https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5029195,00.html
"According to the IDF Spokesman's Office, the SA-5 battery, located 50 km east of Damascus, fired a missile at Israeli fighter jets on a reconnaissance mission over Lebanon at around 10am. The fighter jets responded about two hours later by launching four bombs towards the battery, destroying it. All Israeli aircraft returned safely"
Haukottavan tavanomainen päivä Lähi-idässä.
"According to the IDF Spokesman's Office, the SA-5 battery, located 50 km east of Damascus, fired a missile at Israeli fighter jets on a reconnaissance mission over Lebanon at around 10am. The fighter jets responded about two hours later by launching four bombs towards the battery, destroying it. All Israeli aircraft returned safely"
Haukottavan tavanomainen päivä Lähi-idässä.
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Raqqan menetys merkitsee kalifaattihaaveiden loppua, mutta ei vielä Isisin lopullista tappiota
Seuraavaksi alkaa kamppailu siitä, kuka saa haltuunsa Isisiltä vapautetut alueet Syyriassa, arvioi tutkija Hannu Juusola.
17.10.2017 klo 19:56päivitetty 17.10.2017 klo 19:58
Syyrian demokraattisten joukkojen (SDF) komentaja Rojda Felat kulkee lippua kantaen Raqqassa 17. lokakuuta.Bulent Kilic / AFP
Viimeisetkin Isisin mustat liput on vedetty alas terroristijärjestön pääkaupunkinaan pitämästä Raqqasta pohjois-Syyriassa.
Käytännössä Isis on ajettu kaupungista, jota se on pitänyt hallussaan vuodesta 2014 ja jonne se julisti perustavansa islamilaisen valtion eli kalifaatin. Käytännössä kaupungin valtasivat Yhdysvaltain johtaman liittouman tukemat kurdi- ja arabijoukot.
Raqqan menetys on merkittävä symbolinen tappio Isisille, arvioi Lähi-idän tutkimuksen professori Hannu Juusola Helsingin yliopistosta. Toisaalta terroristijärjestö on tähän tappioon osannut varautunut.
– Isis on jonkin aikaa siirtänyt toimintaansa ja johtohenkilöitään Raqqan ulkopuolella, Juusola sanoo.
Isisin muuttuu lähemmäs tavanomaista terroristijärjestöä
Raqqan menetyksen myötä kalifaattihaaveet voi ainakin toistaiseksi haudata.
– Tämä on osa prosessia, jossa Isis menettää pikku hiljaa kaikki kaupunkikeskuksensa sekä Syyriassa että Irakissa.
Syyriassa Isisillä on kuitenkin yhä alueita, etenkin maaseudulla. Järjestöä ei voikaan vielä julistaa kuolleeksi. Näyttää siltä, että Isis on palaamassa toiminnaltaan tavanomaiseksi terroristijärjestöksi.
– Järjestö on jo jonkin aikaa kehittänyt sekä käytännössä että ideologisesti toimintaansa siihen suuntaa, että se pyrkii tekemään enemmän terrori-iskuja myös Syyriassa.
"Raqqan menetys ei sinänsä lisää iskuja Euroopassa"
On myös ennakoitu, että menettäessään jalansijaa Irakissa ja Syyriassa, Isis pyrkisi lisäämään terroritekoja Euroopassa. Hannu Juusolan mielestä näin ei välttämättä tapahdu. Järjestö on kokonaisuudessaan heikentynyt.
– En usko, että heillä on keskusjohtoisiin, suunniteltuihin iskuihin paljon mahdollisuuksia.
Jatkossakin tärkeintä on pyrkiä estämään järjestön inspiroimien yksilöiden iskut muun muassa Euroopassa.
Kamppailu vapautettujen alueiden hallinnasta alkaa
Syyriassa lähitulevaisuuden suurin kysymys on se, kuka saa haltuunsa alueet, jotka vapautetaan Isisin hallinnasta.
Raqqassa voiton lippuja heiluttavat nyt Yhdysvaltojen tukemat kurdi- ja arabijoukot. Mutta Isisiä vastaan käydään Syyriassa taistelua monella rintamalla.
Esimerkiksi itäisessä Syyriassa Deir ez-Zorin maakunnassa Isisillä on vastassaan myös Syyrian hallitus liittolaisineen. Alue on tärkeää öljyntuotantoaluetta, ja siihen kohdistuu suuria intohimoja.
– On olemassa vaara, että eri ryhmittymien välille tulee myös aseellisia yhteenottoja, Hannu Juusola sanoo.
Pahimmassa tapauksessa Yhdysvaltojen tukemat joukot voisivat joutua törmäyskurssille Syyrian hallituksen ja sitä tukevien Venäjän ja Iranin kanssa.
Lisäksi kurdien aseman vahvistumista Syyriassa seuraa tarkasti Turkki, joka ei halua rajansa tuntumaan kurdien omaa valtiota.
– Jos kurdeista tulee Raqqan vahvin ryhmä, Turkki saattaisi puuttua sotilaallisesti tilanteeseen, professori Hannu Juusola arvioi.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9887956
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Syyrian armeijan druusikenraali kuollut räjähdyksessä Itä-Syyriassa.
Syria: Senior-level official in Assad’s army killed in Deir ez-Zour explosion
Major General Issam Zahreddine from Assad’s army was injured in an underground explosion in Deir ez-Zor and was pronounced dead shortly after. Zahreddine was Druze and commanded the Syrian Republican Guard. Oct 18, 2017, 9:45AM
Syrian Major General Issam Zahreddine, who commanded the Syrian Republican Guard, was killed today (Wednesday) during fighting near the city of Deir ez-Zor, Al Mayadeen News reported. The senior-level Druze general’s death is a significant loss for Assad’s army.
According to the Arab news outlet’s report, Zahreddine was killed in an underground explosion. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar news outlet also confirmed reports concerning Zahreddine’s death.
Major General Issam Zahreddine Photo Credit: Channel 2 News
About one month ago, ISIS’s siege was lifted from the eastern part of the city in which Zahreddine was killed. The siege on the city began in 2014 and was breached after Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces entered the city’s government enclave.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...tm_campaign=MiddayNewsletter+-+Recurring+2017
Syria: Senior-level official in Assad’s army killed in Deir ez-Zour explosion
Major General Issam Zahreddine from Assad’s army was injured in an underground explosion in Deir ez-Zor and was pronounced dead shortly after. Zahreddine was Druze and commanded the Syrian Republican Guard. Oct 18, 2017, 9:45AM
Syrian Major General Issam Zahreddine, who commanded the Syrian Republican Guard, was killed today (Wednesday) during fighting near the city of Deir ez-Zor, Al Mayadeen News reported. The senior-level Druze general’s death is a significant loss for Assad’s army.
According to the Arab news outlet’s report, Zahreddine was killed in an underground explosion. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar news outlet also confirmed reports concerning Zahreddine’s death.
Major General Issam Zahreddine Photo Credit: Channel 2 News
About one month ago, ISIS’s siege was lifted from the eastern part of the city in which Zahreddine was killed. The siege on the city began in 2014 and was breached after Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces entered the city’s government enclave.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...tm_campaign=MiddayNewsletter+-+Recurring+2017
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Ilmakuvia tuhotusta SA-5 patterista julkaistu. En osaa tulkita. Onko asiantuntijoita?
Aerial photo of struck Syrian battery raises questions about extent of damage
A satellite image of the area struck by the Israeli Air Force in Syria on Monday calls into question the IDF's announcement that an anti-craft battery was completely destroyed. Most parts of said battery appear to be very much intact.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) recently claimed to have completely destroyed an anti-aircraft battery during an air strike in Syria. However, a satellite image of the area released on Wednesday seems to show a much smaller amount of damage than reported.
The incident took place around 10 a.m. on Monday, when Syrian soldiers launched a missile at Israeli jets that were flying above Lebanon. The IAF retaliated quickly by firing at the battery. According to an IDF statement following the incident, Russia was notified of the strike in real time.
Photo credit: ImageSat International (ISI)/Channel 2 News
The Israeli jets, the army said, were not in danger at any point. "The Syrians thought the aircrafts were about to attack and launched an anti-aircraft missile from an SA-5 battery," said Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis, the IDF spokesperson. "We are always prepared for any possibility."
Manelis added, though, that Israel does not seek to escalate the tension with its northern neighbour. "As far as Israel is considered, the incident has finished," he said.
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Aerial photo of struck Syrian battery raises questions about extent of damage
A satellite image of the area struck by the Israeli Air Force in Syria on Monday calls into question the IDF's announcement that an anti-craft battery was completely destroyed. Most parts of said battery appear to be very much intact.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) recently claimed to have completely destroyed an anti-aircraft battery during an air strike in Syria. However, a satellite image of the area released on Wednesday seems to show a much smaller amount of damage than reported.
The incident took place around 10 a.m. on Monday, when Syrian soldiers launched a missile at Israeli jets that were flying above Lebanon. The IAF retaliated quickly by firing at the battery. According to an IDF statement following the incident, Russia was notified of the strike in real time.
Photo credit: ImageSat International (ISI)/Channel 2 News
The Israeli jets, the army said, were not in danger at any point. "The Syrians thought the aircrafts were about to attack and launched an anti-aircraft missile from an SA-5 battery," said Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis, the IDF spokesperson. "We are always prepared for any possibility."
Manelis added, though, that Israel does not seek to escalate the tension with its northern neighbour. "As far as Israel is considered, the incident has finished," he said.
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sirra
Kapteeni
YK:n alaisen tutkintapaneelin on määrä julkaista raportti Khan Sheikhounissa tehdystä sariini-iskusta. Tuon paneelin mandaatti on päättymässä marraskuussa ja sille esitettiin nyt jatkoaikaa. Venäjä päätti käyttää tässä vaiheessa veto-oikeuttaan ja äänesti nurin jatkoajan tuolle tutkintapaneelille. Raportti pitäisi julkaista huomenna, odottelen mielenkiinnolla raportin sisältöä. Assadin suojelu on kuitenkin Venäjälle nyt kunniatehtävä ja se ottaa nähtävästi tämän tehtävän tosissaan.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41740432
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41740432
Itsestään selvyys virallisemmassa muodossa:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-report-finds-syrian-regime-responsible-sarin-attack-202757682.html
"Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces are responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people, a UN investigative panel said Thursday."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-report-finds-syrian-regime-responsible-sarin-attack-202757682.html
"Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces are responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people, a UN investigative panel said Thursday."
Israel on taas vaihteeksi pommittanut kohteita Syyriassa, mahdollisesti jopa neljää eri paikkaa samanaikaisesti, tiedot hajanaisia ja epävarmoja tässä vaiheessa.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-israel/israeli-air-strike-targets-factory-near-syrias-homs-pro-damascus-commander-idUSKBN1D15W0
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5037345,00.html
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.820530
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-israel/israeli-air-strike-targets-factory-near-syrias-homs-pro-damascus-commander-idUSKBN1D15W0
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5037345,00.html
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.820530
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John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Kyseessä oli Irani ja Syyrian yhteinen varastoalue lähellä Homsia.
Syria demands UN condemn Israel following last night’s airstrike
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has officially complained to the UN Security Council and UN secretary-general about yesterday’s airstrike, which has been ascribed to Israel. Syria is demanding that the UN formally condemn the attack and take action to prevent Israel from carrying out similar airstrikes in the future.
Nov 2, 2017, 8:30PM Becca Noy
After the airstrike, last night Photo Credit: Channel 2 News
After the alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria on Wednesday evening, Syria’s foreign minister asked the UN Security Council to condemn the attack. Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied the reports about Israeli Air Force aircraft carrying out the attack.
In official letters to the UNSC and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the minister said that the international body needs to take immediate and firm actions in response to the airstrike and make sure that Israel refrains from carrying out additional attacks in the future.
As reported earlier by JerusalemOnline, the intelligence-related Facebook blog Intelli Times reported that Tehran and Iranian companies have been using the site that was targeted for over a decade. The site, according to the foreign reports, is located in the Hisyah industrial area near Homs. It has been used for joint projects by Tehran, private Iranian companies and Damascus.
The industrial area reportedly contains warehouses belonging to the partially government-owned Iranian vehicle company Saipa. Its subsidiary Iran Khodro is a partner of the Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO Group), which has long been under US sanctions for its support for Iran’s missile program.
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Syria demands UN condemn Israel following last night’s airstrike
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has officially complained to the UN Security Council and UN secretary-general about yesterday’s airstrike, which has been ascribed to Israel. Syria is demanding that the UN formally condemn the attack and take action to prevent Israel from carrying out similar airstrikes in the future.
Nov 2, 2017, 8:30PM Becca Noy
After the alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria on Wednesday evening, Syria’s foreign minister asked the UN Security Council to condemn the attack. Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied the reports about Israeli Air Force aircraft carrying out the attack.
In official letters to the UNSC and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the minister said that the international body needs to take immediate and firm actions in response to the airstrike and make sure that Israel refrains from carrying out additional attacks in the future.
As reported earlier by JerusalemOnline, the intelligence-related Facebook blog Intelli Times reported that Tehran and Iranian companies have been using the site that was targeted for over a decade. The site, according to the foreign reports, is located in the Hisyah industrial area near Homs. It has been used for joint projects by Tehran, private Iranian companies and Damascus.
The industrial area reportedly contains warehouses belonging to the partially government-owned Iranian vehicle company Saipa. Its subsidiary Iran Khodro is a partner of the Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO Group), which has long been under US sanctions for its support for Iran’s missile program.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...aign=EveningNewsletter+-+Recurring+2017+(Oct)
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Golanilla paukkuu jälleen. Puuttuuko Israel peliin tunkeutummalla Haderin druusikylään?
IDF vows to prevent rebel takeover of Syrian village after Israeli slightly injured by spillover fire
Hundreds of Druze gathered in Majdal Shams along the Israeli-Syrian border in order to sympathize with the Druze in the Syrian village of Hader, where a car bomb exploded this morning. An Israeli citizen was slightly injured due to spillover gunfire from the intense fighting in the Syrian Golan Heights. Shortly thereafter, the IDF clarified that it will not tolerate a rebel takeover of Hader.
Nov 3, 2017, 3:00PM Becca Noy
Intense fighting between the Syrian Army and rebel forces was reported in the Druze village of Hader in Syria in the past few hours. In response to the fighting, hundreds of Druze Israelis from the Golan Heights and the Galilee gathered in Majdal Shams in order to show solidarity with the Druze on the other side of the border. The IDF and Israel Police are concerned about possible riots.
A Majdal Shams resident was slightly injured this afternoon due to spillover gunfire from the battles in Syria. “This was spillover fire from the fierce internal fighting that is going on in the Syrian Golan Heights area,” the IDF explained. “The IDF is monitoring the developments in the area of the city of Hader.”
Druze near the Israeli-Syrian border Photo Credit: Channel 2 News
The Druze in Israel gathered near the border in order to sympathize with the residents of Hader after a car bomb exploded in the village, killing nine and injuring 23. Israel Police forces are currently in Majdal Shams in order to prevent riots from taking place.
“The IDF is ready and prepared to help the village residents and prevent any damage or takeover of the Hader village out of the commitment to the Druze population,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit explained. “The claims of Israeli involvement and assistance to global jihad elements in the fighting in the Golan Heights are baseless.”
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IDF vows to prevent rebel takeover of Syrian village after Israeli slightly injured by spillover fire
Hundreds of Druze gathered in Majdal Shams along the Israeli-Syrian border in order to sympathize with the Druze in the Syrian village of Hader, where a car bomb exploded this morning. An Israeli citizen was slightly injured due to spillover gunfire from the intense fighting in the Syrian Golan Heights. Shortly thereafter, the IDF clarified that it will not tolerate a rebel takeover of Hader.
Nov 3, 2017, 3:00PM Becca Noy
Intense fighting between the Syrian Army and rebel forces was reported in the Druze village of Hader in Syria in the past few hours. In response to the fighting, hundreds of Druze Israelis from the Golan Heights and the Galilee gathered in Majdal Shams in order to show solidarity with the Druze on the other side of the border. The IDF and Israel Police are concerned about possible riots.
A Majdal Shams resident was slightly injured this afternoon due to spillover gunfire from the battles in Syria. “This was spillover fire from the fierce internal fighting that is going on in the Syrian Golan Heights area,” the IDF explained. “The IDF is monitoring the developments in the area of the city of Hader.”
Druze near the Israeli-Syrian border Photo Credit: Channel 2 News
The Druze in Israel gathered near the border in order to sympathize with the residents of Hader after a car bomb exploded in the village, killing nine and injuring 23. Israel Police forces are currently in Majdal Shams in order to prevent riots from taking place.
“The IDF is ready and prepared to help the village residents and prevent any damage or takeover of the Hader village out of the commitment to the Druze population,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit explained. “The claims of Israeli involvement and assistance to global jihad elements in the fighting in the Golan Heights are baseless.”
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aj77
Greatest Leader
Israel jyrisee Hizbollahin ja Iranin vaikutuksesta alueella.
http://www.iltalehti.fi//ulkomaat/201711042200511337_ul.shtml
http://www.iltalehti.fi//ulkomaat/201711042200511337_ul.shtml
aj77
Greatest Leader
Syrian government forces will march to Raqqa soon, Iranian official says
Reuters Staff
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces will advance soon to take Raqqa city, which U.S.-backed fighters seized from Islamic State last month, a senior Iranian official said on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...aqqa-soon-iranian-official-says-idUSKBN1D325U
Reuters Staff
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces will advance soon to take Raqqa city, which U.S.-backed fighters seized from Islamic State last month, a senior Iranian official said on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...aqqa-soon-iranian-official-says-idUSKBN1D325U