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| ALAN | Dec 9 13, 1:10 Post #851 |
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Haydar, didnt Qusayr town get taken over by Hizbullah!??? watch this report from press tv which i always call BS tv so i cant take this report serious!! i know it was taken of rebel hands but it wasnt the SAA as BS tv claims http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJGZB9lNRQ |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Hayder-Kurdistani | Dec 9 13, 2:18 Post #852 |
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Syria is already divided country the only way that Syria can be 1 country again is by Assad crushing the rebels and then YPG would either lie down weapons or fight. If rebels win Syria will be another Iraq which is very good thing for us and of course by rebels winning I mean on a long term from looking at maps you see that this war will be very long like 2 or 3 years by that time YPG should connect Rojava. |
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| Hayder-Kurdistani | Dec 9 13, 2:28 Post #853 |
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Yes heval, the main force in Al-Qusayr was Hezbollah that battle was the point were Hezbollah went from unofficially supporting Assad to were it all became obvious and they admit it through Nasrallah speech and claimed that "we are going to Syria to protect Lebanon". for this T.V report it's the usual Persian propaganda it's nothing different from Syrian national T.V they try to picture that SAA fighting another army of Saudi Wahhabis and not just Syrians armed with light and medium weapons and also not mention Hezbollah not a single time |
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| Hayder-Kurdistani | Dec 9 13, 2:34 Post #854 |
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This video was back when Hezbollah captured the city of Al-Qusayer and raised the black of flag of Ya Heussien on Al Qusayer mosque notice that Hezbollah fighters wearing SAA uniform http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAvAu_5wnHY |
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| Deleted User | Dec 10 13, 6:29 Post #855 |
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If SAA and co manages to capture that area (Qalamoun), they will have a HUGE military advantage in the area near the Lebanon border. It will also give SAA a good logistical support line from Damascus to Homs, further strengthening SAA in their battle against FSA and co... The battles in and around Qalamoun are very important for the survival of FSA/ISIS in that area. |
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| ALAN | Dec 10 13, 3:34 Post #856 |
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If you watch the video i posted by BS tv you can see its actually a re-creation of the take over not the actual fight, i want hizbullah to stay and secure allawite areas FSA with theirs and YPG with ours this means another iraq
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 12 13, 12:07 Post #857 |
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Arresting 9 ISIS members including leaders in Ramadi 11/12/2013 14:39:00 Security forces announced that nine members of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) had been arrested, the arrested members included six Princes. An Official security source had informed PUKmedia on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, that a joint force from police and army had managed to arrest nine wanted members of the ISIS during a searching campaign launched in an area of Rehaniya in al-Qaim near the Syrian border. Source said on condition of anonymity that the security forces had found a large amount of weapons and explosive supplies, the nine arrested members of ISIS had been convicted with killing and threatening crimes. Reported by Honar Mansur from Ramadi PUKmedia |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| the SUN child | Dec 12 13, 2:35 Post #858 |
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| ALAN | Dec 13 13, 2:05 Post #859 |
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Daash are terrorists heval what can we expect from them |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Zagros | Dec 14 13, 6:12 Post #860 |
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Assad win may be Syria’s best option: Ex-CIA chief WASHINGTON – Agence France-Presse The sectarian bloodbath in Syria is such a threat to regional security that a victory for Bashar al-Assad’s regime could the best outcome to hope for, a former CIA chief said Dec. 12. Michael Hayden, the retired U.S. Air Force general who until 2009 was head of the Central Intelligence Agency, said a rebel win was not one of the three possible outcomes he foresees for the conflict. “Option three is Assad wins,” Hayden told the annual Jamestown Foundation conference of terror experts. “And I must tell you at the moment, as ugly as it sounds, I’m kind of trending toward option three as the best out of three very, very ugly possible outcomes,” he said. The first possible outcome he cited was for ongoing conflict between ever more extreme Sunni and Shiite factions. And the second outcome, which Hayden deemed the most likely, was the “dissolution of Syria” and the end of a single state within the borders defined by a 1916 treaty between the French and British empires. “It means the end of the Sykes-Picot (Agreement), it sets in motion the dissolution of all the artificial states created after World War I,” he said. The British diplomat Mark Sykes and a French counterpart Francois Georges Picot divided the Middle East into zones of influence that later served as the frontiers of independent Arab states. A breakdown in the century-old settlement could spread chaos in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq, Hayden warned. “I greatly fear the dissolution of the state. A de facto dissolution of Sykes-Picot,” Hayden said. “And now we have a new ungoverned space, at the crossroads of the civilization. The dominant story going on in Syria is a Sunni fundamentalist takeover of a significant part of the Middle East geography, the explosion of the Syrian state and of the Levant as we know it.” December/13/2013 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/assad-win-may-be-syrias-best-option-ex-cia-chief.aspx?pageID=238&nID=59509&NewsCatID=352 |
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| ALAN | Dec 14 13, 11:39 Post #861 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| jjmuneer | Dec 15 13, 1:34 Post #862 |
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Those guys don't look russian. Just Syrians in russian uniform, |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 1:47 Post #863 |
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lol jj they are all white dudes you cant tell arabs from Russians? c'mon you can do better than that.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dILmZn0I4Pw |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 1:47 Post #864 |
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Iranian Commander: We will send our troops to Syria 14.12.2013 Bestun Kakayi BasNews: Army commander, Mohammed Ali Jafari, revealed that Iranian forces will be sent to Syria under a strategic plan. During a meeting in Imam Sadeqi Tarani University, Jafari said: “troops will be sent to Syria in a consultant and advisory capacity, which is a source of great pride for us. We will do whatever is necessary to save Syria, it is more important than anything else for us.” Iran’s decision to send troops was in response to a request from the Syrian government, as a result of which the deployments will be overt. However, according to a report from Farda Radio, Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif on a visit to South Africa, stated that no Iranian soldiers were present in Syria, and their support was purely political. Nevertheless, a growing number of videos have reportedly shown Iranian troops fighting and supporting Syrian army forces in Syria and a number of Iranian soldiers are reported to have been killed in the fighting, most notably the recent death of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Brig Gen Mohammad Jamali-Paqaleh. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 1:50 Post #865 |
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For jj The Insane Story of Russian Mercenaries Fighting for the Syrian Regime It's a story fit for a Hollywood summer blockbuster. A group of roughneck mercenaries are recruited by a private military contractor to guard some expensive assets in a conflict zone. Thinking that their mission was cleared with their own government (these black ops always are), the mercs are told to leave all identifying documents and military gear behind (because the enemy's spies never sleep) and get on a plane. Upon landing in the warzone, however, nothing is as it seems. Their employers may or may not be who the mercenaries thought they were. They're not sure what their mission is, but it seems that their mission is far more dangerous than they've been told. Furthermore, their weapons and equipment are sub-par, because the nicest gear has been confiscated by the local military. Soon, the soldiers of fortune are ambushed, the chain of command is confused, and when the group starts to take hits from an overwhelming force of religious zealots, the mercenaries flee. In their chaotic retreat, precious identifying documents (which were not supposed to be taken into the warzone, but were anyway) fall into enemy hands. Barely escaping with their lives, the mercenaries finally make it home. But upon arrival, their angry employers refuse to pay them and their own government arrests their leaders. But this is not a movie script. This actually happened in September and October, when 267 Russian mercenaries, the "Slavonic Corps," were hired to fight against Syrian rebels between Homs and Deir Ez Zor. Their employer told them that the mission had been cleared by the Russian Federal Security Services (FSB) and they were initially under the impression that the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad, was hiring them to protect oil assets. Upon arrival in Syria, the mercenaries were told that their employers were private individuals, not the Syrian government, and the weapons they were told they'd be given, including T-72 tanks, were replaced by antiquated tanks that didn't run, and by makeshift armored vehicles with machine guns. Also, they soon learned that instead of guarding oil fields, they were supposed to be recapturing them from jihadists. The mission fell apart during the first sign of combat, and the Russians fled the warzone. When they touched down in Russia, however, the same FSB that they thought had OK'd the plan in the first place denied any knowledge of the operation and arrested two of the businessmen responsible for the operation. It's easy to dismiss this story as a great read (and it really is) but a rather insignificant chapter in a complicated civil war. But there are a few details in the story that should give us all cause for concern. For instance, the head of the Slavonic Crops was a commander in the FSB reserve. New York University professor Mark Galeotti has studied the way the Russian security apparatus operates. In an interview for The Interpreter on the topic, he told me that private military contractors would need to clear all such operations with the FSB, which would mean that the FSB has placed Syria on the list of nations where foreign operations were approved. Galeotti went even further. When asked whether he thought there were more Russian mercenaries fighting for the Assad government inside Syria, he said that this was "likely," and it's not just mercenaries who are helping Assad: "I anticipate that 'mercenary' is merely a cover story for Russian soldier or spook, just as the "Russian engineers" working on Syrian air defense systems are going to be military." There is significant reason to believe that the FSB knew about the mission. But as Thursday's story in Foreign Policy explains, the Russian government had good reason to clip the mercenaries' wings: It's not hard to surmise why the FSB would have turned on a company it may have given tacit support to send men into Syria. The mercenaries performed poorly in the field, and proof of their illicit activity had been plastered all over the Internet, so not tossing Gusev and Sidorov in the clink might have caused the kind of scandal that even an unembarrassable Kremlin would want to avoid. Moscow has been outspoken in its criticism of U.S. and Arab arms transfers to Syria's rebels, even as its own state arms export company dispatches more and more sophisticated hardware to Assad, according to the State Department's Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria. The Kremlin is also trying to ensure that the imperiled Geneva II peace conference takes place in December, just in time for the regime to be in a much-strengthened negotiating position after a series of tactical gains on the battlefield. Foreign fighters in Syria are nothing new. Jihadists and volunteers from across the Islamic world have come to Syria by the hundreds, and from Iraq by the thousands, to fight against the Syrian government. Hezbollah foot soldiers and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officers have helped Assad turn the tide. Thousands of Iraqi Shiites have been ushered into Syria with the help of Iran to help prop up the Assad regime. But all of those cases are different. Iran is under heavy economic sanctions by the United States and the EU. So are Hezbollah fighters. So, in a sense, the internationally community at large is not condoning these actions. Other foreign fighters moving into the country may have financial backing, but those ties have never been linked directly to a government or major business. On the other hand, the Russian government is supposed to be officiating a peace deal between the Assad regime and the Syrian rebels. Furthermore, as the investigation published in Foreign Policy proves, the Moran Security Group, the company behind sending the Slavonic Corps to Syria, is 50% owned by another company, Neova Holdings Ltd., which is based in the British Virgin Islands. Not only has the Caribbean territory passed its own sanctions against Syria, but so has the UK. This means that a company registered in British territory is responsible for sending mercenaries to support a government that the British, the United States, and the European Union would like to see go. The Russian government almost assuredly knew about these mercenaries. Are there more companies like the Slavonic Corps, or was this the first disastrous test of the idea to send Russian mercenaries to Syria? Is the company responsible for sending them using Western money and resources to support the Assad regime? We don't know (yet). But if the Russians are increasing military support for the Assad regime now that the threat of American force has been taken off the table, it could have significant implications for the negotiations, led by Russia, that are supposed to bring an end to the bloodiest chapter of the Arab uprisings. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-miller/the-insane-story-of-russi_b_4317729.html |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 1:52 Post #866 |
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Poor iraq Source: Daash intends to collect royalties in three Iraqi provinces Saturday, 14 December 2013 14:26 Shafaq News / An intelligence source said on Saturday that "the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant " , known as " Daash " is intending to target bridges and electric power transmission towers in Anbar province and collect royalties in three other provinces . “The organization of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant circulated new instructions on its elements in Anbar province, preparing for bombings to target bridges in areas of the province , especially away from the city center , as well as power transmission towers,” the source told “Shafaq News”. “The aim of these operations is to cut off the roads that link between those regions and control government buildings in it." “The organization has formed cells to collect royalties from the major companies operating in the oil field in each of Diyala , Salahuddin and Nineveh province to provide financial support for its armed forces." The security official source revealed on Wednesday, the prevalence of heavy military brigades on the border between Iraq and Syria , while noting that " Daash " has moved its armed men to urban centers in preparation hit government headquarters . Another intelligence source in Nineveh province revealed on 6th of current month, the possibility that the " Islamic State of Iraq and Levant " organization will wage a " vicious attack " on some official circles and the important centers of senior security in Mosul . |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| jjmuneer | Dec 15 13, 2:08 Post #867 |
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Alan I never said Russians aren't fighting in Syria, but they aren't "white dudes". You live in Australia, so you only have a anglo perspective on white ethnicities. Those guys look like typical Levant Arabs. And by the way there is no such thing as "Arab look", since it's not an ethnicity. Typical Russians: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now compare: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| the SUN child | Dec 15 13, 2:19 Post #868 |
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Yes, these are definitely Russian soldiers! |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 2:20 Post #869 |
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So you want to tell me these 2 groups look the same!?? Russians ![]() ![]() ![]() it doesnt matter where i live, those are Russians i dont know where you going with this..
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 2:23 Post #870 |
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jj im not saying they are russians bcos it says it on the pic, THEY ARE russians deny it if you like i dont know why you do so, but im 1000% sure they are russians and they look very russian, they are all white dudes and look bit reddish/blonde rather too....those pics you posted of Russian army yeah those are russins in military uniform, but the pic i posted is russians ex military prolly fighting for assad important locations as the article states as well Edited by ALAN, Dec 15 13, 2:25.
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 2:30 Post #871 |
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jj you are proven wrong im afraid heval more of the same group ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
still wanna argue!? i will ask you again now since you said they were arabs last time, are they russians or "Levant" arabs !? or you just gonna go ahead and agrue for the sake of arguing just kidding.. they ARE russians and its all over the internet heval |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| the SUN child | Dec 15 13, 2:38 Post #872 |
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If some folks think that those real Russians don't look Russian, they have to check their eyes, lol. |
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| ALAN | Dec 15 13, 2:55 Post #873 |
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Exactly i dont know why jj thought they were "levant arabs" bcos even the 1st single pic i posted shows clearly they are russians and i was 10000% sure they were
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Worldwar2boy | Dec 15 13, 2:59 Post #874 |
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theyre definitely russians |
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| jjmuneer | Dec 15 13, 4:39 Post #875 |
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The typical Moscowi doesn't look like them, but fine they are atypical Russians. I'm maintaining my stance that the typical moscowi looks like this:
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bcos even the 1st single pic i posted shows clearly they are russians and i was 10000% sure they were


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