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I come across an analysis of the Idlib school attack claim, which comes to the conclusion that the attack did happen and was likely carried our by the SyAAF.

CI Team, Airstrikes on schools in Hass: what we know

Includes details such as;

Videos said to show bombing in the town, some geo tagged to confirm the school as hit.

RU drone footage showing damage despite intact roofs.

ODAB-500 "air-fuel" bomb believed to be used, which is believed to explain lack of craters.

Bombs hit fields and corner of gateway, not rooftops.

Su-24 filmed over town but only using flares

Su-22 (so regime) filmed dropping parachute bomb.

Organisation that tracks SyAAF movements, logged two Su-22's taking off and heading to the town.

Photo posted in Feb of SyAAF Su-22's loaded with ODAB-500 munitions, in shelter that appears to be the same type as ones found in the same air base logged as the Su-22's taking off from and heading to the town.

Geo tagging from a video, which is said to place the strike in the school grounds:
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See full details and all the related video's, photo's, etc, in the link at the top.
 
Syrian political opposition says hopes Clinton wins U.S. presidency
FSA want Hilary. No surprise I suppose ;-)
Syria's political opposition hopes Hillary Clinton wins the U.S. presidential election next week because she has a better understanding of the conflict than Donald Trump, according to members of a delegation holding talks at the United Nations.

Khaled Khoja and Hind Kabawat, in Geneva on Monday to press for U.N.-led negotiations on the release of Syrian detainees, said they trusted Clinton, a former U.S. Secretary of State, to deliver on the opposition's top priority - protecting civilians.

Clinton has called for the establishment of a no-fly zone and "safe zones" on the ground in Syria to protect non-combatants. Trump says this could "lead to World War Three" due to the potential for conflict with Russia, which is providing military support to President Bashar al-Assad.

Kabawat said Trump, who has never held public office and has no foreign policy experience, saw Islamic State, also known as ISIS, as the only alternative to Assad in Syria.

"For us a woman's leadership at this time would be a good thing. Also for many, like Trump and others, they think that the Syrian conflict is comparing Assad with ISIS and they have to take one side or the other, and of course for them Assad will look more prominent than ISIS," said Kabawat.

"She (Clinton) knows that is wrong. She knows that there is this moderate opposition that believes in democracy and freedom. This is what we are aiming for, to have a president of the U.S. with good experience who knows the difference between the different oppositions."
 
I come across an analysis of the Idlib school attack claim, which comes to the conclusion that the attack did happen and was likely carried our by the SyAAF.

CI Team, Airstrikes on schools in Hass: what we know

Includes details such as;

Videos said to show bombing in the town, some geo tagged to confirm the school as hit.

RU drone footage showing damage despite intact roofs.

ODAB-500 "air-fuel" bomb believed to be used, which is believed to explain lack of craters.

Bombs hit fields and corner of gateway, not rooftops.

Su-24 filmed over town but only using flares

Su-22 (so regime) filmed dropping parachute bomb.

Organisation that tracks SyAAF movements, logged two Su-22's taking off and heading to the town.

Photo posted in Feb of SyAAF Su-22's loaded with ODAB-500 munitions, in shelter that appears to be the same type as ones found in the same air base logged as the Su-22's taking off from and heading to the town.

Geo tagging from a video, which is said to place the strike in the school grounds:
Cv2VqHoUAAAyfnf.jpg:large



See full details and all the related video's, photo's, etc, in the link at the top.


Thanks. That's interesting, especially as Russia has said there should be an investigation. I hope their bluff is called and one way or another it is investigated properly
 
Syrian army edges closer toward rebel stronghold in capital
Syrian Army apparently making more gains in the Damascus area:
Government troops, backed by Russian air power and Iranian-backed militias, have been rooting out pockets of rebellion near the capital, notably taking the suburb Daraya.

Daraya's fall put pressure on other besieged rebel strongholds, boosting government hopes of subduing western and eastern suburbs of Damascus whose close proximity to Assad's seat of power posed a major threat.

"The regime wants to consolidate a security crescent around Damascus by evicting rebels," said Abu Jafaar, a political activist from the Ghouta familiar with the situation.

Separately, in the southwest of Damascus, in an area known as the Western Ghouta, the Syrian army and its allies have severed supply lines between rebel-held Khan al Shih, a Palestinian refugee camp, and the town of Zakiya to its south. The army had earlier seized the nearby town of Deir Khabyeh

U.N. Syria toxic gas inquiry extended 18 days to allow more talks
Meanwhile they're still talking about the alleged Sy govt gas attacks

Syrian army says rebel bombardment of Aleppo killed 84 in three days
The fight to relieve Aleppo goes on. Differences in figures for civilian casualties incurred
 
De Mistura is "appalled and shocked" by rebel bombardment of civilian areas in west Aleppo city.

The Guardian, Syrian rebels' Aleppo offensive could amount to war crimes, UN envoy warns
Staffan de Mistura said: “Those who argue that this is meant to relieve the siege of eastern Aleppo should be reminded that nothing justifies the use of disproportionate and indiscriminate weapons, including heavy ones, on civilian areas and it could amount to war crimes.”
The attacks raised the death toll in the three-day old offensive to at least 41 civilians, including 16 children, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The observatory said hundreds of mortars were lobbed.
I'm not sure how many of that 41 are directly attributed to the rebels.
 
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An update to Op ES's latest setback. Another 5 locations reported as being recaptured by IS, on top of the 6 reported earlier. The map below was shared online 10 hrs ago but I think it still may be relevant (again black location names indicates what just changed hands). Another report posted just 15 minutes ago says IS have reached the edge of Akhtirin.

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Edit: An alternative map posted just now, along with a tweet saying IS have entered Akhtarin

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SDF assaulting a strategic hill range located Edit: south-west west of al-Bab. The hills are currently well fortified and IS are employing artillery from it's heights to defend the position. Heavy SDF casualties are expected.
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Another day has passed with no further rebel advances in Aleppo city.
This map indicates areas captured during the offensive, with red areas indicating what was initially captured but has since been retaken by loyalists:
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