“thanks for this and prayers for the guys going into a very rough battle.”
Mazel Tov!
“Hope they have a lot of dachshunds to burrow into those tunnels.”
Robots. Check.
This Kurdish offensive is moving in the direction of Iran’s strategic land route into Syria/Lebanon, at the Iraqi/Syrian border crossing at Abu Kamal, at the same time that the Israeli operation is pounding Iranian Quds Force in Syria.
The Kurds are not only close to the last hideouts of ISIS, they have now closed within artillery range of Iran’s ground line of communication, for trucking any resupply or reinforcement into Syria/Lebanon.
Not a mere coincidence, in my view. I anticipate that strategic door being closed to the Iranians as part of upcoming operations. If the Kurds control that border crossing, it will be a strategic asset, making them worth a lot to the Gulf Arabs and Israel, as well as big leverage over the Government in Damascus, even if the Iranian regime falls.
It looks like the Israelis have established air supremacy already in Syria - no jets lost, apparent freedom to attack. So aerial resupply/reinforcement from Iran is possibly cut off already.
Free Iran!
Eighty million new friends.
Add to that the Ruskies have now publicly cut off Syria to any resupply of S-300 supplies. It is over very soon. Kahtami is back to his barking dog stature and it will be a glorious thing to see.