[Mariner]

"Russia should confirm that the airstrikes are against al-Qaeda fighters or ISIS and not the opposition fighters"

They ARE the opposition. The only opposition in Syria IS Islamist.

[piasa]

Not true- there are several Christian groups fighting as well.

[kabar]

The only opposition in Syria IS Islamist

And the forces of government oppression are Islamist.

[Justa]

“They ARE the opposition. The only opposition in Syria IS Islamist.”

That is a patently FALSE accusation. You know nothing of which you post.

In the least read the Wikipedia article on the war. The war was started by secular Syrians composed of Christians, Allewites and non-Islamic Sunnis. They formed the original opposition group, the FSA. The Islamist groups, such as ISIS are a separate breed which seek to subjugate and or dominate the secularists.