Putin announced to the world that he was going into Syria to Fight ISIS, not intentionally bomb men, women & children in an area devoid of ISIS fighters
“Putin announced to the world that he was going into Syria to Fight ISIS, not intentionally bomb men, women & children in an area devoid of ISIS fighters”
To the Russians and Assad, the US-backed groups are the same as ISIS.
The US and UK have quite a few special forces teams operating all over in Syria (if multiple reports are to be believed). What’s to say this isn’t Russia clearing some of them out? Russia can’t have our operators running around in their new backyard..
Abdurahman Harkoush
42 minutes ago
FSA Captain Iyad al-Deek was killed in the Russian air strikes in north Homs
-NOW we know for sure the Russians went after the US-backed FSA leadership in Homs. It goes a long way to explaining Horseface Kerry’s “Indignation” in front of the UN right now.
The FSA in the area is sitting astride the strategic North-South Highway from Damascus to homs, to Idlib.