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Post by Daniel on Sept 17, 2015 9:39:36 GMT -5
Russian troops already engaged in battle against ISIS around Homs
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 17, 2015
Contrary to the impression conveyed by Moscow that Russian troops in Syria are not engaged in combat and that none of the sophisticated arms deliveries were destined to the Syrian army, new developments belie both these claims.
debkafile’s military and intelligence sources report that on Wednesday, September 16, Russian R-166-0.5 (ultra) high-frequency signals (HF/VHF) vehicles were spotted on Highway 4, which links Homs and Aleppo. These vehicles, called “mobile war rooms” by the IDF and Western armies, were accompanied by BTR-82 troop carriers transporting Russian marines. The R-166-0.5 enables communication with forces located on battlefields as far as 1,000 kilometers away using high frequency and ultra-high frequency signals.
The communication systems are resistant to electromagnetic jamming so Russian forces operating deep inside Syria can report to their commanders at the main Russian base in Latakia or receive orders, intelligence data and even video from drones or planes.
Another feature is a cylinder on the side of the vehicle containing a folded antenna that can be raised to a height of 15 meters.
The R-166-0.5 is an integral part of Russia’s battlefield operations, so it would not be deployed unless long-distance troop movements were underway. The appearance of those vehicles in the Syrian theater provides a clear signal of Moscow’s intentions.
Our sources point out that during the past few days, fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) succeeded in cutting off part of the highway between Homs and Aleppo for several hours. It marked a very dangerous development for the Syrian army and regime, because a permanent cutoff of Highway 4 would tighten the siege on Aleppo and possibly pave the way for the conquest of the second-largest city in Syria.
The movements by the armored vehicles show that the Russian troops are preparing to head into battle in order to prevent such a scenario.
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www.debka.com/article/24893/Russian-troops-already-engaged-in-battle-against-ISIS-around-Homs
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Post by Daniel on Sept 24, 2015 14:00:34 GMT -5
Russian marines join Hizballah in first Syrian battle – a danger signal for US, Israel
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 24, 2015
Before dawn on Thursday, Sept. 24, Russian marines went into battle for the first time since their deployment to Syria, debkafile’s military and intelligence sources reveal. Russian Marine Brigade 810 fought with Syrian army and Hizballah special forces in an attack on ISIS forces at the Kweiris airbase, east of Aleppo.
This operation runs contrary to the assurances of President Vladimir Putin to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sept. 21 – just three days ago - that Russian forces in Syria were only there to defend Russian interests and would not engaged in combat with the Syrian army, Hizballah or Iranian troops.
The ISIS force defending the air base is dominated by Chechen fighters under the command of Abu Omar al-Shishani, who is considered one of the terrorist organization’s leading commanders in the last two years. The 27-year-old al-Shishani hails from the Chechen enclave of Pankisi in Georgia, like many others who joined ISIS from 2012.
However, targeting Chechen fighters was not the only reason for the order given by Russian command in Syria to attack the air base. In DEBKA Weekly 678 of September 11, we predicted that the first Russian mission in Syria would be to break the Syrian rebel siege on Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city.
As their first step, the Russians would have to prevent the cutoff of highway 5, running from Aleppo to Damascus, and keep it open for Syrian army reinforcements and military equipment to the city.
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www.debka.com/article/24902/Russian-marines-join-Hizballah-in-first-Syrian-battle-%E2%80%93-a-danger-signal-for-US-Israel
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Post by Daniel on Sept 30, 2015 9:55:50 GMT -5
Russian Jets Pound Rebel Positions in Syria
By Gil Ronen
9/30/2015
Russian warplanes began carrying out strikes on rebel targets in the Homs and Hamat districts of Syria Wednesday.
Russia's upper house of parliament authorized the use of military force in Syria earlier Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin personally requested it consider the move.
"I want to say the result of the vote was a unanimous approval of the Russian president’s request," Sergei Ivanov, who heads Putin's administration, stated.
"Importantly: this is specifically about Syria. I want to underline that this is not about any kind of political objective or ambitions that we have been accused of by our western partners. It is only about international interests of Russian Federation."
Among those interests, he said, are defending Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces against rebels.
"Already a range of states are conducting rocket bomb strikes in Syria and Iraq, including the United States. France recently joined those operations," Ivanov said.
"But these actions violate international law. To be in accordance with international law, one condition must be observed: either a UNSC resolution, or a request for military assistance from the state on whose territory those strikes are to take place."
Moscow's military assistance is in response to a specific request from Assad for aid; Ivanov added that military involvement would be "temporary."
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www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201239
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Post by Daniel on Oct 1, 2015 9:12:53 GMT -5
Russia enters Syrian war with air strikes, jolts the Mid East into new era
DEBKAfile Special Report September 30, 2015
That Russia launched its first air strikes in Syria Wednesday, Sept. 30 was confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow and criticized by US officials. Moscow stressed that it acted in support of Bashar Assad’s war on the Islamic State, assisted by other foreign powers including Iran and Iraq working together from an allied command center in Baghdad. Its targets were described as stores, ammunition dumps and vehicles, located according to US sources around Homs and Hama. The Russian communiqués did not indicate which organizations were bombed.
The Russian aerial offensive marks a turning point in Middle East affairs. Russia is emerging strongly as the number one power in the region. The governments which hitherto coordinated their military polices with the US, like those of Israel, Jordan and Turkey will have to reassess their orientation and affinities in a hurry.
For Israel it is the end of years of freedom for its air force to strike its enemies from the skies of Syria or Lebanon. It also marks the end of any plans Turkey and Jordan may have entertained for setting up buffer and no-fly zones in Syria to protect their borders.
Washington quickly criticized the air strikes, but said Moscow’s moves would not change the US-led air campaign targeting the Islamic State in Syria. That remains to be seen.
Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the Russian air strikes are “not helpful,” and ran counter to the effort to make sure mishaps do not happen inadvertently in the air.
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www.debka.com/article/24915/Russia-enters-Syrian-war-with-air-strikes-jolts-the-Mid-East-into-new-era
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Post by Daniel on Oct 1, 2015 9:30:22 GMT -5
Russian Air Force in Syria deploying over 50 planes & choppers – Defense Ministry
1 Oct, 2015 RTNews
Russia’s Air Force fleet in Syria includes over 50 warplanes and helicopters, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said, reporting eight overnight sorties.
Previously Russia hadn’t revealed any detail of its contingent in Syria, which started an aerial campaign on Wednesday to help the Syrian Army fight against terrorist troops.
“The air group was deployed on very short notice. It was possible because we had most of the materiel and ammunition ready at our depot in Tartus. We only had to move our aircraft and deliver some extra equipment,” spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov told the media.
The fleet includes the latest Su-24M and Su-25 ground attack planes, he said.
The airstrikes on Wednesday night targeted four Islamic State facilities, Konashenkov said.
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www.rt.com/news/317179-russian-airforce-syria-aircraft/
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Post by Daniel on Oct 2, 2015 9:12:35 GMT -5
Chinese warplanes to join Russian air strikes in Syria. Russia gains Iraqi air base
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 2, 2015
Russia’s military intervention in Syria has expanded radically in two directions. debkafile’s military and intelligence sources report that China sent word to Moscow Friday, Oct. 2, that J-15 fighter bombers would shortly join the Russian air campaign that was launched Wednesday, Sept. 30. Baghdad has moreover offered Moscow an air base for targeting the Islamic State now occupying large swathes of Iraqi territory.
Russia’s military intervention in Syria has five additional participants: China, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Hizballah.
The J-15 warplanes will take off from the Chinese Liaoning-CV-16 aircraft carrier, which reached Syrian shores on Sept. 26 (as debkafile exclusively reported at the time). This will be a landmark event for Beijing: its first military operation in the Middle East as well the carrier’s first taste of action in conditions of real combat.
Thursday night, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi, made this comment on the Syrian crisis at a UN Security Council session in New York: “The world cannot afford to stand by and look on with folded arms, but must also not arbitrarily interfere (in the crisis).”
A no less significant development occurred at about the same time when Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, speaking to the US PBS NewsHour, said he would welcome a deployment of Russian troops to Iraq to fight ISIS forces in his country too. As an added incentive, he noted that this would also give Moscow the chance to deal with the 2,500 Chechen Muslims whom, he said, are fighting with ISIS in Iraq.
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www.debka.com/article/24926/Chinese-warplanes-to-join-Russian-air-strikes-in-Syria-Russia-gains-Iraqi-air-base
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Post by Daniel on Oct 2, 2015 9:38:45 GMT -5
Unlike Obama, Putin is in Syria to win. Here's how he'll do it
Ezra Levant
Rebel Media
October 01, 2015
According to some reports, Russian fighter jets have just wiped out the so-called "moderates" in Syria that Obama has been arming.
Russia has long had a port in Tartus, Syria, one of great strategic importance.
No wonder Putin has been pouring equipment and personnel into the country.
Putin is determined to destroy ISIS and anti-Assad militants, and he's told Obama to stay out of his way.
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www.therebel.media/unlike_obama_putin_is_in_syria
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Post by james on Oct 4, 2015 6:55:49 GMT -5
Thank you Daniel for the up dates.
This shows all people where the western world stands, particularly the USA and it's policy. In all my days, I have never seen this country in such confusion and apathy. Just look at what's happening and learn.
Remember, God is in control, do not fear.
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Post by Daniel on Oct 4, 2015 8:42:16 GMT -5
Thank you Daniel for the up dates. This shows all people where the western world stands, particularly the USA and it's policy. In all my days, I have never seen this country in such confusion and apathy. Just look at what's happening and learn. Remember, God is in control, do not fear.
Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to men of understanding.
It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.
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Post by fearnot on Oct 4, 2015 14:29:51 GMT -5
I need to remember this:
"He removes kings and establishes kings"
In these times.
Thank you both for what is truly important!
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Post by Daniel on Oct 6, 2015 8:48:59 GMT -5
Preview Of World War III? Russia Is Putting On A Display Of Firepower That Is Shocking The World
By Michael Snyder, on October 4th, 2015
The Russians have unleashed their own version of “shock and awe” in Syria, and the brutal efficiency of their airstrikes against ISIS targets has stunned many observers around the globe. For more than a year, the Obama administration has claimed that its bombing campaign in Syria has been a “success”, and yet ISIS has continued to grow stronger and gain more territory. But now just over a few days the tide of the conflict appears to have turned. The whole world has gotten a chance to see what a global superpower can truly do to a bunch of radical Islamic terrorists when it is focused and determined. The images that we have seen of hardened ISIS command centers being wiped off the face of the map by Russian bombs are truly impressive. But why did those targets still exist in the first place? Was the U.S. military unable to identify them previously? Or could it be possible that the Obama administration did not want to hit them?
What we do know is that a state of panic has been created among ISIS militants that we have not seen previously. There are reports of hundreds of terrorists abandoning their positions and trying to flee the country…
Russian air strikes Saturday targeting the Islamic State group in Syria have sown “panic”, forcing some 600 “militants” to abandon their positions and head to Europe, Moscow claimed.
Summing up the results of Russia’s first three days of strikes, a senior official with the General Staff said Russian jets had made more than 60 sorties over 50 IS targets and added that Russia would ramp up its aerial campaign.
“Our intelligence shows that militants are leaving areas under their control. Panic and desertion have started in their ranks,” Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, a senior Russian General Staff official, said in a statement.
“Some 600 mercenaries have abandoned their positions and are trying to find their way into Europe,” Kartapolov said.
Of course the mainstream media in the United States is downplaying the effectiveness of these attacks. The Obama administration is very much against these Russian airstrikes, and it is quite an embarrassment to the U.S. that the Russians are doing what we were either unwilling or unable to do.
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endoftheamericandream.com/archives/preview-of-world-war-iii-russia-is-putting-on-a-display-of-firepower-that-is-shocking-the-world
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Post by Daniel on Oct 9, 2015 15:02:08 GMT -5
IS advances near Syria's Aleppo despite Russian strikes
ZEINA KARAMBASSEM MROUE
Associated Press Oct 9, 2015
BEIRUT (AP) -- Islamic State militants captured a string of villages near Aleppo on Friday in a lightning attack that brought them closer to the prized city in northern Syria, despite a major increase in Russian airstrikes that Moscow insists are targeting the extremists.
The surprise advance that brought the IS group to within a few miles of Aleppo was the most significant in months, following what has largely been a summer of stalemate in the war against the extremists.
It comes amid a wave of intense Russian airstrikes that have targeted insurgents fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, and a ground offensive by the Syrian army in the country's central region.
Moscow says it is targeting mainly Islamic State militants, but U.S. officials and Syrian rebels have said the strikes have hit mainstream rebels for the most part and are aimed at shoring up Assad's embattled government and troops. Many of the rebel groups hit by the Russian strikes are also at war with the IS group.
"Everyone who wants to fight the rebels says that they are coming to fight Daesh while in fact they want to fight the rebels," said Bahaa al-Halaby, an activist based in the city of Aleppo, using an Arabic acronym for the group.
He said the Russians have not carried out attacks against IS in Aleppo, which is split between government forces and various insurgent groups. "They are trying to finish off the rebels," he said.
Other activists wondered where the Americans were.
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Post by Daniel on Oct 12, 2015 9:49:44 GMT -5
Moscow on the Mediterranean
by: Howard Green
October 9, 2015
At this time Russia has moved nearly 30 fighter jets, 14 helicopter gunships, a substantial number of T-90 tanks, and artillery into Syria. They have placed numerous S-300 surface to air missiles in country as well. Armored personnel carriers are on the ground and there are enough containerized housing units in place to house at least 1,500 soldiers. Speculation abounds on what endgame the Russian leadership has in mind. One thing is certain, Russia is successfully dictating the geopolitical status quo in the Middle East and by default….becoming the military powerhouse in the region almost overnight. The Russian resurgence is due in large part to Washington politicians who prefer to view the realities of the world through rose colored glasses. Let’s take a look at these recent developments and how they may be setting the stage for a prophetic showdown as Syria is beginning to resemble Moscow on the Mediterranean.
While Russia claims to be confronting ISIS targets, real time information on the ground shows otherwise. Russia is clearly targeting opposition forces who were gaining the upper hand against President Bashar Assad’s army. This action by the Russians is troubling for many reasons but the main reason is twofold. In one swift movement, Putin has largely undermined and unseated the US. in the region. Now President Putin (former KGB) is the main powerbroker in the Middle East and he is dictating political outcomes in the most dangerous part of the world.
As we consider these events through the lens of Bible prophecy, we need to take the 10,000 ft. view because there are many things to consider. There are alliances being forged between Russia, Iran, Syria, China, and others that is very concerning. In our 10,000 ft. view of the region, there are a few key factors we should consider: In regard to the recent so called “nuclear deal”….Iran gains an estimated additional $150 billion in funds to do what they want with. People with any realistic understanding of recent history understand that Iran will continue to finalize their nuclear weapons program, threaten Israel & the US, fund Hezbollah and the many other terrorist groups that shed the blood of many innocent people including the blood of US military personnel.
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concerningthetimes.com/moscow-on-the-mediterranean/
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Post by Daniel on Nov 13, 2015 10:53:57 GMT -5
Russian Missiles in Syria Capable of Shooting Down Planes in Tel-Aviv
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz November 13, 2015
Russia has increased its military presence in Syria by deploying sophisticated anti-aircraft systems capable of shooting down planes over Israel. The Russian military released photographs showing photographs of the S-400 Air Defense System, known to NATO as SA-21 ‘Growler’, at the Latakia Airbase on the Syrian coast.
The S-400 system has a maximum range of 250 miles and is capable of shooting down an aircraft at a maximum altitude of 90,000 feet. From the base in Syria, the advanced system covers most of Israel, but is also a concern to British warplanes operating out of Akrotiri in Cyprus, and Turkey. The system is effective against cruise missiles, British Tornadoes, and American F-16’s, and F-15’s. The Russians claim it is even effective against the super-advanced American F-22 Raptors.
According to a Russian missile commander speaking to Sputnik News said:
“Even if a plane is flying low and with the same speed as a vehicle moving on the ground, the radar will show it on the screen. For the S-400 there is no such thing as “stealth” aircraft, the system will see it and will shoot it down.”
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www.breakingisraelnews.com/53800/russian-missiles-in-syria-capable-of-shooting-down-planes-in-tel-aviv-middle-east/
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Post by Daniel on Nov 18, 2015 14:54:52 GMT -5
In the fight against ISIS, Russia ain’t taking no prisoners
18 Nov, 2015 RTNews
The so-called Islamic State should have learned by now: they've picked a fight against the wrong guys. We have entered "take no prisoners" territory. For Russia, now all the gloves are off.
Especially after online terrorist magazine Dabiq published a photo of the alleged bomb that downed the Metrojet: a crude device inside a can of Schweppes Gold, placed under a passenger seat. Also published were photos of passports of Russian victims, allegedly taken "by the mujahedeen."
Their collective fate was sealed the minute the Director of the Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov told President Putin, about the Metrojet crash on October 31 in Egypt that: “We can say with confidence that this was a terrorist act.”
Caliphate goons may run – in the deserts of ‘Syraq’ and beyond - but they can’t hide, as per Russia’s presidential message: “We will search for them everywhere - wherever they are hiding. We will find them in any spot on the planet and we will punish them.” The message comes with extra enticement; the $50 million bounty offered by the FSB for any information leading to the perpetrators of the Sinai tragedy.
Putin’s message instantly turned heavy metal in the form of a massive, impressive Russian barrage over 140 Caliphate targets, delivered via 34 air-launched cutting-edge cruise missiles and furious action by Tu-160, Tu-22, and the Tu-95MC ‘Bear’ strategic bombers. This was the first time the Russian long-range strategic bomber force has been deployed since the 1980s Afghan jihad.
And there’s more coming - to be stationed in Syria; an extra deployment of 25 strategic bombers, eight Su-34 ‘Fullback’ attack aircraft, and four Su-27 ‘Flanker’ fighter jets.
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www.rt.com/op-edge/322613-russia-isis-anti-terrorism-operation-syria/
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Post by Daniel on Jan 9, 2016 14:14:13 GMT -5
Few Russian strikes in Syria are against Islamic State, U.S. official says
By Robin Emmott
Jan 9, 2016
Only a third of Russia's air strikes in Syria are targeting Islamic State and its imprecise attacks are forcing the population to flee, fuelling Europe's refugee crisis, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.
Of the 5,000 air strikes carried out by Russia since it began its air offensive in Syria on Sept. 30, about 70 percent hit rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, rather than supporting the efforts of the U.S-led coalition, the official told reporters in Brussels.
Rescue workers and rights groups say Russia's bombing in Syria has killed scores of civilians at busy market places and in residential areas. Russia denies this.
The Kremlin launched its air strikes saying it wanted to help Assad, its main Middle East ally, defeat Islamic State and other militant groups.
"We are not convinced of what the Russian intentions are," the official said on condition of anonymity.
"For a while, very few strikes were going against ISIL and after a lot of public condemnation they turned a number of strikes against ISIL," the official said, referring to Islamic State, the militant group that controls territory in Syria and Iraq.
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www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-us-russia-idUSKCN0UN0I320160109
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Post by Daniel on Feb 27, 2016 11:00:03 GMT -5
Russia pummels Syrian rebels hours before ceasefire
By Arutz Sheva Staff
2/26/2016
Russian warplanes carried out intense air strikes on rebel strongholds in Syria on Friday hours before a ceasefire was due to come into force, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
Russia dismissed the reports and said it was continuing strikes on "terrorist organizations" ahead of the truce.
The partial ceasefire between regime forces and non-jihadist rebel fighters is due to take effect at midnight Friday Damascus time. It does not include the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group and the Al Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front.
"From last night to this morning there have been Russian air strikes that are more intense than usual on rebel bastions including on Eastern Ghouta east of Damascus, in the north of Homs province and in the west of Aleppo province," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said.
Air strikes in the non-jihadist rebel-held Qabtan al-Jabal area of Aleppo province killed eight members of the same family including three children on Thursday night, the monitor said.
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www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/208578
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Post by Daniel on Mar 15, 2016 11:32:04 GMT -5
Job done: Russia saved Syria from US regime change… now it’s over to diplomacy
15 Mar, 2016 RTNews
Five years of war, five months of Russian military intervention, and now peace talks are underway. It’s as simple as that.
However, rather than acknowledging a successful Russian mission, Western media outlets immediately began speculating that President Putin’s surprise announcement to withdraw Russian forces from Syria indicates a “rift” between Moscow and Damascus.
This is just more of the same Western media weapon of mass distraction that has obscured the real nature of the five-year war.
The sovereignty of Syria is the central principle officially underpinning peace talks that resumed in Geneva this week. Without Russia’s military intervention, Syria would not have the chance to pursue a political settlement on a such solid footing.
By contrast, after nearly two years of US-led military intervention allegedly to “defeat terrorism”, the Syrian state was on the brink of collapse from a largely foreign-backed terrorist assault. Until, that is, Russia intervened at the end of September last year.
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www.rt.com/op-edge/335661-syria-war-assad-russia-peace/
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Post by Daniel on Mar 16, 2016 11:05:49 GMT -5
Putin to Assad, Tehran: You want to carry on fighting? Count me out
DEBKAfile Special Report March 14, 2016
A deep rift with Tehran over the continuation of the Syrian war and an irreconcilable spat with Syrian ruler Bashar Assad over his future prompted Russian President Vladimir’s shock order Monday, March 14, for the “main part” of Russian military forces to quit Syria the next morning. This is reported by debkafile’s military and intelligence sources.
The final limits of the military withdrawal, five months after the Moscow embarked on its intervention, were not defined. But the Kremlin did say that Moscow would retain a military presence at the naval port of Tartous and the Hmeymim airbase outside Latakia. This left the bulk of Russian military aerial and naval presence in situ; Putin is unlikely to give up this strong foothold in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Russian president did not fix a timeline for the military withdrawal – only its start. Neither did he promise to discontinue all military operations in Syria.
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Debkafile’s intelligence circles noted that, after Putin’s bolt from the blue, Russian warships in the Caspian and Mediterranean Seas remain ready to interfere in the fighting from a distance, if the Assad regime’s situation deteriorates. They saw an omen of Moscow’s impending military exit in last month’s massive delivery to the Syrian army of advanced T-90 tanks and heavy self-propelled artillery.
Western sources viewed the shipments as further Russian investment in high-stakes Syrian military victories in the battles for Aleppo in the north and Deraa in the south.
But this assumption was negated by the Kremlin announcement Monday. The tanks and artillery were, in fact, provided to enable Syria and its Iranian ally to carry on fighting without Russian support.
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www.debka.com/article/25296/Putin-to-Assad-Tehran-You-want-to-carry-on-fighting-Count-me-out
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Post by Daniel on Mar 20, 2016 11:31:12 GMT -5
ISIS claims killing 5 Russian troops near Palmyra
By Arutz Sheva Staff
3/18/2016
The Islamic State (ISIS) group has claimed the killing of five Russian troops in fighting near the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
"The soldiers of the caliphate, by the grace of God, have killed five Russian soldiers and six members" of the Syrian army, ISIS said in a statement.
The group also claimed the killing of several members of the Lebanese Iran-proxy Hezbollah terror group in fighting near Palmyra.
A website linked to ISIS, Aamaq, carried a similar claim, adding that one of the Russians killed was a military adviser.
"Four of the Russian soldiers were killed in Qasr al-Halabat west of Palmyra during an attempt to storm the area that ISIS forces foiled, while the adviser whose corpse was shown in a video distributed by the agency died (Thursday) in the Dawa area," Aamaq claimed.
Aamaq also published a video, showing the bloodied corpse of a man in military gear that it claimed was the adviser.
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www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/209583
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Post by Daniel on Jul 12, 2016 11:10:13 GMT -5
Long-range bombers flying from Russia destroy ‘major’ ISIS camp in central Syria
12 Jul, 2016 RTNews
Six Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bombers have delivered massive airstrikes against a major Islamic State camp and ammunition depots in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry says. The aircraft flew from Russia and returned home after the operation.
The bombers, based at one of Russian’s southern air bases, took off on Tuesday morning, passed through Iranian and Iraqi airspace and delivered concentrated high-explosive ammunition airstrikes on terrorist targets east of the towns of Palmyra and As Sukhnah, and the village of Arak.
The Russian military stated that the information on the eliminated targets was acquired over the last several days and confirmed through several intelligence channels.
The US-led international antiterrorist coalition was notified of the airstrikes in advance, the ministry says.
“The strike resulted in the destruction of a large militant field camp, three depots of arms and munitions, three tanks, four infantry combat vehicles and eight vehicles fitted with heavy machine guns, also neutralizing a large number of enemy fighters,” the statement says.
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www.rt.com/news/350784-russian-bombers-syria-isis/
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Post by sevenofnine on Jul 13, 2016 10:49:43 GMT -5
HA HA props to the Russians
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Post by Daniel on Aug 17, 2016 19:43:49 GMT -5
Russia, spurning U.S. censure, launches second day of Syria strikes from Iran
By Alexander Winning and Andrew Osborn
Aug 17, 2016
Russia launched a second day of air strikes against Syrian militants from an Iranian air base, rejecting U.S. suggestions its co-operation with Tehran might violate a U.N. resolution as illogical and factually incorrect.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Tuesday called the Iranian deployment "unfortunate," saying the United States was looking into whether the move violated U.N. Security Council resolution 2231, which prohibits the supply, sale and transfer of combat aircraft to Iran.
Russia bristled at those comments on Wednesday after announcing that Russian SU-34 fighter bombers flying from Iran's Hamadan air base had for a second day struck Islamic State targets in Syria's Deir al-Zor province, destroying two command posts and killing more than 150 militants.
"It's not our practice to give advice to the leadership of the U.S. State Department," Major-General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
"But it's hard to refrain from recommending individual State Department representatives check their own logic and knowledge of basic documents covering international law."
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www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-iran-idUSKCN10S0VB
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Post by Daniel on Aug 19, 2016 17:14:51 GMT -5
Russian cruise missiles target Syria
Aug 19, 2016
Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo on Friday, a further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran.
Russian air power had helped Syrian President Bashar al-Assad make steady advances against rebels seeking to oust him since Moscow's intervention a year ago, but a recent insurgent advance in Aleppo has checked that momentum.
In northeastern Syria, warplanes from a U.S.-led coalition flew patrols on Thursday to protect local ground forces they back against Syrian government airstrikes that are targeting the Kurdish city of Hasaka, the Pentagon said. [ID: nL1N1B00XH]
"The Syrian regime would be well advised not to interfere with coalition forces or our partners," Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said.
Russia's three cruise missile launches were its first against targets in Syria from the Mediterranean, with previous ones made from its Caspian Sea fleet. On Tuesday Russian bombers began flying missions in Syria from Hamedan air base in Iran.
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www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo-idUSKCN10U1EE
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Post by Daniel on Sept 21, 2016 18:48:33 GMT -5
Russia to send flagship aircraft carrier to Syria
Arutz Sheva Staff, 21/09/16
Russia's defence minister said Wednesday that Moscow was dispatching its flagship aircraft carrier to bolster its forces in the eastern Mediterranean off Syria.
The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier would be sent to join Russia's current naval deployment there, Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a televised meeting.
"Currently the Russian naval deployment to the east Mediterranean consists of no less than six battleships and three or four support vessels," he said.
"In order to bolster the military capabilities of the group we plan to add the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to the group," Shoigu said, without specifying a timeframe.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 16, 2016 19:00:22 GMT -5
Putin’s low-key Syrian operation - a call to Trump
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis November 16, 2016
The Russian air force and navy launched a “large-scale” operation against “terrorists” in the Syrian provinces of Idlim and Homs Tuesday, Nov. 15. Bombers took off from the Hmeymim air base and the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier whle cruise missiles were fired from the Admiral Grigorovich frigate. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, who addressed a meeting of Russian generals with President Vladimir Putin, the targets were positions of the Islamic State and Al Nusra.
He did not say how long the operation would go on.
Debkafile’s military and intelligence sources say that the proportions of the Russian operation as seen from the ground better fit the description of low key than “large scale.”
No more than 2 Sukhoi Su-33 fighters lifted off the carrier’s decks and only a few Kaliber cruise missiles were fired from the frigate. They were not aimed at Islamist terrorist positions, but at arms factories and ammunition stores. Towards evening, a third Russian air strike hit a target in the hills overlooking the coastal province of Latakia.
The timing of the Russian operation was significant. It came five days after President Barack Obama finally ordered the Pentagon to seek out and target Nusra Front leaders, after long holding out against Moscow’s demand in this regard, and 12 hours after US president elect Donald Trump and Putin held their first telephone conversation after the election.
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 16, 2016 19:27:49 GMT -5
I think reasin why Donald Trump is too busy yelling at Chris Christie so he think the US won't do jack he is right so all reign Tsar Vlady of Russia/Arabia LOL!
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