Devs Feb 23 >Reports:RUAF deployed to Hmeimim 4 SU-57,4 SU-35,4 SU-25,2 A-50U early warning and control (AEW&C) planes >N Hama:RUAF targets Jaysh Al-‘Izza underground bases with bunker buster bombs >Damascus:20-30 civis killed in rebel shelling, 3 kids killed in a school. SOHR claims 250deaths in artillery bombing in E Ghouta >E Ghouta:Sy helicopters drop leaflets calling civis to leave via established safe routes >Afrin:TFSA captured Bafler vilalge. YPG repells attack on Elaqina and Dayr Sawwan, does hit and run attack in Hekece in the Sheikh villages >YPG spox:Syrian forces came to defend Afrin, but no deal with Damascus >Turkish military hit 30-40 vehicles 'terrorist'convoy entering Afrin. Kurdish sources claim it was aid convoy >Gov forces get control over all neighborhoods of Aleppo city controlled by YPG >W Aleppo:HTS captures A’ajel&Bsrtoni from Sy liberation front (Al-zinki&Ahrar Al-Sham). SLF claims it captured Kafrnaha >LAVROV: RUSSIA HAS NO EVIDENCE THAT US-LED COALITION COMBATS JABHAT AL-NUSRA >IS attacks Egyptian army HQ in N Sinai killing several soldiers >Houthi snipers take out 3 Saudi soldiers near Yemeni border
>The business of war: Russian mercenaries in Syria
A paramilitary chief who serves as a contact for Russians who want to become mercenaries in Syria discusses the grim business of making war for profit. He spoke to FRANCE 24 only on condition of anonymity. If you live near Russia's Yekaterinburg and want to fight with pro-regime forces in Syria, there’s one man you need to speak to. He is a paramilitary chief who advises Russians wanting to work for Wagner, a shadowy Kremlin-linked private military contractor known for sending mercenaries to Syria.
“Each week I receive five or six new requests,” he told FRANCE 24. “Some call me by phone, others come to see me. About a hundred people in the region are planning to go to Syria.”
>He said that interest has only increased since the Russian foreign ministry reported that five Russians died in a US bombing raid on pro-regime troops attacking opposition forces in Syria's Deir Ezzor province on February 7.
“Now, it’s more about getting revenge than it is about money,” he said.
>But the chief warned that these revenge-seekers don’t know the whole story. According to him, it wasn’t just five Russians killed in the American raid – it was 218. (US officials have said about 100 pro-regime fighters were killed, without specifying whether they were Syrian army, Russian or other forces.)
However, the paramilitary chief said only 150 bodies have so far been recovered.
“There are 150 people in refrigerators on the Wagner base” back in Russia, he said. “Their state? 'Minced meat' is how they described them to me.”
>Far left on the front lines: The Westerners joining the Kurds' fight in Syria
Fighters from France, Britain, Greece and beyond have joined Kurds in their battle against Turkish troops in Syria’s Afrin. Often identifying with the far left, these volunteers have set off to fight, and even die, for a "Kurdish revolution".
Between 100 and 400 Westerners have joined the YPG’s ranks in Syria, analysts tell FRANCE 24, including a handful of French nationals as well as Americans, Britons, Greeks, Germans and Italians. Having initially set off to battle the Islamic State Group, the YPG’s battalion of foreign volunteers announced in a statement on January 26 that it had now mobilised to “defend Afrin”. The Kurdish enclave in northern Syria has been under fire from the Turkish army since January 20.
The foreign volunteers may be a motley crew, but they can nevertheless be broken down into three main groups: ex-military, a majority of whom are English-speaking and generally far-right hardliners; far-left activists, including Communists, Marxists, Libertarians and Antifa (anti-fascist) – principally Greeks, Germans and Italians; and miscellaneous adventurers with backgrounds neither military nor activist but with sundry and surprising profiles that include a Hollywood actor, a British banker and a Canadian fashion model.
The Turkish offensive, dubbed Operation Olive Branch, changed the nature of the fight: Alongside the Kurds, these foreign volunteers are no longer fighting the IS group but the sovereign state of Turkey. The composition of their ranks has become more homogenised and now largely consists of the far-left “revolutionaries” who stayed on.
>“The humanists, former soldiers and adrenaline-seeking adventurers became scarcer, giving way to the ideologues,” said Guillaume Corneau-Tremblay, a political scientist working for the Canadian government.
>Director Of Oscar-Nominated Aleppo Doc Wants His Film To Serve As Witness
This winter, the Syrian government regained control over the entire city of Aleppo. For years before that, it was the largest urban stronghold of anti-regime rebels. Over those years, there were countless government bombings, and the city was reduced to rubble.
The documentary Last Men In Aleppo, by Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad, takes viewers inside the city. "I grew up in the countryside of Aleppo," he says. "And Aleppo — it's my city, where I know every single street and every single store."
In 2015 and 2016, Fayyad and his crew followed a group of self-appointed rescue workers called White Helmets. The film has been nominated for an Oscar in the documentary category, making it the first Syrian film to receive that honor.
>Trump appears to contradict State Department by saying the US is in Syria to 'get rid of ISIS and to go home'
President Donald Trump appeared to contradict his own State Department during a press conference on Friday by saying that the US is in Syria to defeat ISIS and then leave.
"We're there for one reason: to get ISIS and get rid of ISIS and to go home," Trump said during a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. "We're not there for any other reason."
In January, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson outlined five goals for the US in Syria — to defeat ISIS and al-Qaida, resolve the conflict between the Syrian regime and people, to curb Iranian influence, to create conditions so that refugees can safely return, and to create a Syria free of weapons of mass destruction.
Tillerson also said that the US seeks to resolve the conflict between the Syrian regime and people through UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which works towards a free Syrian election that Washington believes will peacefully get rid of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
What is known about Wagner? In June 2017 the US Treasury added Wagner PMC to a long list of Russian individuals and entities subject to sanctions because of their involvement in the Ukraine conflict.
The PMC "has recruited and sent soldiers to fight alongside separatists in eastern Ukraine", the US Treasury said.
The US also identified Dmitry Utkin as Wagner's "founder and leader" and placed him on the list.
>Wagner is estimated to have as many as 2,500 men in Syria.
Its officers serving in Syria are reported to earn up to 300,000 roubles (£3,800; $5,300) a month.
What about the Russian debacle on 7 February? Unnamed US intelligence sources quoted by the Washington Post say Mr Prigozhin was in close contact with the Kremlin in the run-up to the assault on the Syrian Democratic Forces base in Deir al-Zour region. The force is said to have crossed the River Euphrates and shelled the base close to Khursham, a short distance from highly-prized oil fields.
>Amid unconfirmed reports that more than 100 Russians had been killed, the Kremlin denied that any regular Russian military forces had been involved. It admitted only that there had been "several dozen" Russian casualties, but gave no further details.
>It is night time /sg/ and it is supposed to be comfy Recently the thread has been overrun with mutts for most of the night
Owen Jenkins
>night time /sg/ >comfy
the only comfy time on /sg/ is mid morning
Colton Ward
>still no qt polish gf
Logan Rogers
>Pentagon Will Not Confirm Russian Stealth Fighters Deployed to Syria A Pentagon spokesman on Thursday questioned reports that Russia has deployed advanced stealth fighter jets to Syria, saying the U.S. military could not confirm their presence and that “deconfliction” strategy for the U.S. coalition would not change in any event. “The addition of fifth-generation fighters into Syria would certainly not be in keeping with Russia’s announced force drawdown,” said Defense Department spokesman Eric Pahon.
>The tiny casualties of war: UN says it is ‘almost there’ on an agreement with Russia for a 30 day ceasefire in rebel-held town where scores of children have been injured and killed
>Is-Assad-using-NAPALM?
In a tweet, pro-rebel White Helmets volunteers, said its video, which is mostly dark apart from burning material appeared to fall from the sky, shows missiles 'loaded with prohibited napalm' being dropped in 'residential neighbourhoods'
The use of napalm is banned in civilian areas by the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
>Trump blasts Russia's actions in Syria as 'a humanitarian disgrace'
Trump blasted Russia, Iran and the Syrian government on Friday for their military campaigns in Syria during a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
"What Russia, and what Iran and what Syria have done recently is a humanitarian disgrace," Trump said. "What those three countries have done to people over a short period of time is a disgrace."
In early January, Russia and the Syrian regime increased its bombing runs in the rebel-held areas of Idlib province and Eastern Ghouta, where 250 civilians alone were killed in 48 hours earlier this week.
"No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones," the UN recently said in a statement. "Do those inflicting the suffering still have words to justify their barbaric acts?"
so the kids propaganda started to catch on websites now
>2 young sisters make devastating plea for help after Syrian planes destroy their home
>"Save the children of Ghouta," plead young sisters in Syria as missiles rain down
CBS News’ Charlie D’Agata reached out to the children’s mother after the bombing, only to be asked why nobody was doing anything to help them.
“Please help us. We are in danger. The world is just watching what is happening Gouta. Why? Why? Why won’t you help us?” asked Shamsa Khatib, distraught. “We are dying of hunger. We are in need of food and safety and freedom. Please help us.”
how can i be comfy when poor innocent sandniggers are dying everyday? :^( Little abduls daddy ain't never comin home
Caleb Flores
skeeyin accident
John Collins
Look what showed up in the mail today, /sg/
William Ramirez
Agreed, there appears to be mutt infestation.
It is comfy with anons like you kind baker.
Elijah Williams
Not shitposting anymore
Do you guys have a discord or something? It'll be much easier to chat about this shit in a discord group or something.
Grayson Reed
is that the class blaster 3000 attachment
Jose Cooper
sorry senpai, chicks don't dig sandnigger lovers who worship i guy who gasses children!
Kevin White
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Camden Rogers
>the cancer of Sup Forums complains about Sup Forums being a cancer Fuck off to your muslim worship subreddit and leave us in peace and you won’t have to hate us
Aaron Nelson
It was comfy, a long, long time ago...
Nathaniel Martin
TURAN 4 LIFE
James Perez
whats is that "švabe" word in the lower right corner, that would translate as "krauts" in bosnian
Jose Wright
go back to ptg
Ian Miller
did you just assume i was an ASS*dist you dumb zionist fuck?
Alexander Lewis
no funny tabs :(
David Scott
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Bentley Scott
you can join us at r/syriancivilwar on reddit my friend. Its where all of us came from
Gabriel Jackson
Doesn’t matter what sand lord you worship you’re still a shitskin kys
Zachary Smith
>‘Publicly hang & slice him to death’: S. Korean MPs want North’s delegate killed
More than 70 South Korean lawmakers are calling for the leader of the North’s Olympic delegation to be publicly hanged and “sliced to death.” The demands came at a protest outside the presidential Blue House in Seoul Friday. North Korean General Kim Yong Chol will lead an eight-member delegation that will attend the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics Sunday to kick off a three-day visit. The former spymaster is widely believed to have coordinated a series of attacks against the South, including the torpedo attack which sank the Republic of Korea Navy Pohang-class corvette, killing 46 crew. Pyongyang has repeatedly denied responsibility for the incident.
"Kim Yong Chol is a diabolical war criminal who attacked the South... He deserves death by hanging in the street," the party's parliamentary floor leader Kim Sung-tae said in a statement, as cited by AFP. "Even if the heavens split in two, we cannot allow such a heinous criminal – who must be sliced to death – to be invited to the Olympics closing ceremony.”
>Palestinian who died after beating by Israeli troops 'may have died from tear-gas inhalation' – IDF
However, Israel's military said in a Friday statement that troops used "riot dispersal means adjacent to the area where the suspect was held, and it appears [he] was exposed to gas which may have caused his death." It also said that troops "used force in order to subdue the suspect," and that, although shots were fired towards him, he was "most likely not hit." An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to say what the use of force entailed.
The Israeli military also said that some 50 Palestinians "threw firebombs and rocks and rolled burning tires" at troops during the clashes. It added that Saradeeh had been armed with an iron rod and ran towards soldiers in an attempt to strike them.
However, Ismail al-Masri, a relative of Saradeeh, told the official Palestinian news agency WAFA that soldiers simply began beating the 33-year old "as soon as he approached his uncle's house to check why the army was raiding it."
Shvabe holding company, I guess they own the optics business I bought this from
Tyler Jenkins
in russia it reads like schwabe, which are Swabians in germany.
Grayson Robinson
Death to America and Israel and something else but I can't quite remember what it is ...can someone help me ... I'm sure it was consisted of two parts and it was quite simple...
David Brown
Pure shitposting No videos Fuck you guys
Oliver James
Mutts like you reek of bad SJW BO. You are just another SJW my "homie" You are not on the ground, you do not even know what you are talking about. And you keep assuming shit all over the place. An emotionally driven SJW parroting whatever is fed voluntarily or subconsciously.
Grayson Robinson
>if there are a cuple hundred terrorist in the central park shilling new york, what would your gorverment do?
>mfw when the shitposters anti assad start fighting between them IDILIB ALL OVER AGAIN
Jack James
That's finngol. My finngol detector works like charm, cuz i live near them.
Lincoln Reed
BASED as fuck lol /sg/ eternally btfo!!!
MAGA
Evan Moore
>Americans ruining yet another thread
Dylan Brown
i will fend off the mutt attack and retaliate if you all apologize.
Easton Parker
If I'm baking next Im doing Assad+Stalin+Hitler Jew Haters edition
William Robinson
I've always liked you al urduni
Easton Reed
Did you buy from kalinka optics?
Logan Thomas
apu will save us
Liam Russell
>Assad+Stalin >Jew Haters
Kevin Parker
>proxy fag wew cry more bitch. Im glad the sandniggers you love are dying by the thousands and breaking up families *spits on syrian flag* DEATH TO ASSAD
Ryder Hughes
its only ruined because people keep replaying for no reason please dont mate, spamming muts will just fuck it up even more
Carter Baker
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Bentley Barnes
>Hollywood Actor LOL He literally only stared as some deckman who got killed by a Kraken
His own captain in that movie was some jobber that was only there for a few minutes to job to the Flying Dutchmab
