Ian Bach

Viewing conflicts through the eye of Counterinsurgency COIN – Since 2007

Syria downs a US drone over Latakia

The US military confirmed that it had lost communication with an unarmed Predator drone over northwest Syria on Tuesday and was looking into the claims it was brought down.

March 18, 2015 · Leave a comment

Iranian Jets in Syria

The first of these new Su-22s was spotted while bombing the town of Talbeesa, Homs Governorate, on the 9th of March 2015. The title of the video claims ”New type of warplanes bombing Talbeesa in Homs”. The aircraft donned a new camouflage scheme that appears to have been applied recently, and although it has not been seen on Syrian Su-22s in the past, it bears some resemblance to that of the SyAAF’s overhauled L-39s.

March 18, 2015 · 1 Comment

FSA groups Anfaal and Syrian Revolutionaries Joins Syrian Army and gives them their U.S. TOW missles

Yarmouk Camp: It is official, the entire terrorist group known as the Anfaal Brigades led by Abu Maazin Al-Rifaa’iy and some members of the Syrian Revolutionaries’ Front, have voluntarily given up all their arms (including the TOW launchers and rockets provided by the U.S.) to the security services in exchange for amnesty and the opportunity to serve in the Popular Defense Committees (a/k/a NDF). The agreement took months to hammer out, but, essentially commits the government to several conditions: the first is acceptance into the Amnesty Program; the second is absorption of the Anfaal fighters into the PDC to protect the area of Al-Dhiyaabiyya, the home town of many members. At the present time, the new volunteers will be garrisoned in Al-Husayniyya Residencies where they will receive training in communications and intelligence-gathering from the SAA.

March 9, 2015 · Leave a comment

Tel Hamis – Jonston Ashley Aussie YPG Bagok Serhat

by Ian Bach Tel Hamees is a town in Syria northeast, near the eastern boarder with iraq. Town Ethnic makeup: Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians, Christians, Ezidi, Sunni, Troops: Peshmerga YPG, YPJ, … Continue reading

February 28, 2015 · Leave a comment

Hezbollah and Syrian army take new ground near Israeli border

OPERATION AGAINST REBEL-FOOTHOLD OF SOUTHERN SYRIA WAS SPEARHEADED BY LEBANESE MILITIA, MONITOR SAYS. Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags, as they parade during a rally to mark the 13th day … Continue reading

February 17, 2015 · 1 Comment

SAA WIPES OUT FOREIGN TERRORISTS; ‘ALLOOSH TRIES NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH U.N. ENVOY; KOSOVAR ISIS TERRORIST LEADER KILLED

DAMASCUS:  Doumaa:  You know ‘Alloosh is finished by what he does.  He has been in contact with DeMistura’s aides for the last 3 days in an effort to restart negotiations with the government over his … Continue reading

February 17, 2015 · Leave a comment