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ISIS update 11/09\2015..Iraq’s ex-PM: US-led coalition inefficient in fighting ISIL
Syria – Heavy Clashes And Fighting
TheMedvedova
International Military Review – Syria-Iraq Battlespace, Nov. 9, 2015
Frontline report: Inside mountain warfare in Syria
Drone flyby: Syrian mountain village just liberated from jihadists
Syria War – Conflict News – CurrentEvents
EXCLUSIVE – Report inside Assad’s Syria
FRANCE 24 English
Syria – Syrian army advanced near al-Hader town in the southern countryside of Aleppo
SAA/Hezbollah Operations In South-West Aleppo
Russian air strikes continue in Idlib
Latakia – Suníes y Cristianos del Ejército Sirio celebran toma de Ghamam – 8 Noviembre 2015
Hama 8 Noviembre 2015
Damascus Rural 8 Noviembre 2015
Syrian Air Force still use Vietnam war-era MiG-21 in fight against islamic terrorists
Russia: Russia’s Syrian intervention has ‘given hope’ – Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church
US/allies training new group called New Syrian Army affiliated with Authenticity & Development Front
Editor of Foreign Policy: Obama didn’t take down Assad earlier, now it’s hard to control Syria
Iraq’s ex-PM: US-led coalition inefficient in fighting ISIL
Turkey captures 38 foreigners trying to join DAESH
Syria SITREP November 8th, 2015 by John Rambo
Syria, Iran, Hezbollah:
• The fighting right now in Syria reflects the strategic necessity of
controlling highways and major junction centers such as Homs. Highways
and roads ease logistical movement. Although most military vehicles are
‘all-terrain’ their treads/wheels (and at times engines) are more taxed
on unpaved roads. Other impacted variables off-roading is top speed,
fuel efficiency, and a higher likelihood of suffering some kind of
breakage.
• The Syrian Arab Army, NDF and Hezbollah have had more success
against rebels and Al-Nusra than they’ve had against ISIL. The Syrian
military faces a few other independent actors as well (more later).
• SAA and NDF victories have been slow but purposeful. It’s been more
than a month since the Russian air strikes have started and the SAA has
had issues in maintaining security along supply lines and in gaining
large decisive victories like those seen by ISIL in 2014.
• That’s not to blame the SAA for a lack of effort. It’s easy to
forget a month ago the Syrian military was in desperate need to turn the
tide against the rapid gains made by the newly coordinated Army of
Conquest (FSA, Al-Nusra, and friends) which was just about to redraw the
strategic map.
• The manpower issues that have plagued the SAA are one of the
reasons these tactical setbacks are occurring. The NDF is stretched thin
as is and the SAA is not replenishing their numbers as fast as they’d
like. President Assad has done a lot of things to address the manpower
issue including pardoning desertion, pension raise to military and
retired personnel and offering tax exemptions to government employees [Source]
• Syria’s military is weakened beyond recovery for many years. The
only deterrence Syria has against Israeli action is a stockpile of
rockets and ballistic missiles for saturation missile attacks on
city-centers and military installations. To what extent their chemical
weapons program and stockpiles are is unknown especially after the 2013
Russian deal.
• Iran continues to lose high ranking officers in Syria. [Source]
• One can only speculate that this is really a targeted campaign. The
number of SENIOR IRGC officers to fall has been too high in too short
of a time span. Either IRGC commanders have a creed to lead from the
front (even at the colonel level, which is admirable) or there is some
serious accurate intelligence being handed down to anti-Iranian forces
to get these guys killed. One or two commanders is one thing. One or two
(high ranking) commanders every week is a different story.
Russia’s intervention in Syria – a reality-based evaluation
……………In conclusion I want to say that I am very proud of what the Russians are doing in Syria, both militarily and politically. They have shown an immense amount of courage and skills, at all levels of the game. But I also think that it is crucial for all of us, who are sympathetic to Russia and the anti-imperial Resistance worldwide, to stop presenting this intervention like some kind of “game changing” “done deal” in which the Russian Bear will crush all the terrorists and restore peace to Syria. Alas, we are still very very far from that. What the Russian have provided is an absolutely vital and very daring last minute temporary solution to a very dangerous situation about to get much worse. They did that knowing full well that they were at a huge political, geographic and military disadvantage and that their move was extremely risky. I would not say that Putin is risk averse, but he is certainly very cautious and for him to have authorized such an operation must have been very difficult. My guess is that what made him decide in favor of this intervention is the (correct) belief that the Russian forces in Syria are not only fighting for Syria, but that they are first and foremost fighting for Russia. Every Wahabi/Takfiri organization on the planet has already declared a jihad against Russia and Russia has been fighting these crazies ever since the USA and the Saudis literally federated them in Afghanistan (the “brilliant” plan of Brzezinski and, later, Reagan). The Russian people know and understand that, and Putin has repeated that often enough to have this message fully sink in. This is why the Russians will hold the course even if a major setback occurs and this is also why they will not have an events like the bombing of Flight 9268 by US-run puppet distract them from their real objective: help the Syrians, Iraqis and Iranians defeat Daesh.
The Saker
Syrian Forces Win Full Control over Key Town in Aleppo
More Wanted Militants Surrender in Syria
Terrorists Defeated in Tough Battle with Syrian Army in Damascus
Syria Readying for Massive Freedom Operation in Lattakia
ISIL Using Kidnapped Civilians as Human Shield against Airstrikes near Kuweires Airbase
Senior Militant Commanders Killed near Syria’s Aleppo by Army, Hezbollah
Militants’ Moroccan Commander Killed in Syrian Army’s New Operations in Aleppo
Syrian Air Force Readying to Blitz ISIL in Palmyra
EXCLUSIVE: Syrian Forces Start Mop-Up Operations in Eastern, Southern Hasaka
Syria: Terrorists Sustaining Growing Number of Casualties in Dara’a Battle
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/11/isis-update-11092015iraqs-ex-pm-us-led.html
