Right up to Turkey's border.
Since the deployment of the S-400's, Turkey has not sent one plane across the Syrian border. Nor outside their borders anywhere.
They know they are now a target.
I’m betting that the reason Xero hasn’t targeted the tanker columns is because the drivers are probably Turks. Russia should nail the trucks in Syria as retaliation. When the Turks whine they can reply, “How can we know the nationality of ISIS’ truck drivers. You aren’t SUPPORTING these ISIS barbarians, are you?”
Civil Wars are always so complicated because they are usually proxy wars for their neighbors and the greater powers of the globe.
Certainly, neither the Saudis, Turkey or Obama and the US Government view ISIS as a grave threat. In fact, the Turks are doing business with ISIS for smuggled oil, and Obama and Saudis feel ISIS is just a tool to be used to achieve other (murky) strategic goals in the region
Turkey tonight reportedly CLOSED the Black Sea to Russian ships. This is a HUGE escalation that could easily lead to war.
Obama has only been giving token support to the Kurds.
Turkey’s proxy war in Syria, which may be part of Erdogan’s push for neo-Ottoman empire, is now in serious jeopardy. So is his family business of ISIS oil smuggling, losing hundreds of millions of dollars in potential earning. He has to contend with Putin if he wants to continue to advance his agenda. I figure Russia and Turkey would collide at some point. Turkey now stopped being subtle and neither does Russia.
“...Russia has effectively imposed a no-fly zone over Syria.”
Vlad is fighting this war to kick some jihadi arse and not just waste some ordinance on a few mud huts.
The Turks better behave because the Bear is stomping around in their area and they want some blood.