SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ OCTOBER 14, 2015

SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ OCTOBER 14, 2015
Links posted throughout the day including news, video, and tweets.
Thanks to all anons who contributed.


ARTICLES..........................................................

>Case Study In Rebranding: “Syrian Arab Coalition”
https://ludwitt.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/case-study-in-rebranding-syrian-arab-coalition/
>China says not planning to send military ships to Syria
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/14/us-mideast-crisis-china-idUSKCN0S80W120151014
>Latakia Is Assad's Achilles Heel [Sept 23 article]
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/latakia-is-assads-achilles-heel
>Inside Isis Inc: The journey of a barrel of oil
http://ig.ft.com/sites/2015/isis-oil/??ftcamp=crm/email//nbe/FirstFTEurope/product
>Iraqi army, militia forces launch assault to retake Baiji from Islamic State
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/14/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-baiji-idUSKCN0S811S20151014
>Failaq Al-Sham announces that its commander Hamdo Salem Al-Hussain was KIA in battles at Hama countryside.
http://imgur.com/aKnESoI

>>>>>>Iran has no military troops in Syria: Syrian minister
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/14/433335/Syria-Iran-Omral-alZoubi-Daesh-militants-
>>>>>>Iranian MPs arrive in Damascus before joint offensive
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/14/us-mideast-crisis-syria-iran-idUSKCN0S80LT20151014

>>>>>>U.S. delivers 50 tons of ammunition to Syria rebel groups
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/12/politics/syria-rebel-groups-ammunition-50-tons/
>>>>>>ISIS lost most of its ammunition & heavy vehicles in Russian airstrikes
https://www.rt.com/news/318545-isis-lose-ammunition-russia/

>Islamic State battles insurgents near Aleppo as army [WITH IRANIAN SOLDIERS] prepares assault
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/14/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN0S81A320151014?utm_source=twitter
>US refuses to call Russian embassy shelling in Syria terrorist attack
http://tass.ru/en/politics/828856
>Russia's Aircraft Carrier Will Not Travel to Syria, Despite Media Reports
http://sputniknews.com/world/20151014/1028520336/russia-syria-aircraft-carrier-mission.html
>The Syrian Government Spy Within the Ranks of the Free Syrian Army
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/the-syrian-government-spy-within-the-ranks-of-the-free-syrian-army/
>Iraqi forces preparing for assault on IS-held Ramadi
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34527372
>Iran's Elite Revolutionary Guard Showcases Secret Underground Missile Base
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.680410
>Russian cluster bombs used in Syria: HRW
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/russian-cluster-bombs-used-syria-hrw-763513283
>Confirmed: Cuban forces arriving in Syria
http://www.redstate.com/2015/10/14/confirmed-cuban-forces-arriving-syria/
>Putin proposes law to exempt Bible, Koran from extremism law
https://www.rt.com/politics/318706-putin-Bible-Koran-law/


VIDEO.......................................................................

>Footage by Aamaq shows the fierce clashes between #IS forces & #SAA in DeZ airbase perimeter [HD]
https://archive.org/details/drzr16
>Battles in Jobar, multiple ANNA news reports
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1d0_1444789986
>Air-strikes in Syria on October 13th 2015 [COMPILATION]
https://youtu.be/Qo7c2wCKeu8
>Kafr Nabudah: Ground Clashes followed by Russian Air Strikes
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=875_1444789261
>ISIS lost most of its ammunition & heavy vehicles in Russian airstrikes – military
https://youtu.be/4Rtfu0ZmSqY
>Iraq's Hashd Al-Sha'abi entering Baiji
https://youtu.be/9ZjgY10cLkQ
>SAA/NDF have advanced and taken control of the Free Zone in Northern Aleppo Countryside
https://youtu.be/E9gjhExZiPk
>Dara/Lajat: NDF in co-op with residents killed an al-Nusra Emir yesterday trying to flee area near Khabab
https://youtu.be/sYNY-9p7qgY
>[TRANSLATION] Warplanes bombed a village fisherman Brive, Hama
https://youtu.be/RM7n3SEf9Vc
>RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES - DRONE VIDEOS
[Su-34 Aleppo] https://youtu.be/e-WJOHfwpEM
[Weapons/ammo warehouse Idlib] https://youtu.be/V1Zu47o_rcQ
[Jubb al Ahmar settlement] https://youtu.be/GHopZC6Dj_w
>Unusual war footage shot from a Russian drone [AWESOME HD COMPILATION]
https://youtu.be/9c5SzVA_EbQ
>Russian air strikes Prophet Ayub summit (?)
https://youtu.be/pNsKYp7RqM0
>Syrian army launched a massive attack on the suburbs of Damascus, occupied by Islamists
https://youtu.be/XMq-qwdnWGs
>Rebel group, Rahman Corps, claim they killed SAA fighters and destroyed vehicles in Jobar, Damascus
https://youtu.be/TfWlruwDO1U
>More Jabar footage [RT]
https://youtu.be/7S4GVeNPsos
>SAA Quneitra Hawks Brigade in Action in Quneitra province
https://youtu.be/3nO1F5iAQdQ
>Southfront: International Military Review - Syria, Oct. 14, 2015: The Chinese approach
https://youtu.be/WQBWSx5hGzY


TWITTER..................................................................

>BREAKING: Thousands of Iranian troops now in Syria to take part in ground offensives against insurgents
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/654047577290223618
>DeirEzZor SAA repelled a VIOLENT ISIS/IS attack Last night until 7 PM this evening <100 dead
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/654065929219915776
>Syrian info minister Omran al-Zoubi denies reports Iranian forces in his country "we have advisors only"
https://twitter.com/zaidbenjamin/status/654182587301265408
>Russia's sending its only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to Syria. Means more jets and air strikes
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/654258135784366080
>Iraqi Fighting group shows off a TOW missile? Maybe Toophan? Most Likely in Aleppo [it's a Toophan5]
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/654016831108329477
>#RussianAirStrikes today on Tahtaya village northern Hama CS,"The Middle division" HQ destroyed
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/654283175238176769
>#HashdShaabi takes control of Al-Seneia Airport and road to it Areas west of #Baiji Refinery is liberated
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/654287314907062273
>RuAF airstrike on "Sham Brigade" HQ in Tahataya, Idlib killing everybody inside & destroyed many vehicles
https://youtu.be/sAY32-ERKgo
>[VIDEO] IED/mine destroying a Da'ish car bomb near Baiji, #Iraq. IED placed by Kata'ib Hizballah
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/654292433396740096
>Batch of T-72s from Novorossiysk is allegedly to be shipped to Syria
https://twitter.com/RuPhotoMilitary/status/653913331200360449
>T-72s possibly on their way?
https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/status/654254687881940992
>[PHOTO] Mi-28s ALLEGEDLY in #Hama, reported to carry out airstrikes
https://twitter.com/2Rook14/status/654297794803580929
>SAA attacked insurgents north of #Shayk_Miskin and captured the Engineering Battalion Base. #Daraa
https://twitter.com/PetoLucem/status/654351849227726849


MAPS.............................................................

>MAP UPDATE (Oct.14) : Military situation in #Latakia and #Hama Governorates
https://twitter.com/PetoLucem/status/654403484071141377
>Situation Hama/Latakia Fronts
https://twitter.com/TEXMAPMAKER1/status/654114428233740288
>MAP ONLY: State of play of the current SAA ground offensive in NW Syria
http://turcopolier.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c72e153ef01bb08816993970d-popup
>Situation Northern #Aleppo: Tal Jibbin taken by Islamist from #ISIS
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/654268166965731328
>Forow under SAA, Hezbollah, NDF control, Sirmaniah being shelled by RuAF Ghab_Plain #Russ
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/654256652082892800
>Change in Syria Control between September 8nd and October 13rd, 2015
http://postimg.org/image/gf3ick22n/


ARCHIVED /pol/ THREADS (expiry unknown)
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