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Rebels seem to have captured Neirab, which is the town they failed to take when Russia bombed the Turkish forces supporting them last week. The regime is still making steady advances in southern Idlib though, so it's hard to see this as much of a rebel victory until they show an ability to hold territory. Sounds like the rebels may try to grab Saraqib tonight, which is actually a meaningful prize. It's still far from clear that they can hold it if they take it, but at least there's evidence of a real plan there. That said, holding Saraqib a couple weeks ago would have been a hell of a lot better than taking it now, since the regime already used it to launch attacks aimed at the rear of the rebels in western Aleppo, which was wildly successful. Dr Kool-AIDS fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Feb 24, 2020 |
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In less violent Middle East political news, the Egyptian Musicians Syndicate banned all live performances of the popular genre Mahraganat because some artist sang about weed and alcohol at a big valentine's day concert. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-musical-syndicate-bans-popular-mahraganat-genre-music It's pretty bullshit. Anyway, so I put some on my latest mix show. https://www.mixcloud.com/Cola_al_Karz/iliktronik-vol-13-jadeed-wa-tazij/
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Gimmick Account posted:I don't think we have a specific thread for that, and I only really post in D&D. It just seemed relevant to the ongoing events, and it's been bothering me a lot lately. We do have a Corona virus thread. It's in D&D it's titled "We are all going to die"
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Charliegrs posted:We do have a Corona virus thread. It's in D&D it's titled "We are all going to die" I thought that was the climate change thread
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Charliegrs posted:We do have a Corona virus thread. It's in D&D it's titled "We are all going to die" After digging through multiple pages of D&D, I think you might rather be talking about this thread in GBS? Is that the one?
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Gimmick Account posted:After digging through multiple pages of D&D, I think you might rather be talking about this thread in GBS? Is that the one? Oops yeah. That's the thread.
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CherryCola posted:In less violent Middle East political news, the Egyptian Musicians Syndicate banned all live performances of the popular genre Mahraganat because some artist sang about weed and alcohol at a big valentine's day concert. It’s almost like living under military fascism is a nightmare, who knew!
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Al-Saqr posted:It’s almost like living under military fascism is a nightmare, who knew! Who knew! Yeah when Mubarak left and the military took over and all my friends were like “yay they did it!” I said lol show me a country where the military being in charge has been a good thing. Sure enough.
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CherryCola posted:In less violent Middle East political news, the Egyptian Musicians Syndicate banned all live performances of the popular genre Mahraganat because some artist sang about weed and alcohol at a big valentine's day concert. After a year in Egypt, I was really surprised at how available drugs were at least among expats and upper-middle-class English-speaking Egyptians. Like weed was everywhere, and LSD and shrooms were available at every music festival like SANDBOX, and often at beach parties too. The guy I knew who smoked the most weed is a reasonably high ranking government official. I guess that's what happens when you have draconian drug laws, but also massive amounts of corruption. I imagine it's the same in Dubai, but the wealthy class there is 2 or 3 orders of magnitude more wealthy than wealthy Egyptians, and being a foreigner alone doesn't protect you.
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Saladman posted:After a year in Egypt, I was really surprised at how available drugs were at least among expats and upper-middle-class English-speaking Egyptians. Like weed was everywhere, and LSD and shrooms were available at every music festival like SANDBOX, and often at beach parties too. The guy I knew who smoked the most weed is a reasonably high ranking government official. As far as I've had it told to me, if you're a rich citizen in Dubai and you're male then laws might as well not exist.
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Saladman posted:After a year in Egypt, I was really surprised at how available drugs were at least among expats and upper-middle-class English-speaking Egyptians. Like weed was everywhere, and LSD and shrooms were available at every music festival like SANDBOX, and often at beach parties too. The guy I knew who smoked the most weed is a reasonably high ranking government official. Yeah, like I’ve spoken with quite a few musicians in the process of making this show and drug use does seem relatively common. Especially in scenes where there is a large expat community. Like I would imagine Beirut has a fair amount too.
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Btw, Mubarak just croaked.
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Randarkman posted:Btw, Mubarak just croaked. Eid Mubarak
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Randarkman posted:Btw, Mubarak just croaked. Unfortunately he died a free man comfortably and not in prison like he deserved. Next time the revolutionaries should not make that mistake.
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Speaking of Egypt, Mubarak just died. Edit: drat, jinx
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Al-Saqr posted:Unfortunately he died a free man comfortably and not in prison like he deserved. Next time the revolutionaries should not make that mistake. We might as well enjoy what little consolation we have, i hope he rots in hell.
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Randarkman posted:Btw, Mubarak just croaked. Is it for real this time?
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Fizzil posted:We might as well enjoy what little consolation we have, i hope he rots in hell. His legacy lives on and he was (was he?) cleared of criminal charges before he died. The military dictatorship he represented lives on in not just Egypt, but even appear to be emboldened to use violence and repression to hold on to power even as they remain amenable to the Western public and governments because of their ~~secularism~~ and their willingness to buy military hardware and stop refugees.
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Charliegrs posted:Is it for real this time? BBC is reporting it, seems pretty legit.
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It's hosed up that Mubarak, a loving tyrant, died a free man and Morsi, for all his faults the only freely elected leader of the country, died while still being tried effectively for having been deposed.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:It's hosed up that Mubarak, a loving tyrant, died a free man and Morsi, for all his faults the only freely elected leader of the country, died while still being tried effectively for having been deposed. America Is A Force For Good In The Middle East (tm)
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~~~~~the US Did corona virus~~~~~~
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Lol if coronavirus is What finally brings down the Iranian theocratic state.
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Nothingtoseehere posted:Lol if coronavirus is What finally brings down the Iranian theocratic state. It wont, just like it won't bring down China or any other country people have a regime change fetish for.
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Nothingtoseehere posted:Lol if coronavirus is What finally brings down the Iranian theocratic state. do you think a system that comprehensive simply doesn't have contingencies for "death of the Ayatollah?" Wait....do you think Khamenei is the same person as Khomeini?
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Corona will kill all people over 50. If that doesn't destroy Iranian regime then President Buttigieg will.
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FAUXTON posted:do you think a system that comprehensive simply doesn't have contingencies for "death of the Ayatollah?" Nah but pretty much all the clerics and senior leadership is 70+ IIRC. This hitting many of them hard could destabilize the system, although it's mostly sarcastic.
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The family of that little girl who was taught to laugh at the sound of bombing was allowed in to Turkey, so at least one family fleeing regime violence got something better than a lovely tent in the freezing cold to live in. In conflict news, the same trends as before are continuing, with the SAA gobbling up big chunks of territory in southern Idlib, while the rebels continue advancing toward Saraqib in the face of massive bombardment. I wish I had a better sense of why the regime is losing ground near Saraqib--whether it's because they're playing possum and (obviously) focusing efforts elsewhere before they intend to return their focus once the rebels have overextended themselves after taking heavy casualties, or if the regime is losing more ground than they expected to. https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1232586823832088583 Supposedly the rebels have managed to cut the M5 now, and are heavily shelling Saraqib with Turkish support. Securing the M5 was pretty much the whole point of the initial phase of the regime operation, so they and Russia would seem to have to respond to this pretty soon. https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1232683938646286339 Dr Kool-AIDS fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Feb 26, 2020 |
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Sinteres posted:Supposedly the rebels have managed to cut the M5 now, and are heavily shelling Saraqib with Turkish support. Securing the M5 was pretty much the whole point of the initial phase of the regime operation, so they and Russia would seem to have to respond to this pretty soon. In the same period the SAA has captured swathes of territory west of Kafranbel. I can't imagine this will be a turning point for the rebels, or negotiations with Turkey.
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The regime finished clearing all of the territory roughly west of Maarratt al Numan, so they finished clearing about halfway up to the M4. They also managed to lose Saraqib to the rebels though, so massive progress on one front while facing big losses on the other. Apparently a shitload of officers have been killed, and the rebels have seized a number of tanks, so it's not just that the regime withdrew--Turkish support is making a big difference despite continued Russian airstrikes. So far there haven't been any mass casualty events for Turkey that we know of, but they have lost a few soldiers here and there on multiple occasions now, and that doesn't seem to be diminishing their resolve. At some point that's going to change one way or the other, and I have to imagine the safety of the Turkish soldiers manning observation posts behind regime lines is going to be a question at some point if this continues. https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1232964270675152897 I regret to inform you that the YPG are bad now: https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1232807461008138240 Dr Kool-AIDS fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Feb 27, 2020 |
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Sinteres posted:I regret to inform you that the YPG are bad now: They're trying to maintain some amount of US support.
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ruh roh https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/484943-irans-vice-president-has-contracted-coronavirus-state-media-says
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Disease has had more of an effect on human history than any other cause of death.
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Some serious sounding rumours from Idlib https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1233111177632370691 https://twitter.com/Ozkok_A/status/1233113201379827715 https://twitter.com/gonultol/status/1233114354876403712
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Disease has had more of an effect on human history than any other cause of death. When the virus reaches the refugee camps it's going to get so loving bad.
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Brown Moses posted:Some serious sounding rumours from Idlib Don't know wtf Erdogan expected. https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1233116582504779776 Turkey lost some soldiers in Rojava too: https://twitter.com/MoussaNDT/status/1233110604111630336 Dr Kool-AIDS fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Feb 27, 2020 |
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