Syrian Civil War (Graphic Photos/Vid Not Allowed)

[Fenasi Kerim]

Pity that Turkey didn't choose to destroy ISIS itself and thus earn the Kurds' undying loyalty, don't you think?

Easy, we didn't ruin the Middle East, why should Turkish boys die for the mess your sugar daddy and co created. Not our mess unfortunately we border it so dealt with according to what is in our interests.

Why didn't Israel "destroy" ISIS. Usually your country is one of the first when it comes to killing Arabs and Salafist Radicals.

Plus the only Kurds that need to be loyal to Turkey are the Turkish citizens, by force or love they can choose.

Don't divert the subject of your kurdshitani bitch agent dressed as an Arab or local of Raqqa.

 

[SubWater]

F35 vs S200

 

[Hack-Hook]

Criminals dont have right ti run elections. Assad is confirmed criminal who committed uncounted crimes against humanity.

So you also fear people choose a criminal.
As I see you beating the drum of democracy and freedom is just an act not something true. Yes you believe in big brother .

By the way according to Syrian law Assad is not a criminal its the army of cannibals who had committed a crime.

 

[raptor22]

Iranian major general Mohammad Baqeri general staff of armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Aleppo:

Criminals dont have right ti run elections. Assad is confirmed criminal who committed uncounted crimes against humanity.

So election has no meaning in israel, all your politicians have been involved in crimes against humanity,

 

[500]

So you also fear people choose a criminal.

U cant have free elections while sadist criminal is in power. Assad should go, all his shabiha armed forces should be disbanded. Only then you can have free elections.

As I see you beating the drum of democracy and freedom is just an act not something true. Yes you believe in big brother .

By the way according to Syrian law Assad is not a criminal its the army of cannibals who had committed a crime.

Assad is a criminal according to international laws. He committed not just crimes. but crimes against humanity.

 

[mike2000 is back]

SDF captures Syria's Raqqa city from ISIL
by Mariya Petkova
6 minutes ago

More than 3,000 bombs have landed on Raqqa since January [Reuters/Erik De Castro]
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces backed by the United States, have announced the capture of Raqqa after a four-month operation to drive out ISIL.

SDF spokesmen announced the takeover of the strategic Syrian city on Tuesday after a final battle at a sports stadium where Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters made their final stand.

The SDF launched its offensive on Raqqa on June 6. Intense aerial bombardment and land operations by the US-led international coalition had cut the city off from the rest of the territories held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS).

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SDF: Battle for ISIL-held Raqqa city in 'final stages'
More than 3,000 bombs have landed on Raqqa since January, devastating schools, hospitals and residential buildings. In mid-October, the humanitarian REACH initiative estimated that less than one percent of Raqqa's 300,000 prewar population remained in the city. The city has no electricity or potable water and its last functioning bakery was destroyed recently.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, since the start of the operation, more than 900 civilians have been killed in the violence, including at least 570 in coalition air raids.

Destroyed and depopulated, Raqqa also faces an uncertain political future. The US and SDF have pledged to hand over the city to civilian rule, but the shape and political make-up of this civilian entity remain unclear. Various ethnic, tribal and geopolitical factors will complicate the handover.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/fe...es-syria-raqqa-city-isil-171013110014050.html

Good to know. Finally ISIS has lost its capital city. This is good news.

 

[ejaz007]

US State Dept. Admits Nusra Front Terrorists Use Chemical Weapons in Syria - MoD
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According to Russia's Defense Ministry, the US State Department has finally admitted that the infamous Al Nusra Front, which controls Syria's Idlib Governorate through the umbrella terrorist group HTS and is still thought to be a front for al-Qaeda, "not only has, but uses chemical weapons against civilians."

"The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (HTS), linked to Jabhat al-Nusra, which uses 'small and heavy arms, improvised explosive devices, and chemical weapons', operates in that province [Idlib]. This is the first official recognition by the [US] State Department not simply of the presence, but, I emphasize, the use of chemical weapons by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in that part of Syria to commit terrorist attacks, about which we repeatedly warned," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Konashenkov said.

Igor Konashenkov also recalled that in Idlib province, "only one case of the use of chemical weapons is known — in Khan-Sheikhun."

READ MORE: Russia: US Has Not Provided Proof of Assad's Guilt in Syrian Chemical Attacks

"However, the US accused government troops of [conducting] this chemical attack. And those who [actually] organized it, they called a "moderate opposition," Konashenkov said.

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Over 90% of Syrian Territory Liberated From Daesh Terrorists - Russian MoD
Igor Konashenkov stressed that "as for the alleged Russian Air Force bombing in the city of Idlib, the State Department here is mistaken and American citizens have nothing to fear. The Russian aircraft operating in Syria does not strike settlements, in contrast to the US and the coalition."


On April 4, the Syrian opposition reported that 80 had been killed in a chemical weapons attack in the city of Khan-Sheikhun in Idlib province, and 200 were wounded. They accused Syrian government troops of conducting this attack, who in response strongly rejected the accusations and blamed the militants.

The war in Syria started in 2011. Four years later, in September 2015, Russia launched a military operation to assist the country's government, providing air support to Syrian forces in fighting Daesh and other terrorist groups.

Meanwhile, the US-led coalition conducts air strikes as well as ground and rocket artillery fire against the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS) in Syria, although this activity hasn't been sanctioned by the government of President Bashar Assad or the UN Security Council.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201710201058392067-syria-russia-chemical-weapons/

 

[Hack-Hook]

U cant have free elections while sadist criminal is in power. Assad should go, all his shabiha armed forces should be disbanded. Only then you can have free elections.


Assad is a criminal according to international laws. He committed not just crimes. but crimes against humanity.

so today our discussion today is parroting Assad is criminal because he honored the wish of Syrian people who didn't wanted to live under cannibal rules.

 

[Hindustani78]

This frame grab from a video released on Oct. 19, 2017 provided by Ronahi TV, a Kurdish TV channel media outlet that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows members of a Kurdish female militia, the Women's Protection Units, flashing victory signs as they celebrate the victory against the Islamic State group, in Raqqa, Syria. | Photo Credit: AP

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...te-in-raqqa/article19888203.ece?homepage=true

“Our victory is one against terrorism,” said Talal Sillo, a spokesman and senior commander of the Syrian Democratic Force.
A U.S.-backed Syrian force declared victory over the Islamic State group in its former “capital” of Raqqa on Friday, declaring the northern Syrian city free of any extremist presence.

At a press conference held inside the city on Friday, the Kurdish-led force known as the Syrian Democratic Forces formally handed over administration of the devastated northern city to a council made up of local officials and tribal leaders.

In a highly symbolic move, the press conference was held inside the city’s sports stadium which Islamic State militants had turned into an arms depot and a huge prison where they incarcerated and tortured their opponents.

“Our victory is one against terrorism, and the liberation of Raqqa marks the latest chapter in the fight against terrorists in Syria,” said Talal Sillo, a spokesman and senior SDF commander.

Standing before a backdrop of shattered buildings, Mr. Sillo urged the international community and aid organizations to assist with the city’s reconstruction.

Associated Press drone footage from Raqqa showed the extent of devastation caused by weeks of fighting between Kurdish-led forces and the Islamic State group and thousands of bombs dropped by the U.S.-led coalition.

Footage from Thursday shows the bombed-out shells of buildings and heaps of concrete slabs lay piled on streets littered with destroyed cars. Entire neighborhoods are seen turned to rubble, with little sign of civilian life.

The video showed entire blocks in the city as uninhabitable with knocked-out walls and blown-out windows and doors, while some buildings had several stories turned to piles of debris. The stadium that was used as an arms depot and prison by the extremists appears to have suffered less damage compared with surrounding buildings.

“We call upon all countries and peace-loving forces and all humanitarian organizations to participate in rebuilding the city and villages around it and help in removing the scars of war that were inflicted by the [IS] group,” Mr. Sillo said.

Mr. Sillo said 655 local and international fighters lost their lives during the four-month battle for Raqqa.

Long before the ground offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces began in Raqqa in early June, warplanes pounded the city for months.

The U.S.-backed Kurdish-led SDF announced on Tuesday they have driven IS militants out of the city after weeks of fighting.

The fall of Raqqa marks a major defeat for IS, which has seen its territories steadily shrink since last year. IS took over Raqqa, located on the Euphrates River, in January 2014, and transformed it into the epicenter of its brutal rule.

 

[Hindustani78]

Oct 20, 2017 11:58 IST

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An emblem of the Islamic State along with damage from gunfire is seen inside a school during an earlier leg of the battle for Raqqa in Hazema, Syria on August 21, 2017. (Zohra Bensemra / REUTERS)

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Children play at the ruins of a building destroyed in an air strike during anti ISIS offensives in Kobani, Syria on October 11, 2017. This city may offer a glimpse into what lies ahead for areas where ISIS only recently was driven out. Kurdish fighters fought fiercely here, early in 2015. Nearly three years later, roads are still being repaved, reconstruction has been slow and only a fraction of the prewar population has returned. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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A drone grab reveals mile after mile of damaged buildings, rubble-filled streets and destroyed landmarks in Raqqa, Syria two days after Syrian Democratic Forces said military operations to oust the Islamic State have ended. A long road lies ahead before citizens can return to cities they once called home and remnants of ISIS rule are widespread amid the carnage in the meanwhile. (Gabriel Chaim / AP)

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An ISIS flag is pictured above a destroyed house near the Clock Square in Raqqa, Syria on October 18, 2017. The hard-won battles, lasting months have left vast destruction in their wake, and celebrations from atop the rubble of once-grand buildings ring hollow for the hundreds of thousands of displaced residents. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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An armoured Islamic State vehicle intended for suicide car bombing is seen along a road in Raqqa, Syria on October 18, 2017. US-backed SDF forces are now combing the ruins of the Syrian city for survivors, bombs and booby traps. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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Bombs inside a vehicle used by the Islamic State militants in suicide car bombings are left defused by a de-mining team in Raqqa, Syria on October 18, 2017. SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali told AFP that a formal announcement of the liberation of the city would only come once de-mining is completed. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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An Iraqi soldier holds a sword which the Iraqi army said belonged to Islamic State fighters, in Zumar, Nineveh province, Iraq on October 18, 2017. (Ari Jalal / REUTERS)

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A view of a bunker of the Islamic State under the stadium in Raqqa, Syria on October 18, 2017. In Raqqa, the city hospital and the stadium were the final strongholds of the group and used as jails and torture facilities, also housing civilians being used as human shields. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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An unexploded bomb inside a juice bottle is pictured near the bunker of the Islamic State militants under the stadium in Raqqa, Syria on October 18, 2017. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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An IV hose is pictured at a makeshift hospital of the Islamic State under the stadium in Raqqa, Syria on October 18, 2017. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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SDF fighters inspect the bunker of the Islamic State militants under the stadium in Raqqa, Syria on October 18, 2017. The stadium also served as one of the largest jails operated by ISIS and an arms depot for the group. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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A uniform of a member of Islamic State militants is pictured as it was displayed by the SDF at their positions inside a building captured at the frontline in Raqqa during the final offensive on October 6, 2017. Fleeing jihadis are regrouping in remote areas, rearming with the help of desert smugglers. Tensions also brew over who will ultimately control Raqqa and if ISIS will now resort to guerilla tactics. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces inspect weapons and munitions recovered at the former positions of the Islamic State inside a building at the frontline in Raqqa, Syria on October 7, 2017. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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Mortar rounds are pictured at the weapons manufacturing plant of the Islamic State captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces near the stadium in Raqqa, Syria on October 4, 2017. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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An emblem of the Islamic State along with damage from gunfire is seen inside a school during an earlier leg of the battle for Raqqa in Hazema, Syria on August 21, 2017. (Zohra Bensemra / REUTERS)

 

[zzzz]

Assad is a criminal according to international laws. He committed not just crimes. but crimes against humanity.

According to international laws Israel is a criminal state and Netanyahu terrorists are criminals. Check out UNSC resolutions. Assad is not.

 

[500]

According to international laws Israel is a criminal state and Netanyahu terrorists are criminals. Check out UNSC resolutions. Assad is not.

No, little liar. UNSC resolutions does not say anything about Israel being terrorists and war criminals. Assad used chemical weapons, starvation, slaughtered kids accoridng to UN.

 

[vizier]

US State Dept. Admits Nusra Front Terrorists Use Chemical Weapons in Syria - MoD
© AP Photo/ United media office of Arbeen
MIDDLE EAST
08:23 20.10.2017(updated 10:34 20.10.2017)Get short URL
92832452
According to Russia's Defense Ministry, the US State Department has finally admitted that the infamous Al Nusra Front, which controls Syria's Idlib Governorate through the umbrella terrorist group HTS and is still thought to be a front for al-Qaeda, "not only has, but uses chemical weapons against civilians."

"The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (HTS), linked to Jabhat al-Nusra, which uses 'small and heavy arms, improvised explosive devices, and chemical weapons', operates in that province [Idlib]. This is the first official recognition by the [US] State Department not simply of the presence, but, I emphasize, the use of chemical weapons by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in that part of Syria to commit terrorist attacks, about which we repeatedly warned," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Konashenkov said.

Igor Konashenkov also recalled that in Idlib province, "only one case of the use of chemical weapons is known — in Khan-Sheikhun."

READ MORE: Russia: US Has Not Provided Proof of Assad's Guilt in Syrian Chemical Attacks

"However, the US accused government troops of [conducting] this chemical attack. And those who [actually] organized it, they called a "moderate opposition," Konashenkov said.

© AP PHOTO/
Over 90% of Syrian Territory Liberated From Daesh Terrorists - Russian MoD
Igor Konashenkov stressed that "as for the alleged Russian Air Force bombing in the city of Idlib, the State Department here is mistaken and American citizens have nothing to fear. The Russian aircraft operating in Syria does not strike settlements, in contrast to the US and the coalition."


On April 4, the Syrian opposition reported that 80 had been killed in a chemical weapons attack in the city of Khan-Sheikhun in Idlib province, and 200 were wounded. They accused Syrian government troops of conducting this attack, who in response strongly rejected the accusations and blamed the militants.

The war in Syria started in 2011. Four years later, in September 2015, Russia launched a military operation to assist the country's government, providing air support to Syrian forces in fighting Daesh and other terrorist groups.

Meanwhile, the US-led coalition conducts air strikes as well as ground and rocket artillery fire against the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS) in Syria, although this activity hasn't been sanctioned by the government of President Bashar Assad or the UN Security Council.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201710201058392067-syria-russia-chemical-weapons/

Indeed their masters will again make them use those chems to accuse Syria again. Mr. Lavrov mentioned about the war against terrorism is coming to an end in Syria but I assume he also knows the situation in Idlib that a quick fix wont hold much. nusra will be intact or easily join to groups like ahrar by changing names like it is currently hts and its chemical stockpile ready to use against everyone.

For example as the isis is weakened hts with its allies can attack Syrian troops with full force while Saa is busy in southern-eastern parts. Ofcourse Saa will immediately call air support mostly its own planes so another chem attack can be made by nusra appearing as a desparate protection attempt of Syria for usa-israel to accuse Syrian govt. Similar happened in the past.

In that case there should be measures to debunk the claims immediately instead of relying solely on allied countrys support like Russia or Iran which would be limited at that time considering the heat of the moment and chaos.Even it wont result in a war it would result in surrender type of "agreements" giving upper hand to regrowth of terrorism.

Syria should import more Iranian drones which can make pinpoint attacks and which cant use chem bombs to strike deep inside Idlib. Also every bomber aircraft loaded with bombs should be video and gps recorded realtime by Russian partners to come up with immediate disproof. Also Syria needs to beef up its air defenses from its partners Russia or Iran whomever accepts by importing or by building their own acquiring the production capability to protect against cruise missiles and airstrikes based on hitler-poland style excuses.

Also as the isis is finished in east it is not a big surprise that same guys wont recognize legitimacy of Syrian govt even after the past and future elections. They will say that they tolerated Syrian govt because of isis threat and now the threat is gone they will racket up the pressure again by all means possible. I sincerely hope Syrian partners Russia and Iran will still hold support that time as well.

 

[925boy]

Baath thugs had 50 years to launch free elections, but they never did. So after killing million syrians and expelling other 12 million they all must be hand on trees like wild dogs.

they never launched elections in 50yrs because they didnt have to.their country, their choice.

i noticehow u use selective stats and denying truth in your face. u lied abt israel bombing lebanon. i showed u wiki info. u said its bs.u VS wiki who does the world believe. now u go use parliament elections results from decades ago as evidence assad is not popular when u and i know nato did a survey in syria some yrs back that showed assads support in syria is 60%. u need to argue with urself more.lol

 

[NoOne'sBoy]

they never launched elections in 50yrs because they didnt have to.their country, their choice.

i noticehow u use selective stats and denying truth in your face. u lied abt israel bombing lebanon. i showed u wiki info. u said its bs.u s wiki who does the world believe. now u go use parliament elections results from decades ago as evidence assad is not popular when u and i know nato did a survey in syria some yrs back that showed assads support in syria is 60%. u need to argue with urself more.lol

bro i think you and i are homies. we have both boy in our usernames. fam hit me up with a friend request