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A general thread for middle-eastern military centric news, since the MId-East is the Seat of Mars on Earth in the modern day.
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Assad cousin's dissent reveals power struggle in Syria's ruling family
Syria's top tycoon publicly airing his grievances has revealed a power struggle within the ruling family as it tries to cement its power after nine years of war, analysts say.
www.france24.com
Why is Bashar Al Assad really targeting Rami Makhlouf? | The National
The Syrian president's decision to fleece his long-time rival is about more than money
www.thenational.ae
Could Assad row with cousin tear down Syrian regime?
Power struggle between Bashar al-Assad and first cousin sparks rare family fissure and leaves public aghast
www.theguardian.com
How Asma Assad transformed from 'Desert Rose' into Syria's 'Iron Lady'
The first lady who used to feature on the cover of glamour magazines now makes headlines for pulling the strings in the war-torn nation
www.calcalistech.com
To start off with, recent news has brought into focus a potential power struggle within the Assad clan, as well as the machinations of both Russia and Iran.
Its clear Assad has no intention of letting the Russians tell him what to do, or Iran-and keeping some measure of independence.
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Nothing new in Syria then, it's far from the first clash within the Assad clan (Rifaat's coup attempt for example) and they always tried to play their sugar daddies against each other.
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I’d heard about that-about how there was an attempted coup backed by the Iranians and Russian intelligence headed it off or something.
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Second Libyan Civil War - Wikipedia
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Apparently the fighting between the LNA and GNA has intensified. Turkish support may have prevented a total collapse of the UN recognized GNA government.
I'm curious to see if Russia and the other anti Turkey players will step up support for Haftar or fighting will grind down to a stalemate.
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Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Nothing new under the sun. Proxy of their benefactor objecting to being the bottom bitch.
I was wondering when he'd show some back bone.
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Iran may be drawing down its presence in Syria.
I suspect its due to both Assad being victorious, and also as said in the article-a cratering economy and the coronavirus(not to mention discontent at home).
I suspect the Iranians have figured that conflict with Israel would be disastrous, and that Israeli airstrikes won't be stopped without actual war-so they can declare mission accomplished and send home most of the IRCG personnel in Syria.
PsihoKekec
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IRGC presence is only a part of cost of Iranian help to Syria, they are bankrolling the government, the end of that cashflow would have dire consequences for regime.
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Drone warfare in Libya. Turkish drones may have saved the GNA government. Remains to be seen how Turkish support will affect the outcome of the war.
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Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Awesome. Now we can see how it's used by other people than the US.
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Russian warplanes in Libya could open new phase in Middle East’s biggest proxy war
BEIRUT — The warplanes, a mix of at least 14 MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 fighter-bombers, appear to have taken off from a base in Russia sometime in the middle of
Turkish drones, Russian war planes-Libya is having hardware poured into it.
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Quoted from AH.com.
"Forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) have retaken all of Tripoli proper, to include the Tripoli International Airport. The GNA has been backed by Turkish airpower and weapons. The forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) are withdrawing to the southeast."
Haftar may be on the losing side due to Turkish support. It doesn't seem his own backers have met Turkish support as much.
"Forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) have retaken all of Tripoli proper, to include the Tripoli International Airport. The GNA has been backed by Turkish airpower and weapons. The forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) are withdrawing to the southeast."
Haftar may be on the losing side due to Turkish support. It doesn't seem his own backers have met Turkish support as much.
PsihoKekec
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It's not just weapons and drones, they also brought 8-10.000 fighters from Syria.
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Yeah Syrian "rebels" flown in from Idlib. Battle hardened and experienced.
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This seems to be a more recent map.
Important reminder-the bulk of Libya is uninhabited or barely inhabited desert. Only the coast matters.
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I think Haftar is backed by Egypt and the UAE IIRC. Russia backs Haftar as well.
en.m.wikipedia.org
Wow, it’s more complex than the Syrian civil war almost. Iran and Israel and Egypt are all backing the LNA(Haftar).
Whereas Italy, the US, Qatar, and Turkey back the GNA.
Second Libyan Civil War - Wikipedia
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Wow, it’s more complex than the Syrian civil war almost. Iran and Israel and Egypt are all backing the LNA(Haftar).
Whereas Italy, the US, Qatar, and Turkey back the GNA.
PsihoKekec
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I think LNA has also support of France.
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Twitter isn’t a reliable source, but Egypt may be stepping up support for Haftar.
PsihoKekec
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Russia also sent MiG-35 fighters to clear the skies of the drones, SAMs are just not enough.