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(03-12-2024, 06:19 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]How a Syrian Rebel Went From an American Jail to Seizing Aleppo. Once affiliated with Islamic State and al Qaeda, Jawlani professes religious tolerance. Many have doubts.

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani boarded a bus in Damascus in March 2003, heading across the desert to Baghdad with fellow volunteers eager to repel the looming American invasion of Iraq.W
When he returned home in 2011, after 5-year stint in American-run prison camp in Iraq, it was as the emissary of Islamic State founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Jawlani arrived in Syria with bags full of cash, and a mission to take the extremist movement global.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/wh...i-9b157eff

How Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to a blazer-wearing ‘revolutionary’
Mostafa Salem, CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/middleeas...index.html

(11-11-2024, 05:17 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]https://youtu.be/oCGUKDzvVJg?si=8Eb_Z6pItOk-ritR

Four primary factions dominate different areas of the country, each backed by varying external powers and ideologies. Syrian govt forces, marked in red on many conflict maps, represent Assad regime's primary military apparatus.These forces are supported by the National Defense Forces, a pro-government paramilitary group.Assad regime also benefits significant backing by Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah, its control over large swathes of territory, particularly in central and western Syria.

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), played a critical role in fight against ISIS, continues to manage regions under support of U.S. allies. HTS & other allied rebel factions, shown in green, op primarily in northwest. HTS, an evolution of the al-Nusra Front, previously aligned with al-Qaeda until severing ties in 2016, remains a dominant force in this region. Despite internal divisions, H T S maintains significant influence over the territories it controls.

In north, Turkish-backed rebel forces, including the Syrian National Army, hold ground along the Turkish border.
https://youtu.be/bcnqn2A99MM?si=NcH20OrKsls3R9AE

(07-12-2024, 08:07 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]How Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to a blazer-wearing ‘revolutionary’
Mostafa Salem, CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/middleeas...index.html

With Ukraine help, they are moving fast opening another front northwest of Syria, nearer to Russian Putin navy and airforce base, about 30 northwest of Syria. The HTS & other allied rebel factions, shown their fighting skill and op primarily in northwest. Tongue

(07-12-2024, 09:00 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]With Ukraine help, they are moving fast opening another front northwest of Syria, nearer to Russian Putin navy and airforce base, about 30 northwest of Syria. The HTS & other allied rebel factions, shown their fighting skill and op primarily in northwest. Tongue

https://youtu.be/JX0tcnJnZFY?si=3WFwco9mLAaoce9I

(07-12-2024, 09:00 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]With Ukraine help, they are moving fast opening another front northwest of Syria, nearer to Russian Putin navy and airforce base, about 30 northwest of Syria. The HTS & other allied rebel factions, shown their fighting skill and op primarily in northwest. Tongue

Opposition forces take Syria’s Daraa, Sweida as Astana talks set up. Daraa, known as the ‘cradle of the revolution’ is fourth city al-Assad loses in a single week. Daraa-based opposition forces on Saturday said they seized control of the city, the fourth strategic loss for President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in a week.

Daraa was dubbed “the cradle of the revolution” early in Syria’s war as govt repression of protests failed to quell the people’s anger over the detention torture of a group of boys for scribbling anti-Assad graffiti on their school walls in 2011. In April of that year, regime besieged city, a move seen as having militarised revolution. Sweida is heartland Syria’s Druze minority has witnessed anti-govt demonstrations for more than a year, as the cost of living shot up and tens of thousands of Druze men refused to undertake compulsory military service. 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/7...to-be-held

(07-12-2024, 10:07 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Opposition forces take Syria’s Daraa, Sweida as Astana talks set up. Daraa, known as the ‘cradle of the revolution’ is fourth city al-Assad loses in a single week. Daraa-based opposition forces on Saturday said they seized control of the city, the fourth strategic loss for President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in a week.

Daraa was dubbed “the cradle of the revolution” early in Syria’s war as govt repression of protests failed to quell the people’s anger over the detention torture of a group of boys for scribbling anti-Assad graffiti on their school walls in 2011. In April of that year, regime besieged city, a move seen as having militarised revolution. Sweida is heartland Syria’s Druze minority has witnessed anti-govt demonstrations for more than a year, as the cost of living shot up and tens of thousands of Druze men refused to undertake compulsory military service. 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/7...to-be-held

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/7...to-be-held

Rebel forces advancing through Syria on Dec 7, they were encircling capital Damascus, marking a key milestone in their offensive. A commander from Islamist-led rebel alliance confirmed that the final phase of encirclement had begun. Separately, Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, urged fighters to prepare for a decisive push towards Damascus, declaring in a Telegram statement: "Damascus awaits you." Syrian govt denied rebel group's claims & rejected reports of military withdrawals from key areas. Syria's presidency also denied reports of President Bashar al-Assad fleeing Damascus, asserting he carrying out his duties from the capital.
https://youtu.be/APxiij56878?si=-k5MRaipAWlARTCK

Syria’s Assad Is Under Siege and Is Making Overtures to US. President orders troops to capital, signals he’s open to deal

Rebels seize ground with Assad’s Iran, Russia support limited. An anti-govt fighter shoots against a large banner bearing a picture of Assad, hanging on the facade of a municipal building in Hama on Dec. 5.

Updated on 8 December 2024.
With Syrian rebels edging ever-closer to capital, President Bashar Al-Assad is making a last-ditch attempt to remain in power, including indirect diplomatic overtures to the US & President-elect Donald Trump, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.

Assad is ordering his army to fall back to defend Damascus, essentially ceding much of country to insurgents, who seized cities of Aleppo & Hama in a lightning offensive over the past week. The rebels have entered Homs, a war last major city be4 Damascus. Aa anti-regime armed groups advancing into inner parts of Homs. Rebels Said to Be Entering Damascus as Assad Weakens.

Reuters, citing two Syrian sources. President Bashar Al-Assad may have been killed in a plane crash after living Damascus. "It disappeared off the radar, possibly the transponder was switched off, but I believe the bigger probability is that the aircraft was taken down,"

Another news said Al-Assad is in Moscow: Russian Mediums said granted al-Assad family asylum on ‘humanitarian grounds’, Russian news agencies report. Interfax, TASS and Ria Novosti news agencies reported on Sunday, quoting the unnamed source.

(29-11-2024, 04:23 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]

US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria amid fears Israel-Hamas war could escalate. Defence secretary says strikes in response to attacks on US troops and warns others against triggering ‘broader regional conflict’. The US military has launched airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), signalling a new willingness in US air forces engage directly hit in the crisis in Syria & Middle East. The strikes, which Pentagon said hit a weapons storage facility and an ammunition storage facility used by the IRGC militia it backs, were the first such US military intervention since civil war broke out in Syria.

(26-11-2024, 04:09 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]What’s in the near-finalized, US-brokered Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal

Reports say US will head oversight panel that includes France; no Israeli security zone in Lebanon; civilians to return to their homes in south Lebanon; IDF to leave within 60 days.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cnvjl42g9m1t

https://www.youtube.com/live/rAE39LdSVVg...x4_D494Dh1

(27-11-2024, 04:35 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire gives Benjamin Netanyahu a lot of what he wants — but he is not claiming victory. Ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is an obvious relief to the Lebanese people and most likely to both Hezbollah and Irhe chance to stop civilian suffering and the dangerous destabilisation of Lebanon are important outcomes here.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also gotten a lot of what he wanted in Lebanon, although he has not claimed victory. There are three major things Israel has achieved with its devastating response to the Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks that have pulled Lebanon into the Gaza war.

Hezbollah loses leaders & clout. Firstly, leadership and facilities have been decimated. Everyone from the hugely influential secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah to senior military commanders — even the group's public relations spokesman — have been killed. Damage to Hezbollah's facilities in southern Beirut is hard to independently quantify, but the group — which the Australian government classifies as a terrorist organisation — is believed to have suffered enormous losses in both weapons supply and production capacity.

Hezbollah's social and political standing as the protector of and provider for much of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community has also been badly damaged. While Hezbollah has continued to fight hard in Lebanon's south and launch rockets and drones in consistent numbers, it has been taking heavy losses while doing so, and its ability to resupply has been severely diminished.

It's hard to say how much its political power in Lebanon has been diminished, but the group is far from what it was before the war.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/i.../104651840

Now Israel added Syria into an air war on Iran back forces.
https://www.youtube.com/live/rAE39LdSVVg...Q8I1dkUmkK

(10-12-2024, 12:00 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.youtube.com/live/rAE39LdSVVg...x4_D494Dh1

https://youtu.be/bC4Z01EdDl8?si=45J_TTXpVJan3e3N

(11-10-2024, 07:07 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]This is 2nd or 3rd times in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet is very busy announcing. 2-Carriers USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). 

Will there be a 3rd air carriers from U.S. for this days in the Mediterranean Sea...?....

The Iranian Air Force is reportedly beginning to replace its F-14A Tomcats with the arrival of the first Su-35 fighter jets acquired from Russia.

Syria’s Suddenly Permissive Airspace Prompts Flurry Of Foreign Airstrikes (Updated)

The fall of Assad has resulted in open season on legacy Syrian military capabilities and ISIS from the air....Updated Yesterday

(11-12-2024, 06:18 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Syria’s Suddenly Permissive Airspace Prompts Flurry Of Foreign Airstrikes (Updated)

The fall of Assad has resulted in open season on legacy Syrian military capabilities and ISIS from the air....Updated Yesterday

https://www.twz.com/news-features/syrias...airstrikes

(11-12-2024, 06:14 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]The Iranian Air Force is reportedly beginning to replace its F-14A Tomcats with the arrival of the first Su-35 fighter jets acquired from Russia.

https://www.zona-militar.com/en/2024/12/...om-russia/

Iran’s Khamenei says al-Assad ouster a US-Israel ‘plot’, blames ‘neighbour’

Why did it all started? (The Syria folks are all suffering under their dictator life supported by another dictator from Russia who name is called Putin). Supreme leader says Iranian intel warned of ‘enemy’ threats, denies ‘axis of resistance’ is weakened by fall of key ally.I ran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech addressing the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, on December 11, 2024 [Handout/Ayatollah Khamenei's Office via AFP

This stunning collapse is work of 53 years of al-Assad family rule has been described as a historic moment – nearly 14 years work on the  Syrians suffering, they rose in peaceful protests against a govt who met them with violence quickly spiralled into a bloody civil war, the regime still maintained control over significant portions of country. So this are all the work he did it all to unravel so quickly?. 

(By himself from his father to son - Al-Assad did a worst job, along with his family. (So don't problems all your people & folks ok.)


This started on November 27, a coalition of opposition fighters launched major offensive against his pro-govt forces, first attack came at front line between opposition-held Idlib between neighbouring governorate of Aleppo. 3-days later, opposition fighters took Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo from Al-Assad hand.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/1...-neighbour

Where next for Iran its 'Axis of Resistance' is shattered

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iranian embassy in Damascus are torn pictures, too also of former leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut in September. Outside, the ornate turquoise tiles on embassy's façade are intact, also defaced is a giant image of Iran's vastly influential former military Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani - killed on the orders of Donald Trump during his first presidency.

1. It is a further reminder of the series of blows Iran has faced, culminating on Sunday in the fall of a key ally, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. So, as the Islamic Republic licks wounds, & prepares for a new Donald Trump presidency, will it decide on a more hardline approach - or will it renew negotiations with West? & just how stable is the regime?.
   

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05pmmzp63zo

Abu Mohammed Al Golani – a man designated as an international terrorist who worked with Al Qaeda’s Ayman Al Zawahiri – and who has a million-dollar bounty on his head, sweeps into Damascus at the head of a well-armed force.
https://youtu.be/BFQ3MaWmRfo?si=CkgrCKVOWmIGRoq6

Reports: Israel strikes near Damascus overnight targeted Iranian-made tunnels believed to store ballistic missiles. Israel reportedly carried out more strikes on missile warehouses & airports in Syria near capital Damascus overnight, according to Arab media reports. Earlier this week, military sources said Israeli Air Force had carried out over 300 airstrikes on Syrian military targets since the collapse of the Assad regime, amid a wave of op to take out advanced weapons other capabilities lest they fall into hostile hands.

Latest series of 17 strikes targeted Iranian-made strategic tunnel complexes believed to designed for storing & launching ballistic missiles, according to Jordan-based al-Ghad TV.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...-missiles/

Israel Defense Ministerl Katz says defense budget must be increased “in face of growing threats,” citing recent developments in Syria with ousting of president Bashar al-Assad by Islamist forces.
“Must be able to defend itself, on its own, against any threat the immediate risks to the country have not disappeared recent developments in Syria are increasing the intensity of threat, despite the the rebel leaders seeking to present a semblance of moderation,” Katz tells the Nagel Committee, which examines defense spending & the design of military forces for the future, according to a ministry statement. Katz says.

(12-12-2024, 07:15 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Iran’s Khamenei says al-Assad ouster a US-Israel ‘plot’, blames ‘neighbour’

Why did it all started? (The Syria folks are all suffering under their dictator life supported by another dictator from Russia who name is called Putin). Supreme leader says Iranian intel warned of ‘enemy’ threats, denies ‘axis of resistance’ is weakened by fall of key ally.I ran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech addressing the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, on December 11, 2024 [Handout/Ayatollah Khamenei's Office via AFP

This stunning collapse is work of 53 years of al-Assad family rule has been described as a historic moment – nearly 14 years work on the  Syrians suffering, they rose in peaceful protests against a govt who met them with violence quickly spiralled into a bloody civil war, the regime still maintained control over significant portions of country. So this are all the work he did it all to unravel so quickly?. 

(By himself from his father to son - Al-Assad did a worst job, along with his family. (So don't problems all your people & folks ok.)


This started on November 27, a coalition of opposition fighters launched major offensive against his pro-govt forces, first attack came at front line between opposition-held Idlib between neighbouring governorate of Aleppo. 3-days later, opposition fighters took Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo from Al-Assad hand.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/1...-neighbour

This is what outside happening this moment, while we all of us is watching on our hand hp, all this is about war, flood, food and hopes for peace in this world 
https://youtube.com/shorts/w7I5LP-tYZQ?s...v8NhSIg_xo

(16-12-2024, 06:21 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]This is what outside happening this moment, while we all of us is watching on our hand hp, all this is about war, flood, food and hopes for peace in this world 
https://youtube.com/shorts/w7I5LP-tYZQ?s...v8NhSIg_xo

Hezbollah head Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the Lebanese armed group had lost its supply route through Syria, in his first comments since the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad nearly a week ago by a sweeping rebel offensive.

Footage of the blast emerged as Israel announced plans to double its population in the occupied Golan Heights, citing threats from Syria. The move earned international condemnation and came after Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani said he has no interest in engaging in new conflicts. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based war monitoring group, described the imagery emerging from Tartus as representing “the most violent Israeli strikes on military sites in the eastern Tartus area.”

In the video which spread across social media Monday, the massive explosion can be seen erupting across the Syrian skyline. NBC News has been able to geolocate the footage as being filmed from Tartus port area pointing at the mountains northeast of the city, with NASA satellites detecting aftermath fires in an area just more than 9 miles from the harbor.

The Israel Defense Forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the footage. But an Israeli official who reviewed the video said the fireball was likely the result of a secondary explosion, citing the possibility of munitions igniting following an Israeli strike. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity as the person was not authorized to discuss Israel’s aerial campaign in Syria.

“Strengthening Golan means strengthening the State of Israel, this is especially important at this time,” he said in a statement Sunday after his govt unanimously approved his plan to expand the Israeli population in the area.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israe...rcna184324

in history ,18 dec 1970, radiation in Baneberry disaster after underground nuclear goes wrong. many people radiated.

hope the silly pro nuclear people in singapore stop their action before thinking that under ground testing is ok.
what happen in history if happen in singapore , we have no place to run. will mark the end of singapore without a foreign invasion. any powerful weapon also no used.

Israel sent in ground troops incursion as temporary, signalling the presence is open-ended.
On Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al-Sharaa has said they not intend to enter in conflict “be'cos there's general exhaustion in Syria”. HTS swept Bashar al-Assad from power last Sunday ending his family’s 5-decade iron-fisted rule.

Israel’s govt also approved Mr Netanyahu’s plan to to population Golan Heights, which Qatar quickly called “new episode in a series Israeli aggressions on Syrian territories and a blatant violation of int'l law”. Israel captured the Golan Heights in 1967 Middle East war & annexed it, though the int'l community except for US regards it as occupied. Israeli figures show remote territory is home to about 50,000 people, about half is Jewish Israelis & the other half Arab Druze.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/is...00171.html