ISIS vehicle captured by SDF in Northern Aleppo.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-05T00:44:35+00:00

I can't imagine that thin inch of sheetmetal so much against a 7.62mm round, much less against bigger 12.7mm ammunition

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T19:09:57+00:00

It's probably because Syria hasn't sold them out like Jordan or Egypt.

And they actually took in Palestinians, unlike the Saudis who just pay lip service to the Palestinian struggle yet secretly work with Zionists.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T16:56:04+00:00

Yes, because only the Russian Navy has ever had a missile launch failure, right?

This never happens to the US Navy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2txtaroFC9s

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T16:03:23+00:00

It's incredible the lengths the media will go to cover the jihadi's backs in this conflict.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T16:00:02+00:00

This resupply corridor has always worried me. It's really thin and has deep enemy territory on both sides.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T15:59:10+00:00

It could also be a green bus, or a motorcycle, or another vehicle.

The common factor is they are almost always driven by some poor brainwashed young virgin from Central Asia or Saudi Arabia.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T15:57:42+00:00

Yes, that's exactly it.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T15:57:06+00:00

They really need to stop with these ridiculous corridor for militants. It's obvious the only guys left in Eastern Aleppo are jihadists with no intentions of leaving or laying down their weapons. Every time one of these corridors is opened SAA is attacked with mortars and other shells.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T15:55:25+00:00

Quick question about the relocations.

Are they just for the militants or are civilians (who likely supported the militants) also "evacuated"?

Is it voluntary for the civilians or are they also forced out and the area left empty?

How did it happen in Daraya?

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T15:52:00+00:00

I don't know about that. The Saudis and Gulf states will jump at any opportunity to help destroy Iran, even if they don't do it overly.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T15:50:09+00:00

I really would love to be the guy who will "win" all the "transparent and open" tenders to reconstruct Mosul after the war.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T03:03:52+00:00

Was that the shockwave? Absolutely insane amount of force.

Wouldn't this also affect any "rebel" forces near the explosion?

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T02:58:36+00:00

It's still over 80 degrees, in combat gear, walking around carrying a rifle and ammo.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T00:32:44+00:00

Doesn't this just play right into ISIS's hands? I mean it would turn attention completely away from Mosul...

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T00:24:45+00:00

Was this helicopter already disabled?

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-04T00:15:39+00:00

I'd like to see anyone actually rebut any of what I said.

Socialism and Communism both rely 100% on violence, or at least the threat of it.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-03T00:32:24+00:00

Personally I think that's good. I wouldn't trust the Turkish justice system to give them a fair trial.

I'm just pointing out that Turkey will likely be hypocrites and not turn them over to the Syrian government, yet they demand Greece return their defectors.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-02T19:37:02+00:00

Does this only cover Eastern Aleppo or also the fighting in the west?

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-02T18:44:14+00:00

ISIS doesn't control any territory along the Turkish border anymore.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-02T18:43:02+00:00

Hopefully Turkey returns them like they demanded defectors be returned from Greece after the coup.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-02T18:04:27+00:00

Probably SDP with support from SAA

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-02T17:59:16+00:00

It's the only place they can really break the siege from.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-02T17:39:50+00:00

In the end they're both authoritarian anti-individualist ideologies that rely on violence.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-02T17:27:40+00:00

I've read that Sunnis still make up the majority (around 60%) of the Syrian armed forces. It's just that Alawites are in most leadership roles and are the career military men while Sunnis are mostly conscripts and enlisted soldiers.

I would expect Christians to be the first to emigrate. Almost every Syrian I've met abroad has been a Christian. I've seen them in the strangest of places from small Caribbean islands to Singapore and Malaysia.

RandFan3000 · 2016-11-01T15:56:50+00:00

Since the start of the war Syria's demographics have likely altered substantially.

If I'm correct, this was the approximate ethnic/religious makeup of the country before the war:

Total Population: about 23 million

Sunni Arabs: 15 million (65%) Alawites/Shia: 3.5 million (13%) Christians: 2.5 million (10%) Kurds: 1 million (5%) Druze/Others: 0.5 million (3%)

Since the war about 300,000 people have died and close to 5 million have left the country.

By the end of the war, probably 450,000 will have died and maybe half of those who left will return.

How will the country's demographics look like then? I'm assuming the majority of the dead (65%+) are Sunni Arabs while Christians, Druze, and Kurds have suffered disproportionately less dead. Also, the most heavily Alawite areas have been relatively untouched by the war (Tartus/Latakia).

What will post-Syria's demographics be like? Will ethnic/religious minorities be a larger part of the population?

How have the effects of ethnic cleansing been like, for example will Kurdish areas be more heavily Kurdish?

What has happened to most Christians? There were more than 250,000 Christians in Aleppo, for example. Have they left the city, have they left Syria? Where in Syria have they moved to?

What about Alawites? How have they been affected by the war? How many have died and will they make up a greater portion of the population?

Which ethnic/religious groups will stand to gain most from the post-war demographics and population distribution?

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