The Kremlin is having trouble filling the ranks of its forces on the ground in Syria and has been forced to take a number of steps that both reflect its desperation and may lay the groundwork for future aggression.
The Russian state TV show Vesti Nedeli, a weekly program hosted by Dmitry Kiselyov has aired footage of Russian spetsnaz engaged in combat on the ground in Syria.
Russia and Assad have ignored ISIS as part of their strategy, but that may have backfired today
Kommersant reports citing sources in the Defense Ministry that the helicopter downed Friday, July 8 was a Russian aircraft and two lieutenants, a commander and a pilot were killed in the crash.
ISIS appears to have had accurate intelligence on the T4 airbase.
Russia and Assad fight to take Syria’s largest natural gas fields; tensions mount between Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces.
As Russia held a classical concert to celebrate their capture of Palmyra, at least 30 civilians were killed, either by Syrian or Russian air force jets, at a refugee camp near the Turkish border.
Once again we see a familiar pattern: widespread fighting has broken out in Syria, and Assad is bombing the moderates, not the jihadists.
Russian “private military contractors” (PMCs) are leading major battles, first in Ukraine and now in Syria, reports Fontanka, an independent Saint Petersburg newspaper
This month has seen President Vladimir Putin announcing the withdrawal of the “main part” of the Russian military deployment in Syria and confirming the deaths of five servicemen during the campaign that began on September 30, with the death of another reported independently. But while the Kremlin is presenting this as “mission accomplished,” the military operation is […]
