They are offering to arm anyone willing to fight alongside the FSA. Major targets would include the Air Force Intelligence building and Dahret abn Abbo in northern Aleppo. http://shabab.ayyam.org/en/story/breaking-rebel-faction-declares-general-mobilization-aleppo-ahead-large-scale-battle AT LEAST 15 NEW REBEL UNITS CREATED IN LAST THREE DAYS. ... Continue reading »
Iran and Hezbollah won't stop their efforts to keep Assad afloat unless they face the sort of consequences the USA faced in Vietnam. A Vietnam-style quagmire might well be in the interests of an Iranian people long since fed up with an incompetent, corrupt and brutal regime ruled by religious fanatics in their own interests. In this case most of ... Continue reading »
One of President Obama’s greatest “accomplishments” has been creating fissures within the antiwar/progressive community in the United States by talking like a progressive politician, but acting in most cases as a conservative one. Consider, for example, his domestic policy. It has helped Wall Street far more than anything the President is willing t ... Continue reading »
X (tazi-morocco reports that the commander of Mennagh international airport has been killed today. A citizen journalist like tazi-morocco would gain nothing by making it up and stand to lose substantial credibility in short order if its not true. Indirect confirmation that the rebels are making substantial progress at the base is suggested also by ... Continue reading »
Things went disasterously for Hezbollah in a recent assault on strategic Al-Quysar and that will have repercussions in Lebanon and Iran. The source of that disaster lies in a change in rebel strategy that also struck a strong but relatively unnoticed blow at Assad's hold on Damascus though its impact will be felt down the road. According to a rep ... Continue reading »
Leaked Confidential Documents from the #Assad regime show the Commander of the 7th Regiment commanding all soldiers to wear gas masks in the Damascus Suburb Ghouta area, specifically in the cities of Kiswah, Zakya, Deir Khaibya, Drosha, and Khal Il-Sheikh. From: The New Syria | سورياالجديدة See a copy of the document at: http://yallasouriya.wo ... Continue reading »
When Iraqi fighters reportedly seized several trucks loaded with weapons for Assad at the Syrian border yesterday the incident demonstrated what is certain to happen to Assad’s land supply line to the east as civil war spreads in Iraq. There may not even be any convoys to disrupt. Forced to choose between saving al-Maliki or saving Assad, Iran ... Continue reading »
The media is missing what is in front of their noses on this one. THE TRIGGER: Encouraged by Iran, Al-Maliki ruled with a sectarian, no compromise hand. When minorities protested, he reached for the guns , assuming they would knuckle down . Having seen Fallujah and Ramadi and Syria at their worse, why did he kick a box of nitroglycerine? ... Continue reading »
Raquaa airbase has been defended by the defection ridden 17th division which has been surrounded and underattack for weeks. Yesterday it lost a whole artillery brigade, as Rozanna Chomsky reported. Today she posted the video evidence below. Any captured artillery can be used on remaining defenders so the base probably won't survive long. Afte ... Continue reading »
Video Roundup “HAS THE FINAL BATTLE STARTED TONIGHT?” asks Markito0171 who posted the frantic combat video below. As of midnight the rebels had taken a regime HQ at Kindi-hospital and were assaulting 2 army bases and the central prison in the Handarat district. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTrMc_8eEK4 REBELS SEIZE NEARBY TOWN VERY, VERY C ... Continue reading »
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