#pt: In an apparent response to a sudden flurry of #Turkey/#NLF MRL shelling, pro-#Assad forces in Camp Jureen have just fired off a volley of artillery rockets at Jisr al-Shughour, #Idlib.
Situation re-escalating tonight.
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#Turkey soldiers firing a MANPADS at a#Russia jet flying over#Idlib. Hard to tell what model they're using, but that's academic - things are hotting up in dangerous ways between#Ankara &#Moscow in#Idlib.https://twitter.com/MathieuMorant/status/1230855940649504769 …
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#Turkey has also reportedly deployed the advanced T-300 'Kasirga' MRL system to the border with#Idlib. That puts#Turkey in a position to target with specificity high-value targets 120km in-land.https://twitter.com/Acemal71/status/1230864200815255556 …
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#Assad TV has aired footage of#Russia jets repelling yesterday's#Turkey-led assault on Nayrab,#Idlib - including destroying#TSK tanks (which killed 2#TSK soldiers).#Moscow is clearly not bending, which places even more pressure on#Erdogan to escalate or submit.pic.twitter.com/dWfSaoxRfg
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Good to see
@antonioguterres taking to the public (at long last) to address the crisis in#Idlib. ... Now let's see him saying these words on#Turkey's border with#Syria and/or in#Ankara,#Moscow etc.https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1230925488035680256 …
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"FIRE, FIRE!" - Intercepted
#Syria Army radio comms detail the#SAA's deliberate targeting of elderly women packing their belongings to flee violence. Other intercepts show#SAA purposely targeting#Turkey soldiers in#Idlib. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/21/exclusive-syrian-forces-deliberately-shot-elderly-women-near/ …pic.twitter.com/wdFMAOHHRF
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"Why
#Erdogan can't afford to back down over conflict with#Assad &#Russia" - My latest, short analysis on the crisis in#Idlib & outlook for the coming week, in@Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/22/erdogan-cant-afford-back-conflict-assad-russia/ …pic.twitter.com/9VH81rwR29
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#Turkey & allied opposition groups launched another offensive on Nayrab today - reportedly taking (as of now) large parts of the village. Meanwhile, pro-#Assad forces & aircraft appear focused on Jabal al-Zawiyeh - raising the likelihood that we're looking at this M4-based zone:pic.twitter.com/jZryci0rui
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#Assad forces are advancing today north towards Kafranbel, the town synonymous with#Syria heroes like@RaedFares4 & the original nationalistic ideals of the revolution. For now,#Turkey appears powerless, or unwilling, to stop this advance into territory south of the M4.pic.twitter.com/UO9a4KbNPR
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#Russia has killed more#Syria civilians than#ISIS. Why are they getting away with it?"@Elizrael saying it like it is. https://forward.com/opinion/440051/russia-is-carrying-out-a-scorched-earth-policy-in-syria-and-theyre-getting/ …pic.twitter.com/58LdcQgOKE
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"Never has the international community looked more impotent, or worse indifferent, to what is the greatest humanitarian crisis in modern history." - My latest briefing on
#Idlib, for@MiddleEastInst: https://www.mei.edu/blog/situation-idlib-going-bad-worse …pic.twitter.com/4m6qgQBxnq
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#Turkey-backed opposition groups have captured the villages of San & Jawbs west of#Saraqeb. Pro-#Assad forces are pictured fleeing through fields. This places the M5 within shelling range, so expect a heavy#Russia air response.pic.twitter.com/CgcEMnc6U8
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#Turkey-backed opposition forces have advanced east, closer towards#Saraqeb this morning - capturing 2 villages, Bijarez & al-Salhiyah. Locals are reporting pro-#Assad force movements *out* of Afes. [map via@mohmad_rasheed]pic.twitter.com/djTfcqY880
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#Syria Interim Government leadership is touring frontlines in#Idlib. SIG/ETILAF officials haven't been allowed access to#Idlib in years. they're there with#HTS's permission - indicating a shifting dynamic worth paying attention to.pic.twitter.com/RBJcZuMcoB
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#Erdogan made another speech today on#Idlib - re-asserting the end of February deadline for#Assad to step back to#Sochi lines or else face a#TSK-led military campaign. More interestingly, he said#Turkey would "soon" be able to fly aircraft over#Idlib. How, remains unclear.pic.twitter.com/Ip1A81dqGq
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"If we were to generate a diplomatic coalition, the ask … would likely be for a safe zone which stretches 35km into
#Idlib, until the M4... where#Turkey has created a string of new observation posts." My comments to@lrozen: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/02/trump-administration-call-pompeo-syria-idlib-ceasefire.html#ixzz6F4R2Ee2E …pic.twitter.com/DDTNW3DW2y
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#Turkey-backed opposition forces have captured Afes, placing them 3km from the strategic town of#Saraqeb & within sight of breaking#Assad's control of the M5. 2 tanks captured (incl. a T-72), x2 ATGMs fired &#TSK MRL artillery fire is hitting#Saraqeb now.pic.twitter.com/Vss47MCGm7
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Translation: - 'Please, pretty please Bashar al-
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#Turkey has just deployed [more] ATILGAN PMADS into#Idlib. They're essentially MANPADS mounted onto vehicle pedestals - in this case, an M113 APC.pic.twitter.com/ptTsIxMDBn
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#Turkey-backed opposition forces, plus#HTS &#TIP have entered into intense clashes *inside*#Saraqeb (via the east). Reports talk of possible#TSK artillery support, 1-2 BMPs seized & presence of#Russians. A "14 vehicle"#SAA convoy was also ambushed/destroyed outside.Diesen Thread anzeigen -
After last night's capture of
#Saraqeb & re-cutting of the M5,#Turkey-backed fighters have pushed further east, capturing Shabahur, al-Tarnabah, Jowbas, Dadikh. 3 T-72 tanks, a BMP APC, a cache of ATGMs & a very large quantity of ammunition was captured.pic.twitter.com/nEG5ma7c6G
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#pt: Meanwhile, 2 more#Turkey soldiers were killed in an airstrike that targeted their observation post in Bayiloun in Jabal al-Zawiyeh this morning, amid continued pro-#Assad gains in S.#Idlib/al-Ghab.#Idlib city has been bombed very heavily today - punishment for#Saraqeb.pic.twitter.com/YDvT4duALw
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As with many places before it, pro-
#Assad forces were in the midst of an intensive looting of#Saraqeb when it was recaptured overnight. Pots & pans, plastic chairs, furniture, refrigerators & electric appliances -- all were being organized for removal & selling-for-profit.pic.twitter.com/NxHqd7RNTH
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