Middle East Thread "??? EDITION"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwCY-v-nZ0U

What GI Joe fag seriously gave Iraqis the skull mask idea, they are never gonna drop it

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>>32644836
I don't know man, seeing CoD Ghosts masks in Iraq is pretty entertaining.

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>Soon

>>32644836
One of the Iraqi SF that surrendered to ISIS in this video was wearing one. Vid NSFW naturally.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c0f_1423274455

>>32646518
US Soldier here....we are doing it tooo

>skullmask = friendlies

>>32644519
This is the IS video from Deir Ezzor today. They advanced on the northwest side of the airport in the cemetery in a ongoing large offensive(that I warned about btw) however the SAA repelled them from the east side at Juffa village and flew in reinforcements to the airbase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5zZkY6E3n0

T4 is on and popping right now. It started with a SAA offensive toward the north east of the base with the SAA advancing but the latest reports are of IS attacks on the west side of the airbase as well as a VBIED.

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Al-Bab

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>>32647643
Even more Al Bab

>>32647646
Yea the NDF guy died in the Damascus suicide bombing the other day. You ever notice how old some of these guys are? The SAA is depleted.

>>32647153
Why wouldn't you fight to the death, knowing they're going to execute you after you surrender?

>>32647742
Weird human hopefulness shit. It's not like they're -always- executed, there are ISIS prisons, but is that really a better potential fate?

>>32647742
this dude.
Apparently it's like a human instinct. this is also the reason why ISIS shooting have so many casualties.
People just are pussy's

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This is getting ridiculous

>>32647811
yeah this is what happens when your country rebels and you only have lil boys for your army

>>32647202
>Skull masks have replaced the PT belt

>>32647811
Its nothing to be surprised about. It's actually quite similar to what happened to the Iraqi security forces. They never had to deal with a hardened enemy that had the manpower and resources to handle pitched fighting. Plus the fact that the units are a mix of regular and irregular """moderates""" probably makes unit cohesion much harder.

>>32647811
The soldiers of Mohamed (PBUH) will forever be victorious, for Allah protects and guides them

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>>32648331
Abu is right how can anyone compete with their superior faith guided cannon

>>32647492
https://twitter.com/EuphratesPost/status/820430253361393664

Formerly Deir Ezzor SS reports IS took control of some type of barracks or "officers housing" building. This goes along with IS supposedly capturing a bunch of SAA today(no proof yet). I think this building is where they captured prisoners.

>>32647742
This was in the beginning when ISIS was just getting started.

Apparently ISOF and Police units have done their own beheadings and torture in retaliation too.

>>32647847
It was the Turks that got beat, not the SAA
>>32648331
Go back to fucking you're brother's goat ISIS

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>>32646518
at least they don't lose their fucking job over it.

>>32647811
Lmao I really don't know what to say

Everyone's getting stalled by ISIS

Just a question why in these videos is there no one every at least returning fire?

>>32647643
>>32647678
Why Turks give their apcs to ayy-rabs?

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>>32654377
Because niggers run after every isis zerg rush so we gave them shitty m113's so trutheyst themselves and make a great meatshield for us.

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>>32646648

israel bombs mezzah airport, damascus

https://youtu.be/oOa7zJePiNw

rebel trenches

https://youtu.be/IKIcle9uxjw

>>32654801
wtf is Israel up to

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rebel trenchcoat

https://youtu.be/W9g7NYOmW-I

>>32654824
rustic but comfy

>>32654831
stopping weapons transfers from the SAA to Hez.

>>32654843
>stopping weapons transfers from the SAA to Hez.


Oh ewiger Jude, as if depleting their stocks is on the mind of the SAA...

Just found this pic of a Syrian Jihadist on twitter

Can anyone ID the weapon?

>>32654851
the IDF doesn't mind if weapons go into Syria, Hell im sure they're happy weapons are heading there since they might get destroyed or captured. They mind if they go to Lebanon and possibly Gaza.

>>32654858
send pic, i'll try to ID before I pass out

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>>32654858

Fuck

>>32654649
>Because niggers run
https://youtu.be/Xi6pksfrXn8

>>32654864
>the IDF doesn't mind if weapons go into Syria, Hell im sure they're happy weapons are heading there since they might get destroyed or captured. They mind if they go to Lebanon and possibly Gaza.

Yes, read the posts. the SAA isn't shipping their depleted stock of weapons to the lebs or Gaza. They are fighting for their lives. The childish squable in Israel is a 4year old kiddie birthday to what's happening in Syria.

>>32654866
UTS-15. Turkish shotgun

>>32654866
FAMAS

>>32654877

Thanks m8

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>>32654866

>turkshit

>>32654866
UTAS UTS 15 shotgun.

>>32654876
my bad, it's quite late and I didn't quite comprehend the direction the convo was going. I just mentioned the Israeli rationale since I thought it was what is actually happening. But in addition to that, the SAA has received a hefty amount of equipment from Russia, some that im sure is being traded for possibly more manpower with Hez. But that's just an unproven theory I have.

Anyways, im heading to bed.

>>32654866

Also it seems he is SDF/SAA, not a Jihadist

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anti-assaditic-putinik demonstrations , Barada Valley Rural Damascus Ghouta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDiUJLVlIUQ

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>>32654995
... same in Juma

https://youtu.be/6zjDAjrUJ08

>>32655011
+Wadi Barada area
https://youtu.be/PPlxrPz9KE8

Rebels remove regime elements from their soil

https://youtu.be/vKyf48RSKEk

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Sheikh Commander Bilal Arbsh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3SHP02nsUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuiFcP-qQBo

Wasted Saudi Mercenaries run away, but end killed by Houthi

rebel TOW hit assadist officers

https://youtu.be/t5agLOtj9to

>>32647202
I don't know what unit you are in but if an NCO where I am at saw a Joe wearing a skull mask they'd be smoked for the rest of the week and then shamed on WTF

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so why did isis fall apart in mosul?

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>>32648227
>It's actually quite similar to what happened to the Iraqi security forces.

And plus, you know, the massive inbreeding that for over a hundred generations has turned them all into useless brown homonculi.

>>32653168
Nobody lost their job over that you tard

>>32647805
>Said from behind the safety of a keyboard

>>32654887
>al-quaeda's leader
>is wearing a isis headband
>has a hitler mustache

these kinds of facebook political posts should be kept on pol where people are stupid enough to repost them.

>>32649151
https://twitter.com/Jacm212/status/820656272601182209

IS claiming a Ruaf/Saaf friendly fire bombing in Deir. I was reading a Deir source say many SAA forces were killed by a errant bomb to go along with some IS and civilians in heavy air raids. Pro IS sources are saying IS bringing in EVEN more reinforcements.
IS bringing the heat on Deir and it's logically their next move.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt93H5nsN4

>>32654843
>stopping weapon transfers from SAA to Hez
Would anyone (except Israel and USA) be mad if an Israeli plane was shot down over Syria?

>>32655732
Everyone including USA would be overjoyed if that happens, that's just the sort of provocation/excuse they are looking for to justify cold war v2.

>>32655732
Kek, by who? SAA doesn't have the capability and the russians don't seem to give a shit.

>>32655284
They didn't.

>>32655732
Not really.
If we ignore the how question, so long as it was violating Syrian airspace it would be a perfectly justified shoot, same as if SyAF shot down anything US/Turk/British that was in their airspace without permission. Of course there would be some grumbling and claims of "we were only fighting IS" (regardless of how blatantly or not that was/not the case) but if you fly into someone elses country you can't really get mad or expect anyone else to do so on your behalf if they shoot at you.

>>32655645
To sum up the entire situation SOHR has the goods and i'll leave it at that.
First is SAA advancement in the hills around T4 in their offensive in eastern Homs backed by the Ruaf.
http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=59124

And 2nd is IS in Deir Ezzor advancing on Mt Thardah and trying to cut off the airbase from the city. Cutting off the airbase would isolate SAA repub guard in the airbase and make reinforcing the city impossible. IS also trying to take brigade 137ths base on the other side of the city for the millionth time as well.

http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=59122

can deir ezzor realistically fall?

>>32656528
https://twitter.com/Jacm212/status/820692145887703040
IS has the video of capturing the housing complex up. Lucky for the SAA they only ended up capturing 5 NDF prisoners yesterday. It could have worse.

>>32656617
The SAA has long given up trying to break the siege. As long as they are surrounded it's a possibility. The SAA has bravery held out until now but they have never turned the situation around. IS just keeps chipping away. It's like the SAA version of eastern Ghouta. They can't hold out forever.

>>32656736
what strategical value does deir ezzor hold? Any estimates on how many people remain trapped in there?

>>32656762
Deir Ezzor in the key to all of eastern Syria leading up to Iraq. IS would use this as their fall back city for Mosul.

Off the top of my head at least 100,000 people are trapped in the city and up to 3,000 SAA and thousands more NDF.

>>32655157
I thought the Rebels had used all their TOWs.

>>32656796
In the last hour Deir Ezzor 24 reports IS took control of the Assad hospital as heavy air raids hit all areas of the city. Did the SAA at least evacuate the hospital? Because if they didn't.......

>>32654831
They want as few strong and stable arabic countries around them as possible.
If Assad gets overthrown and people try to form a new government they can form it after their wishes. (At least a bit)

>>32654831
they want al qaeda to win

>>32644519
Will there ever be middle east peace?

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this is Bob.

>>32657378
when everyone are dead

>>32657840
or israel changes its attitude. this is the quickest solution.

>>32657869
changes to what? no matter what they do they are still gonna have sand niggers attacking them.

>>32655484
Or infront of the local Post Office where the LaRouce tards congregate

>>32654995
lmao is Putin wearing shoulder pads?

>>32658017
you cant be this stupid

>>32658091
enlighten me then.

>>32657362
No, they don't want Al Qaeda to win, their goal is to prolong the conflict as much as possible and make sure neither side builds up enough momentum to end it

They want them to keep killing each other, so that they'll be more focused on that than paying attention to whatever Israel is up to

>>32657869
>>32658091
>dem arabs be a good boy, dey din du nuffin!
fuck off back to >>>/pol/ stormfag

>>32658162
stay stupid.

>>32658206
>Continuing to violently expand one's country isn't shit disturbing of the highest order

>using /pol/ memes to tell someone to go back to /pol/

lel

>>32655126
what does wasted mean in this context

>>32658205
I wonder why they arent trying to get rid of russians.
They shouldnt have let them take Aleppo

>>32655322
http://www.ledauphine.com/vaucluse/2013/11/22/orange-l-ancien-legionnaire-au-foulard-du-mali-condamne-hier-pour-s-etre-presente-avec-une-kalachnikov-dans-une-pharmacie

That guy deserted and then fucked up some more. French command hated that mask.

>>32656976
I briefly read the hospital attack was repelled however pro rebel/pro IS sources are talking about a major IS push going on right now in the city. They are sending the reinforcements in a large wave. This should be crazy to check on later.

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>>32659530
pic of IS infantry getting a final brief before going.

https://twitter.com/alhassan95000/status/820762346004029441

This source is saying the NDF have started a counter attack in Deir. Here we go.

I've kinda been absent from these threads since the end of the siege of Aleppo, apart from Al Bab STILL not being taken has anything else really happened?

>>32659629
>https://twitter.com/alhassan95000/status/820762346004029441
how do you find these twitter acc ?

>>32659865
Biggest change since Aleppo would be the loss of Palmyra (again), Russians and whatever left of the SAA in the area are holed up in the T4 airbase down the road from Palmyra itself. IS have been all over the perimeter but haven't quite managed to push into the base itself just yet, and frankly most recently things seem to have stalled out in the area for now with both sides trading a few yards of territory back and forth between them each day.

IS managed to ATGM a couple of SyAF planes in exposed hangars at Deir Ezzor a few days ago, and as you can tell from this thread things have been heating up there again in general.

Kurds have been continuing their steady occupation of the mostly open country north of Raqqa, which iirc was ongoing already when Aleppo saga was still running. Whilst they've largely taken all the territory north/northwest of Raqqa with few casualties expect them to drag their feet more and more the closer they get to potential urban fighting, they know that's where IS can put up a real fight and I doubt they've suddenly gained any great motivation to go die for the US trying to take a city of no interest to them.

Everywhere else has been the usual mix of clashes, arty and counter arty all ways, and airstrikes by RuAF/SyAF and occasionally USAF with little notable net change to show, ie same shit as ever.

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>>32659336
The article mention nothing regarding the french comand hating it. Not even implicitly.

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>>32655732
The one that has the most to loose from such accident is Syria itself. You think that they need the Israelis joining the party in full scale?
"Destabilizing the Middle East" is a cool theory, but it's just a theory within the lines of "well, it makes sense in my head". For decades, the Syrian-Israeli border was the quietest one in the region, with just he occasional Israeli attack whenever a Syrian move was deemed a "tiebreaker". The Israelis were always also smart enough never to admit that it was them, making it all in blurry "supposedly Israel" lines, thus leaving the option of not retaliating open- an option that the Syrians took full advantage of because they understand that it's just part of the game, and because they're the last ones interested in renewing the war with Israel.

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If IS started in a predominantly Islamic country, will the Pastafarian State begin in Italy?

Captcha seems to agree.

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IS Map of IS advancing into the Harrabesh district, Deir Ezzor in green. Reports of IS moving on N-7 north of the Assad hospital taking a small army base. In Harrabesh IS destroyed a bus full of SAA soldiers and 3 other cars. Overall SAA loses include a tank, Shilka and 57mm cannon technical.

tl;dr the airbase if cut off

Step reporting a helicopter tried to fly to brigade 137ths base and it was unable to land due to AA fire.

I wonder if SAA brass is starting to think about evacuation.

>>32666346
did the russians ever help in deir ezzor?

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>>32666500
With airstrikes yes, anyway things are moving fast. IS has surrounded the airbase. If the SAA wasn't thinking about evac they are now.

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>>32666346

>I wonder if SAA brass is starting to think about evacuation.
>are completely sourrounded + around 100.000 civillians in the town
>evacuation

what possibly could go wrong !
Tabqa 2.0 incomming

>>32666524
Tadmur 2.0. When soldiers flee and leave everyone behind

>>32667498
fucking disgusting

SAA is fucked then in deir ezzor, unless Russia send some marines to help them?

>>32667741
Whilst that could help it would likely need to be a fairly sizable contingent, which given the extreme isolation and difficulties not only getting them there but also out again should it all go tits up makes it seem rather unlikely to me that they'd take such a gamble. Sending men to help with offensives like Aleppo or possibly to help hold a similar area connected to the bulk of SAA territory is one thing, putting them out somewhere utterly isolated and under siege, with zero chance of being relieved any time remotely soon is too big a disaster waiting to happen.
Not only that but for the Russians T4 is already a significant problem that needs fixing, in terms of securing their men from the potential clutches of IS, they don't need another one, especially one that isn't an immediate threat to Assad's survival.

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Deir Ezzor is officially split and SAA is fucked since they cannot bring supplies anymore.

>>32668500
I'd same it's GG at this point.
I don't see how the SAA could get out of this position.

>>32668522
Why couldn't they all concentrate around airport. It's the most heavily build and can be turned into a fortress.

>>32668539
Ammunition will run out eventually. There's not going to be anyone coming to help anytime soon.

>>32647742
They trick your body into thinking it will survive if you surrender. Same principal cops use to trick regards into giving them large portions of their lives taken more slowly. Problem is it only works once or twice on intelligent prey. They eventually fight back.

>>32668554
As such you should be able to train them to never surrender.

https://twitter.com/Jacm212/status/821066906308378624
Das not good mang

>>32668500
I wish the UN would get deeply concerned for this one

>>32668500
That corridor between the town and the airport is gonna get bombed to shit.

But I actually have to commend ISIL for being able to withstand the Turks while simultaneously advancing on SAA territory. But then again the Turkish advance has been riddled with failures well before they came up against heavy resistance and the SAA is focusing on getting rid of the last few pockets of resistance in the West.

I keep seeing more and more reports of things falling.
IS might have breached the SAA's defensive lines tbqh.

>>32669233
If that has happened, and given the amount of false information throughout the war it's a big if, then it's over for the SAA and NDF in Deir. There is not much in the way of secondary defensive lines, as so far they have been relying on counter attacks to stabilize the line and drive ISIS back.

Does it seem to anyone else that ISIS has pulled troops from mosul to help on the SYrian fronts? I mean they have collapsed rather dramatically in the past week in Eastern Mosul, and yet they are suddenly able to retake Palymra, pressure T4, drive back the turks at Al Bab, and possibly have cracked the nut which is Deir.

SAA has launched a counteroffensive on ISIL positions in Deir Ezzor in an attempt to link back together the two pockets that were recently split. RuAF and SyAF are as predicted pounding ISIL positions right before ground troops attempt to attack the corridor that separates the town from the airport.

A quote from the the commanding officer in the region: "Major General Issam Zahreddine has quoted him as saying that the morale of the soldiers is extremely high despite some of the setbacks faced earlier in the day." (taken from AMN).

While there are no reports where the attack is taking place, it is most likely that they are targeting the cemetery and the Tahtuh district.

>>32657263
ISIS attacking besieged cities is not their forte. Nowadays people know what happens when you surrender to ISIS.

>>32663770
July 2014 classic

>>32666513
Nah just retake the lost ground

Dier isn't falling anytime soon

>>32668522
Or, you know, they could retake the position just like in 2014.

>>32668856
Turks already accomplished their goal of isolating the afrin pocket from the rest of rojava. And they are the rebel power brokers already in discussions with russia and the SAA so there goes a lot of the tension between assad loyalists and turkish troops. Hell Russia and SAAF have even given turks some air support too.

They couldn't give 2 shits about actually pushing against ISIS now. They've gotten what they've wanted.

>>32669880
not entirely. Al-Bab is the last part of the puzzle to lock out the Kurds in the Afrin pocket from linking up with their allies near Manjib. Granted, as it stands it's incredibly hard for the Kurds to link up right now with the Turks so close. But if the Kurds in Afrin manage to reach the M4 highway (which passes right next to Al Bab) they might be able to link up or in the very least threaten to link up. So if the Turks take Al-Bab, it makes linking up almost impossible due to how far the Kurds would have to push south in order to link up.

But I agree that as it stands the Kurds aren't gonna risk further fighting with the Turks in order to link up. But the possibility of them linking up is what is pushing the Turks to capture Al-Bab.

>>32669712
>SAA has launched a counteroffensive
>morale of the soldiers is extremely high despite """"some""""" of the setbacks

That is their official line for the last three days now. Everything is fine, huge isis losses, no we are not split in two, well maybe we are split, but everything will be reversed and so on.
I mean, what else should they say?

>>32670233
Not the one you are talking with, but your point doesnt hold.
The Turks are at the west and north of Al-Bab and practically at the east as well. The one way to bypass the city is at the south, and this are just some 2 or 3 hardly defended villages, which the Turks are not taking to leave a way out for ISIS and because its too close to the SAA.
Taking Al-Bab doesnt change anything in the way of blocking the kurds (besides of course securing the current turkish positions). Its purely the get ISIS out of the way and to get the pro-turkish rebels a real town for a change.

>>32669620
>Does it seem to anyone else that ISIS has pulled troops from mosul to help on the SYrian fronts?
Not really. The recent advances in East Mosul are not because fighters have been withdrawn (its impossible because its completely surrounded and the bridges blown up) but that they are massively outnumbered and outequipped.
Surely they had transferred some troops in late autumn when it became clear that the Mosul offensive was getting started. But they still had left a large number in Eastern MOsul to bloodily stall the advance in the first months, and extremely likely still have their best troops in Western Mosul, so the core of their fighting force there had remained in Mosul.

As it has been pointed out repeatedly, ISIS is a de-central force which operates independently, be it in Nineveh, around Raqqa, in Eastern Aleppo countryside or in Deir az Zour.

>>32670233
oh and forgot another update on Deir Ezzor

As the RuAF and SyAF bomb ISIL positions in the town. ISIL units are reportedly attempting to push even deeper into SAA held territory to the north of the airport.

>>32670274
The current reports coming from the SAA in the town that I read acknowledged the split but were confident that they'd be able to make up for their losses and connect the two pockets. They can be as confident as they want, but the current report that ISIL is pushing near the airport paints a grim picture for the two pockets.

>>32670340
interesting point. Maybe im putting too much emphasis on the M4 highway as a axis of advance for the Kurds.

>>32669712
Well what else is he gonna say?
>"Yeah we're fucked and everyone is taking off their uniforms and fleeing".
Like, don't get me wrong, the SAA aren't done yet, but like Zahreddine isn't going to be an unbiased source.

>>32670426
The M4 is already cut to the west (south of Aqil Hill) and to the east (at the whole Qabasin and Bzaah shitshow, which nontheless has the Turks & Friends holding the M4 east of them) of al-Bab.

>>32670426
>ISIL units are reportedly attempting to push even deeper into SAA held territory to the north of the airport.
Makes sense doing it in the night. Also, because half the world is bombing them, they really need to achieve the maximum amount of success at the first try, before the frontlines settle down again.

I would say, if they want to seriously threaten Deir or the airport they need more ground captured during the night today, otherwise the airbase might still be isolated and still fall at one point in the future, but not right now.
And they might have learned from watching the Aleppo Arty College offensive, that holding a small break-through under intense air strikes for a longer period of time might turn pretty ugly down the line

>>32668546

Airdropped ammo wouldn't be a bad idea supposing ISIS doesn't get it

>>32671457
If history is any guide, ISIS would get it

>>32671463

Russians are typically more adept at parachuting things than dropping free-falling material, opposite of the US.

Really though, how hard could you miss a whole town?

>>32671463

how exactly? ISIS got -1- of 19 airdrops to the Kurds, cause I know that's what you're referencing.

Also if Kiweres could hold out for so long, DeZ airbase which is even MORE of a fortress can definitely hold out. Talk about pessimists.

>>32647202
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU

https://newsroomnomad.com/extremely-rare-mother-bear-cub-spotted-lebanons-east/

>>32671810
Kinda neat. Wojtek the soldier bear was a Syrian bear.

Some random:
>Two month ago or so, 500 fighters have been transferred from Iraq to Syria (so offensive unitis) as all own offensive units in Syria have been more or less already erased and killed. Of them 200 have been transferred to Al Bab and these are still there as it is easily to see.
The other 300 of them have performed the Palmyra offense, they have additional received some reinforcement over night and next day had overrun Palmyra and they have attacked the T4 base. Than the battle there has ended and they have been redeployed to...Jabar next to the Tabqa dam, were they had a harsh battle against the SDF.

>>32671675
Pretty sure most U.S. soldiers that have been on combat deployment have had this revelation.

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ISIS pics from DeZ

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>>32644519

>>32674604
took me about 537 hours in MS Paint

>>32644519
I wish I had a hat with so many lenses...

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>>32674201
these tow videos never stop being brutal

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>>32674902
The two guys flipping was pretty brutal

>>32673435
doubt that,
for some reason Im pretty sure the average grunt can rationalize hes not a bad of a guy as say.....a childfucking women beater who farms dirt and mortars the base on weekends

>>32674201

I see these, and every time my brain goes "BULLSHIT."

I know why they're like that, on an intellectual level.

But the FOV and perspective is so fucked that it looks like someone is piloting a giant drone 5mph but no one can see it.

>>32676703
>hey should we set up any kind of deterrence on the MSR? Or at least put some fucking eyes on it?
>Nah, what's the worst that could happen?

Literally every single one of these videos.

>>32674201
>>32676754
on twitter the pro "rebel" accounts claimed they were hezzbollah.
people said you sure they look like they were carrying suitcases an- THEY WERE HEZZBOLLAH

>>32654851
Probably not if an Israeli jet was shot down. If the pilot got captured then probably. Although these are cruse missile strikes not actually bombing missions from aircraft. Isreal could get around the S-300 (and now S-400) but it won't risk it unless it has to or just wants to check its capabilities

>>32654876
They are arming Lebanese militias and giving weapons to Hezbollah. Syria has plenty of weapons, they just have a man power shortage.

>>32656617
Yes and it probamy will fall. Probably sooner than later unless there is a massive air campaign. However, their Air Force is tied up also at T4 and in other battles. Russia doesn't have enough aircraft in theater because of multiple reasons. The Russian aircraft are also not efficient enough at hitting individual tactical targets. Yes su-25s and hinds are ideal for this kind of stuff but the anti aircraft fire keeps them at altituded and finding enough targets in the desert before you run out of fuel is difficult without the proper Intel or censors. Aleppo was fish in a barrel now it's the wide open sea.

>>32673435
Muhammad plz

>>32673435
>SS
>Bad guys

>>32676860
umm, looked to me like the primary group of four were carrying rifles. the guy who crossed over to them look to have a lunch pail or brief case of some sort, or was maybe laying wire. So 4 valid targets, one possible. seems like a good shoot to me, but how you'd know they're Hezbollah not NDF, SAA, etc is beyond me.

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>>32669620

>Does it seem to anyone else that ISIS has pulled troops from mosul to help on the SYrian fronts

that was the first thing, beeing obviously when the iraqi army/PMU estimated, that there are just a few thousand ISIS fighters left in mosul.

They didnt vanished, they moved westwards.
Shit is really fucked up, not "only" that DEZ may fall, also that this would free up thousands more ISIS fighters to attack the SAA later in east Homs and every where they like to.

This will definitivly have more impact than the (second) fall of palmyra - that was mostly just a propaganda tool, this will both, military and propaganda win for ISIS

Does IS have some sort of command center? Or is just a glorified union of warbands, united by ideology?

AMN released a decent video with a brief summary and update on the Palmyra front.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8lxlCVrUk4

>>32678075
They have a fairly complex and strong command hierarchy, granted some units might have more freedom of action than others, but the vast majority of their commanders should be well trained or in the very least combat veterans. Iraqi Baathist officers made up a large portion of the CO's in ISIL. I don't know how their numbers have held up as of recently, but their knowledge and expertise should have spread to their subordinates and even their proteges.

They might seem like glorified war bands physically, but their attacks on Deir Ezzor and their resistance against Turkish/FSA assaults on Al Bab as well as bitterly holding what's left of Mosul show that even sand people can be dangerous if led by good commanders.

>>32658059
Manlet Putin is the biggest fag around when it comes to being a leader. Even worse than Obama.

>>32658091
Fucking tinfoil retard. Hurr durr Muh Jews. Stay tinfoild. I hope you mkultra yourself.

>>32676703
All they had to do was to put a gate in there.

>>32668500
>since they cannot bring supplies anymore.

They can just airdrop them, just like in those Idlib pockets.

Just for the sake of discussion, how many sorties would be required per week/month to supply the western pocket in Deir Ezzor with food and ammunition? IIRC there are thousands of fighters in there and tens of thousands of civillians. How would they be able to maintain that many people by airdrop supply, and for how long.

what are the odds that those GPNVGs are fake

>>32680241
the same amount as before, with the difference being that the boxes are dropped out of the flying plane instead of being unloaded on the ground. (were they even able to land their transport machines there? i imagine those big planes being pretty easy targets during the start/landing).

>>32674201
Did they die? I heard that TOW shots arent that good againist infantry.

>>32680986
Reasonable to assume so, it hit more or less right at their feet and even if they survived initially it's likely they would have been pretty fucked up by it, and high quality medical care isn't exactly available in abundance.

Seems like government forces started attacking and advancing against ISIS north of Kweires, towards Al-Bab.

Also, the death toll in Deyr-Ez-Zor keeps climbing for the SAA, with the latest high profile death being a major general and a colonel defending the airport.
ISIS is also trying to advance on the army bases immediately west of the city, and fortifying the positions gained yesterday. Reports are also surfacing that they're also preparing for another offensive against both te city and the airport at the same time, to try and widen the corrider they created.
RuAF and SyAAF are bombing the corridor non-stop. ISIS images from the corridor only show rocks and craters.
They're reportedly using a vast amount of child soldiers in the offensive, and may be diverting troops from the Raqqa defense agains the kurds towards Deyr-Ez-Zor, which shows that they're also losing a bunch of troops.

I think that, at this moment, ISIS has the majority of their troops in or around Deyr-Ez-Zor.

>>32681335
They also lost the majority of eastern Mosul in the last days, which might imply that they diverted a great number of troops from there to Dey-Ez-Zor too.

>>32681335
>They're reportedly using a vast amount of child soldiers in the offensive

If that really is true then this offensive is probably one of their last big "things" they can pull off before running out of fighters.

That being said, whats a child soldier in that context anyway? Are we talking about teenagers (like 15-18?) or literal children like in africa (10-15?)

>>32681350
The iraqi forces now control ALL of the bridges in Mosul, and the last places under ISIS control in east Mosul are the city park and a small suburb in the north.
The iraqis are already probing the terrain on the other side of the bridges,, but have not yet crossed the river.

>>32681379
>That being said, whats a child soldier in that context anyway
12 to 16 mostly.

They always used child soldiers, but the amount used is increasing rapidly.

>>32681380
you mean the bridges are still standing? I thought isis would have destroyed them to slow their progress

>>32681379
Teenagers are par for the course on all sides, in this context I'd assume the younger ones you see in their propaganda/execution videos are being thrown into the blender.

>>32681403
They are more or less destroyed (by american airstrikes, with the objective of cornering ISIS in east Mosul). But they're stil more or less passable.

>>32681403
bridges can be rebuilt or at least partially fixed quite easily.

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>>32681419
>>32681392
>>32681379

>>32681419
>>32681392

I see. As i said, i think this is a big indication that they run out of manpower soon.

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>>32681335
>They're reportedly using a vast amount of child soldiers in the offensive

>>32681437
if they cap Deir it frees up all that manpower & more

it's a bold strategy, we'll see how it works

What do you think, will western Mosul fall quickly or offensive will stall again?

>>32669880
>Turks already accomplished their goal of isolating the afrin pocket from the rest of rojava.

Uhhh no they have not

>>32681379
11-15.

>>32681964
I doubt they'll take Dier

Been far too long that they haven't for me to change my view. SAA knows that surrender to ISIS is suicide nowadays.

>>32681965
East Mosul was the easy part.

>>32681947
They should really make that illegal over there so it wouldn't happen

>>32644519
I wrote my semester project on the Syrian Civil War and used Joshua Landis as a source a few times. Fun times.

>>32659336
French command didn't give a fuck. French media however threw a tantrum about scaring innocent melanin-enriched autochtons with skull masks is bad and video games are bad, and think of the image of the french army, aren't we the good guys here ?! (but killing people is okay I guess) and politics of course followed suit.

>>32686510
>just like in my american movies!

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>>32686510
cant wait for more webms like this

>>32680986
>>32681093
Not a big bang or much shrapnel from the warhead but exploding this close to them they were probably shredded by shrapnel from the concrete

>>32687011
rectally annihilated

Some news on Deir Ezzor.

SAA have managed to halt an ISIL offensive that aimed to capture the Tal Barouk university housing complex just recently. This comes as SAA units in the airport managed to receive reinforcements via heli for the first time since the ISIL offensive split the SAA held positions into two pockets.

>>32688125
To add to what you said, the military leadership (Issam) has requested evacuation procedures for the city to government officials in Qamishli.
They told him to stand and fight until the last man, to not give up even an inch of territory if possible.

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>>32686510
Your picture is irrefutable evidence of Malinese insurgents training ISIS. Good thing the west is already dealing with that particular threat.

>>32689749
>dude just die lmao!
This is why the SAA has such shit morale.

>>32689749
>to not give up even an inch of territory if possible.
lmao too late

retards

>Turks have just launched a joint airstrike operation with Russia and the US against Al Bab positions and US aircraft have bombed isis positions threatening Assad troops in Deir Ez Zoir.

Trump's timeline is already beginning. Time to gangbang islamist fucking shits C&C generals style.

>>32692014
first part is correct, I think. This:
>US aircraft have bombed isis positions threatening Assad troops in Deir Ez Zoir.

is false.

>>32692072
I got that claim from the isis live map and it says its from twitter.

So sorry jumped the gun before it was confirmed.

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>The mark of the beast

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seriously

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Russian sappers, Aleppo

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US SOF in Mosul. The true extent of their role won't be known for years.

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ISIS portee, DeZ

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>>32694778
Well US forces have set up bases in eastern Mosul in an attempt to help coordinate and create battle plans for ISF.

granted we don't know of the size of the base, but the fact that they are even creating one that close to the front lines means that their SOF footprint in Mosul must be fairly large for them to do that.

also
>dat operator stache

>>32697252
Intense. That RPG-7 near miss.

Can next thread be Africa edition?

Looks like we might have a conventional land and air invasion in Africa in a few hours or days.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38669347

>>32697759
There probably won't be much of a fight. the commander of the Gambian army told his boys to not fight if ECOWAS invades. Also the Gambian military is dogshit and would fall apart against ECOWAS forces

>>32697759
deadline isn't up yet. YET

but i'll see if I can find enough info to start a separate thread.

>>32697901
sorry, completely wrong, the deadline is almost four hours old lol.

Still, no news on what is happening there other than Senegalese Nigerian and other ECOWAS troops were ammassed on the border. Some news that Gamibian soldiers have take off their uniforms, but other than that, nothing.

>>32694766
...no. Those are MPs. They've got crimson berets and it even says "MP" on the pauldrons.

>>32698053
https://twitter.com/NewGambia

best place to get updates

>>32698194
Sounds like the 'invasion' has begun.

Good for Senegal. Sounds like the Gambian forces are welcoming them and letting them pass without a fight. There might be some regime loyalists in the Capital, though. It'll be interesting to see what happens when they reach the outskirts.

>>32644836
>GPNVG

Me-thinks US adviser.

>>32684637
Could you upload it somewhere and link it?
I won't shit on it I promise.

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>>32698293
No, he's just a wannabe
Those are airsoft replicas, the real ones come in tan, not grey. There could be a possibility that they're the older pilot version
Not the first time ISOF has used fake airshit on their real gear to look more like US forces

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>>32699323
Pic related, an Iraqi mounted a Mad Bull Airsoft grenade launcher to his real ass SBR

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>>32699323
>>32699342
Also they love to bolt chinese ops core knock off rails and not attach anything to them

But ops core is what is in fashion, so extra weight be damned

>>32698194
fucking niggers

>>32694748
is being an edge master the latest in urban war fashion?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxmYR6QQkI

Footage from Deir ezzor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI42cxxHXY0

Refreshing to see aiming, single shots, providing cover, staying behind cover as opposed to taking turns spraying from corners. Is there a core of SAA fighters bogged down in Deir that never gets rotated out?

>>32700866
they probably learned a lot from being bogged down there for so long, if the SAA does it right and pass on the knowledge Syria might have a pretty competent army in the near future

>>32700240
>not wanting to be edgy and ironic while you shoot people


It's like you don't have a sense of humor.

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>>32700866

>105th

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Guard_(Syria)

>>32694778
why so many chemlites?

i mean i get they plenty of uses but do they really need to be that close at hand?

>>32647153
Why did so many SF guys surrender god damn
I'd have killed myself there tbqh

Can anyone explain whats going down in Yemen currently?
Perhaps provide me with some reading material?

>>32687011
Watching that cunt drop knowing his life is fucked for however much longer it lasts brought me some joy today tbqh

>>32699365
Also is it just me or do they never seem to wear earpro ever?

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SOON

https://twitter.com/barbarastarrcnn/status/822056885276803073
>FIRST ON CNN: US B-2 bombers struck overnight in Libya in what is expected to be final contingency op personally authorized by POTUS.
Does the POTUS get to choose what to use when he needs something bombed? Because I can't think of any other reason why they would use a B-2 for ISIS.

On slightly related note

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zXcawTuSrbc

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Upgraded T-62M heading to syria

>>32700405
awoo awoo woop woop

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>>32701708
Did someone say awoo~?

>>32646648
Will the Russian army ever even get the T-90M?

>>32679625
If they do that a lot of those supplies will end up falling into rebel hands. They would have to come in really low and slow. They might get away with it a few times with the right kind of air cover but it will get harder and harder.

>>32694766
Military polise, not sappers. Here is vid about, enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxmYR6QQkI

>>32700943
>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38669347

Because they are Iraqi and not real SF.

>>32648227
>>Skull masks have replaced the PT belt

Skull PT belts when?

>>32649078
Nice work for a homebrew! I appreciate the ingenuity.

>>32667838
Odd that Russia doesn't help solve the problem with air bombardment. The Russian air force apparently lacks the conventional throw weight for a sustained campaign. The best way would be to FOAB IS strongpoints at night.

>>32700943
It was at the beginning when they had no idea how bad isis was to its prisoners.

Iraqi SOF pretty much considers the entire battle of Mosul to be payback as a result. Hence why they've been pushing hard and losing half of their initial fighting force as casualties to kill thousands of ISIS and take half of Mosul back.

>>32701514
Range and payload. BTW all aircrew need sorties to stay proficient so there's no reason not to use heavy bombers in that role. If you don't land in Europe you won't be instantly seen by airplane spotters and posted on the internet.

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>>32694766
Goddamn there's something about the Russian uniform that gets me salivating

>>32703613
I think without Russian and Syrian AF shitting on IS hard Deir would have been lost already. Both have been dropping a lot of tonnage, but the flipside is that IS have literally years of experience minimising their losses to air power.
Now the best case scenario short of turning everything in an entire region to dust seems to be that you can stop them pushing into specific areas by constantly bombing the hell out of it, but the rest of the time IS generally stay dispersed enough to deny any airforce nice grouped up targets to bomb, whether it's US/Ru/Sy doing the bombing.

>>32704229
Dispersal reduces PGM effects nicely. PGMtards want to use golden bullets on Westernized forces but they aren't so good at killing dispersed, experienced infantry. I'd like to see Russia use their few remaining strategic bombers with conventional loads and copy US Arc Light strikes in SEA. Whole NVA units were obliterated by those around Khe Sanh.

>>32694748
So "shiny and chrome" actually IS a thing in madmaxland... Who would've known...

>>32702313
nope.

>>32704758
لامعة والكروم

SAA captured the East Ghouta town of Hazrama from Jaysh al Islam and forced Jaysh to retreat to Hawsh al Sahliyah. The SAA is now targeting the town of Nashabiyah, after previously asserting fire control over the area surrounding the town.

Also, B2's were used for the first time since 2011 over Libya in support of anti ISIL operations to the South-East of Sirte. The target was an ISIL training camp, and in addition to B2's MQ-9's with hellfires were present.

>>32703463

Skull masks made of PT belts.

>>32704979
imagine driving into/past a patrol at night that are wearing the skull pt belts. Seeing floating skulls move around

That shit would be hilarious and terrifying

>>32701616
that was a big bomb
I'm surprised the impact crater was so small considering how many people died.

Also I assume the other non-chinese troops there were Chadian?

>>32700926
For CQC. Hard to clear a room with dust and no lights.

>>32693196
Explain

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>>32704907

>SAA captured the East Ghouta town of Hazrama from Jaysh al Islam and forced Jaysh to retreat to Hawsh al Sahliyah.

SAUCE !!!
Would be fucking great, if true

>mfw the frontlines in DEZ seems to stall
close enough O_O

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>>32705907
https://twitter.com/erdemsikicidir1/status/822071095721332736

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/jaysh-al-islam-mass-retreating-strategic-east-ghouta-town/

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when you think that truck is empty, but it's not

>>32694748
>the carry handle
why

>>32707346
cowitness duh

shameless bump before thread death

>>32707346
if it's anything like my old CO it's because the carry handle absolutely must stay with the rifle at all times, or some shit

>>32654851
Hezbollah are the only ones pulling their weight so I think it's not out the realm of possibility that the SAA would be arming them like they have been for the past 30 years

>>32649179
Yeah, but al-Qaeda in Iraq did the same shit to their prisoners. I would never surrender to any Islamist group -- Shiite or Sunni.

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>>32710355
what if they had qt 3.14's?


The side effect of taking arabic classes has been noticing how some Arab girls can actually be really good looking.

>>32710425
>Arab girls can actually be really good looking.
some really ARE

>>32710355
I think the rule is to only surrender to Western-Civilized nations. Everyone else will fuck you up half way to hell

>>32649179
I've never heard of them doing beheadings, but Iraqi Forces have tortured captured ISIS fighters. There was a video of them stripping a guy, slicing up his back with razor blades, and then pouring lemon juice into his cuts

>>32710425
أغلبية البنات العربيات الحلويات من بلاد الشام. في رأيي المصريات والعراقيات والخليجيات لسن جميلات

>>32647153
Lmao at the comments...
Stupid Britcucks
"HAVE YOU SERVED?!"
Fucking off yourself britbongs

>>32704355

> I'd like to see Russia use their few remaining strategic bombers with conventional loads and copy US Arc Light strikes in SEA. Whole NVA units were obliterated by those around Khe Sanh.

the backlash on that would be extreme especially since instead of carpet bombing a bunch of jungle and fuck huts you're bombing a city. but then the Russians could do it they seem to have a way of getting around these political nightmare type deals.

>>32689934
reminds me of when the /k/ operate grouped played ArmA good times

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>>32704907
>لامعة والكروم

my nigga it's not even joined up right at the end

>>32710682
i'll admit, I had to google translate, I've just started to learn about construct sentences and that shit is waaaay more advanced than what im learning. But there's one Saudi girl in my class that's a real qt

>>32710962
certain letters can't be joined.

any letter after Ra (third from left) has to be separate since there's no way to write ra and another letter. Same goes for waw (second from left) So there's instances where words are made up almost entirely of letters that are not joined together.

https://www.albawabhnews.com/2168253

This is interesting, apparently the Baath loyalists still in Mosul have thrown their lot in with the Iraqis rather than ISIS, according to this. Including Al-Douris little army. Although this could just be them saving face for supporting ISIS for the last 3 years

I don't know how trustworthy this is

>>32655210
yeah he's full of shit there's no way US military personnel would ever wear a fucking skull mask. i mean, are you kidding? what kind of hearts and minds message is that?

>>32711112
لا تكتب الاختزال؟ الموت لإسرائيل

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>>32710425
Iranian advertisement prior to the 1979 Revolution

>>32711476
>Iranian
>Arab qt 3.14's

>>32697252
>Entire base flees before detonation
>only a single shack destroyed
Are SVBIEDs a meme?

update on the Libyan air raids the US carried out against ISIL training camps. The casualty figures have come in and apparently the US bombing killed an estimated 80+ ISIL fighters at the camp. These airstrikes witnessed the first use of the B2 in combat operations since 2011.

It's quite peculiar for the US to use strategic stealth bombers to hit training camps considering that they supplemented the air raid with MQ-9's.

muzzies and vatniks killing eachother off

this is wonderful

>>32648331
>if you die, your enemies lose!
Keep that mentality you terrorist piece of shit. Kys ""for allah"" (your ego) but just kys

>AFP: #BREAKING Islamic State group in new demolitions at Syria's Palmyra: antiquities chief

Kek, history btfo

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>>32712463
>m-muh liberation comrade

HAHAHAHAHA Russian and Syrian """""Military""""" what a fucking joke, Putin see the situation is unsalvageable so he already high tailed most of his troop out first before this shit become another saigon

>>32697252
Who is operating this base?

>>32710938
is there a /k/ Project Reality group?

>>32712833
idono, but i'd be nice to have one. I've met Kim Jong Lulz a few times on BF PR, but can hardly tell if someone is from /k/

ISIS just demolished the romantic theatre in Palmyra.
Fucking dammit.

>>32710425
How can you only just realised that
Chinks, slopes and blacks have the worst women, but still have very attractive women
Brown and white best tho

>>32712951
Arab incompetence never ceases to surprise

>>32712463
Fucking cunts, wish they'd just behead some small innocent kids or something, leave that ancient structure alone you fuckers

>ISIS hates things that pre dates Islam
>Arabs pre date Islam
??????

>>32712951
wtf I hate ISIS now

>>32712951
>Tfw feel worse about ancient structures being destroyed than seeing people get killed
They really diluted the market for that long ago, I mean who hasn't seen someone die yet?

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>>32644519

>tfw this thread is 5 days old

>>32712951
Hahaha Russians BTFO

>>32712951
>be ISIS
>take strategic town, threaten T4, gaining control of delicious oil fields, but noone in the western world cares
>blow up some ancient stuff
OMYGOD HOW DARE THEY ITS THE WORST THING EVER
>get kicked out of Palmyra
>gain it a second time, noone really cares
>really love antique stuff, even if its a bit haram, but -with tears in their eyes- have to blow up even more to get noticed
fucking daesh attention whores

>>32713065
Whats the problem? There was not really much to talk about.

And its better then /pol/ which just fills it with shitposting and le epic troling, or other syria forums, where its then filled with unimportant stuff instead. Its also nice that someone bumped the thread from time to time to keep it alive.

>>32706148
>>32705907

Seems to be just a super small and minor town. Whats it importance?

>>32713140
Everything the SAA captured in the last two years in Eastern Ghouta is just minor stuff. But it let the assad-fags fap to something. Same why every single hut taken by the kurds in the desert is celebrated as some huge success.

That said, it of course adds to each other and the pocket is shrinking all the time. If the current advances continue, then a lot of the small towns in the southeast are threatened. Same with the eastern attacks towards Douma.
But in the end, its Douma, Harasta, Zamalka, Irbin, Madyara, Jisreen and so on that counts. You know, the actual suburbs

>>32713171
>That said, it of course adds to each other and the pocket is shrinking all the time.

That for sure, i just found it odd that it looks just like a little town on the edge of the pocket with no further significance while the post reads like they overrun something of huge value.

But yeah, step by step..

>>32653168
Stil epic picture

>>32712323
Any country could probably bomb ISIS with commercial jetliners and hot air balloons.

As usual, I'm sure the US just wants to use its toys before they expire to see if they're at least somewhat functional.

How is Trump going to save Syria?

>>32714714
Hopefully by dropping millions of pounds of bunker busting laser guided freedom on it

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>>32714714
He'll stop funding terrorists>>32714714

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>>32713140

too easy, it will force the rebels in the eastern part to retreat through a bottleneck area.
So at first, the SAA dont have to retake all by them selves (since the rebels leave by themselfes) and the SAA has the chance to mowe down retreatingh enemies - this picture in the link fits very well to the situation and how to understand the more or less major blow to rebels defensives:

>>32706148
https://twitter.com/erdemsikicidir1/status/822071095721332736

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>>32713171

>Everything the SAA captured in the last two years in Eastern Ghouta is just minor stuff. But it let the assad-fags fap to something

dozens of minor wins = major win

>btw, rebel fanboy aka fuckface detected

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Another failed Turkish/rebel offensive as their combined forces attempted to seize the town of Al-Sulfaniyah in Eastern Aleppo. Turkish forces have been stalled in the Al-Sulfaniyah district for over 25 days, despite the fact that the campaign to capture Al Bab has been ongoing for at least two months.

https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/822495912702439424/photo/1

pic related is dead Turkish Leo 2's

https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/822500074827575296/video/1

vid of ISIL taking out said Leo's and capturing M60 Sabra's

>>32712951
You would think it would make for an excellent background for their execution videos.

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new thread is up