SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ - DECEMBER 15, 2015

SYRIA GENERAL /pol/ - DECEMBER 15, 2015
Links posted throughout the day including news, video, and tweets.
Thanks to all anons who contributed.

ARTICLES

Syria in the Last 48 Hours
https://syria360.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/syria-in-the-last-48-hours-6/

Meeting Between President Putin, John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov
https://syria360.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/meeting-between-president-putin-john-kerry-and-sergei-lavrov/
Remarks With Russian President Vladimir Putin
http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/12/250661.htm
Assad Can Stay, for Now: Kerry Accepts Russian Stance
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kerry-moscow-talks-syria-ukraine-35770084
Russia, U.S. clear way for Syria meeting after Kerry Moscow talks [ARTICLE + VIDEO]
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/15/us-mideast-crisis-russia-usa-idUSKBN0TX23O20151215
‘We see Syria fundamentally very similarly’ – Kerry after talks with Putin, Lavrov
https://www.rt.com/news/326014-putin-kerry-lavrov-talks/
Kerry: Russia a 'significant contributor' to progress in Syria
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/john-kerry-russia-syria-216777
No 'regime change' in Syria: After talks in Moscow, Kerry accepts Russian stance on Assad
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/15/no-regime-change-in-syria-after-talks-in-moscow-kerry-accepts-russian-stance-on/

Saudi-Led Sectarian Alliance to Target Minorities as Terrorists
https://syria360.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/saudi-led-sectarian-alliance-to-target-minorities-as-terrorists/

Russia’s Chief Mufti : Outcome of War in Syria to Shape World in 21st Century
https://syria360.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/russias-chief-mufti-outcome-of-war-in-syria-to-shape-world-in-21st-century/

Moscow, Washington Agree on Syria Peace Talks in New York on Friday
https://syria360.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/moscow-washington-agree-on-syria-peace-talks-in-new-york-on-friday/

Da’esh and David Cameron’s Syrian Regime Change Agenda
https://syria360.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/daesh-and-david-camerons-syrian-regime-change-agenda/

Yemeni-Saudi ceasefire broken
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/yemeni-saudi-ceasefire-broken-preliminary-reports/

SANA ROLLING UPDATES:  Aircraft movement resumes at Kwairis airport, army units continue targeting terrorist organizations
[Aleppo/Homs/Hama/Daraa]
http://sana.sy/en/?p=64164

‘Islamic coalition against terrorism’: Saudi Arabia presents 34-state military block
https://www.rt.com/news/325929-islamic-coalition-terrorism-saudi/

Saudi Press Agency: joint statement on the formation of an Islamic military alliance
Page 1: http://www.spa.gov.sa/english/details.php?id=1429203
Page 2: http://www.spa.gov.sa/english/details.php?id=1429204
Saudi Arabia announces 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism [ARTICLE + VIDEO]
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKBN0TX2PG20151215
Saudi Arabia Forms Another Coalition of Islamic Countries to Combat Terrorism
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-forms-another-coalition-of-islamic-countries-to-combat-terrorism/

Coercive Diplomacy 2.0: Russia’s Version
http://rethinkingrussia.ru/en/2015/12/diplomacy-2-0-russias-version-of-coercion/

Kurds repel fierce attack by ISIS on Kobane
http://aranews.net/2015/12/16977/

ISIS’ new Nazi-style carnage: the execution of disabled children
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-new-nazi-style-carnage-the-execution-of-disabled-children/

Jabhat Al-Nusra Captures Banes in Southern Aleppo Amid the Hezbollah Advance at Khan Touman
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/jabhat-al-nusra-captures-banes-southern-aleppo-amid-hezbollah-advance-khan-touman/

Syrian Armed Forces Recapture Several Points in Northern Hama as the Jund Al-Aqsa Offensive Ends in Disaster
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-armed-forces-recapture-several-points-in-northern-hama-as-the-jund-al-aqsa-offensive-ends-in-disaster/

ISIS Once Again Threatens the Syriac Christian City of Sadad in East Homs After Seizing Al-Hadath
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-threatens-the-syriac-christian-city-of-sadad-in-east-homs-after-seizing-al-hadath/

Global campaign for release of imprisoned journalists in Turkey
["...arrested following the newspaper’s report of a convoy of trucks – linked to Turkish intelligence – carrying boxes of weapons and ammunition to be sent to extremists fighting against the Syrian government."]
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/global-campaign-for-release-of-imprisoned-journalists-in-turkey/

Turkish Forces Watch as the Syrian Army Seizes Large Parts of the Border in Northern Latakia
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkish-forces-watch-as-the-syrian-army-seizes-large-parts-of-the-border-in-northern-latakia/

Russia ‘isolated’? Kerry in Moscow to meet with Lavrov, 20th such talks in 2015
https://www.rt.com/news/325961-lavrov-kerry-moscow-meeting/

Senior Russian lawmaker blasts Saudi-led anti-terror coalition as ‘unviable’
https://www.rt.com/politics/325985-senior-russian-lawmaker-blasts-saudi/

Russia tests new stealth drones at Armenian military base
http://tass.ru/en/defense/844160

ISIS uses UK IP addresses sold to Saudi Arabia
http://www.syriareport.net/isis-uses-uk-ip-addresses-sold-to-saudi-arabia/

NATO to keep Patriots in Turkey for another year at Ankara’s request
http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_nato-to-keep-patriots-in-turkey-for-another-year-at-ankaras-request_407045.html

Armata, Tu-160 and Vladimir Monomakh: Russia Boosting Military Power
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151215/1031753709/new-russian-weapons.html

Turkey Downed Su-24 in Revenge for 'Losing Its Prized' Rebels in Syria
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151215/1031767529/turkey-russia-su24-syria-counterterrorism.html

Syrian Army Foils Attacks in Hama, Kills Over 100 Terrorists
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151215/1031770116/syrian-army-attacks.html

Saudi Anti-Terror Team to Fail While Riyadh Supports Extremism - Official
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151215/1031770240/saudi-coalition-against-terrorism.html

Jihadist Fighters Build New Coalition Amid Syrian Army Success
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151215/1031775310/syria-jihadists-coalition.html

Saudi Anti-Terror Coalition 'May Worsen Sunni-Shia Conflict'
http://sputniknews.com/military/20151215/1031782398/saudi-arabia-coalition-fight-daesh-sunni-shia-conflict.html

ISIS Routed at the Syriac Christian City of Sadad in East Homs: 20+ Killed
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-routed-at-the-syriac-christian-city-of-sadad-20-killed/

Russian security services establish identity of almost 3,000 Russians suspected of involvement in terrorist organizations in Syria, Iraq in 2015 - NAC
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?pg=4&id=640435

[ANALYSIS] Russia’s payback against Turkey over shoot-down may turn deadly
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/12/15/why-russias-payback-to-turkey-could-be-lethal/

Russia names Syrian rebel groups it says it is supporting with air strikes
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-oppositio-idUSKBN0TY2C920151215

Breaking: Syrian Army Captures Ruweisat Al-Daybat in Northern Latakia
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-captures-ruweisat-al-daybat-in-northern-latakia/

[CAUTION: SOURCE IS SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THEREFORE UNRELIABLE]
180 fighters in Jabhat al-Nusra moved from Dar’a to Idlib
http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/12/180-fighters-in-jabhat-al-nusra-moved-from-dara-to-idlib/

VIDEO

YOUTUBE

International Military Review - Syria, Dec. 15, 2015
https://youtu.be/qdVPo1I8Rf0

Footage of First #Helicopters Taking off From #Kuweires Airbase in East #Aleppo after #SAA Secured The Perimeter.
https://youtu.be/2I612dHno2U
https://youtu.be/RAjduoC6VW8 [longer version]

Jund al- Aqsa tanks destroyed after the failed attack on the Syrian army checkpoints Brive northern Hama
https://youtu.be/H3BFVhLoke0

Parliament Defense and Security Committee statement on Turkish Armed forces withdrawal from Iraq
https://youtu.be/7J1_9IRuVSM

Russian ship shadowed by Turkish sub as it passes through Bosphorus
https://youtu.be/DJVVTcDlOjk

See Hmeymim air base's new canteen, gym and recreation centre
https://youtu.be/F2wwTQerBH0

Deadly blasts in Homs kill 20, injure at least 140
https://youtu.be/Jg5sfofWdss

Russian cluster munitions destroy Jaish al-Fateh fuel convoy in Ma'arat al-Nassan South Idlib
https://youtu.be/lwGIypeliRs
https://youtu.be/5KHAFkAiZp4 [Different vid same event]
[NOTE: translation says Russian air strikes, not SyAAF as mentioned here https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676711725429874688]
[ALT LINK: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9ce_1450177469]

‘US doesn’t understand what it’s doing in Syria’ – CIA Veteran [24:45]
https://youtu.be/l9F4r5J227s

Kerry in Moscow: US Sec of State to meet Putin for Syria talks
https://youtu.be/oEtAIOp1b-4

Syrian Military Report 14 December 2015 Reportage of SAA offensive under Homs [ENG SUBS - sorta]
https://youtu.be/ziR4GI0X7HU

Combat- Assault on SAA held Jisr al Shughour
https://youtu.be/VFLcrnuDp3A

#SAA #NDF TANK targeting Militants @ Khan al-Shih
https://youtu.be/d3ZV3mT1FXY

'Do I want to do what to the Russian people?' Kerry confused on Moscow streets
https://youtu.be/sjYJFReeJsY

Looks like first L-39 Albatross landed tonight at Kweires airbase in #Aleppo
https://youtu.be/t2QEmlKLI4A

TWITVIDS

Syrian helicopter (Mi-24) dropping bombs on Darayya in the outskirts of #Syria's capital Damascus.
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/676503112845303808

#SyAAF #Syria-n Airforce destroyed a #Jaish_alFateh fuel convoy in south #Idlib (snackbar warning)
https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676711725429874688

Footage of First #Helicopters Taking off From #Kuweires Airbase in East #Aleppo after #SAA Secured The Perimeter.
https://twitter.com/Ibra_Joudeh/status/676793493579276288

Video: Aftermath of the SyAF airstrikes on terrorist positions in Northern Homs Countryside today
https://twitter.com/MmaGreen/status/676823410295484417

MISC

High explosive parachute bomb dropped by Assad aircraft on Deir al-Assafir this morning
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=834_1450190681
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=968_1450188166

Aftermath of a firefight between the Army of conquest and Shia mercenaries, Southern Aleppo, Syria [Banes]
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=96f_1450181771

★-FORD WARTRUCK LOCKED AND LOADED-★ [2 VIDS]
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=afa_1450178415

Russian heavy attacks HD [COMPILATION 11:12]
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d76_1450146923

TWITTER

#SaudiArabia MoD: Coalition of 34 is supported by 10 other states, fight will not be limited to #IS
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676537643505598464
The coalition's HQ will be in #Riyadh and will be operational in a few weeks
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676542789220347904
#SaudiArabia forms (another) Islamic coalition to fight terrorism
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676529792938737665
#Jordan, #UAE, #Pakistan, #Bahrain, #Bangladesh, #Benin, #Turkey, #Chad, #Togo #Tunisia
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676530316060680192
#Djibouti, #Senegal, #Sudan, #SierreLeone, #Somalia, #Gabon, #Guinea, #Palestine, #Comoros, #Qatar, #Kuwait
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676531180636770306
#Lebanon, #Libya, #Moldavia, #Mali, #Malaysia, #Egypt, #Morocco, #Mauritania, #Niger, #Nigeria and #Yemen
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676532509312614400
#Uganda has joined the new #SaudiArabia led coalition
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676544620415746049

#FSA group takes 4 points on #Damascus - #Baghdad highway in east #Qalamoun after clashes with #IS
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676569744288288769
Thatha checkpoint Al-Shahma well Al-Shahma station Al-Shahma rest area
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676570364382547968

#SAA Palestinians Commando Forces Say Militants recaptured #Banes but promises it will be back soon.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/676578152865370113

#NorthernAleppo Militants recaptured #Qarah_Kubri from Terrorist #ISIS #ISIL
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/676579227815116800

Reports from z past 4 to 12 hours of very intense battles ongoing @ #Mount_Nuba #SAA #NDF
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/676586060038537216

[PHOTO] JaN Spoils of war after attack on #Banes in southern #Aleppo
https://twitter.com/macscots/status/676616200818786305

Turkmen militants say Northern Latakia front is on the edge of collapse with Russians bombing their positions 7/24.
https://twitter.com/ornekali/status/676488690814885889

[PHOTO] Intense clashes reported between #SAA vs #JN & allies on the summit of Mt Nuba #Latakia countryside
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676716589941583873

[PHOTOS] #Russia delivers armoured vehicles to #Basra #Iraq to assist #ISF in fight against #IS
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676718633641316352
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/676711134519533568

#SAA/#NDF control Tell Huwayr near #Souran in Northern #Hama
https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676713895818604549
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/676726643768074241

#SAA #NDF repel #IS attack on the outskirts of #Sadad in #Homs countryside
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676724899616985088

#SAA/#NDF control 80% of Jebel al-Nuba in #Latakia. Heavy clashes atm at the Sheikh Sayed summit
https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676714803856023552

#RuAF and #SyAAF are targetting #IS #Daesh in #Manbij, #DeirHafir, Tel Ayyoub in East #Aleppo countryside
https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676716329186041856

[PHOTOS] Al-Nusra & Ahrar al-Sham attacking Sheikh Maqsoud: Churches & mosques destroyed due heavy shelling (ANHA) #Aleppo
https://twitter.com/dilkocer/status/676739350105866240

This morning the first helicopters landed in Kuweires airbase in East Aleppo after the SAA Tiger Forces secured the perimeter.
https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676716650712997888

BREAKING Reports that SAA controls the center of Az-Zurbah E Aleppo, has arrived on M5 hwy and surrounded the remaining militants
https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676742567472578562

#ISIS/#Daesh Terror Group Claims To Have Control #AlHadth Village In East #Sadad Town #Syria
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/676727339049476096

Banes in southern #Aleppo not under #SAA control.
https://twitter.com/Ald_Aba/status/676695001779302400

Saudi commentators feel that this "coalition" is nothing more than attempt by Mohammed Bin Salman to save face before ending Yemen
https://twitter.com/Leo_Iratus/status/676745306126606336

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says "nothing is off the table" with regards to sending ground troops to fight ISIS - Reuters
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/676776835707981825

[PHOTO] #Russian TOS-1 Ammunition depots on the way to #Syria ..
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/676769005345075200
https://twitter.com/AbraxasSpa/status/676671371615846401

[PHOTO] Al-Ba'ath Battalions at Buwaidah-#Hama northern CS, after getting liberated .
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/676775559989456896

A second #Hezbollah #IED killed a group of 5 #ISIS not far from the first one close to border crossing between #Syria and #Lebanon.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/676765443114291200

Unclear how far Russia would go against Turkey. But since downing of the Su24 over Syria, Putin escalates gradually & continuously.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/676768996033699841

[PHOTOS] FSA rebels allegedly shoot down what appears to be a Orlan-10 UAV in Sheikh Miskin, #Syria
https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/676722765999661056

[PHOTO] Horrific images coming from Ma'arrat al-Nassan where an oil/fuel market was targeted by RuAF.
https://twitter.com/green_lemonnn/status/676746525171691520

Alerted 3 months before ChemicalAttack on #Ghouta US JOURNO BEHEADED FOR REVEALING #SARIN GAS ATTACK PLANS
https://twitter.com/AWAKEALERT/status/676572742674546688

At least 30 #AlNusra militants killed and 5 technicals have been destroyed in Az-Zurbah in South #Aleppo. #SAA is clearing the town now
https://twitter.com/Gjoene/status/676782383039913984

After #Russia-n's efforts, #Jordan now readying itself to put #fsa/ahrar etc. related groups into its terror list.
https://twitter.com/taylieli/status/676779142914904064

#kuweires airport was used for the first time today where Helicopters landed in as the perimeter has been secured from #ISIS. #Syria.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/676787384319664128
newly repaired forward operating base. Helicopters can now strafe areas in east allepo more regularly.
https://twitter.com/ConflictHurts/status/676789769989419009

7000 #Russia/n troops will be deployed in #Armenia on the borders with #Turkey equipped with S-400. (Snowball of the #su24 #Syria)
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/676714340901371904

#Lebanon is announced part of the 34 #SaudiArabia led coalition but wasn't informed and refused to be part of it as officially announced
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/676818295425757184

[TRANSLATION: "Putin advised John Kerry to take a nap"]
https://twitter.com/lifenews_ru/status/676798914763296769

SYRIA For 24 hrs, 17 airstrikes made against #ISIS to north of #Raqqah to support offensive of Ganim unit of Syrian Democratic Forces
https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/676841229406064641

[PHOTO] #KerryinMoscow presser: Isolating Russia is not a policy in Washington - Kerry.
https://twitter.com/ilpetrenko_rt/status/676847206146682880

Kerry in Moscow: "The United States and our partners are not seeking regime change in Syria.”
https://twitter.com/MarquardtA/status/676853876650328065

Saudi Arabia has declared Hezbollah a "terrorist group" and imposed sanctions on 12 members.
https://twitter.com/pzf/status/676859677041426432

#SAA #NDF only need to capture the tip of "Sheikh Sayed" to announce #Mount_Nuba FULLY under control.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/676853891976314880

HUGE: Russia has named alleged FSA factions that it has helped by carrying out strikes
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/676821890510508032
Russian MoD: Over 150 smaller opposition factions are fighting ISIS in Syria contributing to the advance of the Syrian Arab Army
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/676819155681722369
Russian MoD says carried out strikes in Raqqa to support FSA "Ghaneem" brigade (is there such a brigade?) & "Democratic forces" militia
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/676822423736569856
As per MoD, other Russian airstrikes took place in Al Qaryatayn and Palmira in support of "Desert Lions" and "Qalamoun" brigades
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/676823540042219520
Interesting wording by Russian MoD "airstrikes in support of FSA factions", doesn't mean there was coordination between Russia and FSA
https://twitter.com/yurybarmin/status/676825760980692993

[PHOTOS] #SAA Tiger Forces commander Colonel Suheil Al-Hassan welcoming #SyAAF pilots at Kuweiers airbase in eastern #Aleppo
https://twitter.com/IraqiSuryani1/status/676901697663442944

MAPS

>Situ N Latakia CS DEC 15
https://twitter.com/MmaGreen/status/676816798302339072
>SAA capture Marj Sultan/Airbase E Ghouta DEC 14
http://s3.img7.ir/AGTRd.jpg
>SAA recapture Masasanah/Buwayda/Zalin DEC 14
http://s3.img7.ir/7KEsf.jpg
>SAA control Jabal Ahmar's 4 villages DEC 14
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/676503367250784257
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/676505903626108929
>Situ S Aleppo DEC 14
http://www.agathocledesyracuse.com/archives/599
>SAA take Marj Al-Sultan + heli base DEC 14
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/676436945392791552
https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/676354292224159749
>SAA attempts advance Al-Mughayriyah DEC 13
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/676049468500918273
>SAA recapture Banis S Aleppo CS DEC 13
https://twitter.com/islamicworldupd/status/675969836858654720

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