The Syrian Conflict Thread

Xarog said:
Are some of those generic or does each cartoon man represent a specific group?

Bottom Left dude kinda looks like Al-Qaeda to me.
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I get the impression that each cartoon man is supposed to represent somebody.

Some are obvious, others not so much.
 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-stretch-of-frontier-with-syria-a6753836.html
War with Isis: President Obama demands that Turkey close stretch of border with Syria

Ankara is accused of tolerance of – if not complicity with – the terrorists, who use border as a crossing point for Isis recruits and oil sales

The US is demanding that Turkey close a 60-mile stretch of its border with Syria which is the sole remaining crossing point for Isis militants, including some of those involved in the massacre in Paris and other terrorist plots.

The complete closure of the 550-mile-long border would be a serious blow to Isis, which has brought tens of thousands of Islamist volunteers across the frontier over the past three years.

In the wake of the Isis attacks in Paris, Washington is making clear to Ankara that it will no longer accept Turkish claims that it is unable to cordon off the remaining short section of the border still used by Isis. “The game has changed. Enough is enough. The border needs to be sealed,” a senior official in President Barack Obama’s administration told The Wall Street Journal, describing the tough message that Washington has sent to the Turkish government. “This is an international threat, and it’s coming out of Syria and it’s coming through Turkish territory.”

The US estimates some 30,000 Turkish troops would be needed to close the border between Jarabulus on the Euphrates and the town of Kilis, further west in Turkey, according to the paper. US intelligence agencies say that the stretch of frontier most commonly used by Isis is between Jarabulus, where the official border crossing has been closed, and the town of Cobanbey.

It has become of crucial importance ever since the Syrian Kurdish forces known as the People’s Protection Units (YPG) captured the border crossing at Tal Abyad, 60 miles north of Isis’s capital of Raqqa in June. Turkey had kept that border crossing open while Isis was in control on the southern side, but immediately closed it when the YPG seized the crossing point. The Turkish authorities are refusing to allow even the bodies of YPG fighters, who are Turkish citizens and were killed fighting Isis, to be taken back across the border into Turkey.

The US move follows increasing international criticism of Turkey for what is seen as its long-term tolerance of, and possible complicity with, Isis and other extreme jihadi groups such as al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra Front, and Ahrar al-Sham. Not only have thousands of foreign fighters passed through Turkey on their way to join Isis, but crude oil from oilfields seized by Isis in north-east Syria has been transported to Turkey for sale, providing much of revenue of the self-declared Islamic State.

Last week a Turkish court jailed two prominent journalists for publishing pictures of a Turkish truck delivering ammunition to opposition fighters in Syria. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that the weapons were destined for Turkmen paramilitaries allied to Turkey fighting in Syria, but this was denied by Turkish political leaders close to the Turkmen.

Turkey is now under heavy pressure from the US and Russia, with President Vladimir Putin directly accusing Ankara of aiding Isis and al-Qaeda.....
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Turkish group says Russians targeted bakery in Syria

IHH says bakery destroyed in attack in Idlib provided daily bread for nearly 45,000 internally displaced people.

A bakery established by one of Turkey's largest humanitarian organisations, IHH, was targeted by suspected Russian air strikes in Syria's Idlib province, according to the organisation.

Russia was blamed by Syrian opposition activists for the attacks, which left at least 44 people dead on Sunday.

IHH said via Twitter on Monday that the bakery, which was established 16 months ago, provided daily bread for nearly 45,000 internally displaced Syrians.

Mustafa Ozbek, from IHH's media office in Istanbul, told Al Jazeera that the bakery - in the town of Saraqeb - was destroyed in the attack.

"They completely destroyed our bakery as well as the flour mill in the building," he said.

"This bakery was very important because it provided bread for internally displaced Syrians.

"Locals said the air strikes were launched by Russian jets and that the Russians had been targeting those areas in the past few days.

"They said at least 20 missiles were dropped by four Russian warplanes.

Ozbek said Sunday's attack "was the first time any of our facilities was targeted".

However, he said citing activists that trucks loaded with humanitarian aid and food-storage facilities have been targeted.
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OrbitalDawn said:
Turkish group says Russians targeted bakery in Syria
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Was just watching McCain and some other Senator on CNN.

They want a no-fly zone over Syria in order to avoid this sort of thing, and then to send in a coalition of ground troops.

And in this report :

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-stretch-of-frontier-with-syria-a6753836.html

The USA says that the Turkish border must be closed to stop more ISIS coming in.

All sounds sensible, but the Russians won't go for the no-fly zone thing.
 
Anyone think the guy at the bottom in the white hate aiming at Israel and Russia could be the Pope? :D
 
Germany joining in Syria

Sky
The German cabinet has approved plans to join the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria.


Germany will commit up to 1,200 soldiers to support the international coalition fighting the militant group under the plan, which requires parliamentary approval.
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At long last some soldiers on the ground.

The GERMANS ARE COMING!
 
Seriously said:
Let me hear one of the many MyBB Putin carapus defenders defend this. Xarog will claim this is not a valid sauce as its not from RT
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Aljazeera has an Arab perspective. We know that.

Meanwhile Turkey is accused of hampering passage through the Bosphorous.

It seems that Turkey has decided to play his trump card against Russia, which, incidentally, still calls a friendly state. Turkey became interfere with Russian ships to pass through the Bosporus, which is a key maritime artery for the Russian Federation, Ukraine and South-Eastern Europe. According to him deliver agricultural and industrial products. (via Google translate)
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http://lifenews.ru/news/172788
 
Russian Airstrikes destroy ISIS oil refueling plant and fuel tankers

[video=youtube;huF-BYzJPaM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huF-BYzJPaM[/video]
 
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