4/26/2015

Yesterday I saw that somebody had posted my blog on the Syrian Civil War section of Reddit. In the comments I also saw that people have trouble loading the site because of all the videos, and that somebody asked why I don’t just link to them instead of embedding them. I hadn’t considered that, but I’ll try it out today.

2 Swedish citizens kidnapped by Jabhat al-Nusra in 2013 have been released, although their names are still being kept secret.



in 2013 have been released, although their names are still being kept secret. The YPJ has denied that it is recruiting underage girls to fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tleCRqYCIYM



has denied that it is recruiting underage girls to fight: A weekly summary by the Islamic Front : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hKP8sjjPHs&feature=youtu.be



: Israel said that it conducted an airstrike within Syria after soldiers saw “a group of armed terrorists” heading towards the border with an explosive meant to use against Israeli forces.



said that it conducted an airstrike within Syria after soldiers saw “a group of armed terrorists” heading towards the border with an explosive meant to use against Israeli forces. Fighting has continued in the rebel offensive in southern Idlib and the al-Ghab plain : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.674032&lon=36.397705&z=11&m=b Rebels captured: Rebels appear to have captured the Qarmeed camp : Jabhat al-Nusra sent 2 VBIEDs against the camp today before storming it. 30 soldiers and 10 NDF fighters were captured by rebels who found them hiding in the National Hospital in Jisr al-Shughour . Airstrikes hit the areas. The government was accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine gas on Mansoura : 6 people, including 2 children and 1 woman, were killed in al-Laj. 34 people were killed in Darkoush. 27 people, including 20 rebels, were killed in Jisr al-Shughour . Reports : Hadi Homs : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPx22ep9zYA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUNue56NpRg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNPuimPwwHo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3xDm0sRdMQ Jisr al-Shughour : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.815899&lon=36.319170&z=15&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q87BmVL468 Fighting from the last few days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvY7xbkmFM The National Hospital : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBcGDHYKeZ4 Mansoura : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.645021&lon=36.351271&z=14&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkidtUftoAM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAymjPaHPxg Al-Qahera : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.612407&lon=36.362300&z=15&m=b Tours of the area: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4jQUz-Xis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGdPd43YGTg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exqBzeiQccs Fighting : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tck0kcwOxqk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgo8o7Us1mM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDWyDYp4wIk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ePXtiV7GE A TOW hit against an elephant rocket launcher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGnw4IfTvfw A government fighter who was killed and a captured BMP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjNPFdRvXI&feature=youtu.be Qarmeed camp : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.855040&lon=36.670389&z=15&m=b Reports: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaHUfpqCORU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Pdog-EdrM A VBIED sent against the poultry farm : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx67vguhpdQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQfCNeUUrE Fighting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-1nONrDcPQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZMrsuvcr34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl93Wg-nOqg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FqLft-xZ5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-kIIdLjUo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atHWXoboi28&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LEkXRbxCHI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_gHcmLRmEk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwMgcDG8Oao Al-Mastoumah : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.873055&lon=36.630993&z=14&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CInAm4yWSJ8 Sirmaniyah : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.722406&lon=36.279259&z=14&m=b Tours and celebrations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN5VzALhdf8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15bLJNLNVvA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDFYXj65UFQ Fighting before it’s capture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYLUb62r-Ac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks-a8DaueVc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZGZUmgbmfo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ixk0otzGGc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rl2uNs6MIU The Poultry Farm : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.705611&lon=36.281061&z=14&m=b Firing at retreating government forces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BjUutBxVY Tanmiyah al-Zira’iyah checkpoint : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.689474&lon=36.331412&z=17&m=b Rebel rocket shelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqKyy2NOAI8 Kafr Najd : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.824286&lon=36.588764&z=14&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFCi89_5vaA Jenkerh barrier : A TOW hit against an elephant rocket launcher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGnw4IfTvfw Tel Wasit : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.657854&lon=36.346550&z=14&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VajS6xt6Jfk Government casualties: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-uT2it_dtk Airstrikes : Mansoura : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtW8ZZFBDT4&feature=youtu.be Jisr al-Shughour : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gque9fZRMko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHK8ZXhsVZA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf6fBjyFu2g Darkhoush : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtllYGk6Fs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePR2ngTFKZw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHukUmVkSDA&feature=youtu.be Al-Qahera : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsj1-JOMOQ Tel Dzam : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHGd1GBWwiU The Qarmeed camp : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZuIuK4rTw

and the : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.674032&lon=36.397705&z=11&m=b Airstrikes hit outside of the Abu al-Duhur Military airbase in Idlib : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.735644&lon=37.101517&z=13&m=b



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.735644&lon=37.101517&z=13&m=b Syrian Civil Defense members in Maarrat al-Nu’man in Idlib , where it was too cloudy for airstrikes today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr_mvii_eEE



members in in , where it was too cloudy for airstrikes today: Power lines are repaired in al-Tamamaa in Idlib : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.450043&lon=36.749954&z=13&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYwDnKFHSdM



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.450043&lon=36.749954&z=13&m=b There was fighting between the YPG and Islamic State in the al-Manajer area near Tel Tamir in al-Hasakah : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.687418&lon=40.197172&z=14&m=b 16 IS fighters were killed.



and in the near in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.687418&lon=40.197172&z=14&m=b 3 civilians were killed by airstrikes on the Islamic State controlled city of al-Shadadi in al-Hasakah.



controlled city of in There was fighting between rebels and the Islamic State around Mare’ north of Aleppo : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.483831&lon=37.196789&z=12&m=b



around north of : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.483831&lon=37.196789&z=12&m=b Airstrikes hit the Sakhur , Karm al-Beik , al-Ma’adi , al-Inzarat , Karem Hamad , and Bostan al-Basha districts of Aleppo : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.206191&lon=37.174816&z=13&m=b&gz=0;371628856;361913691;236892;288108;250625;191160;0;0;161361;30478;30469;352502 1 man was killed in Karm al-Beik.



, , , , , and of : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.206191&lon=37.174816&z=13&m=b&gz=0;371628856;361913691;236892;288108;250625;191160;0;0;161361;30478;30469;352502 2 people were killed by rebel shelling on Nile street in Aleppo : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.223815&lon=37.121172&z=15&m=b



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.223815&lon=37.121172&z=15&m=b There was fighting in Old Aleppo : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.205949&lon=37.158358&z=16&m=b The 1st Regiment of the FSA detonated 3 tunnel bombs and claimed to have defeated the first line of defenses in the Jdeydeh district. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU4XM7_54l0



: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.205949&lon=37.158358&z=16&m=b There was fighting in the Khaladiyeh district of Aleppo : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.228593&lon=37.118125&z=15&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh4OvIaDeuw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-Rf-mksKY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmiNKeEirKc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeSXSemqag8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0b3P_EaW_0 Repairs to the water line being done by the Red Crescent : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oeiK9w-Vs



of : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.228593&lon=37.118125&z=15&m=b There was fighting in the southwest and south of the Kobani canton of Aleppo between the YPG and FSA against the Islamic State : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.694438&lon=38.111916&z=13&m=b, http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.586863&lon=38.304005&z=13&m=b 20 IS and 5 YPG fighters were killed. Coalition airstrikes hit the area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_crcP6arlEw



of between the and against the : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.694438&lon=38.111916&z=13&m=b, http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.586863&lon=38.304005&z=13&m=b Airstrikes hit al-Herak , Busra al-Harir , al-Yadodah , al-Muzayrib , Kafr Shams, and Nawa in Daraa : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.797664&lon=36.275482&z=10&m=b&gz=0;360262298;326775287;422286;2026351;2962875;727938;3134536;1587988;374221;0;782775;4381709;0;242712



, , , , and in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.797664&lon=36.275482&z=10&m=b&gz=0;360262298;326775287;422286;2026351;2962875;727938;3134536;1587988;374221;0;782775;4381709;0;242712 Rebels attacked the al-Ma’sarah checkpoint outside of Izra in Daraa : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.835895&lon=36.290717&z=16&m=b



outside of in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.835895&lon=36.290717&z=16&m=b NDF fighters in the Lajat area in Daraa : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.927292&lon=36.340542&z=13&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ULHg7OptA



fighters in the in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.927292&lon=36.340542&z=13&m=b There was fighting outside of Atman in Daraa : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.653106&lon=36.096954&z=13&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUTedr0TqXA



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.653106&lon=36.096954&z=13&m=b Airstrikes hit Mashara in Quneitra : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.134892&lon=35.963058&z=14&m=b



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.134892&lon=35.963058&z=14&m=b Damage in the Qaboun neighborhood of Damascus : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.547118&lon=36.339340&z=15&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RCg0kLTGnk



of : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.547118&lon=36.339340&z=15&m=b There was fighting in Jobar in Eastern Ghouta : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.531271&lon=36.342130&z=15&m=b Airstrikes hit the area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPIcpNtCwBU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z92cP6WyLb4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igF26AG17vU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hJE-cponA



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.531271&lon=36.342130&z=15&m=b Airstrikes hit Zebdin in Eastern Ghouta : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.482140&lon=36.403112&z=14&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BYRAEeYxcY



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.482140&lon=36.403112&z=14&m=b Airstrikes hit Hamoria in Eastern Ghouta : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.527014&lon=36.387663&z=15&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQN0tjdQcFI



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.527014&lon=36.387663&z=15&m=b Airstrikes hit Ain Terma in Eastern Ghouta : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.514528&lon=36.348996&z=15&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeC91NT6cmo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdbnIYxlPY0



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.514528&lon=36.348996&z=15&m=b 2 people were killed by airstrikes in Irbeen in Eastern Ghouta : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.538247&lon=36.365089&z=15&m=b



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.538247&lon=36.365089&z=15&m=b Residents of the besieged Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Damascus held a protest refusing to be evacuated from the area. and demanding the lifting of the siege and for aid to be allowed into the camp. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI_1dv6xX8I&feature=youtu.be

in held a protest refusing to be evacuated from the area. and demanding the lifting of the siege and for aid to be allowed into the camp. 3 ground-to-ground missiles hit Darayya in Western Ghouta : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.458227&lon=36.238489&z=14&m=b



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.458227&lon=36.238489&z=14&m=b There was fighting outside of Zabadani in Rif Dimashq : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.720056&lon=36.079960&z=13&m=b Airstrikes hit the town. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGaH0W1E77I



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.720056&lon=36.079960&z=13&m=b There was fighting between the Islamic State and government forces in the Jazal area in eastern Homs : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.650720&lon=37.998619&z=11&m=b



and government forces in the in eastern : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.650720&lon=37.998619&z=11&m=b An Orient News report on a Documentary Film Festival in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood of Homs : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZHoKlTbkzg



report on a Documentary Film Festival in the besieged of : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZHoKlTbkzg There was fighting outside of ar-Rastan in Homs : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.914933&lon=36.717854&z=13&m=b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p00QjONjtlo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qW9nmOAq_Y



in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.914933&lon=36.717854&z=13&m=b Repiblican Guard soldiers in Deir Ez Zor : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzNFEq5miAY



soldiers in : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzNFEq5miAY There was fighting between the Islamic State and rebels in al-Muhasah in eastern Qalamoun : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.950195&lon=37.250519&z=10&m=b Government airstrikes hit the area. Rebels captured the al-Manqoura area .

and rebels in in : http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.950195&lon=37.250519&z=10&m=b