Warfare Northwestern Aleppo offensive (2024)

[Ivan le Fou]

Erdogan already assured his support to Hamas and Hezbollah.

So... why would he want to create a new terrorist organization?

 

[Ivan le Fou]

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/12/19/turkey-cannot-be-confined-to-its-borders-and-must-expand-influence-erdogan

Somehow it looks like the world won't protest much about the coming Erdogan hegemony.

 

[Chazman]

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/12/19/turkey-cannot-be-confined-to-its-borders-and-must-expand-influence-erdogan

Somehow it looks like the world won't protest much about the coming Erdogan hegemony.

Oh, I don't know. The Kurds will fight, the Shiites will fight, the Druze, Alawites, Yazidis will fight. Hell... I'd bet the Sunnis will even fight. Also, probably not a good idea to issue idle threats against Israel.

I mean, even Hitler stated that he has "no new territorial demands".

 

[CemalPasha]

Erdogan already assured his support to Hamas and Hezbollah.

So... why would he want to create a new terrorist organization?

Why should Turkey support Hezbollah we have hunderds of martys against PKK but this are not only Kurdish group we fight, we have also losses against islamic Kurds called Kurdish Hezbollah. Iran is not friend of Turks anyway they supported Armenia while Israel save Azeris aka eastern Turks. Azeris can mend fences between Turkey and Israel after things calm down. However, as for Israel, Turkey's involvement in Syria, which is a new sandbox, is more important than Gaza, so cooperation is more important than confrontation.

Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[CemalPasha]

Why should Turkey support Hezbollah we have hunderds of martys against PKK but this are not only Kurdish group we fight, we have also losses against islamic Kurds called Kurdish Hezbollah. Iran is not friend of Turks anyway they supported Armenia while Israel save Azeris aka eastern Turks. Azeris can mend fences between Turkey and Israel after things calm down. However, as for Israel, Turkey's involvement in Syria, which is a new sandbox, is more important than Gaza, so cooperation is more important than confrontation.

Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

There was a lot of Palestinian volunteers in SAA that shelled Turkish bases btw Hamas is not friend of Turkey either so to be honest why the F*** erdo host them in Turkey is questionable.

Palestinians fighting for ASSad

As-Sa'iqa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Lots of people out in Damascus today.

Demanding a secular state.

Might not be what Erdogan wants.

 

[Chazman]

Lots of people out in Damascus today.

Demanding a secular state.

Might not be what Erdogan wants.

They have no right to want what they want. They must bow to the Sultan.

 

[CemalPasha]

Lots of people out in Damascus today.

Demanding a secular state.

Might not be what Erdogan wants.

Why not Erdogan rules Secular Turkey. GNA Libya is aswell as Secular and Jihadis save them too so?

 

[CemalPasha]

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Turks start saying the quiet part out loud…

 

[Euroamerican]

Pentagon says the number of US troops in Syria is much higher than previously reported

The Pentagon said Thursday that there are about 2,000 U.S. Troops in Syria, a number that is more than double the 900 troops reported previously by the DoD for months.

www.foxnews.com

Did anyone else get the feeling the US has been more directly involved than what has been portrayed?

 

[Mike1976]

Pentagon says the number of US troops in Syria is much higher than previously reported

The Pentagon said Thursday that there are about 2,000 U.S. Troops in Syria, a number that is more than double the 900 troops reported previously by the DoD for months.

www.foxnews.com

Did anyone else get the feeling the US has been more directly involved than what has been portrayed?

Could just have been increased numbers over concerns about attacks by Iran or their proxies.

 

[Mike1976]

I can give you one example like the Raqqa ISIS prison, which contains about 1,000 ISIS ex-fighters.

Bombs away!

"Oops did I just say that out loud?"

Fox News previously reported that the U.S. had 900 troops in Eastern Syria, but now that number is about 2,000, and they would likely have to withdraw if the allied Kurdish fighters retreat under attack from Turkey’s military, which views the Kurds as a terrorist threat.

They're not there out of charity, but to protect oil fields. And "muh oil" is a big reason for the US to apply military force.

 

[Mike1976]

US says it killed ISIS leader in Syria airstrike

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www.timesofisrael.com

 

[Chazman]

As the Russian convoy passes all that abandoned Syrian armor, it makes you wonder how things would have turned out if the Syrian Army was willing to fight.

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[Mike1976]

As the Russian convoy passes all that abandoned Syrian armor, it makes you wonder how things would have turned out if the Syrian Army was willing to fight.

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Would have
Could have
Should have

 

[Chazman]

Would have
Could have
Should have

For sure. But there definitely was enough firepower to hold the line, just lack of will.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Considering what the opposition was made of, I suppose an airborne force (rotary wings) could have done a significant amount of damage, sufficiently for, then, ground forces to deal with the remnants.

Syria didn't have (even less so now, due to Israel's strikes) many of these units though.

Basically, if only Syria (excluding Russia's involvement) v Opposition then it could have turned into a slow mechanized v mechanized conflict; with localized and inaccurate air strikes now and then.

Syria, on its own, wouldn't have fared much better if it had put on a fight; only more dead and leveled cities.

imho

 

[CemalPasha]

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Turks start saying the quiet part out loud…

As a Turk its very cringe to see those statements we have no business in Jerusalem