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Captured Jabhat Al-Nusra Administrative Documents Show Details Of Arms,...
The following images were sent to me by the pseudonymously named photographer Victor Lacroix, and show documents captured by the YPG, operating near Ras al Ein, from Jabhat al-Nusra. It includes...
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Evidence Of Very Large DIY Barrel Bombs Being Deployed In Syria
Long term readers of the blog may remember that throughout 2012 I was tracking evidence of a type of DIY weapon being used by the Syrian air force widely described as a barrel bomb. Anyone familiar...
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Volcanoes In Damascus - Was Hezbollah Involved With Developing Chemical...
Regular readers of the blog will be familiar with two weapons used by pro-government forces known as IRAMs (Improvised Rocket Assisted Munitions) and UMLACAs (Unidentified Munitions Linked to Alleged...
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New Key Evidence In Understanding The August 21st Sarin Attack
Yesterday, a video was published online by the website Al-hadath News showing the type of munition used in the August 21st Sarin attack being launched from Qadam Railway StationThere's two minor points...
View ArticleSenior Member Of The SMC Defects To ISIS And Details Foreign Involvement In...
Earlier today I came across the following video, posted on the Eretz Zen YouTube channel, featuring Saddam al-Jamal, the former leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army's Eastern...
View ArticleA Chemical Weapons Specialist On Syria's Chemical Weapon Transport Issues
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Former Commander UK CBRN Forces and COO SecureBio, examines the many issues the international community now faces in their attempts to destroy Syria's chemical weapons.Syria's...
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3D Models Of Volcanoes And Their Launchers
Thanks to Chris Kabusk for sending me the following 3D models of Volcano rockets and their launchers.IRAM Volcanoes (videos here)UMLACA Volcanoes (videos here)Detail on UMLACA VolcanoesVolcano...
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Syria CW Stockpile on the Move – Russian Help?
A guest post by Olly Morton and Hamish de Bretton-Gordon of SecureBio.IntroductionThe Syria Chemical Weapons (CW) saga in 2013 has bought weapons of mass destruction to the forefront of the world’s...
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The Qamishli Front
A guest post by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi.The northeastern corner of Syria- with the city of Qamishli and its surrounding area- has attracted some media attention as a scene of what is known as the wider...
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Responses To The Final UN Report Into The Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria -...
Yesterday, the final UN report into the use of chemical weapons in Syria was published online (here), detailing the investigation into several alleged uses of chemical weapons in Syria. I've invited a...
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In this second part of my ongoing series on the final UN report into the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Former Commander UK CBRN Forces and COO SecureBio, looks at what the...
View ArticleResponses To The Final UN Report Into The Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria -...
In part three of my review of the final UN report into the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Dan Kaszeta of Strongpoint Security takes a look at the chemical evidence in the report, and details what...
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The Factions of Abu Kamal
A guest post by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi.Figure 1: Scene from Abu Kamal during a recent period of heavy rain.When it comes to reporting on Syria, much is written about fighting on the frontlines but...
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A Case Of Weapon Misidentification By Jihadists And Assad Supporters
Frequently in my trawls through social media and open source information I come across images where the group showing them is making one claim, but the actual facts are far more interesting. For...
View Article"Bashar al-Assad Is Not As Bad As These People!" - A Libyan On Joining Jabhat...
Earlier this week, Die Welt published a piece by Alfred Hackensberger, "Islamists are worse than Assad", which included an interview with a Libyan, identified as Alah al-Fakhri, detailing his...
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A Year Of Conflict In Syria In Ten Videos - 10 to 7
With the year coming to an end, and websites across the world producing lists of all things 2013, I thought I'd throw my hat in the arena with a list of ten videos that, for me, defined the last 12...
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Syria's Barrel Bomb Technology Relative To Aleppo Syria Attacks - The Good,...
Richard M. Lloyd, Warhead Technology Consultant at Tesla Laboratory Inc. takes a look at the DIY barrel bombs used in Syria.IntroductionThe Syrian government over the last year has supplemented their...
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The Rebel Offensives in East Ghouta: “The Battle of God is the Greatest and...
A guest post by Christopher Kingdon, founder of the SyrianCivilWar sub-Reddit.IntroductionThis analysis addresses the southeastern Otaibah and northeastern Adra offensives, which together constitute...
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A Year Of Conflict In Syria In Ten Videos - 6 to 4
Part one of this series can be found here.6 - Abu SakkarProbably the most notorious video of the conflict so far, the video posted online in May showed a member of the Syrian opposition, Abu Sakkar,...
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The Arab Nationalist Guard: A Pro-Assad Militia
A guest post by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi.IntroductionIt is generally held that the ideology of Arab nationalism is virtually dead. At the governmental level, this assertion mostly holds true, with the...
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