SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ - JANUARY 7, 2016

SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ - JANUARY 7, 2016
Links posted throughout the day including news, video, and tweets.
Thanks to all anons who contributed.

ARTICLES

Refutation of Resistance Foes Propaganda on Madaya Town in Damascus Countryside
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=248752&cid=23&fromval=1&frid=23&seccatid=20&s1=1
[VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/7PQmBxx-7rY]

[OP-ED] Madaya: Why would Assad starve his own supporters?
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/23179/

Pentagon: ISIS Has Almost Same Number of Members as When U.S. Airstrikes Began
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/pentagon-isis-has-almost-same-number-of-members-as-when-u-s-airstrikes-began/

Defense Units Repel Al-Nusra, ISIS’ Simultaneous Attacks In Aleppo And Kobane
http://ypgrojava.com/en/2016/01/07/defense-units-repel-al-nusra-isis-simultaneous-attacks-in-aleppo-and-kobane/

Scores of al-Qaeda militants killed in renewed clashes with Kurdish forces in Aleppo
http://aranews.net/2016/01/17483/?utm_content=buffer6f654&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Syria government agrees to allow aid into besieged Madaya: UN
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/Jan-07/330660-syria-government-agrees-to-allow-aid-into-besieged-madaya-un.ashx#.Vo5yCHoYRoY.twitter

The army inflicts heavy losses on ISIS terrorists in Deir Ezzor
http://en.news-front.info/2016/01/07/the-army-inflicts-heavy-losses-on-isis-terrorists-in-deir-ezzor/?utm_source=TW&utm_medium=ENG+TW&utm_campaign=SNAP%2Bfrom%2BEnglish+News+front

The YPG breach the truce after advancing towards Meng Airport
http://www.orient-news.net/en/news_show/99156/0/The-YPG-breach-the-truce-after-advancing-towards-Meng-Airport

Syrian Army captures Al-Bayarat in west Palmyra
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-captures-al-bayarat-in-west-palmyr/

Turkey warns US over ‘Kurdish corridor’ in Syria
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-warns-us-over-kurdish-corridor-in-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nID=93509&NewsCatID=352

Islamist rebels defeated at Battalion 82 in Sheikh Miskeen
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/islamist-rebels-fail-to-capture-battalion-82-in-sheikh-miskeen/

Syrian Army steamrolls through southeast Damascus
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-steamrolls-through-southeast-damascus/

Syrian Army advances to the Al-Thayyem Oil Fields in Deir Ezzor
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-advances-to-the-al-thayyem-oil-fields-in-deir-ezzor/

Rebels under attack in southeast Hama as the Syrian Army launched the Al-Assi River offensive
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/rebels-under-attack-in-southeast-hama-as-the-syrian-army-launched-the-al-assi-river-offensive/

Russia deploying advisors near Palmyra: rebel media
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566448-russia-deploying-advisors-near-palmyra-rebel-media

[THE UN WERE JUST IN MADAYA DEC 28 SO THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN THE "STARVING" PEOPLE AND EVACUATED THEM TOO...DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE]
Syria: UN and partners aid evacuation of injured from four besieged towns
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52911

Turkey confesses fears to US of Syrian Kurds making territorial gains
https://www.rt.com/news/328201-turkey-us-kurds-territory/

UN to Deliver Humanitarian Aid to 3 Besieged Syrian Cities
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160107/1032813591/syria-un-humanitarian-aid.html

Three civilians killed, several others injured in terrorist attacks in Deir Ezzor and Damascus
http://sana.sy/en/?p=65979

The army establishes control over many areas in differet regions, kills more terrorists in different areas
http://sana.sy/en/?p=65973

First the Middle East, now Central Asia slipping away from Turkey
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/turkey-losing-its-standing-in-central-asia-after-middle-east.html#

[ANALYSIS] US seeking destruction of Syria: Analyst [ARTICLE + VIDEO]
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/01/07/444932/Bashar-Assad-Syria-Obama-Draister/

Terrorists Launch Heavy Missile Strikes against Residents of Al-Zahra, Nubl Towns in Aleppo
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941017000769

Syrian Army Dismisses Terrorists' Claim about Laying Siege to Brigade 82
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941017000748

Syrian Moslems and Christians Lived in peace, Fraternity and Amity throughout History: Bishop Maalouli
http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/news/local/21574-syrian-moslems-and-christians-lived-in-peace-fraternity-and-amity-throughout-history-bishop-maaloulI

VIDEO

YOUTUBE

Official statement by red Cross on Syria Zabadani Madaya Fouaa &Kafaraya
https://youtu.be/7PQmBxx-7rY

Footage of the Syrian army fighting in Damascus - Jobar 1
https://youtu.be/0wm80gUH8L0
Footage of the Syrian army fighting in Damascus - Jobar 2
https://youtu.be/33OGomBW_Wk

Jan. 1: Coalition airstrike on Daesh bridge near Abu Kamal
https://youtu.be/tedSmieC2Oc

General Issam Zahreddine with Republican Guard and Al-Shaytat militia in Al-Sinaa in ‎Deir EzZor
https://youtu.be/lOETzKzfciI

In video: Syrian jetfighters pound rebel stronghold in Damascus
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-jetfighters-pound-rebel-stronghold-in-damascus/
https://youtu.be/-DAIcGjDDgc

Saif al-Sham (#FSA) fires SPG-9 at #SAA positions #SheikhMaskin #Daraa
https://youtu.be/P7ZP448RCyE

#SDF / #YPG resisting #ISIS terrorist counter attacks around #Tishrin as #US airstrikes pound terrorist positions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QNB5JccDw0

MSM on madaya Syria, many of the pictures are not even in Syria
https://youtu.be/BDqpnoQ-RdI

Footage claims to show an army vehicle ["Chilka wagon"] destroyed by mortar in Sheikh Miskeen, Syria.
https://youtu.be/ueg14J5Oj08

SyriaTVChannel2 The News 07.01.2016 [ENG]
https://youtu.be/JwIhIs6uqck

SANA Syrian Army Forces Imposed Heavy Losses on Al Nusra Militants in Daraa
https://youtu.be/_0OLMG6mbNI

Turkey: Police seize more than 1,000 fake life jackets during Izmir raid
During the raid, authorities also discovered two young Syrian children working at the facility.
https://youtu.be/q5RUWjNMOew
https://youtu.be/2adWTdTr-8A

Russian Sukhoi Su-24, Su-25 and Su-34 fighter jets continued their campaign against the so-called Islamic State
https://youtu.be/3MHrOQb4-Qs

Russian sanctions to cost Turkey around $3.1 billion
https://youtu.be/_cyvBzrsDys

UN: Besieged areas in Yemen and Syria face humanitarian crisis - UN spokesperson
https://youtu.be/Yi8IKj95T5Y

104th Syrian Republican Guard Brigadier General Issam Zahreddine Clubbing it up
https://youtu.be/Ew8-Oolv6p8

TWITVIDS

"March in occupied by the terrorists Madaya town , Rif Dimashq Governorate, in support of the Syrian Arab army and Bashar al Assad 11/30/2015 Madaya inhabitants are predominantly Sunni"
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1067208926663628

#FSA Southern Front rebel is nearly hit by #SAA explosion #Sheikh_Miskeen #Daraa #Syria
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/685040990843990016

#Iraq's armed forces rescuing civilians in Ramadi. Da'ish used these people as human shields.
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/685201572004032512

#ISF at Al-Dawlah Al-Kabir Mosque & Al-'Ab city in the centre of #Ramadi
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685157945269596160

Video of #SAA #SyrianArmy Fifteenth Division raiding Militant Buildings near #Jordan Border Post.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685208008759099392

Video of #SAA #SyrianArmy Fifteenth Division raiding Militant Buildings near #Jordan Border Post.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685208008759099392

MISC

Syria: Security checks carried out at Hmeimym airbase
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=141_1452191606

TWITTER

What is REALLY going on in #Madaya
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685063098198286336
1.On 18/10/2015, humanitarian aid/food supplies that last for months were delivered to #Madaya following the Foua/Kefraya deal
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685063173507039232
2.#Madaya is under the control of 600 militants (60% Ahrar Sham, 30% Nusra, 10% «FSA»)
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685063455230013440
3.Terrorists groups in Madaya control food distribution, they've put food supplies in warehouse & using it to blackmail civilians
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685063631474683905
4.Terrorist groups are using the people of #Madaya (23,000) as human shields, exploiting them (starving them) for political ends
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685063852308967424
5.No one died of «starvation» in #Madaya, as media outlets are claiming
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685063932877340672
6.Many citizens are trying to leave #Madaya but the armed groups are forbidding them from doing so
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685064151824228352
7.In a deal, 300 armed men to surrender but other armed groups are sabotaging the deal because of an «external political decision»
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685064650250170368
8.When the Zabadani deal happened, injured armed men were unable to leave because #Madaya's armed groups threatened to shell them
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/685064822073987072

Can someone, anyone, a pole even, please explain where the "Hezbollah is starving Madaya" theory came from? Thanks
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/685003144879710208
There is no Hezbollah in or anywhere near #Madaya - my god you sheeple sicken me!
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/685003380280840192
#Hezbollah starving #Madaya is trending. Special thanks to Weiss @dailybeast & Shaheen @Guardian & every other anti Shia imbecile
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/685031018726690816

Both #Madaya & #FuahKafraya are in the same predicament yet only 1 gets more attention. Why?
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685013036248113152

#SAA take control of Al-Saraf village in #JabalTurkmen #Latakia countryside
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685078123948281857

Stream Media & AQ met on same propaganda, promoting" Madaya siege & starving",intentionally disregarding Fua & kefraya starting siege.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685022683394871296
In Madaya, there are 600 to 700 AQ JN fighters in city, as they are SAA forces in Fua Kefraya Nubbl and Zahraa. All under siege.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685023102275862528

#ISIS attacking #YPG and #SDF on Teshreen Dam from three fronts. #Syria.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685023607056134144

If Madaya is really "dying from hunger", why AQ not exchanging food & medicine supply w/ #Fua & #Kefraya 2end suffering on both sides?
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685025277878112256
There are 70.000 under siege in Fua, Kefraya, Nubbl and Zahraa. Claim(!!) 40.000 in Madaya. All under siege.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685033391973076992
Do you know how the number of 40.000 came up? Madaya had 10.000 inhabitants in 2004
https://twitter.com/JodocusQuak/status/685034947426521088
I agree. Mainstream media saying"Madaya 40.000". I won't go into figures to contest. The argument is different
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685035907058110464
No air supply possible to Fua & Kefraya, hence the deal to evacuate Zabadani/Madaya versus F&K
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685039646963843073
SAA don't have adequate air support4 38K ppl in 1city otherwise it would be d biggest in history
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685040476995629056

#Hezbollah issues statement responding to accusations that it is starving people of Madaya
https://twitter.com/witayim/status/685056834437124096
Translation of #Hezbollah communiqué
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685083177296228352

The list of those in 3 besieged cities (Fua Kefraya Madaya) in medical needs was forwarded to negotiators and evacuated last month.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685098949070434304
#SAA is surrounding #Madaya coz Hezbollah Special Forces are not "trained to besiege cities" but engaged in fighting
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685099453221605376
The name #Hezbollah is more attractive.In #Fua #Kefraya, #AQ leading jaish al-Fath is surrounding d city, asking2 "decimate it".
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685099755307970561
#Hezbollah blamed the fighters in the city of #Madaya who belong to the same groups besieging #Fua and #Kefraya
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685100703166128129

Opposition groups using old/fake images has been their standard propaganda tool #Syria Rebels are fed, ppl aren't...
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/684342638238040064
[VIDEO] 30.11.15 residents of #Madaya call on Syrian Pres. Assad & #SAA to #FreeMadaya from "terrorist" inhabitants.
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/685054328319557632
Ahrar al-Sham, Nusra & FSA control distribution of aid delivered to #Madaya which theyre using to blackmail civilians #FreeMadaya
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/685062576502263808
Right now, 600 "moderate rebels" of JN, Ahrar al-Sham, & FSA are starving Madaya, holding food & aid in a warehouse!
https://twitter.com/HK2307/status/685063919623249920
How can 40.000 people live in Madaya? It's only a village. I bet not more then 400 people live there.
https://twitter.com/RiemeHofman/status/684343966083473409
You are right. Population (2004 census) • Total 9,371
https://twitter.com/RenieriArts/status/684758194686668801
I doubt 40000 people living there claim rebels wouldn't be able to contain that many people.
https://twitter.com/Atvar99/status/684766446988226560
Madaya is a BIG lie and propaganda used now after the Saudi accusations towards Iran
https://twitter.com/RabihZihri/status/685063479640731648

Breaking: SAA captures Ruwese Abu Ghanam, Ruwese Al Shiekh Salman, Harrah mount, Mount Beit Faris, other strategic hills in Latakia
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/685080881682321408

SAA also captured Al Saraf village and points 465- 344- 489 - 296 - 387 - 292 in Northern #Latakia
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/685081828831707136

The most important battle going on this morning. Al-Assi River's southern bank is the gateway to northern Homs
https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/684978175600758784

Rebels have to repel the Taqsis attack today; if they don't; this will spell trouble in Al-Rastan. The area has very fertile lands
https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/684978979833421826

Syrian Army has captured Al-Bayarat this morning. This village is right outside of #Palmyra - it was lost during ISIS' counter-offensive
https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/684995723591573504

No Hezbollah in the Western Mountains (Madaya and Zabadani) of rural Damascus. Most of those soldiers either went to southern Aleppo.
https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/684996473264717824

[PHOTOS] Huge clashes in the mountains West of #TishrinDam #ISIS/#Daesh attack repelled by #SDF/#YPG
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/685061560486727680

Sources have confirmed to @LccSy that US troops are controlling Tishreen Dam
https://twitter.com/RobotNickk/status/685100346528665600

[PHOTOS] #SAA S-200 air-defence missiles spotted near Dumayr in #Damascus countryside #Syria
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685115160231464960

#SDF Jaish Al-Thuwar announce start of battle to take #Manbij, currently launching rockets on #IS positions
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685127881740038145

[PHOTOS] one civilian killed ,12 injured in #terrorists mortar attacks on several streets in #Damascus Thursday, January 7
https://twitter.com/Ibra_Joudeh/status/685104588156997633

UN evacuated injured people from #Madaya & #Zabadani last week but apparently left starving children behind? Why?
https://twitter.com/LinaArabii/status/685114921974165504
http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syria-un-and-partners-aid-evacuation-injured-four-besieged-towns

[PHOTO] Heavy equipment on its way to Manbij
https://twitter.com/shamsashahin/status/685108516047208448

#BreakingNews: Convoys2 #Fua #Kefraya #Madaya expected in less than 48 hrs. Great that "Madaya starvation" helped 38K in Fua/Kefraya too.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/685156989190729730

Official UN statement from today reiterates medical evacuations out of #Madaya were done in December.
https://twitter.com/LinaArabii/status/685131185186541568
[UN STATEMENT HERE.....]
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685141650872471553

College of Agriculture in eastern #Ramadi is under the control of #ISF
https://twitter.com/IraqiSuryani1/status/685152957625708544

Umm.....having been to Madaya, I can tell you that there is not 40k people. There is not even 15k. Where do these numbers come from?
https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/685191669667508225

[PHOTO] #Manbij Today #ISIS #ISIL #Daesh Executed 10 civilians Kurdish/Arab ethnicity.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685155476280074240

#DeirEzZor #SAA & #NDF & #SRG #SyrianRepublicanGuard Report's. fighting against #ISIS #ISIL #Daesh
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685162849732288512

Official Post from #SDF #QSD just reassuring it is there forces on the ground @ #Tishrin #Tishrin_Dam.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685192376093143041
This comes after today a lot of Pages were saying that there is US ground Forces on the ground leading the fight. #SDF #QSD
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685192569786097664

#ISF have taken full control of Mukhabarat neighbourhood in eastern #Ramadi
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/685167662993768448

New photos by Ali Khara from Aleppo offensive 1. Targeting Enemy 2. Transporting Martyr 3. Preparing 4. Dead Nusra
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/685189274640224258

[PHOTO] Funeral held today in #Baghdad for #SheikhNimr
https://twitter.com/AnwarShimari/status/685114566863360001

Number of martyred #Iraq army troops in Ramadi is estimated at around 100, (according to figures coming out of #Iraq + from the coalition).
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/685113722675814402

#Raqqa #ISIS Executed a woman in public yesterday "Lena AL-Qasem"45 years old they make the Execution in front of the Mail office
https://twitter.com/Raqqa_SL/status/685072636897030146
Leena Al-Qasem (45 years) executor was her son Ali Saqr (born 1995) a member of #ISIS. Photo for him
https://twitter.com/Raqqa_SL/status/685151635492978689
He executed his mother for apostasy in front of the Post building yesterday in Public execution #Raqqa
https://twitter.com/Raqqa_SL/status/685151846126743553

[SMALL MAP] Militants are claiming they recaptured Technical Inspectors Institute & Awad Crescent from #SAA Today
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685204873365876736
Militants for past couple days have been fiercely defending a #SAA #NDF attack Towards Border Post.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685207178941173764

[PHOTOS] The Grand Mosque in Ramadi has been recaptured by #Iraq's armed forces.
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/685218544490016768

Jahash al Fath is collapsing. The latest group to withdraw is Jund al Aqsa
https://twitter.com/agitpapa/status/685213632016330752

[PHOTOS] #SAA soldiers at the village of Najara & the surrounding hills north of Kuweiers airbase in eastern #Aleppo
https://twitter.com/IraqiSuryani1/status/685240827736645633

[PHOTOS] Tunnels & trenches used by #ISIS to move near the village of Najara & the surrounding areas in eastern #Aleppo
https://twitter.com/IraqiSuryani1/status/685241809220546561

[PHOTO] #Homs A Room/Mock Building made out of ammunition boxes by #SAA
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/685235628737474561

MAPS

>Mil Situ Latakia JAN 7
http://imgur.com/tybgWtq
>SAA advance Baradun Dam JAN 7
http://www.mediafire.com/view/av3dj60iztp96zu/north_latakia712016.jpg#
>YPG advance Meng airport JAN 7
https://twitter.com/OrientNewsEn/status/685111194106118147
>SAA/SRG clashes N+E DeirEzzor JAN 7
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/685043720606060544
>SAA advance Thayyem oil field JAN 7
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/684870008569204736
>SAA free Beit Faris/Hara Mt N Latakia JAN 7
http://www.mediafire.com/view/tvcc6dnaj766u98/North+Latakia+cut1+7jan+17dey.JPG#
>SAA/NDF storm Taqsis SE Hama JAN 6
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/684771316067647488
>NDF situ Salamiyah/Hama JAN 5
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/684402092769984512
>SAA in Harasta al-Qantara E Ghouta JAN 5
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/684328073676886016
>SyAAF strike SE Deir Ezzor JAN 5
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/684323535058243584
>Situ Daraa Shiekh Meskin JAN 4
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/684066555118878720
>SAA secure villages Hama/Salamiyah JAN 4
http://www.mediafire.com/view/dust9unhtm2oac9/hama.jpg#
>SAA SE Hama JAN 4
http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2af2/qygnotgh91b5iq8zg.jpg?size_id=c
>Mil Situ E Aleppo JAN 4
http://imgur.com/1zst32w
>Syria Conflict Maps JAN 4
http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/archives/616
http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/archives/621
http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/archives/623

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