Miragedriver
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Syria: Russian sappers clear mines and IEDs from school in Aleppo
ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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Jura The idiot
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gee Amigo Miragedriver, mid-December Mr. Putin's Propaganda ... and no other posts here ...
but don't worry, I'm pulling out (EDIT as was Obama from Iraq? LOL):
today ISIL drove away from Al-Bab/Qabasin then Bzaah:
and
Feb 12, 2017
Feb 5, 2017
... and from what I figured now, ISIL indeed is in Bzaah which would be an important point for the retreat from the whole (Qabasin and Al-Bab) pocket, which is shrinking quickly as also Government has been attacking it (from the south, including ):
(the gap south to Bzaah would be just about one mile wide)
EDIT
the point is the next post may be a pompous announcement of Al-Bab victory, which could mean (but wouldn't be included in a pompous announcementISIL pulled off after it had been holding up for months, in more or less open terrain, inflicting significant losses on a major NATO army with air dominance
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Jura The idiot
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now it's time to go back to
Jul 31, 2016
first the article I was able to find in English
First Czech sentenced for attempt to join Islamic State
and while he's legally sane, it appears he was a loner who wanted to commit suicide in the bizarre way of joining ISIL without any previous military experience or even interest in shooting, fighting, ... just die there (that's also what his mother told the media; the court hearings were not public) ... apparently he's made no specific contact with ISIL (even his "conversion to Islam" was just virtual!), so it looks like "nothing" to some people here, but of course it's dangerous as ISIL might've made him for example a VBIED driver
Jul 31, 2016
Czech story now: yet unidentified Czech citizen (a male) wanted to join ISIL in January of this year, got caught by Turks, who sent him back, and only recently he was put into pre-trial detention (he confessed (it was found out he had Liked
first the article I was able to find in English
First Czech sentenced for attempt to join Islamic State
and I add this: the trial was as closely watched here as if the guy had been Jihadi John, while in fact he was diagnosed with
and while he's legally sane, it appears he was a loner who wanted to commit suicide in the bizarre way of joining ISIL without any previous military experience or even interest in shooting, fighting, ... just die there (that's also what his mother told the media; the court hearings were not public) ... apparently he's made no specific contact with ISIL (even his "conversion to Islam" was just virtual!), so it looks like "nothing" to some people here, but of course it's dangerous as ISIL might've made him for example a VBIED driver
Miragedriver
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TNT playgrounds: Russian sappers Demining Aleppo
Miragedriver
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Russian and Syrian sappers in Aleppo
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Syria: Russia opens mobile hospital in eastern Aleppo
Yesterday and largely unnoticed, the Syrian Arab Army successfully pushed through the ISIS lines in East Aleppo province, just South of the Al-Bab salient and linked with the SDF forces based in the North East of the county.
This maneuver has locked the Turkish forces into the positions they already hold and leaves no prospect of being able to advance further, without having to fight with either US or Russian backed forces.
The SAA now has a single front line orientated East to push to the Euphrates and to line up against Deir Hafir
Latest edmap here:
This maneuver has locked the Turkish forces into the positions they already hold and leaves no prospect of being able to advance further, without having to fight with either US or Russian backed forces.
The SAA now has a single front line orientated East to push to the Euphrates and to line up against Deir Hafir
Latest edmap here:
The chances of the Turkish back rebels turning their guns onto the SDF is quite high, and I expect tensions to significantly increase in Manbij and (probably) Tall Rifat. They will also most likely clash with the SAA sporadically here and there, but the Russian-Turkish agreement should hold for now.
Asia Times republishes an analysis by "Sprengler" ( David P. Goldman ) from 2010 that explains the back ground of IS:
because it has become relevant again.
I do not agree with all of it ( strongly disagree with some of it ) but consider it to be worth rereading.
because it has become relevant again.
I do not agree with all of it ( strongly disagree with some of it ) but consider it to be worth rereading.