Turkey will not hand over al-Bab to Syrian government forces - deputy PM

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haha... maybe they should capture it first??

Jerusalem Post
Turkey will not hand over al-Bab to Syrian government forces - deputy PM

ISTANBUL - Claims that Turkey will hand over the Syrian town of al-Bab
to President Bashar Assad's forces after driving out Islamic State are not true,
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told the state-run Anadolu agency on Tuesday.

Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes,
have been besieging al-Bab since December.
Kurtulmus said the US-led coalition had failed to give sufficient support to Turkey's operation to seize the town.

►(this 'story' is via REUTERS 24 January 2017 / aka the Pentagon... so they're like kids w/ matches wanting to set fire to Astana / Russo-Syrian-Iran alliance etc.)

 

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Aleppo East




Yusha Yuseef
East #Aleppo Map Update

Military Advisor
East Aleppo CS.#SAA take control Dir'iya,Khan Hufrah,Rasm al-Alam from ISIS.

NDF [MENTION=18049]nat[/MENTION]DefFor
#SAA captured 13 village in 6 days but main offensive hasn't been launched yet
#SAA's aim isn't al-Bab

Björn Stritzel ‏@bjoernstritzel 6 min.
ISIS destroyed a T-90 near Khanaser. Flag could be Hezbollah. (unusual.. first 'kill' I've heard of on T-90 w/ Shtora anti-ATGM system)

►Syrian Army liberated the Sarbas and Hussamiya town in #EastAleppo

Yusha Yuseef
►Breaking SAA Tiger Forces Full control Um Al-Amad Town And Tall Rihall Eastern Aleppo CS

Enrico Ivanov
►Village Deir Hanta liberated by #SAA Tiger forces.

Hassan Ridha
►SAA controls Sarbes and al-Hasemiyah in east Aleppo countryside

Enrico Ivanov
►Breaking! The #Syrian army has just liberated Tel Rahal.

 

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ALEPPO EAST




Hassan Ridha
►Turkish-backed Euphrates Shield spearheaded by an Ahrar al-Sham unit has captured al-Seflaniyah following shelling/clashes with ISIS

(I think this was the 12th attempt by Turks... so they needed FSA fodder, RuAF, Coalition and finally hired Al Qaeda mercs to take this village above Al Bab. Congratz 2 the lil Sultan.)

►Turkish Army finally captures Al-Sulfaniyah in east Aleppo after a dozen attempts

Ali Özkök
►Turkmen #FSA militia Sultan Murat published a compilation #video of the liberation of Al-Sulfaniyah from ISIS.
In the video the #Turkmen militia showcase several #Turkey-supplied armoured vehicles.



Peto Lucem
►MAP update: #SAA continues to advance in eastern #Aleppo countryside and liberated several more villages from #ISIS occupation. #Syria

loomis
►Only a few hundred meters separates the Tiger Forces from Euphrates Shield in East Aleppo

loomis
►Reports SAA Tiger Forces liberated Kharbasha from ISIS.
Town was never taken by FSA, same with Tal Rehal

Khanasser (SE Aleppo)

NDF ‏@NatDefFor 41 min.
►New offensive is coming #Khanaser

Footage from the area of Khanasser, southeast Aleppo:






IDLIB




Within Syria
►Nusra fighters preparing to storm Kafr Nubul, according to the source

Within Syria
►Nusra is now using Grad rockets and mortars to pound the FSA positions in Idlib countryside

Within Syria
►Nusra now controls northern and eastern Idlib countryside, FSA controls south. Nusra preparing to storm western countryside.

archicivilians
►#Syria: #JFS militants stormed Halazon village in north of #Idlib and looted #FSA's military storage base (heavy and light ammunition).

The 'Nimr' Tiger
►BREAKING: Nusra (JFS) storms Idlib prison and kills dozens of Suqour Al Sham terrorists


Charles Lister
►Breaking: Reports that 70+ pro-#Assad & #ISIS prisoners have escaped from #Idlib prison during #JFS’s ongoing attack there

 

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DEIR EZZOR





►Fighting between Daesh and SAA continues:



The 'Nimr' Tiger
►New photos from Government-controlled Deir Ezzor city which has been besieged by ISIS for over 2 years

Hassan Ridha
►RuAF have airdropped more supplies to DeirEzzor Airbase while helicopters carrying RG reinforcements from Qamishli landed in 137th Base

Hassan Ridha
►ISIS militants that retreated from areas in Iraq to al-Qa'im are continuing to be sent as reinforcements towards DeirEzzor

Hassan Ridha
►After capturing the Cemetery Hill, SAA are now attempting to retake the Junayd Company in order to reopen the land supply route to Airbase

Yusha Yuseef
►Six Tu-22M3 again bombed ISIS positions near Deir ez-Zor.



Ibrahim Joudeh
►#RuAF airstrikes just target a massive reinforcements convoy for #ISIS that was heading toward Deir Ez-zour city at Al-#Shoula area

►Deir Ezzor ISIS video 'getting sniped and wounded'



Hassan Ridha
►Russian long range bombers strike IS for the 3rd time in DeirEzzor as SAA makes slow gains in cemetery area in bid to reopen road to Airbase

Enrico Ivanov
►Breaking! 6 Russian #Tu-22M3 bombers destroy #ISIS arms and ammunition depots in #Syria's #DeirEzZor - [MENTION=65845]MOD[/MENTION]_russia

►B]Major general Issam Zahreddine on the frontlines:[/B]



Battle footage from Deir Ezzor:



Lucifuge Rofocale
SAA is in control of at least 60% of the cemetery, leaving them within a few hundred meters of lifting the siege on the Deir Ezzor Airport.

UN WANTS $$MONEY$$ FOR 'SYRIA' (seems legit.)



Roiders U.N. appeals for further $4.6 billion for Syrian refugees


GENEVA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Tuesday for $4.63 billion in fresh funding
to help Syrian refugees and host communities in neighboring countries, a statement said.

The appeal, launched at a Helsinki conference hosted by Finland,
is in addition to $3.4 billion that the world body estimates is required
to address the humanitarian needs of 13.5 million people within Syria this year.

"Funding for Syria remains insufficient to respond to what remains
one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today," the U.N. statement said.
















MOSUL, IRAQ




►Iraqi forces preparing offensive on western Mosul, commander says
... "is preparing an operation in the next two, three days, to back up the operation to retake the right bank" of the city, on the western side of the Tigris river" ...
-- ROIDERS

BEWARE THE 'STRINGS' ATTACHED

Conflict News
►IRAQ: Trump administration has offered Baghdad increased 'assistance' - Iraq PM. - @ReutersWorld

►BREAKING - President Trump [MENTION=17488]potu[/MENTION]S has promised to double support to #Iraq fighting #ISIS with letter to Iraqi PM @HaiderAlAbadi
https://twitter.com/pmu_english/status/823917271278092292

(Just Say No... Coming for your oil!!)

Islamic World News
►Eastern side of #Mosul finally liberated by Iraqi forces
Operation in West side will begin soon

Haider Al-Abadi
►I congratulate the Iraqi people on the full liberation of East Mosul, made possible by the courage and sacrifices of our armed forces

Bassem
►ISIS released video showing their armed drone capabilities among other things.

►#Iraqi soldier met with family in #Mosul after he rescued their daughter from under wreckage caused by ISIS explosive device.

 

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NE SYRIA: US MILBASE


Konstantin Krammer
There are reports citing an anonymous #SDF-source that the #US set-up a military base in Tell Beydar, its largest base in #Syria.
A Pentagon spox, while mentioning the reported deployment of 800 Coalition Spec Ops in Tell Beydar, called these reports "inaccurate".
Since the US doesn't want to disclose the location of its troops in #Syria, this can be seen as a confirmation. #SDF
https://twitter.com/KonstantinKlug/status/824244016225091584

 

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WorldOnAlert @<u><a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/member.php?u=30679" target="_blank">world</a></u>onalert 10m10 minutes ago
#Aleppo: Reports that #Suflaniyah village northeast of #Al_Bab was recaptured by #ISIS.

Terrormonitor.org
#SYRIA
#IslamicState Claims To Have Recaptured Seflaniye Village Near #AlBab City From #Turkish Army & Rebels. #TerrorMonitor

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monitoring ‏@warsmonitoring 22 hod.
ANNA News with Tiger Force while they are advancing in East Aleppo CS.

 

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I have no idea if this is crap... if it isn't... it's yuge... Kurd Autonomy?

RUSSIA PROPOSED SYRIA CONSTITUTION?

BREAKING:Key provisions of #Russia-proposd new #Syria constitution
https://twitter.com/Max_A_Suchkov/status/824353278058176513

 

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MORE ON RUSSIAN PROPOSAL: SYRIAN CONSTITUTION




Hassan Ridha
Russia proposed a constitutional draft to Syrian Opp in Astana, conveniently leaving out the word 'secular'

►Text of Draft Syrian Constitution Proposed by Russia Revealed


►Russia Awaits Reaction of Syrian Opposition on Proposed Draft Constitution

Hassan Ridha
Russia proposes removal of Arab name + referendum for border change

Lavrov invites PYD's Asya Abdullah to Moscow

ALEPPO EAST

watanisy
[►B]army captured al-Madiuna village / east aleppo[/B]

watanisy
►and al-Madiuna farms

The 'Nimr' Tiger
►BREAKING: Syrian Army's Tiger Forces liberated Al Madiuna and Al Mamun University in East Aleppo after clashes with ISIS terrorists

The 'Nimr' Tiger
►Al Madiuna farms were also liberated by SAA after expelling ISIS East #Aleppo

The 'Nimr' Tiger
►Syrian Army is now 7.5km away from Al-Bab Silos on the road to Al-Bab. East #Aleppo

Al-Masdar News
►Tiger Forces liberate new village in east Aleppo

Al-Masdar News
►Eastern Aleppo offensive against ISIS: A brief situational analysis

With offensives across multiple fronts being launched
against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) since the beginning of 2017,
all with mixed rates of success so far for the latter,
it can be said that the advance in the eastern Aleppo countryside
continues to bring some of the most progressive results.

As of the Thursday the 26th of January, the strategic town of al-Maduonah
has been liberated by the SAA's elite Tiger Forces.
The town commands two principal roads leading to the city of al-Bab:
this is the M4 main highway and the N212 secondary motorway.

Control over the M4 and N212 are essential for any northbound push on al-Bab
whether it be soon or later on in the future.
At this time the true direction and scope
of the SAA's offensive in the eastern Aleppo countryside is not yet known.
For example, it had originally been thought that Deir Hafer -
much further to the southeast than the current area of operations -
was going to be the target of the SAA offensive in eastern Aleppo
and thus far this has proven not to be the case at all.

All that can be said is that if the SAA continues operations in the direction of al-Bab,
then very few urban obstacles remain along the M4/ N212 axis,
as virtually no other road-controlling town stands between the city
and the now liberated al-Maduonah.

Hassan Ridha
SAA Tiger Forces liberate al-Madyounah village/farms + Ma'mun university in east Aleppo countryside

HOMS: PALMYRA





Syria Today
#Homs | #SAA artillery striking #ISIS positions

 

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MORE ON RUSSIAN PROPOSAL: SYRIAN CONSTITUTION





►Happening now: Moscow officials and Syrian opposition convene in efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis and maintain ceasefire.

►Russia's Lavrov says talks on Syria crisis in Geneva postponed until end of Feb from Feb 8

►Syria risks further deterioration if #Assad removed - #Kurdish party
Sputnik

CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS:
►Forces not adhering to #SyriaCeasefire will be eliminated - @mfa_russia Sputnik
(no more 'do overs' w/ air conditioned green buses.)

RUDAW
►#Russian FM Sergey Lavrov reiterates that a new #Syrian constitution must be inclusive of all factions, cannot be imposed on the people.

►#Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov says it is necessary to work on a new Syrian draft constitution.

►MFA: Syria draft constitution is a set of ideas, just to begin this talk in general. It’s up to Syrians to decide





Aleppo city:

Ruptly
►At least 2 dead, 17 injured in #Aleppo after opposition shelling *GRAPHIC*



Aleppo east

Ibrahim Joudeh
►#SAA from #Khanassir mountains today after repelling #ISIS attack

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha · 3 min.
►Sha'ale village west of al-Bab reportedly under SDF affiliate control now








Mosul



Haidar Sumeri
►#Iraq's Air Force is relentlessly bombing Da'ish targets along the western bank of the Tigris in #Mosul. Big news coming soon.

►Racing against time to fortify Mosul dam's decaying structure

"Anyone who says a catastrophic outburst would be ‘Biblical’
– they are correct" UN Rep says about #Mosul Dam

The Mosul Dam is being renovated and restored by an Italian company and paid for, $450 million,
by the Iraqi government. Iraq’s agriculture and water resources minister
recently visited the site of the dam to see the progress of the renovation.

 

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HOMS: PALMYRA



Syrian War Update (Video): Palmyra Front Combat Zone - January 28, 2017








DAMASCUS WATER




SPRING RESTORED!

Hassan Ridha
►Syrian Army declare full control over Ayn al-Feejah and water spring in Wadi Barada + rebels have withdrawn to Deir Miqrin

Hassan Ridha
►This happened as a result of SAA advances in Ayn al-Feejah + negotiations btw the reconciliation committee & Wadi Barada representatives

The 'Nimr' Tiger
►Celebrations in Damascus and handing out sweets after Syrian Army liberated Ayn Al Fijah and restored water to 5 mil people. God bless SAA!

Al-Masdar News
►Syrian Army takes control of main water supply to Damascus after more than 4 weeks of fighting

The water supply to Damascus was cutoff 44 days ago
when the jihadist rebels poisoned the water supplied to government areas in the capital.

With the Syrian Army in control of Wadi Barada, the remaining jihadist rebels
will be transferred to the Idlib Governorate, where they will be reacquainted with their comrades.

Yusha Yuseef
►Breaking : Wadi barada : 5 Buses enter Al-Wadi to start exit militants to Edlib

Yusha Yuseef
►wadi barada || in next 48 Hours , All wadi barada villages will freed from militants

►1200 Surrendered to SAA , Others exit to Idlib

Hassan Ridha
►Red Crescent entering Wadi Barada

Hassan Ridha
►Engineer and repair teams will enter soon to fix the spring

Yusha Yuseef
►Breaking Wadi Barada Workshops enter Fijeh spring this moments to Repair it and re pumping water

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►Russian draft of Syrian constitution sent to UN envoy: diplomat

The document sums up constitutional proposals of both the Syrian government and opposition groups,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting with representatives of the Syrian opposition earlier in the day.

Russia is imposing its draft on no one and the talk is about the proposals called upon
to stimulate a discussion on this issue in Geneva, the Russian foreign minister stressed.

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MERCENARY CIVIL WAR

►Al-Qaeda merges with former US supplied rebel forces in Syria

Five rebel factions, including (Nusra) Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham, agreed to disband
and form a new group that will be called "Hey'sah Tahrir Al-Sham" (Levant Liberation Body).

The disbanded rebel factions include
►Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham,
►Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki,
►Liwaa Al-Haq,
►Liwaa Ansar Al-Deen,
►and Jaysh Al-Sunnah;

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RAQQAH




US citizen killed fighting ISIS in Syria

Albert Avery Harrington was an American volunteer fighting with the predominately Kurdish "People's Protection Units" (YPG)
in the Al-Raqqa Governorate before his untimely death this past week.

Harrington was reportedly killed by the Islamic State during the battle for the village of Suwaydiya Al-Saghirah in Al-Raqqa.

 

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Russia: Syrian draft constitution includes elements from Kurds and opposition

"The draft constitution is a neural and well-balanced document
which relies on both the present-day democratic principles and norms of a secular state
and centuries-long Syrian traditions and habits," he added.

"It will be up to the Syrian people to decide about granting an autonomy status
to any administrative entity, including with mostly Kurdish population," Gadzhimagomedov stressed.

Pumping Station Liberated





Aleppo east:

NDF
#SAA artillery targeting the Tadef (yellow circle) / #EastAleppo

suburb of Al Bab. SAA goes for it.





Homs, Palmyra:




Saxonpride
5th Corps in great action. That's what you get when you have fully equipped brigades instead of half staffed ones.










UKRAINE



►Putin, @realDonaldTrump are convinced #UkraineCrisis cannot be protracted
Sputnik

►"Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton."

"Why the hell he should help Kiev's regime? They tried to sabotage his campaign lol.
They were so sure they will be protected by the Clinton's mafia, McCain and their cronies
they even enlisted Trump as the enemy of Banderstadt.
Now they will crawl, squirm and beg for support.
They will pretend that they were always his friends, never rooted for Hillary and so on.
Hopefully Trump will not fall for their shits.
He's clever guy and he should send Piglet and his Ukrop thugs to hell."

Patrick Lancaster
►2 civilians have been killed as #Ukraine opened fire on the #Donetsk area for 2nd day in a row. Hospital, homes hit & school damaged

Conflict News
►BREAKING: Ukrainian military reports 5 UA soldiers were killed in action and 14 were WIA over the last 24 hours. - @uacrisis

Conflict News
►MORE: A woman was killed, 3 civilians wounded in shelling this morning in Makiivka #Ukraine. - @novostidnua_en

Storm Bringer
#BREAKING
►13:45 Svetlodarsk Debaltseve area:battle,northern suburbs of Vuhlehirsk - noisy, heavy artillery

Graham W Phillips
►Numerous sources have now confirmed from #Donbass that Ukrainian forces shelled civilian areas in #Donetsk and #Lugansk regions yesterday.

Conflict News
►BREAKING: 2 more Ukrainian service members killed this morning after intense shelling on #Avdeevka, 5 wounded - @MarQs__

Graham W Phillips
A graphic video, as Ukrainian shelling hits civilian areas, killing a woman in Makeevka , by #Donetsk



Storm Bringer
#BREAKING
►14:50 Airport-Spartak-CP Yasynuvata a powerful battle continues with mutual exchange of heavy artillery strikes

Maurice Schleepen
►Aftermath of #Ukraine regime Heavy artillery Bombardment on #Civilian area,s of #Donetsk,#Yassinovataya region.






►Poroshenko begins visit to Germany

 

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Anbar, Iraq




►Mother of all VBIEDs Discovered in Anbar
PurpleOlive
Massive haul truck converted to VBIED captured by Iraqi Army in Anbar prov. Large IED cache at the same location





Al-Bab




CTO ‏@CT_operative 24 min.
#Russia military Sapper units supporting #Syrian Army advance toward Al-Bab with demining territory. #Aleppo #Syria

Deir Ezzor:






pete john
►Russian Tu-22M3 Bombers Destroy Daesh Command Posts, Arms Depots in Deir ez-Zor

Battle footage: