Devs April 16 >Ru military police distribute humanitarian aid to Douma as final militants depart >W Aleppo; JTS begins op against HTS near Daret Izza, cap 4 localities and several Turkestan Islamic Party militants >Ru says it will not interfere in OPCW investigation, 'US is trying to undermine...mission...ahead of the experts’ arrival in Douma' >E Qalamoun rebels claim fake assault in hopes of negotiating better deal with SAA >SOHR; 196 members of HTS and 148 members of Jabhat Tahrir Souriya killed in clashes between each other over weekend >JTS storms HTS positions in W Aleppo, capture Aajel, Jamiyat Al-Sa’diyah, and Al-Dabaa, and hilltops of Tal Al-Numan >US reportedly sets up new base in E DeZ at al-Tanak oilfield, also move equipment from Khasham to Hosseinieh >SAA ops in Homs-Hama border in Ar-Rastan region result in capture of Beit Ray, Wadi Khanazir valley, and Jabal Jinn mountain >PKK attack Turkish mil in S province of Sirnak near Iraqi/Syrian borders, killing 3 soldiers, wounding several
Breaking: Israeli airstrike is ongoing on Homs province, the target is likely T4 airbase, no missile hit the base yet, many UFOs were reportedly hit by Syrian Air Defense twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/986004210561957890
Hey guys, long time /sg/ member here but I haven't followed the war closely in the past year or so. I'm writing a paper on Syria about the differences between Trump and Obama's strategies. I'm wondering if you guys have any big points I should include. Minor supporting details would be great too just so I don't have to hunt down evidence.
So far I'm mostly talking about how Trump is trying to get the US out of Syria and only using limited strikes in response to (alleged) Syrian chemical attacks and is letting Turkey get more involved, and he's cutting aid to most anti-regime rebels. Meanwhile Obama was far more active and seemed to seriously want Assad toppled.
Any help you guys can give me? It's a cucked college paper so I do have to lie and say Assad 100% gassed his people for sure, but otherwise I'm trying to make it fairly red pilled.
Update: the Israeli airstrike was targeting al-Shayrat airbase in Homs, not the TR, reports says that the airstrike failed and the airbase was not hit, all Israeli missiles successfully intercepted
so other than the odd IED what can Iran do? get more hamaslets to actively run into bayonets so they can get sympathetic OP eds in western leftist rags?
Julian Thomas
>American and allied total inflicted casualties upon ISIS: >82,931+ Killed >Syrian, Russian, Iranian, Hezbollah Terrorists, and Shia Terrorist Militias combined inflictied casualties upon ISIS: >4767+ Killed America defeated ISIS.
Jose Martinez
US baker have you finished the book if so what are you thoughts on it?
The same way Assad and Russia intercepted the tomahawks?
Hudson Fisher
so /sandniggergeneral/ will just ignore their whole agenda being fake news? gee talk about an echo chamber. you faggots are worse than /ptg/
Jaxon Roberts
Israel attacking Shayrat airbase
Anthony Johnson
Ahaahahhaha their shitty aa systems cant even shoot down jets yet they think they can shoot down missiles ahahahah
Thomas White
The biggest difference is that Obama worked in the interests of the FSA that wishes to overthrow Assad. Trump worked in the interests of the YPG/SDF which was far more sympathetic to the regime than the FSA.
One of the biggest points that should be included is Obama's attempt to get Congressional approval to invade Syria, only to be threatened with impeachment by Senator Mitch McConnell
Jordan Martinez
Their best response is to continue beefing up Hezbollah and establishing themselves in support positions in Syria to prep for Golan fun times if they want to hit back, bait the Israelis again with a trap similar to the one that knocked down 2 or 3 of their planes last time, though that option might upset the Russians.
The Israelis for all their bluster aren't dumb enough to start a proper war against the Resistance
IEDs are perfectly effective for now and the US is going to have to scale back pretty soon as Erdoggo engage KARA BOGA mode
Liam Young
>I will just cite the made up numbers from an american propaganda website to bait people
Evan Morgan
Well, so far Trump has already surpassed the number of innocent people killed by Obama in his entire two years. Even though the drone program sucks dick and hits the wrong target 90% of the time, years of that shit program under Obama is nothing compared to a year of Trump.
Brayden Rivera
So how do we get to the bottom of these middle strikes? Russia says STRIKES BTFO BASICALLY ALL MISSLES DESTROYED, which I'm kind of inclined to believe considering the very limited damage, and the Syrian celebrations the next day.
US says ALL MISSLES HIT THEIR TARGETS R*SSIA BTFO.
Basically, what evidence do we have for either point, it seems like a lot of he said she said right now. Any Syria bros on the ground got any information?
did you know about Issam from /sg/ only? do you know any other Iraqi that knows about Issam?
Robert Cook
>invade Syria that was shut down not by congress but by the Russians shooting down tomahawks, after that happened burgers backed down. The going to congress was just a domestic political play in order to justify why we backed down
Luis Lewis
you know this dumb tolerance argument can be used for things like faggots and trannies right?
Charles Ward
Can somebody give me a quick rundown on the white helmets.
>But we do not want to provoke the Russians. We have an open line of communication at the level of senior officers,” the minister said. “The Russians understand us and the fact is that for years we have managed to avoid friction with them” in Syria, he added.
Jack Adams
Israel is currently striking Syria Gassad is a cuck
Jace Hill
because they're cucks
Jordan Murphy
Russia is fairly friendly to Israel, and they're concerned with balance of power in the region
Ryan Johnson
Obama's strategy was to use the rebels to put pressure on Assad to remove him via Geneva, there are quotes of him saying that. Of course the CIA and Pentagon were doing something else. His administration was divided in 2 camps, ones that wanted to leave, and others that wanted to get more involved, the latter led by Kerry.
Trump doesn't have an strategy at all. CIA and Pentagon keep running their own show, and Trump is caught in the middle getting manipulated by them either willingly or unwillingly. You can put Tillerson's plan if that counts as strategy.
But you know what, now that you mention it, i should ask people about that. I mostly either get in general discussions about the situation, nothing too in depth
This is how the cruise strike shouldve been carried out, dont tell anyone what youre about to do and take them by surprise
Nolan Lopez
It wasnt shot down.
Ayden Torres
>Naw, E. Syria gonna get resolved first Right, Macron memes aside I still think Trump wants to pack up and leave, clearing the way for Iran and Hez. All in all it I suppose it comes down to how much influence Russia will have on them and how much leverage they have(?).
Right now Israeli fora is running rumurs that Iran will retaliate the T-4 strike with missiles on memorial day/independence day on Wednesday.
Don't know about the long term, when we took out Jihad Mughniyah in 2015, 8200 said they were planning a big attack ala 2006 (kidnapping etc) that they knew would start another roiund/war. it's possible they changed minds now, but who knows. I'd assume they would want to cement their control in Syria before doing anything dramatic though.
Iranian deployments are probably already scaled back in comparison to what people claim. I doubt their losses are anywhere near the scale that people are claiming, especially as the war dies down and switches to guerilla mode against the mutts. Also define what you mean by endpoint, you mean end of Iranians on the ground in Syria or a final goal?
>I still think Trump wants to pack up and leave The thing here is that Trump flip flops around so much depending on who has his ear or leash at the time.
>Right now Israeli fora is running rumurs that Iran will retaliate the T-4 strike with missiles on memorial day/independence day on Wednesday. I would doubt this, it's way too flashy and big unless they're doing meme bottle rockets from hamas They might use Hez to blow up a patrol, but I don't think rocket strikes are on the menu
>All in all it I suppose it comes down to how much influence Russia will have on them and how much leverage they have(? Fair observation. Russian-Iranian relations are crucial here and I can't imagine what Ruskies could offer Iran to give up everything they've gained and paid with blood in Syria. Seems impossible, but knowing RF diplomacy nothing is impossible. >Iran will retaliate the T-4 strike with missiles on memorial day/independence day on Wednesday They won't do a thing. It's not in their interest. >I'd assume they would want to cement their control in Syria before doing anything dramatic though. Obviously, yeah, but not by escalating, rather by slowly taking over Syrian institutions and parliament.
Christian Martinez
how do you explain this then?
Jacob Cook
does Israeli media normally report on Israeli strikes on Iran or Hezb in Syria?
