The Syrian Conflict Thread

[snoopdoggydog]

Now all we need are for the US to supply the rebels with Stingers, and we have a party on our hands.

Brilliant, then the stingers will be used to shoot down passenger aircraft in iraq, turkey and saudi arabia. You are aware that Russia fired missiles from the caspian sea last week so what good would your stingers be and it's 2015 not 1980 afghanistan

 

[snoopdoggydog]

Syrian Army Gains Control Over Large Part of Aleppo, ISIL Suffers Losses

Syria's government-controlled army has regained control over large parts of the country's Aleppo governorate, a Syrian Armed Forces spokesman said Monday.

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151012/1028396355/syrian-army-gains-control-over-aleppo.html

 

[Seriously]

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151012/1028396355/syrian-army-gains-control-over-aleppo.html

Now that's the kind of news I like. Let ISIS be rooted out. I just hope the Islamic countries would assist to curb this evil.

 

[S.a.i.n.T]

Now that's the kind of news I like. Let ISIS be rooted out. I just hope the Islamic countries would assist to curb this evil.

They are: Syrian army = Assad = Islamic country, duh

 

[cybershark]

Brilliant, then the stingers will be used to shoot down passenger aircraft in iraq, turkey and saudi arabia. You are aware that Russia fired missiles from the caspian sea last week so what good would your stingers be and it's 2015 not 1980 afghanistan

Good joke... You really forgotten about Russian aircraft in Syria? Then you go on to equate cruise missiles fired from a ship somehow making sams obsolete. :erm:

 

[Unhappy1]

Good joke... You really forgotten about Russian aircraft in Syria? Then you go on to equate cruise missiles fired from a ship somehow making sams obsolete. :erm:

Not to mention the cruise missiles were largely a testicle waving propaganda stunt, with the added bonus of a field test. They wont be launching too many of them in this conflict in the future.

 

[Alan]

Brilliant, then the stingers will be used to shoot down passenger aircraft in iraq, turkey and saudi arabia. You are aware that Russia fired missiles from the caspian sea last week so what good would your stingers be and it's 2015 not 1980 afghanistan

The cruise missiles fired from the Caspian Sea by Russia and destined for Syria have heightened concerns that commercial flights in the region could be put in danger. A Russian animation shows how the deadly weapons follow a path over Iran and Iraq a route for many carriers that links Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The International Civil Aviation Organisation, the UN’s air safety arm said some airlines had already opted to fly alternative routes. Eurocontrol, the pan European air traffic control agency told airlines there had been no significant change within Europe but officials from the organisation and the ICAO have met to draw up contingency plans in event of further disruptions. As many as 800 flights a day could be affected if the heavily used corridors are deemed unsafe, or under extreme circumstances, become unavailable. Using alternative routes would mean longer flights and increase fuel consumption significantly.

http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/12/...es-prompt-global-aviation-officials-to-issue/

 

[Seriously]

They are: Syrian army = Assad = Islamic country, duh

There are many doing nothing at all. You said there is 1.6 billion of them. Yet the US and the Russians had to go and help to defend the ME. The syrian army did it WITH the russians as they could not do it on their own. The last year or two it was the rebels with help from the US that kept ISIS at bay. Now smoke that DUH!

 

[snoopdoggydog]

Not to mention the cruise missiles were largely a testicle waving propaganda stunt, with the added bonus of a field test. They wont be launching too many of them in this conflict in the future.

Last time the USA supplied 'rebels / al qaeda' with stinger missiles in the 1980's it ended in planes being flown into the world trade centre in 2001 and the longest war the USA has ever been involved in thats still going on with the USA commiting war crimes bombing a hospital recently

 

[snoopdoggydog]

Good joke... You really forgotten about Russian aircraft in Syria? Then you go on to equate cruise missiles fired from a ship somehow making sams obsolete. :erm:

Russian planes fly to high these days for those missiles to hit them. Honestly Russia would've thought of most things that the USA could do to sabotage them getting rid of the vermin known as Isis and yet none of their planes have been shot down or Syria's.

 

[snoopdoggydog]

Here's an article on stinger missiles

http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151012/1028410703/us-stingers-syrian-rebels.html

Furthermore, it would be dangerous to provide "the fractured Syrian opposition" with US sophisticated anti-aircraft weaponry, since it would result in a "significant chance" that such weapons would be used against the US Air Force

Good joke... You really forgotten about American aircraft in Syria & Iraq?

 

[cybershark]

Russian planes fly to high these days for those missiles to hit them. Honestly Russia would've thought of most things that the USA could do to sabotage them getting rid of the vermin known as Isis and yet none of their planes have been shot down or Syria's.

Can't be shot down...

Here's an article on stinger missiles

http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151012/1028410703/us-stingers-syrian-rebels.html

And now the article says they could be shot down by stingers.

So which is it?

 

[Unhappy1]

Last time the USA supplied 'rebels / al qaeda' with stinger missiles in the 1980's it ended in planes being flown into the world trade centre in 2001 and the longest war the USA has ever been involved in thats still going on with the USA commiting war crimes bombing a hospital recently

Thats nice, has nothing to do with what i said though.

Brilliant, then the stingers will be used to shoot down passenger aircraft in iraq, turkey and saudi arabia.

Russian planes fly to high these days for those missiles to hit them.

You contradict yourself.

Not to mention Russia is also operating helos in Syria.

 

[Grant]

Here's an article on stinger missiles

http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151012/1028410703/us-stingers-syrian-rebels.html

have you become the local sputnik correspondent ?

Sputnik is an international multimedia news service launched on 10 November 2014 by Rossiya Segodnya, an agency wholly owned and operated by the Russian government, which was created by a Decree of the President of Russia on 9 December 2013
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Alexander Podrabinek has called Sputnik a tool of Russian state propaganda distribution abroad, and has likened it to a pro-Putin version of the Daily Mail and described it as "anti-Western".

 

[Seriously]

have you become the local sputnik correspondent ?

LOL. An "independent and unbiased" news agency indeed. I presume desperation is in order here. Sad sacks!

 

[Hamish McPanji]

U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels

4:43 PM EDT | 01:19

EU condemns Russian strikes on Syria, demands they stop


By*John Davison*and*Phil Stewart

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON*(Reuters) - U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.

One military official said the drop, by Air Force C-17 cargo planes in northern Syrian on Sunday, was part of a revamped U.S. strategy announced last week to help rebels in Syria battling Islamic State militants.

Http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0S61LX20151012?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

 

[MickeyD]

Mod note: debate and criticise the comments, not the person.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Saudi Arabia, Europe snub Russia's overtures on Syria

Putin says Russia's goal in Syria is to 'stabilize the lawful authorities,' but opponents of Moscow's support of Assad makes the situation worse.

John Davison

20:41*

REUTERS - President Vladimir Putin's overture to opponents of Russia's bombing campaign in Syria was snubbed on Monday, with Saudi sources saying they had warned the Kremlin leader of dangerous consequences and Europe issuing its strongest criticism yet.

Nearly two weeks since joining the 4-year-old war in Syria, Putin took his biggest step to win over regional opponents, meeting Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of a Formula One race in a Russian resort on Sunday.

www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.680052?v=C2B69F80A0201A269787EB263B700B6F

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Saudis tell Russia its actions in Syria will have 'dangerous consequences'


By William Maclean

DUBAI (Reuters) - Moscow's military intervention in Syria will have "dangerous consequences", escalating sectarian war there and inspiring militants from around the world to join in, senior Saudi Arabian officials told Russia's leaders on Sunday, a Saudi source said.

The message, twinned with a pledge of support for moderate foes of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia's ally, signals Saudi suspicions about Moscow's motives in entering a 4-1/2 year war in which some 250,000 people have been killed and some 11 million, or half the population, driven from their homes.

"The Russian intervention in Syria will engage them in a sectarian war," the source said on Monday, adding that the kingdom "warns of the dangerous consequences of the Russian intervention".

"The Saudis will continue strengthening and supporting the moderate opposition in Syria," he added.

Http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0S61AE20151012

 

[Hamish McPanji]

THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY

Saudi Arabia’s last best chance may be an alliance with Israel

Haroon Moghul

October 10, 2015

With friends like these...(Reuters/Stringer/TIMA)

Given its location, resources and religious significance, Saudi Arabia should have developed into one of the world’s great powers: a Norway in the Middle East, perhaps, or a South Korea on the Arabian Peninsula. At the very least, someone at the top should’ve realized the good times wouldn’t last—eventually*the oil would run out, superpowers would move on, and the country would have to stand on its own.

Apparently not. Modern Saudi Arabia finds itself in desperate circumstances, which call for desperate measures. The kingdom’s last best chance may be the one nobody saw coming: an alliance with Israel.

Http://qz.com/520483/saudi-arabias-last-best-chance-may-be-an-alliance-with-israel/