The last few weeks have felt horrible, the world is in pieces. Risking nuclear war on one front, the ceasefire on the other, and now this. It's fucked.
I just hope that your family stay safe man.
MarmiteLover123
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There are photographs emerging of large numbers of HTS fighters at the Citadel, it's over. I honestly thought the SAA would at least hold them out for a day or two, I can't process it either. Just madness.
Just pure insanity, this scenario couldn't be imagined by the biggest jihadi optimist in the world.
It's crazy what NATO support can do, these counterfeit ideology Al-Qaeda affiliates won't fight for Gaza, but will fight this.
Updated situation on Aleppo. Since my last post created 2½ hours ago, and updated an hour ago, the situation has deteriorated rapidly. A large group of HTS fighters have taken a photo at the Citadel, raising the FSA flag. The frontlines must've weakened sustainability to let so many fighters through.
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I've reverse image searched the photo myself and got no matches, it's recent. Aleppo has fallen.
Have the Syrian armed forces ever been taken by surprise this badly due to the corruption and disorganization we're seeing now.
Yes, that's why Russia had to intervene in the first place in September 2015. The Assad government only controlled a quarter of Syrian territory back then.
Yeah, it's insurgents going behind the frontlines taking pictures, then either retreating or blending in with the civilian population. Pro Assad civilians or Syrian army troops then take photos at the same location(s) afterwards, when HTS insurgents are gone. The frontlines are still very much in the western part of the city and not the northeast, as per Suriyakmaps' lastest post. But the current rate of advance by HTS is very worrying. They went from 10km away from the western outskirts of Aleppo, to controlling that within 3 days. Unless reinforcements come in fast and push them back, it's bleak. Counterinsurgency operations are also going to be a massive pain, but that's if the city can be held first.
They are literally Al-Qaeda, I have no idea how these terrorist groups have any support from ordinary people, in the West especially. You can go on their leader's Wikipedia page and even they admit he was part of Al-Qaeda, Al Nusra and ISI.
If Aleppo falls, it going to take lots of intense fighting over a long period of time to take it back. I suspect this is all being done/instigated by USA/NATO (using Turkey and their unofficial member in Israel to directly assist the insurgents) to force Russia into a two front war and divert resources to Syria, to prop the government up. And to prevent Hezbollah from re-arming through Syria.
Some bases have been overrun in the western areas, yes, with troops abandoning their equipment, including T-72 tanks and MANPADS. A lot of the photos of HTS fighters in the northeast of Aleppo, are from insurgents that have infiltrated behind the frontlines. But it's not looking good.
It's only getting worse as more and more news comes out. Al-Qaeda affiliates are on the verge of taking control of Aleppo, a city with a population of over 2 million people. It's a complete disaster. The Turkish, and once USA backed SNA/FSA (the so called"moderate rebels" in most western media) are also launching offensives against the Syrian army in Tadif. They were expected to launch an offensive against the SDF first, but that did not materialise.
Evidently yes. HTS fighters went from 10km away from the western part of Aleppo, to controlling it, within 72 hours.
The situation in Syria is really bad. Suriyakmaps, a very reliable war mapper that relies only on geolocated evidence, has called the collapse of Syrian Army positions in the west of Aleppo. Videos and photographs are emerging of HTS fighters in the governors mansion and police headquarters in Aleppo, further inside the city, falling back or dispersing into the city afterwards. A third front has been opened in Idlib, where Russian aviation allegedly cannot operate freely due to the presence of Surface to Air Missiles, though this is not confirmed. It's looking bleak, Aleppo could fall to HTS within the next few days. If they take the Citadel of Aleppo to the northeast, it's over.
New videos have emerged of HTS fighters on the outskirts of the Citadel, if not at the Citadel itself. Covert insurgents behind the front lines that have blended into the city. Rooting these HTS insurgents out with counterinsurgency operations is going to be very difficult. That is, if there's even time for counterinsurgency operations before the entire city falls.
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Thanks for the response