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  1. Aug 3

    Back in the days 's Nusur az-Zawba'a troopers even used hell-cannon-style mortar rounds during fighting in (pic is from Oct 2016) In fact, this is quite a lot of firepower compared to what they normally use on the ground

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    Aug 2

    "Even if I had lost both eyes, it would have been worth it, because I have survived them": Lamia a Yazidi girl who escaped from ISIS captivity.

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    Aug 2

    "Idlib soon insh'Assad" "Damascus soon insh'Allah" Ok lads, but who controls Hasraya?

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  4. Aug 2

    *day

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  5. Aug 2

    When you want to present a dope cake for Syrian Armed Forces cake, but fail to attach party logo and flag fittingly

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    Jul 30

    THREAD: This is the only thing I’m going to say about the disingenuous articles / takes flying about recently saying SDF has no trust in Arabs. Make of it what you will. I just spent nearly two weeks in Syria. I travelled to almost every part of Rojava and to Raqqa and al-Hol.

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    Jul 20

    ADP, after some uncomfortable silence, issues a strong condemnation of the merger of Khabur Guards into MFS as a usurpation of their right to represent and defend the distinct Khaburi community

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    Jul 18

    My big report is finally out: examining the collapse of the &, more interestingly, the attempts at rebuilding. The last half of the report has detailed unit structures for EVERY SAA CORPS as its stands in 2019

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  9. Jul 19

    members are not only police and armed auxiliary forces. They're also active in fighting the recent crop fires in NE , photos from near Tel Baz Cc

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    Jul 17

    Some of the more radical women in al-Hol complain about alleged Christian Proselytism as the UNHCR tents include a cross-shaped window. Their solution: cut it.

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    Jul 14

    Some dummy in my DMs trying to argue that a barrel bomb is as accurate as predator drone strike 😂

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    Jul 14

    Exceptionally informative thread 👇🏻

    While in , , I had the chance to visit Musheer market. It's the place you go to when you need cash, fast. It's a symptom of a war economy that many say has taken over the country. (1)
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  13. Jul 12

    Indeed a good comment, but for another reason. SSNP - at least technically - isn't Baathist, does not follow Pan-Arabism but Pan-Syrianism. Makes it even stranger that they refer to his "hatred of Arabs", although SSNP sees itself as a multi-ethnic force

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    And this comes from the baathist racist fascist press... seriously? They must be surrounded with mirrors
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  14. Jul 12

    member Saeed Mahdi Rizq was recently killed during an Inghimasi attack in N SSNP's press release not only blamed his death on "the Jewish enemy" (as always) but also on Turkey. Erdogan is called a "neo-Ottoman [...] possessed by radicalization & hatred of Arabs"

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  15. Jul 11

    This can lead to serious new tension in the city which is divided in spheres under control of and regime. After the infamous 2015 bombing the installation of checkpoints led to deadly clashes between YPG and fighters

    Explosion near to the Virgin Mary Church in the Syriac Christian neighborhood of Wusta, Qamishli with number of injured. Security continue in the district.
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  16. Jul 9

    Note:

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    MNK is acronym for khabur guards still (from assyrian name), not for MFSA. Seems no unified logo or branding made yet.
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  17. Jul 8

    2 things are remarkable: 1) this paper features a whole paragraph regarding the 's role although the Guards originally haven't been linked to it, but to the Assyrian Democratic Party 2) 's logo basically is the Guards' logo with only 3 additional letters added to it

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  18. Jul 8

    The Khabour Guards don't exist any longer as a separate unit within the . The published a declaration which announces the formation of the new Syriac-Assyrian Military Council (). The latter is mentioned as "a unified form for both [MFS, KG] military forces"

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    Jul 3

    A foreign woman held in al-Hawl camp stabbed an Asayish guard who accompanied her to shop in the camp's market. Following the attack, the anti-terrorism force in the camp launched a search operation for the assailant (wearing a niqab) & were able to apprehend a suspect.

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  20. Jul 3

    It is in fact no secret that teams of the Syriac Military Council () and its all-female unit () participated in the battle of But they didn't only fight as "ordinary infantry" but also called in airstrikes as forward air controllers

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