Meanwhile in Iraq & Syria

[BjornP]

Did bjorn just use a Marxist straw man?

Keeps you on your toes, doesn't it?

But not really a strawman to say the Baathist ideology had a basis in Marxism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%27athism#Socialism

[TheReal_ND]

Was not aware of that. Ok.

[heydaralon]

Also Saddam Hussein loved the shit out of Stalin and modeled his security services accordingly. It was a nice fit with the Baathism.

[TheReal_ND]

Developments Apr18
>SAA storms W Aleppo targeting hilltop of Tal Shuwayhana
>Turkish-backed rebels attack Kurdish forces in N Syria
>SAA rescues 34 people from Qaboun prison
>IS fighters trapped in western Raqqa as SDF seize new sites inside Tabqa
>HTS keeps control of Al-Imam(rural Hama) after SAA assault
>Shelling injures 12 civilians in Damascus
>Hundreds of SAA soldiers arrive at DeZ after new IS assault
>Qatar to guarantee safety of weapons inspectors in Idlib province
>IS launches 2nd chemical attack in Mosul in 2 days
>US marines deployed to Australia amid N. Korean ‘nuclear threat’
>SAUDI BLACK HAWK HELI downed in Yemen,12 dead
>170dead(116kids) in suicide bomb on pro gov civis convoy after rebels agree to pop swap
Videos from bomb scene: pastebin.com/KUPxEc4u
>Civilians in Kafr Nabuda succeed in expelling Ahrar al-Sham by pelting them with rocks and small arms fire

[Speaker to Animals]

Interesting:

[TheReal_ND]

Developments Apr20
>N Hama:SAA captures Taibat Al-Imam town,
>Jihadist foil SAA, Hez advance on Halfaya
>SAA fends off IS attacks in rural Homs
>SAA kills, captures dozens of rebels in NE Damascus
>SDF troops overrun more villages as IS sets up last defensive line before battle for Raqqa
>US Coalition destroys every bridge inside northern Raqqa town
>Rebels form new group (Eastern Shield Army) to capture E Syria from “PKK and Assad forces”
>SAA holds ground in new HTS attack in Daara
>Report:Unknown warplanes hit YPG positions in N syria
>Iraq’s Shiite ruling coalition opposes Kurds’ independence referendum
>UN urges Saudi coalition not to bomb Hudaida Yemeni port
>Houthi forces seize key mountaintop overlooking Mocha Port
>170dead(116kids) in suicide bomb on pro gov civis convoy after rebels agree to pop swap
Videos from scene: pastebin.com/KUPxEc4u

RECENT MAPS
>Mosul Apr20
http://i.imgur.com/Cw21yLn.jpg
>N Hama Apr20
http://i.imgur.com/I8qPeCr.jpg
>Raqqa Apr19
http://i.imgur.com/72j3nFT.jpg
>Jobar Arp14
http://i.imgur.com/NXDtN1k.jpg
>Daara Apr14
http://i.imgur.com/9CpwSOJ.jpg
>Palmyra Apr11
http://i.imgur.com/nB560y0.jpg
>N Aleppo Apr11
http://i.imgur.com/yFn46c9.jpg

[heydaralon]

Assad really looked tired in that body language video. I hope he's getting enough sleep. Even though he is locked in a brutal civil war, he needs to take care of himself...

[TheReal_ND]

Developments April 22
Kill The Rabbit Edition

>N Hama:SAA full control over Tal ‘Aqab&Tal Al-Muntar hiltops, Madajin Checkpoint, Al-Samam Farms,now attacking Halfaya
>SAA atempts to advance in W Aleppo, clashes ongoing
>DeZ:after powerful IS attack, SAA regains initiative as IS retreats at cemetery
>Assad:100% sure chemical weapons reached Syria via Turkey
>IS counter-offensive in rural Aleppo(near Jirah Airbase), no gains
>Jews attack targets in Syria in response to mortars hitting Golan Heights
>SAA opens fire on Israeli drone after three airstrikes hit the Golan Heights
>Jihadists call on all rebel factions to send reinforcements to N Hama
>Fresh skirmishes in rural Latakia leave 10+ jihadist dead
>SAA launches major offensive in E Ghouta
>Death toll rises to 140 in Taliban raid on Afghan military base
>Yemen: 384 Saudi-backed troops killed in 20 days of fighting


Bashar al-Assad minutes ago:
I won't stop the war, before the last terrorist is a disgrace to Syrian land:
https://twitter.com/Presidency_Sy/statu ... 8944531456
And once again mentions western countries as main sponsors of terrorism:
https://twitter.com/Presidency_Sy/statu ... 8481953792
Also points out how the Wahabbi ideology is spreading and how cancerous it is:
https://twitter.com/Presidency_Sy/statu ... 2912956417

[TheReal_ND]

April 23
Dark skinned German edition

>N Hama:SAA capture Halfaya,Zour Al-Haysa + more sites near Morek
>E Damascus: SAA takes control of Qaboun Power Company facility
>DeZ:SAA finds&destroys 150m tunnel used by IS inside the old aiport distric
>Russia reports 14 ceasefire violations past 24h
>Report:3 killed in jew strike on pro-Syrian militia, Quneitra town
>US media:IS ‘essentially moved’ its Syria HQ from Raqqa to DeZ province
>SAA W Aleppo offensive ends in failure, lost 23 soldiers
>HOUTHIS ATTACK PRO-SAUDI FORCES POSITIONS IN MIDI DESERT
>Assad:100% sure chemical weapons reached Syria via Turkey
>unconfirmed: new chemical attack in E Damascus
>Death toll rises to 140 in Taliban raid on Afghan military base
>Yemen: 384 Saudi-backed troops killed in 20 days of fighting

Hire is the latest report from Eвгeния Пoддyбнoгo on Syria

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