مقتل 120 جهاديا على الاقل في ضربات "التحالف الدولي" على سوريا وواشنطن تنفي ابلاغ دمشق "مسبقا" بالهجمات

They should be striking ISIS in the kurdish city of Kobani before it is too late. Raqa can wait a couple of days.

Dont worry, Assad not going anywhere.

@blabla......
So says the Assad regime. One is more inclined to believe what the US says. Haven't heard a definitive answer from the U.S. yet, though it is doubtful the US will trust the Assad regime with such vital info as experience with him proved him to be untrustworthy. Then again, if proven true, stranger things have been known to happen and would have been a stupid move on the part of the U.S. administration.

That said, truth is the first casualty of war as the saying goes.

BTW, what Devine ghost lied to you about the coalition's inclusion of Syria and Iran on the side of the U.S.? Your very mention of that is causing Khomeini to turn in his grave.

Last credible news is that Iran proposed accepting a rearward position should the U.S. agree showing more leniency in their nuclear negotiations posture to which the US responded with an emphatic NO.

Did the AlManar report it differently, wouldn't be surprised if the did!

Hence, CHECK! Mate to follow soon.

Sorry, can't help being in a celebratory mood.

LF, how can you speak of check mate very soon when even the americans have said that their bombing campaign may take several years?

LOL @blabla... it is common knowledge that countries are interested in only their interests, not idealism. Sure they preach idealism, but... You are entitled to believe what you want to believe and let's leave it at that.

In so far as chess is concerned, actually I am a rated chess player.

@cityboy, that was a figure of speech, why can't "soon" be several years down the road? Anyways, some levity never hurts.

Hahahaha you people live in ur own bubble and so once this ends you can all move to yemen in winter and eat cot all day long then get a summer vaycay in iran ur pick
but what is certain is thta ur end is near deny all u want after being truthful is definitely not ur characteristic and we will warmly welcome u in the celebrations once bisho goes to ......

The beginning of the end of ASSad, and for those traitor who support this dictator, your end too.

Stalin and imperialistic usa were de facto allies against hitler, this didnot avoid the cold war and all the other altercations..
Iranian islamist (khomeini and co) were de facto allied against the shah, this didnot restrain iranian revolutinary gards to execute, jail, deport thousands of leftist to put in place ur dear islamic, modern, secular, progressist iran...
What's ur point bla??
Chupachups?

Indeed, sorry sorry assad gave ok to us/ksa/gulf states to do airstrikes?..
Too bad i'm at work it would be interesting to watch al manar/syrian sana to see how usa begged assad to let them carry strikes...
By the way assad also authorised usa to fund and arm moderate rebels?...
And thx for salafist, i presume if i support a shiite millicia, publicly finaced by iran, going to jihadist duty in syria/irak/yemen.. I'll be a secular, progressist person, like u?...
Man go have some chupachups u to, go enjoy what ur retarded friend have put us into, isis/hezbollah/iranian revolution gards/ali/omar/hussein...
All bunch of retards...

U r so right bla, i wasn't aware that u have such a great geopolitical vision...
Please pass my regards to ur assad friend, tell him we are sorry to destabilise him since 2005 with all our assassinations, shaker el abssi, smaha...
Really we should not have interfered...
Now after ur logic deductions go have ur chupachups...

As for u flame, bravo, what a great contribution to the dialogue...
Alaways amazing, yalla go learn the labayka ya nosrlollah, and some songs for the upcoming divine victory...
Retards

@bla*
At least one can debate with @cityboy who, like me and others, have his opinion but do not claim that their "geostrategic" vision is the only correct one.

It is evident that the US air strikes in Syria are causing you sever discomfort and your only retort is to claim superior understanding of global geopolitics and brand others as stupid ignoramuses.

To each his own. Strive to show some humility because it is precisely that holier-than-thou attitude that is dragging Lebanon down.

the beginning of the end of the child rapist head choppers in raqqa, that is certain, not sure about the latter at this point.

@anonymetexasusa
Actually, US command did disclose that Assad regime was informed about impending strike. I wouldn't have then again it's not my call. They probably decided that diverting focus to destroying Assad's anti aircraft defenses is counterproductive at this stage, who knows.

@bla*
Your clairvoyant abilities are nothing short of amazing! Coupled with your unmatchable geopolitical insite clearly place you in the formidable category - NOT.
The West appears to have borrowed a page from the Assads' playbook. Create a fire and then play the fireman's role to put it out albeit for a hefty price. No one is naive enough to believe US actions are for free. They will exact a price from their partners and a heftier one from Iran and Russia down the road.
No claims made by me as to having any superior analyses abilities, just my two cents worth. Only time will tell for sure.

Wait for the fake accounts/thumbs down brigade to show up. Good morning all.

Lolol. Let them use their airspace?? Did they fly in from the Indian Ocean??

This overused argument that Isis was funded by the gcc is getting silly. SA and uae and Bahrain all supported sisi in Egypt against the radical MB. They got into a diplomatic spiff with Qatar and withdrew their ambassadors because of Qatars support for more extremist groups. Listening to you is like watching a re-run of al manar.

Arzak. Good point. But FT has been endoctrinated for so long about hate theories against anything sunni that he can't see that.

Tomahawks that are fired from the Arabian Gulf pass over kuwait and Iraq to get to syria.. I do not think they would fire the rockets from the southern tip of the gulf so it can pass over all the countries when they can strike much faster and over less countries from the northern tip of the gulf... elemental.. but hey you have to figure things out on your own pace..
Also tomahawks were fired from the red sea, which would probably have to pass over any or all of the following: KSA, ISrael and Jordan.
UAE has just confirmed that their planes and pilots were actually part of the strike team... which goes to show that your conclusion, and your "political connections" are all shot.

FT your attempts at humor are nearly as pathetic as your attempts at intelligence. As blabla has said there might have been individuals who supported daesh in the gcc.. but to think that they would support ISIS after saying that the MB was to fanatical is just idiotic at best... it is well known that the monarchies of the gcc are the most worried about fundamentalism so keep taking your cracks at humor... maybe one day you would get there.. i like your persistence with intelligence.. dont give up now..

Down with ALL Jihadists.

I agree down with the terrorist but this is the wrong approach. The last thing we need is the zionist infested usa to come and drop more bombs on arab land. Keep your bombs to yourself america, you are not involving yourself for the benefit of syrians or iraqis.

what is wrong with FSA?

Great input, jihadist terrorist. Those 15 out of 19 hijackers on 9/11 were British.

Oh wait.

@geha may be exaggerating some, sure; but there is no denying that Assad intentionally released those savages from his prisons with the intent of using them against his peoples' uprising.

Now, the West saw an opening there to turn the tables on him and his bosses in Iran who were shaking in their boots when ISIS swarmed across Iraq in June and started calling uncle, as in Uncle Same of course.

Playing with this kind of fire can burn ones fingers, wouldn't you agree @citiboiy?

To be sure, two wrongs don't make a right; then again, since when do nations really care about right and wrong?

LF, Assad never released savages from prison. That is simply not correct. He gave amnesty to low profile prisoners in an effort to appease some of the legitimate concerns of the population. Syria was flooded with foreign fighters coming from all over the middleast and beyond. So i dont follow how any tables had to be turned here. Where do you think Isis gets its military and financial support.

Come on @citiboy, stop believing everything you read and hear in HA/Syrian/Iranian media. Surely you are aware of Shaker Absi's last known residence before relocating to nahr Al Bared.

Your loyalty is commendable, but you strike me as smarter than to believe in fairy tales, Santa Clause or the tooth fairy.

Yes, once the ISIS nucleus was released from Assad's prisons, they garnered support from Turkey and Qatar, shame on them. That, however, does not absolve Assad from the main responsibilynof unleashing those Neanderthals.

LF, we will differ on the subject of what kind of prisoners were released. No point in debating that cause neither one of us will budge on that. Ironically, if you want to talk about savages being released from prison and joining Isis in syria, look no further than the prisoners coming from saudi arabia. Another thing, is you didnt even touch the issue of all the foreign fighters going to perfor their so called jihad in syria. How did they get there, who supplied them weapons.

City boy go check who lokmann is, u know the low profile prisonner freed by assad in 2011 along with 500to700 low profile friends (now lockman is isis leader in damascus area, chaker el abssi style...) meanwhile more dangerous terrorist , like the one that won over bassel el assad a horse contrst was kept in jail (freed few monthes ago).... U seem to have the same logic as assad man, any relation?
Go have a chuoachups man...

@cityboy
Agreed, we each have our perception about events without a doubt.

Do please explain to the rest of us how is one form of theocratically based jihad is different from another? Theocratic extremism, be it Sunni, Shia, Christian or whatever is one and the same and should summarily be shunned by all intelligent beings.

Yes, Sunni extremism attracted people from outside of Syria. How is that different from Shia extremism attracting people from outside Syria as well?

Extremism begets extremism, full stop.

I disagree with you Flamethrower... nobody can replace you!

Agreed, the FSA-Nusra-ISIS jihadist terrorists have brought nothing but destruction to Syria.

let us hope the other extremist terrorists group will be wiped out soon, i.e. hizbushaitan.

what is it cityboy? you are defending your extremist friends?
why are you upset against those fighting ISIS? are you afraid some day soon your extremist hizbushaitan will be targetted soon?

Tell that to Assad who intentionally released those nihilistic savages from his prisons. One may be wrong here, but one doubts his intentions were benign. What do you think?

Again, LF, i will repeat, Assad never released savages. only low end prisoners as a way to appease legitimate concerns of protestors. The savages you speak of were shipped into syria thanks in large part to Turkey, Qatar, usa, and even Lebanon.

Again lokmann was a low profile prisonner he was released with 500 other low profile prisonners in 2011 (u know like our chaker el absi, remember?....) while hamzah el khatib the young boy form hamma was an extremely dangerous opponent...
Go hv ur chupachups cityboy... Yalla zahett

Actually he wishes...
Enno u really think he was aware that ksa and golf coutries will do join airstrikes with the imperialist usa and just said ok?....
Really cityboy, chupachups...

Indeed so smart, a true arab leadder, acting for the cause, u know pan arab cause, full of democracy, human rights, socialism... Bigjohn go have ur chupachups and dream that we are still in the 70s... (Even then assad's father regime was a dictatorship, his son only made it worse by making his people poorer and his friend and familly richer...)
Yalla chupachups...

Did you forget that they allign themselves with lebanese christians, druze, and sunnis. or how about their unconditional support for palestinians. are they shia. Nassrallah is still the most favourite arab leader amongst arab sunni population.

There is no such thing as an Islamic State cowboy, that a few lunatics run around claiming they got a caliphate, is a fantasy and another of your Hollywood stories. This is a simple pretext to go in and bomb Syria, such as it was when the US attacked Iraq and Libya.

American fruitcakes, attack after a few journalists got beheaded. Beheading of innocents began, since the war in Syria started. We didn't hear anyone complain back then.

American double standards as always.

Assume all you want texi, but I can confirm to you, that i am definitely Anti American.

USA is the broodmother of ISIS.

الأسد: سوريا ماضية بحزم في الحرب التي تخوضها منذ سنوات ضد الإرهاب وهي مع أي جهد دولي يصب في هذا السياق
hahahaha
please let me play with um walaw please
lolll

do tell, is jihad in iraq and yemen a breach of sovereignty or not
or in the name of hussein and zeinab u have the right to kill innocent people
same as isis and nusra

Yes mystic anti imperialist.. Long live comrad puting , the big socialist leadder , ayatollah el khomaiini our beloved secular brother (u know like the che but with a longer beard) and donnot forget democratic assad...
And also comunist china...
The world have changed, political stands must evolve or it become stagnant like a dying religion...
But again what do i know, u all have so much insights and so much geopolitical knowledge...
U winn ur fist chupachups for the day, bravo...

@Mystic
Surely you jest...
1- Russia never invaded Ukraine - spare us the double standard argument that Ukraine, or parts of it, really belong to Russia
2- Iran never intended to invade Iraq or any other nation
3- Salhuddine ne er invaded Spain
And on and on...

Really man, remove those pink glasses - maybe yellow in your case - and try to see both sides before it is too late.

And where did I say anything about US prisons. Forget to take your meds today, retard thrower?

Did you have a wet dream last night texi?

Hezbo patriot, speaking of blame, wasn't it Hezbollah who blamed this war on the "American-Zionist-takfiri" scheme?