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ISIS update 10/29\2015.. Iraq ‘never asked’ US for ground ops against ISIS
International Military Review – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Oct. 29, 2015
Syria conflict: Today Events
Road to Palmyra: RT follows Assad army assault on ISIS positions
Guerra en Siria ✰ resumen del dia 18-10-2015 ✰ el mapa de hechos Sub
Russia: Warplanes hit record 118 terrorist targets in Syria in one day
Post-Apocalyptic scenes of Syrian town Morek retaken from ISIS
Syrian Military Report | Syrian offensive in province Latakia 10 km to Turkish border
Special Envoy Allen on the U.S. Role and Strategy in the Middle East
US “Protects” ISIS Terrorists in Ramadi, … 22 Iraqi Troops Killed by US-Led Airstrikes, US Planes Drop Weapons for ISIS
The US-led anti-ISIL coalition targeted the Iraqi forces’ positions instead of ISIL terrorists in the Western parts of Iraq.
“The coalition warplanes pounded the Iraqi forces after they advanced near the city of Ramadi after al-Jama bridge and al-Davajen bridge,” a security source said.
He noted that at least 22 Iraqi forces, including volunteer forces, known as Al-Hashad Al-Shabi, were killed in the US-led airstrikes in Ramadi.
The US has repeatedly struck the popular forces’ positions in different parts of Iraq.
‘We have enough soldiers’: Iraq ‘never asked’ US for ground ops against ISIS
Iraq: We Didn’t Ask for U.S. Ground Operations
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iraq-we-didnt-ask-u-s-ground-operations-n452756
The Iraqi government said Wednesday it didn’t ask for — and doesn’t need — the “direct action on the ground” promised by the Pentagon.
The revelation came a day after Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the U.S. may carry out more unilateral ground raids — like last week’s rescue operation to free hostages — in Iraq to target ISIS militants.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s spokesman told NBC News that any military involvement in the country must be cleared through the Iraqi government just as U.S.-led airstrikes are.
“This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the U.S. Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations,” spokesman Sa’ad al-Hadithi told NBC News. “We have enough soldiers on the ground.”
He acknowledged the importance of U.S. assistance in Iraq, saying that his country needs American help “arming and training out forces.”
The U.S. currently has around 3,300 troops in Iraq to train and advise Iraqi forces and protect U.S. facilities.
Russian analyst: Israel has no choice but to support Russian military operation in Syria
‘No info on Russian airstrike on Syrian hospital from our people on the ground’ – Red Cross top exec
Russian Deputy Defense Minister – statement after holding meetings with military attaches
How Russia and Syria Turned the Tide on Terror
http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/28/how-russia-and-syria-turned-the-tide-on-terror/
…..The Syrian counter attack to reclaim their country continues to roll north while clearing operation south of Bagadad has had jihadis surrendering or running back to their paymasters in Jordan. Those in the Damascus suburbs have been doing the same, but where the walk to Jordan is a bit longer.
The National Guard forces are again taking over clearing operations, so the regular army troops can be fed into the major fighting still ahead in the north. The Syrians are attacking on multiple fronts, including a western line of attack designed to cut off Turkish supplies that have long been flowing into the Aleppo area. The Kurds are holding blocking line north of Aleppo and have been air supplied by the US with munitions there. The plan seems leave a possible retreat line east to Raqqa which would become a Turkey shoot for the planes if that happens.
Reinforcement convoys from Raqqa have been attacked and destroyed, even at night. The Russian drones seem to be doing a good job and denying the enemy the ability to move without losing more fighting assets. Syrian forces are within a few miles of the Kuweires airbase, close to breaking the longest siege of the war, two years now.
Turkey will do all it can to derail the current anti-terror progress in Syria, and NATO will be helping. But they would have to do this without getting caught. So far it seems the Gulf States have no such concerns. Little Qatar has floated a call for invading Syria, with Saudi help I would suspect, and the US and Israel, too? That would be a new level of aggression, openly in support of terror forces. Might that be the straw that could break the back politically of the Western-Israel-Gulf State axis of evil?
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, was in Iraq recently trying to hold that flank from using Russian anti-terrorism services, and claims he got a commitment it would not. But on the same day the Iraqi Parliament seemed poised to easily pass a resolution to request help from Moscow.
If that were to happen then Israel and “others” could not continue VIP reinforcement flights to ISIL in Mosul. I think the Russian air force would frown on that especially if the Iraqis gave them that sector to defend.
We could easily have one incident that spins this all out of control, and we know the Israelis are staying up late working on various schemes to do just that. So the dance of death continues, with a happy ending still much in doubt. Our prayers are with the righteous.
Jim W. Dean
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Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Inflicts Heavy Losses on Militants in Key Provinces
Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were wounded in the Syrian army’s military operations across Syria on Wednesday.
Aleppo
Fierce clashes resumed between the ISIL terrorists and the Syrian forces near Air Force Academy and al-Sfeira in Aleppo countryside that resulted in the killing and wounding of a large group of militants, field sources said on Wednesday.
The sources said that the Syrian army repelled the ISIL attack near Air Force Academy and killed tens of the terrorists in its counter-attack.
Meantime, the Eastern parts of al-Sfeira witnesses the army’s crucial operation against the ISIL, whose members left behind dozens of dead and wounded comrades and retreated from the battlefront.
On Wednesday, the Syrian army launched another phase of its crucial operations to tighten noose around the Takfiri militants in Aleppo province, inflicting heavy losses on the militants in the early hours of the new round of fighting.
The army targeted terrorist positions in the neighborhoods of Salah Eddin, al-Lairamoun and al-Azamiyeh in Aleppo city.
The army also targeted terrorists from al-Nusra Front and the so-called “Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement” and “Nour Eddin al-Zanki Movement” in Khan al-Assal and near Bashkoui village in Northwestern Aleppo, destroying a number of their vehicles, some equipped with machineguns.
Hama
A long convoy of the militants’ vehicles at Khanasser-Ithriyah road in Hama province was targeted by the Syrian Army, resulting in the destruction of most of the vehicles, provincial sources announced on Wednesday.
The militant convoy carrying weapons and ammunition came under attack of the Syrian forces in the Southern part of Hama province earlier today, leaving a number of the terrorists dead or wounded.
Also in the past 24 hours, the Syrian army intensified its mop-up operations in the province of Hama, killing at least 10 terrorists, including a senior commander.
The army conducted a military operation against a hideout of terrorists from the so-called “Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union” in al-Latamneh town to the North of Hama city, killing at least 5 terrorists, including the terrorist ringleader, Akram Ali al-Mahmoud.
Meanwhile, the army destroyed a hideout of al-Nusra Front terrorists in al-Hbeit village on the border between Idlib and Hama, killing all the terrorists who were inside it. An armored vehicle was also destroyed.
Separately, the army targeted concentration centers of terrorists from the so-called “Jeish al-Islam” in the farms between al-Latamneh and Maarkaba village, killing several Takfiri militants.
Abu Abdo al-Hamwi, Abu Samer al-Hamwi, Yousef Abdo, Abu Saeed al-Hamwi and Adu al-Darda’ al-Hamwi were identified among the dead terrorists.
Also, the Syrian Armed Force, with the aerial backup of the Russian fighter jets, pushed back militants from Salamiyah-Raqqa highway in Hama province, and retook full control over the strategic route, local sources announced on Wednesday.
The sources said that the Russian warplanes carried out several sorties over the militants’ positions near the Salamiyah-Raqqa highway and hit them hard with their bombs and missiles, later the Syrian soldiers stormed the terrorist groups’ defense lines to take control over the highway.
The Syrian army troops seized back the highway after fierce clashes with the Takfiri terrorists.
Salamiyah is a city and district in Western Syria, in the Hama province. It is located 33 km Southeast of Hama, 45 km Northeast of Homs.
Daraa
The foreign-backed Takfiri militants acknowledged the death of a large group of them as the Syrian army struck a heavy blow at the terrorists in Daraa province on Wednesday.
Terrorist groups acknowledged on their social media pages the death of a large group of their members, including Rami al-Safadi, in Daraa.
Reports said the Syrian army destroyed a vehicle belonged to al-Nusra Front terrorist group and killed all the terrorists on board on the road between the Meteorology Department building and al-Sad in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in Daraa city.
The army also destroyed a number of terrorists’ positions and supply routes in Daraa al-Balad.
All members of a terrorist group were also killed or injured in a military operation against militants’ positions in Atman town in the Northern countryside of Daraa.
Lattakia
The Syrian Army announced on Wednesday that its artillery units shelled heavily the positions of the militant groups in the mountains near Selma town in the coastal province of Lattakia.
The terrorists’ gathering centers in Nuba mountain came under heavy shelling of the Syrian army’s artillery, the army sources said, and added that the terrorists suffered significant damages on their military equipment in addition to heavy death toll.
Provincial sources said on Sunday that over 110 members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front, including at least five commanders, were killed or wounded in the Syrian warplanes’ operations in the Northern parts of Lattakia province.
The sources said that the Syrian air force intensified its sorties over terrorist positions, destroying their supply routes and ammunition depots in Salam area and the villages of Bshirfeh, Tirtiah, Ekko and al-Mgheiriyeh.
Sources added that 53 terrorists, mostly foreigners, were killed and 57 others were injured in various areas in Lattakia Northern countryside.
Kamal Sammo, who was leader of the Zou al-Nourain Battalion, and Amer Omar, Khaled Omar, Mudtafa Sallo and Mohammad Khaled, who were all leaders within al-Nusra Front, were killed in the Syrian air attack on the group’s positions in Lattakia province.
Damascus
Different parts of the strategic province of Damascus were the scenes of heavy clashes between the militants and the government forces, field sources said, adding that the army has gained the upper hand in the fight against extremist groups in Damascus countryside.
The positions of al-Nusra Front and Jeish al-Islam terrorists were attacked by the army troops in both Eastern and Western sides of Ghouta, ending in killing and wounding of many militants, sources said.
A large depot of Nusra ammunition was targeted and exploded by the army artillery in the Southern side of Erbin town.
Jeish al-Islam centers were hit hard by government forces in farms of Mesraba village, resulting in the killing and wounding of several terrorists.
The militant groups also suffered heavy casualties in army operation in al-Ajami in the Vicinity of al-Sawa in Harasta.
Darayya’s al-Jameyat district also witnessed heavy clashes between the army soldiers and the militants of Ajnad al-Sham, in which scores of the terrorists were killed.
Sweida
The Syrian army launched a fresh round of operation against the militant centers in Tal Asheihib al-Shamali in the Southern province of Sweida, pushing them back form their defense lines, provincial officials said on Wednesday.
The sources said that dozens of militants were killed and their military equipment and vehicles were exploded in the army’s offensive on their camp.
Russian Jets Hit 118 Terrorists’ Targets in 1 Day
Russian fighter jets have carried out 71 sorties and hit 118 terrorist targets in Syria’s provinces of Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Lattakia over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
“Russian air group’s aircraft in Syria have conducted 71 sorties and hit 118 terrorist targets in Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Lattakia in the past 24 hours,” the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman said.
The number of sorties the Russian Aerospace Forces are conducting has grown due the increased number of confirmed intelligence data on terrorist infrastructure in Syria, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
“Russian air group’s aircraft in Syria have conducted 71 sorties and hit 118 terrorist targets in Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Lattakia in the past 24 hours,” the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman said.
The number of sorties the Russian Aerospace Forces are conducting has grown due the increased number of confirmed intelligence data on terrorist infrastructure in Syria, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
“As you see, the number of sorties has grown due to the increased amount of intelligence data on terrorist infrastructure targets confirmed via various channels.”
Russian Su-24M jets destroyed a terrorist command center with a communication center and a major ammunition depot near Salma in the Lattakia province, he said, adding that unmanned aerial vehicles had uncovered the target.
“As a result of an Su-24M airstrike the object was completely destroyed.”
The Russian Aerospace Forces also hit a Jaysh al-Islam terrorist command center with a communication center in the Damascus province, Konashenkov said, adding that the coordination of militants in the region has been disrupted due to the strike.
The Russian aviation also launched airstrikes on camouflaged terrorist bases in Syria.
Over 160 Terrorists Give up Fight as Syrian-Russian Forces Storm Militant Positions
URGENT: Syrian Troops Win Back Strategic Areas in Homs
ISIL Kills 200 Defectors in Syria
Syria: Hundreds of Militants Flee As Massive Operations Start in Homs
Syrian Forces Regain Control of Another Strategic Road
Army Kills Dozens of Terrorists in Hama-Aleppo Road
Syria: War Raging in Hama, Tens of Terrorists Killed
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/10/isis-update-10292015-iraq-never-asked.html
