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What are you basing this on? Read most of them are Iraqi.
What Putin told the UN: the US and allies are to blame in Mideast
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What are you basing this on? Read most of them are Iraqi.
PewPew
I came from nothing
Its going to be real interesting because crazy ass turkey still wants a no fly zone in the north! I wonder who will blink first when those Su-34 Flankers run up on their ass.
PewPew
I came from nothing
And for the fakkits in here who claim Russia IS NOT hitting ISIS...
ISIS Rocked in Al-Raqqa: Russian Air Force Strikes Tabaqa Airport
The Russian Air Force has been relentless over the Al-Raqqa Governorate, striking the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) repeatedly at the city of Tabaqa; this has left the terrorist group with very little time to evade the swarming Russian fighter jets that were pounding their positions.
According to a source from the Syrian Air Defense, the Russian Air Force has struck the Tabaqa National Hospital and Tabaqa Military Airport in the Al-Raqqa Governorate’s western countryside, destroying the military barracks after two airstrikes above this large military base.
The source added that the Russian airstrikes did considerable damage to the Tabaqa Military Airport and Tabaqa National Hospital; these two sites are imperative to the terrorist group because one is their primary military base and the other is their primary headquarters in the Al-Raqqa Governorate.
In addition to their airstrikes inside Tabaqa, the Russian Air Force struck ISIS’ positions at the Al-‘Ajrawi Farms; this farm area is located outside of the Tabaqa Military Airport and used by the terrorist group as a weapons supply depot.
To the east of the Al-Raqqa Governorate, the Russian Air Force continued their airstrikes above the Al-Hasakah Governorate, attacking the terrorist group at the cities of Al-Shadadi and Al-Houl, while the Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) struck an ISIS convoy along the Deir Ezzor-Hasakah Highway.
ISIS Rocked in Al-Raqqa: Russian Air Force Strikes Tabaqa Airport
ISIS Rocked in Al-Raqqa: Russian Air Force Strikes Tabaqa Airport
The Russian Air Force has been relentless over the Al-Raqqa Governorate, striking the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) repeatedly at the city of Tabaqa; this has left the terrorist group with very little time to evade the swarming Russian fighter jets that were pounding their positions.
According to a source from the Syrian Air Defense, the Russian Air Force has struck the Tabaqa National Hospital and Tabaqa Military Airport in the Al-Raqqa Governorate’s western countryside, destroying the military barracks after two airstrikes above this large military base.
The source added that the Russian airstrikes did considerable damage to the Tabaqa Military Airport and Tabaqa National Hospital; these two sites are imperative to the terrorist group because one is their primary military base and the other is their primary headquarters in the Al-Raqqa Governorate.
In addition to their airstrikes inside Tabaqa, the Russian Air Force struck ISIS’ positions at the Al-‘Ajrawi Farms; this farm area is located outside of the Tabaqa Military Airport and used by the terrorist group as a weapons supply depot.
To the east of the Al-Raqqa Governorate, the Russian Air Force continued their airstrikes above the Al-Hasakah Governorate, attacking the terrorist group at the cities of Al-Shadadi and Al-Houl, while the Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) struck an ISIS convoy along the Deir Ezzor-Hasakah Highway.
ISIS Rocked in Al-Raqqa: Russian Air Force Strikes Tabaqa Airport
Russia gonna have to put boots on the ground...cause you can't get rid of those boys with airstrikes
Suleimani is the West's worst nightmare on some serious shyt
Putin once worked at the Russian embassy in Washington D.C.
The KGB Connections: An Investigation Into Soviet Operations in North America
4:55- 6:55
Published on Dec 9, 2012
This documentary focuses on Soviet espionage in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean - by KGB officers operating as businessmen, diplomats, and officials of the United Nations. It shows the use of propaganda and disinformation to distort America's perception of reality. Also shown is the use of blackmail, bribery, sabotage, and assassination to accomplish Soviet objectives within larger nations. Included is the testimony of twenty defectors, some speaking with disguises to conceal their identity because they are still hiding from their pasts and fearful of the KGB's revenge.
Suleimani is the West's worst nightmare on some serious shyt
Without him and the Russian advisors, Bashar would be finished right now
Napolean is a lunatic. Give this fakkit another WOAT poster banner.
ShenJingPoQi
All Star
Russian ground forces aren't necessary. SAA with Iranian support and Hezbollah should be enough.
SAA weakness was there wasn't enough warplanes to fight this war and win. They were stretched. Now Syrian air force working with Russia air force should be enough cover to really push these terrorist out once and for all.
plushcarpet
Superstar
USA can't hit an ISIS command center in 5 years
Russia does it in 2 days
something smells here
Russia does it in 2 days
something smells here
'Shut out': Turkey finds itself 'in a very difficult position' with the Russian moves in Syria
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'This is a major world event': The Syrian war is now fueling a 'global cold war'
This video shows the kind of heroism that happens almost every day as Assad bombs Syrian civilians
REALITY CHECK: Russian bombing in Syria is actually helping ISIS
The Russian incursion into Syria is hampering one of the region's most important players.
Turkey, which has long sought Syrian President Bashar Assad's transition out of power, has been supporting some of the most powerful rebel groups in northern Syria since the civil war began in 2011.
A Russian bombing campaign against rebels including Turkey-backed rebel groups, however, now threatens to undermine Ankara's entire Syria policy, which has been predicated on bolstering anti-Assad rebels and establishing a "safe zone" for displaced Syrians.
It also precludes any possibility of Turkish intervention in the north.
"Turkey is shut out," Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said in an interview. "The Turks are struggling to understand the new rules of the game, much like the US and others backing the Syrian opposition in its various forms."
"The question now is whether Turkey would want to openly challenge Russia," Schanzer added.
Turkey has expressed "serious concern" over the Russian airstrikes since Russia began its air campaign against the rebels on Wednesday. On Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu accused Russia of hitting the rebels to bolster the Assad regime.
Tania Radwan / NOW Lebanon / ISWA map of the Russian airstrikes in Syria.
But Turkey's ability to condemn Russia for the way it has upended Ankara's plans in Syria is limited, given Turkey's extensive economic relationship with Russia.
"Turkey finds itself in a very difficult position with the Russians," Aaron Stein, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, said in an interview.
Russia's intervention on the side of Assad has further complicated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's desire to limit the territorial gains of the Kurdish YPG along the border.
"If the Russians are able to maintain their current state of operations and they continue to strike targets along the Idlib-Latakia dividing line, that will ease the pressure off Assad," Stein said.
"As a result, Turkey's instinct will be to increase support for the rebels. But Ankara will also have to consider the possibility that bolstering the rebels further might lead weapons to fall into the hands of the YPG," the military arm of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).
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Salih Muslim, cochair of the PYD, said in an interview with al-Monitor that the Russian incursion into Syria had undermined Turkey's ability to intervene in any meaningful way — a welcomed development for the Kurds.
"Turkey's Syrian policy is totally bankrupt," Muslim said. "Two years ago I was talking to a Russian official and he asked me, 'What do the Kurds most fear?' 'Possible Turkish intervention,' I replied."
Moreover, Muslim notes, Russia's intervention will hinder the Turks' ability to impose a security zone in the north, which has long been opposed by the Kurds.
"The Russians will not meddle in the north," Muslim said. "But should Turkey attempt to intervene, then they will. Russia has a joint defense agreement with Syria. They will prevent Turkish intervention not to defend us [Kurds] but to defend Syria's border."
Rodi Said/ReutersKurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters with their weapons in Tel Hamis in Hasaka countryside on March 1.
Turkey's plans for a safe zone may be scuttled for now, but Ankara will most likely compensate by doubling down on its support for anti-Assad rebel groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al Sham as the situation escalates.
"Ankara would be extremely concerned if the Russians took their campaign into Aleppo, because it opens up the possibility of another massive refugee flow into Turkey, which is already at its limits," Stein said.
There are over 1 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, about 30% of whom live in 22 government-run camps near the Syrian-Turkish border.
To prevent another refugee surge, "there will be considerations of providing the rebels with surface-to-air missiles to blunt the efficacy of Russian aircraft," Stein said.
In any case, the Russian intervention will lead to a hardening of battle lines on all sides.
"The Russian intervention could prompt a new phase in this conflict that could make things even bloodier," said Schanzer. "We ignore that possibility at our peril."
