS around and in Manbij a week ago. IS has a new commander in charge. They have changed their tactics as well. They are using the last stand to nip at the YPG/SDF in charge of the encirclement.

Desperate? you bet it is. Losing Manbij was a crushing blow for IS however they have regrouped to some extent by bringing in fresh troops and a new commander.

>>30931253
>20 'damaged' abrams tanks.

Jesus thats terrible, guess we know how many tanks they really lost. Although if they had the Hercs earlier they'd probably be able to salvage most of them.

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>>30934793
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/is-aleppo-turnaround-sustainable-for-rebels

Good story on the battle of Aleppo post siege break. I don't agree with all of it but it lays out the general situation.

>>30935026
Breaking: Russian ceasefire in Aleppo for 3 hours a day. It's a good gesture on their part to allow aid in. Doubt the Saaf will feel the same.

https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/763409917046820864

>>30935480
Also interesting to note Russian MOD claims 7,000 Jaf fighters have massed south Aleppo, along with tanks and artillery.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-idUSKCN10L1WL

>>30935480
>https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/763409917046820864
>Russian cease fire

lol

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>>30935707

>Motorola has joined jihad

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=62c_1470815307

>>30935707
What's even more funny is the last combat report from 15 mins ago was Ruaf dropping cluster bombs on the 1070 projects and that whole front at the same time they announced the 3 hour ceasefire a day.

Does that mean the rest of the 21 hours will be non stop bombing?

>>30935853
Also shit is coming in fast right now right as I am about to take my usual 12 hour break. Step reporting a SAA attack from the cement plant was repelled and the SAA or pro SAA forces took heavy casualties. Here we go.

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>>30926219
>>30926104
>That's why you never see rooskies sitting inside

like it makes a fuckin difference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECWLQhazxgw&feature=youtu.be&t=65

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Hassan Ridha is reporting that ISIS counter attack in northern Manbij have already captured the Za'tar factory, one hill and five villages south of Awn al-Dadat: Mujra Tahtani, Khirbet al-Massi, al-Na'im, Bozkabij and al-Muwasin.

The pro YPG sources still didn't commented on this, and the only news on their side is that now they claim control of 97% of Manbij, with some 200 to 400 ISIS fighters remaining in the pocket.

ISIS also claimed to have shot down a aircraft belonging to Lybia Dawn, killing the plane pilot, in Lybia, of course.

I dont have a new image to ilustrate this report, so I gonna use this totally unrelated photo of a happy Assad senior.

I was just thinking about what kind of effect vacuum would have on a person so did ISIS execute anyone using a vacuum chamber?

>>30936198
>like it makes a fuckin difference
It does make a difference. The difference is they are still much safer inside than out.

Riding on top to avoid being hurt upon penetration is one of those gloriously retarded things humans do, like not wearing a seatbelt in a car because it might trap you.
So they avoid specific kinds of catastrophic things happening with them inside - and in exchange allow themselves to be shot at with small arms and machine guns, and guaranteeing that some of them are going to fall off and get killed by their own vehicle.

>>30936612
Not that I'm aware of, and I think their 'glory' days of dreaming up new ways to kill people on video every few weeks are past them now so it's not going to happen either. Probably a bit much for them to set up and get good video of, the most mechanically complex thing I recall them doing offhand were the cage drownings in a pool, which I was actually quite impressed that they took the time to set up.

>>30934883
>Crushing blow
You know that IS has the best propoganda in the world, none can compete with them. So they will just cover it up as they did with Fallujah.
PS. IS is pretty active is Iraq. A lot of combat vids they put out come from Iraq, except the one vid about Manbij where they where talking 10 min about 3 suicide bombers who blew thwmselves up in Manbij and a one sniper attack.

>>30934910
>Abrams is the best tank in the world
Iraq and Yemen showed it's not at specially when it's operated by stupid sandniggers.
So many more abrams gonna get rektd by old soviet atgms

>>30936678
anyone have that video of the russian soldiers in ukraine celebrating as they drive past the RT reporter only for one to fall off?

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>>30935833
its funny that some people will actually believe that

Amaq reported ISIS fighters killing several Philippine soldiers and hitting a warplane

PHILIPPINES: Country's President says "John Kerry's gay ambassador" was a "son of a whore" who "pissed him off"

Nangarhar – Amaq Agency: Today at dawn, fighters of the Islamic State attacked a position belonging to the Afghan Army in the strategic area of Shadal in Nangarhar, eastern Afghanistan.

Clashes between the two sides lasted for several hours, during which U.S. aircraft intervened, as fighters of the Islamic State managed to kill 9 Afghan soldiers and wound 26 others, in addition to destroying 3 hummers and seizing another, as well as a number of weapons.

This comes four days after Islamic State fighters repelled a joint Afghan-American attack on a number of positions in Nangarhar, supported by intense U.S. air cover.

Egyptian army hummer destroyed near the Sidrah checkpoint, south of Sheikh Zuweid.

>>30932676
>Sky News
>The same Sky News that was just this week caught paying Romanian farmers to dress up their hunting rifles as AKs and pretend that they were selling them to terrorists
TOP LEL

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>>30937593

Well people are litterally posting infographs from ISIS's actual news org, so meh.

These threads should just be renamed "Propaganda General".

>>30937657
at the very lest they are contriboting more than just /pol/ memes plus they are two sides to every story bro.

>>30937686

>ISIS agi prop
>"contributing"

Wew laddy.

>>30937697
the same could be said about the stuff from every faction in this war and every war since time and to the end of time

>>30937707

Which is why you go to third party reports on the issues.

Its a waste of time to even post this shit, you can even argue by spreading it around you are complicatedly aiding ISIS.

>>30937723
but i beg the question what third parties, the Chinese goverment and perhaps a few African countries are the only nations in the world who have little to no stake in the conflict also you should note i am not the infograph guy just in case

>>30937657
cry more bitch, it's relevant content

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another westerner killed in that city, they should rename it to Stalingrad(its a joke ypg fans dont get salty)

>>30937771

Meh, keep doing allahs work :^).

>>30937737
Western nations have no problem shitting on the efforts of their mils

>>30937771
bro no need to insult folks lets keep it civil. news wise i got a conformation that Several YPG militants were killed as the booby trapped building they entered exploded in Manbij

>>30937803
>no need to insult folks lets keep it civil
What he is doing is in no way civil. We are in this thread to look at stuff exactly like the ISIS propaganda, to see what the different sides are saying, to follow the conflict. Coming in and complaining about posters being "supporters" is disruptive, attacks contributors, and contributes nothing of its own.

Rule 3

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>>30937723
>you can even argue by spreading it around you are complicatedly aiding ISIS

pleb to the max

>>30937800
well you could argue as such yes, byt western militaries then to infalte iteams and outright lie like in the korean war how times have we heard that a few brave yanks killed 10,000 or chinamen yet the Chinese sources for the same battle list 30 or 40 dead or operation anaconda were the army said they only every saw 10 living Taliban and only two dead bodies but reported that they killed 30. this was eaten up by dozens of journos. in short not anyone side is infantile in the media war

>>30937850

>spreading propaganda does not help the authors of said prop.

>>30937867

Those were military reports to the jurnos, not the other way around.

AMAQ is THE literal mouthpiece of ISIS.

>>30937905
What war have you been fallowing? Russian MOD is denying rebels broke the siege. Syrian MOD was talking of having recaptured the base while rebels were pushing for the final link up. That is not even including the secondary sources like Ivan which claim direct contact with men of the ground. If
AMAQ is shit, than everyone is and there is no point in having these threads.

>>30937979

You saying Russian news is biased as fuck anon?

No fucking shit.

>>30937905
>Sky News is THE literal mouthpiece of Rupert Murdoch
>CNN is THE literal mouthpiece of Hillary Clinton
>Washington Post is THE literal mouthpiece of Jeff Bezos
What are you expecting out of the media these days anon?
In most cases they get the news the same way we do from some jihadists twitter account
>Those were military reports to the jurnos, not the other way around.
So is the military reports ISIS gives to Amaq or you dont think our military lies or that the media takes that info and puts their spin on it?

>>30937905
>AMAQ is THE literal mouthpiece of ISIS.
And that's why we post their materials ITT. Get over it.

2 US Soldiers were Injured in an IS attack near Tishreen Dam, one of them seriously.

Russia kicked out the PYD/YPG terror group representation office from Moscow..

Turkey : 11 Turkish soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded in separate #PKK terror attacks in southeastern #Turkey since yesterday.

100+ US Airstrikes on # Manbij since Yesterday.

>>30938981
What? Prof?

>>30939073
heared from my mom who lives in Moscow she's a big commie and was all made about it

>>30937648
>"heavy artillery" looks like a .50
>TOOP transports
>klashnikov rounds
did a 5 year old make this?

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>>30939455
>did a 5 year old make this?
Yes.

http://jtim.es/uSnb3033K4B

this might interest some of yall

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>Ajnad al Kavkaz in #Syria with "Predator-style" packs for PKMs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIE3b5LI4E

>FSB education

>>30937593
That sounds funny as hell, got a link?

>>30912542
funny, it always made me think of the 2014 N-STRIKE line

>>30936678
as someone who served his time with with soviet stuff, we don't sit inside cos there was no space to sit inside, it was badly ventilated hell hole that reeks of oil and diesel, incredibly hot in summer and really cold in winter

>>30915112
that's some fatalist shit mate, they are so chill, just look how is fighters and colloborators behave when they get captured and how iraqi forces behave, so fuckign chill about everything, they will probably die in prison or be killed in future fight and they are so relaxed. the east is strange thing.
*The Ballad Of East And West.txt*

>>30937785
Which city are you even talking about? If it's Manbij it's nowhere close to Stalingrad-levels of defense compared to South Aleppo or DeZ.

>>30939640
Which militia is this?

Iraqi, iranian, afghan, syrian minority, lebanese etc.

>>30941095
Russian/Chechen.

At 0:10 and again at 0:34 there are guys with Chechnya patches. Plus the video itself has both the Russian and Chechen flag on the top left/right. Can't tell if they're FSB or military tho

>>30942323
correction: can't tell if they're internal security or if they're military

>>30941001
yeh i know, i was watching that awesome Stalingrad documentary and it was taking about how the germans came into the the city saying it would only take a week then they got into the city..kinda like the kurds at the beinging of this offensive now we are 50+ days in. the whole confession of the american with the ypg about the urban combat and the fight for the manjib grain elevators just pulled right back into the Stalingrad blues and now i am hearing that the islamic state has come close to breaking the siege it just echos stalingrad to me.

>mfw the islamic state breaks the siege using ski troops from canada
>pics of kurdish troops freezing in the cold while abu holds a gun to their head.
>wlw you will never suffer in a islamic state repression camp and have to eat your comrades flesh to survive, feels bad man

>>30943460
>islamic state has come close to breaking the siege
proofs?

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Short updated on the situation.

Lebanon's army is conducting military operations along the Syrian border in order to dislodge islamist rebels from its eastern borders. This comes as Lebanon's army chief met with Russian officials and discussed increased cooperation against islamist rebels operating inside Lebanon (and most likely on the Syrian side of the border as well). In addition to that, Lebanon's army has received an arms package from the US that is worth an estimated 50M dollars, with equipment ranging from large artillery pieces to grenade launchers.

Just in, Hezbollah and the SAA have launched an offensive in southern Aleppo. This offensive is aimed at re-capturing the Al-Ramouseh district as well as the 1070 complex, Hamdaniyah Housing Project, Wassout Al-Jabless, Tal Al-Sanoubrat, and the Aleppo Cement Factory. No gains have been reported as of yet. Im gonna guess that by the time I wake up i'll have missed the live stream of all the fighting.

Lastly, Libyan forces have taken control of ISIL's headquarters in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte. The battle for Sirte is beginning to wind down, but pockets of resistance are being reported as ISIL is still known to control three residential districts, as well as a villa complex.

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>>30940089
What did you do friend?

>>30940089
Can confirm. BMP and MTLB are the worst

>>30937224
Those were Ukrainians actually.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Y7bIFaC2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn8HfyqyoOU
>>30936198
Most Cold War vehicles have shit mine protection though. And that definitely didn't look like your standard anti-tank mine, likely a couple 152 mm shells wired to blow- very deadly even dedicated design MRAPs have problems with those.

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Alleged regime offensives to re enforce the siege.

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Looks like west Aleppo front is coming back to life, as Government and allied forces launched an assault against the Ramouseh district, the 1070 complex and Artillery Base, claiming some positions captured inside Ramouseh and the 1070 apartaments.

Rebels, who launched a counter attack, are claiming that they have already taken back all positions lost in the district, while pro SAA source acknowledge the loss of the mayor building.

A video from today of the Rebels running around defending their positions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoaaApnEyTg

The pic is some Lybian gov fighters with a "cascavel" in Sirte.

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>>30945798
Also on Libya, it seems that the pilot of the jet downed by ISIS (ISIS claim, of course) was a General; Mokhtar Fakroun.

Video of moderate fighter with ISIS? flag on his head can anyone verify it is and that this is in fact Aleppo?

Due to the headbands i think it is part of the Aleppo offensive but I'm not sure.

>>30945860
forgot video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB_fngL2lPY&feature=youtu.be&t=11s

>>30940432
Islam is incredibly fatalistic.
Things only happen if god wills it. And if god willed you to get caught, i guess that's that.

>>30915112
that commander is so fucking powerful its not even funny. Can decide on a whim who stays and who will go to god knows what. The Iraq army realized he wasnt a pillaging asshole and were like "Just give that guy as much power as he wants"

Also, that kid who believe IS would send him to college. They should have tattoo'd retard on his head- to warn people.

>>30945798
That one guy at 0:46 isn't even using his trigger finger to shoot.

>>30946032
Yeah but for a while it was shouldered and aimed, which is pretty high highfalutin stuff.

>>30945798
Basically what RU said.
The action was at Ramouseh,1070 projects, the cement plant etc.
There are variations of a rebel claim since hours ago that they trapped 11 Lebanese Hezbhollah in a building somewhere and killed them but I won't believe it until I see a video.

After any attack is repelled, it doesn't matter which side it is, they take liberty with the truth.

>>30946303
Also breaking that ISs counter attack north of Manbij was repelled but we all knew this would happen.

>>30939671
>>30939671
Heres some stuff
http://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-says-sky-news-tricked-him-into-arms-trafficking-video/
http://www.business-review.eu/news/sky-news-ramsay-rejects-allegations-of-fake-reporting-in-romania-115196
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/10/sky-news-defends-report-on-gun-running-amid-claims-of-faked-meeting
http://m.hotnews.ro/stire/21215955
Some gypsy brought this to our attention on /pol/

English translated speech of fiery former JAN Sheik Abdullah al- Muhaysini after he entered Aleppo post siege ending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d1gVap-_JM
He starts off talking shit by saying, Oh Russians, oh Shia , we are here in Aleppo!
Then the guy next to him keeps looking up as if he is nervous about airstrikes...

>>30946648
btw Sheik Abdullah al- Muhaysini is """"moderate"""""
...heh i'm kidding.

>>30946648
I dont think anyone would bomb -that- many civies lel. Really passionate speech, lot of god shit but he was also soapboxing that they hatred oppressors, not shia's towards the end. Is this typical? Im getting very interested in what the ultimate goals of these factions are.

>>30931253
>America still selling military equipment to Saudi Arabia.

I don't know if they're being major Jews or are juts plain stupid.

Two videos here, first is pro SAA or SAA forces outside of the 1070 projects. Pro rebel sources claims these locations are the same since 5 days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGDNusxn6u4

Secound is Jaf shooting DIY rockets at the Mallah/Castillo road area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrvFewMH3mE

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>>30947091
4u

>>30947100
Saudi Arabia has lost a lot of vehicles in Yemen. US companies aren't gonna pass up the chance to sell more stuff to them, especially at a time when Saudi Arabia wants/needs to replace the countless losses they've incurred

>>30947116
Whats interesting is how strained SAA supply lines into Aleppo probably are now that they have to get men and supplies through the Castillo road corridor. Obviously it's not as bad as the rebels corridor considering its not being bombed constantly, but I'm surprised the rebels aren't putting more emphasis in harassing their supply route.

>>30947411
It really does go to show how American arms suppliers lack any moral compass. I suppose they'll be more pleased if it helps to ferment more wars among oil-rich countries.

>>30947100
>>30947100
Countries like America do get to decide sometimes who gets weapons and who doesnt- to help pick winners and losers. But this is not one of those cases. Saudi arabia is going to buy weapons from someone no matter what, if it wasnt us it would be someone else making the money. Its actually pretty nice for America that they have such a boner for American arms.

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>>30947956
>>30947949
>>30947411
pic related. Though, desu, saudi spends about as much on their military as russia does. They always hover around 3rd or 4th in highest military spending world wide. They buy a SHIT TON of equipment and have very little in state manufacture. Would you rather that money be sent to another nations arms industry? There isnt really a winning situation for us here.

>>30948193
It would also be interesting to see that chart adjusted for inflation though.

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>>30948193

>declare Arab Spring wonderful
>panic when it spreads to your eternal wonderful ally of royal headchoppers

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>>30948193
>tfw we give saudi billions (?) for oil and then they turn around and give it right back to us for arms and then we turn around and give that money to israel in military aid to defend themselves against the sunni arab menace

>>30948309
>tfw Israel turns around and gives it right back to us in exchange for military equipment

IS captures 6 SDF fighters after in attack on villages north of Manbij yesterday

According to activists at Aleppo24, IS has attacked a US base near Tishrin Dam The attack resulted in 24 YPG fighters killed, 14 injured including 2 US special forces, one of them badly injured.

Reports that Iran is shelling Kurdish PDKI bases in Sidakan

>>30923205
Keeping a couple brigades plus an air wing at H-2 would have stopped ISIS cold in the first place.

>>30945828
>You will never fly with a general into battle
Damn it

>>30948214
That was my first thought, as well.

My second thought is that it's about time for the Saudis to replace a lot of their equipment anyways--look at how long it's been since the last set of big purchases. A lot of that gear is getting old.

My third thought is that any money they send us for expensive conventional weapons is money that they can't funnel into Wahhabism or paying off terrorists to go attack somebody else instead of them.

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>>30946735
moderate islam is for people without ptrs

>>30915873

>babbys first realpolitik

Tell us more about globalism and chemtrails, Mandic.

>>30948309
>>30948560

A fat chunk of the aid package to Israel is in the form of Ameribucks that must be spent on US-made goods from US companies.

So the US subsidizes domestic manufacturing while helping out an ally and having 100% visibility of where the aid money gets spent.

>>30950276
I really don't understand why you'd choose to give Mandick any (you)s, lad.

>>30950370
>Isreal
>Ally

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>>30950080
now that is a motto

>>30948915
this isnt a surprise to anyone who knows more than 2 seconds of information about the kurds, they all dont really get along

>>30947219
someone post the video of this because his voice is so fucking funny

>>30948193
>>30947956

That's the problem. Aiding the Saudis translates to aid for Wahhabi zealots that are not only stirring shit in the Mideast but also everywhere else that is not subjugated under Sunni Islam.

I don't care if they're throwing a fuckton of money to anyone willing to sell, but at least America wouldn't have dirt on their hands if the House of Saud is disposed and Saudi Arabia turns into a total theocracy that uses its military power to fuck shit up.