Syrian conflict.

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Chechen-led militant group Ajnad al-Kavkaz published video of fighting in N. #Latakia 

 

 

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#Syria #RuAF Su-34 airstrike in Irbin, Damascus countryside. 

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#Syria: PHOTO: SAMA TV reporter with #RuN Moskva Commander. #Latakia 

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Longer video from Kweires airbase in #Aleppo shows L-39 been loaded with what looks like OFAB 100-120 

 

First combat sortie from Kuweiris?

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#Syria: PHOTO: @almanarnews reporter onboard the #Russia'n Navy cruiser Moskva off the coast of #Latakia 

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Reinforcements are comng from Iraq and Iran by Iranian planes...

 

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#Syria: PHOTOS: "Badr Military Wing" in Northern #Syria 

 

 

 

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#Syria-n President Al-Assad will reportedly visit #Iran in early 2016

 

 

#JN reclaim 6 farms in the outskirts of Marj Al-Sultan #Damascus

 

 

#Moscow says #Jordan has presented a list of 160 terrorist groups in #Syria. It includes IS, JN, Muhajir w Ansar, JundAq. Zinki. AhrarSham

 

 

Calling for preachers to lecture people on #RiyadhConference & for demonstrations after Fri. Prayer Salqin #Idlib 

 

 

#SAA Maj. Gen. Mundhir Zamam of #Kweires AB returns home to Safita #Tartous #Syria 

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#RuAF air raids on #IS in Al-Bab and Maskaneh in east #Aleppo countryside

 

 

#RuAF carries out airstrikes on #IS in Al-Qaryatayn, Mahin and other areas in east #Homs countryside

 

 

Clashes reported between #SAA & #Jaish_Fateh near Al-Sermaniyah in Al-Ghab Plain #Hama

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#SAA rocket launchers pounding Jaysh Al Fateh terrorists in reef #Idlib #Syria. #Russia 

https://twitter.com/Hamosh84/status/677490566691749888

Video shows launches of rockets.

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Operation in #Latakia #اللاذقیة province continue

SAA advancing in 3 Axis

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RuAF SU-30 in Syria packing air-to-air ordnance.  Wingtip stations are carrying jammers, outboard stations R-73 (AA-11 archer in NATO-ese) short range heat-seeking AAMs, and inboard pylons have one of the radar-guided variants of the R-27 (AA-10 Alamo) air to air missile.

 

There have been rumors that the latest short-range heat-seeking missiles have been deployed to Syria as well, but seeing as they look very similar to R-73s, I'm not sure how anyone could tell.

 

 

Another SU-30 with the same loadout as above, plus two bombs (not sure what sort; my knowledge of Russian air to surface weapons is spotty).

 

 

Ground crew load a KAB-500 guided bomb onto one of the wing stations of an SU-34.  R-73s are carried for self-defense.

 

(watch it turn out that LoooSeR posted this already five pages ago)

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US to arm Peshmerga for Mosul attack.

 

http://www.defensenews.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/12/17/defense-secretary-carter-vows-arm-kurdish-brigades-upcoming-battle-mosul/77496810/

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Russia is now preventing airstrikes against ISIS in Northern Syria.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-17/new-russian-air-defenses-in-syria-keep-u-s-grounded

Russia’s military operations inside Syria have been expanding in recent weeks, and the latest Russian deployments, made without any advance notice to the U.S., have disrupted the U.S.-led coalition's efforts to support Syrian rebel forces fighting against the Islamic State near the Turkey-Syria border, just west of the Euphrates River, several Obama administration and U.S. defense officials told us. This crucial part of the battlefield, known inside the military as Box 4, is where a number of groups have been fighting the Islamic State for control, until recently with overhead support from U.S. fighter jets. 

 

But earlier this month, Moscow deployed an SA-17 advanced air defense system near the area and began “painting” U.S. planes, targeting them with radar in what U.S. officials said was a direct and dangerous provocation. The Pentagon halted all manned flights, although U.S. drones are still flying in the area. Russia then began bombing the rebels the U.S. had been supporting. (U.S. manned airstrikes continue elsewhere in Syria.)

 

Inside the top levels of the administration, officials are debating what to do next. The issue is serious enough that Secretary of State John Kerry raised it with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they met on Tuesday, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General John Dunford has discussed it with his Russian counterpart as well, a spokesman for U.S. Air Force Central Command told us.

 

"The increasing number of Russian-supplied advanced air defense systems in Syria, including SA-17s, is another example that Russia and the regime seek to complicate the global counter-Daesh coalition’s air campaign,” said Major Tim Smith, using another term for the Islamic State.

 

The increasing number of Russian air defense systems further complicate an already difficult situation over the skies in Syria, and do nothing to advance the fight against the Islamic State, which has no air force, Smith said. He added that Russia could instead be using its influence with the regime to press President Bashar al-Assad to cease attacking civilians. “Unhelpful actions by Russia and the Syrian regime will not stop coalition counter-Daesh operations in Syria, nor will such actions push the coalition away from specific regions in Syria where Daesh is operating,” said Smith.

 

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Look at what kind of pods Su-25 have in that video... looks like two S-13 122 mm rocket pods.

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZyuOIPNAw

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Iranian copy of TOW in use:

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Fresh from SANA

Looks like Dera'a. 

 

Latakia. Hilltops no longer have trees, Jesus.

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#SAA & allies with #RuAF air cover have liberated 56 locations in 68 days during #Latakia countryside offensive 

 

 

 

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#Syria #Aleppo #Iraqi #Iraq #Shia #Shiite Soldiers getting ready

 

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#Syria #Latakia #SAA Commander Salah al-Asi communicating and watching his troops storm #Mount_Nuba #Nuba_Mountain 

 

 

 

 

#Syria #Latakia Photos of #Artillery paving the way for #SAA & #NDF to Capture #Mount_Nuba #Nuba_Mountain 

 

 

 

 

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#Syria #Latakia #Lattakia Commander of #SAA Desert Hawks and Commander of Salah al asi Intrusion Forces w/ Officer's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#Syria #Latakia #Lattakia #Tartus #Tartous #Mediterranean #Russia #Russian #Moskva 

 

 

 

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#Syria #Aleppo #SouthernAleppo a #Iraqi #Iraq Militia Leader with children in Southern Aleppo Countryside. 

 

 

#Syria #Shia #Shiite #Iraqi #Iraq #Aleppo #SouthernAleppo Photos uploaded yesterday. 

 

 

 

 

#Syria #Latakia #Lattakia #Russia #Russian #Moskva Cruise #موسكوفا #موسكو #الروس 

 

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#Syria #Qamishli #Christmas 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#Russia #Russian Deputy Defense Minister honors a number of #SAA Leaders & Heroes led by Colonel Suheil al-Hassan