Re: The situation in Syria
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 3:23 am
Thanks mlg. Yes, it's sad news.
There continues to be conflicting reports about the airbase I mentioned at the end of my last post. The latest I have heard is that it has not been completely evacuated, but is under partial siege by 'Islamic State' jihadists. Moreover, there appears to be ongoing clashes there between Syrian government personnel defending the airbase, and the jihadist attackers.
In other news, it appears that Aleppo is potentially only days, even hours away from being declared as completely under the control of Syrian government forces, which would be their biggest victory of the entire war so far. There have been some attempted deals to allow some remaining jihadist 'rebels' to leave the city peacefully and head for the sanctuary of other places in Syria where the rebels are in control. Meanwhile, some die-hard jihadists have reportedly vowed to fight to the end.
Casualties have been very high, especially for rebels but also for pro-government forces and civlians to a lesser extent. There's just one thing I wish to comment on. A couple of days ago the rebels remaining in Aleppo reported that pro-government forces had rounded up many dozens of civilians from newly-conquered districts, and summarily executed them via gunshot and, in some instances, burning them alive. The UN accepted this allegation unquestioningly and expressed (its typical fake, selective) outrage. Moreover, the liars of the mainstream media reported it unquestioningly.
I have neer been to Syria and don't know the details of what's happening there, but I have a reasonable idea of the general situation from afar. My first gut instinct about this latest allegation was that it sounded made-up. It sounded like jihadist liars had told something to UN liars, which was then reported to us by media liars. The usual kind of stuff.
Yes, I know I could be wrong about this. It's possible. But I read some interesting information today from The Inside Source (via its twitter feed on the topic). For your information, The Inside Source claims to be a neutral source of information on the Syrian conflict. My opinion is that it is very good and fair, often criticising both the rebel and government sides in a proportionate manner, pointing out developments and details (warts and all) and questioning information from all sides, if it doubts the veracity of that information.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, The Inside Source (thus far) has said that it has not been able to find any evidence of this massacre having ever happened at all. Moreover, it went as far as to say that most rebel accusations about government atrocities during this latest offensive are simply untrue.
That's all for now. I'll keep the updates coming in when I feel moved to do so.
God bless you all.
There continues to be conflicting reports about the airbase I mentioned at the end of my last post. The latest I have heard is that it has not been completely evacuated, but is under partial siege by 'Islamic State' jihadists. Moreover, there appears to be ongoing clashes there between Syrian government personnel defending the airbase, and the jihadist attackers.
In other news, it appears that Aleppo is potentially only days, even hours away from being declared as completely under the control of Syrian government forces, which would be their biggest victory of the entire war so far. There have been some attempted deals to allow some remaining jihadist 'rebels' to leave the city peacefully and head for the sanctuary of other places in Syria where the rebels are in control. Meanwhile, some die-hard jihadists have reportedly vowed to fight to the end.
Casualties have been very high, especially for rebels but also for pro-government forces and civlians to a lesser extent. There's just one thing I wish to comment on. A couple of days ago the rebels remaining in Aleppo reported that pro-government forces had rounded up many dozens of civilians from newly-conquered districts, and summarily executed them via gunshot and, in some instances, burning them alive. The UN accepted this allegation unquestioningly and expressed (its typical fake, selective) outrage. Moreover, the liars of the mainstream media reported it unquestioningly.
I have neer been to Syria and don't know the details of what's happening there, but I have a reasonable idea of the general situation from afar. My first gut instinct about this latest allegation was that it sounded made-up. It sounded like jihadist liars had told something to UN liars, which was then reported to us by media liars. The usual kind of stuff.
Yes, I know I could be wrong about this. It's possible. But I read some interesting information today from The Inside Source (via its twitter feed on the topic). For your information, The Inside Source claims to be a neutral source of information on the Syrian conflict. My opinion is that it is very good and fair, often criticising both the rebel and government sides in a proportionate manner, pointing out developments and details (warts and all) and questioning information from all sides, if it doubts the veracity of that information.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, The Inside Source (thus far) has said that it has not been able to find any evidence of this massacre having ever happened at all. Moreover, it went as far as to say that most rebel accusations about government atrocities during this latest offensive are simply untrue.
That's all for now. I'll keep the updates coming in when I feel moved to do so.
God bless you all.