SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ - DECEMBER 29, 2015

SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ - DECEMBER 29, 2015
Links posted throughout the day including news, video, and tweets.
Thanks to all anons who contributed.

ARTICLES

Strike that killed Syrian rebel chief complicates peace talks push: U.S.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-alloush-idUSKBN0UB1N920151228

Russian killing of Syrian rebel leader does not serve peace: Saudi Arabia
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-turkey-idUSKBN0UC1H920151229

Syrian rebels shell Shi'ite villages after truce evacuations, residents say
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-truce-idUSKBN0UC18D20151229

Syrian army, backed by air strikes, advances toward southern town
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-deraa-idUSKBN0UC0ZL20151229

Breaking: Syrian Armed Forces and Hezbollah Capture More Territory in Al-Zabadani
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-armed-forces-and-hezbollah-capture-more-territory-in-al-zabadani/

Pentagon pushing for long-term US presence at Bagram, as Taliban gain ground [ARTICLE + VIDEO]
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/28/pentagon-pushing-for-long-term-us-presence-at-bagram-as-taliban-gains-ground.html

ISIS leader linked to Paris attack killed by US in Syria - Pentagon
https://www.rt.com/usa/327368-isis-inherent-resolve-report/

[LOLWUTPEAR.jpg] Pentagon Stunned As Thousands Of Chinese Troops Enter ISIS War
http://yournewswire.com/pentagon-stunned-as-thousands-of-chinese-troops-enter-isis-war/#disqus_thread

Exclusive: Islamic State ruling aims to settle who can have sex with female slaves [ARTICLE + VIDEO]
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-islamic-state-sexslaves-exclusive-idUSKBN0UC0AO20151230

Turkey may finally be 'accepting the inevitable' in Syria
http://uk.businessinsider.com/kurds-turkey-euphrates-syria-2015-12

New Scandal? The Erdogans Spotted Laundering Money in EU
http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151229/1032461807/erdogans-spotted-laundering-money-eu.html

Putin sees Assad chance to stay as U.S. pursues Syria settlement
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-russia-syria-ea85771c-ae5c-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa-20151229-story.html

Court sentences Syrian in sarin gas case to 12 years, acquits Turkish suspects
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_court-sentences-syrian-in-sarin-gas-case-to-12-years-acquits-turkish-suspects_408229.html

VIDEO

YOUTUBE

International Military Review - Syria-Iraq battlespace, Dec. 29, 2015
https://youtu.be/_m2r0ISJQpQ

Moment when rebels allegedly retook brigade 82 base in outskirts of Shayk Maskin
https://youtu.be/89dVOcZ90IU

SAA Sheikh Miskeen combat footage from today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ztFBYycAw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xFQmcJ84bM

SAA/Hezbollah liberated the city of Maheen, Homs Countryside today (29/12/2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC-rWQe2IoM

Evacuation of Fu'ah/Kafraya-Zabadani
https://youtu.be/7Gq8NBXZJVo
https://youtu.be/3N40RxuFRZo

SDF video with locals in recently liberated land
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_Hua7_v5E

Walking through Daesh boot camp near Tishrin Dam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izg1vIOgMYw

Iraqi Golden Division clearing Ramadi urban areas from IS [English subs]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxY465uYjJw

LaTuff: Turkey blocks cartoonist’s website: 'This means I'm doing the right things'
https://youtu.be/53qhFXJdSWk

Turkish army enters Syrian territory near Qamishli [with English subs]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NFS21CwJXg

SDF releases GoPro footage of the liberation of villages held by Daesh in recent operations near Tishrin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAP8K6mbZxs

TWITVIDS

#SAA #Hezbollah #NDF operations in #Mahin backed by #Russian Air support #RuAF #ISIS hostiles defeated.
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/681865084377952256

MISC

Putin's Syria campaign paying off
http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/12/29/putins-syria-campaign-paying-off?videoId=366831543&videoChannel=-13668

TWITTER

Source in Manbij says an ISIS Emir fled the city with documents and discs on information on ISIS fighters & an estimated $6 million (ANHA)
https://twitter.com/DrPartizan_/status/681472710967472128
Girespi News is also reporting that sources inside Manbij say there are no armed presence inside the city. ISIS fighters all fleeing.
https://twitter.com/DrPartizan_/status/681605462970777604

[PHOTO] T-90 Shotra uncovered in #Syria
https://twitter.com/Ald_Aba/status/681739225604206592

SAA took control of Qassab & Qassab tower in Latakia countryside
https://twitter.com/Ald_Aba/status/681775485597147138

SecDef Carter: Success in #Ramadi shows Iraqi forces backed by air support & training can defeat #ISIL
https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/681831357694238720

SAA, #NDF have recaptured #Mahin, #Hawwarin from #ISIS in Southern #Homs Back to the same situation in 23 Nov
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/681819812234919936

National Defence Forces (#NDF) publish photos of Mahin, Hawarine & the army storage warehouse in #Homs
https://twitter.com/Ald_Aba/status/681900496634941440

Short on manpower & LOSING on every single front; 'Syrian' rebels call on global jihadists to come rescue them ASAP
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/681870027092529152

By now Putin's Syria envoy has visited all major capitals in the Middle East, after all made a stop in Riyadh, Tehran, now heading to Beirut
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/681586591337459712

Looks like Putin wants a green light for some agreement on Syria before Dec 31. Why the rush? Talks during Russian holidays Jan 1-10?
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/681587648285257728

Suleiman Al-Assad faces murder charges in the Latakia Municipal Courts - he will not be tried in front of a military tribunal.
https://twitter.com/TheArabSource/status/681937975098368000

Sources in #Syria - Yemeni Army's Qahir-1 ballistic missiles supplied by Syria
https://twitter.com/TheArabSource/status/681939551108120576

Sources in #Latakia - 5,700 Iranian soldiers in Syria. More expected to arrive in March of 2016.
https://twitter.com/TheArabSource/status/681940888038281216

Iraq PM Abadi is in bad terms w/ Soleimani who played an important role in trying to remove him in the first year of his mandate
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/681512661142605824

SAA capture from IS al- Jazal, a medium-sized oil field that lies NW of Palmyra
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/681838533305352192

Journo @metehan_demir says 1800 battle-hardened IS militants, more than 20K Turks subcribed ISIL ideology, ready to act in Turkey
https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/681814885550940160

Citing security sources, he says 60 core leader group IS move around İstanbul, Urfa, Antep, Hatay, Batman, Adıyaman, Maraş
https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/681815739192459264

Did u know what This captured militant was doing in the forest? He is a #TOW launcher!
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/681991300795772929
https://youtu.be/Nag8ZoipXf8

MAPS

>SAA take Qasab MT N Latakia DEC 29
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/681780086798946304
>SAA/SDF recap Mahin/Hawwarin DEC 29
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/681819812234919936
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/681817882431500288
>Mil Situ Latakia DEC 29
https://twitter.com/PetoLucem/status/681816958707314692
>SAA frees Kitf Alamah DEC29
http://imgur.com/SIVOqTZ
>Ramadi Control Maps DEC 28
http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraqi-security-forces-clear-ramadi%E2%80%99s-government-center
>Tishrin Operation DEC 28
http://www.mediafire.com/view/zrp0753eotj3yg4/Tishrin.png#
>Mil Situ Ramadi DEC 28
http://www.mediafire.com/view/rblm7whr9i2ztez#
Confirmed - https://twitter.com/A7_Mirza/status/681526471626756096
>JaN attacks shaikh maqsud DEC 28
https://twitter.com/kovandire/status/681534024712585216
>SAA/NDF in Huwarrin Homs DEC 27
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/681147725929418753
>SDF in Southern Kobane DEC 27
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/681118568294019073
>YPG now at Abu Qelqel DEC 27
https://twitter.com/WestKurdistan/status/681200739352469504

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