November | 2015 | Today in Syria

I won’t be able to post for the next few days because of Thanksgiving

Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 after it said it entered its airspace:
- Turkey said the jet was shot down by two Turkish F-16s after it crosses into Turkish airspace and ignored 10 warnings to return to Syrian airspace over the course of 5 minutes.
  - The violation is being claimed to have lasted for 17 seconds.
  - They said it was also repeatedly warned beforehand that it was within 15 km of Turkish airspace.
  - Turkey has recently been warning Russia over it’s targeting Turkmen villages and fighters in the area, and has been threatening Russia over airspace violations since Russia’s intervention began in October.
- Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, claimed that the jet posed no threat to Turkey and was carrying out strikes against the Islamic State. He also said that the jet was 1 km inside the Syrian border when it was shot down.
  - He claimed this even though the IS is not present in Latakia province.
  - He called the downing “a stab in the back, carried out by accomplices of terrorists” and said that it “will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations.”
  - Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, cancelled a scheduled trip to Turkey and
- The jet crashed just over the border in Syria.
  - Both pilots ejected, although Syrian rebels released a video showing the body of one of the pilots.
    - Rebels claimed that both pilots were killed by rebel fire as they were parachuting down.
- Fighters from the 1st Coastal Division, an FSA-affiliate, used a TOW missile (a US-made anti-tank missile) to blow up a Russian helicopter that was conducting a search-and-rescue operation to try and locate the pilots.
  - The helicopter appears to have been evacuated before the hit, and was forced to make an emergency landing after being hit by small-arms fire.
  - The Russian General Staff announced the death of a marine infantryman.
- Articles:
- The jet being shot down:
- Rebels firing at the parachuting pilots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5g60o_O08U&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DD5g60o_O08U&has_verified=1
- Video claiming to show a dead pilot from the jet:
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwkUQmGuPIw&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLwkUQmGuPIw&has_verified=1
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVJ7Q097gXM&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNVJ7Q097gXM&has_verified=1
- The Russian helicopter:
  - Rebels firing at the helicopter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yxi8VLzzCI&feature=youtu.be
  - The TOW hit (youtube removed the video from Division 16’s page): http://syriancivilwararchive.com/Videos/TOW-HIT-ON-HELICOPTER-TODAY-IN-LATAKIA.mp4
    
    A map showing the distance the jetv was from the closest Islamic State position, despite Putin’s assertion that it was bombing the group in the area.
    
    The Russian jet.
    
    Rebels with the body of one of the jet pilots.
    
    A still from a video claiming to show the body of one of the jet pilots.
    
    The Russian helicopter on the ground as rebels aim at it.
    
    The TOW operator aiming at the Russian helicopter.
    
    The Russian helicopter exploding after being hit by a TOW.
A Syria Direct interview with Liwa Thuwwar ar-Raqqa, which claims that it has not received any of the US’s recent military aid to the forces fighting the Islamic State in the north of the country: http://syriadirect.org/news/liwa-thuwwar-raqqa-on-american-military-aid-%E2%80%98nothing-has-reached-us%E2%80%99/
A SMART News report on a camp in Latakia built to receive 500 new families who have fled their homes due to the recent increase in fighting and Russian airstrikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf1kGjs8Ohg&feature=youtu.be
There was fighting on Jabal al-Turkmen in Latakia: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.695086&lon=36.023312&z=13&m=b
- Rebels recaptured the Zahiya tower and al-Ka’kej area on Nab’ al-Murr: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.879871&lon=35.994301&z=14&m=b
- The Zahia Tower:
  - Fighting:
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E-4loo1uV8
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-whuL9J6_OE&feature=youtu.be
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFG_ZqQFed0
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AZ7OrHyw4
    - AA fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-o7H83MN9g
  - Rebels in the captured areas:
    - A tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDHRGorfto
    - An interview with a Jabhat al-Nusra fighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8VZbg-Wb0
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDcPZK32AE0
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WZDeliz3HU
  - Government casualties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM89-NY2ksI
- Russian helicopters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61BUIP7vpw
  Rebels from the 10th Coastal Division on Mt. Zahiya.
  
  The area captured by rebels on Mt. Zahiya.
  
  Jabhat al-Nusra fighters on Mt. Zahiya.
  
  The area captured by rebels on Mt. Zahiya.
  
  A Jabhat al-Nusra fighter with a gun captured on Mt. Zahiya.
  
  Jabhat al-Nusra fighters on Mt. Zahiya.
  
  Jabhat al-Nusra fighters on Mt. Zahiya.
  
  A Russian helicopter over Jabal al-Turkmen.
There was fighting around Jubb al-Ahmar, Kitf al-Ghadar, Jabal al-Zuwaydeh, and Kafr Dulbah on Jabal al-Akrad in Latakia: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.658691&lon=36.210594&z=13&m=b&gz=0;361602973;356704758;0;0;734710;32073
- Government forces captured Kitf al-Ghadar and Heights 1281:
- Russian helicopters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L80HPzmzR_0
- 3 Russian journalists were injured by a rebel shell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206JaBDJ3_k
- Government forces in the captured areas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa–qzJygSg
There was fighting between Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham against the YPG as JaN/AaS attacked the village of Basofan in northwest Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.340019&lon=36.874666&z=14&m=b
There was fighting between rebels and the Islamic State around Harbul, north of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.430951&lon=37.160740&z=13&m=b
- Rebel shelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPys3AJ3tOY&feature=youtu.be
Rebel shelling hit al-Zahraa and Nubbol, northwest of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.372092&lon=37.010880&z=13&m=b
There was fighting outside of Bashkuy, north of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.333450&lon=37.114391&z=14&m=b
- Fighting:
  - A TOW hit on a technical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iub7qlDzeg0&feature=youtu.be
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iqjbFLS2ms
  - Rebel shelling:
  - AA fire:
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZFreeJlG8g
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9laYuQLx7nY
- A report with government forces in the village by Addounia TV after repelling a rebel attack yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_1vn0n6bEk&feature=youtu.be
  Rebels killed in a failed assault yesterday.
  
  Government forces in Bashkuy.
  
  Government forces in Bashkuy.
  
  Government forces in Bashkuy.
Russian airstrikes hit Kafr Hamra on the northern outskirts of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.252268&lon=37.087870&z=14&m=b
There was fighting in the al-Rashidin district of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.212493&lon=37.077398&z=14&m=b&search=Jameiliyeh
There was fighting around the Shihan roundabout and the al-Khaladiyeh and Layramoun districts of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.231397&lon=37.118168&z=15&m=b
1 person was killed by shelling by Jabhat al-Nusra on the al-Sheikh Masqoud district of Aleppo, a Kurdish-majority district under control of the YPG: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.236035&lon=37.157006&z=15&m=b
There was fighting in the Bustan al-Qasar and Masharqa districts of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.198781&lon=37.142930&z=15&m=b
A report by Aleppo Today on the Aleppo Citadel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP00GttqboE
5 people, including 2 women, were killed by Russian airstrikes on the Sakur district of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.220665&lon=37.186918&z=14&m=b
There was fighting around Khan Touman, south of Aleppo: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.117216&lon=37.051477&z=14&m=b
- Russian airstrikes hit the area.
- Rebel shelling:
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDDzomOPoW8
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0rVKQdu0Jw
- Jabal Azzan: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.060895&lon=37.172070&z=13&m=b
  - Rebels shelling government forces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Z8P_DWI6c
There was fighting around al-Eis and al-Hadar in the southern countryside of Aleppo as rebels launched an offensive: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.994397&lon=37.062378&z=12&m=b
- Rebels operating under the Fateh Halab operations room have launched a counter-offensive in the area to try and take back the territory captured during the government’s offensive over the last few weeks.
  - Yesterday rebels captured the farmlands outside of Banes, as well as villages to the north and south of the two towns.
- Russian and government airstrikes hit the area.
- Rebels captured Mak’hala and Tel Mamou: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.937398&lon=37.019377&z=15&m=b
- An Orient News report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gkx4teMEv4
- Barnah: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.032165&lon=37.006330&z=14&m=b
  - Rebels firing on the village:
- Tel Dadin: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.947300&lon=37.081261&z=13&m=b
  - Rebel shelling on the village: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_RklgXCEY4
- Tel Bajer: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.948134&lon=36.983628&z=15&m=b
  - A TOW hit on a government Konkurs position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfCKl4IzuQ0
- Aziziyah: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.944590&lon=37.035770&z=15&m=b
  - Rebels capturing the area yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NZvo357LeQ
- Tel Mamou: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.930934&lon=37.023797&z=15&m=b
  - Fighting from yesterday:
    - GoPro footage by Jabhat al-Nusra during the storming of the village: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0lB1FolIb0
    - Firing on retreating government forces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC4g3XVDGpg
  - Reports:
    - Hadi al-Abdullah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3QOntuLMa0&feature=youtu.be
    - Jabhat al-Nusra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q72otS7k1Hs&feature=youtu.be
- Kafr Haddad: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.924123&lon=37.068086&z=15&m=b
  - A report by Hadi al-Abdullah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgHkLzXBLlg
- Hamidiyah: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.961057&lon=37.105465&z=15&m=b
  - A TOW hit on a technical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpqWxp6nG0Y
    Jabhat al-Nusra shelling government forces in Tell Mimou and Tell Bajer.
    
    Jabhat al-Nusra shelling government forces in Tell Mimou and Tell Bajer.
    
    Jabhat al-Nusra shelling government forcesin Tell Mimou and Tell Bajer.
    
    Jabhat al-Nusra shelling government forces in Tell Mimou and Tell Bajer.
    
    A Hezbollah fighter in the southern Aleppo countryside.
    
    A Hezbollah fighter in the southern Aleppo countryside.
    
    Jabhat al-Nusra fighters.
    
    A Hezbollah fighter in the southern Aleppo countryside.
    
    Jabhat al-Nusra fighters.
    
    Weapons captured by rebels.
    
    Weapons captured by rebels.
    
    A technical belonging to Hezbollah captured by rebels in the fighting.
    
    An ID of an Iraqi militia fighter found by rebels in a captured area.
    
    An ID of an Iraqi militia fighter found by rebels in a captured area.
    
    An ID of an Iraqi militia fighter found by rebels in a captured area.
    
    An ID of an Iraqi militia fighter found by rebels in a captured area.
    
    An ID of an Iraqi militia fighter found by rebels in a captured area.
There was fighting between government forces and the Islamic State around the Kweires Airbase, east of Aleppo, as the government attempts to push east towards Deir Hafir: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.169477&lon=37.589378&z=12&m=b
Government forces outside of the Kweires Airbase on the Raqqa-Aleppo highway.

Government forces outside of the Kweires Airbase on the Raqqa-Aleppo highway.

Government forces outside of the Kweires Airbase on the Raqqa-Aleppo highway.