“Putin just wants to kill the Isis thugs and destroy their supplies, lodging and resources. So, he lets his military find the targets and destroy them.”
But their strong ally, Assad with 40 years of Soviet/Russian weaponry supplied including missiles, planes and tanks couldn’t find those targets, go figure.
The initial article is spin. No verification of the claim.
Plenty of sources say otherwise.
The Syrian air force is still dropping barrel bombs from helicopters which shows they are still plenty desperate
“But their strong ally, Assad with 40 years of Soviet/Russian weaponry supplied including missiles, planes and tanks couldn’t find those targets, go figure.”
Assad is probably discussing this with his supposedly Intel guys. Expect a big Syria shake up in the top of Syrian military and their intel spooks.