Guerra en Siria

[Edu]

No me queda claro que sea muy efectivo lanzar ataques aéreos para destruir motocicletas y excavadoras...

[charoska]

No me queda claro que sea muy efectivo lanzar ataques aéreos para destruir motocicletas y excavadoras...

En general la campaña aérea contra el IS está siendo un rotundo fracaso

[Orel]

No me queda claro que sea muy efectivo lanzar ataques aéreos para destruir motocicletas y excavadoras...

Si es que lo que critican altos mandos es que se dejen de chorradas y se pongan a destruir refinerías, centros de comunicaciones, ministerios...

[Roger]

No me queda claro que sea muy efectivo lanzar ataques aéreos para destruir motocicletas y excavadoras...

En general la campaña aérea contra el IS está siendo un rotundo fracaso

Salvo en Kobane

Justo hoy lo comentaban con amigos no doctos en cuestiones militares que era un sinsentido gastarse esos dinerales en armamento moderno para bombardear una triste Toyota con ametralladora pesada a bordo.

Ahora que le mataron a unos soldados desde la frontera, el sultán Erdogan mandó que por fin las fuerzas aéreas turcas lucharan contra los islamistas pero ha aprovechado la ocasión para de nuevo atacar a los kurdos.

[poliorcetes]

Algún día nuestros próceres aceptarán que la actual Turquía, mientras no cambie el régimen, es parte del problema y no de la solución

[champi]

Respecto al coste, hay una tabla resumen oficial datada de este mes: http://www.defense.gov/home/features/20 ... 5Jul15.pdf


Y ya que estamos: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=129354

Inherent Resolve Airstrikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq

From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release

SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 27, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.

Airstrikes in Syria

Fighter, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 13 airstrikes in Syria:

-- Near Hasakah, 10 airstrikes struck four ISIL large tactical units and five ISIL small tactical units and destroyed 15 ISIL fighting positions.

-- Near Aleppo, an airstrike struck an ISIL mortar system and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Kobani, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL motorcycle and an ISIL vehicle.

Airstrikes in Iraq

Attack, fighter-attack, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 13 airstrikes in Iraq, approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense:

-- Near Huwayjah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL bunker.

-- Near Rutbah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL checkpoint.

-- Near Habbaniyah, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL structure.

-- Near Makhmur, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.

-- Near Mosul, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL tank.

-- Near Ramadi, four airstrikes struck an ISIL large tactical unit and three ISIL small tactical units and destroyed an ISIL excavator, 13 ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL rocket-propelled grenade and an ISIL structure.

-- Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL staging area and an ISIL fighting position.

-- Near Tal Afar, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

Part of Operation Inherent Resolve

The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, the region, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group's ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.

Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Syria include the United States, Bahrain, Canada, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

[poliorcetes]

Mt Shingal – The Islamic State’s First Major Defeat
December 20, 2014 By Michael Cruickshank 1

In August this year, ISIS took the Mt Shingal (also called Mt Sinjar) region, killing many of the Yezidi inhabitants of the area, and forcing tens of thousands more onto the mountain itself in a vain attempt to flee. Indeed it was these advances, not the earlier capture of Mosul that prompted the US to take decisive action against ISIS, bombing them, while providing the the Yezidis and Kurds with airdropped supplies.
While over the course of the succeeding 4 months ISIS either continued to advance, or was fought to a bloody stalemate, at Mt Shingal, Yezidi and Kurdish forces making up the EPS managed to hold out against a siege by the Islamic State. After the initial US airdrops and evacuation flights, the total number of people left on the mountain was reduced to around 5000, who refused to leave without a fight. Using only mostly small arms, they managed to leverage their knowledge of the area and its difficult terrain to prevent ISIS from taking the entire mountain.

A female YPG solider fires at ISIS positions
A female YPJ soldier fires at ISIS positions

Over the last few days, joint Kurdish forces have made unparalleled gains against the Islamic State group. From the north-east Iraqi Peshmerga forces have advanced from their front lines west of Mosul Dam, while on a second front, Syrian YPG forces advanced from the north west, opening up a corridor from Ja’zah in Rojava, across the Syria/Iraq border and towards Mt Singal.


The siege was first broken on the 18th of December when Peshmerga forces took the town of Zorava, on the eastern flanks of Mount Shingal. They then linked up with allied fighters who had been holding position on the mountain, and proceeded to take several towns on the north-eastern side of Mt Singal. Concurrently, YPG forces took a number of Iraq-Syrian border towns on the 19th, and then proceeded to capture Duhola and link up with EPS forces from Mt Shingal.
Today Kurdish forces continued to advance their two pronged attack on ISIS forces in the region. Peshmerga forces blocked key routes between Tel Barak (controlled by ISIS) and Mt Shingal, and then pressed on to attack the town of Shingal itself – the largest in the region. After a series of reportedly intense firefights, Peshmerga fighters managed to capture the center of the city, forcing ISIS to edges of the city.



Pro-Kurdish media outlet ‘Rudaw’ quoted the Head of Kurdistan’s national security council Masrur Barzani as saying: “This is the biggest victory against ISIS since the beginning of the War.”


While such proclamations are somewhat premature, given the ongoing fighting within the city, it is clear that the Islamic State as suffered a severe defeat. Tens, if not hundreds of its fighters have been killed, and they have been forced to yield hundreds of square kilometers of territory. Should the Kurds be able to hold this land for a significant period of time, it would go some way to vindicating Obama’s strategy of coordinating Coalition airpower with partners on the ground to drive back ISIS.

[Shipbreak]

Por si no se ha publicado ya, me ha llegado un post sobre una batalla de tanques del ejército sirio contra los rebeldes, distribuida por la agencia ANNA siria, en la que a pesar de la fuerza empleada por el ejército, al final ganan los rebeldes, pero el vídeo, muy bien montado es tremendamente espectacular, ya que se ve a los T-72 combatiendo en un marco de edificaciones y recovecos, que no tienen desperdicio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y2NlOWBTIQ

[Roger]

A serving member of the Dutch air force is suspected to have travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

The Netherlands defence ministry identified the man as a 26-year-old air force sergeant. It said he had been suspended from service and his access to military intelligence revoked.Authorities are investigating radicalisation in the Dutch military.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34144550

Officials have stressed that travelling overseas to join IS is a crime in the Netherlands.In January the country's then Security Minister Ivo Opstelten said 180 Dutch jihadists were believed to have travelled to Iraq and Syria.
Several members of a Dutch motorcycle club, who were ex-servicemen, travelled to northern Iraq last year to help Kurdish forces fight against IS.Dutch prosecutors told BBC News at the time that signing up with organisations like IS or the Kurdish militant group PKK was banned but joining a foreign armed force was no longer forbidden.

[Orel]

Rusia incrementa su interés y actividad por apoyar a Al-Assad en Siria:
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-russ ... story.html

[charoska]

Esperemos que el resto del mundo civilizado se de cuenta que la mejor opción es apoyar al actual presidente

[Orel]

Rusia está mandando Pantsir-S1 (SA-22) a Siria:
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-i ... ria-2015-9
Israel teme que eso le impida atacar con normalidad a Hezbollah en Líbano:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ce-416664/

[Orel]

Los rusos están tan metido en Siria que además de tanques, etc, están haciendo una base aérea:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34252810
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/ ... LH20150914

[Roger]

líneas divisorias por facciones a principios de mes


las milicias opositoras al régimen dictatorial

[Orel]

Francia, que ya está haciendo reconocimiento sobre Siria con sus Rafale, planea misiones de ataque en las próximas semanas:
http://europe.newsweek.com/france-plans ... eks-333088

Y ya se han visto helicópteros de ataque rusos en Siria, como en el dibujo de Roger:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09 ... -in-syria/