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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russian Air Force launches large-scale attack in Idlib

2019-12-08

[AlMasdar] The Russian Air Force launched a massive attack over the Idlib Governorate on Saturday, as their warplanes targeted several areas under the control of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) and the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish-backed National Liberation Front
...the Turkic paramilitaries intended to replace with their native jihadi ferocity all the highly trained Turkish soldiers Sultan Erdogan I the much beloved has jailed in the last few years for not worshipping the ground he walks upon. The Uighurs and so forth who did not join Al Nusra or ISIS seem to have ended up here...
(NLF).

According to reports from Idlib, the Russian Air Force primarily concentrated their strikes on the southern and southwestern countrysides of the governorate, with several attacks reported on the town of al-Barah, Hass, and Ahsim.

The Russian Air Force attack on al-Barah was reportedly the most intense, with over ten ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
<del>Arclight</del> airstrike

...KABOOM!...
s hitting the town on Saturday.

A couple airstrikes were also reported over the Jabal al-Zawiya region, which is where several Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops are currently deployed at in southwestern Idlib.

Following these airstrikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) accused the Russian Air Force of killing four people in al-Barah.

Saturday’s attack by the Russian Air Force came just a day after their aircraft were grounded due to poor weather.

Posted by:trailing wife

#2
"Hey, goat herder !"

"Yes, effendi ? Salamaleikum..."

"Take a walk with us. The Emir wants your company."

"Ooohh... but I..."

KLICK - KLACK

"Yes effendi. I am honored."

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-08 13:53

#1 Obviously, the Russians didn't get the memo about how bombing just creates more jihadis.

Interesting to note that Russian bombing is qualitatively different from American bombing:
Russians: old-school kill people and break their stuff
vs
Americans: drone-zap a High Value Target and hopefully not get too many of the innocent goat herding bystanders with the collateral damage. See Ginsu Missile thread, for example.
(inquiring minds might wonder exactly how innocent said goat herders are if they're hanging out with the HVT)

Posted by: SteveS 2019-12-08 13:24

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