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Genocidal War Continues in Syria, 105 People Killed in One Day, Civilians Flee Trying to Escape Death

November 23, 2016 

Editor's Note:

The coalition which fights the Islamic State and other Sunni groups in Syria consists of US-led NATO forces, Russian forces, Syrian Alewite government forces, Iranian-backed Shi'i militias, and Kurdish peshmerga forces. The coalition's continuous attacks have resulted in the killing of thousands of Iraqi Sunni Muslim Arabs and the eviction of thousands as a result of the destruction of their cities and villages.

Millions of Sunni Muslim Arabs have already left their cities and villages as the fighting intensifies towards an all-attack by the US-led coalition on Raqqa and Mosul, as well as by the Russian-regime attacks on other cities. The end outcome is going to be evicting (ethnic cleansing of) Sunni Muslim Arabs from Syria, particularly the upper Euphrates region of northwestern Iraq and northeastern Syria. 

For a background, read: 

Zionist Creative Destruction of the Middle East for the Benefit of the Apartheid Israeli Regime

 

 

A site of a Russina air strike on Aleppo, on November 18, 2016	More than 300 Iraqi refugee families reach the countryside of Syrian Province of Deir Ezzor, fleeing coalition attacks, November 23, 2016

Syrian regime aerial bombardment on Khan Shekhon and Jasim killed 19 people, on November 23, 2016

 

 

 

The following are news stories from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) website (http://www.syriahr.com/en/):

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105 killed yesterday including 31 regime forces

23/11/2016 

The dead : 28 civilians, 14 rebels,  15 Non-Syrian Islamic fighters, 8 unknown rebels, 13 Regular forces, 17 NDF, 6  SDF, 1 non-Syrian militants allied to regime forces, 20 IS

— 3 civilians killed by Turkish bombardment on Manbij countryside.

— 4 rebels killed by clashes against IS.

— 8 SDF killed by clashes against IS  and rebels and IS.

— 1 Man killed by coalition airstrikes in Raqqa countryside.

— 1 man killed by Shells targeted al-Bab city.

— 3 killed by a landmine in Idlib countryside.

— 8 unknown rebels killed by clashes against regime forces and bombardment.

— 17 NDF killed by clashes and mutual bombardment against rebels.

– 13 regime forces were  killed by clashes against rebels.

— 15 Non-Syrian fighters from IS, rebels, and Islamic factions killed by clashes and aerial bombardment targeted their locations.

Hundreds of civilians fled their homes due to military operations in Raqqa

23/11/2016 

Raqqa province:

Clashes continue between SDF and IS in the areas of Kalita and Khnez in the northern countryside amid coalition airstrikes on the area in an attempt by SDF to advance after taking control on 48 farmlands and vilages in the northern countryside and Ein Essa amid continued migration of civilians from the operations area.

Manbij military council breaks into al-Arima and destroys several tanks

23/11/2016

SOHR was informed that the clashes continue around al-Arima which is taken over by IS, between Manbij military council and IS in an attempt by the first party to advance in the area after breaking into the town, SOHR received information that Manbij military council received vehicles, weapons and ammunition and they targeted a tank  ” likely Turkish tank ” what devastated it, what rose the number of devastated tanks to 3 during the past 48 hours. IS devastated a rebels tanks, reports of losses.

Continued bombardment and clashes in Aleppo after advances for the regime in Hanano

Aleppo province:

Aerial bombardment continue targeting Hanano housings, Ferdous leading to the death of 1 and wounded others. Clashes continue around Aleppo between regime forces and rebels after advances for regime in Hanano housings amid bombardment on the area. A man was killed while others were wounded by bombardment by Turkish forces targeted al-Bab city which is taken over by IS.

One military commander was killed with 1 rebel by clashes against regime forces in ALeppo. Shells targeted Nubol which is inhabited by Shiaa, no reports of losses.

Regime forces attack Kabana area in Lattakia countryside

23/11/2016

Lattakia province:

Clashes continue between regime forces and rebels around Kabana in the northern countryside after a massive attack by the regime on the area amid aerial bombardment leading to human losses in both side.s

Hama province: Bombardment continue targeting Morek, Latamina Atshan, Abo al-Huda and Lehaya amid targting Salhab with shells, no reports of losses.

6 soldiers killed during clashes in Daraa countryside

23/11/2016

Quneitra province:

6 soldiers were killed during an attack by rebels on al-Naqar area, their corpses have been found in the same area. Regime forces were able to advance in the area after a massive attack.

More than 300 Iraqi families reach the countryside of Deir Ezzor, Turkmen families continue their way towards the Syrian-Turkish border

23/11/2016

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed by several reliable sources that more than 300 Iraqi family have arrived during the last week to the eastern countryside Deir Ezzor, coming from Iraqi areas which witness military operations.

Majority of these families came from the areas of Mosul and Tal Afar, where the organization accommodate them in homes took over from their owners earlier in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, while families asked them to be allowed to continue their way toward the Syrian-Turkish border, sources confirmed that the Turkmen families who came from Iraq have continued their march of displacement toward the Syrian-Turkish border in order to enter the Turkish territory.

About 19 Syrians killed by aerial bombardment on Khan Shekhon and Jasim

23/11/2016

Daraa province: Aerial bombardment targeted Dael in the middle countryside leading to material damages, areas of Nawa and Jasim were exposed to aerial bombardment what killed 5 in Jasim, the number of the dead is likely to rise.

Idlib province Aerial bombardment targeted Khan Shekhon what killed 3 children and a man and wounded others, Areas of Najia in Jesr al-Shughour and Telmins were exposed to aerial bombardment.

115 killed on November 18, 2016, including 21 regime forces

19/11/2016 465 Views

The dead : 48 civilians, 22 rebels,  16 Non-Syrian Islamic fighters, 5  unknown rebels, 10   Regular forces,11 NDF,1 non-Syrian militants allied to regime forces, 1 SDF

— 11 rebels and 3 civilians killed by explosion in Nour al-DIn Zenki HQ northern Aleppo.

— 6 rebels killed by IS suicide attack and clashes in Aleppo countryside.

— 5 unknown rebels killed by clashes against regime forces and bombardment.

— 11 NDF killed by clashes and mutual bombardment against rebels.

– 10 regime forces were  killed by clashes against rebels.

— 16 Non-Syrian fighters from IS, rebels, and Islamic factions killed by clashes and aerial bombardment targeted their locations.

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Civilians flee as Shi'ite groups close in on flashpoint town west of Mosul

Wed Nov 23, 2016 | 9:10am EST

By Isabel Coles and Saif Hameed

Reuters, ERBIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq

 Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shi'ite paramilitary groups close in the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group's self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

The exodus from Tal Afar, 60 km (40 miles) west of Mosul, is causing concern among humanitarian organizations as some of the fleeing civilians are heading deeper into insurgents' territory, where aid cannot be sent to them, provincial officials said.

Popular Mobilisation units, a coalition of mostly Iranian-trained and backed militias, are trying to encircle Tal Afar, a mostly ethnic Turkmen town, as part of the offensive to capture Mosul, the last major city stronghold of Islamic State in Iraq.

About 3,000 families have left the town, with about half heading southwest, toward Syria, and half northward, into Kurdish-held territory, said Nuraldin Qablan, a Tal Afar representative in the Nineveh provincial council, now based in the Kurdish capital Erbil.

"We ask Kurdish authorities to open a safe passage for them," he told Reuters.

He said Islamic State started on Sunday night to allow people to leave after it fired mortars at Popular Mobilisation positions at the airport, south of the city, and Popular Mobilisation forces responded.

The offensive started on Oct. 17 with air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition. It is turning into the most complex campaign in Iraq since the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and empowered the nation's Shi'ite majority.

The people fleeing Tal Afar are from the Sunni community, which makes up a majority in the Nineveh province in and around Mosul. The town also had a Shi'ite community, which fled in 2014 when the hardline Sunni group swept through the region.

Turkey is alarmed that regional rival Iran could extend its power through proxy groups to an area close to the Turkish and Syrian borders, where Ankara is backing rebels opposed to the Russian and Iranian-backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Citing its close ties to Tal Afar's Turkmen's population, Turkey has threatened to intervene to prevent revenge killings should Popular Mobilisation forces, known in Arabic as Hashid Shaabi, storm the town.

"People are fleeing due to the Hashid's advance, there are great fears among the civilians," said Qablan, who is also the deputy head of Nineveh's provincial council.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi tried to allay fears of ethnic and sectarian killings in Tal Afar, saying any force sent to recapture it would reflect the city's diversity.

Cutting the road to Tal Afar would seal off Mosul as the city is already surrounded to the north, south and east by Iraqi government and Kurdish peshmerga forces.

Iraq's U.S.-trained Counter Terrorism Service unit breached Islamic State's defenses in east Mosul at the end of October and is fighting to expand a foothold it gained there.

AIR STRIKES ON MOSUL

Iraqi military estimates put the number of insurgents in Mosul at 5,000 to 6,000, facing a 100,000-strong coalition of Iraqi government units, peshmerga fighters and Shi'ite militias.

Mosul's capture is seen as crucial towards dismantling the caliphate, and Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, believed to have withdrawn to a remote area near the Syrian border, has told his fighters there can be no retreat.

A Mosul resident said air strikes have intensified on the western part of the city, which is divided by the Tigris river running through its center.

The strikes targeted an industrial area where Islamic State is thought to be making booby traps and transforming vehicles into car bombs, he said.

The militants are dug in among more than a million civilians as a defense tactic to hamper the strikes. They are moving around the city through tunnels, driving suicide car bombs into advancing troops and hitting them with sniper and mortar fire.

The Iraqi authorities did not release an overall estimate of the casualties, but the United Nations warned on Saturday that growing numbers of wounded civilians and military are overwhelming the capacity of the government and international aid groups.

More than 68,000 people are registered as displaced because of the fighting, moving from villages and towns around the city to government-held areas, according to U.N. estimates.

The figure does not include the thousands of people rounded up in villages around Mosul and forced to accompany Islamic State fighters to cover their retreat towards the city as human shields. It also does not included the 3,000 families which have fled Tal Afar.

In some cases, men of fighting age were separated from those groups and summarily killed, according to residents and rights groups.

(Writing by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Dominic Evans)

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The following are news stories from the US Department of Defense website (http://www.defense.gov/News) :

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U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIL Cities in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 23, 2016 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 11 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, a strike destroyed an oil rig.

-- Near Raqqah, four strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit; destroyed two vehicles, an oil tanker truck, an oil pump and a vehicle bomb; and damaged a road.

-- Near Ayn Isa, two strikes destroyed a vehicle and an anti-air artillery system.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, four strikes destroyed three oil wellheads, three vehicles and two oil tanker trucks.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 11 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed six ISIL-held buildings, a mortar system, a vehicle, a weapons cache, a supply cache and an artillery system; and damaged five supply routes and a bridge.

-- Near Rawah, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle, a mortar system and a weapons cache.

-- Near Tal Afar, a strike destroyed inoperable coalition equipment.

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U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIL Cities in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 20, 2016 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 17 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Raqqa, six strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; damaged a supply route and an ISIL training camp; and destroyed seven oil production machines, one vehicle. 

-- Near Ayn Isa, nine strikes engaged four ISIL tactical units, damaged a supply route, and destroyed two artillery pieces, two fighting positions and a tank.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, a strike destroyed one oil well head.

-- Near Manbij, a strike destroyed an armored vehicle.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted six strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of the Iraqi government:

-- Near Qaim, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle and a vehicle bomb.

-- Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed five ISIL-held buildings, a roadside bomb, two vehicle bombs, a vehicle bomb-making facility, and a mortar system.

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IU.S., Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIL Cities in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 19, 2016 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 19 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, a strike destroyed an oil well head. 

-- Near Raqqah, two strikes engaged an ISIL storage facility and destroyed seven oil storage tanks and four oil transfer compressors.

-- Near Ayn Isa, 13 strikes engaged 10 ISIL tactical units, damaged a supply route, and destroyed five fighting positions, a roadside bomb, a bomb-making facility, and an artillery system.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, two strikes destroyed four oil well heads.

-- Near Tamakh, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted eight strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of the Iraqi government:   

-- Near Bashir, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit.

-- Near Kisik, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL-held building and a mortar system. 

-- Near Mosul, five strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit, suppressed a mortar system, and destroyed an ISIL headquarters building, a weapons cache, five ISIL-held buildings, three mortar systems, two vehicles, and a watercraft.

-- Near Rawah, a strike destroyed a bunker.

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U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIL Cities in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 18, 2016 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter, remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 16 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Raqqah, three strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL-held buildings, a fighting position, and oil production equipment.

-- Near Ayn Isa, 10 strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed seven fighting positions, two vehicles, a vehicle bomb, a checkpoint, a bunker, and damaged a supply route.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, three strikes destroyed three oil wellheads, three oil tanker trucks, and oil production equipment, and damaged two supply routes.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, fighter, remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 12 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Huwayjah, two strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL-held buildings, two tunnels, and a vehicle.

-- Near Qaim, two strikes destroyed an ISIL weapons cache.

-- Near Kisik, a strike destroyed a mortar system and suppressed a bunker.

-- Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIL tactical units; destroyed five mortar systems, two ISIL-held buildings; damaged a fighting position, a tunnel, and a bunker; and suppressed a mortar system.

-- Near Rawah, a strike destroyed a bunker.

-- Near Sinjar, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit.

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U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIL Cities in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 17, 2016 —

Strikes in Syria

Fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted seven strikes in Syria:

-- Near Shadaddi, a strike damaged four supply routes.

-- Near Ayn Isa, four strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; destroyed an artillery system, a mortar system, and damaged a supply route.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, a strike destroyed an oil wellhead.

-- Near Dayr Palymyra, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, fighter, remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 11 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Huwayjah, two strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units and destroyed nine ISIL compounds and a command-and-control node.

-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed inoperable coalition equipment.

-- Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed six mortar systems, four watercraft, three storage containers, two fighting positions, two vehicles, a bunker, a trench, and an ISIL-held building; degraded two tunnels; and suppressed two tactical units and a rocket-propelled grenade system.

-- Near Rawah, three strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL-held building; destroyed two bunkers, two buildings, a bomb storage facility, and a bomb cache; and damaged another bomb cache.

-- Near Sinjar, a strike engaged an ISIL headquarters building.

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Officials Provide Details of Latest Counter-ISIL Strikes in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 16, 2016 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 10 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit, damaged a supply route and destroyed a vehicle.

-- Near Shadaddi, two strikes damaged two ISIL supply routes.

-- Near Ayn Isa, four strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units and damaged two fighting positions, a vehicle and a supply route.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, two strikes destroyed six oil tanker trucks and three oil wellheads.

Strikes in Iraq

Rocket artillery and fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 12 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of the Iraqi government:

-- Near Huwayjah, a strike destroyed an anti-aircraft artillery system.

-- Near Haditha, two strikes destroyed three bunkers.

-- Near Mosul, eight strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed three vehicle-borne bombs, three mortar systems, two vehicles, two ISIL-held buildings, a weapons cache, an anti-aircraft artillery system, a front-end loader, a vehicle-bomb facility and a command-and-control node; damaged a supply route and two tunnels; and suppressed a tank.

-- Near Rawah, a strike destroyed an ISIL armored personnel carrier.

Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike.

Part of Operation Inherent Resolve

The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL group and the threat it poses to Iraq, Syria, the region and the wider international community. The destruction of targets in Syria and Iraq further limits ISIL's ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.

Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

 

 

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