Category talk:Idlib

Fall of Idlib?
(Denial often accompanies defeat. The Western media denied for six days the fall of the Donetsk airport.)

Ziad Fadel denies that Idlib has fallen to the rebels. (See also Ziad in 2014)
 * IDLIB: BRITISH LIARS CAUGHT AGAIN! IDLIB FIRMLY IN HANDS OF SYRIAN ARMY - Ziad Fadel, 30 March 2015

Older story by Reuters. Again the government denies the fall.
 * Islamist groups seize Syrian city Idlib for first time - Reuters, 28.3.2015

Video: -- Petri Krohn (talk) 03:44, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Syria: Idlib 'captured' by Islamist rebels in blow to Assad regime - Euronews, 28 March 2015


 * Even his son accepts it. Well, the videos are quite clear. Took me only a casual look to find the place of this allahuakbarking orgy. Pretty much in the center of Idlib. Good thing is that the town seems to be pretty empty of civilians, so the retreat seems to have been orderly and planned. --CE (talk) 16:06, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Analysis video:
 * Syrian Girl News analyzes Western media acceptance of an al-Qaeda victory (as she sees it) as "rebel/Islamist/opposition" and a welcome blow to "Assad" rule. Not a bad piece. --Caustic Logic (talk) 12:50, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Attacks After

 * more alleged chlorine barrel bomb attacks reported, March 29 and 31. See here --Caustic Logic (talk) 22:55, 6 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Thomas van Linge ‏tweets Mar 30 #Syria: regime warplanes #Idlib's christian community, rebels and civil defense rush to help. Video linked. --Caustic Logic (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2015 (UTC)


 * SHRC March 30: Warplane bombing on al-Shamaliya neighbourhood (Idlib- near Abdul Rahman Al-Ghafaqi School), led to the killings of 32 civilians from the Ramadan family consisting of the father, his children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers.

The victims of the massacre:

- Majida Ramadan, her husband and children. They reach a total of eight victims, including her grandchild and daughter-in-law.

- Khadija Ramadan with her children, grandchildren and her daughters-in-law, reaching a total of 15 victims.

- Ameera Ramadan and her daughters, reaching six victims.

- Sons of the deceased Fatima Ramadan, reaching three victims.

We have it on the word of conquering Islamists that this family really was hit at random by the government and provides another good reason they should be given an air force. But in reality, a targeting that specific and total suggests someone really hated that family. There are always collaborators to take care of when you first take over a city, the people who helped make the previous situation possible, and this Ramadan family (as given) might have had some of those people as members. --Caustic Logic (talk) 22:55, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Tweet adds that more were killed, not just the family: 55 total. Photo included - four young children, dusty like shelling victims, but completely intact. And yet, dead. What, did they just suffocate completely in their non-crushing space under the rubble? All four? Hm... --Caustic Logic (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2015 (UTC)