Civil Conflict Thread

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isis is the butthole

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Aren't they fully pushed out of iraq now

[Delirious Biznasty]

ISIS is still in Iraq, the victory was prematurely declared like they always do. Earlier this year when the battle was still ongoing, the prime minister declared Mosul "liberated" while troops were still fighting SIEVED and sniper attacks, so you have to take it with a grain of salt. Same with Russia, they declared the caliphate defeated, when there are still elements in Hama, Dara'a, Damascus, Homs Desert and the Western side of the Euphrates river.

[Delirious Biznasty]

Until I update the thread, here is a fresh meme to keep you guys well fed

[Delirious Biznasty]

Just gonna focus on that ISIS this update, Al-Qaeda comin' up next week


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https://i.imgur.com/5TeJdjE.png
Syria as it stands currently. Deir ez-Zor is liberated! Every inch of the city was taken from the grips of the filthy da'esh, either forcing them into an early grave or into a dark prison-cell, after slogging through a couple months after breaking the siege on the city. The last town held by ISIS in Iraq was liberated, forcing the remnants into the Iraqi desert. In Syria, on the western bank of the Euphrates, the last strong-hold held by ISIS, Abu Kamal, was liberated by a combination of the PMU, SAA and Hezbollah forces. ISIS might be on its last leg, but they are not finished yet and are still not to be underestimated, they still have many tricks up their sleeves and have begun executing them.


On November 5th, after an Iraqi offensive into al-Qa'im two days prior, Hezbollah troops launched an offensive to capture Abu Kamal from ISIS, securing the Beirut-Tehran road, along with PMU forces from the Iraqi border.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/hez...eir-ezzor/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/bre...abu-kamal/

 While this was happening, a simultaneous offensive by the Iraqi Army on the north side of the Euphrates to retake Rawa from ISIS, which was the last city in Iraq they owned. http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/1...-Rawa-town

After a long slog, they managed to capture it, all while SAA Tiger Forces linked up north of the city on the 6th of December, completely linking and securing the road. https://frontnews.eu/news/en/17801

Ignore all that bullshit in al-Jazirah that Iraq shows, they only secured the border region, they still have a fuck ton of desert and thousands of ISIS members left.
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B/stat...3606440960



That little bit of ISIS that manage to sneak into Idlib became something bigger. Since the SAA started deploying a bulk of their forces their, started offensives and have been bombing the ever loving hell outta HTS (al-Qaeda), ISIS have gain the upper hand and have been pushing HTS back as well, grabbing village after village. The SAA and ISIS in the region stopped fighting each other back at the end of October, possibly because ISIS knows they have a better chance attacking HTS than the SAA, but they still gained tons of influence in a large area in a short amount of time. Ignore the offensive going on, that's for the next update.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeaste...ive_(2017)

look at all them fuggin sources

After the Tiger Forces helped liberate the western banks of the Euphrates, they moved to help for the (current) Idlib offensive, ISIS took the opportunity, with units retreating from Iraq helping, and launched an offensive from the Homs desert in a surprise attack, seizing a couple of towns on the bank of the river. Clashes are still ongoing, but are expected not to last long. 
https://twitter.com/GregoryPWaters/statu...9523982336

The US-backed Proxy forces used this to storm the town of Hajin on the opposite side of the river. 
https://twitter.com/VivaRevolt/status/94...1524730887



After I don't even fucking remember how long, the Damascus ISIS front opened up again, with the da'esh storming a couple of districts, seizing them, only to lose them the same day. Congrats guys, you sure did a lot.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syr...-damascus/

[Ben]

so is the false declaration of victory a desire to say "we did it, we are winners" or is it because they find the fight unsustainable? or not worth the effort any longer?

[Delirious Biznasty]

so is the false declaration of victory a desire to say "we did it, we are winners" or is it because they find the fight unsustainable? or not worth the effort any longer?

All the major cities are taken, the border areas are secure and the only areas left are desert. There are still militants left, but all they have is desert, so while it is premature, it is essentially over for them.

[risbolla]

agree with the all of western media being evil part

[Delirious Biznasty]

HTS is on the run! Al-Qaeda in Syria has been having a lot of trouble recently, losing ground in northern and southern Syria.

In the South, the Beit Jinn pocket in South West Syria had finally been cleared of the HTS and FSA members fighting there. The HTS members were sent off to the Idlib pocket on the border with Turkey as a part of the agreement, while the FSA members will go to the Dara'a pocket on the border with Israel.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/vid...-damascus/

In my previous post, I had mentioned very briefly about an offensive against HTS already underway. This was just a probe while the rest of the special forces were consolidating there after taking care of the bulk of ISIS. On December 27th, the SAA launched a major offensive, with the objective to secure the town of Abu al-Duhur and the adjacent airbase.

The Jihadists front lines have been chaos. The sons of the tribal area in rural idilb are pissed that HTS ran with their tail in between their legs: https://twitter.com/badly_xeroxed/status...8418904064

They started bombing each other again: https://twitter.com/AP/status/950074950278307841

HTS even began defecting to ISIS out of fear today, even calling out to fighters in the area to cease fighting against them immediately. ISIS took this opportunity to start their offensive again AND get new members: https://twitter.com/Nidalgazaui/status/9...8393918464

Because of the offensive in the north, the HTS really needed a distraction and a moral boost. So, where else would they get that then the urban meat grinder that is east ghouta. On December 31st, HTS launched an offensive to encircle the vehicle maintenance base that the SAA controls. They were successful in doing so. After quickly sending reinforcements down, the SAA launched a breakthrough attempt and succeeded on the 7th.
https://twitter.com/MIG29_/status/950100925770854400
https://imgur.com/a/d4xNF

[Delirious Biznasty]

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so why is israel backing the HTS again

[Delirious Biznasty]

Syria is one of Iran's allies and they border Israel. Israel does not want a stable Syria on its borders.

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is that gray area between Kabajeb and al-Humayah a bunch of isis-controlled desert?

[Delirious Biznasty]

Yes. It hasn't been cleared out yet because it's a large area, has no infrastructure, not worth the effort currently and not causing any trouble at the moment.

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what about that small red penis in the northeast? why have pockets of government controlled forces there?