Just reporting the facts and not heresay
sources, who did not wish to be named
Hahahaha, oh boy, not just hearsay but anonymous coward gossip.
Interesting typo btw, did you know Wahhabism is considered Islamic heresy by many orthodox scholars?
Just reporting the facts and not heresay
sources, who did not wish to be named
Hahahaha, oh boy, not just hearsay but anonymous coward gossip.
Interesting typo btw, did you know Wahhabism is considered Islamic heresy by many orthodox scholars?
Mohammed Qataa's mother wanders the streets of Aleppo looking into strangers' faces as she tries to find her son's killers. She knows she would recognise them. She was looking right at them when, in front of a dumbstruck and terrified crowd, Mohammed was shot dead, accused of blasphemy.
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There was an outcry. It was claimed that the killers were from the main group linked to al-Qaeda here, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Suspicion also fell on the Nusra Front, the biggest Islamist organisation in the uprising. Both issued statements condemning the murder, as did almost all of Aleppo's rebel brigades, and the city's main Sharia court.
We met a judge there, a 26-year-old Islamic scholar barely out of university, with a wispy beard and round glasses.
He told me the men were regime militia, "shabiha", trying to foment trouble between jihadis and other fighters. I found that explanation rather convenient, along with the disavowals of the murder by the two Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda. Would regime thugs really have risked entering the heart of opposition-held Aleppo to abduct a boy - and then have returned half-an-hour later to kill him in the street?
But though the family don't know - or are too afraid to say - which armed group is to blame for Mohammed's death, they maintain that the rebel authorities bear ultimate responsibility.
"We have no freedom left," says Mohammed's older brother, Fouad. "We had it when the rebels first took over in Aleppo but now we have nothing. What we have instead are countless [Sharia] committees, each following its own interpretation of religion."
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Many in Saraqeb are dismayed by the rise of the Islamists. There have been small street protests in the town against Sharia.
"We did not hope for what we have come to today," said Lyas Kadouni, an activist interviewed by BBC Arabic.
"The names of [rebel] brigades tell you how people think now - names like 'Lovers of the Prophet Brigade' and so on. It is not necessary to throw religion into every corner of your life. This is killing our revolution."
Even as government forces sweep into previously opposition-held towns, the rebels are fighting amongst themselves, hardline jihadis against the relatively secular FSA, a civil war within the civil war.
Old interview from late last year (8/2012), of Shin Bet director talking about how they want to create a Sunni Coalition to fight the Shia. Seems like it's coming into fruition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZfdmLMbUX4&feature=player_embedded
Full interview here.
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/8-9-fmr-director-of-shin-bet-ami-ayalon-uW9vtBIESb6uUHa65MSZhg.html
Once again, old interview, but the events are starting to show.
EDIT: Not to say that inshallah after Al-Sham has been liberated, you think that the Mujahedin will suddenly lay down their arms ? Palestine will be next.
A semi-organized and directed effort for Jihad in Palestine will attract much attention world-wide in the Muslim-community and will be much more dangerous for Israel than Iran ever was or would be.
Imam Ibn Kathir tafsir :
In his Tafsir, (Qur’an exegesis) Imam Ibn Kathir has mentioned that some scholars say that this verse (i.e. the one you referred to) was revealed after the Battle of Uhud when Muslims had a set back. At that time, a Muslim from Madinah said, "I am going to live with Jews so I shall be safe in case another attack comes on Madinah." And another person said, "I am going to live with Christians so I shall be safe in case another attack comes on Madinah." So Allah revealed this verse reminding the believers that they should not seek the protection from others, but should protect each other. (See Ibn Kathir, Al-Tafsir, vol. 2, p. 68)
That's what Saudi Arabia has done to your religion, a coalition to fight Israel's enemies, it sold it to the highest bidder to turn against fellow Muslims. And both sides will get wrecked in the process unless Al Saud's empire collapses before they can incite the conflict.
24 June, 2013 - Qatari emir to transfer power to his son
One down, Al Saud, Erdogan, Morsi next and they can take all the Salafist scum with them.
"Whoever brings religion to use in politics or in favour of one group at the expense of another will fall anywhere in the world," Assad was quoted as telling the official Thawra newspaper, according to an official Facebook page.
"The summary of what is happening in Egypt is the fall of what is called political Islam."
Relishing the possible downfall of one of Assad's most vocal critics, Syrian television carried live coverage of the huge street demonstrations in Egypt demanding the departure of President Mohamed Mursi.
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Mursi has expressed support for foreign intervention against Assad and attended a rally two weeks ago calling for holy war in Syria.
I asked the Free Syrian Army's chief of staff, Gen Salim Idris, why Abu Sakkar hadn't been arrested. His answer tells you a lot about the reality of how the war is being fought on the rebel side.
"We condemn what he did," said the general. "But why do our friends in the West focus on this when thousands are dying? We are a revolution not a structured army. If we were, we would have expelled Abu Sakkar. But he commands his own battalion, which he raised with his own money. Is the West asking me now to fight Abu Sakkar and force him out of the revolution? I beg for some understanding here."
Finally, he adds: "If we don't get help, a no-fly zone, heavy weapons, we will do worse [than I did]. You've seen nothing yet."
BBC's awkward attempt to humanize the rebel cannibal includes a nice nugget of truth (btw the rape video he mentioned as justification repeatedly has yet to be found despite that OHCHR requested it as evidence):
Face-to-face with Abu Sakkar, Syria's 'heart-eating cannibal'
Yo bros, you gotta understand, I'm not actually in charge. This Commander-in-Chief of the Supreme Military Council is just a fancy name.
LOL Atrocity Blackmail, what an idiot.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/06/syria-homs-assad-damascus/2494147/An activist and Syrian state media say regime troops are advancing in parts of the rebel-held city of Homs.
Darn, what happened to Hym. I actually enjoyed his precence even though his theories was kinda wack.
BEIRUT (AP) Backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants, Syrian troops unleashed some of the civil wars heaviest bombardments on the central city of Homs on Friday, pounding opposition-held areas with artillery and airstrikes for the sixth straight day, activists said.
I think Assad will win this war, good for the people.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/06/syria-homs-assad-damascus/2494147/
Astaghfirullah...
I visited that mosque 4 years ago...so sad...destruction of the minaret, women's area and possible violence, rape and murder of women and children...makes me angry.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/12/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE96B08A20130712(Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Friday the assassination of one of their top commanders by al Qaeda-linked militants was tantamount to a declaration of war, opening a new front for the Western-backed fighters struggling against President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
Yeah this was just waiting to blow up too. This could spell disaster for the whole revolution.
EDIT: Or could make it easier for the West too back with weaponry, now that they are enemies. By arming the FSA now they can hope to kill two birds with one stone.
Can someone explain to me the US' involvement in this? I have crazies at work telling me we are going to war with Russia and China and it's going to be nuclear.
The sooner these rebels are taken out, the better. Eating people's hearts and cutting people's heads off is fucking barbaric.
Apparently a FSA rebel commander was killed by Al-Qaeda militants during negotiations with them.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/12/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE96B08A20130712
This is a good thing, in the end. The US has a chance now to get the FSA to take out Al Queda and Assad. Now it's up to Obama to arm them with the heavy weapons they need. And perhaps air support.
Hell, I wouldn't even put it past us to do targeted bombings of both Al Queda and Assad's forces. Ala Libya.
I just hope Obama capitalizes on this chance. It's the only one he's going to get in Syria.
This is a good thing, in the end. The US has a chance now to get the FSA to take out Al Queda and Assad. Now it's up to Obama to arm them with the heavy weapons they need. And perhaps air support.
Hell, I wouldn't even put it past us to do targeted bombings of both Al Queda and Assad's forces. Ala Libya.
I just hope Obama capitalizes on this chance. It's the only one he's going to get in Syria.
The Pakistani Taliban have visited Syria to set up a base and to assess "the needs of the jihad", a Taliban official has told the BBC.
He said that the base was set up with the assistance of ex-Afghan fighters of Middle Eastern origin who have moved to Syria in recent years.
At least 12 experts in warfare and information technology had gone to Syria in the last two months, he said.
It's a shame that hym was perma-banned... and for what?
Wtf they destroyed khalid ibn walid's grave? This is madness.
Crusader castle blasted by Syrian airstrikesKrak de Chevaliers, near Homs, one of world’s best-preserved fortresses from 12th century; video shows heavy damage
Video aired Saturday appears to show a 12th-century crusader castle in Syria being bombarded from the air as rebels and regime troops clashed in the central province of Homs.
The Krak des Chevaliers, one of the world’s best-preserved Crusader castles, appeared to sustain heavy damage from the government airstrikes.
A video from inside the castle shows a large hole in the ceiling and a room filled with stone rubble, purportedly from the bombing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RHPtHwNqaVE
Government troops have been pressing an offensive against rebels in the province in recent months, and the town, which goes by the same name as the castle, has been under attack by regime troops for the past four days.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian warplanes carried out at least three airstrikes in the area on Friday, but the activist group could not confirm whether the fortress itself had been hit. It also said government forces have ordered residents to evacuate the town, apparently in preparation for a full-scale attack on the area.
The imposing Krak des Chevaliers, which towers above the surrounding countryside from its hilltop perch, has a storied history. It held off a siege by the Muslim warrior Saladin nearly 900 years ago, and was lauded centuries later by Lawrence of Arabia for its beauty.
The fortress has already been damaged over the course of the civil war, but if the hit it took Friday is confirmed, it would mark the worst destruction to the building so far.
An amateur video posted to YouTube appeared to show a missile striking one of the castle’s towers, sending a plume of smoke and dust into the sky. The off-camera narrator says the date is July 12, 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mFUKQU47gWA
The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting on the events depicted.
Many of Syria’s archaeological sites have been badly damaged by the country’s civil war. Aleppo’s centuries-old covered market was gutted by fire last year, while in April, the 11th-century minaret of the famed Umayyad Mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo’s old quarter collapsed during fighting between troops and rebels
Although the Syrian government is on the offensive tactically in Homs, in fact, the need for a renewed campaign in the area indicates that the Syrian government failed to achieve its operational and strategic objectives after defeating the rebels in al-Qusayr....
During the final clashes in al-Qusayr, it appeared as though the Syrian regime would prevent a rebel withdrawal. This was unique in that the regime had typically allowed the opposition to retreat if it ensured a more rapid takeover of the area. Many rebel commanders feared that their comrades trapped inside al-Qusayr would be slaughtered in a regime attempt to defeat rebel forces in the Homs countryside conclusively and limit their ability to regroup and stage a counteroffensive. However, at the last minute, a settlement was negotiated reportedly between rebel forces and Hezbollah commanders that allowed the rebels to withdraw through the remaining civilian corridors guarded by Hezbollah units. - See more at: http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syrian-army-renews-offensive-homs#sthash.scsXerhn.dpuf
The factor that will most limit the regime’s ability to redeploy assets from Homs to Aleppo will be holding cleared terrain, which can be time consuming and troop intensive. In addition to ongoing operations, the Syrian government has also been attempting to shore up its military success in Homs province by repopulating the towns and villages that come under regime control with Alawites. - See more at: http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syrian-army-renews-offensive-homs#sthash.scsXerhn.dpuf
Reconnaissance reports from rebel commanders indicate that Syrian troops are increasingly using barbed wire fences, barricades, and wide zones of landmine fields to seal the occupied areas and eliminate the chance that the former, largely Sunni inhabitants will return to their homes.[8] By resettling Alawites into formerly Sunni villages and towns, the Syrian government is attempting to create new demographic realities that help ensure that the countryside does not fall again into rebel hands. - See more at: http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syrian-army-renews-offensive-homs#sthash.scsXerhn.dpuf
Overall, the Syrian government’s campaign in Homs sheds light on two important markers of overall regime capability: its difficulty with launching sequential campaigns without an operational pause, as well as the challenges it faces from launching multiple, simultaneous offensives in Aleppo, Homs, and Damascus in ways that protract each fight. - See more at: http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syrian-army-renews-offensive-homs#sthash.scsXerhn.dpuf
Although the regime lacks the capacity to defeat the armed opposition decisively, it has been able to rely on air power and irregular forces to ensure control of Syria's most populated and economically important districts while ceding less-strategically important parts of the countryside to rebel-control. However, in so doing, the nature of the regime forces has largely changed, now representing less of a national, standing army and more of a coalition of mainly militia forces with heavy weapons, including air power, at their disposal. For the time being, this has given the Syrian government the momentum on the ground. Yet it will also likely lead to a number of unintended consequences as chains of command and command and control become less directly tied to the Syrian government and Assad himself, and the increasingly naked sectarian path of the Syrian government provokes greater international involvement. The coalition that has generated badly needed reinforcements also may generate critical vulnerabilities for the regime, especially if it is not able to defeat the opposition decisively and quickly, given that a protracted conflict will strain the will of participants to fight. If the opposition receives international assistance before losing critical terrain, they will likely be able to prevent the redeployment of regime forces from Homs and reset the terms of battle for Aleppo. - See more at: http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syrian-army-renews-offensive-homs#sthash.scsXerhn.dpuf
But I thought that the joint cooperation between Islamic State of Iraq and Sham region was disbanded after some misunderstandings ? Or was that just JN leaving the organization
The ISIS and JN merged then split. From what I have read JN lost many fighters who switched to ISIS. In Aleppo like 70% of JN fighters gave Bayah to ISIS. ISIS seems to be on a media blitz right now. Releasing plenty of videos distributing aid, doing dawah etc.
Did he?
Not necessarily. It may very well be a permaban but the lack of an avatar isn't confirmation of it.Yes, it seems so, unfortunately. I believe if a person is perma-banned, he/she loses his/her avatar, and that is what happened to hym.
It's a shame, really, I enjoyed reading his posts.
It's a shame that hym was perma-banned... and for what?
"Rebels" ask for money and weapons, asking the west to put them un power while claiming to make progress on the field.Probably for speaking too many harsh truths. Meanwhile, several Muslims who openly support terrorists and advocate shariah law roam free on the NeoGAF boards so we can keep pretending how tolerant this forum is.
Well, now that hym is gone, anyone got an update on the current state of affairs in Syria? Haven't been keeping a close watch lately.
Which ethnicity is being cleansed? I thought it was the same people on both sides.Now the "rebels" are claiming ethnic cleansing since the rest didn't work enough for them.
Not necessarily. It may very well be a permaban but the lack of an avatar isn't confirmation of it.
Probably for speaking too many harsh truths. Meanwhile, several Muslims who openly support terrorists and advocate shariah law roam free on the NeoGAF boards so we can keep pretending how tolerant this forum is.
Which ethnicity is being cleansed? I thought it was the same people on both sides.
"Rebels" ask for money and weapons, asking the west to put them un power while claiming to make progress on the field.
In the meanwhile, the SAA kills a lot of foreign fighters daily (and sends back their passports to the various embassies) and tries to reinstate some semblance of normal life in the sections it has freed.
Now the "rebels" are claiming ethnic cleansing since the rest didn't work enough for them.
I can't wait for Linger to go there and get his 50 or so virgins since he sounds like an AQ fanboy having érections whenever they publish some shit looking videos.
The military outpost is located east of the fence, in the demilitarized zone between the two countries; IDF troops return fire, no injuries reported
It was still unclear where the shots came from, with some reports indicating they came from Syria, where Assad forces were possibly targeting the gunmen, believed to be rebels.
“Earlier this evening, suspicious movement was spotted in an unmanned IDF position, east of the fence, in the southern Golan Heights. Shots were fired at the patrol which returned fire,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit told the Times of Israel.
Who is asking for weapons from the west? If you mean idris and the FSA people already stopped believing his shit ages ago. The other groups are getting weapons just fine and are not asking the west for nothing.
And that is so true. Everybody else is getting on fine. Idris hadn't striked gold (yet...) with his attempt to ally himself with the West.
Dude your getting emotional. SAA lol. If they actually were a force there would be no need for hezbollah, Iranian soldiers or Shia's from Iraq to back them up. Homs is still not taken as well alhamduallah.
SAA soldiers showing what they are about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcC7nSke-BY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Disgraceful!!
Idris will eventually try and say his up against AQ and terrorists to try and get weapons from the west that way. His losing so much credibility among his own fighters as he promised them weapons and the west ain't supplying them.