SYRIA thread

[Gilrandir]

It seems that Assad is likely to lose one more (after Palmyra) city to ISIS. Or is it included into the Aleppo-Palmyra swap?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/syrian-...ghting/5569224

[Crandar]

Nah, even pro-rebels admit that daesh is getting owned.
https://twitter.com/Zendetta2022/sta...06313949548544

Meanwhile the hypocrisy of the media is hilarious. In Aleppo, we were all prepared for a new Srebrenica, Grozny and even Holocaust. A 7-year old explained why she wanted a third WW to save Aleppo from the bad Russians.
Then Al-Qaeda got smashed and no genocide happened. The reports of 80 civilians killed were quickly followed by a mass-execution of captives by Al-Qaeda and the ex-moderates, currently beheaders of children.
Meanwhile, Deir el-Zour is besieged by the modern Nazis for several years and no tear has been shed. Two Shia towns are besieged by Al-Qaeda in Idlib for years, again no tears, no Banas.
Not the first time:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6889921.html

[Gilrandir]

Nah, even pro-rebels admit that daesh is getting owned.
https://twitter.com/Zendetta2022/sta...06313949548544

According to this
http://syria.liveuamap.com/
I wouldn't be so sure as to speak of ISIS's defeat.

[Crandar]

According to this
http://syria.liveuamap.com/
I wouldn't be so sure as to speak of ISIS's defeat.

It's too early to say anything. However, livemap is rubbish.
Made by Ukrainians to counter Russian lies, as the founders said.
Translation: We only post tweets that fit our narrative, which is, bash Russia as much as possible.
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2014...kraine/375178/

[Gilrandir]

It's too early to say anything. However, livemap is rubbish.
Made by Ukrainians to counter Russian lies, as the founders said.
Translation: We only post tweets that fit our narrative, which is, bash Russia as much as possible.
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2014...kraine/375178/

Perhaps for you countering lies equals bashing someone. Not so for me. You may offer any translations you like, but this site was (and is) accurate in presenting the map of Donbas conflict (where it could be said to be taking sides) and it was often at variance with the official information from Ukrainian authorities. It was also accurate (e.i. in accordance with other sources) in presenting the Aleppo episode. That is why I assume it should be accurate about the situation in question where it has no side to cheer for.

One may also doubt the accuracy of sources you refer to.

So everything you said after the first sentence may be considered rubbish as well.

Yet I agree with the initial statement with a reservation that ISIS has conquered some ground there and is pushing on.

[Dâriûsh]

Anyone following the talks in Astana? The Syrian regime have explained that the last joint statement of the Astana talks does not include the mention of a secular Syria, because the idea was vetoed by the rebels and Turkey.

[Dâriûsh]

From the Middle East rumour mill: Two years ago, the Jordanian regime spent a lot of effort to distance themselves from rumours of Jordanian-Russian military corporation in Syria.

Maybe that is why the Jordanians are not talking about the current scuttlebutt; that the Jordanian military is now coordinating military actions with the Syrian regime army.