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US Helicopters: How a Gentleman Flexes* US troops at Syria base say they’ll keep pressure on IS A senior U.S. coalition commander at a base in Syria says American troops are redeploying to bases, including in some new locations, to keep up the pressure on the Islamic State militants So, this guy below started tweetingContinue reading “Nov 14 (10/11): US Helicopters: How a Gentleman Flexes”

Not much movement on the ground, as expected what with the meetings at the White House today; the usual exceptions being the case, i.d. Idlib in the west and super-strategic Tal Tamr to the east what with the highways there. A couple things of note today: Erdogan Cracks Down on More Turkish Mayors Before JettingContinue reading “Nov 14 (9/11): Turks and Kurds & Friends”

Apaches!! American Apaches over the Tel Tamer hospital pic.twitter.com/WXwS9DD4MI — Joanne Stocker جوآن (@joanne_stocker) November 14, 2019 Couple of pissed off apache pilots giving us an airshow. pic.twitter.com/v9OHdfhuGc — Dani Ellis (@lapinesque) November 14, 2019 American Apaches over Tel Tamer now, unusual but signifying nothing at this point. Fighting continues and the hospital reports evacuatingContinue reading “Nov 14 (8/11): Apaches-Apaches-Apaches”

Why don’t we still have whistling emojis? I need a whistling emoji… Is everybody tired of winning yet? "The border is holding very well. The ceasefire is holding very well," President Trump says on Syria while meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. "The president and I have been, we've been very good friends," heContinue reading “Nov 14 (7/11): A Brief Look at Winning”

I wanted to circle back in this, both to post about him in his death, but also to grapple with the fact that, WTF: I literally don’t know what to believe about some things anymore. Or how to. Idlib: Everything is pretty much the same, except, while not in Syria per se, the founder of the WhiteContinue reading “Nov 14 (6/11): Information & Power”

Ground Deployment Stuff So the US is at least partially withdrawing from Qamishli and the Russians are moving in. There are reports of TFSA incursion to surround not only Manbij/Kobanî and to cut off the administrative capital of Ayn Issa from the rest. I’m afraid to look in on Idlib, and Tal Tamer would beContinue reading “Nov 14 (5/11): Rundown: Ground & Sound”

Troop Movement & Battles East to west today.   Russians Moving into Rmelan Airfield NE of Qamishli A week after beginning helo patrols in support of military police patrols in NE Syria, Russia is now basing 3 helicopters, 2 Mi-35M (blue 42, 44) and a Mi-8AMTSh (red 48) at the Qamishli Airport. Zvezda reported thatContinue reading “Nov 14 (4/11): Troop Movement & Battles”

My man. Mr. Enes Goes to Washington: İTurkish NBA star #Enes Kanter to visit Capitol Hill ahead of #Erdogan visit.Boston Celtics center has called the Turkish leader the 'Hitler of our century'”https://t.co/2fMElVLCQs — Can Dündar (@candundaradasi) November 13, 2019 Congress Critters Met With (Partial, I Assume): Rep. Barr – @RepAndyBarr Sen. Wicker – @SenatorWicker Sen.Continue reading “Nov 14 (3/11): Armorum Enes Kanter-que Kant’oh.”

Thoughts they’re sending our way. I think this— ‘It seems as though #Syria’s civil war will come to an end, and its president Bashar al-Assad will retake all of the country’s territory.’ Who will control #Syria’s oil and gas? https://t.co/LVPQogEMIn — Rudaw English (@RudawEnglish) November 14, 2019 It seems as though Syria’s civil war willContinue reading “Nov 14 (2/11): The View from Rojava”

New Developments in Rock So it has become apparent that fancy Turkish Kirpi [junk] MRAP can't drive where the Russian armored vehicles can, so these keeps getting stuck in narrow roads and angry civilians know this.😁Keep in mind, there's at least 2 Russian vehicles leading the patrol.#ypg #SDF #kobani pic.twitter.com/2p1w7ze3B3 — ONC3X (@ONC3X) November 12,Continue reading “Nov 14 (1/11): New Advances in Rock Theory”