BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:50 P.M.) – The Islamist rebels released video this afternoon that confirmed the death of the Russian pilot that was shot down over the Idlib countryside. In the video, several Islamists head towards the pilot’s body in the ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – February 2, 2018: Militants’ Defense Collapsed In Eastern Idlib
The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the town of Bulbul as well as the villages of Ali Kar, Za’ra and al-Ham from Kurdish YPG forces in the area of Afrin. According to pro-Turkish sources, ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 30, 2018: SDF Sends Reinforcements To Afrin
On January 29, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces fully secured the town of Abu al-Duhur in eastern Idlib after a series of clashes with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda). Meanwhile, ...
Read More »There are no Nazis in the Ukraine! None! Never been any!! No such thing as a Ukie Nazi!!!
What you see in the footage below is the creation in Kiev of a new totally democratic militia. Here is how this event was presented on the YouTube channel I grabbed it from: (my own – wholly unofficial – translation from ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 29, 2018: Turkish Forces Capture Key Mountain In Afrin
The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA) used their advantage over Kurdish YPG/YPJ forces in the area of Afrin and captured Bursaya Mount, Qastal Jundu and Yazibagh. Additionally, the TAF and the TFSA entered the ...
Read More »Jabhat al-Nusra: History, Capabilities, Role In Syrian War
History Jabhat al-Nusra, originally Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-ahli ash-Sham min Mujahideen ash-Shām fi Sahat al-Jihad or “Victory Front for the People of the Levant by the Mujahideen of the Levant on the Fields of Jihad”, was founded in January 2012, when ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 26, 2018: Turkey Threatens To Attack Manbij
On January 25, ISIS units attacked positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the villages of Kishmah and Ghuraybah in the province of Deir Ezzor. According to the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq, ISIS killed several army soldiers and destroyed ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 25, 2018: Syrian Army Prepares To Clear Abu al-Duhur Pocket
The Syrian military is deploying reinforcements to northern Hama and eastern Idlib reportedly preparing to launch a military operation to clear the militant-held pocket there. According to pro-government sources, additional units of Liwa al-Quds and the Qalamoun Shield Forces have ...
Read More »Uncle Sam dumps the Kurds (yet again)
[This article was written for the Unz Review] The drama which is unfolding in northern Syria is truly an almost ideal case to fully assess how weak and totally dysfunctional the AngloZionist Empire has really become. Let’s begin with a quick ...
Read More »Erdogan has made his choice
by Ghassan Kadi for The Saker Blog It seems that Erdogan has already made up his mind, but the speculations about what deals have been and haven’t been done seem muddied, to put it mildly. In the Levant, the Kurds always ...
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