Posted on 12/09/2015 9:58:44 AM PST by Trumpinator
- Russian submarine strikes -
International concern over the conflict has grown with the emergence of IS as a major threat, after it seized large parts of Syria and Iraq and carried out operations abroad including last month's Paris attacks.
The jihadists have also kidnapped hundreds of people, including more than 200 members of Syria's Assyrian Christian minority in the northeast province of Hasakeh in February.
On Wednesday, IS freed 25 Assyrian captives, including two children, the Assyrian Human Rights Network said.
Up to 125 hostages are believed to still be held after successive releases.
A US-led coalition launched air strikes against IS in Iraq and Syria last year.
Russia in September began its own intervention, though critics have accused Moscow of mostly hitting moderate rebels.
The latest Russian strikes hit hundreds of targets, Moscow's defence chief said, and helped Syrian special forces recover the black box of a Russian warplane downed by Turkey last month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited British experts to help analyse the black box.
Eight civilians, including five children, were killed Wednesday in suspected Russian air strikes on a village in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region, near Damascus, the Observatory said.
Elsewhere in Syria, four civilians were killed in rebel mortar fire that hit government-controlled neighbourhoods of the northern city of Aleppo, state media reported.
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If ISIS freed any Christians, they can expect an angry call from barkie and val.
Why did our leader call ISIS a JV team???
He’s not one of us.
Yes, it is. I typed the question quickly. Here is another one. Obama neither wants to protect us from Iran or questionable refugees. The press must ask Obama’s family if they believe he would protect them if they were private citizens and attacked.
would love to see a video of the missile being fired.
Because Obama is captain of the Varsity team destroying America.
Can’t get to source. Can’t find source searching.
http://news.yahoo.com/syria-rebels-begin-evacuating-last-homs-district-under-063756692.html
It’s a multiple news item. Scroll to bottom paragraphs starts with:
- Russian submarine strikes -
First thing I thought of was, “I thought the ISIS capital was land-locked”. Maybe they didn’t mean it ran aground in the ISIS capital.
If nothing else in this hot mess, we are getting a very good look at Russia’s capabilities.
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