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

Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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(related to so called race for Al-Bab)
Yesterday at 12:06 PM
Jura said:
Today at 7:57 AM

... and if one thought it was complicated, then one should know it was in fact oversimplified view while compared to what I found now which is:
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and while compared to what I've read about which is the current Government military buildup around
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(located approximately where the Syrian flag sign is in middle bottom part of this map)!

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EDIT but I'm not saying Government will join Al-Bab race, too, actually I stick to
Monday at 12:05 PM
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just to sum up

(also
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...o-oped-no-politics.t6913/page-474#post-425121
and
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...o-oped-no-politics.t6913/page-474#post-425123):

if Rebels/Turks make a (firm) connection to Government held-territory, with Al-Bab encircled in between, I'll call it

EDIT there're several ways how I could be wrong, perhaps the most spectacular would be if Afrin and Rojava Kurds connected around Al-Bab and took it :)
 
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Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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Aug 27, 2016
Jura said:
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I've read the Turkish ultimatum demanding Kurds to leave Manbij area expires tomorrow ...
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... and now gazeta.ru
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says Kurdish fighters are moving out of
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(while looking for a confirmation (which by the way I didn't find) I noticed
(dated 16 November 2016)
Syria conflict: Kurdish YPG militia to leave Manbij
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Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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just to show how the situation is fluid / information inaccurate:

Yesterday at 5:17 AM
Jura said:
Thursday at 7:57 AM
Jura said:
... Eastern Kurds were able to gain some territory from ISIL and most recently encircled
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(it's based on what I saw in Twitter for example
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the most recent map doesn't shown any encirclement of Arima:
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... and now the most recent "edmap" shows Arima encircled:
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EDIT anyway the race for Al-Bab
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...o-oped-no-politics.t6913/page-475#post-425124
in progress!
 
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delft

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Syrian Army captures all important hill in eastern Aleppo – Map update
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- 19/11/2016

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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is swarming all over rebel-held Aleppo today as government forces were able to advance at a brand new axis on Saturday evening.

With Islamist rebels somewhat distracted by
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earlier today, the Tiger Forces subsequently attacked on the eastern flank and were able to seize the crucial Tall Zouhor hill and several dozen adjacent buildings.

Tall Zouhor is strategically important as it overlooks the Hanano district and much of rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Prior to its capture, the hill was bombarded heavily by Russian and Syrian jets which have dominated the skies over Aleppo in the past 48 hours.

Effectively, the hill will serve as a launching pad for government attacks on Aleppo's beleaguered insurgents which have been
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and cut off from receiving new weapons and supplies since early September this year.

An enlarged version of the map can be found
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So the Russian air force returned to Aleppo. By now the Islamists will understand that they are losing.
 
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