Tnx, its ion a month though.
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Syrian tanks captured by Israel:
Every power is testing their weapons practically in Syria. Good advert.The Soviet-made rocket was fired on the town in 30 kilometres to South-West of Aleppo
"The town of Ma'arat al-Na'asan, 30 km S-W of Aleppo, was attacked (missed) by an Assad-Putin SS-21 ballistic missile overnight," political editor of German ‘Bild' Julian Roepke wrote today on Twitter. He also published the series of photos, which depict the members of Syrian volunteer civil defense organization ‘The White Helmets' are loading the remnants of the missile on the truck.
The pictures clearly show that the rocket is definitely the Soviet-made tactical ballistic missile OTR-21 ‘Tochka' (NATO reporting name SS-21 Scarab; GRAU designation 9K79) – f.e. by the look of its rudders, but gives no clue whether it was fired by Putin's of Assad's forces. Also the information circulated this year of Hezbollah was given heavy weapons to fight in support the Assad forces in Syria.
This is not the first time this kind of weapon has been used in Syria, but it was told to be fired by Assadite "Syrian Arab Army". In December 2014 Assad forces fired at least one ‘Tochka' against the insurgents during the battle of Wadi al-Deif in Idlib province. On 26 April 2016 the Syrian Army fired a ‘Tochka' at opposition forces in the Syrian Civil Defense Center in west Aleppo.
On 14 June 2016 the Syrian Army fired a ‘Tochka' against Islamists groups Al-Rahman Legion and Jaysh Al-Fustat in Eastern Ghouta province.
As reported, Syrian army advances in Aleppo key district, and this type of action keeps claiming infant lives. In Saturday at least 11 civilians have been killed and another 25 injured after Russian aviation shelled parachute bombs in Aleppo.
Published on 5 Jan 2013
The 9K79 Tochka (Точка; 'point') tactical ballistic missile launcher has been identified in a recent (this) video from Syria. It is almost certainly a 9K79, also referred to as the OTR-21 (OTR: оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс, or 'Tactical-operational Missile Complex'), or by its NATO reporting name, the SS-21 Scarab. This Soviet-produced system has a maximum range of 70km, and a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of approximately 150m. An updated version, the 9K79-1 Tochka-U (Scarab-B), was introduced in 1989 with a maximum range of 120km and a CEP of approximately 92m. Syria is thought to possess both iterations, having received its first deliveries of the earlier 9K79 (Scarab-A) systems from the USSR in 1983. Syria is suspected of supplying 9K79s to North Korea to be reverse-engineered for use in their domestic missile development program.
The presence of these systems is an interesting development; they are certainly a lot more accurate than the 9K52 Luna-M (FROG-7) rockets and R-17/R-17M (Scud-B/Scud-C) missiles which Syria also possesses. Please note that many media outlets are incorrectly reporting any large rocket or missile as a 'Scud'. This confusion is partly due to US government-issued statements referring to 'Scud-type' missile.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611081047205648-syrian-army-taking-daesh-oil-gas-fields/
The Syrian Army and its militia allies have regained control of arms caches, oil and gas fields and other strategic near Palmyria in east Homs province, a military source on the front line told Sputnik.
Speaking to Sputnik Arabic, the source said that the Syrian Army has captured a large armory north of Palmyra after a battle with Daesh (ISIL/ISIS), pushing the militants out of the vicinity entirely.
The source added that simultaneously with the campaign to capture the armory, the Syrian army advanced on hills northeast of Palmyra from the Ameria district. During the fighting, Syrian army infantry received air support from the Syrian Air Force and Russian air power.
"A the same time, the Syrian army entered into fierce clashes with Daesh in the immediate vicinity of the Shaer oil field," the source said, a major source of oil and gas in central Syria. "The army succeeded in destroying a number of Daesh bunkers and fortifications in the region," the source added. The military source confirmed that fighting has stretched all the way to the Al-Mahr gas fields in northeastern Homs province. The army consolidated its positions on the approaches to the fields to before conducting its assault.
Syria's oil and gas fields carry a strategic importance for the Syrian economy. At the same time, until the start of a major bombing campaign by Russian air power in late 2015 targeting Daesh oil assets, they served as a major source of income for Daesh and other terrorist groups operating in Syria.
On Sunday, Homs Governor General Tallal Barazi announced that the Syrian Army had established control over 85% of the province, including its main towns, cities, rural settlements, and industrial zones.
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http://tass.com/defense/911032
MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/. Russian warplanes flew no sorties and delivered no air strikes near Khan Shaykhun in the vicinity of Syria’s city of Idlib on Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"The Russian Defense Ministry refutes foreign media allegations that Russian warplanes delivered air strikes in the vicinity of the city of Idlib, near Khan Shaykhun town. Russian warplanes flew no sorties in the mentioned area on November 8 and delivered no air strikes," a ministry spokesman said.
"We recommend foreign mass media which value their reputation not to yield to information provocations coming from organizations identifying themselves as human rights, such as the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights," he said.
Earlier, a number of mass media said citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that nine people, including seven children, were killed in Russia’s bombardment of Idlib.
