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ISIS update 12/20/2015..Iraqi Militia Commander Accuses US Of Providing Air Cover For ISIS
Iraqi Militia Commander Accuses US Of Providing Air Cover For ISIS
Iraq probes deadly US airstrike
“US deadly airstrike on Iraqi military forces was coordinated”
Carter: Iraqi Strike May Be ‘Mistake’ By 2 Sides
Iraqi forces liberate areas in western city of Ramadi
Islamic State fight Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq – IS video
Iraq: ISIL controls only 17% of country
PKK: Set for Winter Campaign
Kurdish Uprising against Turkish Occupation
Turkey admits “miscommunication” with Iraq over troop deployment
Turkish troops in Iraq? Kirby points to public record. 17 Dec 2015
“Turkey to pull out some of troops from Iraq”
Molotov cocktails, clashes between protesters and police in Turkey
Israeli Air Strike Hits Syrian Capital… Called A Terrorist Attack & Assassination
Lebanese fighter Quntar assassinated in Israeli strike
Preparations for the retaking of Palmyra
Syrian army established full control over Khan Touman town in Aleppo province
Russia may use “more military means” in Syria
War in Syria: Heavy Clashes
Syrians Cautiously Attentive to Outcome of Friday’s U.S.-Russia Talks
Why the US Pushes an Illusory Syrian Peace Process
The anti-Assad coalition led by the United States continues to stagger toward the supposed objective of beginning peace negotiations between the Syrian government and what has now been blessed as the politically acceptable “opposition”. The first such meeting was scheduled for 1 January, but no one on either side believes for a moment that any such negotiations are going to happen any time in the foreseeable future.
The notion that negotiations on a ceasefire and political settlement will take place lacks credibility, because the political-military realities on the ground in Syria won’t allow it. Those opposition groups that are prepared to contemplate some kind of settlement with the Assad regime do not have the capacity to make such an agreement a reality. And those organisations that have the capacity to end the war against the Damascus regime have no interest in agreeing to anything short of forcible regime change.
On top of those serious contradictions, Russia is openly contesting the US plan for a negotiated settlement. The United States is pushing the line that President Bashar al-Assad must step down, but Russia is insisting that such a demand is illegitimate……………..
The obvious implication of these facts is that the ostensible push for a ceasefire and peace negotiations is a useful device for managing the political optics associated with Syria during the administration’s final year. If it is not questioned by media and political elites, the administration will be able to claim both that it is insisting on getting rid of Assad and at the same time moving toward a ceasefire and political settlement.
Never mind that claim has nothing to do with reality. Being the dominant power, after all, means never having to say you’re sorry, because you don’t have to acknowledge your responsibility for the terrible war and chaos visited on a country because of your policy. Gareth Porter
Four Russian Fighter Jets to Escort President Assad’s Plane in Visit to Tehran
Hundreds of Iraqi Fighters Flocking to Syria to Join Army Operation North of Aleppo
URGENT: Syrian Army, Hezbollah Capture Khan Touman in Groundbreaking Victory in Aleppo
URGENT: Syrian Forces Win Back More Territories South of Aleppo Province
URGENT: Syrian Army, Hezbollah Fend off Militants’ Counterattack on Khan Touman
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/12/isis-update-12202015iraqi-militia.html
