#Syrie : huit combattants du #Hezbollah libanais tués par un #drone
▻http://www.bfmtv.com/international/syrie-huit-combattants-du-hezbollah-libanais-tues-par-un-drone-1268970.html
L’OSDH, qui n’était pas en mesure d’identifier le drone, a indiqué que le raid avait visé une position du mouvement armé chiite près de la ville d’al-Soukhna, dans le désert de la province de Homs, tuant huit combattants et en blessant plus de 20 autres.
Air strike kills seven Hezbollah fighters in Syria-sources
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-airstrike/air-strike-kills-seven-hezbollah-fighters-in-syria-sources-idUSKCN1C7157
The identity of the warplane was not confirmed, but the sources did not rule out the possibility that it was Russian “friendly fire”. The sources did not say when the air strike happened.
[...]
Asked about a report that a U.S. drone carried out the strike, the spokesman of the U.S.-led Coalition said the location was outside its area of operations.
US Denies Involvement After Syria Drone Strike Kills Eight Hezbollah – News From Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2017/10/02/us-denies-involvement-after-syria-drone-strike-kills-eight-hezbollah
But it’s not clear who else even might’ve done it. The only other nation that’s been targeting Hezbollah in Syria is Israel. While that’s a possibility, it would be very provocative for Israel to attack Hezbollah forces while they’re fighting ISIS.
@seenthis, svp, il y a un bug ici - l’article marqué par oAnth_RSS n’existe pas dans le flux actuel de oAnth_RSS.
Généralement un billet précédent d’un Seenthis-ien|ne sera automatiquement marqué par oAnth_RSS via un script en cas un lien actuel chez oAnth_RSS coïncide avec une entrée du même lien.
Can US Attack North Korea and Claim ‘Self Defense’? – News From Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2017/08/10/can-us-attack-north-korea-and-claim-self-defense
Obviously they can, and would, try to do so. Some officials are already try to build a legal case that North Korea is a special case and that US military action would be justified, which only adds to concerns that a US attack might be forthcoming.
Making such a claim credible, however, is another matter. Throughout the past half a year of rhetoric, the US has been threatening North Korea far more than North Korea has been threatening the US. A third party observer would have little choice but to conclude that, while plainly both sides share blame for the worsening tensions, the US has broadly been the instigator of this row.
La « drôle de paix » entre la #Russie et l’#OTAN
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2017/07/14/la-drole-de-paix-entre-la-russie-et-l-otan_5160511_3210.html
Avec comme sous-titre apparemment illustratif :
La #Turquie, membre de l’Alliance atlantique, devrait acheter des missiles S-400 à la Russie.
En fait :
la décision d’un pays qui possède la deuxième armée de l’Alliance va causer des difficultés additionnelles : la Turquie aurait finalement décidé d’acquérir, pour renforcer sa capacité de défense antiaérienne, des missiles S-400 de fabrication russe, selon l’agence Bloomberg jeudi. Ces matériels, qu’Ankara devrait acquérir pour l’équivalent de 2,19 milliards d’euros, sont toutefois incompatibles avec les équipements de l’OTAN.
Décryptage :
Turkey Chooses Russian Air Defense Over NATO Alternatives – News From Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2017/07/13/turkey-chooses-russian-air-defense-over-nato-alternatives
It’s generally assumed that NATO member nations are going to import their weapons from NATO arms dealers, which pretty much always means the United States, with a few small deals for Britain and France. Turkey however, is going a different way on air defense, signing a deal to buy a $2.5 billion S-400 system from Russia.
Leaks : #NSA Penetrated Mideast Banking Networks — News from Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2017/04/14/leaks-nsa-penetrated-mideast-banking-networks
The leaks provided information showing that #SWIFT bureau in the Middle East, EastNet, made some very poor security choices, which would’ve allowed the NSA to easily attack essentially all of the banks on the network, as soon as they had compromised the first one.
#Hacking, mon œil : tous les gens placés à la tête des banques centrales arabes le sont par les #Etats-Unis.
Snowden :
▻https://mobile.twitter.com/Snowden/status/852965258855624705
There’s a problem w the claim #NSA hacked SWIFT “to search for terrorists”: US already had lawful channels to get SWIFT data for CT cases.
Why America was bound to fail in Syria
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/why-america-was-bound-to-fail-in-syria/2016/12/15/f69c8be8-c315-11e6-9a51-cd56ea1c2bb7_story.html
Un article du mois dernier de David Ignatius, commenté ci-dessous par Gareth Porter
US intervention in Syria ? Not under Trump
▻http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/syrian-army-only-option-us-if-it-wants-fight-terror-1775504124
The Ignatius account reflects a fundamental reality throughout northern Syria, from 2013 onwards, that was simply ignored in media coverage: all of the opposition groups have been absorbed into an al-Qaeda-controlled political-military order. The idea that the “moderate” groups could be a bulwark against al-Qaeda, which is now being peddled by #Lister, Cafarella and CNAS, no longer has any credibility even in those quarters in Washington that were once open to it.
A tell-tale sign of the shift in attitude toward those groups’ mood in Washington is the fact that Ignatius used the past tense in referring to the CIA’s programme of arming the “moderate” groups in Syria in his article last month.
The US military leadership was never on board with the policy of relying on those armed groups to advance US interests in Syria in the first place.
It recognised that, despite the serious faults of the Assad regime, the Syrian army was the only Syrian institution committed to resisting both al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
It seems likely that the Trump administration will now return to that point as it tries to rebuild a policy from the ashes of the failed policy of the Obama administration.
Trump Orders Creation of Syria ‘Safe Zones’
Executive Order Calls for Pentagon, State Dept. to Submit Blueprint
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2017/01/25/trump-orders-creation-of-syria-safe-zones
It is possible that the Trump Administration is underestimating the difficulty of this move, and that the blueprints, once delivered, will sufficiently scare them away from the idea. That the plan was put into an executive order, however, suggests it is more than just an attempt at quietly collecting potential options.
Les bombardements américains tuent des civils, les bombardements russes et syriens tuent des civils. Je t’essplique la différence :
▻http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/10/263030.htm
The difference is when we cause them, it’s unintentional or there was a mistake involved. It’s not a deliberate attempt to put innocent civilians in harm’s way. Again, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. When it does, we own up to it, we investigate it.
What we’ve seen in and around Aleppo specifically with respect to the Syrian regime and Russian military aircraft is a wanton disregard for the safety and security of civilians and an indiscriminate approach to the bombing, which is absolutely not at all in concert with the way we conduct our military air operations.
Rappel : son métier avant, c’était bidasse :
State Dept. Fails to Differentiate Syria, Yemen Bombings
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/10/12/state-dept-fails-to-differentiate-syria-yemen-bombings
On en revient aux fondamentaux
Ultimately, he concluded that Saudi Arabia has a “pressing requirement for self-defense” in attacking neighboring Yemen, and that the Syrian government had no such requirement in kicking al-Qaeda out of the eastern half of one of their largest cities. He also insisted Saudi promises of investigations and Russian promises of investigations as different because he doesn’t think the Russians mean it.
ahah
C’est juste #énorme de bêtise.
Huhu j’allais citer les chasseurs aussi.
Obama administration considering strikes on Assad, again - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/10/04/obama-administration-considering-strikes-on-assad-again
U.S. military strikes against the Assad regime will be back on the table Wednesday at the White House, when top national security officials in the Obama administration are set to discuss options for the way forward in Syria. But there’s little prospect President Obama will ultimately approve them.
Ali Alimadadi sur Twitter : "WHouse presssec raps #Russia for deploying S-300 in #Syria & says “I’m not aware that #IS has aircraft.”
▻https://twitter.com/alialimadadi110/status/783358497127817216
Moscou confirme la livraison de missiles S-300 en Syrie
▻https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201610041028042596-missiles-s-300-syrie
Ce complexe est conçu pour assurer la sécurité de la base navale de Tartous et des navires de la marine russe se trouvant dans la zone côtière », a déclaré M. Konachenkov.
Et de d’ajouter qu’il était difficile de comprendre pourquoi le déploiement des S-300 avait jeté un pavé dans la mare en Occident.
« Je rappelle que le S-300 est un système purement défensif et ne menace donc personne.
State Dept: US Considering ‘Military, Other Options’ Against Russia in Syria — News from Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/10/04/state-dept-us-considering-military-other-options-against-russia-in-syr
Earlier today, Russia announced they are deploying S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to their naval base at Tartus, to defend naval personnel against any potential attacks. With the US-led campaign materially the only air operations in Syria not directly aligned with Russia, the underlying message is that they’re preparing for a unilateral US attack. That US officials reacted negatively to the deployment of purely defensive missiles only adds to this.
CIA-Armed ‘Moderates’ in Syria Included al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/09/19/cia-armed-moderates-in-syria-included-al-qaedas-nusra-front
A new report citing former #CIA officers ►https://sofrep.com/63764/us-special-forces-sabotage-white-house-policy-gone-disastrously-wrong-with-c has revealed that the agency was knowingly providing weapons, including tow missiles to fighters that were effectively part of al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front, continuing to arm “moderates” so long as they at least nominally kept their moderate names.
[...]
... as the war continued, the FSA fighters were defecting en masse to the Nusra Front. Even being directly affiliated with al-Qaeda’s affiliate didn’t stop the arms flow to these groups, either, so long as they retained their FSA name so the CIA could feign arming “moderates.”
The report concludes that the FSA was quickly becoming a cover name for Nusra, a fact which apparently didn’t phase the CIA, which was just as eager to use this pretense, so long as they were arming a group that was fighting against the Syrian government.
US Report: Afghan Govt Has Lost Over a Third of Nation — News from Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/07/29/us-report-afghan-govt-has-lost-over-a-third-of-nation
The Pentagon attempted to downplay the latest reports, with Gen. John Nicholson, the top US commander in #Afghanistan, insisting that the Taliban’s new territory is mostly rural, and that they have “failed” to seize and hold major urban centers nationwide.
Afghanistan is overwhelmingly a rural country, however, with roughly three quarters of the population living in rural environments. That the Taliban are making gains predominantly in that area should not be particularly surprising, and that the Afghan government is able to keep at least some urban environments isn’t exactly a sign of progress.
ISIS Cell Behind West Europe Attacks Predates Caliphate
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/03/24/isis-cell-behind-west-europe-attacks-predates-caliphate
There is so much hype surrounding the ongoing US war against ISIS that it’s easy to forget that just a few years ago, the US administration was largely ambivalent toward the group as a whole, and many people were openly praising the Europeans who went to Syria to fight against Assad as freedom fighters.
The Financial Times ▻http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98f2e504-f1d4-11e5-9f20-c3a047354386.html is reporting that’s where the cell blamed for both the Brussels and Paris attacks came from, and indeed that many of the attackers themselves went to Syria to join Islamist factions before ISIS had more than a token presence, back when the US involvement in Syria was exclusively backing rebel blocs.
al-Nousra vient d’attaquer et de prendre le QG de la division 13 de l’ASL (groupe soutenu par la CIA) à Idlib, sur fond de manifestations pro-opposition réprimées par al-Nousra : ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/468132
Accusations réciproques sur qui a attaqué l’autre en premier :
Combats rapportés également entre les deux groupes à Maarat al-Nouman qui ont tourné à l’avantage d’al-Nousra.
Via twitter Hassan Ridha
▻https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/708794171830571009
L’occasion de rappeler l’article fouillé et récent de Balanche sur la présence écrasante d’al-Nousra au nord-ouest en Syrie :
►http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-to-prevent-al-qaeda-from-seizing-a-safe-zone-in-northwester
Et l’article de Moon of alabama sur les combats Division13/JAN : ▻http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/03/syria-another-cia-supplied-group-hands-its-weapons-to-al-qaeda.html
Dépêche Reuters sur ces combats :
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-nusra-idUSKCN0WF0AS
Al Qaeda in Syria seizes bases, weapons of Western-backed group: monitor
The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized bases and weapons from a Western-backed rebel group in overnight fighting in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Observatory, said the Nusra Front had also detained dozens of members of the 13th Division rebel group, one of the factions that has received foreign military aid, capturing U.S.-made anti-tank missiles.
The 13th Division, which is led by the prominent rebel commander Ahmed al-Seoud and fights under the banner of the Free Syrian Army, said on Twitter that Nusra Front fighters attacked its bases and seized weapons, but gave no further details.
Nusra Front accused the rebel fighters of launching surprise attacks on its own bases in the town of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province in northwest Syria. It said some Nusra fighters had been captured.
al-Nousra aurait aussi attaqué une base du groupe Faylaq al-Sham à Tall Tuqan (sud d’Alep) :
▻https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/708995223574024192
via twitter Hassan Ridha
La rétrospective des combats qui ont opposé al-Nousra avec les groupes armés soutenus soit par la CIA, soit par le Pentagone :
▻http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/03/al-nusrah-front-raids-rebel-groups-headquarters-in-idlib-province-se
L’article rappelle par ailleurs, comme la dépêche Reuters, que la Division 13 a reçu des TOW qui pourraient donc tomber dans les mains d’al-Nousra...
Avec ce rappel savoureux
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/03/13/syrian-al-qaeda-seizes-us-made-missiles-in-fight
The US has expressed concern about Russian airstrikes against Idlib, even if targeting al-Qaeda, on the grounds they threaten American allies.
L’armée syrienne ouvre un nouveau front dans le nord-ouest
►http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/973384/larmee-syrienne-ouvre-un-nouveau-front-dans-le-nord-ouest.html
Les forces syriennes ont lancé mercredi une offensive en direction de la colline de Kabani, dans la province de Lattaquié, où les combats se poursuivent malgré la trêve entrée en vigueur vendredi à minuit, rapporte l’Observatoire syrien des droits de l’homme (OSDH). L’armée est soutenue par l’aviation russe, selon les rebelles qui tiennent cette position du nord-ouest du pays.
Les deux camps s’accusent mutuellement de violer l’accord de « cessation des hostilités » conclu sous l’égide des États-Unis et de la Russie. Cette trêve ne concerne pas la lutte contre les mouvements jihadistes tels que le groupe État islamique et le Front al-Nosra, branche locale d’el-Qaëda très présente dans le Nord-Ouest.
La colline de Kabani domine Jisr al-Choughour, ville de la province d’Idleb, voisine de celle de Lattaquié, tenue par les insurgés, ainsi que la plaine de Ghab, où leur progression l’an dernier a mis Damas en danger. « Le régime et les milices essayent de prendre (la colline) avec un appui aérien russe et des tirs d’artillerie très intenses », a déclaré Fadi Ahmad, porte-parole de la Première division côtière, qui appartient à l’Armée syrienne libre (ASL).
« Les batailles se poursuivent dans les zones vitales auxquelles le régime tient et où il n’y a jamais eu de trêve. Il y a des bombardements et des combats. Nous sommes au cinquième jour (de la trêve) et il n’y a aucun changement dans ces secteurs », a quant à lui déploré un chef rebelle du nord de la région.
Précision : les Russes comme Damas considèrent qu’il n’y a pas d’accord de cessez-le-feu au nord d’Idlib (et dans ce dernier confetti dans la province de Lattaquié). Les différentes cartes qui circulent sur les zones où, selon les Russes, s’applique cette cessation des hostilités, ne contiennent que le sud de la province d’Idlib - donc ni le nord, ni Idlib, ni Jisr al-Choughour.
Le but reste encore de fermer la frontière turco-syrienne, tandis que le YPG au nord d’Alep tente de faire de même dans la poche d’Azaz (bataille en cours pour la prise de Bab al-Salam par où la Turquie vient de transférer des troupes « rebelles » en provenance de la province d’Idlib).
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/03/02/syrian-forces-advance-on-strategic-hill-in-northwest
The hill is held by a rebel coalition dominated by al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front, and overlooks their town of Jisr al-Shughour.
Rebels involved in the defense of the hill implied the move was a violation of the ceasefire, though the ceasefire explicitly excludes Nusra and ISIS, and allows everyone to continue attacking them.
Jisr al-Shughour is in Idlib Province, which is dominated more or less entirely by a Nusra-led coalition, and the town closest to Latakia Province, meaning it is likely to be the first target of a Syrian offensive into Idlib.
#Afghanistan : plus de 11.000 #civils tués ou blessés en 2015, selon un rapport de l’ONU
▻http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/02/14/2277105-afghanistan-plus-11-000-civils-tues-blesses-2015-selon-rapport.htm
L’année 2015 a été la plus sanglante pour les civils en Afghanistan depuis que l’ONU a commencé en 2009 à compter le nombre d’Afghans tués ou blessés dans le conflit, une hausse qui coïncide avec la fin de la mission de combat de l’Otan.
La guerre a fait au total 11.002 #victimes_civiles, dont 3.545 morts, en 2015, un chiffre en hausse de 4% par rapport à l’année précédente, a annoncé l’ONU dimanche dans son rapport annuel, qui pointe du doigt l’augmentation des attaques des talibans dans les villes.
UN Data: US Killing Afghan Civilians at Highest Rate in Seven Years
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/02/18/un-data-us-killing-afghan-civilians-at-highest-rate-in-seven-years
Saudi Airstrikes Kill 59 in Northern #Yemen, Mostly Civilians — News from Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2016/01/22/saudi-airstrikes-kill-59-in-northern-yemen-mostly-civilians
Starting with overnight attacks against Dahyan, near the northern city of Saada, where they destroyed an ambulance and killed a Doctors Without Borders driver, Saudi warplanes have launched a flurry of airstrikes in the past 24 hours, killing at least 59 people, overwhelmingly civilians.
French Intelligence Guessed Wrong on ISIS Attack, Predicting Wrong Date
Police Also Missed Several Chances to Catch Surviving Attacker
by Jason Ditz, November 17, 2015
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2015/11/17/french-intelligence-guessed-wrong-on-isis-attack-predicting-wrong-date
▻http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.premium-1.686609
Despite History of Abuse, Afghan Officials See Militias as Key to Taliban Fight — News from Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2015/10/16/despite-history-of-abuse-afghan-officials-see-militias-as-key-to-talib
#Milices criminelles d’#Afghanistan (alias braves) financées par des #criminels des #Etats-Unis (alias nobles) pour combattre les criminels Talibans.
European NATO nations are expressing concern about the planned expansion too, saying they don’t want to “invest in anything that even remotely resembles the ALP.” It’s unclear, then, who will be paying for this expansion, though the US is probably the most obvious choice, as they’ve endorsed the program repeatedly and seemed least concerned about the reports of abuses.
Syrie : l’EI appelle au jihad contre la Russie et les Etats-Unis - Libération
▻http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2015/10/13/les-jihadistes-d-al-qaida-en-syrie-et-de-l-ei-menacent-la-russie_1403458
Sur les lignes de front, des groupes rebelles non islamistes ont affirmé mardi avoir reçu des Etats-Unis des missiles antichars TOW qui leur permettent de contrer l’avancée des troupes du régime dans les provinces de Hama (centre) et Idleb (nord-ouest).
U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia - The New York Times
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/world/middleeast/syria-russia-airstrikes.html
Even in smaller quantities, the missiles played a major role in the insurgent advances that eventually endangered Mr. Assad’s rule. While that would seem like a welcome development for United States policy makers, in practice it presented another quandary, given that the Nusra Front was among the groups benefiting from the enhanced firepower.
Putin Says U.S. Fails to Cooperate in Syria - The New York Times
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/world/europe/putin-complains-about-us-cooperation-on-syria.html
Russian and U.S. Airstrikes Show Differing Goals
Both countries have said they want to defeat terrorist groups like the Islamic State, but in Syria, Russia’s definition of terrorist encompasses some groups that are allies of the United States.
En haut les bombardements russes, en bas ceux étasuniens, Les « zones rebelles » sont en jaune :
US Arms Shipments Fuel Proxy War With Russia Over Syria — News from Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2015/10/13/us-arms-shipments-fuel-proxy-war-with-russia-over-syria
So the US strategy in Syria is shifting once again, initially focused on regime change, then focused on destroying ISIS, and now, having given up more or less on both of those, they just want to see Russia fail, and the administration seems comfortable with the possibility that US-made weapons will be destroying Russian tanks and helicopters.
This proxy war is also bringing the US closer to a de facto alliance with al-Qaeda, as the efforts to undermine Russia run squarely through al-Qaeda-held Idlib, and “stopping” Russia at this point means further consolidating al-Qaeda control over northwest Syria.
«groupes rebelles non islamistes» Y’en a encore? Des infos? Si possible.
Gareth Porter:
▻http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2015/10/16/obama-wont-admit-the-real-targets-of-russian-airstrikes
Sly never refers to the “Army of Conquest” victory in Idlib or acknowledges that al-Nusra Front was the main benefactor of the CIA program. Her story quotes a proponent of the program, former US ambassador Robert Ford, as assuring us that the system prevented the missiles from “falling into extremist hands,” and that he was aware of only two TOW missiles having been obtained by al-Nusra.
Sly reported a very different story in March, however, after the dissolution of Harakat Hazm, the main CIA-supported “moderate rebel group” remaining in the north, following its complete defeat by al-Nusra Front. The victorious al-Nusra announced publicly, according to Sly’s report, that it had seized the TOW antitank missiles the CIA had supplied to Harakat Hazm when it occupied the groups headquarters near Aleppo. Moreover, the Saudis reportedly had ownership of TOW missiles, and they and the Qataris had already been funneling arms to al-Nusra Front, as Vice-President Joe Biden revealed in October 2014.
It is astonishing that at this late date, anyone in the media could still be seriously suggesting that the CIA somehow managed to turn the “moderate” Syrian rebels into a powerful offensive force threatening the Assad regime in the north. Since the Idlib victory, it is generally understood that the primary threat to drive the Assad regime from power comes from al-Nusra Front and the forces allied with it, and not from the Islamic State – and certainly not the mythical “moderate rebels”.
It is easy to understand why the Obama administration is not interested in talking about the role of al-Nusra in the present Syrian political-military situation. According to Sly’s source, the covert operation to provide the TOW missiles to the Army of Conquest was aimed at putting “sufficient pressure on Assad’s forces to persuade him to compromise but not so much that his government would precipitously collapse and leave a dangerous power vacuum”.
The Obama administration strategy on Syria assumed a degree of control that is so obviously unrealistic that it was inherently risky to the point of recklessness. That is why no one in the administration or the news media is discussing the reality that the Russian offensive is targeting the biggest jihadist threat to the Assad regime.
Insurgents killed 56 government troops at captured air base: Syria monitor (note: des photos circulent sur Twitter)
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/us-mideast-crisis-syria-execution-idUSKCN0RJ06Z20150919
A group tracking the Syrian war said on Saturday that Islamist insurgents shot dead 56 members of Syrian government forces in a mass execution at an air base captured from the army earlier this month in northwestern Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the mass killing at Abu al-Duhur air base happened a few days ago, citing sources on the ground. The air base in Idlib province was captured by an alliance of groups including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front on Sept. 9.
Les insurgés étaient de #al-qaida,
#Al-Qaeda Executes 56 Captured Syrian Soldiers
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2015/09/20/al-qaeda-executes-56-captured-syrian-soldiers
Druze Kill Syrian Troops After Bombings Kill Dozens, Including Top Cleric — News from Antiwar.com
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2015/09/06/druze-kill-syrian-troops-after-bombings-kill-dozens-including-top-cler
Throughout the Syrian Civil War, there had been relative calm in the al-Suwayda Province, the primary home of the nation’s Druze minority. The Druze are largely seen as pro-government, and elsewhere in the country have been attacked by rebels as a consequence.
Suwayda is exploding in the past few days, however, after Friday saw a pair of car bombings killing 33 Druze civilians, including top religious leader Sheikh Wahid al-Balous. There was no claim of responsibility, but Balous was an outspoken opponent of the government, and had urged Druze to stop joining the military, which led to suspicion that he was killed by government forces.
Unrest is growing province-wide, and six Syrian troops were killed by Druze militant attacks late Saturday. Groups of Balous supporters have burned cars in front of many government offices in the area, and destroyed a statue of President Assad’s father in the main city.
An outright revolt against the government is bad news for the government, but may also be dangerous for the Druze, as they have few natural allies in the ever-splintering nation, and have regularly been targeted by Islamist rebel factions. There were unconfirmed reports that Balous was trying to forge ties with the rebel FSA, but their power is limited to a few small districts, and probably can’t offer the Druze much in the way of protection.
ISIS Fighters Seize Part of Syrian Capital of Damascus
▻http://news.antiwar.com/2015/08/30/isis-fighters-seize-part-of-syrian-capital-of-damascus
L’article est bizarrement fichu, il commence en évoquant curieusement « the Saudi capital city of Damascus ».
Son accroche sensationnelle se base sur les combats et l’avancée de l’OEI dans le quartier de Qadam, ce qui permet de dire : « the first time any rebel faction has had anything meaningful inside the capital itself. »
Ce qui est évidemment faux, puisque si l’OEI a « pris » des rues du quartier de Qadam, ce n’est pas à l’armée syrienne, mais à d’autres factions rebelles :
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2015/08/31/des-combats-opposent-l-etat-islamique-aux-rebelles-dans-damas_4741422_3218.h
L’Etat islamique (EI) se rapproche inexorablement du centre de la capitale syrienne. Selon l’Observatoire syrien des droits de l’homme (OSDH), le groupe djihadiste était en effet engagé, lundi 31 août, dans des combats de rue contre des rebelles islamistes à Qadam, un quartier du sud de la capitale.
Venus de Hajar Al-Aswad, un quartier adjacent où ils sont présents depuis juillet 2014, l’EI a pris le contrôle de deux rues durant le week-end, a affirmé l’OSDH. Rami Abdel Rahmane, qui fait état de quinze morts dimanche dans les violents combats qui ont eu lieu, affirme qu’il s’agit du « point le plus proche du cœur de la capitale atteint par l’EI ».
Une source de sécurité syrienne, qui confirme que des combats ont lieu dans ce secteur, semble satisfaite de voir s’entre-tuer deux ennemis du régime de Bachar Al-Assad […]
