A Chemical Weapons Expert Responds To The Article "Questions Plague UN Report...
Earlier this week an article was published by Al Akhbar, Questions Plague UN Report on Syria, making a number of claims about the UN report, including "There is not a single environmental sample in...
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Things That Are Not True - Only Rebels Use Weapons Mounted On Trucks With...
One claim that's been constantly repeated by people attempting to prove the Syrian military was not responsible for the August 21st Sarin attack is that the Syrian military would never use trucks with...
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The Syrian Islamic Front Claim To Have Stopped A Mosque Bombing By Government...
Today the following video was posted online by the Syrian Islamic FrontThe video shows a brief statement on what the video shows, followed by the confession of one of the men involved0:08 unnamed man:...
View ArticleKurdish Sources Deny Any Knowledge Of Videos Showing Liwa al-Islam Launching...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about videos that had been posted on LiveLeak and YouTube by the same user, at the same time, claiming to show Liwa al-Islam launching rockets on August 21st which were...
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Prominent Daraa Based Activist Nasser Abu Jamal Killed
Anyone who watches many of the videos from Syria is probably familiar with this activist from Daraa, Nasser Abu JamalHe's featured in many of the videos that have come from the Daraa region, including...
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Making Sense Of Russia's Evolving Narrative For The August 21st Sarin Attacks
Since the August 21st attack Russia has made a series of claims about the attacks that have evolved as the weeks have gone by. The initial Russian reaction was to denounce the "biased regional...
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Analyzing Events in Azaz - A Detailed Look At ISIS' Takeover
A guest post by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi.The northern border town of Azaz in Aleppo Governorate recently came to the forefront of media attention in light of clashes in the town between the Islamic State...
View ArticleLiwa Al-Tawhed Captures a "Russian Spy"
Thanks to Pieter Van Ostaeyen for providing this picture from Liwa al-Tawhed, showing a passport belonging to a man arrested and accused of being a Russian spy by Liwa al-Tawhedلواء التوحيد : الكتيبة...
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Malala Yousafzai - When Satire Goes Bad
Yesterday Dawn published a very funny piece satirising the conspiracy theories that surround the attack on Malala Yousafzai, the girl shot by the Taliban who has made headlines across the world. The...
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Hizballah Executing Syrian Prisoners? - Analyzing the Video
A guest post by Phillip Smyth of Jihadology.net. Videos and images should be considered graphic.Uploaded onto YouTube on October 8, 2013 was a 1 minute and 40 seconds long video claiming to show...
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The “Hizballah Execution Video”: Confirmation of Shia Militia Involvement
A guest post by Phillip Smyth of Jihadology.net. Videos and images should be considered graphic.Figure : Photo of those executed by Hizballah and posted to social media.On October 8, 2013, the news...
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A Detailed Examination Of The Range Of Munitions Used In The August 21st...
Thanks to John Minthorne, who has put together this detailed analysis of the range of one munition type used in the August 21st Sarin attack. John Minthorne is a professional mechanical engineer with...
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Syrian National Defence Force Video Shows Them Using The Munition Type Linked...
Thanks to reader simla1, and the Syrian National Defence Force, for the following videoPosted on the Syrian National Defence Force YouTube channel and Facebook pages, this video, titled "The Road to...
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The Fall of Yaroubiya to the YPG In Context
A guest post by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi and Fadel al-Kifa’ee.Introduction: Solidifying StalemateThe small town of Yaroubiya in north-east Syria (Hasakah governorate) on the border with Iraq recently...
View ArticleIndustrial And Economic Aspects Of Sarin : Why Poor Quality Is Not An...
A guest post by Dan Kaszeta.Introduction: To use Sarin in any reasonable quantity, an industrial operation is needed. The Syrian incident in August of this year is of a size and scale that a large...
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The Syrian National Defence Force Provides More Evidence Linking The...
Last week, I wrote about a video the Syrian National Defence Force had posted on their YouTube channel, showing them using the family of munitions that the munitions linked to the August 21st Sarin...
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The Syrian National Defence Force's Most Devastating Urban Combat Weapon
In late 2012, those of us tracking the munitions used in the Syrian conflict began to see the remains of an unusual munition that opposition activists claimed had been launched from Syrian government...
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Is The Syrian Military Using Another Type Of Chemical Weapon?
Earlier this week I took a detailed look at the use of Improvised Rocket Assisted Munitions (IRAMs) by government forces in Syria. The IRAMs used in Syria are basically 107mm rockets with the warheads...
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Investigating Claims Of Syrian Opposition Members Executing Prisoners
The following video, titled "FSA Terrorists Massacre Imprisoned Syrian Army Soldiers in Quneitra, Golan Heights (18+)", was posted on the YouTube channel Eretz Zen War Vids, claiming to show evidence...
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Photographs Of Rocket Propelled Grenade Remains Recovered At Today's Protest...
Thanks to Victor Breiner who sent me the following photographs he took at anti-militia protests held in Tripoli, Libya, today, where it's been reported large number of protesters were killed and...
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