Russia carries out airstrikes in Syria – targets CIA-backed rebels instead of ISIS

It is a fact that Russia has carried out airstrikes in Syria – but, instead of targeting the ISIS, the Russia targets appear to have areas that are held by rebels who are receiving arms, funding, and training from the CIA. Dozens of civilians have died in the Russian airstrikes.
The Syrian National Council is a group opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and they have revealed that at least 36 people had been killed by airstrikes in the western city of Homs – five of them were children.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 1 October 2015.

Moreover, as per the SNC's leader, none of the four areas targeted by Russian planes had any ISIS fighters. Hence, Moscow's claim that it was helping the U.S.-led coalition defeat the terror group was ‘baseless.’
According to a senior U.S. defense official, the Russian strikes had targeted fighters in the vicinity of Homs, located roughly 60 miles east of a Russian naval facility in Tartus, and were carried out by a "couple" of Russian bombers.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reiterated that the Russian Air Forces are cooperating with the Syrian pro-government military to target "exclusively" Islamic State (ISIS) targets.
To this, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has indicated that Washington was prepared to welcome Russian military action in Syria as long as it is directed against ISIS and other Al Qaeda affiliates. However, if strikes were conducted against other groups, the matter would be grave.
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Russia’s game plan not clear – it sends Pantsir-S missile system to Syria

The game plan of Russia remains in mystery because, while it has urged the US to engage in military co-operation, it is believed to be sending an advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Syria. This dispatch of the missile system has been confirmed by two Western officials. A Russian source has described the system as Pantsir-S missiles that are sent to the war-torn country where the US has been engaging in airstrikes on Islamic State.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 13 September 2015.

The anti-aircraft system would be under control and be operated by Russian troops, rather than Syrians. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has clarified that his country was sending equipment to help Syrian President Bashar al Assad fight Islamic State. He has added that Russian servicemen were in Syria primarily to help service that equipment and teach Syrian soldiers how to use it.
Russia is also staging naval exercises off Syria's coast. Russia is an ally of Syria and it already has a Mediterranean naval base at Tartus on the Syrian coast which it would try to defend. As per information with the United States, there are about 200 Russian naval infantry forces presently stationed in Latakia on the coast in government-held Syria. The majority of the forces were engaged in reviving the airfield for future use.
Incidentally, the Syrian civil war has left 250,000 people dead, has divided the nation and has turned half of Syria's 23 million people into refugees – most of them are seeking asylum in European countries.
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#syria #ISIS #johnkerry #Latakia It is understood that the United States has warned Moscow about dangers of increased aid to the government of Syria amid multiple reports that soldiers from Russia had begun to participate in the country's civil war.
Secretary of State John Kerry has called upon hid counterpart Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and had issued a warning about the increased presence of the Russian military in the war-torn country of Syria.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 6 September 2015.

The rumors are that Russia has built an air traffic control tower and housing in western Syria for setting up a 'forward operating base'. Russian government have already admitted to sending its advisers, specialists and weapons to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but does not accept that its soldiers are actively involved in Syria’s battle against various rebel groups.
Incidentally, Russia has requested air right from surrounding countries to fly military cargo to their airfield near the Syrian city of Latakia. Moreover, it also maintains a naval base in the port city of Tartus.
Obviously, the world leaders must maintain calm and restraint and keep a check on activities that could aggravate the existing volatile situation in Syria and, added to the threats of the ISIS, it needs handing with care and caution.
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