The Russians initially mentioned a time frame of three to four months for this operation. The SAA initially tried to conduct a blitzkrieg style operation but the anti-tank rockets in the rebels hands made a mess of the Syria Armour so the blitzkrieg was shelved and the grinding war of the past four years resumed.
The Russian estimate of an operation that lasts three or four months is more likely to morph into an operation that lasts three or four years, at least in the absence of a political deal.
The delusion and sheer evil of the governments of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel mean that a political solution is highly unlikely. The Saudis are going to fight Iran down to the last Syrian Sunni fighter it seems.
Securing the Khannassar highway remains the key goal of the Syrian Army operationat this time.
Videos.
International Military Review – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov. 03. 2015
International Military Review – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov.04.2015
International Military Rewiev – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov.05.2015
International Military Rewiev – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov.06.2015
International Military Rewiev – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov. 8, 2015
International Military Review – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov. 9, 2015
Syrian rebel fighters in the outer Damascus region of Eastern Ghouta thought it would be a cute idea to kidnap a bunch of civilians and drive them around in cages as human shields. This type of thing makes me a big joke of the idea that these people are some type of liberal democrats.
An armed man who places a female civilian in a cage in the hope that it may help him stay alive is nothing but a putrid worm begging to be put down in my opinion.
The antics of the rebel fighters have become most wearing.
Syrian rebels cage people as human shields: activists
These videos are propaganda, selected and sanitised, but they do give some idea of what is happening in Syria.
The Syrian/Hezbollah operation mirrors the operations in the Qalamoun mountain region of earlier this year.
Hezbollah seek to seize the elevated positions and control an area from there. Once the difficult hills are under their control, they use their superior firepower and surveillance ability to overlook the surrounding valleys and destroy enemy fighters as they traverse the valleys.
These tactics appear to work very well in the open areas. When towns and cities are the objective the situation is far more difficult and complicated.
This video is somewhat novel as it portrays the same battle from the viewpoint of both sides.
GoPro POV Footage Of Fierce Confrontation Between Syrian Army And Syrian Rebels South Of Aleppo
Airstrike cam: Bombs rain down on supposed jihadist hideout in Syria
Airstrike on terrorists’ ammunition depot (Raqqah province)
Strike against an ISIS militants’ training camp (Idlib province)
Russian aviation hit an ISIS fortified strong point (Idlib province)
Syria: Drone footage captures Syrian army advance in Latakia Governorate
Syria: Territory of Telb-Gmam and surrounding area under Syrian army control
Footage from the South Aleppo battlefield were Syrian Army (SAA) and Hezbollah are making progress against the terrorist gangs in the surrounding areas of Al-Hadher town.
Syria: Army continues successful offensive against militants in Douma
Syria: Damascus troops exchange fire with militants in Ghouta
Russian strikes for terrorists isis in Palmyra
Airstrike on a militants’ column of armored and automobile hardware in Latakia province
Destruction of a workshop used for fitting automobiles with explosives in Aleppo province
Airstrike on a bridge, controlled by militants (near Raqqah)
Airstrike against terrorist training camp in Aleppo province
Airstrike on a strong point (Lattakia province)
ISIS blockade ceased: Assad forces retake key highway to Aleppo
Battle on! Syrian forces target ISIS near city of Sadad
Syrian army recaptures sole road to government -held side of Aleppo from ISIL
Syria: RuAF Mi-24Ps Providing CAS near Eastern Rif Homs
Syria: SAA/NDF Re-secure The Ithriya – Khannaser Road 11-4-15
Syrian Army retakes 8 Aleppo villages from militants in 24 hours
خاص الإخبارية – عمليات متواصلة للجيش على طريق أثريا – خناصر و
التنظيمات الإرهابية تتكبد خسائر كبيرة
Syrian TV News Frontline report.
Hezbollah Sniper
Su-34 performed strike against a plant, which produced explosive devices in Aleppo province
Airstrike against hangar with 10 cars fitted with explosive devices in Eastern Ghouta
Syrian Army and Hezbollah – Khanasser- Aleppo
Syria: SAA/NDF/Hezbollah Operations In South-West Aleppo: Part 4
Russia started to use 3 times more powerful bombs in Syria (laser guided KAB-1500)
The Syrian Army Launch a rocket barrage in Hama at the start of their ground offensive, October 7th, 2015.
October 12th, 2015.
Syrian Army Makes Progresson multiple fronts.
MUST-SEE Syrian army offensive in Jobar, suburb of Damascus, filmed by Al-Qaeda terrorists
Syria: SAA/NDF Operations In South-West Aleppo: Part 1
Syria: SAA/NDF Operations In South-West Aleppo: Part 2
Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopters Continue To Operate Over Hama
Syrian Arab Army – National Defense Forces & Hezbollah Operations in Northern Homs offensive in the surrounding villages of Al-Rastan & Talbisah.
Syria: SAA/NDF Operations In South-West Aleppo
Syria: Syrian Arab Army launches Homs attack
Syria: Army launch ground-offensive in Latakia following Russian sorties
“FSA” Attempt To Defend Kafarnabodah Against SAA Push Backed By RuAF
SCARY! Several Russian AF airstrikes hit ISIS terrorists held town in northern Homs, Syria
Syria: SAA/NDF/Hezbollah Operations in Northern Homs
Syria: Devastation caused by al-Nusra Front revealed after Syrian Army liberates villages
International Military Review – Syria, Oct. 15, 2015: Iran’s Attitude
Entry to Kvrenbaudh
Syria: SAA/NDF Operations in Salma, Latakia.
UNIQUE drone footage HD of Syrian airstrike against ISIS in Harasta, Syria
Syria: See fierce frontline action as Army advances near Damascus
Syrian army back by Russian air power makes significant gains
Under the cover of Russian airstrikes, SAA is storming ISIS / Al-Qaeda terrorist positions 12/10/15
Syria: Syrian Army ground forces advance in Hama province *GRAPHIC*
Syria: Syrian military releases explosive Latakia operation footage
International Military Review – Syria, Oct. 13, 2015: The US Strategy
Russian and Syrian air forces airstrikes against ISIS in Syria October 12, 2015
Syria: Exclusive footage of Syrian Army offensive in Latakia *GRAPHIC*
Syria: SAA/Hezbollah/RuAF Operations in Al-Ghab
Syrian army operations Al-Ghab Plain
Syria: SAA MRLS Strike in South Idlib. 10/12/15
Syria: Military kill, capture Jabhat al-Nusra militants in Atshan operation
غارات عنيفة من الطيران الحربي تستهدف مواقع ارهابيي جبهة ااالحربي تستهدف مواقع ارهابيي جبهة النصرة داخل
20 terrorist Al-Nusra Front Hama Killed
Report from the frontline where Syrian troops fighting ISIS (EXCLUSIVE)
ساعة إخبارية12-10-2015 لور خضور
Syria: Syrian Army recaptures Atshan village in Hama offensive
سيطرة الجيش العربي السوري على قرية عطشان بريف حماة
Syrian Army in Hama.
Syria: Battle for Daria rages as Syrian Army pushes forward
Moderate beheaders” watching their rival terroristic group getting hammered by Syrian Army
Air attacks are devastating foreign backed jihadist fighters.
Aftermath of Russian bombing on the headquarters of the Al-Qaeda affiliate Jaish al-Fatihin in Syria
Destruction of a huge ammunition depot, to the west of Jubb al-Zarus (Hama province)
Pinpoint strikes against workshops of militants near Sermania (Idlib province)
Pinpoint strike with KAB-500 guided bomb against terrorists’ strong point equipped with artillery positions located in Latakia province.
Destruction of fortified area with underground bunker and tunnel network as well as hardware column arrived for being refueled and rearmed in Hama province
Precision strike with a KAB-500 air bomb against a militants’ command centre in the Idlib province.
Pinpoint strike with BETAB-500 concrete-piercing air bombs on a bunker of ISIS terrorists in the Lattakia province.
Well-organized strong point with command centre and ammunition storage of militants in Idlib province was completely destroyed by direct hit of air bomb.
Su-24M bomber performed pinpoint strikes against armored hardware shelters, POL and materiel storages of militants near Khan Shaykhun (Idlib province).
Pinpoint airstrike of a Su-34 bomber on an ISIS command centre near Aleppo.
Airstrike on an ISIS armament and ammunition depot near Idlib.
Airstrikes on a militants’ strong point arranged near Jubb al Ahmar settlement (Hama province)
Combat Cam: Russian jets target militants’ position and ammunition depots – Ministry of Defense
Airstrikes against an ISIS training camp in the Idlib province.
Precision strikes of Su-24M bombers against an ISIS transfer point with underground facilities located in mountain-woody area near Salma settlement (Lattakia province).
Results of an airstrike against a terrorist strong point near Ter-Tyana.
Impressive footage of Russian airstrikes against ISIS / Al-Qaeda in city Kafarnabodah, Hama in Syria
Combat cam: Russian aircraft pounds ISIS positions in Latakia, Hama and Idlib
Results of a strike with a BETAB-500 concrete-piercing air bomb against engineer facilities.
Results of the airstrike made by Su-34 bombers against an ISIS command centre in the Raqqah province.
“The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that monitors the Syrian conflict, said the Syrian military and its ally Hezbollah had taken control of Tal Sukayk, a highland area in Idlib province, after fierce Russian bombing.
That brings Syrian government forces closer to insurgent-held positions along the main highway that links Syria’s principal cities. The area is held by a rebel alliance that excludes ISIS fighters.
“The coming battles are going to be ferocious, the Russians are using scorched earth policy and they are hitting the targets very accurately but this is a battle of destiny,” said Abu Hamed, the head of the military bureau of Jabhat Sham, an insurgent group that operates mainly in Hama province.”
The Syrian army made advances from the towns of Morek and Atshan in Hama province using tanks, heavy artillery and new surface-to-surface missiles, he said.
Russia said its planes had flown 64 sorties, striking 63 targets and destroying 53 fortified positions in the previous 24 hours. As in the past, it described all targets as belonging to ISIS, although most of the areas it said it had struck are not held by that group.
Syrian state television also reported that the government had captured Tal Sukayk with the help of Russian airstrikes.
The state-run SANA news agency said government forces destroyed at least 20 vehicles loaded with ammunition, and some with heavy machine guns, east of Tal Sukayk, killing the “terrorists” on board.
The Local Coordination Committees, another activist-run monitoring group, said government helicopters and suspected Russian jets struck at a third village, Tamanna, north of Atshan and Tal Sukayk. Tamanna lies on the border with Idlib.
Both the Observatory and the LCC reported intense clashes and Russian airstrikes in rural Latakia.
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“In an audio recording, a Saudi militant preacher based in Syria urged fighters to unite, mobilize and attack Syrian forces in different provinces in order to avert “consecutive collapses.”
ISIl in Anvar following Ramadi victory of May 2015. The days of the stand down are over now and these parades will never take place ever again.
Iraq attacks ISIL leaders meeting and al Baghdadi convoy.
In other good news for the real anti terror coalition comprising Russia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Hezbollah and Kurdish groups the Iraqi Air Force claim to have attacked a leaders meeting in the extremely obscure al Anbar town of Karabla (not to be confused with the important southern Iraq city of Karbala).. It is claimed that eight Senior figures in the terror group were killed in the aerial bombardment.
In addition the Iraqis also attacked the convoy of the leader of ISIL as he travelled to the meeting at around midday on Saturday the 10th of October. It was stated that the leader of the fake Caliphate was taken away by comrades in one of the vehicles that survived the air strike.
It is extremely likely that the leadership of ISIL were the subject of a stand down by the US military enabling them to stay in Syria at little risk but the Russian campaign forced them into Iraq where they eere able to be targeted by the Iraqis.
Iraq is going to have big problems in the medium to long term regardless of the status of the leadership of the fake Caliphate.
The Sunni extremists are not the only criminals in Iraq. It is understood that the Shia milita groups there unlike almost all their allies, are genuinely sectarian and they commit crimes against the Sunni population of Iraq in response to the crimes of Sunni extremists.
The city of Tikrit was liberated from the IS group in April by Shia militia groups. Tikrit used to be a city of 200,000 people yet months after the eviction of the IS remains a ghost town. The civilians who fled the fighting have not returned and that is a big problem that points to the bigger problem of the psychological destruction of the Iraqi state during the US Military occupation.
The sectarianism of the Shia militia forces in Iraq and elements of the Iraq Government represents a huge legitimacy problem for the anti terror coalition.
The reason the anti terr
Iraqi Interior Ministry: We Hit ISIS Leader
Iraqi air force hits convoy of Islamic State leader Baghdadi
