Syrian Civil War (Graphic Photos/Vid Not Allowed)

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1)- 1) He didnt need elections. He was ruling with enough unspoken consensus from the poplation. 2) Islam and western democracy are not full compatible so lets not ignore the regional/national/cultural context. but can u tell me how syria was for citizens then versus now? i bet u wont.

Somehow before Alawi coup Syria was perfectly compatible with democracy and elections. But since Assads came top power we got ZERO elections.

2)He needs to import thugs because many enemy countries ALSO imported men, weapons, money into Syria...obviously how could soo many people rise up so effectively and violently without external support. even your ISrael supported rebels or/and ISIS(thats why when ISIS did its first attack on ISrael last year everyone said - "ah, why ISIS Di that?".lol).
If Assad created extremists then why would they fight him now then?why would they turn against their "master"? it doesnt make sense. The ME has always had an extremism problem but when its syria and assad its assad who created them. give me a break.

Really a ruler of 22 million country with thousands of tanks and hundreds jets needs to import fighters because of several thousands foreigners with rusty AK?? Where is Asads 300 K army with 300 K reserves? All we see is 2 K Tiger force running from one place to another and swarms of Khamenai sectarian mercenaries.

Look, i am not saying that there isnt legit opposition to assad(its part of nationhood),but without skechy external support they couldnt have put the SAA in such problems. what are your rebels going to hold in their hand at the end of their savage jihad in syria and be proud of?u know it.....nothing.

Assads took one of the most democratic states in Arab world and turned it into sadistic totalitarian dictatorship with industrial scale torture. When people went to demonstrations he used "Assad or Syria will burn" tactics, destroying half of the country.

 

[mike2000 is back]

Shut Up and stop Personal insults

No one gives a fck for a delirious terrorist like you


All the statistics even by those by CIA shows Assad's popularity in Syria is more than 60% minimum. I don't give a damn about anyone but the fact remains the sane Syrian people prefer currect Syrian government over terrorists at any rate.

http://www.voltairenet.org/article178779.html

https://www.rt.com/politics/official-word/320261-assad-france-poll-figaro

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jan/17/syrians-support-assad-western-propaganda

yes, yes, Assad is an Angel, the rest are evil/terrorists. Not surprised though judging you are Iranian as his main backer.
Funny you call others terrorists when they don't agree with your point(not surprised though, judging by all your comments which are full of anger and ranting).
Plus stop with those useless links, anybody can provide links to "prove" the other party is a terrorist, including your own country. So its useless to be honest.,

 

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Kids killed in Idlib strike today. Despite the truce and for absolutely no reason at all except pure sadism.

 

[Aramagedon]

yes, yes, Assad is an Angel, the rest are evil/terrorists. Not surprised though judging you are Iranian as his main backer.
Funny you call others terrorists when they don't agree with your point(not surprised though, judging by all your comments which are full of anger and ranting).
Plus stop with those useless links, anybody can provide links to "prove" the other party is a terrorist, including your own country. So its useless to be honest.,

You are one of dumbest ever living beasts on planet

Most of your trash writings are extremely stupid

You either have no brain or it's extremely damaged

 

[raptor22]

what are you even talking about??lol
So according to you the Arab uprisings were all a false flag revolt by evil western powers isnt it? Arab populations are all naive foolish puppets who have been manipulated by evil foreign powers to rise up against their governments from Egypt to Tunisia to Yemen to syria etc etc they were all manipulated by the west to rise up. lool You people should keep dreaming and blaming the west for all your ills and incompetent brutal dictators. Assad could have left power(well, more like be forced to do so, since i know its never an easy thing to do after ruling for so long and thinking the country belongs to you.) like Mubarak was forced to do, at least that prevented Egypt from going the way of civil war like Syria, same with Tunisia.If it was done on time and in a rational manner Syria will definitely not be in the current situation it is today. They might have been so civil unrest after that, but things would have stabilise after sometime.

Your theory, reminds of how what i heard in some African countries i visited where a few people(especially the naive ones and those who are benefiting from the current regime) were saying how any protests or complains the public carried out were all labeled by the regime and its sympathizers as terrorists or puppets being manipulated by dark foreign forces. These dictators will say things like : i'm the only one who can rule this country until my death, so its ether me or total chaos. I have heard it several times, it's now boring to be honest. Funny thing is these dictators will make sure they eradicate any opposition to their rule(they will often keep a symbolic weak useless opposition party to show that they have an opposition party at least. lol) and destroy and make their country's institution as weak as possible, so as to ensure the country relies only on them to rule. Its a very sad state of affair, especially when the people live in poverty and are deprived of opportunities/mass unemployment. They have no way to voiced their discontent less they be labeled as foreign agents trying to cause chaos in the country and treated accordingly . lol Reading comments like yours makes me laugh.

Anyway, there is something i have to admit though, the people get the government they deserve(well, most of the time at least). So i do agree with some people who say its up to the public to decide what type of rule they want for their country after a revolution/uprising, just like the Tunisian did after they successful overthrow their brutal Tyrant(guess according to you it was also engineered by the almighty West. lol) Ben Ali who had ruled the country with an iron fist for decades. Hopefully many other countries in the region will follow Tunisia's example and established a better democratic system,even though i know its never an easy thing to do especially after a violent uprising and all the chaos that comes with this.However i believe with time the country will be better off and will stabilize. Its up to the people to decide what kind of rule they will want their country to have. No uprisings starts for nothing, its merely an accumulation of years/decades of frustration,oppression, anger and inability to make their voice heard/taken into consideration.

The idea that west behind dictators and every problem might not be that much accurate all the time and surly such a policy of having a bogeyman to scare people commonly have been used by all dictators not only now but also throughout history but you gotta admit that many of these dictators at least in the ME have always enjoyed western support. one example is Iranian king "Shah" which was brought to the power by military coup orhestrated by CIA and MI6 and was supported to the last minutes by the USA or as you mentioned Egyptian president "Mobark" .. all of them receive military aid and political support from western country against their people will ...

 

[T-72M1]

 

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Airstrike on Waer, Homs Suburb. 12 civilians killed.

Whats wrong with these people (Khamenai aka Assad aka Putin). They really enjoy murdering for no reason.

 

[warfareknow]

Airstrike on Waer, Homs Suburb. 12 civilians killed.

Whats wrong with these people (Khamenai aka Assad aka Putin). They really enjoy murdering for no reason.

Affirmative

 

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Syrian army rescued women and children from foreign Jihadis kharjis terroist

 

[Hindustani78]

Rebel fighters eat while resting on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria.(Reuters )

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...own-monitor/story-Cf50YI7BYty0HB4mfLLbaL.html
Turkish troops and Syrian rebels on Saturday entered the Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as government forces moved closer to the jihadist bastion, a monitor said.

“Turkish forces and allied rebels in the Euphrates Shield campaign entered the western edge of the town and took control of a number of areas,” the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The monitor said heavy clashes were underway with IS in the town, which is the jihadist group’s last stronghold in the northern province of Aleppo.

The town is the target of two competing assaults, with the Turkish-led “Euphrates Shield” campaign advancing from the north, east and west, while Syrian government troops attack from the south.

It has been besieged since Monday, when Syrian troops severed a road leading into the town from the south.

By Friday, government forces were just 1.5 kilometres (less then a mile) from the southern outskirts of Al-Bab.

Turkey began an unprecedented campaign inside Syria in August, targeting both IS and Kurdish militia.

After initial rapid progress, the campaign has been mired since December in the deadly fight for Al-Bab.

66 Turks killed in campaign

Turkey’s Dogan news agency says 66 Turkish soldiers have been killed in the campaign since it started, mostly in IS attacks.

And on Thursday, three Turkish soldiers were killed when a Russian air strike accidentally hit their position in a strike targeting IS fighters in Al-Bab.

Moscow said the incident was an accident and is under investigation.

Despite backing opposite sides in Syria’s conflict -- Moscow is a government ally while Turkey supports the opposition -- the two countries have worked closely in recent months.

They helped broker a nationwide ceasefire in place since December 30, and sponsored a round of peace talks last month in the Kazakh capital, Astana.

Al-Bab has been under IS control since 2014, when the group seized large swathes of territory in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, proclaiming its self-described caliphate.

In recent months, the jihadists have been rolled back in large parts of northern Syria, both by the Turkish campaign but also a Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The SDF fights with air support from the US-led coalition battling IS in Syria and Iraq, but Turkey regards the Kurdish component of the SDF as “terrorists”.

The alliance is pushing towards IS’s de facto Syrian capital Raqa in an operation dubbed “Wrath of the Euphrates”.

The advance has progressed slowly, in part, SDF officials say, because IS has heavily mined territory around Raqa.

New talks in Astana?

The Observatory said Saturday that SDF fighters had now advanced to around eight kilometres from the eastern outskirts of Raqa, though their forces are further from the north of the city.

Turkey has suggested that it could turn its sights to Raqa after the Al-Bab operation is complete, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussing both Al-Bab and Raqa in a call with US President Donald Trump this week.

Syria’s conflict has killed more than 310,000 people since it began with anti-government protests in March 2011.

Successive rounds of peace talks, including discussions organised by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan last month, have failed to advance a political solution to the conflict.

A new round of UN-sponsored talks is scheduled to take place in Geneva on February 20, but invitations have yet to be sent out.

On Saturday, Kazakhstan’s foreign ministry said Syrian government officials and rebels were being invited to new talks next week in the capital Astana.

“It is planned to hold the latest high-level meeting within the Astana process on resolving the situation in Syria on February 15 and 16,” the ministry said in a statement.

It added that UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura and US observers would also be invited to the talks.

Russian soldiers, on armoured vehicles, patrol a street in Aleppo. Iran and Russia are closely cooperating in Syria and provide political, financial and military backing to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.(Reuters file )

 

[Hindustani78]

http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/turkish-soldier-martyred-in-syrias-al-bab/748358

One Turkish soldier was martyred during the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria's Al-Bab, according to the Turkish military Saturday.

In a written statement, the Turkish General Staff said clashes between Turkish troops and Daesh terrorist organization also left another soldier wounded.

Earlier Saturday, the military released a statement and said a total of 223 Daesh terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Syria as part of Turkish-backed Operation Euphrates Shield over the past week.

Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered, were captured or killed.

The Turkish army is supporting Free Syrian Army fighters in liberating Al-Bab, a strategic city for Daesh, from the terrorist group.

Operation Euphrates Shield began in late August to tighten border security, eliminate terror threat along Turkish borders and support opposition forces in Syria.

*Reporting by Sinan Uslu; Writing by Ayse Humeyra Atilgan

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tu...port.aspx?pageID=238&nID=109628&NewsCatID=352
Turkish troops and allied Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Feb.11 entered the Islamic State Iraq and Levant (ISIL) -held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, a monitor said.

"Turkish forces and allied rebels in the Euphrates Shield campaign entered the western edge of the town and took control of a number of areas," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://tass.com/defense/930363

MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. Syrian government forces supported by Russian air strikes have retaken the town of Tadef, the most reinforced position of Islamic State near the city of Al-Bab, and reached the contact line with the Free Syrian Army as it was coordinated with Turkey, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

"On February 11, during an offensive operation in the northwest of the Aleppo province, the Syrian Armed Forces, supported by aviation of the Russian Aerospace Force, have liberated from ISIS terrorists (previously known as IS - eds. TASS) the populated locality of Tadef, the militants’ most reinforced position near the city of Al-Bab," the ministry said in a statement.

"The offensive operation resulted in the Syrian government forces’ approach to the contact line coordinated with the Turkish side," it said.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that the government forces destroyed 650 militants, two tanks and four IFVs and 18 all-terrain vehicles with heavy weaponry and other equipment.

"Moreover, control has been regained over the road to Raqqa, along which ISIS military groups in the town of Al-Bab have been supplied with weapons and ammunition," the Russian defense ministry said.

Earlier on Saturday, the Lebanese television channel Al-Manar said that Syrian government forces were at a distance of 1.5 km from Al-Bab, besieged in the north and west by Syrian opposition units supported by Turkish troops. In August 2016, Turkey launched a military operation in northern Syria, code-named as Operation Euphrates Shield.

Syrian regime and the PKK/PYD terrorist group have discussed a possible cooperation against Turkey-backed Operation Euphrates Shield in northern part of the country, a source told Anadolu Agency on Saturday.

A Russia-brokered meeting between Syrian officials and top representatives of the terror group was held on Friday at Hmeymim airbase in the western Syrian city of Latakia, said a source, who also attended the meeting, on the condition of anonymity.

The Operation Euphrates Shield, which captured the major part of Daesh stronghold Al-Bab in northern Syria, became the main topic of the discussion, the source said noting both parties were afraid of Turkey-backed opposition fighters’ advance towards PKK/PYD-held territories in the region.

Turkey views the PYD as the Syrian-offshoot of the PKK, a group designated as terrorist by Turkey, the U.S. and EU.

The meeting was concluded with an agreement to raise the Syrian regime flag in major residential areas of southern part of Azaz city, including Tal Rifat, Minning, Meranaz, Deyr Jamal, Ayn Dakna and Mayer, in order to stop the advance of the Operation Euphrates Shield forces.

The Operation Euphrates Shield, led by Free Syrian Army fighters, began late August to improve security, support coalition forces, and eliminate the terror threat along the Turkish border backed by Turkish artillery and jets.

The operation has focused on the Daesh-held town of Al-Bab since early December. FSA fighters supported by Turkish forces have reached the town’s western and northern outskirts, according to a Turkish military statement on Saturday.

A total of 2,705 Daesh fighters and 344 PKK/PYD terrorists were “neutralized” since the beginning of the operation, the Turkish General Staff said in a weekly briefing note.
The military said 229 residential areas and 1,910 square kilometers (725 square miles) of land had been secured along northern Syria’s Azaz to Jarabulus corridor that runs parallel to the Turkish frontier.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/on...tary.aspx?pageID=238&nID=109634&NewsCatID=352

One Turkish soldier was killed and three were wounded in northern Syria on Feb. 12 during clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants as a part of the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced.

February/12/2017

 

[Hindustani78]

Russian servicemen attach Kh- 25 high precision missile to a Su - 24 at Hmeymim Air Base.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201702131050619398-syrian-army-russia-palmyra-daesh/

The Syrian Army, backed by the Russian Aerospace Forces, is advancing on the ancient city of Palmyra occupied by Daesh. The city is less than 20 kilometers away, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

"Syrian government troops, backed by Russian air support, continue to advance in the direction of Palmyra; less than 20 kilometers are left. The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out more than 90 sorties over the last week," the ministry said.

The Syrian Army has destroyed more than 180 militant targets.

"The Syrian government troops destroyed over 180 militant targets, including over 60 strongholds, 15 depots with ammunition and vehicles, 43 armored vehicles as well as jeeps with heavy machine-guns. Terrorists lost over 200 people," the statement added.

Some 805 square kilometers have been liberated from terrorists in the province of Homs. Since February 7, the Syrian Army has been controlling 22 square kilometers in the vicinity of Palmyra, and has liberated a few inhabited localities, the ministry concluded.

 

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Syrian gangster are spreading like roaches in whole world

this one got eliminated in libya

 

[Hindustani78]

Syrian Rebel held town Al Rai on 4th January 2017

BEIRUT: Turkish troops backed by Syrian opposition fighters have entered the center of the Daesh bastion of Al-Bab and will soon capture it, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

The town in Syria’s Aleppo province is the last stronghold of the militant group in the region, and has also been the target of an assault by Syrian government forces.

The Syrian opposition meanwhile announced the formation of a delegation to attend a new round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva on Feb. 20.

Daesh has come under pressure from simultaneous offensives in both Syria and Iraq, where the group seized large swathes of territory in 2014 and proclaimed a “caliphate.”

Syria’s army has advanced toward Al-Bab from the south, and on Monday severed the last road leading into the town, completing its encirclement.

Erdogan added that Al-Bab was “not our final target,” hinting that Ankara may participate in the fight to recapture Daesh’s de facto Syrian capital Raqqa.

More than 310,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government protests, and successive rounds of peace talks have failed to produce a political solution.

Invitations to new talks on February 20 in Geneva have been delayed while the opposition forms its delegation.