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| SuffolkRoyal | 8 Oct 2015, 09:24 PM Post #1 |
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I have mixed views about Russian action in Syria. On the one hand, Putin has taken positive action against ISIS, where NATO has pussy footed around hardly making an impact. On the other Putin clearly see's Assad as an ally and is hitting the rebels who are supported by the West. Worrying times unless NATO and Russia can find some common ground regarding Syria. And if the following report is true, and Russian missiles have actually hit Iran, and their planes have flown into Turkeys air space, it just adds to the confusion. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34479873 |
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| Clyde1998 | 8 Oct 2015, 09:54 PM Post #2 |
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Problem is - the situation has always been today's rebels are tomorrow's problem. I'd rather get the country stable again, before overthrowing it's government. |
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| daib0 | 8 Oct 2015, 10:29 PM Post #3 |
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Normally - but Assad has gassed his own people, that's three steps too far for me ... |
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| SuffolkRoyal | 9 Oct 2015, 07:31 AM Post #4 |
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There is no doubt that Assad has the blood of his own people on his hands, but the global threat of ISIS has to be given some priority. |
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| daib0 | 11 Oct 2015, 06:25 PM Post #5 |
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BBC News Syria conflict: Assad forces make 'significant gains' Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah militants from Lebanon are said to have made significant advances against rebels after heavy Russian air strikes. Government gains are being reported in Idlib, Hama and Latakia provinces. Russia says its aircraft carried out more than 60 missions over Syria in the past 24 hours, and that the Islamic State group was its main target. But the Russian strikes appear to have impacted heavily on rebels fighting both the government and IS. The main battlefront is currently close to the key highway that links the capital Damascus with other major cities, including Aleppo, and President Bashar al-Assad's forces are believed to be seeking to cut off rebels in Idlib. Before Russia's intervention, Idlib had all but fallen to a rebel coalition that had been seriously threatening Mr Assad and his heartland as well as fighting IS, BBC Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher reports. The government gains were reported both by Damascus and opposition activists. |
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| daib0 | 11 Oct 2015, 06:26 PM Post #6 |
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Analysis: Jim Muir, BBC News, Beirut Government forces are basically trying to win back areas they lost earlier this year, to the north of the city of Hama, and in the northern mountains of Latakia province near the coast. Rebels had penetrated there after unifying their ranks and with more concerted backing from their outside supporters, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. That posed a real threat to the heartland of Bashar al-Assad's regime, and it is almost certainly what triggered the Russian intervention and a stepped-up role by Iran. A senior commander of the al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate which has forces in the area, has issued a call to all the rebel groups to unify and launch a co-ordinated counter-attack on all fronts. He said if the rebels lost the initiative to the regime and the Russians, they would suffer a series of collapses and their future would be bleak. |
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| daib0 | 11 Oct 2015, 06:29 PM Post #7 |
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Super complicated situation by the map right now - ![]() |
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