Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces and tribal forces fighters have liberated Jabir, Numaysah, Khamisiyah and Wadi Susah near the important ISIS-held town of Maadan in the province of Raqqah. The government forces advanced amid the ongoing fighting in the ...
Read More »Lessons Of Syria: Russia Creates Super Light Motorized Infantry
One of the iconic weapons of the Russian Civil War was the tachanka–a light wheeled carriage pulled by a team of horses and mounting a Maxim heavy machine-gun, which was a weapon system ideally suited to the wide open ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – August 7, 2017: Sukhna Liberated, Army Continues Advance
Last weekend, Syrian government forces liberated the strategic town of Sukhna in the province of Homs. The town located 110km from the city of Deir Ezzor had been one of the key ISIS strongholds lying at the root of the ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – August 4, 2017: Army, SDF Boost Cooperation, Set Up Joint Operations Room
Modern 9K333 Verba man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs) have been spotted at positions of the Russian military servicemen in the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus. The MANPADs were reportedly deployed to protect checkpoints and observation posts established by the Russians from ...
Read More »The end of the “wars on the cheap” for the United States
This analysis was written for the Unz Review. With the Neocon coup against Trump now completed (at least in its main objective, that is the neutralization of Trump, the subsidiary objective, impeaching Trump and removing him from office remains something for ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – August 2, 2017: US-backed Forces Run Away From At Tanf
In August, another group of Jaysh Maghawir al-Thawra members in southeastern Syria defected to Syrian government forces, according to pro-opposition sources. In July, the first group of the US-backed force run away from the US-controlled at-Tanf garrison and surrendered with ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – August 1, 2017: Army Repels Large ISIS Counter-Attack In Southern Raqqah
Voiceover by Harold Hoover Government forces, led by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces and pro-government tribal forces, have liberated the villages Wadi Kharrar, Subayat, Salim Hammad, Abu Hammad, Muqla Saghir, and Muqla Kabir and fully encircled ISIS terrorists ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – July 31, 2017: Tiger Forces Enter Deir Ezzor Province
Government forces, led by the Syrian Arab army (SAA) Tiger Forces liberated more villages on the west bank of the Euphrates River in Raqqah province and entered the northwestern part of Deir Ezzor province. Last weekend, the Tiger Forces and ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – July 27, 2017: Syrian Army Storming Strageic ISIS-held Town Of Sukhna
Voiceover by Harold Hoover On Wednesday, Syrian government forces liberated important hills southwest of Sukhna and established fire control over this strategic ISIS-held town in the province of Homs. The advance was heavily supported by Russian and Syrian warplanes and ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – July 26, 2017: SAA, SDF Divide Spheres Of Influence In Eastern Syria
Syrian government forces, backed up by the Russian Aerospace Forces, have liberated the village of Baghliyah and nearby hills from ISIS terrorist sin the eastern Homs countryside. Thus, the army and its allies outflanked Dabat Milli, Taliah Sharqiyah and deployed ...
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