More Fighting as Saudis and Turks Attack Syria (Breaking Updates)

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- Feb 14, 2016

 

This article resumes our live coverage with updates every few minutes, which halted at Midnight eastern US time on 2-13 into 2-14. . .

 

Given the complexity of players (and equipment) in Syria and elsewhere in the middle east, in the table below we are publishing a list of acronyms to assist you in understanding who is being referenced in our ongoing coverage.  You can look up the acronym as you feel necessary!

AAH – Asaib Ahl al-Haqq/ League of Men of Truth AQ – Al-Qaeda AQAP – Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQI – al-Qaeda in Iraq AQIM – Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb AQIS – Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent ASC – Aleppo Shari’a Court ATGM – Anti Tank Guided Missile BMP – Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa COA – Course of Action CENTCOM – US Central Command CW – Chemical Weapons FSA – Free Syrian Army HASI – Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya HPS – Sinjar Protection Forces HRW – Human Rights Watch IAI – Islamic Army of Iraq IDF – Israeli Defense Forces IDP – Internally Displaced Person IED – Improvised Explosive Device IF Islamic Front IKL – Islamic Kurdistan League IRGC – Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC-QF – Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force IS – Islamic State ISI – Islamic State of Iraq ISI – Inter-Service Intelligence (Pakistan) ISF – Iraqi Security Forces ISIL – Islamic State in the Levant ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham JAM – Jaysh al-Mujahideen JDAM – Joint Direct Attack Munition JIDF – Jewish Internet Defense Force JMA – Jaysh al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar JN (or JaN) – Jabhat al-Nusra JRTN – Army of the Men of Naqshbandi Order JU – Jaysh al-Umma KRG – Kurdistan Regional Government KSA – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia MB – Muslim Brotherhood MBT – Main Battle Tank MENA – Middle East and North Africa MFS – Syriac Military Council (Hasakah Assyrian militia) MOC – Military Operations Command MSC – Mujahideen Shura Council NDF – National Defense Force OIR – Operation Inherent Resolve OPSEC – Operational Security PA – Palestinian Authority PFLP – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PKK – Kurdistan Workers’ Party PLO – Palestine Liberation Organization PNA – Palestinian National Authority POTUS – President of the United States PRS – Palestianian Refugess from Syria PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome PUK – Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Iraqi party) PYD – Democratic Union Party (Rojava Kurds) RCC – Revolutionary Command Council SAA – Syrian Arab Army SANA – Syrian Arab News Agency SLA – South Lebanese Army SMC – Supreme Military Command SOHR – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights SOP – Standard Operating Procedure SR – Syrian Resistance SRF – Syrian Revolutionary Front SSNP – Syrian Social Nationalist Party SVBIED – Suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device TOW – Tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile TTP – Tactics, techniques and procedures UN – United Nations UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNSC – United National Security Council UXO – Unexploded Ordnance VBIED – Vehicle-borne improvised explosive device WFP – World Food Programme WHO – World Health Organization YBS – Sinjar Resistance Units YPG – People’s Protection Units YPJ – Women’s Protection Units

 

 UPDATE 2:45 AM Eastern US Time — Turkish drones suspected of penetrating Syrian airspace over northern #Aleppo to find additional targets for artillery strikes.

 

UPDATE 3:19 AM Eastern US Time — After the Syrian Army cut off supplies line between Aleppo and the Turkish border, Syrian militants received new supplies of ground-to-ground missiles from “Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s foreign enemies,” two militant commanders told Reuters.

According to a source, the missiles have a range of 20 kilometers.

Recently, government forces won one of their biggest victories in the five-year-long war, having cut off supply lines from the Turkish border to militants in Aleppo.

The news came after the Munich security conference agreed on a ceasefire in Syria on February 12, which would be secured by Russia and the US.

“It is excellent additional fire power for us,” one of the commanders said. The other commander said the missiles would be used to hit army positions beyond the front line.

This is yet more proof that the Intentions of Turkey and Saudi Arabia (and their allies) is NOT to “fight ISIS” but rather to assist rebels to overthrow the lawfully elected President (Assad) of Syria.  Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Turkey have been working WITH “ISIS” and rebels to destroy Syria and overthrow its government. 

 

 UPDATE 3:25 AM Eastern US Time — U.S.A urges turkey – in the strongest terms – to stop shelling northern Syria.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia say they will step up operations and send in ground troops if no resolution found.

 

 Update 3:27 AM  Eastern US Time — Turkey once again commences shelling Northern Syrian territory held by Kurdish backed militia for second day

 

 UPDATE 3:29 AM Eastern US Time — 2 killed & 9 wounded due to the Turkish artillery shells in Minneg airport, northern Syria.

 

UPDATE 3:47 AM Eastern US Time — Saudi Arabia confirms its jets have arrived at Incirlik airbase, Turkey.  Also says they will be meeting soon to “finalize details” of ground operations.

 

 UPDATE 3:56 AM Eastern US Time — Retired US Air Force General Clyde Simmons has told SuperStation95 “I couldn’t imagine how Turkish and Saudi pilots would feel about flying into a nation whose entire airspace is defended with Russian S-400 missiles. Do they know the range of these things can hit Saudi and Turkish aircraft from INSIDE Turkey and Saudi Arabia right now if the order was given?

Either this threat of a ground invasion is completely empty or the US is going in too, with stealth aircraft on orders to take out every single Russian S-400 prior to Turkish and Saudi troops moving in.

Any other plan to invade Syria is a complete suicide mission.“

 

 

 UPDATE 4:30 AM Eastern US Time — Phone call between Putin and Obama to discuss the situation in Syria

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a VERY bad thing.  When the President of one country calls the President of the United States at 4:30 in the morning over military activities (anywhere) it is very urgent and very serious.  NO ONE does that sort of thing over nonsense; it is always a major, serious event if it warrants rousting one President out of bed in the middle of the night.  In political circles, it simply is not done —- unless war is at stake.  THis phone call seems to be a harbinger of very dangerous things to come.

 

 UPDATE 4:45 AM Eastern US Time — YPG ally “Jaish al Thuwar”: Turkey’s shelling won’t force us to retreat; we are advancing towards Til Rifaat; our aim to reach ISIS territories and fight them

 

 UPDATE 4:49 AM Eastern US Time — President Obama and President Putin agree to intensify diplomatic cooperation in phone call, Kremlin says

 

 UPDATE 4:57 AM Eastern US Time — AROUND 40 AIRCRAFT FROM SAUDI NOW ON STATION ON JORDANIAN-SYRIAN BORDER

 

UPDATE 5: 00 AM eastern US Time — #Turkey has reportedly carried out its first airstrike targeting #YPG terrorists in North Aleppo. says Erdogan

 

 UPDATE 5:01 AM Eastern US Time — Turkish artillery is now striking the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in Marnaz and Menagh airbase and village.

 

 UPDATE 5:02 AM Eastern US Time — Turkey military is digging trenches in southeastern city Nusaybin on #Syria border across #Qamishli

 

 UPDATE 5:13 AM Eastern US Time — Race to Raqqa: Saudis Move Troops to Turkey as Syria, Russia Advance on ISIS Stronghold
If Assad takes Raqqa, Turkey and Saudi Arabia would have to think up a new excuse to invade Syria. It’s now a race against time.

 

 UPDATE 5:24 AM  Eastern US Time — CONFIRMATION NOW THAT CLOSED MILITARY ZONE SET UP ON TURK -SYRIA BORDER – TURKISH FORCES AND CONTRACTORS DIGGING TRENCHES AND BUILDING FORTIFICATIONS

 

 UPDATE 5:38 AM Eastern US Time — “Moscow supports not Bashar Assad in person, but friendly ties with the Syrian state. At the same time there is no other legitimate head of state in Syria today, except Assad.  Attempts to oust Assad would lead to greater mess in the region. Russian prime minister also considers ground operation a bad idea since it might lead to a full-scale war.”

 

 UPDATE 5:38 AM Eastern US Time — PYD (political wing Kurdish YPG) rejects demand for evacuation of Mennegh airbase, says Syrians will confront any intervention by Turkey.

 

 UPDATE 5:58 AM Eastern US Time — A reporter sending info to us covertly tells us “I am at the border gate to Syria in Kilis/Turkey. Shelling never stopped since morning. We hear at least 10 artillery barrages in the last 5 mins.”

 

***************** URGENT ******************* 

Sources at the Denver International Airport who work in the air cargo business tell us ” Things are being shipped.. . a lot of things.. to destinations north of Anchorage. Non-disclosures, shielded manifests and need-to-know are being implemented.”

The _only_ thing of interest north of Anchorage is Fort Greely, home of the United States Military’s Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense systems.  Those systems protect the United States from Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles coming over the North Pole from places like . . . Russia.  Why would the US suddenly be concerned about nuclear missiles coming over the North Pole at us?  Maybe because of what the US is doing in Syria and the fact that Russia is rapidly approaching the point where it is going to stomp on the terrorists and their foreign supports? Looks like Obama and his failed Presidency are about to get a lot of us killed.

 

 

UPDATE 6:26 AM Eastern US Time — Russia will ‘fail to save’ Syria’s Assad: Saudi Foreign Minister

 

 UPDATE 6:47 AM Eastern US Time — TURKEY SHELLING SYRIA IS DIRECT SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST GROUPS AND THE MATTER WILL BE RAISED AT THE UN – ASSAD SPOKESMAN 

 

 UPDATE 6:49 AM Eastern US Time — SAA and allies advance towards Tabaqa: Captured several hills which overlook AlZakia junction in SW Raqqa countryside  (Editor’s Note: Erdogan’s irratic behaviour will lead to a Chapter 7 UN resolution. If US refuses to adhere to the UN charter, will be exposed to be supporting none other than ISIS and their enablers Turkey and Saudi Arabia.  This would be an ultimate breach of international law… which in turn will further expose utter lawlessness of the western cabal, and the world will spin out of control and enter chaos territory, which will destroy just about everyone.)

 

UPDATE 8:04 AM Eastern US Time — BREAKING UPDATE: Damascus confirms its army was targeted by Turkey shelling

 

UPDATE 8:27 AM Eastern US Time — URGENT:  Iran has now warned Saudi Arabia against sending troops to Syria after it deployed combat aircraft to Turkey “We will take necessary actions in due time.“  Moreover, an Iran Air Force Commander said Iran is ready to defend Syrian skies if President Assad requests it. 

 

 UPDATE 8:43 AM Eastern US Time — 100s Soldiers of Jordan Army with armored vehicles, moving towards Syria border

 

 UPDATE 9:03 AM Eastern US Time — “The plot thickens . . . . “  After its victory against Rebels and Terrorists outside of  northern Al Sweida, Syria today, the Syrian Arab Army displayed weapons it captured from the Rebels and Terrorist . . .  INCLUDING ISRAELI-MADE MORTARS!

(Editor’s Note:  We’ve always found it very strange the so-called “ISIS” terrorists never once targeted Israel.  Now it appears we all know why:  ISRAEL IS SUPPLYING THE REBELS AND TERRORISTS WITH WEAPONRY!)

 

UPDATE 9:10 AM Eastern US Time — US (again) urges Turkey to stop shelling Kurdish and Syrian forces

 

UPDATE 9:19 AM Eastern US Time — After having been relentlessly shelled by artillery inside Turkey, the Syrian Arab Army is now RETURNING FIRE; it is shelling into Turkey!

 

 UPDATE 9:49 AM Eastern US Time — Local reporter claims that Turkey are shelling SAA positions in the area of Ateera, Latakia.

 

 UPDATE 9:57 AM Eastern US Time — Reports of “unknown aircraft” bombing SAA positions in Latakia, Syria

 

 UPDATE 10:05 AM Eastern US Time — Nusra terrorist commander Abu Ahmed al Abdullah killed by YPG/SDF in Tal Rifaat

 

 UPDATE 10:20 AM Eastern US Time – France calls for halt to Turkish bombing of Kurdish forces in Syria

Image below: Photo from the battle for Kinsibba, Northern Lattakia Countryside today (14/02/2016)

 

 

UPDATE 11:02 AM Eastern US Time — Iraq sent forces to oversee Saudi Arabia led military “exercise” on the border, Army warns against border violations

 

 UPDATE 11:15 AM Eastern US Time — The Syrian Foreign Ministry said that 12 pickup trucks equipped with machine guns, crossed the Syrian-Turkish border and entered the territory of Syria. On Sunday, 14 February reported the Syrian agency the SANA. It went on citing Turkish attacks in more Syrian areas on the same day, saying that 12 pickups with DShK and 14.5 mm machine guns mounted on them had their way from the Turkish land into Syrian territory across Bab al-Salameh border crossing.

The Ministry noted that the pickups were accompanied with 100 gunmen, some of them are believed to be Turkish soldiers and Turkish mercenaries, adding that munitions supply operations into the Syrian Aazaz area continue.

 

 UPDATE 11:13 AM Eastern US Time — After Syrian Troops captured Israeli-Made Mortars from rebels and terrorists earlier today, Russia has just announced they are giving Hezbollah advanced radar systems capable of locking onto Israeli aircraft.

 

UPDATE 11:33 AM Eastern US Time — Reports that YPG/SDF forces have now taken Ayn Daqnah, despite Turkey’s shelling Syria . . . the rebels and the terrorists are LOSING!

 

UPDATE 11:35 AM Eastern US Time — Reports of downed jet near Turkish-Syria border!

 

 UPDATE 11:40 AM Eastern US Time — Some 400 militants of the Sham Legion militant group have arrived in the Syrian province of Aleppo through the Turkish territory to help al-Nusra Front terrorist group, media reported Sunday. (Editor’s Note: Erdogan openly supports ISIS/al Nusra… their goes his NATO Article 5 flushed down the toilet.. he’ll end up facing an international war tribunal.)

 

UPDATE 11:56 AM Eastern US Time –

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad spoke to AFP news agency in an exclusive interview on the developments in Syria.

Talking about a possible foreign ground invasion in Syria, Assad did not rule out the possibility of a Saudi, Turkish intervention saying, “Logically, intervention is not possible, but sometimes reality is at odds with logic, particularly when there are irrational people leading a certain state. That’s why I don’t rule that out for a simple reason: Erdogan is a fanatical person with Muslim Brotherhood inclinations. He is living the Ottoman dream. For him, the collapse which took place in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria is something personal.”

“This threatens his political future on the one hand, and his fanatical Islamist ambitions on the other. He believes that he has an Islamist mission in our region. The same applies to Saudi Arabia. The collapse of the terrorists in Syria is a collapse of their policies. I tell you that this process is surely not going to be easy for them, and we will certainly confront it,” Assad said in an interview as cited by Syrian official.

 

UPDATE 2:25 PM Eastern US Time — VIDEO: Tanks moving in Saudi Arabia for Syria Invasion!    https://youtu.be/aau1pNCb3wc

 

UPDATE 2:32 PM Eastern US Time —  Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer “Russia and Turkey are now on a collision course in #Syria and repercussions can be catastrophic”

 

 UPDATE 2:35 PM Eastern US Time — Eyewitnesses: Between 20-24 highly equipped Commandos fighters spotted in two groups assisting the Syrian rebels around Azaz — now believed to be Turkish Special Forces directly aiding embattled rebels and terrorists

 

 UPDATE 2:53 PM Eastern US Time — #Qatar|i Foreign Minister: we urgently need to send ground forces. Qatar is ready to send forces. (Editor’s Note: Why?  Because your terrorist and rebel buddies are losing?  Too bad!)

 

 UPDATE 3:29 PM Eastern US Time — BREAKING Egyptian Foreign Minister rejects the Saudi military intervention in Syria

 

 UPDATE 3:31 PM Eastern US Time – YPG/ SDF fighters have just taken al-Hadeed street northern Tal_Rifat from the murderous Jihadist Terrorists based there; heavy fighting occurring near al Omari Mosque.

 

 UPDATE 3:35 PM Eastern US Time — YPG on extreme alert in Afrin, Syria, calls on shops to close and people to go home as YPG prepares to do battle against local Jihadist terrorists

 

 

 UPDATE 3:39 PM Eastern US Time — Breaking: A member of the Turkish Regular Army Special Forces, embedded with Al-Nusra Jihadist Terror Group, has been captured by #YPG/SDF. Azaz, Rifaat.  This is now 100% verification of the widely held suspicion that the government of Turkey has been actively assisting the Jihadist Terrorists.  Turkey is now a confirmed “State-Sponsor of Terrorism.”

 

 

UPDATE 3:55 PM Eastern US Time –

BREAKING: TWO LARGE ARMORED COLUMNS (TANKS AND APC’S)

HEADING SOUTH FROM CEYLANP, TURKEY TOWARD SYRIA . . . NOW

 

 

UPDATE 4:04 PM Eastern US Time — Turkey shelling new positions of SDF/ YPG in Ayn Daqnah village To support the jihadists of al-Qaeda in Syria.

 

 Istanbul: Pro Kurdish protestors, demanding an end to Turkey’s attacks on Kurds, were attacked by Turkish police.

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INTEL

SuperStation95 can now confirm the following Turkish Invasion Forces along Syria Border:

These Invasion Forces are deployed as follows:

 

 

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Update 4:34 PM Eastern US Time –

RADAR CONFIRMATION ! ! ! ! !

According to military sources, Turkish F16s are taking off from Diyarbakir base to attack targets in northern Syria.

 

 

 

UPDATE 5:19 PM Eastern US Time –

Its official — even Turkey’s prime minister has confirmed: Turkish forces have attacked Kurdish YPG militias in northern Syria, and have demanded the Kurds withdraw from the airbase they recently captured from “moderate” rebels.

Turkey has also confirmed strikes against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Ankara claims the attacks (mostly likely shelling, but it’s not 100% clear) were in retaliation for mortar fire from Syrian forces.

While this scenario isn’t impossible, most likely Turkey is looking to provoke the Syrians into firing the first shot — then a direct military intervention would be “justified” in the eyes of NATO/The New York Times.

 
Well, Turkey might just get what it wants:

Syrian Democratic Forces SDF have warned #Turkey that they will retaliate if artillery attacks continue… #Twitterkurds #Rojava

— curdistani (@curdistani)

February 13, 2016

 

For its part, the US has allegedly asked Turkey to stop attacking Kurdish and SAA forces:

#BREAKING U.S. asks Turkey to stop the bombing of the Kurds and the forces of the regime in Syria

— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng)

February 13, 2016

 

Whether the request is genuine is another story. Russia however, seems to be completely unamused by Ankara’s latest shenanigans. According to sources in Damascus:

Informed regime source: #Russia has decided to close all Syrian-Turkish border crossings by force.

— Shami Rap (@ScotMikey1111)

February 13, 2016

Turkey is now warning of a “massive escalation” in Syria over the next 24 hours.

 

 

UPDATE 5:13 PM Eastern US Time — TURKISH ARTILLERY TARGETING SYRIAN FORCES IN KESSAB –

 

UPDATE 6:45 PM Eastern US Time — Azaz residents call on Al Nusra/Al Qaeda to lay down their weapons and surrender, to avoid bloodbath

 

 UPDATE 6:48 PM Eastern US Time — Syrian army source: Saudi-Turkish aim is to “establish their forces” in Western Syria and “impose a political change” to “destabilize regime”

 

Update 6:51 Pm Eastern US Time — Liwa Al-Fateh commander Abo Mahmoud Nadaf was captured by #SDF at Tell Rifaat

 

UPDATE 6:59 PM Eastern US Time — YPG Media Center: Russian Air Force is bombing border area between Syria & Turkey.

 

Update 7:07 PM Eastern US Time — Arab commander of Jaysh al Thuwar allied with YPG says Turkey is bombing them while they fight Al Qaida

 

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CNN Kurdistan (Eng) @CNNEnglishKurd · 5m5 minutes ago

#Breaking Report #Turkey has transferred 400 jihadis of Alqaeda & Ahrar from Idlib (through Hatay) to Azaz.

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(Editor’s Note:  This is now further PROOF that Turkey is not only working with, Al Qaida and AHrar Jihadist groups, they are now transporting them from one battle area to another to bolster the other terrorists who are losing to the Syrian Army and the Kurds!  This is now the SECOND documented instance, today alone, where Turkey has given direct assistance to known Terrorists.  Turkey is therefore now, a confirmed State Sponsor of Terrorism.)

 

UPDATE 7:18 PM eastern US Time — Azzaz, Syria encircled by Anti-ISIS Kurdish forces of YPG, now on the North, West and South. Jihadists Trapped!  Final offensive expected tonight . . .

 

 

 

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