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

(related to Iraqis trying to retake Fallujah)
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(I've read in Twitter it's tough: casualties in hundreds so far, but, as I said before, I don't have time for Iraq)
oh man ... now I saw claims (including one video which was enough: I'm eating a cake right now) of Shia Militias, who take part in the attack, committing atrocities against the civilian population of Fallujah, and Sunni "tribal" Militias, who had taken part in the attack, leaving the area as a result ...
I'm not going to look for news about this stuff; three days old map I found:
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The story finally made the BBC but has sunk to the sidelines of the Middle East section of the Website after the US SF YPG patches story. Clearly the thought of sex slaving and mass beheading ISIS seizing the refugee camps is more palatable than the National Government!

Otherwise, main story for me is the start of the further collapse of East Ghouta, with AMN reporting that the SAA and Hezbollah have entered the village of Al Nashabiya .
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... AMN reporting that ...
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Hundreds of casualties as Russian bombs rain on Idlib overnight
Tonight, an unprecidented number of airstrikes have pummeled the Idlib governorate with most of them striking the provincial capital itself. According to information obtained by al-Masdar, 10 Russian jets have been operational simultaneously this evening and during the early night. Beginning at dawn, more than 100 airstrikes have been conducted in total over Idlib.

In the past 30 mins alone, 18 airstrikes have struck targets in the Idlib governorate. Subsequently, more than 50 people – mostly insurgents, some civilians – have been killed while approximately 250 have received injuries. Graphic pictures from the air raids can be seen here. In retaliation for their losses, Islamist insurgents are reportedly shelling Fuah and Kafraya, a small government-held enclave north of Idlib city. Idlib is controlled by Jaish al-Fatah, a coalition of Islamist rebel groups openly supported by Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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related, horrifying pictures posted by Iranian
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(related videos, believable based on the above articles from pro-Mr. Assad sources? are available in the right banner at
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All winged Russian aircraft were said to be returned home. How many have now returned to Syria?
Is this the answer of Russia to yesterday's news that the head of the High Negotiations Committee, Alloush, has resigned because he cannot achieve in Geneva what the Congress of Terrorist Organizations cannot achieve on the battlefield?
 
All winged Russian aircraft were said to be returned home.
did I miss it? link to this is:

(LOL delft I hope you didn't confuse "all winged" with "Su-25" and "were said" with
May 4, 2016
... the most recent announcement (by the Russian Ministry of Defense) of pulling off all the Su-25 CAS aircraft:
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or you did maybe?)
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How many have now returned to Syria?
Is this the answer of Russia to yesterday's news that the head of the High Negotiations Committee, Alloush, has resigned because he cannot achieve in Geneva what the Congress of Terrorist Organizations cannot achieve on the battlefield?
are you aware this "answer" hit the National Hospital in Idlib??
Syria war: Casualties mount in air strikes on Aleppo
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delft

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did I miss it? link to this is:

(LOL delft I hope you didn't confuse "all winged" with "Su-25" and "were said" with
May 4, 2016

or you did maybe?)


are you aware this "answer" hit the National Hospital in Idlib??
Syria war: Casualties mount in air strikes on Aleppo
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Thank you. Unfortunately I do not read Russian, just know, approximately, the sounds of the characters and know some twenty words. No, some more, some that were derived from Dutch words.
Su-25's are also used by the Syrian air force so people on the ground will seldom be able to see the difference.
Earlier the change in the number of Russian aircraft was noted. Since the announcement of the "return to Russia" I have not seen any of such numbers.
 
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Hundreds of casualties as Russian bombs rain on Idlib overnight
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  1. quoted above is
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    boasting, and
  2. here's the official Russian denial:
    Russia denies carrying out airstrikes in Syrian province of Idlib
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Had I used sentential logic, I would've thought at least one of the announcements 1., 2. wasn't true.
 
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