ISIS update 6/23/2016..a serious setback in Raqqa

International Military Review – Syria, June 23, 2016

On failure by RACC – Colonel Cassad

A couple of days got better clear picture of the occurrence of the failure in the CAA Tabka airbase.

And the Syrian and Khilafat sources confirm that the army was forced to hand over most of the territory occupied in the course of the offensive, leaving only an elongated protrusion in Itrii area. Success with the occupation of the CAA key crossroads with divergent roads to Tabka Resafu Caliphate and completely leveled. Therefore, from an operational point of view, we have here a complete operational failure, well Caliphate reached serious success, once again proving that it can not be underestimated. However, initial reports of large losses Syrians have not been confirmed, the Caliphate of course took some trophies and showed Gorelov technique Assad, but the size declarations surprisingly modest losses.

For comparison, the relative of the battle for Fallujah Caliphate states that during the assault killed 1840 soldiers of the Iraqi army and Shiite militia and destroyed 239 units of various machinery.

With reference to the victory of a black Tabka demonstrate remarkable modesty, pointing to the two captured tanks, several cars, captured weapons, as well as demonstrating the broken tanks and trucks, which in total will be typed on the photos and text declarations somewhere 20-25 pieces. On the corpses of dead soldiers Assad, as all very modestly, if there were hundreds of dead, the resources of “black” would now be bursting with photos, but apparently the show is nothing special, while in the case of successful attacks, “black” usually happily dumped in the media space photos and videos with dozens, or even hundreds killed. So in terms of losses, things are not as bad as it might seem on the reports of early departures. For example, out of a bunch of photos of Aleppo comes every day, which demonstrates the dozens killed in different ways.

For example, in the summary of the Caliphate in relation to the battles on the track-Raqqah Itria yesterday was listed only 2 prisoners and 1 tank destroyed. It should be understood that it is often our losses are exchanged at their bombers that in June, sharply intensified in Syria, almost equaling the frequency of application with Iraq, where they have always acted more actively.

20th of the Caliphate (when the front rolled back to the borders of the province), said that the CAA and Shiite militias have lost 76 men killed on the road Itria Raqqah https://twitter.com/KhalidGhazali_1/stat us / 744868979307646976

In general, even the statements of the Caliphate in the last days difficult dialed 100 people were killed, not to mention the fact that the pictures with the number of dead and yet not a fact that will be.

Setting Assad troops as they do not support, basically saying that occupy lost in June settlements and rejected Assad troops to the borders of the province despite the heavy blows of the Russian Federation in the area of ​​video conferencing airbase Tabka and crossroads on Tabka and Resafu. In general, the Caliphate does not confirm the reports of hundreds of dead and dozens of prisoners by Assad Shiite militia, so official claims dozens killed in recent days by the CAA represented closer to the truth.

The reason for the relatively small losses, for the scale of the rollback of a Tabka, is a partial loss of command and control as well as on our own, and Syria reportedly 2 pieces weighed from the front and retreated to the rear without the consent of the other, with the result that the Caliphate quite freely I went out to the road that led to a general retreat toward Itrii, since the Caliphate is simply not strong enough to complete the environment and wastes are organized. The troops withdrew and took up a new line of defense. Caliphate satisfied thwart attack on Rakka, and some of my trophies at the same time during the attack, he himself suffered losses, including those from the blows of the Russian Aviation.

Fights at the crossroads of the Itria Raqqah 06/21/2016

stke-Rakka http://jpgazeta.ru/srazhenie-na-perekryo-tabka-podrobnosti-ot the-romana-s aponkova / – impressions Saponkova

I do not restrain myself and quote my post on June 4.

About Raqqa soon taking it so far it does not go, but the question of who will take the caliphate capital, began to form a kind of intrigue associated with the competition of the Russian and American coalition. Further advance the prospects for the CAA is not bad enough, given that the considerable forces of the Caliphate are involved in other areas and to maneuver reserves of “black” is becoming increasingly difficult + superiority in tanks and aircraft gives the CAA a huge tactical advantage. The main problem is the possible impacts of “black” in the flank coming groups with the aim of cutting the track, on which there is supply and force the delay of the strength of the striking force to keep the roads, as well as conventional strikes on track Hanasser Aleppo, where the militias holding the key settlements and checkpoints is now backed by the Iranian military and the various volunteer units on the “Iranian line.” If the attack on the advancing communication groups can quickly cut short without the need for impact forces and aviation, probably in the next week the CAA can significantly closer to the capital of the Caliphate, which at the current stage of the Syrian war is the main goal of the summer campaign of 2016.

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It so happened that to stop this problem could not, even though it was obvious, even for amateurs. Why do so – I think the military will have to understand yourself.

Regarding the fact, whether we have suffered, over the last few days he gave the Caliphate only apply for three dead Russian soldiers, published a photo of the alleged phone captured on the road to the east of Itrii have exploded “Kamaz”.

Regarding the hysteria on the defeat. I stick to the line that the war was and will be like a victory, and military failures. Such is the nature of war, which rarely consists only of victories, especially when the opponent could and dangerous. Therefore, it is necessary to talk about the victories and defeats. Why can not gloss over the defeat? Because in the Internet age, it is simply impossible. If you do not tell us, tell others, and in the correct interpretation. It is certainly possible to pretend that everything is going well and we are moving through a series of victories by avoiding military setbacks, but it is unlikely someone can be fooled, as previous wars shows that the victory may alternate with defeats. Of course, you can pretend to be Poroshenko and declare that Debaltsevo and Ilovaysk Peremohy it, but let’s say a retreat from Tabka is a tricky tactical retreat to lure the Caliphate, and that all this was planned, but whom we deceive except themselves? But objectively speaking about failures, do not fall into panic hysteria. Panic and hysteria – it’s not the best advisers.

So, yes – a serious setback, but they were in the past and the war continued. Continue it now. I just remind you that for operational crisis in Hanassera in February (where the losses were comparable to losses during the retreat from Tabka) were loud victory at Palmyra and Al-Kareteynom, and after the failed attack on the north of Hama (where the CAA lost a few dozen tanks and BBM), was released in the hardest battles Kuveyris and breached the defense of “green” Salma, not to mention the defeat of the “green” to the north of Aleppo, with the result that the track was cut Azaz, Aleppo. So this setback, I think Assad will survive, especially since much of the 5 years the Syrians are accustomed to the fact that the fortunes of war in the local war is very changeable. Syrian allies luck and success in the coming battles, where there will be many more opportunities to get even with “black” for Tabka.

SDF to launch offensive against ISIL in Manbij

ISIL Uses Nerve Gas against Syrian Army outside Raqqa

The ISIL terrorist group shelled the Syrian government troops in Southwestern Raqqa with rockets containing nerve gas, field sources said Thursday.

According to al-Mayadeen news channel, the Syrian Armed Forces withdrew from areas they controlled during a three-weeks-long military campaign aimed at recapturing the ISIL bastion in Raqqa after they came under gas attacks.

A field source said the troops were targeted with hand-made produced rockets loaded with nerve gas agents.

Dozens of soldiers were injured in the chemical attack which seems to be the main reason behind the Syrian army’s withdrawal from some Western parts of Raqqa.

Syrian and Russian fighter jets destroyed ISIL’s military positions in al-Tabaqa region of Raqqa province on Wednesday.

ISIL’s armored vehicles equipped with machineguns were destroyed in the Russian and Syrian airstrikes in al-Tabqa-Anbaj and Anbaj-Abu al-Allaj roads and to the Southwest of Zkiyeh in the Western countryside of Raqqa province.

On Tuesday, the Syrian military forces’ strong defense did not allow the ISIL terrorists to advance in energy-rich areas in al-Rasafeh region South of al-Tabaqa airbase, sources said, adding that the ISIL left behind scores of dead members and retreated.

“The ISIL offensives to penetrate into the government forces’ strongholds in al-Thowrah oilfield and along Ithriya-al-Rasafeh road were repelled by the Syrian army men,” the sources said, adding, “Scores of the ISIL members were killed or wounded in the failed attacks and one of them was captured by the Syrian army.”

ISIL Sites Razed by Syrian Air Force in Western Raqqa

Syrian Air Force fighter jets continued to pound ISIL’s positions in Western Raqqa, striking several ISIL sites along the Salamiyah-Raqqa Highway, military sources said on Thursday.

“The airstrikes by the Syrian Air Force proved highly effective as Syrian Army’s ground forces in Ithriyah were given the necessary reprieve from recent ISIL counter-offensives in the Western regions of Raqqa province,” said the military source at Hama Airport.

The Syrian Air Force jets launched surgical air raids on ISIL’s positions in Albu Allaj village as well as the terrorist group’s positions along the Tabaqa-Anbaj and Anbaj-Albu Allaj roads.

A large number of ISIL terrorists, including several foreign combatants, were reportedly killed in the airstrikes.

The aerial attacks go as the Syrian Army continues punishing the ISIL terrorist group with earlier reports saying that the group shelled the Syrian government troops in Southwestern Raqqa with rockets containing nerve gas.

A field source said Syrian Army troops were targeted with hand-made produced rockets loaded with nerve gas agents.

Dozens of soldiers were injured in the chemical attack which seems to be the main reason behind the Syrian army’s withdrawal from some Western parts of Raqqa.

Syrian airstrikes on Harasta amid army advancement on ground

Russian МI-28 in action against Jihadists in northeast Palmyra

Syria, Colonel Suheil al-Hassan meeting with Soldiers. Syrian Arab Army

Russian warship crosses Bosphorus en route to Syria

The Slow Death of the Syria Cease-Fire Brings a Hybrid War With Russia Closer

By Alastair Crooke

………….The Russians evidently thought they could make an honest deal with [U.S. Secretary of State John] Kerry [and President] Obama. Well, they were wrong. The U.S. supported jihadis associated with [Jabhat al-Nusra, al Qaeda’s Syria wing] … merely ‘pocketed’ the truce as an opportunity to re-fit, re-supply and re-position forces. The U.S. must have been complicit in this ruse. Perhaps the Russians have learned from this experience.

Lang goes on to note that during the “truce,” “the Turks, presumably with the agreement of the U.S., brought 6,000 men north out of [Syria via the] Turkish border … They trucked them around, and brought them through Hatay Province in Turkey to be sent back into Aleppo Province and to the city of Aleppo itself.” Reports in Russian media indicate that Nusra jihadists, who have continued to shell Syrian government forces during the “truce,” are being commanded directly by Turkish military advisers. And meanwhile, the U.S. supplied the opposition with about 3,000 tons of weapons during the cease-fire, according to I.H.S. Jane’s, a security research firm.

In brief, the cease-fire has failed. It was not observed. The U.S. made no real effort to separate the moderates from Nusra around Aleppo (as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has affirmed). Instead, the U.S. reportedly sought Nusra’s exemption from any Russian or Syrian attack. It reminds one of that old joke: “Oh Lord, preserve me from sin — but not just yet!” Or in other words, “preserve us from these dreadful jihadist terrorists, but not just yet, for Nusra is too useful a tool to lose.”

The cease-fire did not hasten any political solution, and Russia’s allies — Iran and Hezbollah — have already paid and will continue to pay a heavy price in terms of casualties for halting their momentum toward Aleppo. The opposition now has renewed vigor — and weapons.

It is hard to see the cease-fire holding value for Moscow much longer. The original Russian intention was to try to compel American cooperation, firstly in the war against jihadism and, more generally, to compel the U.S. and Europe to acknowledge that their own security interests intersect directly with those of Moscow and that this intersection plainly calls for partnership rather than confrontation.

The present situation in Syria neither facilitates this bigger objective nor the secondary one of defeating radical jihadism. Rather, it has led to calls in Russia for a less conciliatory approach to the U.S. and for the Kremlin to acknowledge that far from preparing for partnership, NATO is gearing up for a hybrid war against Russia…………………

White House: Obama against military action in Syria

Wreckage of the city of Fallujah

“Fallujah almost clear of ISIL terrorists’

Iraqi Army Aviation CH-4B drones destroy 14 ISIS officers and 1 Vehicle in Fallujah

Iraqi Golden Division and Mi-28 helicopter in intense combat with ISIS forces in central Fallujah

Syrian Army Finds Large Cache of US-Made Arms in Damascus
1,200 ISIL Terrorists Killed in Manbij
Syrian Troops Defeat ISIL in Southeastern Homs
Syrian Army Seizes Back 25 Farms in Darayya
ISIL Uses Nerve Gas against Syrian Army outside Raqqa
Terrorists Form Operations Room in Aleppo in Collaboration with Turkey
Kurdish Forces Take Control of Important Silos in Aleppo
6 Spies Captured in Northwestern Iran
3 ISIL Members, Commander Killed in Syrian Airstrike in Tabaqa

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