[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 18 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Suriyakmaps is usually very accurate and quite good, even if they do update later than others at times to make sure it's correct

Their latest Syria map

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HTS less than 7km away from the western part of Aleppo city...

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 20 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Ali Mortada from wish dot com, but evil and with zero charisma.

As one of the comments in the replies said:

This is a YouTuber, my brother, who loves acting.

He hates the regime because he did not let them in.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 23 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah it has the makings of a potential large attack, could also be a simulated/practice bombing run though.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 21 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Not that I'm aware of, but I don't have access to the websites that display the notices themselves, you need to pay for that if you're not a pilot, so I can't verify 100%.

This latest notice was widely reported in the media though.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 40 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Russia have issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) closing the airspace over Kapustin Yar (the launch site for the Oreshnik IRBM) from 04:00 early last morning, until the 30th of November, 20:00. So maybe there's a chance of another IRBM launch in the next few days.

8-12 Tu-95 strategic bombers are also currently airborne as of now.

~~2~~ 3 Tu-160 strategic bombers airborne as well.

Kalibr cruise missile launches from the Black Sea reported, along with launch maneuveres by the Tu-95s.

12 kalibrs reported in Ukrainian airspace.

Kalibrs reported to have hit Odessa.

Kh-59 launches reported (these are launched from fighter bomber aircraft like the Su-34, and not the strategic bombers. )

I'm leaving for now, if you want further updates here's the main source. Thanks to @companero@hexbear.net for introducing it to the news mega, it's quite good. I hope the world's still in one piece when I come back.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 31 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Allegedly, International jihadist Chinese Uyghurs and Turkestanis from the Turkestan Islamic Party have also showed up to fight for ~~Al-Qaeda version 4~~ HTS in Syria in the last 24 hours. HTS even did some weird fire burning promotional video...

Link to the video on Twitter

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Israeli special effects budget hitting hard.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 9 points 15 hours ago

This is the expert analysis we need more of on the news mega

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Shout out to this brave soul overdosing on copium about an S-400 radar vehicle being destroyed by a ATACMS strike.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 30 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Yeah, as Hezbollah are expected to withdraw from the Southern Litani area, with the Lebanese army occupying that area, in accordance with UNSCR 1701, as mentioned in the agreement

Will that actually happen in two months time, now that is the question.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 35 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

"Hezbollah changed the ambiguous word 'South' to South Litany, removed the name of Resolution 1559, and prevented listing the names of Palestinian groups active in Lebanon." 4/

Hezbollah insisted that "Lebanese refugees should return to their "homes and lands" instead of their "homeland" in the draft. 5/

All true from what I've read, the Beirut Government posted the full ceasefire agreement on their Facebook page

On the ceasefire agreement, "Hezbollah has prevented the formation of a 'monitoring committee' chaired by the US & France. This was a sticking point. It was changed to a an intern'l committee to be established later to oversee the enforcement of Hezbollah's commitments. 3/

That's a very optimistic reading of the "tripartite mechanism " mentioned in the ceasefire agreement. To me, it very much reads like a committee hosted by UNIFIL, chaired by the United States, and including France.

I'll post about the full agreement later on for those that can't access Facebook.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 43 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It is ~~1994, 2004, 2024,~~ 2064. Israel is still arming Al-Qaeda affiliates. Al-Qaeda has promised to attack and destroy Israel for the 358th time, but profusely apologised to Israel after a rouge Al-Qaeda drone killed an IDF member in the Golan Heights. There have been holographic videos circulating on social media of IDF mothership drones resupplying Al-Qaeda affiliates. Israel outright denies this, stating such videos are the creation of an antisemitic artificial intelligence program looking to incite hate across the globe.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 60 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Just as the ceasefire has come into effect in Lebanon, there is renewed fighting in Syria. A coalition group known as HTS (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham), made up of ex Al-Nusra (Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria) groups and members, has started a large scale offensive in Aleppo against Syrian government held positions. The Russian and Syrian air forces are bombing HTS held positions heavily, along with artillery and drone bombardment by the Syrian army.

Twitter source

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As for Israel working with Al Nusra and it's affiliates, it has happened before, and it appears to be happening again.

Former Mossad director, Efraim Halevy, defends Israeli medical assistance to Al Nusra Front fighters, Al Jazeera, 31 May 2016

Efraim Halevy, former director of Israel’s national intelligence agency, Mossad, speaks with UpFront:

  • Believes there will be no “blowback” against Israel for “getting into bed with a group like Al Nusra Front.”
  • Points out that Israel “was not specifically targeted by Al Qaeda”
  • Says he would deny similar treatment to Hezbollah fighters, because “we have a different account with Hezbollah”
  • Says “the immediate consideration is humane” but admits assistance to Al Nusra Front fighters could also be “tactical”

The tactical assistance appears to have arrived.

And how do we know this? Thanks to the actions of a Syrian resistance fighter who documented it all on social media, after coming out prison after 27 years.

The curious case of Israel, al-Nusra and ‘Facebook Spy’, Al Jazeera, 27 April 2015

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