Posted on 02/05/2016 7:38:20 AM PST by Trumpinator
Fri Feb 5, 2016 10:16am EST
Thousands flee as Russian-backed offensive threatens to besiege Aleppo
BEIRUT | By John Davison
Tens of thousands of Syrians fled an intensifying Russian assault around Aleppo on Friday, and aid workers said they feared the city which once held two million people could soon fall under a full government siege.
Video footage showed thousands of people, mostly women, children and the elderly, massing at the Bab al-Salam border crossing. Men carried luggage on top of their heads, and the elderly and those unable to walk were brought in wheelchairs. Some women sat on the side of the road holding babies and awaited to be allowed into Turkey.
The leader of a prominent rebel group active in northwestern Syria confirmed that government-allied forces were tightening their grip on the northern Aleppo countryside, and that heavy Russian bombing carried on unabated.
NON-STOP RUSSIAN AIR STRIKES
"The Russian (air) cover continues night and day, there were more than 250 air strikes on this area in one day," Hassan Haj Ali, head of Liwa Suqour al-Jabal, a group that fights under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army, told Reuters.
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Once Aleppo falls and the rear supply lines are secure - the ISIS controlled east will be moved on once and for all. The Russian backed Assad forces can't attack ISIS because they would face attack on their extended supply lines from the other rebel groups - most of which are jihadists at this point.
Tragic failure of American leadership... @washingtonpost: "#Syrian rebels are losing #Aleppo & perhaps also the war" https://t.co/hfzTtYZBZG— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 5, 2016
Translation from Washingtonese: "Syrian rebels" in #Aleppo means #AlQaeda & friends https://t.co/PxnpUE62k8— Mark Sleboda (@MarkSleboda1) February 5, 2016
The Russians, unlike the US, will take out ISIS. They will not stop to talk peace and allow their enemies to regroup.
Ruthless pro-Assad #Russian airstrikes on northern #Aleppo, warplanes still circling in sky & entire area under cloud of black smoke. #Syria— هادي العبدالله Hadi (@HadiAlabdallah) February 5, 2016
VIDEO: Syrian Civilians flee #Aleppo after heavy Russian bombing #warcrimes
Where the media???! Horrible pic.twitter.com/omOJWDPT62— #IRAQ شمرية العراق (@moonnor27) February 5, 2016
To the surprise of ... well ... nobody who has ever served, asymmetrical warfare forces shatter like wine glasses when you come at them all conventional warfare.
Right now they are taking out the rebels. What a mess.
The Russians are not our friends. The Russians are ignoring ISIS to attack genuine freedom fighters trying to oust a Baathist NAZI dictator who CREATED ISIS. Putin wants to corner Middle Eastern oil resources and THAT is what THIS is all about. Putin and his Iranian Houthi Baathist allies.
It’s not a tragic failure of American leadership if you realize that ISIS is America’s muzzie terrorist organization.
Covert origins of ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjXbuj7BPI
Origins of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJPOtPl-0NI
Screw your Sunni Islamist friends in Syria and screw your Obama born lie that Russia is not attacking ISIS. It is fine to not like Russia but don’t lie about what they are or are not doing.
How many box tops do I need for a decoder ring?
I assume its those squiggly letters Arabs call an alphabet.
When mother founds out the martyr this time, is her son#Russia airstrikes on #Haraytan #Aleppo#warcrimes
FEB 4
pic.twitter.com/DEkFemafVt— #IRAQ شمرية العراق (@moonnor27) February 5, 2016
She’ll be well reimbursed ...
These are Zulu’s innocent rebels with their jihadi “martyrs” that the evil Russians are killing.
My heart bleeds, my eyes pour dry tears, I’m underwhelmed, my heart beats slow ... me oh my ...
Good riddance.
“Feets don’t fail me now.”
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