Middle East Thread "Ali-Baba EDITION"

>>32966313
first for El-Baba

>>32966874
ALLAH

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A lot of shit is going down in Syria today, and I'm sad that our Middle East General has become so.. Quiet?

Anyways, apparently the Turks & Friends have been humiliated once again for the quadrillionth time, and Bazaa and Qabassin is once again under IS control, or have in fact never been under TFSA control at all?

In the deep south, intense battles are taking place at Daraa, with a counter attack/offensive from the rebels against the SAA including big badaboom. No confirmed territorial gains.

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sooooooo apparently Tahrir al Sham is active in daraa now? Pic from today

>>32968842
It sounds like only the crazies attacked in the south. The rest just shrugged and watched the retards blow themselves up and no territory changed hands.

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in the inside of an FNSS ACV-15

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>>32968972
>dat shame when your buddy does it again

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>>32968972

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YEMEN

stranded Emirates Nimr N35

ISIS apparently had two 'films' recently, like those 50min propaganda ones. One around December and on made this year. I can't find either of them online, any help?

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>>32969844

https://archive.org/search.php?query=Islamic+State+AND+collection%3Aopensource_movies&sort=-publicdate

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>>32969807
Houthis attacked by ISIS inside Yemen

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>what is a sniper rifle?

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mysteroius stuff somwehere from africa

>notice the timestamp in russian letters.

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>BRRRRRRTTTTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApT97jX7hro

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>>32970154
>This item is only available to logged in Internet Archive users

just when you think mandic actually posted something useful . . .

>>32970656

Gee Malik, how come your mother lets you have two AKs?

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>>32970685
no

>>32970738

Fuck the Kalas. Why are these guys walking around in knee high rubber boots?

>>32970656

The lowest picture clearly shows the aircraft insignia of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They got MI-24's too. Well, minus one now.

>>32968836
I've been gone all weekend. I mean everything that is going on is mostly IS slowly losing Al Bab. It's not like IS has a chance to keep Al Bab, they just made it a pain the ass for Turkish FSA to take while granting a easy path for the SAA nearby in their retreat. I believe this is intentional on IS's part.

I saw IS holding the line around T4 the last week but I never expected the SAA to have a legitimate chance at regaining Palmyra. Not without a much larger effort anyway.

Daraa , now that's new.

TFSA got no chance against kurds, are they?

>>32970685
is that the su25?

>>32966313
will we see three way fighting in Al-Bab? perhaps even 4 if kurd/SAF start going at it?

And considering ISIS and Kurds won't be leaving that area at all.

>>32970887
Just checking on what's going at this moment and there is heavy fighting near T4. The SAA is on the offensive trying to re re re...re gain Hayyan gas plant after losing it last week. It doesn't matter to IS. They already blew it up. If the SAA wanted to go for a IS nerve center they would head to Shear oil field but that would be a hard fight. IS is waiting out there.

SAA 5th corp is the cannon bait to keep IS busy until they can bring in more forces.

>>32971200
We are already seeing 3 way fighting on a small scale. IS pulled out of 3 villages last week suddenly connecting TFSA/ SAA lines and they had a minor clash. We could see more of this. The lines are mixed around the city. It's crazy.

>>32970656
Probably a mechanical failure that lead to the crash. But aside from the speculation, Russian nationals are known to operate aircraft be it military or civilian in African. So it's not surprising to see what is most likely either the pilot and/or unit member at the scene.

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Large convoy of Russian special forces arrived in west Palmyra from Latakia

>>32972369

I realize the question is irrelevant - but what kind of comm system does he wear on his shoulder? I can see him holding a cell phone so I assume it is a radio. But that antenna is unknown to me.

>>32972490
Tape on the antenna to make it easier to identify which radio is which/ who it belongs to.
He has two radios (second one on his right hip), so he probably taped the antennas to mark each unit so he wont confuse them.

>>32972776

I see. Thank you. So each radio is preset to a frequency to a HQ or unit? Are each coded? How does he keep them charged? Sorry to gnaw at it, comm in the field is an interest area.

>>32972847
Yes, those units can be programmed to remember specific freqs on specific channels. Thing is, with majority of radios (especially the cheap, off the shelf stuff most of the groups in this war use) once you are on one channel, you are only listening to that frequency. So if someone calls you on another frequency, you will never know. Hence you carry multiple radios to listen to different people at the same time.
As for keeping them charged, the cheaper units just take AA/AAA batteries, while the more expensive ones have battery packs that can be charged either through a charging station/wall chargers (similar to cell phones). Also, I once saw a unit that took both AA batteries or a battery pack.

>>32970779
That is how you roll in wet jungle/scrub, wearing leather boots in those conditions garantee that feet are going to get wet, and if they get ruined by sidecuts, then they'll be dirt cheap to replace. They were standard issue footwear for colombian FARC from the 80s until their current demobilization.

>>32970656
>Russian helo
>"STEP" written in English
Why? Any chopperfags care go explain?

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>>32973539
English is the only language helicopters speak. I sexually identify as an attack helicopter so I know this well.

I feel bad for not contributing as much. But I got a lot on my plate, not to mention I gotta create a report for a news agency on Al Bab and/or Raqqa.

I'll probably go back to lurking for a bit until I can find a way to balance work and research

>>32973539
It could be one of the following, given that I don't know a word written like "step" in the French language (national language of DR Congo and lingua franca for Congolese people who speak their own native languages).
>it's actually a Russian word written in Cyrillic that just happens to look like the English word "step"
>it's written in English because English is pretty much the lingua franca of the entire world and the helicopter was exported to another country

>>32970656
Russian mercs in Africa as well as an abundance of Russian hardware there.

>>32976029
Thanks, I'm going with option 2 that you listed since Cyrillic doesnt have an English "s" letter or anything that looks like it. "З" is the closest thing I can imagine to it and even then theyre distinctly different.

>>32968972
The three guy on the right with the brand new rifles. Are those newly manufactured Romanian rifles?

>>32977131
I think so, they look a lot like the Century Firearm's Romanian AK model

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>>32977244
They have furniture that's the same color and shape as the Draco pistol handguards, etc

>>32977339
>>32977244
>>32977131
Plus one of them has a Romanian sling with it. Interesting to think that some of these AK's built for foreign contracts are getting into the hands of these people. The implication then is that they're (probably) selling to Iraq, the flip side of that being that Cugir has also been putting off their orders of WASRs and Dracos for the past year to fill military contract orders which apparently include (possibly) Iraq.

>>32968972
Got a source on that pic? I want to check it out for those three rifles.

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>>32977383
Those photos are from al bab today (the last few days?). The weapons are from turkey. Pic related is known routes for arms to US funded jihadists circa 2013. Basically all of the arms that have come into syria go though turkey, except US funded stuff which has also gone through jordan. The FSA units in northern syria are a turk creation so their stuff will all be turk in origin more or less.

>>32977636
The rifles they're using are very likely new production Romanian then. Looking at the rest of the video you see a few others with the same brand new Romy AKM rifles

>>32978108
Here's the video btw
https://youtu.be/phu17annenI

So, the turks are now saying that they never took control of Qabasin, and that they retreated from Bzaah (after supposedly having besieged it from all sides and taking it).
If this isn't damage control, I don't know what is.

Sooner or later (later of course lol) Al Bab will fall to turks.What Erdogan will do next?

>>32978434
Arty the Kurds and try to see how much ground he can take from them before pissing off Trump.

That's what i'd do if I were him. SAA is already in your pocket in that they won't attack him. Only thing left for the watermelon seller to do is increase the distance between the Afrin pocket and Kurds in Manjib.

Any other thing would be too risky. He couuuuld get involved in Idlib against the Jihadis, but they'd be operating too far away from Turkey considering the "less" moderate splinter rebel faction has lots of territory deep inside Idlib and for the time being hasn't fought the TFSA yet.

Not to mention they'd be working with new rebel groups that might or might not cooperate as well as the ones in Al Bab

This just in; multiple Saudi, Sudanese and Emirati soldiers were killed after Houthi Katyusha rocket strikes hit Saudi positions near the port of Mocha. It is most likely a retaliatory strike as Coalition troops had claimed to have secured the port's powerplant.

>>32978434
Manjib probably

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>>32972369
Nyet! and not long after Mandic posts this the T4 twitter feed has claims of a Russian SF member has been killed in the area. Reporter claims Russia media has announced his death.

https://twitter.com/Omar_Madaniah/status/831078013278248960

>>32979026
wew dat roid bod

>>32979026
This guy was already claimed to die a couple days ago in Ukraine

>>32979059
Both Mandic and my posts are under sourced wild claims, I just thought it was funny but interesting to know he was already claimed dead in Ukraine.

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>>32979026

Russian Defense: Syrian army continues to lead the direction of the city of Palmyra and is less than 20 kilometers distance away.

>>32979109
Still closer to Tiyas than to Palmyra.

>>32979109
SAA literally haven't done shit around T4 for weeks other than swapping control of that gas facility that ISIS already blew up

>>32979124
Yes, T4 is getting under vatniks skin. They are trying to keep moral up. They have direct Ruaf attack helicopter support and are still fighting over Hayyan gas plant. which is right next to T4. I still love ya Mandic, the propaganda is a riot to watch.

>>32979026
Why does this make me think of Rocky?

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>>32979155

>>32973030

I see. So,like a cheapo walkie talkie. But are they talking on open frequencies or is there an encryption system - or do they simply talk in code?

Also, interested in popular brand names for these radio sets. And practical range.

Is jamming and tap-ins much of an issue in this war?

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Nothing personel, kid

>>32973140

Well, that pic was from Africa right?

I have seen pics of soldiers in wellingtons before, mind you. It's default footwear for the mining industry and I have seen rebel forces with them too. But they aren't exactly made for running in. And I never saw a pic of a selous scout in rubber boots either. So I am wondering if they are worn here are a matter of practicality or as a matter of cost saving.

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Sending a battalion of the Russian Republic of Ingushetia to Syria's military police.

>>32978395
It's the norm in Syria

Don't expect truth from anyone

>>32972369
>tacky gold watch shining

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maf as fuck right now

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>>32977244
>>32977131
To me they look like the new serbian ak's...

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Random notes for the thread. The SAA has made further village gains southeast of Al Bab as TFSA is still stuck in the outer parts of the city. Pro rebel source claimed a SAA artillery strike hit TFSA today. Who knows who is firing at who at this point.

-Report of IS re gaining some villages in northern Raqqa vs SDF/YPG. IS still trying to slow them down after they moved both east and west of Raqqa in a US backed offensive.

-HTS vs Jund Asqa in northern Hama is ongoing as Jund has gone full IS to nobodies surprise.

Lastly it's official the new HTS? rebel offensive has taken large parts of Al-Manshiyah district, Daara breaking a long held stalemate the SAA had with Southern Front. The question is how southern front under MOC feels about this as full blooded Jihadists have opened up shop in their AO and have had initial success.

>>32981759
This guy is dead right?

>>32981823
It wasn't the southern front that started it.

>>32981939
I don't think they had a leading role but I haven't checked into it. I am reminded of right after the SAA won the battle of Aleppo when I said they were going to attack southern front(or the Daara area) next and everyone thought I was crazy. Everyone else though Idlib was next or western Aleppo, Hama, Latakia etc.

Regardless HTS started it my prediction has held up. The war has indeed moved to Daara, I'm only a little surprised with HTS opening up there instead of the SAA.

>>32982091
The moderate rebels (maybe the last real ones in the whole of syria) stayed put.
The jihadis went ahead alone and tried to take the city. When they started being pushed out by the SAA, the southern front lent them a hand, again, without commiting themselves too much. This made possible the small rebels gains in the area.

I think they helped the jihadis in the end because they are in risk of having major desertions because of their seemingly inactivity towards the SAA.

>>32980637
Total shot in the dark, but did you get this from Atlas news?

Been off the Syrian War wagon for a while, anyone got good day-by-day resources? Really only have conflict report and this blog to go off of now (school has torn me away from following the conflict). Any more up to date maps? Force assessments?

Also just resources on ME conflicts in general, need to get more informed on the Yemen situation. Thanks for the help, sorry to ask like a resource-less baby just haven't been following things too closely and feel very ashamed about that.

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>>32982332

this one is the best i have
http://syria.liveuamap.com/

i have shitloads of maps about this conflict, but this is one of the fastest refreshed map+media about the happenings

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>>32982667
Thank you Anon!

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>>32982332

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Yemeni_Civil_War_detailed_map
...and this one for yemen

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>>32982676

no problem, dude

>>32982679
Jesus, it really is insane just how ignorant the American news media keeps you. Yemen has deteriorated beyond recognition it seems.

>>32982679
someone chillpill me and tell me which side to root for

>>32983059

Last I recall, and if I recall correctly, US forces had a small unit in Yemen with govt approval then had to evacuate once the Iran-backed shia houthi militia arrived. But neither govt nor militia is that much to cheer for - it's one corrupt bunch risking to be deposed by another bunch likely to be as corrupt as the first. Until I know otherwise I'll root for the civilians being mauled in the middle, and no one else.

>>32983155
alright I'll root for the local wildlife

>>32983238

It's the poorest, most corrupt, least educated hole in the middle east. It's also about 2/3 sunni and 1/3 shia, so I don't expect peace and quiet any time soon. But on the other hand there isn't much to actually fight over of resources, so it could simmer down once the parties are exhausted.

Human rights watch has accused Assad of using chemical weapons during the SAA's recapture of Aleppo. The reported incident occurred from the 17th of November until the 13th of December. It is estimated that 200 people were affected by the chemical attacks.

So far there are no details as to the types of chemical weapons that were used but considering the injury figures, it was most likely chlorine gas, something that is not covered in the ban of weapons that Assad isn't "allowed" to use.

>>32983848

Bogus fake news bullshit and you know it.

>>32986349
what are you on about? They used chlorine when assaulting positions on multiple occasions. Hell even the rebels used chlorine on the SAA during the arty college counterattack.

The only HRW has tried to do is document the use of chlorine

>>32983848
>>32986349
>sounds kinda fishy, sounds fishhhhhheeeeee, fiiiiiiiiishhhhh
>>32986622
What are (YOU) on about? Apply the brakes, cpt. sperglica and wait till you come to a complete stop, away from all lanes of traffic, to dive for your meds. What is it with people and the 24hr news drip. Will you expire if you cannot ingest everything that can possibly be known at this very moment? Fucksake mang, we've become a country (the entire planet can't be this stoopid yet) of whining toddlers who won't shuttup unless we have everything and NOW. Here (you) are pitching a fit over the possible use of chemical weapons. What did assad's actions at the onset of the war tell you about his intent in the future? Good, now calm down and everything will come to bear soon enough. Go for a walk r something. I know how the adhd tears (you) apart from the inside, so walking anywhere will serve to provide endless variable input for a stimuli'd up trip. Make it an epic style journey and the information may just be there waiting in th magic box upon return.

>>32987298
DAM, wanted to ask about an over/under on sending los jihados packing from aleppo. Anybody?

>>32987298
nice deviation retard. I said that both sides were reported to have used chlorine in Aleppo. HRW is just documenting the SAA's use of them. Trying to change the subject by working off a topic that doesn't apply.

Besides, from the looks of it you're the one that needs ADHD medication from how butthurt you are

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>>32987298
>>32986349
I report what I find. I ain't gonna tell you what to think

>>32982690
Many American media companies have some ties to Saudi Arabia. They'd never dare to cover Yemen.

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>yo dawg

>>32981759
Nope

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Got footage of an ISIL fighter using a home made rocket against Kurdish forces near Raqqa.

https://twitter.com/ruffthecrimedog/status/831258560222818304

If it is the same kind that was used in Furat then it fires a S-5 55mm HEAT air to ground rocket. The slowmotion capture lends to this theory as the rocket appears to be about a meter long, which is similar in length to the S-5.

Pretty ingenious bastards.

Top kek at (((BBC))) using the FSA flag on the map at 2 min, they're basically LARPing the rebels as the legitimate govt despite the fact that these ragtag bandits are literally on their last legs right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5woZG9fQtqo

>>32982091
>and everyone thought I was crazy.

It has been 2+ months since Aleppo fell

Who is "they"

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>>32989701
very nice video very nice

>>32989147
Bizarre way to bring in an aircraft that could be flown in from Russia, but pic doesn't show if it's being unloaded or loaded. Pulling and installing wings, radome and empennage is a shitload of work so might be a "hard broke" (USAF term, dunno what the Russians use) aircraft being flown out IRL.

>>32986349
UN has tracked SAA chemical weapons use for years. Not inconceivable they'd apply them in Aleppo as well.

>>32990698
based on the number of stars on it's hull (for combat missions) i think it's being flown out after serving since autumn 2015

>>32991203
Could be, and if it took some damage then flying out under own power might not be an option or a wise option.

>>32990858
Jesus, look at the condition of that plane. =(

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>>32991617
Back in the 80s the Syrians were the biggest recipient of Soviet military aid and T4 was their big hub. This picture has historical meaning in this sense.
>>32981823
I didn't do any footage hunt and i'm making it easy for me today.
-SAA offensive continued around T4 as they re gained Hayyen gas company (as I mentioned as early as Sunday)

-TFSA still stuck on the outskirts of Al Bab (lel)

-HTS and allies continue to hold most of Al-Manshiyah district in Daara with some building progress as heavy fighting continues there.

-HTS vs Jund Asqa continues with a large death toll on both sides as their mini civil war continues right on the northern Hama front lines

Lastly pro IS sources mostly quiet today after a counter attack in northern Raqqa and continued fighting in Deir Ezzor and Al Bab.

Picture is pro rebels posting tire burning pic similar to their failed Aleppo offensive. Daara is hot. Things are heating up in general.

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>frogs arrive

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Turk

>>32992439
>identical camo pattern on all vehicles

this triggers me for some reason

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Elefant rockets near Al-Bab

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YPG Kurd WW1 tank

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Turk AWPing sitting on a Leo 2.

>>32992473
yeah wtf

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Jihadist PMCs. Work and train for the highest bidder. Probably the most elite jihadists in Syria other than some special ISIS units.

>>32992473

You think you are triggered? I couldn't stop looking at the ackacks in the back and wonder if this all belonged in a Fury Road clip. Bring on the pole guys!

>>32992521
Per definition these guys are not Jihadists if they fight for money.

>>32992492
fucking scrub.

>>32973539
English is the international language for aviation

>>32992981
>Per definition these guys are not Jihadists if they fight for money.

yeah but reality is much different...

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Liwaa Aqsa militants besieged 71 fighters from FSA's Jaysh Al-Nasr faction in a camp & killed them all; acc. to commander in Jaysh Al-Nasr.

>killed them all

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>>32992439

A lot of militaries paint their vehicles the same. If you look at US vehicles in the 70s/80s, when they were using the MERDC schemes, those were mostly the same since they were painted using templates. Pic related.

It saves time and ensures you're actually painting a somewhat effective camouflage pattern on your vehicles.

>>32993748
>Liwaa Aqsa

Does that mean they killed them all in combat or that they took no prisoners?

>>32992439
Where/when was this taken?

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YEMEN

photos show downed object, with parts of GILGAMESH system...

>>32994063

At least some of it is a SAASM:

http://www.trimble.com/defense/force524d.aspx?dtID=overview&

>>32994153

GILGAMESH, a codenamed NSA program, used to imitate a GPS-Cell for military drone strikes

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>>32993854

50%/50%

>>32994243

Was it a pure military camp or were there families as well?

>>32994063
>>32994153
>>32994167
Iranians are going to have a field day with this

>>32992981
>Per definition these guys are not Jihadists if they fight for money.

Getting paid doesn't exclude dedication in conventional armed forces. I don't grudge anyone insisting on getting paid for doing a risky job.

>>32993854
Why take prisoners? That's for conventional war.

>>32979470
>So I am wondering if they are worn here are a matter of practicality or as a matter of cost saving.
A bit of both, since it is a recovery mission without much of a combat element in a vegetated mountainous zone, by elements that don't exactly have the best budget. The satorial choice of the day would be to wear something waterproof that won't be a loss if it gets fucked up, and leave the nice operator combat boots back at the base.

what's /k/'s opinion on assad? who are the vast majority here "rooting" for or were?

>>32996972
There's a lot of "based Assad" shitposters and vatniks here from /pol/.

The reality is that he's a fascist butcher, just like virtually all of the factions in the Syrian Civil War.

>>32996998
what i've noticed, especially on /pol/, is that the majority of the "based assad" posters have absolutely no clue on how and why the initial uprising/protest/attempted revolution started. the also have no clue on how peaceful and secular they were at the start, and how assad tactically and sneakily released radicals from prison in an attempt to radicalize those secular groups. the also seem to forget how the army deliberately shot at the peaceful protesters, as has been proven. he's also been caught buying oil from isis too. oh well.

>>32997057
thats because most /pol/ posters were 12 or 13 when this bullshit started

>>32996998
>>32997113
what's your predictions, long term preferably, to this war? dividing up the country? iirc there's still a huge percentage of the population that do not want assad to rule, even after years of war and radicalization of groups. i see massive protests happening again once things calm down. thanks in advance, laters.

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>>32992981
I see what you mean, as they do fall under the term "Mercenary" (which is different from a PSC or PMC) according to international law. However, if they partake in a Jihad, even if they're paid for it, they're still technically Jihadists.

>>32971009
Depends on how much Turkey supports them, if Turkish tanks and Turkish soldiers dressed as rebels take part then it'll go very badly for the SDF in Manbij. But, if its just the rebels they'll do pretty badly.

>>32994063
Huh, so it uses cellphone signals to to create a gps location for drone strikes. Wonder how much that box is worth to the various intelligence agencies?

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>>32997113

>>32997057
I don't like him or root for him but to be completely fair he did try to prevent things at some point, for example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_constitutional_referendum,_2012

But was it enough after a year of brewing discontent? Apparently not.

>>32997151
SAA + SDF (US) reduce ISIS to a guerilla rump state along the Iraqi-Syrian border.
SDF Kurds reunite with the SAA as part of a peace deal. Assad leaves, but is replaced with a friendly Sunni guy and special protection is given to the Alawite coast, with Russian backing.
Turkish occupation zone in Idlib/N. Aleppo after peace because "muh kurds" and to allow their Jihadist friends to become """refugees""" in Europe.

>>32999661
I can definitely see the Turks continuing to play a role in Syrian politics if the Kurds are given regional autonomy or even partial independence (like an autonomous region that is only technically within Syria's borders).

Even without the Kurds doing this I think the Turks are gonna invest politically into the country in an attempt to increase their regional power.

>>32996972
I don't like him. I'm not really rooting for anyone in this conflict, just following it out of interest and morbid curiousity. The closest I am to rooting for a side is for the Kurds.

>>33000664
I love how their 'special forces' weren't up to snuff so they had to grab fucking underwater diving teams to get shit done.

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Just a headsup for you guys, HBO Vice is bringing a report on Syria on Feb 24th. It's prolly going to be pro-rebel scum propaganda but still interesting nonetheless

>.tvguide.com/tvshows/vice/episodes/766880/

There's an extended preview on jootube

Also related
>/sputniknews.com/middleeast/201702151050693204-daesh-iraq-tank-attack/

>>32996537

That makes sense. Thanks.

>>32996972

Classic Dictator Junior. On the bright side he actually has an education and with all the soviet backing back in the day the country should have had half decent infrastructure. But he has essentially been propped up by the russkis so they can keep their nifty navy base in Syria, and the harder the various rebels have shouted for new leadership the more ruthless his methods have become. So, barrel bombs, torture, gas, leveling of civilians... for Assad, the most likely end is that he will either remain in control, or the russkis makes a deal with the winning rebel group and then whisks him off to Moscow for a nice house in Ex Dictator Street.

>>33001573
you fail to mention that "various rebels" include literally al quaeda and groups with similar ideology. Hard to talk with those. And escalation doesn't just come from the government, everyone shells civillian areas. Not avoidable in a civil war with lots of urban fighting.

Also how can you be on /k/ and bitch about barrel bombs? If i have the choice between being hit by professional bombs that engineers refined for almost a century to have the largest possible kill radius per weight and an oil barrel filled with ANFO and ball bearings i'll choose the latter.

>>32997057
the arab league asked for the release of "political" prisoners of sednaya, he did exactly what they wanted. If the people pushing for revolution are ideologically so similar to radicals that they can take the lead of it in such a short timeframe it wasn't worth anything to begin with. "Secular revolution" my ass, if it was so secular HTS wouldn't be the second strongest faction now. And Ahrar al Sham is hardly any better.

>>33001852

My attempt in my reply was to comment on Assad's likely fate, not on the whole war and its parties as such. But for the record I am not rooting for anyone but the civilians in this conflict. Maybe I should and could, but I don't know the factions well enough. As for the barrel bombs the issue is not that they are used against the rebels, but that they are used in areas full of actual civilians. What you will grit and bear as a fighter is a bit much for an eight year old. And so on. By contrast, Assad himself lives on the Russian base/ships where he is nice and safe.

>>33001946
a normal bomb in civillian areas is worse than a barrel bomb though. And they're not really more precise either, considering they're dropped by MiG 21s, flown by sub-par pilots, held together by duct tape and allahs will.

>>32996972
I think he is a bad leader of a country. He has some Charisma though (based on what i saw in interviews. I kinda like his way to speak).

I root for the SAA, because they are the guys fighting for their families and their homeland, and thats something i can relate to. (This excludes the Iranian backed Shia militias for the most part though, i don't care about them).
But the Liwa al Quds and their video coverage by R&U Video during the Aleppo Campaign gave me alot of feels, especially when they finally liberated their former homes in the palestinean suburb.

>Return to thread after 3 months.
>First thing you see is this cartoon tank with cartoon camo >>32992483

Oh, you Kurdish chucklefucks, never change.

>>32986622
All the NBC shit is a minor distraction. Putting bursting charges on commercial chemical cylinders makes a nasty cloud locally but it's not like a WWI gas bombardment.

Not a bad idea tho. I'd use chem cylinders to cover retreats or temp deny urban areas for best effect. Blow the valve off and they'll spray for a while. Burst and it's instant dump but rapid dispersal.

>>32991617
No reason to keep it up. The ventral panel being removed indicates it was broken when parked. It's just another disposable asset.

>>33002762
Real question is could he prevent the war?
People say he used force on protestors, but this situation is very unclear.Too many different powers clashed in one point

>>32999582
Something, but there are plenty of geeks who could build lesser but useful versions and may already have. Cell tech isn't secret squirrel shit.

>>33002838
>Real question is could he prevent the war?

That question implies that there was never any foreign support for the "protestors" before the actual war started.

I wouldn't rule out that there were Saudi, Turk or maybe CIA agents involved to set things in motion at some points.

And if that was the case, which we can't know for sure at this point, then there is next to nothing he could have done to prevent it.

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>>33001313
The US SF isn't up to snuff either if we go by that logic since the SEALs are operating in Syria and Northern Iraq

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>somethings a foot

>>32992171
Well another day is closing. Most things are unchanged from yesterday other than pro rebel claims of small building advances in Al-Manshiyah district, Daara. Pro rebels also claim a raid was conducted on Mt. Hermon near Damascus on SAA forces resulting in a large death claim. Heavy Ruaf/Saaf airstrikes on Daara in a bid to knock the new offensive back.

-SAA shelling in western Aleppo , Surface missiles strikes and bombing raids in Idlib and Hama front line.

-Continued fighting in Al Bab with little ground movement

Lastly pro IS fanboys spamming a new video from near T4 , eastern Homs of IS clashes there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2JaktuZpOg

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>>33003245
oh I forgot, IS keeps posting about their armed bomblet drones drops. They operate them on every front. This hit was in eastern Homs. These things are mainly trolling effect but every once in a while 2 or 3 people are killed by the bomblets. It's enough to royally piss people off which is their intent.

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>>33003329
This was the target area as the bomblet hit

>>32993112
Thanks for the info. I legit never knew that and it explains a lot.

>>33003245
SAA video from their advances in the same area as the new IS video. I love watching the battle from both sides.
>holy fuck all those Hinds and Ka-52s

>>33003495
Sorry new post with video. I'm in a hurry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndB4thU1rM

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>>33003231
mandic finally posted something good

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>>32966313

>>33003245
How the fuck do IS still have tanks when theyre being bombed by the US,Russian,British,French,Syrian and probably more air forces i thought they just used technicals now.

>>33004072
Considering that amount of airforces hunting them i am surprised they can drive around in daylight at all.

German forces in France 44 were unable to use the roads on day because of enemy airpower.. one would suspect in 2017 it would be possible to prevent enemy movement in a desert..

>>33002805
SAA and rebels have been using it as an offensive weapon to disrupt enemy defensive positions prior to or during an attack. The reason for this is that Chlorine dissipates quickly if it is not in an enclosed environment, meaning that they only have a short window to make the most out of the gas attack.

That's why they don't use it for defensive purposes, the amount of chlorine necessary for area denial would outweigh the benefits of regular arty area denial.

>>32981759
PROTIP: Sadaam Hussein bought equipment from Zastava in the 90s so Iraq could produce native M70s.

That doesn't necessarily mean they aren't Serb guns but guns that look like that are also the only Kalashnikovs able to be properly manufactured on the ground in the area

http://tworiversarms.com/Tabuk.htm

>>33004072

Probably putting non-ISIS flags on them when they are not in combat. Or do the old standby of digging them down. Or inside Red Halfmoon tents. Considering the number of former Saddam officers who joined IS when it was cool, they probably know and use every military subterfuge trick in the book.

>>32994063
Video show how the GILGAMESH was downed

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

>>33005073

"gilgamesh" is just a payload option for the MQ-9.

>>33005113
how

Breaking, the Pentagon is asking Trump for permission to send troops to Syria.

More to come, just need to do some more digging on the story

>>33005386
some more info and corrections. Pentagon may (key word) recommend to Trump to deploy conventional forces into Syria. As of right now the Pentagon has not submitted the recommendation to the White House yet, major media outlets are reporting it so while it is all speculation at the moment, it does appear the the Pentagon is putting together a briefing for Trump to consider.

>>33005446
The notion of sending conventional ground forces is just one of the few possible ideas that the Pentagon is coming up with as Trump gave it the mandate to come up with reports on how to speed up the fight against ISIL.

Thus far the White House has not responded to the supposed report and the Pentagon is still in the process of creating this and many more reports on possible ways for the Trump administration to respond.

>>33005665
TLDR: Pentagon is creating a different policy alternatives, with one of them including conventional troops entering Syria. None of the reports have been finalized nor submitted to the White House for review.

>>33005673
So it's fucking nothing. The pentagon has an invasion "plan" for every country on earth, it doesn't mean shit though

>>33005697
Well its important. Whichever policy Trump decides on could have widespread effects on the region.

The conventional troops is the most controversial one since it looks at possibly deploying whole units to Syria in short rotations. Up until now only American presence is Special Operations Forces, so if Trump goes with this plan it would be a massive escalation.

But yes, it's all speculation as to whether Trump will go along with it and it is one of many reports.

>>33005386
>>33005446
german media reporting about it http://www.n-tv.de/der_tag/Bericht-USA-erwaegen-Kampftruppen-fuer-Syrien-article19704599.html

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>>33005939
trumpistani media too http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/pentagon-considering-recommending-combat-troops-in-syria/index.html

If they are considering Syria It's obvious that the want to fight IS. But who would they be fighting WITH?

>>33006010
With as in alongside?
The Kurds?

Can Rex will unite the Syrian bunch and the Peshmerga?

>>33006069

I have trouble keeping the players apart on this map, but iirc the kurds were participating in several militias along with other, non-kurd forces. Rebel forces. I don't remember if they are only fighting ISIS or if they are also fighting Assad and his Russian buddies. And if so, would US forces come up against Russian ones? That should make the next kiss-and-tell meeting between Trump and Putin interesting.

>>33006405
The kurds/SDF aren't fighting assad. They are fighting turkeys pet rebels though.

US troops acting against Assads forces is pretty much out of the question i think, that would be way to agressive. And if they worked with the kurds/SDF that would probably alienate turkey to much. The turks are rambling about going for Manbiji and then raqqa anyways, clashing with the interests of the kurds.

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Assuming that Afghanistan stuff fits in this thread, I'm posting a couple of freshly published pics of Norwegian Special Forces deployed there.

Three and a half months for the turks to take one smallish town.
Three and a half months for the turks to take Al-Bab.

Let that sink in.

>>32966874
Who's the bad guys?

>>33006480
Oh, and I forgot. ISIS kicked the turks and allies out of the highway between Tedef and Al-Bab.

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One more.

These guys are nominally in Afghanistan to train the Afghan Special Forces but they are also increasingly going along on missions - armed to the teeth. Taliban doesn't fuck around.

>>33006512

Correction. Taliban, and ISIS, doesn't fuck around. Bombs and attacks galore.

>>33006480
It probably doesn't help that they went after the Kurds and got bombed by the government too.

>>33001313
>>33003000
Doesn't the US have like a bunch of other SF units they could use? Why are the seals the most overused or we just don't hear about the other ones.

>>32982667
>>32982676
https://www.almasdarnews.com/

Is pretty good as well, for all around ME conflict coverage.

Longwarjournal.org does some good coverage here and there.

>>33006405
Russia has been pushing hard for a Kurd Federation over the last 18 or so months. I could see them supporting a push to more adequately back the Kurds, and I don't think it would put us much at odds with Moscow (can anyone update me on that joint bounty system that was announced some time last year?), the question is which Kurds?
The KRG has power mostly consolidated and generally when burger people think Kurds, they're thinking Iraqi, so the Syrian faction(s) feels like they may not get the representation they want in a coalition government. Russia has been playing on that, so the "Kurds" may get caught up in bickering if they move to establish a unified nation.
Supposedly, there was some sort of accord between the two major Sy. Kurd factions and KRG last year, so we'll see.

Kurds in Iran have been getting very rebellious the last year, so Iran is gonna try and throw a wrench in any talks cause they don't want to risk a breakaway nation a stone's throw from the Caspian. Turkey's Kurds are probably the least organized (as a whole), but Turkey (Erdogan) really fucking hates the Kurds probably for fear of the same breakaway woes.

Can someone give me a better profile on Erdogan? What finally pushed him off the deep end?

>>33006556

Good question. Speaking as a non-US guy I probably don't know much about what is available. But the quick-in-quick-out surgical strike concept is going to struggle here, since the enemy is spread out in lots of low-value targets in towns and villages - and where the enemy is completely aware of technological advances like night goggles and door breakers. I can see how regular army guys by the thousands could make a difference but if the political map was too difficult in Iraq and Afghanistan, how can they hope to win this one?

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>>32999661
>>33000402
>Turks might become a big player in Syrian politics and might occupy some land for "peacekeeping"
Finally. I've been waiting years for those roaches to get off their asses and do something interesting

>>33006800

Wait what? Kurds are flexing muscle in IRAN? I thought that was the one place they were a fairly integral part of the country. Serves me right for trusting wiki. What is their issue?

I was also not aware that Russia was on good terms with the kurds - old commie days yes, but these days too? Then why haven't their thrown in more military support?

>>33006887
You'll be waiting forever kek >>33006480

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>>33006911
>>33006480

GODDAMMIT I want the ME countries to play around like it's Europe before WW1

>>33006831
Green Beret ODAs are crawling all over Syria and Iraq at the moment, they are "Special Forces" in the most classic sense as they are attached to native auxiliary forces training, leading, and fighting with them in combat

They do a lot of DA, but they are like really high level advisers who love to get into a scrap when they can

Not sure what the SEALs are doing in Syria other than direct action, can't imagine they are doing much else other than killing ISIS or helping the GBs when they can

>>33006896
Russia is trying to butter up Turkey, I guess. There was a big thing last winter/spring about it and Erdogan got triggered over it. I do know that Russia was mediating talks between Syria and some group of Syrian Kurds last week.

Yeah, a bunch of Shia Kurds have gotten increasingly peeved with Tehran over the last several years and have been moving towards reconciliation with the Sunni Kurd provinces in the north (which have a degree of autonomy). I know many Iranian Kurds are actively fighting alongside the Peshmerga in Iraq as of last fall, and there's been an I creasing number of skirmishes between Iranian Kurds and Rev. Guard soldiers.

>>33006928

Looking at the ME it is more like WW3 has arrived and is in full swing. How many million people have been affected since, oh, mid 70s? 200? 300? And I have a nasty feeling they haven't really even gotten started yet.

>>33006997
Civil Wars in northwest Iran AND East Turkey when?

>>33006997

By 'fighting alongside' you refer to them being in Iranian shia militia units with a high kurdish participation? Or are those pure kurd units. I know the militias are all over the place but I thought they were mainly siding with the Iraqi shia govt.

What sort of skirmishes are we talking about? Brawling and shouting, or leaving dead and wounded?

>>33007053

Civil war in Iran would benefit no one. Well, Iran is involved all over the place and has enemies - but the Iranians have no reason to revolt. They are finally having better relations with the west, a liberal breeze and an economic upswing, and a better functioning government than any other ME country I can think off. Ass hat leaders but who doesn't have those, these days?

>>33007078
>>33007122
>By 'fighting alongside'
Sorry, I wasn't as clear as I wanted to be.
There are Iranian Kurds (not sure of the numbers) in Iraq fighting IS with Peshmerga. Iirc there was a even a press release from Tehran saying the KRG is a bunch of pricks or something to that effect. Iran, for a few years I think, held the opinion (probably true) that the KRG has been supplying the various In. Kurdish fronts with support. I'm pretty sure individual Iranians have been fighting with YPG for a lot longer than the fall, at least, and probably with Pesh as well, but it seems Iranian Kurds are moving to unify, and strengthen official ties to KRG. Crazy stuff.

It seems that over that same period of time Iran has reduced the support for Kurds fighting IS in Syria.

Open conflict. Iranians have killed In. Kurd guerillas. The handful of Iranian Kurdish militias claim Iran has been using chemical weapons on them.
Here's a little piece on it from >December http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/12/15/iranian-kurds-join-the-fight/
Brushing up, the reason I thought Turkey's Kurds were less organized was because of how often Turkey has cracked down on their organzing. PKK's proxy political affiliate has been garnering a ton of support over the last two years.

I was out driving and going by memory for most of my previous posts so if anyone knows better deets, or if something I posted was straight up wrong please correct me (or enhance what I've said).
Here's some more on Russia cozying up with Syria's Kurds from last year
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/02/12/why-are-syrian-kurds-pivoting-toward-moscow/

>>33007053
>>33007122
>Civil war in Iran would benefit no one
Our "good friends" in Saudi Arabia might disagree with that.

>>32971009
TFSA..
Turkish Free Syrian Army..
Tax Free Savings Account..

>>32971065
Yes

>>33008160
Ha I thought the same thing when I first saw TFSA

>>32966874
Hehehe

>>33006470
MOE stock? Damn those are literally everywhere.

>>33006556
MARSOC is also in the area
The Army's 5th SFG had some huge problems with leadership which fucked up their relationship with the CIA, so no one wants to work with them.
https://sofrep.com/65778/lions-led-lamb-open-letter-5th-special-forces-group/

>>33006430
>The turks are rambling about going for Manbiji and then raqqa anyways
Maybe if Syria turns into a literal 100 years war they might get around to that.

Mostly though I agree with you, anything that risks butting heads with SAA is still off the table because Russia, and the same applies to helping the Kurds too much because Turkey.

I'm sure all the options will be presented, including the full retard ones like a full invasion of Syria fighting everyone simultaneously, and in the end we'll get something that's more or less a continuation of the current program for the immediate future.
Greatest chance of a US/US led large scale incursion into Syria to me would be an eventual westwards push from Iraq whenever IS eventually gets wrapped up there. Doing so creates the least risk of pissing off the other notable outside powers and/or coming into direct conflict with the SAA, as well as being probably the easiest to do in practical logistics terms and making the most sense strategically, because parking on the border waiting for SAA to get around to cleaning their side of it would be a waste of everyones time.

>>33004072
Because airstrikes don't mean anything if you can't pinpoint the location of 3x6m^2 target in 90000km^2 area. If they show up during action, when there's aircover, when the ground forces pinpoint the location they get blown up which is probably less than 10% of all engagements I guess which are mainly offenses organized by the people coalition supports so that coalition forces can get planes in the sky (they're not supporting 24/7). And while defending it's harder to make use of mobility I guess so they would reserve some for the inevitable counterattack when there's no aircover.

>>33003231
Hmmmmmm

>>33006480
Still gonna make Erdogan official dictator in April as well

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fuck trump a nd we are kill

>>33012695
>goodnight, sweet prince, and may flights of Sturmovik's sing thee to thy rest

>>33011762
as far as i know the iraqis plan to do that anyways, once they're finished with mosul and surroundings. At least the shia militias. Probably would be easy for the US to support that, they're embedded with the regular iraqi troops operating there anyways. And as you said, it wont fuck up relations with turkey as going with the kurds would, and doesn't really risk confrontation with the syrian government/russia.

>>33012753
>>33012695

That's a knocked out Egyptian SU-100 from the Yom Kippur War, in the 60s. That SU-100 has been dead for longer than most anons have been alive.

>>33013074

>60s

Meant 70s, sorry. Regardless, it's not recent.

>>32992439

Would this be about a battalion sized unit?

>>33013273
Yeah, at least in American BCT standards it would be about right.

>>33008047

Woah. That was an eyeful, and enlightening - I did read both linked articles. I am a little shocked. I read national media and watch multiple TV news on a daily basis yet all of this was literally news to me. I can't believe I thought Iran was fairly stable these days.

So....Iranian kurds are in Iraq, fighting with the Peshmerga or YPG and similar. And these iranians are receiving US Special Forces training. While at the same time scuffling with the Iranian shia militias, since these guys are not only kurds but also sunnis. Haha. Hand me a burnng torch so I can inspect the opened powder kegs.

What chemical weapon types are we talking about, by the way? Old fashioned recipes or new stuff?

Stuff from local newscasts:

"Liwa al-Aqsa, an offshoot of Jund al-Aqsa consisting of pro-IS elements which was formed in the northern countryside of Hama, executed over 150 members of rebel factions in Khan Shaykhun. " Dated yesterday. Source: SITE

Also, a Norwegian newspaper says Saudi-Arabia today arrested 18 guys suspected of IS relations. The interesting part is that some of these guys were doing financing, recruiting and logistics.

I'm leaving early so full day post is early. Starting with claims around T4 and the orchards.
https://twitter.com/watanisy/status/832209707725180935
-Pro SAA claim of SAA advancing toward Jabal al-Tar.

https://twitter.com/TerrorMonitorAR/status/832238028630392833
-IS claim of destroying 3 field guns and killing 9 SAA at the road junction at Baydhah next to the orchards with artillery fire.
Nobody has pictures or videos. The SAA did advance some. The fighting/front line is in the center of the orchards where the SAA advanced into.

-new SDF/YPG advances on the northern Raqqa front from a 3rd direction although I have not looked at a map

-Daara is about the same as yesterday. Urban fighting contuines in Al Manshiyah district. To be fair, even though I never posted pro rebel maps of Al Manshiyah, pro rebel shrills who did gave rebels control over much more of the district than was reality however all building point claims seem to be verified.

-Al Bab contuines with heavy bombing raids. IS still control's most of the city.

-SAA shelling in western Aleppo and southern Aleppo continue.

-HTS vs Jund Asqa continues in Hama as Jund has killed more FSA than the SAA has in recent days.

JUND AL AQSA MARCHING ON DAMASCUS FROM THE SOUTH

ASSAD
IS
FINISHED

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>>33014689

>>33014492
MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

>>33006484

Everyone desu senpai

>>33005386
I hate this obsession with sending Western troops into these places especially when local ground forces seem to be beating IS right now whats the rush Mosuls already half liberated and Raqqa is being closed in on.

>>33015673
Take credit and put a check on the Ruskies.

>>33015673

Surely you meant to say 'the half of Mosul where IS had the weakest grip, fewest fighters, fewest strongholds and fewest sympathisers is liberated.'

>>33013074
>>33013083
Thanks for clarifying it, anon. i thought it was one of those still running SU-100 from Yemen.

>>33001313
It's stupid to let trained troops sit unused. Stop thinking like a civilian.

>>33006800
>but Turkey (Erdogan) really fucking hates the Kurds probably for fear of the same breakaway woes.

Turks are cultural enemies of Kurds and insist on ruling them instead of expelling them into a nice buffer state cut out of Iraq (whose borders were drawn by Sykes and Picot, it's not a real country) and cutting cooperative deals.

Kurd and Turk are natural enemies regardles of age or gender. Turkish democracy was a mistake on the way to theocracy so watch for Turkey to go full Jihad (Roachad?) and even more nationalist.

>>33007011
The casuaties and quantity of forces are trivial compared to World Wars. Just stop. "Affected" means shit. The battles are tiny, casualties microscopic, and campaigns are slow because the forces are tiny and dispersed.

>>33016417
>Kurd and [other Muslim] are natural enemies regardles of age or gender
Kek
>Turkey to go full Jihad (Roachad?) and even more nationalist.
Right after the coup, they began (openly) backing Jihadi groups.
Why doesn't america just move their assets to a country that isn't full retard?

>>33016473
>Why doesn't america just move their assets to a country that isn't full retard?
There's currently a significant shortage of countries able to offer control of naval passage to the Black Sea. Without that bit of geography nobody would give nearly so many fucks about Turkey, but everyone has to deal with the map as it is so they continue to be annoyingly relevant to anyone wanting to preserve their access to the Black Sea in case of SHTF, which happens to include the US.

>>33016473
>Why doesn't america just move their assets to a country that isn't full retard?

None exist in the Middle East. They never will because Muslims must kill each other forever as their Imaginary Friend demands. That's fine and should be taken into account. Religious man is not capable of reform but he can, and deserves to be, manipulated and used by his betters.

>>33016551
>Black Sea.
I knew that, and now I feel like a megatard.

>>33013940
>>33014054
On a scale of 'very' to 'a lot' how retarded are you?

>>33017435

You are having some issues, aren't you sweetcheeks?

>>33017586
Aww, did I trigger you namefag? I'm sorry

>>33017640

Well, you are the one who likes long foreplay.

>>33017664
XDDDDD

>>33017435
>>33017586
>>33017640
>>33017664
>>33017707
fuck off, this is not the thread for this

>>33015673
>Mosuls already half liberated and Raqqa is being closed in on.
You may want to look at a map famalam
All they've captured is empty desert so far

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>>33018380
>Half of Mosul
>Desert

>>32992981
You know Jihadists get paid too right

>>33018851
If they were actually jihadi, they'd do it for free 4 allah

>>32979445
I have noticed in many of the videos from both sides that most of the radios look to be off-the-shelf DMR radios, which are capable of actual encryption. You just them plug them into a pc, open up the included software disk, and enter the chosen encryption key for your set of radios. Nothing else special is needed. Popular brands of these radios are Tytera and Retevis. Yes, you yourself can buy them as they are plentiful on sites such as Fleabay for around 100 bones. They have around the same power/range as the popular Baofeng radios. Encryption is a huge no-no here in the states, but there is nothing stopping you from employing it (just hope you don't get caught by the FCC). I can see these types of radios overtaking Baofengs in the near future as they are so versatile, cheap, and capable of full encryption.

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#Syria #SAA #SyrianArmy #SyrianArabArmy Leaders / Officers / Soldiers of Qalamoun Shield Forces Train w/ #Russia #Russian Supervisors

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>>33020067

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

>>33019326

What, commercial encryption? That should be candy for the US and Russian supported units.

I looked and found this, and assume it is typical.
http://www.buytwowayradios.com/products/tytera/md-380.aspx

I recall there once was something called burst radio sets for military comm guys. Something like a morse code sender that sent the entire message at 200x norrmal speed. I guess it already a thing of the past?

Another one. Seeing all the other gear floating around I would guess a lot of Chinese, Russian and Saddam comm gear from the 80s would still be floating around. But the days of the trucks full of radio gear and radio guys are over?

>>33018781
He is obviously talking about the kurdish part of
>WTF Kurds are taking Raqqa RIGHT NOW
when all they are doing is advancing over practically empty steppe with a village here and there.

Mosul will probably fall soon; but Deir az Zour and Raqqa will remain firmly under isis control for the near future.

>>33020067
Only russkies can pull such stalker levels of aestheticism.

ISIS has put the water pump in Lake Assad in "overdrive".
They're trying to fill the canal so much that it will overflow and drown all the villages and government troops between Dear Hafer and Kweires, stooping the SAA advance.

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Does anyone know a good course for learning Arabic?

>>33025826
your local university. That or your local mosque. You could also find online tutors that can supplement whichever online course you use if you don't want to go to Uni or a Mosque.

But I highly recommend learning with an instructor since some of the things you learn need detailed explanation that you can't get from purely reading a book/lecture.

>>32992439
looks like british SAS to me

>>33026682
BOI HE BOUT TO DO IT!!
also hacked ur email nerd :^)

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>>33026701
fug forgot to leave out email. Thanks for letting me know

>>33018781
there isn't shit on the west bank of the river... look at a map that shows density

>>33026682
When will Half Life 3 come out?

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>>32970738
>not having two AKs

webm related

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>>33020067
>Why is it cold, aren't we in a desert?
>My feet hurt
>Why must Grigori always touch the Syrians? Just leave them alone Grigori...
>I wish I was at the military air base with Alyosha

>>32970685
those inbred retards probably think of airstrikes as a free airshow, they get to sit around and look at the planes dropping bombs

>>33028067
what happens to the ISIS wounded but cannot fight?

are they put down? made suicide bombers?

>>33004072
Backing a tank into a structure for concealment works nicely among the many other options.

>>33029197
a serious effort to tear down rubble in warzones would help the allied forces right?

>>33005157
pod

>>33029207
A serious effort to remove rubble is utterly impractical because requires shitload of heavy equipment, heavy equipment operators (unskilled operators can effortlessly break heavy equipment) and fuel.

Backing into a building whose other storeys/areas are in use is quite practical too. A tanker isn't going to offer his tank as a static easy target unless he's a Tankroach eager to use up the old Leopard supply.

>>33025804
If they blow the Tabqa Dam that should work nicely.

Maybe your use of "pump" is incorrectly translated. Dams release water via gates and spillways.

Blowing that earthen fill dam at the right spot would allow the water to finish destroying it.