[Centraal] Crisis in Syrië en Irak #369

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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 19:25 schreef ClapClapYourHands het volgende:

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What’s Left of the Syrian Arab Army?

The general impression is that the Syrian Arab Army remains the largest military force involved in the Syrian Civil War, and that — together with the so-called National Defense Forces — it remains the dominant military service under the control of government of Pres. Bashar Al Assad.

Media that are at least sympathetic to the Al-Assad regime remain insistent in presenting the image of the “SAA fighting on all front lines” — only sometimes supported by the NDF and, less often, by “allies.”

The devil is in the details, as some say. Indeed, a closer examination of facts on the ground reveals an entirely different picture. The SAA and NDF are nearly extinct.

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Currently, Homs and Hama appear to be the last two governorates with any kind of significant concentration of the SAA. Actually, merely the HQs of various former SAA units are still wearing their official designations. Their battalions all consist of various sectarian militias — including that of the Ba’ath.

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Correspondingly, there is hardly anything to be seen of the actual SAA and very little of the NDF. It’s unlikely that Al Assad has more than 70,000 troops left under his command.

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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 19:25 schreef ClapClapYourHands het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 19:25 schreef ClapClapYourHands het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 19:05 schreef vigen98 het volgende:
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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 17:33 schreef Zalmplaat010 het volgende:
Wat een kneiterharde bazen zijn die Russen ook, IS gebied veroveren in je blote barst met een dikke joint in de mond
http://syria.liveuamap.co(...)90a-54x-in-palmyra--

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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 20:47 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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das koeltoer in die regio

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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 19:25 schreef BarryOSeven het volgende:

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Bestormen de green zone toch... wet is wet zou Sylvana zeggen.

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Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 18:18 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:

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Reuters twitterde op vrijdag 20-05-2016 om 15:10:13 BREAKING: Russia proposes joint strikes in Syria with U.S. coalition forces beginning May 25 reageer retweet

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The United States on Friday rejected a Russian proposal to launch joint air strikes against extremists from next week in Syria, but said the two sides were discussing ways to better monitor a shaky truce.

"We do not collaborate or coordinate with the Russians on any operations in Syria," Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis told reporters, explaining that Washington and Moscow have separate military objectives.

"Russian operations are supporting and enabling the Assad regime and our focus is solely on degrading and defeating ISIL," Davis said, referring to ISIS.

Earlier Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu suggested the two countries launch joint strikes against Jabhat al-Nusra and other illegal armed groups that do not support a frail truce brokered by Moscow and Washington in February.

He also proposed that joint strikes be made against "convoys containing weapons and ammunition, armed units that illegally cross the Syrian-Turkish border."

Davis said Russia had not made a formal proposal to the United States.

"I've only seen the same press reports you have -- nothing formal has been presented to us," he told reporters.

Russia and the United States pledged earlier this month to redouble efforts to find a solution to the Syrian conflict, which has killed more than 270,000 people and displaced millions since 2011, and extend a truce across the war-torn country.

This week in Vienna, the 17-nation International Syria Support Group (ISSG) -- co-chaired by the United States and Russia -- vowed to bolster the ravaged nation's shaky ceasefire and send humanitarian relief.

"What we are discussing with our Russian counterparts -- in keeping with the ISSG communique last week in Vienna -- are proposals for a sustainable mechanism to better monitor and enforce the cessation of hostilities," State Department spokesman John Kirby said Friday.

"None of those proposals have yet been agreed upon."

Kirby said the "vast majority" of the violations of the truce had been carried out by the regime, which is backed by Moscow.

"We look to Russia to end such violations, which includes strikes that have hit civilians and civilian facilities," he said.

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SDF_Press_1 twitterde op vrijdag 20-05-2016 om 21:22:05 #SDF this is the official page of SDF forces , to everybody who wants to defeat ISIS, please follow it reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 21 mei 2016 16:19 schreef Adrie072 het volgende:
Er schijnt wat opkomende te zijn volgens twitter.

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sayed_ridha twitterde op zaterdag 21-05-2016 om 11:03:57 #SDF reportedly take control of al-Hisha town 12km east of Ayn Issa in #Raqqa countryside reageer retweet

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QSD00963 twitterde op zaterdag 21-05-2016 om 15:00:35 #SDF (#QSD) liberate Al Hishah, 12km east of Ayn Issa in #Raqqa countryside .#RaqqaCampaign Press Office 21-5-2016 reageer retweet

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HaraldDoornbos twitterde op zaterdag 21-05-2016 om 18:33:44 Zou wel eens echt belangrijk kunnen zijn>#IS-accounts op social media melden dat leider Baghdadi of Adnani spoedig met boodschap komt. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 21 mei 2016 19:04 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Sinds het begin van de burgeroorlog in 2011 zijn in gevangenissen van de Syrische overheid naar schatting 60.000 mensen om het leven gekomen. Ze stierven aan de gevolgen van marteling, ondervoeding of gebrek aan medicamenten.

Het Syrisch Observatorium voor Mensenrechten verklaarde zaterdag dat onder de doden 110 kinderen waren, jonger dan achttien jaar. Het Observatorium, dat de thuisbasis in Londen heeft, zegt zich te baseren op gegevens van het Syrische leger, de geheime dienst van de luchtmacht, de reguliere geheime dienst en de beruchte gevangenis Sednaya vlakbij de hoofdstad Damascus. Bovendien heeft de organisatie zelf een archief waarin 14.456 gevallen zijn beschreven.

Het Observatorium schat dat er momenteel nog 200.000 mensen in de Syrische gevangenissen zitten. Eerder maakten de Verenigde Naties melding van het gebruik van systematisch geweld tegen gevangenen door het regiem.

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