WW-III? Fighting Intensifies as Saudis and Turks Attack Syria

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MORE FIGHTING As Saudis and Turks Attack Syria

This article resumes our live coverage with updates every few minutes, which halted at Midnight eastern US time on 2-13 into 2-14. . .

UPDATE 2:45 AM Eastern US Time -- Turkish drones suspected of penetrating Syrian airspace over northern #Aleppo to find additional targets for artillery strikes.

UPDATE 3:19 AM Eastern US Time -- After the Syrian Army cut off supplies line between Aleppo and the Turkish border, Syrian militants received new supplies of ground-to-ground missiles from "Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's foreign enemies," two militant commanders told Reuters.

According to a source, the missiles have a range of 20 kilometers.

THOR NOTE:

S-400 Triumph features
"The system can engage all types of aerial targets including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and ballistic and cruise missiles within the range of 400km, at an altitude of up to 30km."

The S-400 Triumph air defence system integrates a multifunction radar, autonomous detection and targeting systems, anti-aircraft missile systems, launchers, and command and control centre. It is capable of firing three types of missiles to create a layered defence.

The system can engage all types of aerial targets including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and ballistic and cruise missiles within the range of 400km, at an altitude of up to 30km. The system can simultaneously engage 36 targets.

The 48N6E3 surface-to-air missile used in the S-400 Triumph air defence missile system.

The S-400 air defence missile system uses four new missile types in addition to the missiles of the S-300PMU system. The first missile inducted for the system was the 48N6DM (48N6E3). It is an improved variant of the 48N6M with powerful propulsion system. The missile can destroy airborne targets within the range of 250km.

The 40N6 missile of the S-400 has a claimed range of 400km and uses active radar homing to intercept air targets at great distances. It can be launched against AWACS, J-STARS, EA-6B support jammers and other high-value targets.

The S-400 Triumph also launches 9M96E and 9M96E2 medium range ground-to-air missiles. Designed for direct impact, the missiles can strike fast moving targets such as fighter aircraft with a high hit probability. The maximum range of the 9M96 missile is 120km.

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UPDATE 3:47 AM Eastern US Time -- Saudi Arabia confirms its jets have arrived at Incirlik airbase, Turkey.  Also says they will be meeting soon to "finalize details" of ground operations.

UPDATE 3:56 AM Eastern US Time -- Retired US Air Force General Clyde Simmons has told SuperStation95

"I couldn't imagine how Turkish and Saudi pilots would feel about flying into a nation whose entire airspace is defended with Russian S-400 missiles.

Do they know the range of these things can hit Saudi and Turkish aircraft from INSIDE Turkey and Saudi Arabia right now if the order was given?

Either this threat of a ground invasion is completely empty or the US is going in too, with stealth aircraft on orders to take out every single Russian S-400 prior to Turkish and Saudi troops moving in.

Any other plan to invade Syria is a complete suicide mission."


UPDATE 4:30 AM Eastern US Time --
Phone call between Putin and Obama to discuss the situation in Syria

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a VERY bad thing.

When the President of one country calls the President of the United States at 4:30 in the morning over military activities (anywhere) it is very urgent and very serious.

NO ONE does that sort of thing over nonsense; it is always a major, serious event if it warrants rousting one President out of bed in the middle of the night.

In political circles, it simply is not done ---- unless war is at stake.

This phone call seems to be a harbinger of very dangerous things to come.

UPDATE 4:45 AM Eastern US Time -- YPG ally "Jaish al Thuwar": Turkey's shelling won't force us to retreat; we are advancing towards Til Rifaat; our aim to reach ISIS territories and fight them

UPDATE 4:49 AM Eastern US Time -- President Obama and President Putin agree to intensify diplomatic cooperation in phone call, Kremlin says.

UPDATE 4:57 AM Eastern US Time -- AROUND 40 AIRCRAFT FROM SAUDI NOW ON STATION ON JORDANIAN-SYRIAN BORDER

UPDATE 5: 00 AM eastern US Time --  #Turkey has reportedly carried out its first airstrike targeting #YPG terrorists in North Aleppo. says Erdogan

UPDATE 5:01 AM Eastern US Time -- Turkish artillery is now striking the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in Marnaz and Menagh airbase and village.

UPDATE 5:02 AM Eastern US Time -- Turkey military is digging trenches in southeastern city Nusaybin on #Syria border across #Qamishli

UPDATE 5:13 AM Eastern US Time -- Race to Raqqa: Saudis Move Troops to Turkey as Syria, Russia Advance on ISIS Stronghold ?If Assad takes Raqqa, Turkey and Saudi Arabia would have to think up a new excuse to invade Syria. It's now a race against time.

UPDATE 5:24 AM  Eastern US Time -- CONFIRMATION NOW THAT CLOSED MILITARY ZONE SET UP ON TURK -SYRIA BORDER - TURKISH FORCES AND CONTRACTORS DIGGING TRENCHES AND BUILDING FORTIFICATIONS
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Sources at the Denver International Airport who work in the air cargo business tell us "Things are being shipped.. . a lot of things.. to destinations north of Anchorage. Non-disclosures, shielded manifests and need-to-know are being implemented."

The only thing of interest north of Anchorage is Fort Greely, home of the United States Military's Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense systems.


A Ground-Based Interceptor, designed to destroy incoming ICBMs, is lowered into its silo at the missile defense complex at Fort Greely, July 22, 2004.

Fort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or temperate weather tests depending on the season

Remember this from our friend and American patriot, Bobby Powell, from September 2013?



BREAKING: As of 2400 hours on 9/7/2013 all three of the Army bases in Alaska – Fort Richardson, Fort Greely, and Fort Wainwright – are offline after reports of a large explosion at Fort Wainwright prompted The Truth Is Viral Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Bob Powell to investigate.

Efforts to connect to the base website to get the phone number for Fort Wainwright public information officers failed as the "server could not be found." Subsequent attempts to contact other Army bases in Alaska also met with failure.

Because Fort Richardson shares a facility with the Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson and their site is still up, hostilities at the base just outside of Anchorage can be ruled out with a fair degree of certainty. What is just as certain however, is that the United States Army is under a cyber-attack as all three of their websites in Alaska are down.

Attacking the electronic infrastructure of the United States military would be the first step taken before an actual invasion.

TTiV is not saying that "The Russians are coming."

Yet.

However, attacking Army websites in Alaska would be a logical first step before hostilities begin in order to degrade the response of the United States to any attack, and any attack from Russia would include an invasion of Alaska.


Those systems protect the United States from Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles coming over the North Pole from places like . . . Russia.

Why would the US suddenly be concerned about nuclear missiles coming over the North Pole at us?

Maybe because of what the US is doing in Syria and the fact that Russia is rapidly approaching the point where it is going to stomp on the terrorists and their foreign supports?

Looks like Obama and his failed Presidency are about to get a lot of us killed.
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UPDATE 8:43 AM Eastern US Time -- 100s Soldiers of Jordan Army with armored vehicles, moving towards Syria border
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UPDATE 11:13 AM Eastern US Time -- After Syrian Troops captured Israeli-Made Mortars from rebels and terrorists earlier today, Russia has just announced they are giving Hezbollah advanced radar systems capable of locking onto Israeli aircraft.
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UPDATE 2:25 PM Eastern US Time --

UPDATE 2:32 PM Eastern US Time --  Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer: "Russia and Turkey are now on a collision course in #Syria and repercussions can be catastrophic."

UPDATE 2:35 PM Eastern US Time -- Eyewitnesses: Between 20-24 highly equipped Commandos fighters spotted in two groups assisting the Syrian rebels around Azaz -- now believed to be Turkish Special Forces directly aiding embattled rebels and terrorists
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UPDATE 3:39 PM Eastern US Time -- Breaking: A member of the Turkish Regular Army Special Forces, embedded with Al-Nusra Jihadist Terror Group, has been captured by #YPG/SDF. Azaz, Rifaat.

This is now 100% verification of the widely held suspicion that the government of Turkey has been actively assisting the Jihadist Terrorists.

Turkey is now a confirmed "State-Sponsor of Terrorism."

UPDATE 3:55 PM Eastern US Time --
BREAKING: TWO LARGE ARMORED COLUMNS (TANKS AND APC'S)
HEADING SOUTH FROM CEYLANP, TURKEY TOWARD SYRIA . . . NOW





UPDATE 4:04 PM Eastern US Time -- Turkey shelling new positions of SDF/ YPG in Ayn Daqnah village To support the jihadists of al-Qaeda in Syria.

Istanbul: Pro Kurdish protestors, demanding an end to Turkey's attacks on Kurds, were attacked by Turkish police.

INTEL
SuperStation95 can now confirm the following Turkish Invasion Forces along Syria Border:

These Invasion Forces are deployed as follows:

Update 4:34 PM Eastern US Time --
RADAR CONFIRMATION ! ! ! ! !
According to military sources, Turkish F16s are taking off from Diyarbakir base to attack targets in northern Syria.

Visually verified . . . . photo below!

UPDATE 5:19 PM Eastern US Time --
Its official -- even Turkey's prime minister has confirmed: Turkish forces have attacked Kurdish YPG militias in northern Syria, and have demanded the Kurds withdraw from the airbase they recently captured from "moderate" rebels.

Turkey has also confirmed strikes against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Ankara claims the attacks (mostly likely shelling, but it's not 100% clear) were in retaliation for mortar fire from Syrian forces.

While this scenario isn't impossible, most likely Turkey is looking to provoke the Syrians into firing the first shot -- then a direct military intervention would be "justified" in the eyes of NATO/The New York Times.

Well, Turkey might just get what it wants:

Syrian Democratic Forces SDF have warned #Turkey that they will retaliate if artillery attacks continue... #Twitterkurds #Rojava
— curdistani (@curdistani)
February 13, 2016

For its part, the US has allegedly asked Turkey to stop attacking Kurdish and SAA forces:
#BREAKING U.S. asks Turkey to stop the bombing of the Kurds and the forces of the regime in Syria
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng)
February 13, 2016

Whether the request is genuine is another story. Russia however, seems to be completely unamused by Ankara's latest shenanigans. According to sources in Damascus:

Informed regime source: #Russia has decided to close all Syrian-Turkish border crossings by force.
— Shami Rap (@ScotMikey1111)
February 13, 2016
Turkey is now warning of a "massive escalation" in Syria over the next 24 hours.


UPDATE 5:13 PM Eastern US Time -- TURKISH ARTILLERY TARGETING SYRIAN FORCES IN KESSAB --

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The Aviationist » Russia has just deployed its most advanced spyplane to Syria

A Russian Air Force Tu-214R is about to land at Latakia, Syria.

The Tu-214R is a Russian ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft. In other words, a quite advanced spy plane.

As we have already explained here in the past, it is a special mission aircraft equipped with all-weather radar systems and electro optical sensors that produce photo-like imagery of a large parts of the ground: these images are then used to identify and map the position of the enemy forces, even if these are camouflaged or hidden.

The aircraft is known to carry sensor packages to perform ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) and SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) missions: the antennae of the Tu-214R can intercept the signals emitted by the enemy systems (radars, aircraft, radios, combat vehicles, mobile phones etc) so as it can build the EOB (Electronic Order of Battle) of the enemy forces: where the enemy forces are operating, what kind of equipment they are using and, by eavesdropping into their radio/phone communications, what they are doing and what will be their next move.

The aircraft is built by KAPO (Kazan Aircraft Production Association) and flown from the company's airfield in Kazan.

On Feb. 15, the Tu-214R registered RA-64514, serial number 42305014, the second of the two examples of this kind of aircraft built under contract with Russia's Ministry of Defense, flew from Kazan to Latakia airbase, Syria.



Image credit: Flightradar24.com

With its ADS-B transponder signals broadcast in the clear and detected by Flightradar24 collecting stations, the aircraft could be tracked as it followed the eastern corridor from Russia, to the Caspian Sea and then to Syria via the Iranian and Iraqi airspaces.

It's not clear whether the aircraft has already been delivered to the Russian Air Force, even though it is quite weird that a developmental aircraft is deployed abroad (unless the reason is testing it at war in a real scenario...).

While it was still under development, the same Tu-214R aircraft flew what appeared to be an operative mission on Jun. 18, 2015, when it flew from Kazan to Crimea and back, closely following the border between Russia and Ukraine, most probably testing some of its sensors against real targets.

Previously, the aircraft was spotted flying near Crimea.Interestingly, while over the Caspian Sea, approaching the Iranian airspace, the Tu-214R performed a couple of 360° turns at 33.000 feet (weird, while enroute): maybe it was working on the diplomatic clearance to enter Iran?

Continuing south, approaching Iran...Russian Air Force SIGINT a/c #RA64514

pic.twitter.com/G8zkaR5xQd
— Civ & Mil Air ? (@CivMilAir) 15 February 2016

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certainly becoming clear as to who being blamed for the Civ death, whose pointing the finger , and whose holding the hand

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35583977

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