Posted on 09/21/2015 1:39:26 PM PDT by tcrlaf
This past weekend, the Russian Air Force was given full access to the Hmaymat Military Airbase inside the Latakia Governorate’s western countryside after the Syrian Arab Army’s Central Command approved the Russian Navy’s recent delivery of Sukhoi fighter jets through the Syrian port-city of Tartous.
The Hmaymat Military Airbase is located inside the Bassel Al-Assad International Airport, which sits just east of the densely populated coastal city of Jableh in western Latakia.
With full access to the Hmaymat Military Airbase’s airfields, the Russian Air Force possesses a temporary airbase to begin their aerial operations above the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham’s (ISIS) positions in Syria.
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A vacuum exists because the US will NOT fill its responsibilities.
This is what happens when “red lines” get drawn, and no action follows.
You forfeit the right to draw red lines.
Pingsky.
Israel coordinating with Russian strikes on US- backed insurgents aka ISIS, Al Nusra/ Al Qaeda etc
Israel just wants to make sure the Russians and Israeli forces can identify each other so they don’t accidentally engage
Netanyahu took his armed forces chief and chief of military intelligence to Russia for the meeting
We live in interestng times
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