WaPo again wit da Khashoggi

pic: yfw when you think you are putting one over on Putin / Lavrov

Erdogan took the bait, a long time ago. "Israeli intelligence stand down." And no Patriot missiles for you.

His Crimea-style annexations just went the way of the dodo. Quds / IRGC sans ring-dude are assisting Russia and Assad in fulfilling his promise to eliminate foreign occupiers on Syrian soil. (Quick show of hands: how many know about Zaqaf and al Tanf?)

The reports from Syria range from "F-16's overhead" to "Turkey just sacrificed its drone force" to "hand-held quadcopters" is literally all over the map. What is undeniable is the SAA in Aleppo, driving up the M5.

I have spent some time digging on Saraqeb, and the "Dawn of Idlib 2", and took a break to see what way the aggregators are telling the wind to blow. Whoa, dude, a K-shog sighting. wtaf!!! Israel's air strikes in the Damascus area were supposedly striking Iranian positions, supporting its few remaining "artists formerly known as ISIL" under the HTS and other acronyms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_Syria_offensive_(December_2019%E2%80%93present)#cite_ref-auto2_123-0 It is interesting that when Syria retakes its own territory, Wikiedit calls it "falling", when Turkey captures some Syrian real estate, it is "re-taken by opposition forces".

Context: backgrounder for the Qaddaffi assassination-style influx of refugees. Erdobate just destroyed the EU. Watch for at least 4 more Brexits coming to a theatre near you.