Syrian jihadis preach global holy war: Islamists say global jihad underway from Mali to Syria

Welcome to hell - Syria - Tank Convoy Blast Their Way Through Darayya

What was achieved thru all this fighting?

Fighting The Enemy Within - Damascus Burning

Syrian Army Tank vs. FSA Sniper

A Syrian Army tank works together with a spotter to engage an FSA sniper in Daraya. According to the source: The commander of the tank lost his brother, also tank crewman, two days ago there. The wreck of his brothers tank can be seen at the start of the video. 12/03/2012

Nusra Front sees Islamic state in Syria

Unemployment + Uneducatedness +No proper Role models



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Rebel Gunner Shot Down by Sniper - Free Syrian Army gunner is shot down by a Syrian Army sniper.

Rebel Gunner Shot Down by Sniper - Free Syrian Army gunner is shot down by a Syrian Army sniper.

Syrian Soldier Sniped While Sweeping - Guy likes to keep his battle space tidy but probably not the best idea to do it in a warzone

Syrian MiG-21 Upgraded to Carry Chemical Weapons without Pilot

A Syrian MiG-21, flown into Jordan last June by Syrian Air Force Colonel Hassan Hamada, had been upgraded to fly without a pilot and to carry chemical weapons.
U.S. experts who examined the plane and questioned the pilot believe Russian engineers helped with the upgrade.

A MiG-21 combat aircraft flown by a Syrian pilot who defected to Jordan in June was found to have been upgraded back in Syria to carry chemical weapons and to fly without a pilot, according to U.S. experts who examined the plane. The experts believe Russian engineers helped convert the plane and that Syria has more of them in its air force.

On June 21, Syrian pilot Hassan Hamada, who holds a rank equivalent to colonel, took off in his MiG-21 from al-Dumair military airport northeast of Damascus and flew to King Hussein Airbase just across Syria’s southern border with Jordan. Upon landing in Jordan, Hamada removed his rank and requested political asylum.

Syria immediately admitted the pilot had defected and called him a traitor. Suspicion arose when Syria put increasing pressure on Jordan to return the plane. After being examined by Western intelligence agencies, the aircraft was discovered to have the ability to employ chemical weapons and fly without a pilot.

Information about the plane’s additional capability was reportedly passed on to U.S. intelligence agencies, which were said to have studied the information and interviewed Hamada. After concluding their examinations, U.S. experts said they believe Russian engineers helped convert the MiG-21 to an aircraft with unmanned aerial capability that could be armed with chemical weapons. Officials at the Pentagon believe additional Syrian aircraft underwent the same conversion, although the exact number is unknown.

Syrian Army sniper kills Free Syrian army street fighters

Syria using more accurate, Iranian-made missiles

The Syrian regime this week fired at least two Iranian-made, short-range ballistic missiles in what appears to be an effort to more precisely target Syrian rebels.

The Fateh A-110 missiles are more accurate than the older Scud variants that Syrian government forces have used in recent weeks.

The U.S. military officials declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the information. The Iranian government has not commented on the issue.

The Fateh trades range for accuracy. It can travel about 125 miles, while the Scud can go about 185 miles. But the Fateh has a "circular error probable" or -- CEP -- of 330 feet, while the Scud's CEP is 1,480 feet. CEP is defined as the radius of a circle in which half of a missile's lethal payload falls and is the standard measure of a missile's accuracy.

The firings did not reach near Syria's Turkish border. But the regime's use of ballistic missiles is the reason NATO is planning to send U.S., German and Dutch Patriot missile batteries to Turkish military installations: to protect the southern regions of that NATO ally. All six Patriot batteries are expected to be in place by the end of January.

A NATO official could not confirm the use of short-range ballistic missiles this week, but NATO did detect the launch of such missiles inside Syria on a few December days, more recently on the 22nd.

Syria Fires Scud Missiles, Burning Bombs and Even Sea Mines at Rebels

The Syrian regime isn’t using its chemical arsenal on its opposition, at least not yet. But it’s starting to look like Bashar Assad is throwing everything else he has against the rebels, from Scud missiles to incendiary weapons. He’s even chucking naval mines onto dry land to attack his foes.

Hours after announcing it will recognize a revamped Syrian opposition coalition as a revolutionary government, the Obama administration said it had indications that regime forces have recently fired at least six Scud ballistic missiles at rebel positions in the north. Countries typically fire Scuds at their foreign enemies, like Saddam Hussein did to Israel in 1991, not their own populations. (Moammar Gadhafi provides a recent exception to that rule.) NATO, for instance, recently delivered a Patriot missile battery to Turkey out of fear that Assad would turn his Scuds against the Turks.

But to the Assad regime, northern Syria practically is a foreign country these days. It’s controlled by the rebels. And those rebels have advanced surface-to-air missiles that can take down regime planes. It’s not hard to see why Assad’s commanders might elect to fire off a few Scuds instead — especially as the rebels continue to make advances on key regime facilities.

Robert Farley, a professor at the University of Kentucky, said the use of the Scuds most likely indicated an attempt to strike deep inside rebel-held territory, since they have a longer range than Assad’s artillery. They probably also indicate that Assad is freaked out about the rebels’ potential to shoot down his planes and helicopters with shoulder-fired missiles. “A typical fighter bomber can deliver a lot more ordnance, probably with more accuracy,” Farley tells Danger Room. “You use these for surprise, or because you’re concerned about enemy air defenses.”



According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, Assad has three varieties of Scuds, capable of striking targets up to about 435 miles away. But Scuds also have a psychological dimension: They’re capable of carrying chemical warheads. Farley cautions that Assad can only bluff so much — each Scud that doesn’t come equipped with a Sarin gas shell may diminish the fear that the next one will — but that’s an easier assessment to make when the Scuds aren’t crashing down on your neighborhood. As a psychological weapon, even a conventional Scud is a formidable thing, especially because they’re not particularly accurate weapons. They could hit anywhere.

Syrian rebels built their own armoured vehicle Sham II to counter Syrian government tanks

Is it made from a tuk tuk?

To counter the Syrian government tanks, rebels have built and deployed the "Sham II," an home-made wheeled armoured vehicle. Without the advantage of a well-financed and equipped national military, Syrian rebel fighters have turned to their own ingenuity to level the playing field in the fight against Bashar al-Assad's regime.