ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)

[Jura The idiot]

Yesterday at 9:20 AM

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another map though shows Qalajiyah, not Khalsah, lost:

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... and now I watched an anti-Government video from Qalajiyah yesterday

 

[Broccoli]

Apparently ISIS captured Tayim Hill what is largest near Deir-Ezzor.

Video footage shows SAA tanks driving away fast and exhausted militia/soldiers simply walking while being fired at by ISIS.

 

[Jura The idiot]

plenty of claims, which we may believe to disbelieve, this afternoon in Twitter; let me put here three of those:

1. related to
   

   ... and in the meantime, the Government took on this desert adventure:
   

   

   
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   is this picture:
   
   purportedly showing the Government reinforcements coming up "42" road
2. related to
   

   Government frontline collapses in southern Aleppo after blitz offensive by rebels
   

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   plus I saw several videos showing swift movements from Khan Tuman area ...

   is this picture:
   
   purportedly showing the downed Russian Fencer on fire in Southern Aleppo (I have also seen a claim its pilot(s) got caught: claim not backed up by anything yet!)
3. Syrian and Russian aircraft step up bombing of Aleppo city: monitor
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EDIT
OK the point: maybe it's just Information War (and I had spent too much time in Twitter or the situation is that tense ...

 

[Jura The idiot]

I think I should start with

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When is Ramadan in 2016?
Ramadan in 2016 will start on Monday, the 6th of June ...

and

... this picture:

purportedly showing the downed Russian Fencer on fire in Southern Aleppo (I have also seen a claim its pilot(s) got caught: claim not backed up by anything yet!)
...

quoting the official Russian denial:

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here

 

[Jura The idiot]

Saturday at 5:38 PM

... what's going on with "taking Raqqa" ...

• ISIL soon might attack "the flanks" of this group ...

("clickable" map; if it didn't work, you could try

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related video I found:

 

[Jura The idiot]

Saturday at 5:38 PM

... what's going on with "taking Raqqa" ...
Let's see next week.

if one believed this Tweet:

SANA TV Reporter says the SAA are 5 KM from Taqbah crossroads and 32KM from Tabqa Airport, Raqqa Governate, Syria.

the position would be close to "42" mark shown in this map:

(also showing

• places of previous fights I tried to follow in last eight months: Jaboul Lake, Khanaser in north-west corner;
• where the Government started (was it on Saturday morning, June 4?):
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• where the Government eventually wants to get to ...
• the scale

EDIT
only now I noticed the most recent "miladvisor" map:

(it's

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[Jura The idiot]

(related to the Kurds attacking in

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area):
Sunday at 10:40 AM

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they're about to encircle the town, sources say, as in

and

 

[Jura The idiot]

Today at 8:15 AM

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only now I noticed the most recent "miladvisor" map:

(it's

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and here's the most recent "peto lucem" map, also showing

• the Kurdish territory to the north from Raqqa https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...no-oped-no-policis.t6913/page-372#post-399901 and
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see? (it's

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Propaganda efforts also include WW2-style video from

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:

just the number of barrels is thousands times smaller compared to when Zkuhov and Konev competed who'll get into Berlin first

 

[Jura The idiot]

since

(related to the Kurds attacking in

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area):
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they're about to encircle the town, ...

probably important development was ISIL had left from Hudhud

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as shown here

and included in the fresh "edmap":

EDIT
just thinking loud, quickly:
it seems almost certain Kurds will encircle Manbij this week, and it'll be interesting to see then if they

• "lay siege" to avoid urban combat https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...no-oped-no-policis.t6913/page-375#post-400695 and rush toward Al-Bab; or
• try to clear the town from ISIL

 

[Jura The idiot]

...
Propaganda efforts also include ...

Assad vows to fight on, says Aleppo to be Erdogan's graveyard

President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his first major address since peace talks broke down in April.

Assad said he would win back "every inch" of Syria and said Aleppo would be a graveyard for the hopes and dreams of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, a major sponsor of the insurgents battling to topple him.

"Our war against terrorism is continuing," Assad said in a speech to parliament broadcast by state TV. "As we liberated Tadmur (Palmyra) and before it many areas, we will liberate every inch of Syria from their hands. Our only option is victory, otherwise Syria will not continue."

The Syrian army and allied militia, aided by Russian air strikes, recovered control of Palmyra from Islamic State insurgents in March. In addition to the war with Islamic State, Assad is fighting rebels who include groups that have received support from his foreign enemies, Turkey included.

The war has greatly diminished Assad's control of Syria, with Islamic State, an array of rebel groups, and a powerful Kurdish militia establishing authority over wide parts of the country.

Aleppo, Syria's largest city and pre-war commercial hub, and the surrounding area at the border with Turkey have comprised a major theater in the war, divided between areas of government and rebel control. Escalating fighting there helped ruin the cessation of hostilities agreement agreed in February.

Assad accused Erdogan of recently sending thousands of militants to Aleppo. Russia, which has been bombing in support of Assad since September, said on Saturday more that 2,000 militants had mobilized in the Aleppo area.

Russia said on Monday its air forces would provide "the most active" support to Syrian government troops so as not to let Aleppo and the surrounding area fall into the hands of fighters it called terrorists.

The United States and Russia brokered the cessation of hostilities as part of an effort to get U.N.-backed peace talks moving earlier this year. The talks broke down in April when the main opposition alliance withdrew over what it described as a worsening situation on the ground.

Assad said there had been no real talks in Geneva.

He thanked Russia, Iran, China and the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah for the support they had provided.

Alluding to suggestions of divisions in the alliance, particularly between Iran and Russia, Assad said people should not listen to reports about "differences, struggles and divisions". He said the alliance was stronger than ever.

He was speaking at the parliament that convened this week for the first time since it was elected in April. The election was held in government-controlled parts of Syria.

Government supporters said the vote was a sign of support for Assad, while his opponents said it was illegitimate.

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by the way I saw in Twitter claims of fierce fights going on in Aleppo this week, I mean the Government attacking directly in the town, also from the air (but I have no way to check)