Syria General /sg/ - Contemplating Life Edition

Mattis, the governeur of Ghazni provence and the police chef of the city have all confirmed that the situation is under control and the Taliban are beaten back.

Why should they lie?

Updates from previous breads,

Idlib
Hama
Tel Abyad
Lattakia
Suweida
Iraq
Yemen,
Afghanistan,
Misc.
Video,

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The desert rose cannot die

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>why should they lie?
Is this a joke question?

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Hmmmm I wonder.

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she's not dying you dip, it's breat cancer, not a McCainian Brain Tumor.

She might lose a boob, but she already had 3 or 4 kids so it's not that horrible, she'll be able to replace it with a prosthetic, which is a shame about her natural breasts, but has to be done.

Here is a better suggestion, why dont you post fresh devs and I will update the op.

Back from #Syria #Tartous

Here is some pictures what i took while there.

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Kek I don't even know how Mcshitstain is still alive.

He died long ago. Now it's just a Judeo-Reptilian rodent wearing his skin suit.

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The time window is closing, I don't see how Turkey could manage to get Idlib's shit together in time for the incoming SAA offensive.

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LMAO. Saved

>asshart is not a dictato-

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Taking Idlib for the NLA would take months...

Revealed: How David Cameron had to wait THREE days to speak to Barack Obama after Assad's chemical attack on his own people, new book claims

Hundreds died after Assad unleashed sarin on his citizens in August 21, 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron wanted to strike Syria in retaliation for the attack

He called on President Obama but they couldn't secure a line until August 24

The delay crushed any hope for a swift response and eventually resulted in no action being taken against Assad, as the Syrian conflict continues five years on

David Cameron had to wait three days to speak to Barack Obama after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's horrifying chemical attack on his own people, a new book claims.

The former prime minister was on holiday in Cornwall when he learned Assad unleashed the deadly nerve agent sarin near Damascus, killing more than 1,000 people, many of whom were children, on Wednesday, August 21, 2013.

Outraged, Cameron sprang into action and began his attempt to drum up support for a show of force against Assad, calling on Obama as a key ally.

But the two leaders couldn't arrange for a secure line until three days later, delaying any hope for a swift response and eventually resulted with no action being taken, as the Syrian conflict continues to rage on five years later.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6052413/David-Cameron-wait-THREE-days-speak-Barack-Obama-Assads-chemical-attack.html

>number of Govt. soldiers joined the #Taliban ranks in Chamkani district
twitter.com/RisboLensky/status/1028639778248564736
>Media reports that 50 #Taliban fighters surrendered to Govt. forces in #Badghis
twitter.com/RisboLensky/status/1028600772718682112
>Big #IEA raid on Ajristan district in the area between #Daykundi and #Ghazni provinces. Reports that nearly 40 Govt. soldiers were killed
twitter.com/RisboLensky/status/1028682912965844996

she even more kawai nao

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>Donald Trump is a democratically elected president and a representative of the peop-

>Asshart is a brutal dictator hated by his peopl-

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>Daykundi
>#Details: 43 gunmen killed as last enemy positions in Ajiristan #Daikundi overrun, 39 hireling commandos including intelligence chief detained.
SPG9/2 Dshks/75mm artillery/4 PKMs/mortar/7 Aks/22 M16s/21 M4s/16 NVGs/3 pickup trucks/7 vehicle load ammo/other equip seized- Ahmadi
twitter.com/ZabihullaM4/status/1028609016358940672

Major online services in #Finland, including the identification service uses to log into public services, are down. So far no explanation given.

twitter.com/pmakela1/status/1028672024556843008

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Based black man. I’m sure he deliberately sabotaged the connection.

inb4 Russian hackers

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inb4 burger gubmint

>Not sure who's spreading these fake letters/orders but it's misinformation.
>#Iraq's Hashd have categorically denied their reported withdrawal from Ninawa province (i.e. Mosul).
twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/1028691156362829826

Secret service looks kinda fly desu

AFGHANISTAN UPDATES

#Afghanistan
This footage was shot this morning in #Ghazni.

twitter.com/MrKyruer/status/1028545735476826112 (damn, shit's lit)

Intense fighting continues in Ghazni, the police HQ caught fire and collapsed to the Taliban. 113 dead bodies and 142 wounded were taken to Ghazni hospital. The hospital is running out of the capacity for treatment, they are using corridors and other available space. Officials

twitter.com/fahimabed/status/1028564116540219392

#Details: 43 gunmen killed as last enemy positions in Ajiristan #Daikundi overrun, 39 hireling commandos including intelligence chief detained.
SPG9/2 Dshks/75mm artillery/4 PKMs/mortar/7 Aks/22 M16s/21 M4s/16 NVGs/3 pickup trucks/7 vehicle load ammo/other equip seized- Ahmadi

twitter.com/ZabihullaM4/status/1028609016358940672

#Afghanistan
A @ResoluteSupport convoy is heading to #Ghazni from #Kabul after Afghan Army failed to retake Ghazni from the #Taliban.

twitter.com/MrKyruer/status/1028634111001407489

#Ghazni - ANSF and foreign troops convoy are on their way to #Ghazni from Kabul. The convoy is expected to reach the city later today, Wardak police chief has confirmed adding that Wardak police escorted them through their province #Afghanistan

twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1028623282461962240

#GHAZNI - An Afghan military convoy on its way from Paktia to Ghazni was ambushed at about 5.30pm local time in Sayed Abad district, Wardak province - about 80kms from Ghazni city. The convoy has not been able to move forward as clashes are ongoing

twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1028636878503903232 (to clarify this isn't the mutt convoy, that's coming from Kabul, this is from Paktia)

Taliban Capture Khwaja Omari District in Ghazni Province

Islamic World News Analysis Group: After fierce and heavy attacks by Taliban militants on various towns of Ghzani province, Khwaja Omari district fell into Taliban hands.

The Taliban attacks on Ghazni province has started from August 9 and according to local sources, some parts of Ghazni city also captured by Taliban.
The Afghan Ministry of Defense has announced the deployment of military equipment to Ghazni and recapture of some of the fallen areas.

english.iswnews.com/2824/taliban-capture-khwaja-omari-district-in-ghazni-province/

Military Convoy Comes Under Attack While On Its Way To Ghazni

A convoy of military vehicles heading for Ghazni city came under attack in Sayad Abad district in Maidan Wardak at about 5.30pm local time on Sunday.

The convoy was from Paktia province and had traveled through Logar province into Wardak when the incident happened.

The ambush happened about 80km from Ghazni city.

There have so far been no reports of casualties but according to sources clashes between insurgents and security forces from the convoy are ongoing.

Paktia borders Ghazni but the direct route has been under Taliban control recently, said a source adding that the convoy was forced to take a long route – through Logar and Wardak provinces – in order to get to Ghazni.

The main highway through Ghazni, the Kabul-Kandahar highway – has also been closed to traffic by the Taliban for days – which has affected hundreds of motorists.

The Paktia convoy is not however the only convoy on its way to Ghazni. Another convoy of Afghan security forces and foreign troops left Kabul on Sunday afternoon for the embattled city.

With no clear channels of communication open with officials in Ghazni, social media has on Sunday carried countless reports of the perceived situation.

However, dispelling all rumors, officials have made it clear that the Taliban are not in control of the city nor are they in control of any government facilities.

On Sunday evening, Resolute Support’s Public Affairs Officer Lt. Colonel Martin O’Donnell also said Ghazni was under the control of the Afghan government.

He said: "The Afghan National Army strongly and swiftly reinforced Ghazni City after Afghan security thwarted Friday's Taliban attack. The city was relatively quiet Friday evening and people were observed moving freely on the streets. That said, clearing operations are ongoing and sporadic clashes are occurring.

“What we are seeing as the clearing operations continue is the Taliban attempting to harass Afghan forces and using civilians, who they show little regards toward, as cover.

“In addition to the initial strike, close-air support and B-1 show of presence on Friday, US forces conducted five strikes yesterday (Saturday) and 10 thus far today. The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces continue to hold their ground and maintain control of all government centers,” he said.

O’Donnell also said “tactically, operationally and strategically, the Taliban achieved nothing with this failed attack except another eye-catching, but inconsequential headline.”

He said: “The fact remains that the Taliban are unable to seize terrain and unable to match the Afghan security forces or our enablement, retreating once directly and decisively engaged."

The Afghan National Army’s 203 Corps spokesman Maj. Mohammad Farooq meanwhile said: "The city is under the complete control of Afghan security forces. Afghan National Army reinforcements have made their way to Ghazni city to help the Afghan National Police search and clear the city of insurgents that may still be hiding in the city."

However, communication lines with the city have been disconnected for about three days and little information has been gleaned in the time.

The Provincial Police Chief Farid Ahmad Mashal also told TOLOnews on Sunday afternoon that no government facilities in the city had fallen to the Taliban.

He said however that foreign fighters, including Pakistanis and Chechens, are involved in the battle for Ghazni.

Clearance operations are underway and house-to-house searches are being conducted, he said.

Taliban stormed Ghazni City – 148 kilometers southwest of Kabul – at around 1am Kabul time on Friday.

Insecurity recently increased dramatically in Ghazni province, which led to the Independent Election Commission delaying parliamentary elections in the province.

source

tolonews.com/afghanistan/military-convoy-comes-under-attack-while-its-way-ghazni

More than 90 Afghan officers and soldiers reportedly killed as the Taliban threatens to seize control of a key city south of Kabul

Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday and were threatening to seize control of the city, with the main highway now heavily mined, local lawmakers and residents said.

U.S. aircraft conducted at least four air strikes but details of the fighting were unclear as most of the city's telecoms masts were destroyed in fighting over recent days.

Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, Afghan army chief of staff, said the city was not under threat of collapse and heavy fighting was underway to push back the Taliban from city limits.

"Strategic locations and centers in the city are under the control of Afghan forces and the Taliban are hiding inside people's homes and shops and resisting," Yaftali told reporters at a news conference in Kabul.

But lawmakers from Ghazni who managed to talk to some residents said Taliban were in control of much of the city after launching an initial attack in the early hours of Friday.

"Only the governor's office, police headquarters and intelligence agency's compound are in the hands of the government and Taliban are pushing to take them," said Chaman Shah Ehtemadi, a lawmaker from Ghazni.

The attack on Ghazni, a strategic city on the main highway linking Kabul with Afghanistan's south, was the most serious blow to the government since the insurgents came close to overrunning the western city of Farah in May.

Mohammad Rahim Hasanyar, a member of the provincial council, said heavy fighting was continuing in several areas of the city and Afghan forces were in defense mode.

"No one knows what the exact situation is because there is no communication service," he said.

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There was no confirmed word on casualties. Quoting a hospital official, Afghanistan's 1TV television reported more than 90 members of the security forces and 13 civilians had been killed, with more than 100 wounded. It said there had also been heavy Taliban casualties.

With the highway heavily mined to prevent reinforcements from arriving, residents were largely blocked inside but some who managed to escape across fields on the city's periphery said many government buildings were ablaze.

"There was burning and fire and dead bodies everywhere in the city," said Abdul Wakil, a local resident who escaped told Reuters at a checkpoint into Kabul.

Short videos circulating on social media, purported to be from Ghazni, show a number of heavily armed Taliban patrolling in the city with a large plume of smoke and flames coming out from the town.

"It is over and the city is taken," says a man standing outside his home, with several Taliban insurgents nearby.

The videos could not be independently verified by Reuters but they generated heavy commentary by social media users that underlined the shock caused by the attack.

U.S. military headquarters in Kabul said sporadic clashes were occurring and American aircraft had conducted five strikes on Saturday and four more on Sunday.

"The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces continue to hold their ground and maintain control of all government centers," Lt Col Martin O'Donnell, U.S. Forces Afghanistan spokesman, said in an emailed statement.

The attack on Ghazni leaves the future of peace talks with the Taliban uncertain. The government had been considering a ceasefire over this month's Eid al Adha holiday to match a similar truce during June's Eid al Fitr holiday.

businessinsider.com/more-than-90-afghan-forces-killed-taliban-tries-seize-city-near-kabul-2018-8

Turkey plans to build more ‘observation’ posts ahead of Syrian Army offensive in northern Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) – Turkey has finalized their plans to build more ‘observation’ posts in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

According to the Reuters News Agency, Erdogan told his AK Party members that over a quarter million Syrians have returned to Syria after they were recapture.
Turkey has already established at least twelve agreed upon observation posts in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama.

The Turkish military has also constructed an illegal observation post inside the Jabal Al-Akrad region of the Latakia Governorate.

almasdarnews.com/article/turkey-plans-to-build-more-observation-posts-ahead-of-syrian-army-offensive-in-northern-syria/

>90 members of the security forces and 13 civilians had been killed
ETA on america sending thousands more men to afghanistan?

So THIS is the power of millions in aid and the support of the US Armed Forces!

you should worry more about your own
tolonews.com/afghanistan/uk-send-440-more-troops-afghanistan

#Turkey has finalised preparations to make more safe areas inside #Syria as it did via two military operations in the north of the country it borders, President Erdoğan said on Sunday.

twitter.com/metesohtaoglu/status/1028696141515431936

#Turkey has finalised preparations to make more safe areas for jihadis inside #Syria as it did via two military operations in the north of the country it borders, President Erdoğan said on Sunday.

His mother Roberta McCain is 106 years old.

The PMU (Hashd al-Shaabi) released a statement that led to rumors they are withdrawing from Sinjar, when they are actually reorganizing, we took a look at the statement and rumors in #Nineveh #Shingal @MPPregent

twitter.com/MidEast_Center/status/1028692981908467712?s=19

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dios mio

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>A group of #Abu_Haia forces that used to part of Al-Tawhid army in northern #Homs an ex #Opposition faction Who choose reconciliation with the #Regime, and now they are side by side with the #Republicans_guards bragging about an upcoming battle against the Opposition in #Idlib
twitter.com/Nawaroliver/status/1028696264463015936
ayylmoa

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>realise that /sg/ is my only hobby

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guess whats mine

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soon it will be ded

>launch several failed offensives to break the siege on the Rastan pocket
>the pocket repays you by joining the blockading army and launching an offensive into Idlib
>the absolute state of the syrian "rebellion"

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I like how two of those people are dead now.

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Got my new toy so I can start a new hobby

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>his keyboard lights up

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>be gun nut
>german citizen
>please kill me with that

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aliexpress.com/item/chinkshit/32811710159.html
it's cheap dude

>not getting a good keyboard

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Nice David Star

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fucking fuck
that link triggered my fucking firewall
are the chinks after me?

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define good keyboard

>get steam
>play online multiplayer games

i know, it's normie shit but time runs faster this way

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Good parts, not too much gaymershit

>online multiplayer games
Sooner would i kill myself than even attempt to play modern g*mes

What in the unholy fuck

His keyboard is pretty shattap

YPG's spokesman says that Arab civilians being settled in Afrin after being displaced from elsewhere in Syria will be targeted in order to prevent demographic changes in Afrin after the Turkish-led Operation Olive Branch expelled half the population

kurdistan24.net/en/news/e6192e00-276e-4375-9a34-da5d3597397d

nah, i'd rather buy 2 of these for the same price as 1 with "good parts".

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/sg/ ist dod

NEW UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN

#AFG Fatalities among police that were dispatched from other provinces. Wounded, specially civilians, can’t be treated in hospitals for both access and services. Half of the city burned down, a doctor in Ghazni city tells me. #Ghazni

twitter.com/bsarwary/status/1028694635542192131

stop derailing the threads with off topic discussion, you can go to /v/ and talk about your childish hobbies there.

>clearing operations
huh, so that's what you call losing a city

It's gonna take some Baghdad Bob tier denial from the Department of Defense to try and downplay this shit.

b-but /sg/ is so slow (aka dead)

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>Sparky trying to talk about off topic when he had an autistic shitfit yesterday and got banned
lmao

>The US ambassador to the UK has called on Britain to side with President Trump on Iran or risk "serious trade consequences" for UK businesses
twitter.com/CNN/status/1028706441627160576

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>crashing this hegemony with no survivors
Dare I say, 4 more years?

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...

>On Sunday evening, Resolute Support’s Public Affairs Officer Lt. Colonel Martin O’Donnell also said Ghazni was under the control of the Afghan government.
>He said: "The Afghan National Army strongly and swiftly reinforced Ghazni City after Afghan security thwarted Friday's Taliban attack. The city was relatively quiet

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Four more years for Trump, or four more years until US of A undergoes internal collapse?

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Some of the scenery from the Jordan border, Yarmouk Basin triangle. The road follows the border the green feild is in #Syria

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>The situation is Ghazni is under control. There is no Taliban in Ghazni.

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Eh, probably not. The US is a hard ship to sink, even by Trump's hand's it'll still be a bloc on it's own once the dust settles, just remarkably less privileged, that's all.

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Get a load of these kurdish xenophobes.

They let you into the Yarmouk Basin even with all the security risks there?

Taliban also claimed overrunning a police check-post in Helmand, killing 4 and seizing weapons & ammo. #Afghanistan

twitter.com/Natsecjeff/status/1028702371428294656

>all the security risks there
It's under SAA control.

>(to clarify this isn't the mutt convoy, that's coming from Kabul, this is from Paktia)

I know its just one random guy on twitter and 99% fake, but according to him the US convoy is now also getting hit

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Nice, i recognize it from when i visitied in 2014

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