Syrian Army cleans Jubar district, a suburb of Damascus

[Bleipriester]

Such a fall in GDP since 2009, more like a crash that would hit the people very hard.

Caused by the Islamists, who destroy and sell production means and due to the war in general.

 

[aris2chat]

Bank of Syria vs IMF? Now which one is the propaganda?

per your source, inflation was 121.29 Percent in August of 2013. Average from 1958 till now it was over 10% while most industrial countries were around 3-6%.
CPI was 491.56%. Syria had to set the price of bread or the average person would not be able to afford it. Bakers have to be subsidized or they could not afford the price of flour.

This is an example of a great country? This is how you create a satisfied population? Long lines and shortages of bread? A limit of only two bags?

>>• The youth unemployment rate is 48 per cent, six times higher than the rate of unemployment among adults.
• Seventy-five per cent of unemployed young people (15-24 years old) have been without employment for more
than a year.
• Just over half (54.2 per cent) of all unemployment is found in rural areas.
• The rate of unemployment among young women is nearly four times that among young men.i In addition,
66 per cent of young men above the age of 15 are in employment, while 75 per cent of young women aged 15
or over are neither in employment nor in education.<< IFAD.org

Propaganda, you receive from your FSA mates and that cannot be confirmed. Furthermore, you ignore the various sanctions that are made to weaken the Syrian economy.

>>
Is Syria subject to any U.N. sanctions?
Yes. Existing U.N. sanctions on Syria stem from investigations looking into Syria’s role in a terrorist
attack in Beirut, Lebanon in 2005. The attack resulted in the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister
Rafiq Hariri and the deaths of 22 others. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1595 condemned the attack
and established a commission to investigate it. The follow-on UNSC Resolution1636 sanctioned those
individuals suspected of being complicit in the attack and the investigation’s obstruction. The resolution
called on all states to take necessary measures to “prevent entry into or transit through their territories
of such individuals.” It also ordered states to “freeze all funds, financial assets and economic resources
that are on their territories that are owned or controlled” by persons suspected of being complicit in the
attack.
In support of UNSC Resolution 1595, President Bush issued Executive Order 13399 blocking all assets
of persons involved in the planning, sponsoring, organizing, or perpetrating of the terrorist attack. E.O.
13399 also sanctioned those who materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services in support of the terrorist attack and those who were
found to have impeded the UN commission’s investigation into the attack.
Since the crackdown began, members of the UN Security Council have attempted to pass a resolution
condemning the violence against civilians in Syria; the resolution called for an end to the repression
and would have laid the foundation for imposing sanctions against the Syrian regime. However, in a
rare double-veto, Russia and China blocked the resolution. A few months later, Russia and China
blocked another resolution by the Arab League calling for an end to violence and laying out a solution
for the crisis.<<

Syria sponsors terrorism. Sanctions are from the UN for good reason.

 

[Bleipriester]

>>
Is Syria subject to any U.N. sanctions?
Yes. Existing U.N. sanctions on Syria stem from investigations looking into Syria’s role in a terrorist
attack in Beirut, Lebanon in 2005. The attack resulted in the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister
Rafiq Hariri and the deaths of 22 others. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1595 condemned the attack
and established a commission to investigate it. The follow-on UNSC Resolution1636 sanctioned those
individuals suspected of being complicit in the attack and the investigation’s obstruction. The resolution
called on all states to take necessary measures to “prevent entry into or transit through their territories
of such individuals.” It also ordered states to “freeze all funds, financial assets and economic resources
that are on their territories that are owned or controlled” by persons suspected of being complicit in the
attack.
In support of UNSC Resolution 1595, President Bush issued Executive Order 13399 blocking all assets
of persons involved in the planning, sponsoring, organizing, or perpetrating of the terrorist attack. E.O.
13399 also sanctioned those who materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services in support of the terrorist attack and those who were
found to have impeded the UN commission’s investigation into the attack.
Since the crackdown began, members of the UN Security Council have attempted to pass a resolution
condemning the violence against civilians in Syria; the resolution called for an end to the repression
and would have laid the foundation for imposing sanctions against the Syrian regime. However, in a
rare double-veto, Russia and China blocked the resolution. A few months later, Russia and China
blocked another resolution by the Arab League calling for an end to violence and laying out a solution
for the crisis.<<

Syria sponsors terrorism. Sanctions are from the UN for good reason.

Syria does not sponsor terrorism but is target of sponsored terrorism. The sanctions are implemented by various powers such as the US and the EU for no reason but as tool to harm a country that is not devot to those powers.

 

[Bleipriester]

Jubar footage:

 

[Vikrant]

A coalition is being built to fight IS but it seems like Syria along with Iran will not be included in the coalition.

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U.S.-led coalition seeks to exclude Iran from fight against Islamic State - The Washington Post

 

[Bleipriester]

A coalition is being built to fight IS but it seems like Syria along with Iran will not be included in the coalition.

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U.S.-led coalition seeks to exclude Iran from fight against Islamic State - The Washington Post

Cause it is a bullshit coalition that wants to goof around with Isis for at least the next thee years.

 

[Bleipriester]

Jubar fightings:

 

[Bleipriester]

Terrorist video: Terrorists fighting Syrian army, blowing buildings in Jubar. Terrorists are known for their explosives they mount everywhere. They launch their explosives when they believe that Syrian soldiers are close to the explosives or have entered buildings that were furnished with explosives.

 

[Bleipriester]

Syrian Arab Army (SAA) units in Jobar received the first batch of domestically modified T-72 tanks.

 

[Bleipriester]

A coalition is being built to fight IS but it seems like Syria along with Iran will not be included in the coalition.

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U.S.-led coalition seeks to exclude Iran from fight against Islamic State - The Washington Post

Not completely:
U.S. won t rule out talking with Iran about helping in Islamic State crisis CTV News

 

[Bleipriester]

Better images. The modification is supposed to improve protection from RPG and other AT weapons.

The Merkava Mk 4 is also equipped with the funny steel balls which protect from AT ammunition:

 

[aris2chat]

>>Hafez al-Assad ruled until his death in 2000, when he was succeeded by his son, Bashar. After initial hopes of political liberalization, Bashar al-Assad continued his father's heavy-handed tactics. Tension between Syria and western countries grew following the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, which prompted waves of Iraqi refugees to enter Syria.

Considered as one of the most repressive regimes in the Arab world, the Syrian regime brutally suppressed a Kurdish uprising in 2004, which began as a reaction to the abuses waged against the population of Kurds living in Syria’s Kurdish areas.. It is widely believed that the uprising was sparked by an incident at Qamilshli stadium before a football game, when Arab Baathists supported by Syrian security forces clashed with Kurdish fans......

The regime of Hafez al-Assad maintained its position by tight security control, which led to widespread human rights abuses. Generally speaking, these were applied at an individual level, and no minority was the specific target of persecution. In fact, minorities were sometimes thought of as allies of the regime against the majority population, and this led at times to privileges. Technically it was an offence to ‘incite strife among the various sects or elements of the nation' (Press Code of 1948) or to carry out ‘sectarian activities' (Law of Associations 1958).

His government continued the policy of its predecessors in using one group against another or applying pressure to any minority which demonstrated political cohesion. The regime ensured that no community in Syria had the ability to displace the Alawis. Crudely speaking, the heart of the regime lay in the overlap among four ‘circles of power': the army, the Ba'ath Party, the Alawi community, and the Assad family. Under this system, Syria fell into deepening poverty despite its oil exports.

Upon Hafez al-Assad's death in 2000, his son Bashar became president. Initial moves to ease the stifling controls of his father, including the release of hundreds of political prisoners and an expansion of civil liberties, became known as the ‘Damascus Spring'. However, the new policy of liberalization suddenly reversed in February 2001, as civil society leaders and reformist politicians were arrested and promised economic reforms were jettisoned. A state of emergency declared in 1963 allowed security services to operate nearly unchecked against regime opponents. But on 21April 2011, the Syrian government lifted the almost 50-year-old state of emergency in an attempt to placate Assad´s opponents. However, despite the abolition of the emergency law and the Higher State Security Court, security forces have escalated the use of violent and repressive measures against unarmed civilian protesters.
<<Minority Rights Group International Homepage home page

Syria isn't poor and Syrians aren't opressed. In fact, Syria has become a powerful nation, wealthy and well functioning while reducing national debt. Now, the uprising you are hailing has destroyed much of the country and killed many people.
But it also showed the popularity of President Assad, after terrorist elements excluded themselves from the society.

You are so misinformed and have such blind adoration for Assad. Maybe you should read more what the oppressed and abused in syria are saying instead of government control propaganda. They are give their story and that of their neighborhoods in detail every chance they can. There are plenty of web sites, social pages, blogs and twitters to keep you busy reading all day. They are screaming to get the world to hear them.
I am well aware of the strangle hold Haf.Ass. had on power and how he killed and intimidated not just syrians but lebanese and palestinians as well. I know the abuses and executions
EXCLUSIVE Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime - CNN.com
Survivors Of Syria s Torture Chambers Describe Horror
carried out in prisons like Idlib. I've heard stories, reports and pained looks and unwillingness to relive the past written on the faces of syrians and lebanese that have been made to suffer.
I knew the family, how bassel and the others were raised. I had once hoped in Bashar's words of modern and open syria, and how those words feel short and how he tried to emulate his father.
I know how different things are from what syrian press is allowed to say and what is really happening behind those reports.
I doubt you have actually lived in syria but you are willing to believe what Assad allows you to know rather than what the refugees, disabled, displaced, minorities and others are saying. I saw what was coming decades before the protest in the streets or the the killing by Assad forces began.
You are the one living on the lies put out by the regime. You are the one misinformation about what had happened and what is happening. 88% of what you think you know is a lie, the other 12% is barely recognizable as factual it is so disguised behind the political spin.
I don't know what fascist news you subscribe to but you are not getting anything close to the truth.
Right now if you said the moon was purple, I check a hundred sights and then question what shade of glasses you were looking through. You refuse to see the suffering that not only began the protests but have now demanded Assad remove himself and a "free" government and elections be held, not just one candidate (Assad) or a hand picked stooge with no recognition and that could not actually campaign or stand for anything or any change. That is not a choice, that is not a fair election.
You don't even try to open your eyes or listen to what syrians are saying. How can you speak/post with any credibility? All you know are half truths and lies spoon fed to satisfy you prejudices.

 

[Bleipriester]

>>Hafez al-Assad ruled until his death in 2000, when he was succeeded by his son, Bashar. After initial hopes of political liberalization, Bashar al-Assad continued his father's heavy-handed tactics. Tension between Syria and western countries grew following the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, which prompted waves of Iraqi refugees to enter Syria.

Considered as one of the most repressive regimes in the Arab world, the Syrian regime brutally suppressed a Kurdish uprising in 2004, which began as a reaction to the abuses waged against the population of Kurds living in Syria’s Kurdish areas.. It is widely believed that the uprising was sparked by an incident at Qamilshli stadium before a football game, when Arab Baathists supported by Syrian security forces clashed with Kurdish fans......

The regime of Hafez al-Assad maintained its position by tight security control, which led to widespread human rights abuses. Generally speaking, these were applied at an individual level, and no minority was the specific target of persecution. In fact, minorities were sometimes thought of as allies of the regime against the majority population, and this led at times to privileges. Technically it was an offence to ‘incite strife among the various sects or elements of the nation' (Press Code of 1948) or to carry out ‘sectarian activities' (Law of Associations 1958).

His government continued the policy of its predecessors in using one group against another or applying pressure to any minority which demonstrated political cohesion. The regime ensured that no community in Syria had the ability to displace the Alawis. Crudely speaking, the heart of the regime lay in the overlap among four ‘circles of power': the army, the Ba'ath Party, the Alawi community, and the Assad family. Under this system, Syria fell into deepening poverty despite its oil exports.

Upon Hafez al-Assad's death in 2000, his son Bashar became president. Initial moves to ease the stifling controls of his father, including the release of hundreds of political prisoners and an expansion of civil liberties, became known as the ‘Damascus Spring'. However, the new policy of liberalization suddenly reversed in February 2001, as civil society leaders and reformist politicians were arrested and promised economic reforms were jettisoned. A state of emergency declared in 1963 allowed security services to operate nearly unchecked against regime opponents. But on 21April 2011, the Syrian government lifted the almost 50-year-old state of emergency in an attempt to placate Assad´s opponents. However, despite the abolition of the emergency law and the Higher State Security Court, security forces have escalated the use of violent and repressive measures against unarmed civilian protesters.
<<Minority Rights Group International Homepage home page

Syria isn't poor and Syrians aren't opressed. In fact, Syria has become a powerful nation, wealthy and well functioning while reducing national debt. Now, the uprising you are hailing has destroyed much of the country and killed many people.
But it also showed the popularity of President Assad, after terrorist elements excluded themselves from the society.

You are so misinformed and have such blind adoration for Assad. Maybe you should read more what the oppressed and abused in syria are saying instead of government control propaganda. They are give their story and that of their neighborhoods in detail every chance they can. There are plenty of web sites, social pages, blogs and twitters to keep you busy reading all day. They are screaming to get the world to hear them.
I am well aware of the strangle hold Haf.Ass. had on power and how he killed and intimidated not just syrians but lebanese and palestinians as well. I know the abuses and executions
EXCLUSIVE Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime - CNN.com
Survivors Of Syria s Torture Chambers Describe Horror
carried out in prisons like Idlib. I've heard stories, reports and pained looks and unwillingness to relive the past written on the faces of syrians and lebanese that have been made to suffer.
I knew the family, how bassel and the others were raised. I had once hoped in Bashar's words of modern and open syria, and how those words feel short and how he tried to emulate his father.
I know how different things are from what syrian press is allowed to say and what is really happening behind those reports.
I doubt you have actually lived in syria but you are willing to believe what Assad allows you to know rather than what the refugees, disabled, displaced, minorities and others are saying. I saw what was coming decades before the protest in the streets or the the killing by Assad forces began.
You are the one living on the lies put out by the regime. You are the one misinformation about what had happened and what is happening. 88% of what you think you know is a lie, the other 12% is barely recognizable as factual it is so disguised behind the political spin.
I don't know what fascist news you subscribe to but you are not getting anything close to the truth.
Right now if you said the moon was purple, I check a hundred sights and then question what shade of glasses you were looking through. You refuse to see the suffering that not only began the protests but have now demanded Assad remove himself and a "free" government and elections be held, not just one candidate (Assad) or a hand picked stooge with no recognition and that could not actually campaign or stand for anything or any change. That is not a choice, that is not a fair election.
You don't even try to open your eyes or listen to what syrians are saying. How can you speak/post with any credibility? All you know are half truths and lies spoon fed to satisfy you prejudices.

The oppressed and abused fight in and alongside the Syrian Arab Army.
As for the 88,7 %, I told you it is a believable result:
NATO data Assad winning the war for Syrians hearts and minds - World Tribune World Tribune

We have discussed about that issues already but after you have viewed the facts you simply re-introduce your rebutted accusations into the discussion. Please, stay serious. I, for example, don´t say the terrorists did this or that when they didn´t.

 

[Bleipriester]

Jubar to be cleaned soon...

 

[Bleipriester]

Terrorism in Jobar on its last legs

Eliminated terrorists

Damascus, SANA-Terrorist organizations in Jobar neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus have suffered yet another humiliating defeat, as the army continues to press deeper into the neighborhood.

Most recently, the army units have foiled an attempt by terrorists to sneak along the southwestern axis of the neighborhood in an area called “al-Masalekh” where the army lay in wait to abort their endeavor.

From al-Masalekh building where the infiltration attempt was foiled, the bodies of nearly ten terrorists could be seen, wearing fatigues and combat vests indicating their affiliation to the so-called “Shabab al-Huda Battalions.”

Commenting on the scene, a field commander who took part in the military operations, tells SANA reporter that “the terrorists spared us tracking them down in al-Ghouta farms and came to us, only to meet their wretched fate.”

The terrorist organization’s hopes have dimmed in achieving any significant breakthrough or infiltration in the area despite the tunnels and trenches they dug, as the army continues to deal one severe blow after another in Jobar, he pointed out.

Fighting in Jobar has been heavily dependent on a network of tunnels that terrorists dug in a telling sign of their fear to directly duel with the Syrian army face to face. Sporadic and usually feeble attempts to tighten their already tenuous grip on the neighborhood emerge frequently, which the Syrian army manages to repulse.



The army began a large scale military operation in Jobar neighborhood late last August, killing scores of terrorists, mostly non-Syrians, and razing to the ground their gatherings and hideouts.

Should the army establish full control on Jobar, the incessant attacks with mortars that have taken a heavy toll on residential areas in Damascus will become a thing of the past. It will also spell an end to terrorist organizations in eastern Ghouta to the profound relief of the Damascenes and the Syrian people.

Terrorism in Jobar on its last legs Syrian Arab News Agency