A Russian military adviser died in a hospital in Syria on 1 February after suffering severe wounds when a Syrian army training center in Homs Province was shelled.Speaking shortly after the formal start of the UN-mediated In early February 2016, intensive Russian strikes contributed to the success of the Syrian army and its allies′ On 1 March, the Russian defense ministry said it had deployed to the Khmeimim base additional radars and drones: three sets of surveillance equipment which included drones and two radar stations.On 14 March 2016, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that the mission which he had set for the Russian military in Syria was "on the whole accomplished" and ordered withdrawal of the "main part" of the Russian forces from Syria.In mid-March 2016, intensive operations by the Russian forces resumed to support the Syrian government′s In early May 2016, news media reported that Russian ground forces had set up what On 16 August 2016, Russian Tu-22M bombers and Su-34 strike fighters began to use Iran′s For a period of time, from late June until the end of the Russia′s air force took active part in the Syrian government′s On 17 November 2016, the Russian ministry of defence said that three "well-known" commanders of Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate formerly known as Al-Nusra Front, among other "terrorists", had been killed in Russian strikes fired by Su-33 fighter jets based on In late November, satellite images emerged showing several of By mid-December 2016 the Syrian government, with the help of its allies including On 1 January 2017, Russian and Turkish warplanes conducted joint airstrikes against ISIL as part of the On 6 January, the Russian Defense Ministry, with a reference to a Moscow/Ankara-brokered ceasefire effective as of 30 December 2016, announced the start of a drawdown of its forces from Syria, pursuant to a decision taken by President Putin; the first element scheduled to depart the region was announced to be the On 20 March it was reported that Russia set up a training base in Russia scaled back its airstrikes in Syria in January and February, so that for the first time casualties due to US-led Coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq began to exceed casualties of Russian strikes in Syria. The Trump administration is facing a torrent of criticism Monday after it unexpectedly announced a full U.S. troop withdrawal from northern Syria to effectively allow a long-planned military operation by Turkey against Kurdish ground forces, who had battled to uproot ISIS. It seems that the policy of the United States is to betray their friends and allies.A US officer, from the US-led coalition, speaks with a fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units near northeastern Syrian Kurdish town of Derik, known as al-Malikiyah in Arabic, on April 25, 2017.Erdogan feels closer relationship with Russia is in his best interest, academic saysVulnerable GOP senators offer more generous unemployment plan than their party proposedWhite House threatens executive action if it fails to reach coronavirus relief deal with DemocratsFormer clients of acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf received millions in department contracts "But the importance is the commitment, the political will. If it was so the US had invaded it 5 years ago, in fact we will be hearing that the Donald Trump has announced that the troops will retur home. ISIS could make an estimated $800 million in 2015 by taxing and extorting the Iraqis and Syrians in its territory, according to a study by terrorism experts Jean-Charles Brisard and Damien Martinez.

The That happens to be where the rebels actually fighting Assad’s forces are; it’s not where we find the other groups who talk a big game but let others do the fighting so that they can pick up the pieces afterward. "The 'United States' is not holding any ISIS detainees," McGurk continued, referencing the White House statement. A 2018 report by the International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) indicates that Russia had as many as 1,000 female members, 1,000 minors, and upwards of 5,000 total members of ISIS.

So what are the Russians doing in Syria? Some skirmishes have taken place since September as fighting is still reported. They have abandoned us to a Turkish massacre. The Geneva Centre for Security Policy has documented all sorts of taxes: a 10% income tax, a 10% business tax, 5% on cash withdrawals from banks, and others.

"Turkey has neither the intent, desire, nor capacity to manage 60k detainees in al Hol camp, which State and DoD IGs warn is the nucleus for a resurgent ISIS. RT is the 21st Century equivalent of Radio Moscow during the height of the Cold War.I’ve been saying this for a long time but most people won’t listen.Putin’s #1 care in the world is his naval base at Tartus. As soon as US strikes started last summer, Daesh stopped using the large, massed formations they’d entered Mosul with; they went back to little, dispersed knots, to make themselves harder to hit. Here’s none other than Pete Nealen to explain why. According to Next, let’s look where they’re bombing. All Rights Reserved.