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

From AMN:

Jaysh Al-Fateh launches counter-offensive to reopen key supply road in southern Aleppo
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- 21/08/2016

Aleppo, Syria (12:45 A.M.) – Jaysh Al-Fateh (Army of Conquest) launched a counter-offensive in the southern Aleppo countryside on Saturday night after the Syrian Armed Forces successfully cutoff their supply route along the Khan Touman-Ramouseh Road.

The jihadist rebel group began the counter-offensive after forestalling the Syrian Armed Forces’ advance on the imperative village of Al-Qarassi, which is located just east of another important village: Khan Touman.

Jaysh Al-Fateh’s counter-attack has proven some-what successful, as they were able to force the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to withdraw from Tal ‘Aqra near Al-Qarassi.

However, Jaysh Al-Fateh has been unable to reclaim Tal ‘Aqra due to the non-stop Russian airstrikes on their positions in Al-Qarassi and Khan Touman.

Tal ‘Aqra is situated along the Khan Touman-Ramouseh Road; if captured by the Syrian Armed Forces, it will give them fire control over the jihadist supply line to Aleppo City.

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FORBIN said:

4 Su-34 to Hamadan ! i have read 8...

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Perhaps halve were away working?

since
Yesterday at 6:36 PM

Jura said:

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the most recent "de Syracuse" map:

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according to what I read in Twitter now (repeat, read in Twitter):

• negotiation attempts failed;
• Kurds pulled significant forces to the area (I'm talking
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plus fights are reportedly going on in "Zuhour" neighborhood right now (in the map above it's in the middle, close to bottom), yesterday it was mainly in "Red Villas" ... perhaps counterattacked to alleviate the pressure ... I'm going to update this post

delft said:

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LOL! why would
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announce Rebels' offensive except to wag the dog

oops, until now I wrongly thought Rebels had left al-Waer (most likely I read article(s) like
2 December 2015
'Deal reached' on truce in district in Syria's Homs

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and quit following that area):




(now saw a vid from inside)

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Dec 8, 2015

Jura said:

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and I've been unaware of the pocket south to it (the tiny green area in the town of Homs, "Vayer District"), but the pocket is gone according to
Truce in Homs is first step to ceasefire in Syria — Russian Foreign Ministry

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("Cassad" says the Rebels from there were let to join Talbiseh pocket)

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SampanViking said:

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the hill from inside

... The captured hilltop by the Syrian Armed Forces was identified as Tal ‘Aqra ...

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is called "Sanoubrat" in non-Government sources, which expectedly claimed it had been retaken yesterday (picture, not a video, from a drone available, so I won't post ... it wouldn't be problem for pro-Government sources to show they're on the hill, right?):
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OK to see the forest, not the trees the Government hasn't achieved much in Southern Aleppo lately, has it?

delft said:

Perhaps halve were away working?

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Exact can be in mission in more we need new infos for to be sure.

I use Sat view and i think it is necessary use it as that for confirm an info or get a minimum number, not for affirm.
By Ex. you can see 30 hangars and there will not 30 fighters...

Jura said:

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... so does Sputnik to German Comrades (google translation follows):

"Fight against IS: Syrian infantry pushes the center of Al Hasakah ago - VIDEO

In the East Syrian city of Al-Hasakah fighting between the government army and the fighters of the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS also, Daesh) reignited as a Syrian army spokesman told Sputnik said Friday. ..."

Mein Gott! it's not 1986, but 2016 LOL!

now noticed (aktualisiert 15:18 19.08.2016) perhaps some more successes added

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in the English version
Syrian Troops Advance on Al-Hasakah City Center (VIDEO)
19:00 19.08.2016

the Kremlin cunningly waited until the 5th paragraph:
"According to him, the forces of the national militia and the army are fighting shoulder to shoulder against Daesh militants in areas around the central prison and the main power plant."
LOL!

On the recent clash between YPG and Syrian Government, this is what I see.

As the IS' power is declining, a new question is getting closer to be answered, who is going to take control of the territory after IS left? Both Kurds and the government want, that's why the new clash after a long truce between YPG and government when their 1st priority was to fight IS.

YPG is the only force in north-east Syria that US has, US want to remain relevant in Syria, so propping up YPG recently. YPG sense the chance of taking the control and getting closer to their long-time vision of either a Kurds state or a Kurd de facto state like in Iraq and they must act now.

That put Turkey at odd with U.S. because the last thing Turkey want is a Kurdish base in Syria. On this account, Erdogan would rather choose Bashar than anyone else after realizing his toppling and replacing Bashar with a pro-Turkey figure did not work out. That explains Erdogan's recent 180 degree turn.

It also make sense for U.S. to want Erdogan gone when he became the road block. So Erdogan's accusation of U.S. involvement in the coup d'etat makes very good sense.

What can be learnt here is that, there are too many parties having different objectives in this mess. Alliances do not have a clear line, composition, nor a long life-time. Everything is fluid. There are surely more than two camps.

Re the fighting in North East Syria:

Syria: US ally’s razing of villages amounts to war crimes
13 October 2015, 18:18 UTC

A fact-finding mission to northern Syria has uncovered a wave of forced displacement and home demolitions amounting to war crimes carried out by the Autonomous Administration led by the Syrian Kurdish political party Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat (PYD) controlling the area, said Amnesty International in a report published today. The Autonomous Administration is a key ally, on the ground, of the US-led coalition fighting against the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

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This article is from late last year after which the threat of Daesh let to an end to this practice. Now that Daesh is being defeated the trouble has come back and is supported by US aircraft. Russia and Turkey are opposed to the Balkanization of Syria, as is Syria itself of course. I was pointed to this article by an article in Dettsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten: