This is great news for people who don’t want a wahabbist theocracy to replace Assad. Very good news for Syrian Christians.
Yep. I said it when Russia entered the fray - Putin is not in this for a brokered peace or settlement and eliminating ISIS is secondary. He is in it to win and victory for him is that his ally survives. Assad is no Saint and his support of Hamas/Hezbollah is well documented, but he was/is better than the alternative. This administrations feckless foreign policy and push for regime change in the Middle East has been a disaster across the board.
Just imagine what it would look like if the Egyptian military had not stepped in and tossed Obama’s choice to govern Egypt?
Apparently as soon as the west is secured, Russia will turn to ISIS areas - numerous Russian volunteers are already fighting on that front. With full attention, no one will be left alive - men, women, children a la Grozney ... the Russian way of war.