Posted on 02/05/2016 7:34:38 PM PST by OddLane
On February 2, the Syrian army and its allies succeeded in cutting the northern road between Aleppo city and Turkey, known as the Azaz corridor. Although the battle was a local affair involving a relatively small number of fighters, it may prove to be a turning point in the war. In addition to threatening the rebel presence in Aleppo province, the development could put the entire Turkey-Syria border under the control of pro-Assad forces within a matter of months, or spur Kurdish forces there to choose coexistence with Assad.
The offensive against the corridor was launched from Bashkuy (on the northern outskirts of Aleppo) and from the pro-regime Shiite enclave in the villages of Nubl and Zahra. Hezbollah and two other Iranian-supported Shiite militias (the Iraqi brigade al-Badr and the enclave's local "National Defense" militia) are the main ground units participating to the battle, pitted against rebel forces led by al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, which had previously sent hundreds of reinforcements from the Idlib area.
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“Rebels” = Islamists (Juan not with standing).
If they follow islam, kill them. Rebuild with humans, not robotic islamos.
“Rebels†= Islamists (Juan not with standing).
“Pro-Assad” forces = Death to America Iran & their paid stooges.
Yep, adding ISIS to the mix, there are no good actors there.
Aleppo doesn’t have to be anything.
The Russians, if they wanted, could turn it into the proverbial green glass.
I’m rooting for team carrion crow.
Thanks for the link—it is very hard to understand the military moves going n—the news has very little analysis and no maps.
These videos at least give some visual context to what is occurring, and they are done daily.
I swear those videos are great with those guys saying allah ackbar so many different ways constantly. Dirka dirka jihad was on the money mocking these guys.
allah ackbar? . . . . . Oooooooooh . . . . . . All this time I thought they were hungry and were saying that they wanted to eat “All of the Snack Bar”.
Let ‘em all kill each other and let Allah sort it out.
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