"I was saved by my mobile phone” #ParisAttacks - BBC https://t.co/9wSxPe0JBM http://pic.twitter.com/8YQiR1rxAE— Conflict News (@Conflicts) November 14, 2015
Thứ Bảy, 14 tháng 11, 2015
Paris - Saved by my mobile phone
Concert goers hang from windows trying to escape the massacre in Bataclan
VIDEO: Concert goers hang from windows trying to escape the massacre in Bataclan last night https://t.co/iO2OwjkiVC http://pic.twitter.com/iwStwdCOd8— Conflict News (@Conflicts) November 14, 2015
India-Russia Joint Army Exercise Indra 2015 : Jungle Survival Training & Firing
India-Russia Joint Army Exercise #Indra2015 : Jungle Survival Training & Firing. http://pic.twitter.com/RbQjKNwAAH— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) November 14, 2015
MQM-107 tried to dodge Patriot by flying low, but was shot down eventually
MQM-107 tried to dodge Patriot by flying low, but was shot down eventually https://t.co/nfF2LWOKf1 http://pic.twitter.com/Tkl0RHK9o1— Alert 5 (@alert5) November 15, 2015
Military Coup winds in Pakistan
झहीद हामिद - चुटिया-ए-पाकिस्तान फिर से सक्रिय होता हुआ.
गांड पे सऊदी छड़ी से भी सुधार नहीं हुआ.
Arif Nizami exposes the strategy of Nawaz -- He tries to buy the Generals !! He did the same in Musharraf time also. https://t.co/HRfsgFXxs4— Zaid Hamid (@ZaidZamanHamid) November 13, 2015
So, if history is a benchmark, NS will first try to buy the Corp Commanders, then try to stage a coup within the army against Gen Raheel !!— Zaid Hamid (@ZaidZamanHamid) November 13, 2015
Gen Asif Nawaz died mysteriously. Gen Jahangir Karamat was forced to resign by NS. then NS tried to stage a coup within army against Mushrf.— Zaid Hamid (@ZaidZamanHamid) November 13, 2015
Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV 'leak'
The Kremlin says secret plans for a Russian long-range nuclear torpedo - called "Status-6" - should not have appeared on Russian TV news.
The leak happened during a report on state-run Channel One about President Vladimir Putin meeting military chiefs in the city of Sochi.
One general was seen studying a diagram of the "devastating" torpedo system.
Launched by a submarine, it would create "wide areas of radioactive contamination", the document says.
The "oceanic multi-purpose Status-6 system" is designed to "destroy important economic installations of the enemy in coastal areas and cause guaranteed devastating damage to the country's territory by creating wide areas of radioactive contamination, rendering them unusable for military, economic or other activity for a long time", the document says.
"It's true some secret data got into the shot, therefore it was subsequently deleted," said Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
"In future we will undoubtedly take preventive measures so this does not happen again."
The US Defence Department said it had seen the report, but would not comment further.
"We are aware of the video footage, but defer to the Russian navy as to its authenticity," a Pentagon spokesperson told the BBC.
However, the Russian government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta later reported details of the weapon, without showing the diagram, and speculated about a super-radioactive cobalt device. So the leak may not have been accidental.
Cobalt warhead?
On the diagram the giant torpedo's range is given as "up to 10,000km" (6,200 miles) and depth of trajectory is "up to 1,000m" (3,300ft).
It was developed by Rubin, a submarine design bureau in St Petersburg.
It would, apparently, be launched by nuclear-powered submarines of the 09852 "Belgorod" and 09851 "Khabarovsk" series.
Rossiiskaya Gazeta called the torpedo a "robotic mini-submarine", travelling at 100 knots (185km/h; 115mph), which would "avoid all acoustic tracking devices and other traps".
Who is fighting in Syria
I'm hope this definitive .@MattBors map is in the front breast pocket of every SOF adviser we're sending to Syria. http://pic.twitter.com/84JZyAy043— Thomas Gibbons-Neff (@Tmgneff) November 13, 2015
Turkey security spraying graffiti in Kurdish Silvan under curfew, telling locals "revenge" has come "be terrified"
#Turkey security spraying graffiti in Kurdish #Silvan under curfew, telling locals "revenge" has come "be terrified" http://pic.twitter.com/cuDQhOerf4— IrmakYenisehirlioglu (@Irmak_Ye) November 14, 2015
Syria - Newly delivered batch of 2S1 Gvozdika's
#pt: #Latakia: PHOTOS: Probably newly delievered batch of 2S1 Gvozdika's (no #SAA markings on them and fresh paint) http://pic.twitter.com/pWpt7kpu4r— Rook (@2Rook14) November 14, 2015
Houthis Destroyed Saudi Led-Coalition Armored Vehicles Near Bab El-Mandeb Strait
#YEMEN#Houthis Destroyed #Saudi Led-Coalition Armored Vehicles Near Bab El-Mandeb Strait While Trying To Offensive. http://pic.twitter.com/JabaorYO4i— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 13, 2015
Terrorism 101. Yemen and Paris
Terrorism 101. Yemen and Paris, both. http://pic.twitter.com/29JvUjqozt— Abu Hud Al Hadhrami (@BaFana3) November 14, 2015
ISIS official statement referring to attackers as soldiers of the Caliphate
BREAKING: #ParisAttack: #ISIS official statement referring to attackers as soldiers of the Caliphate http://pic.twitter.com/M8FDFxuPAD— TRACterrorism.org (@TRACterrorism) November 14, 2015
Islamic State - Official claim of credit in French
@TRACterrorism Official claim of credit in French: http://pic.twitter.com/rcQorxRwPc— TRACterrorism.org (@TRACterrorism) November 14, 2015
France declares state of emergency, shuts borders
French Govt Assholes are shutting borders now when terrorists have already entered over last 6-8 months as refugees.
Sweden, Denmark,Germany,Austria and all other LIBERAL Countries are next .
The Hungarian PM Viktor Orban was right when he said the refugees looked like an Army.
From History he knows what the Turks did in the name of religion.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/23/refugees-look-like-an-army-says-hungarian-pm-viktor-orban
Here is a French Jack Ass career politician trying to make a comeback
#FRANCEFormer President @NicolasSarkozy Says 'Terrorists Declare War To #France' #PrayForParis#StandWithParis pic.twitter.com/28Hd9NJStZ— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 14, 2015
German Mutti career politician wants Nobel Prize for helping terrorists enter Germany.
She could have helped the Greeks with the bad loans instead.
Germany slap Airbus with $14 million fine for late delivery of 2 A400Ms
Germany slap Airbus with $14 million fine for late delivery of 2 A400Ms https://t.co/TI3xqr3y5o http://pic.twitter.com/nulDp1HSso— Alert 5 (@alert5) November 14, 2015
Airbus A330 MRTT destined for the Singapore Air Force
Airbus A330 MRTT destined for the #Singapore AF https://t.co/7y4NQ7XFL7 Pedro Aragão CC-BY-SA #avgeek #RSAF @alert5 http://pic.twitter.com/HwabLvFtVp— Commons Aviation (@commonsaviation) November 13, 2015
Chinese Scientists Unveil New Stealth Material Breakthrough
Chinese Scientists Unveil New Stealth Material Breakthrough https://t.co/7w9DbU2lXG | @DefTechPat http://pic.twitter.com/fRrHnH7wa5— Defense One (@DefenseOne) November 13, 2015
Longer video from Kweres air Base, Syria
https://t.co/YrBv2pnbHP longer video from Kweres. More serials of L-39 can be seen http://pic.twitter.com/Bam2PDN5i0— LuftwaffeAS (@LuftwaffeAS) November 13, 2015
EQ-4 clocks 500th sortie
EQ-4 clocks 500th sortie https://t.co/NFgSO0oYrD http://pic.twitter.com/uF2iY4ZDfa— Alert 5 (@alert5) November 14, 2015
AsianDef Update
13 Nov 16:00 #771NAS returned from Portwrinkle, Whitsand Bay & lifted 1 cas with no injuries to beach @MCA_media http://pic.twitter.com/Ejjd6a0mr2— Royal Navy (@RoyalNavy) November 14, 2015
SAA Armor in Latakia preparing for offensive. Many T-55, T-72 and Gvozdikas
#SAA #SRG Armor in #Latakia preparing for offensive. Many T-55, T-72 and Gvozdikas. http://pic.twitter.com/RlpTHxSzbz— Jason Jones (@DPRKJones) November 14, 2015
New Photo uploaded by a Soldier that was Besieged Kweres Airport on Arbid Bridge
#Syria #Aleppo #Kweres #Kwieres #كويرس New Photo uploaded by a Soldier that was Besieged @ Airport on #Arbid Bridge http://pic.twitter.com/BNH4by6hvB— Ivan Sidorenko (@IvanSidorenko1) November 14, 2015
Thứ Sáu, 13 tháng 11, 2015
4 more ISIS fighters captured alive in Sinjar by Kurdish forces
PHOTO: 4 more #ISIS fighters captured alive in #Sinjar by Kurdish forces - @BaderMula http://pic.twitter.com/GQPnCNqyzC— Conflict News (@Conflicts) November 13, 2015
Footage of SDF in combat against ISIS
VIDEO: Footage of SDF in combat against #ISIS in #Syria with help of US airstrikes. https://t.co/04YULrEMAB http://pic.twitter.com/GW5egqTcCZ— Conflict News (@Conflicts) November 13, 2015
Another Deadly Attack in Paris
Importance of Second Amendment in US constitution.
According to current rules and regulations in Europe- Terrorists can have guns but ordinary citizens cannot.
How Paris Attacks unfolded
With all due respect to those killed, suspect the the French Govt for this false flag attack.
How can terrorists just walk in Paris with guns and weapons without being under surveillance.
Seems the French Govt did nothing to increase security even after Charlie Hebdo incident.
VIDEO: To see how #ParisAttacks unfolded, here's a report from our colleagues @nbc #sun7 https://t.co/uaerrZchlm— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) November 14, 2015
Calais jungle (Sudanese refugees section) on fire. Very likely a revenge attack in response to the attack in Paris
Calais jungle (Sudanese refugees section) on fire. Very likely a revenge attack in response to the attack in #Paris. http://pic.twitter.com/AckxnkBXKb— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) November 14, 2015
Footage of #CalaisJungle fire. Cause unknown, suspected arson revenge attack. [via @CazTravels]. pic.twitter.com/2TJmaCiS4P— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) November 14, 2015
Paris Terror Attack Summary
#FRANCEParis Terror Attack Summary - 6 Locations Attacked - 158 Dead - 4 Police Officers Dead - 5 Terrorists Killed - Men Hunting Continue— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 14, 2015
Paris Attacks Interesting Yesterday video release ISIS threatened intend to expand their rule over Europe
#ParisAttacks Interesting Yesterday video release #ISIS threatened intend to expand their rule over Europe http://pic.twitter.com/kgQEhOcUKN— TRACterrorism.org (@TRACterrorism) November 14, 2015
Suspected looting of weapons and ammunition by Houthi from Yemen army warehouses
[صور]: - لا أعلم عن مدى صحتها/حداثتها - "يقال" أنها توثق نهب الحوثيين لأسلحة و ذخائر الجيش من مخازنه في صنعاء. http://pic.twitter.com/THfeq8rCC2— محمد بن خالد (@saikhamk) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
VIDEO: Kurds seize control of central #Sinjar from ISIS this morning. #Iraq - @APhttps://t.co/odrdUn8uSy
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
VIDEO: Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units destroy #ISIS VBIED in #Iraq. https://t.co/uHqBJ02Sh9 http://pic.twitter.com/RE89c9nTqz
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
An #ISIS member caught alive inside #Sinjar,watch it via Rudaw cameras. #FreeSinjar http://pic.twitter.com/fsOxrwnG51
— Rudaw English (@RudawEnglish) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
PHOTO: J-10B is now testing the new PL-10 IR-guided short-range AAM. Previously only seen on the J-16 and the J-20: http://pic.twitter.com/jDGed76Pek
— CombatAir (@CombatAir) November 12, 2015
JUD CyberTeam opens new Youtube "Channel"
Please Subscribe to our new channel on YouTube. #NoBanOnJUD #WeSupportFIFhttps://t.co/XkXjxM7qDh pic.twitter.com/IsBrgBnch1— JUDCyberTeam (@JUDCyberTeam1) November 12, 2015
Link
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMpeRYLgz2HYttX-iIdXojg
AsianDef Update
Su-34s in #Hmeymim, #Syria with various loads of unguided bombs http://pic.twitter.com/daSI2KtKh2
— Abraxas Spa (@AbraxasSpa) November 12, 2015
Location of Drone Strike that killed Jihadi John
#Rqqa the place of Drone Strike that killed jihadi john after the Drone Targeted his Car #ISIS close the area #Syria http://pic.twitter.com/tl0gWSJzn6— الرقة تذبح بصمت (@Raqqa_SL) November 13, 2015
Qatar C-17 Globemasters undergo tests in California
[تحديث]: Nov. 1-10: طائرتي C-17 قطريتين جدد، رقم N279ZD و N275ZD خلال إجراءهما لاختبارات في كاليفورنيا تصوير: JBP274 http://pic.twitter.com/AJI6KNA3nd— محمد بن خالد (@saikhamk) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
.@5SigCmd building interoperability w/ @NATO at #CombinedResolve https://t.co/0AdqvFtCsZ #SignalStrong #StrongEurope http://pic.twitter.com/RLf3fEuig3
— U.S. Army Europe (@USArmyEurope) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
1ABCT during force-on-force #CombinedResolve #3ID @USArmyEurope http://pic.twitter.com/lfgzCSQpvT
— Raider Brigade (@1ABCT_3ID) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
#CombinedResolve sets new course for multinational training at @7thArmyJMTC: https://t.co/LQwRW8In9H @USArmyEurope http://pic.twitter.com/aPcThx6G2n
— Soldiers Magazine (@SoldiersMag) November 12, 2015
AsianDef Update
'We bid adieu to Tu 142M and welcome Boeing P-8I to Naval Aviation': CNS Admiral RK Dhowan http://pic.twitter.com/iSUgJUOD4k
— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) November 13, 2015
Qatar C-17 Globemasters in California
Navy’s Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft- Boeing P-8I- Dedicated to the Nation by DefMin @manoharparrikar http://pic.twitter.com/sGf90wbCmR— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
Good morning #Incirlik #TurkeyPIC by Tech. Sgt. E. Taylor #USAF F-15E Strike Eagles in support of #OIR http://pic.twitter.com/uBiElsz3SA
— Tom Antonov (@Tom_Antonov) November 13, 2015
AsianDef Update
#Indonesia looks to acquire the #Japan made ShinMaywa US-2 amphibious rescue aircrafts #Japanisback #defence http://pic.twitter.com/XU3UnmsCA2
— Tom Antonov (@Tom_Antonov) November 13, 2015
Thứ Năm, 12 tháng 11, 2015
Islamic State Release Aftermath Images Of Coalition Airstrikes On Its Positions In Aleppo
#SYRIA#IslamicState Terror Group Release Aftermath Images Of Coalition Airstrikes On Its Positions In #Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/2mfe9qb3u9— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 13, 2015
#IRAQ#IslamicState (#ISIS) Terror Group Release Propaganda Images Of It's Bricks Factory In #Mosul. pic.twitter.com/dCw4W9002b— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 13, 2015
#SYRIA#US Airstrike Targets Notorious #British #ISIS Terrorist Jihadi John Near #Raqqa - Report. FP pic.twitter.com/irX4ZiQ5z0— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 13, 2015
#IRAQ#IslamicState (#ISIS) Terror Group Release Video Showing Battles In East Of #Ramadi. pic.twitter.com/aGuCHEl6Gz— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 13, 2015
Islamic State Releases Video "Eid Of A Mujahid" Featuring Swedish Militants
#SYRIA#IslamicState (#ISIS) Terror Group Release Video "Eid Of A Mujahid" Featuring #Swedes Militants - pic.twitter.com/O3nlgHYsZy— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) November 13, 2015
Somewhere in Europe
Ay ay ay ayyy...! ;) pic.twitter.com/JGRClrvfkZ— KitMeet (@KitMeetInfo) November 12, 2015
Real Girls und Panzer!!! pic.twitter.com/U4DsllfV52— KitMeet (@KitMeetInfo) November 12, 2015
Islamic State - Suicide belts and Explosives
Defusing Da'ish suicide belts seized by #Iraq's forces in Baiji. https://t.co/4egVmjFqLw pic.twitter.com/5GPsuY9OpL— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) November 12, 2015
Ammonium nitrate, used by Da'ish in making explosives, found by #Iraq's forces in Ramadi. Does that say #Turkey? 😏 pic.twitter.com/0Ub0zg1Qje— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) November 12, 2015
Two Da'ish car bombs seized by #Iraq's forces during recent ops in Salahuddin province. https://t.co/1B3ZX6JDFx pic.twitter.com/Zb13V1KSaj— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) November 12, 2015
Indian Navy P-8Is at Arakkonam in TN to be dedicated to the Nation shortly
P 8Is at Arakkonam in TN to be dedicated to the Nation shortly. Rain blessed. pic.twitter.com/bml2pYPH4n— Sitanshu Kar (@SpokespersonMoD) November 13, 2015
Saudis paid Sudanese Govt $2.0bn in aid in exchange for sending its infantry to Yemen
#Saudi paid Sudanese gov $2.0bn in aid in exchange for sending its infantry to #Yemen to fight the Yemeni people. pic.twitter.com/15RPVIih9C— Bassem (@BBassem7) November 12, 2015
UAE forces arrive today in Aden
Images from @adenalghad of the UAE forces that arrived today in #Aden - #Yemen pic.twitter.com/BlZe9qI4B0— محمد بن خالد (@saikhamk) November 12, 2015
White phosphorus attack on rebel-held Benin, Syria
Another horrific footage of today's #Russia|n white phosphorus attack on rebel-held Benin, Jabal Al-Zawiya area. pic.twitter.com/ODN045sGL6— Sakir Khader (@sakirkhader) November 12, 2015
Meanwhile in #Syria: A phosphorus attack on rebel-held Benin, Jabal Al-Zawiya area (#Idlib gov). pic.twitter.com/feaoD0TnB1— Sakir Khader (@sakirkhader) November 12, 2015
Moment of second suicide explosion in Borj al-Barajneh south suberb of Beirut Lebanon
The moment the second explosion fell in Borj al-Barajneh south suberb of Beirut. #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/MZQwKbGFkj
— على العهد (@Wajday) November 12, 2015
Lebanon, Beirut - The moment when they captured one of the suicide bombers before he blew himself up
The moment when they captured one of the suicide bombers before he blew himself up. #Lebanon #Beirut #Burj_Barajneh pic.twitter.com/V2v980Rh3B— Hamosh (@Hamosh84) November 12, 2015
Captured Suicide bomber
Thứ Tư, 11 tháng 11, 2015
Photo's uploaded 5 hours ago by SAA soldier from Kwieres Airport
One defeat of US backed ISIS.
#Syria #Aleppo #Kweres #Kwieres #كويرس Photo's uploaded 5 hours ago by #SAA soldier from Kwieres Airport. pic.twitter.com/MsVdsgWaRZ— Ivan Sidorenko (@IvanSidorenko1) November 12, 2015
— Ivan Sidorenko (@IvanSidorenko1) November 12, 2015
#Syria #Aleppo #Kweres #Kwieres #كويرس Photos with #ISIS #ISIL Tanks/BMP captured during the Siege of the Airport. pic.twitter.com/iUgjTLk3UA— Ivan Sidorenko (@IvanSidorenko1) November 12, 2015
#Syria #Aleppo #Kweres #Kwieres #كويرس #SyrianArmy #SyrianArabArmy #SAA wearing #ISIS #ISIL clothes during Z Siege pic.twitter.com/nwDmZ4ElkV— Ivan Sidorenko (@IvanSidorenko1) November 12, 2015
Indonesia May Order F-16s, Lockheed Martin Says
THE BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16) is the Philippine Navy’s biggest warships and the second ship of the Gregorio del Pilar class.
The ship was commissioned by the Philippine Navy last 2013 after being acquired under the Excess Defense Articles and Foreign Assistance Act. Previously, it served the US Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutter from 1968 to 2012 as USCGC Dallas.Navy public affairs chief Commander Lued Lincuna said the ship will be one of the Navy’s assets to be used for seaborne security during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation next week.
The ship is commanded by Captain Juario Marayag. It has been used for relief transport during Super Typhoon Yolanda and has participated in several exercises with different countries. It is used for patrolling Philippine waters including its claims in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).Below are some of the photos during the visit of Philippine defense media onboard the ship recently.
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz and its bridge and reception area.
Singapore and Thailand Navies Conduct SINGSIAM Bilateral Naval Exercise
Naval ships from the RSN and the RTN exercising alongside each other during the sea phase of Exercise Singsiam. (photo : Sing Mindef)
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) are participating in a bilateral naval exercise, named Exercise Singsiam, from 2 to 12 November 2015. This is a biennial exercise that was first held in 1981. Hosted by the RSN, the opening ceremony was co-officiated by Colonel (COL) Edwin Leong, Commanding Officer of the RSN's Missile Corvette Squadron and Rear-Admiral Sittiporn Maskasem, Commanding Officer of the RTN's Frigate Squadron Two, at Changi Naval Base on 2 November 2015.
Following a shore planning phase at Changi Naval Base, the two navies conducted a sea phase in the Strait of Malacca and the Andaman Sea. A Formidable-class frigate RSS Intrepid with an embarked S-70B naval helicopter, a Victory-class missile corvette RSS Vigour and an Archer-class submarine RSS Archer from the RSN participated in the exercise. The RTN deployed a Naresuan-class frigate HTMS Naresuan, a Chao Phraya-class frigate HTMS Saiburi, two S-70B naval helicopters and one Dornier-228 maritime patrol aircraft. The exercise will conclude with a closing ceremony in Phuket on 12 November 2015.Speaking at the opening ceremony, COL Leong said, "For the first time in the history of Exercise Singsiam, we will see the deployment of RSS Archer, which is Singapore's Archer-class submarine. Both navies will also deploy their naval helicopters jointly, for the first time, to conduct anti-submarine warfare serials. The inaugural participation of these assets, made possible by the conducive conditions and vast expanse of the Andaman Sea, will open up a whole new frontier for mutual learning and cooperation. This augurs well for the future of Exercise Singsiam."
Exercise Singsiam, the 18th in its series, has expanded in scope and complexity over the years to include anti-air and anti-submarine warfare serials. The exercise underscores the close and long-standing defence ties between Singapore and Thailand, and has enhanced mutual understanding and interoperability between the two navies.
Inside Philippine Navy's Ramon Alcaraz
THE BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16) is the Philippine Navy’s biggest warships and the second ship of the Gregorio del Pilar class.
The ship was commissioned by the Philippine Navy last 2013 after being acquired under the Excess Defense Articles and Foreign Assistance Act. Previously, it served the US Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutter from 1968 to 2012 as USCGC Dallas.Navy public affairs chief Commander Lued Lincuna said the ship will be one of the Navy’s assets to be used for seaborne security during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation next week.
The ship is commanded by Captain Juario Marayag. It has been used for relief transport during Super Typhoon Yolanda and has participated in several exercises with different countries. It is used for patrolling Philippine waters including its claims in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).Below are some of the photos during the visit of Philippine defense media onboard the ship recently.
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz and its bridge and reception area.
Strategic Implications of Assad’s Victory at Kweiris
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
OR
Carnegie Endowment for perpetual Middle Eastern Wars and Chaos
http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=61941
President Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian Arab Army (SAA), backed by the Russian Air Force, has reached Kweiris Airbase east of Aleppo. The long since defunct landing strip had been under siege for nearly three years, with a small band of soldiers left to stave off a variety of rebel groups. In 2014, the surrounding countryside came under the sole control of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, which has since then repeatedly tried to blast its way into Kweiris. Today, Assad finally broke the siege, dealing a humiliating defeat to the Islamic State.
Anyone who follows Syrian politics will be aware of the controversies sparked by Russia’s September 30th military intervention in Syria. Moscow claims to be fighting the Islamic State on behalf of all moderate forces, but the Russian bombings have in fact mostly targeted other Sunni rebel groups. The operation is clearly more about strengthening Assad than about fighting jihadism.
Even so, various surveys of the available data indicate that something like one-fifth of the Russian strikes have been aimed at Islamic State targets. These have mostly come in the southern Aleppo area, where Russian-backed SAA forces are conductinga two-pronged offensive. Their jumping-off point is the military-industrial city of Sfeira, just southeast of Aleppo City. From there, one column has gone west to take al-Hader and wring the southern countryside out of rebel control, while another has moved east to break the siege on Kweiris.
Sfeira is a key link in Assad’s sole remaining supply line between Aleppo and central Syria, but this hastily improvised desert road is badly exposed on both sides and was briefly cut by jihadi fighters as recently as last week. The western wing of the offensive may therefore aim to broaden the zone protecting Assad’slogistical trail to Aleppo in preparation for future operations, or perhaps even to break south after al-Hader and create an entirely new road connection. As for the eastern part of the offensive, which just resulted in the lifting of the siege on Kweiris, it could produce several other advantages for Assad and Putin.
THE RIGHT ENEMY
First of all, the victory at Kweiris will provide a much-needed boost for Assad’s and Putin’s media messaging and their hopes to draw Western states into talks with the Syrian government.
Assad has long claimed that he is an indispensible ally for any state seeking to contain international terrorism. The growth of Sunni-sectarian radicalism within the Syrian opposition and the Islamic State’s near-destruction of the Iraqi state in 2014 have been of great help to him. For the first time in years, there now exists a sizeable Western political constituency advocating resumed cooperation with Assad. Not only on the hard-right and hard-left fringes of politics, these whispers are increasingly heard among security officials and diplomats too. There’s a long way to go still, but that sort of international shift represents the Assad regime’s only real chance of longtime survival, if not exactly victory.
By helping Assad score points against the Islamic State in places like Kweiris, the Russian government hasachieved a dual goal: it makes Assad’s government appear more viable and useful as an ally, and it lets Russia boast of progress against the Islamic State after weeks of having to explain its choice to bomb other groups instead.
THE POLITICS OF DECAPITATION
Breaking the siege on Kweiris will also help Assad internally, as he seeks to ensure the loyalty of his political base. After four years of continuous conflict,a torrent of defections, and epidemic draft dodging, the SAA suffers from a debilitating lack of manpower. He must show every potential recruit that they are not mere cannon fodder, that he cares about his troops, and that he will expend every effort to bust them out if they become trapped. Only in that way can he encourage his forces to stay put and fight rather than try to strike a deal for their survival with hostile forces.
It’s a lesson the president previously tried to impart in Jisr al-Shughur, where a small band of pro-regime fighters were holed up in the National Hospital. In early May, Assad made an unprecedented public promise to send his army to save the “these heroes who are besieged in the Jisr al-Shughur Hospital”. Later that month, the defenders of the National Hospital managed to flee and some of them eventually reaching SAA lines. Even though they sustained major casualties and actually retreated from battle with rebel fighters firing in the air out of sheer joy, this was hailed as an important victory by the government. It needed to show that the president makes good on his word and that the SAA will not abandon a trapped soldier.
When the Islamic State rampaged through eastern Syrian in mid-2014, it overran isolated government bases, including the 17th Division north of Raqqa and the Tabqa Airbase. Soon after, it released gruesome videos in which the surviving prisoners of war were murdered and mutilated in front of the camera. This seems to have caused a rare stirring of anger within Assad’s political base, where some felt let down by the army leadership and were appalled by the sight of Syrian soldiers slaughtered like cattle.
The Syrian government, itself guilty of mass-murder on a far larger scale, was not the only one to notice these effects. This September, the long-besieged Abu al-Dhuhour Airbase was captured by al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front after a two-year siege. The Saudi jihadi preacher Abdullah al-Moheisini, who is now an influential figure in rebel-ruled Idlib City, then held a videotaped speech calling on Sunni families to learn from what was about to happen and stop sending their sons to Assad’s army. The Nusra Front later released pictures of some fifty prisoners lined up on the airstrip and executed, blood drying on sun-drenched concrete.
These massacres are not simply wanton cruelty. They are designed to induce fear, limit recruitment, and sap the morale of isolated SAA garrisons. Assad’s enemies want to teach his supporters that once trapped, their only choice is to either buy their survival by surrendering territory or to die in the most nightmarish fashion. But in Kweiris, Assad undid the lesson of Abu al-Dhuhour, showing his troops that with Russia on the battlefield, they can fight and survive.
THE ROAD TO RAQQA
Last, and perhaps most importantly, there is a way in which the Kweiris battle matters to the larger struggle against the Islamic State—because by capturing the airbase, Assad threatens communications between the Islamic State’s so called capital in Raqqa and its largest military front in Aleppo.
The Islamic State’s administration in the eastern Aleppo area is centered in the two rural centers of al-Bab and Manbij. Although there is no longer an open border crossing at Jarabulous, on the western shore of the Euphrates, the area still serves as the Islamic State’s sole remaining point of access to Turkey, through which foreign fighters and smuggled goods arrive to the Islamic State. The region also includes Dabiq, a tiny town near the frontline that plays an outsized religious and political significance due to its role in the armageddon of Islamic eschatology. Last but not least, eastern Aleppo holds forth a promise of enormous material gain if the jihadis should manage to break through rebel defenses in the Marea-Azaz area north of Aleppo, or cut the above-mentioned supply line that runs through Sfeira down to Assad-held territory in Hama.
From eastern Syria and the Iraqi border, the east-west Highway 4 runs to Raqqa and then on toward Aleppo. Once in Raqqa, you could formerly take one of two routes to get to the frontlines around Aleppo.
The northern route feeds into the M4 Highway from Hasakah and crosses the Euphrates near Manbij, but it was cut by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces bursting out of Kobane this spring. In May, the Islamic State blew up the last remaining bridge over the Euphrates in the Jarabulous area, in an attempt to seal the frontline and use the river as natural protection from the Kurds. From that point on, the northern route is no longer an option.
The southern route, on which you continue west from Raqqa along Highway 4, was always the main connection to Aleppo. It never crosses the Euphrates and therefore cannot be cut by bridge bombings. Unfortunately for the Islamic State, the M4 then hits Kweiris Airbase. Although we must presume that this particular stretch of the road has been out of commission for a while due to the heavy fighting, this final stretch of the road has now been taken by the Syrian Arab Army.
To be clear, this does not mean that the Islamic State can no longer ferry troops between Raqqa and Aleppo. It can. Highway 4 has three northern offshoots toward Manbij and al-Bab and either one of them will do just fine to get troops into this region. But if Assad’s troops decide to press on from Kweiris, they are now within realistic striking distance of the closest one, which springs from the intersection at Deir Hafer to provide direct access to the Islamic State’s regional administrative center in al-Bab. The more pressure that is put on the road network in this area, the more it will impede and endanger Islamic State logistics.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Now, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The battles in this area have flowed back and forth. According to a Syrian military source speaking to Reuters, the army is still working to secure the area. In other words, the Islamic State could still retake Kweiris or Assad might voluntarily decide to pull out once the base’s defenders have been evacuated.
But if neither of those things happen, and the Assad-Putin alliance continues to press forward east of Aleppo, it will create a very interesting situation. Politically speaking, Kweiris will then have earned Assad and Russia a small but far from insignificant victory in the struggle against the Islamic State. Militarily speaking, it might complicate the jihadis’ operations in the eastern Aleppo countryside, which could in turn help U.S.-backed anti-Assad rebels north of Aleppo, around Marea, to turn the tables on the jihadi group.
The interlinked nature of the battles against the Islamic State in the Aleppo region is not something that either Assad or the rebels will be eager to recognize, since their ultimate goal is to eradicate the other. Neither will the United States want to publicly credit Russia with any advances against the jihadis. But in the long run, should such an unspoken interdependence really develop, it could create some really interesting American-Russian and regime-rebel synergies in northern Syria.
And that is, of course, exactly what Russia is looking for.
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