NOTE: Have not seen this confirmed by other social media sources!!!
Body of decapitated Russian soldier arrived in Sevastopol from Syria http://www.sobytiya.info/news/15/55478?_utl_t=fb … pic.twitter.com/acP96QGfSJ
Russian soldiers in #Syria use masks. The guy with beard is their local "guide" http://videopay.net/video/pFaMsFbQEeWJ_JNAGpT1tw?t=6 … pic.twitter.com/zodYRiUchE
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Russia condemns #Australia for bombing ISIS in #Syria. At the same time as it sends ships and planes to fight ISIS.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-1...-syria/6766310 …
Russia'n soldiers shooting with live ammunition in port city of #Tartous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N4urciJCJ4 … pic.twitter.com/Nl0nacqXQ5
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More on the convergence of the Russian and Iranian non linear warfare---Originally Posted by davidbfpo
http://uk.businessinsider.com/israel...#ixzz3lMWgLZo2
Israeli official: Iran's military mastermind went to Russia to talk to Putin about saving Assad
Natasha Bertrand
The increased presence of Russian and Iranian troops in Syria is the "result of a meeting between [Iranian military mastermind] Soleimani with Russian President Vladimir Putin" and is due to "Assad's crisis," a senior Israeli security official told Israeli outlet YNet news on Thursday.
In August, two unnamed Western intelligence sources told Fox News that Soleimani had violated a travel ban and sanctions to meet with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The official added that cooperation between Russia and Iran has resulted in a significant military buildup in the Latakia province of western Syria.
"Russia ... has teamed up with Iran in an unprecedented attempt to protect the embattled regime of Bashar Assad from falling to rebel groups including the Islamic State," YNet reported.
Soleimani — a major general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and commander of the powerful Quds force — has reportedly sent hundreds of ground soldiers into Syria over the past few days.
Meanwhile, Russian drones and fighter planes have been surveilling non-ISIS rebels in the country's north.
Russian armored-personnel carriers with Russian-speaking troops have also apparently been involved in fighting, and Russia has set up an air-traffic-control tower and brought housing units for up to 1,000 personnel to Latakia in the country's west. Two tank-landing ships and additional aircraft have arrived, Reuters reported.
"It's hard to forecast whether Russia's presence will decide the fate of Syria, but it will lengthen the fighting and bloodletting for at least another year because ISIS won't give up," the Israeli source told YNet.
Under Soleimani's purview, has long since taken over Assad's fight in crucial parts of Syria.
In May, Soleimani traveled to Syria to "organize the entry of Iranian officials to supervise and aid" Iranian proxy forces in coastal Syria, according to Now Lebanon.
One month later, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander told the London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi that “the regime has handed over the operations room to Iranian officers and leadership.”
“Syrian officers, among them Alawites, have become secondary members, whose tasks can sometimes be reduced to handing out tea and coffee," he added.
Al Qaeda-linked rebels took full control of the Idlib province last week, which Iran-backed militias had failed to secure during a counterattack in June. Idlib borders Latakia and is just the second province no longer under government control (along with ISIS-controlled Raqqa).
Now, it appears that Iran is upping the ante in coordination with Russia.
"Assad has lost significant territory over the past months; Putin is not about to tolerate his ouster," geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia Group, told Business Insider in an email.
Iran is not about to tolerate it, either — Iran is making "an effective play for regional hegemony," Michael Gerson of the Washington Post has written, and needs Assad to remain in power to maintain its bridge to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Russia, too, has its own interests to look after: control over its naval base at Tartus is at stake, and along with it Putin's ability to project power into the Mediterranean.
As a result, Russia's incursion into Syria has less to do with fighting ISIS and more to do with countering Western actions that have bolstered rebel forces in the north and threaten to weaken Assad further.
"If the West succeeds in turning the tide of the war while Assad is vulnerable, the political outcomes in Syria are more likely to be dictated by the US," Bremmer said. "Which means Putin needs to bolster Assad now."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...699809,00.html
Iranian troops join Russians in Syria fighting
Israeli security sources claim Quds Force sending hundreds of elite troops in unprecedented cooperation with Russia to save embattled Syrian regime.
Yoav Zitun
Published: 09.10.15, 18:04 / Israel News
Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran's elite Quds Force, has sent hundreds of ground soldiers into Syria in the past few days apparently in cooperation with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, said a senior Israeli security official Thursday.
Russia has also recently deployed military assets into Syria and according to the Israeli source, has teamed up with Iran in an unprecedented attempt to protect the embattled regime of Bashar Assad from falling to rebel groups including the Islamic State.
The Israeli source said that Iran's increased military involvement in Syria was "due to Assad's crisis and under Russian-Iranian cooperation as a result of a meeting between Soleimani with Russian President Vladimir Putin," said the Israeli source.
The only Iranian force that has operated in Syria so far has been the Basij militia, a paramilitary organization with a relatively small number of fighters.
The security official said that Israel has little to worry about Russia's military activity in Syria saying that it is "not directed at Israel.
"We have dialogue with Russia and we aren't in the middle of the Cold War," continued the source. "We have open channels with the Russians."
Israeli security leaders assess that Assad currently controls just 25-30 percent of Syria, mainly around the country's shoreline where critical supplies are shipped into ports.
"It's hard to forecast whether Russia's presence will decide the fate of Syria, but it will lengthen the fighting and bloodletting for at least another year because ISIS won't give up," said the Israeli source.
Along Israel's border with Syria in the Golan Heights, Assad maintains just two enclaves at Quneitra and another smaller area further north, centered around Syrian-Druze villages that look to the regime for protection.
Rebels used bad weather caused by a massive sandstorm across the Middle East in the last few days to gain control of a government-controlled air field near the northern city of Idlib.
Now Assadists are kicking in their own version of informational warfare----
The agency tht helped Jews & Al Qaeda create the sandstrm -acc 2 Assadists- is called HAARP or High Frequency Active Auroral Research Progrm
To help Zionist and Al Qaeda take over the Abu Al Duhur mil base and other Assad POIs pic.twitter.com/9xZfjJqPjD
I thought this was one nutjob until I saw several pro Assad pages post it: Assadists believe the sandstorm in Syria was caused By America..
Russia Flies Around #NATO Airspace To Supply Weapons To #Syria
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/140...e#.VfFu0mZXfCQ … pic.twitter.com/N7LiQXYVqz
"Russia blocks a UN arms embargo vs Syria's Assad since 4 yrs, hence can call its actions "legal".
http://twitter.com/mfa_russia/sta …"v
Syrian Express is on the move again—another ship headed to Syria----
Phnom Penh registered livestock carrier Rabunion20 transits southbound Bosphorus en route to #Tartus #Syria pic.twitter.com/D62HmnelDg
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http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.de/...different.html
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Putin Opening ‘Second’ and Different ‘Front’ against the West in Syria, Felshtinsky Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, September 10 – With the dispatch of Russian troops to Syria, Vladimir Putin has opened ‘a second front’ against the West, one that is very different in its methods and intentions than the first one in Ukraine that he continues to pursue, according to Russian-American historian Yury Felshtinsky.
In Ukraine, Putin has pursued “a ‘hybrid’ battle only in the sense that he has been pursuing a double goals: first, to seize Ukraine and start the restoration of ‘a Soviet Union’ or ‘a Russian Empire’ … and second, to show the entire world that Russia has the right to territorial conquests … beyond the current Russian borders” (apostrophe.com.ua/article/world/ex-ussr/2015-09-10/ne-tolko-ukraina-zachem-putin-otkryivaet-vtoroy-front-v-sirii/2238).
In Syria, on the other hand, Felshtinsky continues, Russia’s actions are not “’hybrid’” in any sense. Rather, they are “a continuation of the old Soviet policy which on the whole never changed” and that may be better described as “schizophrenic,” that is, one that involved as in the case of Israel supporting one country and then selling arms to that country’s enemies.
“Russian policy toward Syria and Russian military actions in Syria … serve [those] same goals,” he argues. “It is important to Putin to show Europe and the US that Russia has the right to use its forces far beyond its borders if the interests of the state require this.” Putin thus considers that he is “acting ‘exactly the same’ as the US has in Iraq.
By sending troops to Syria, “Putin wants to show the world” that Russia has “parity” relations with the US. At his upcoming speech at the United Nations, Felshtinsky suggests, the Russian leader’s central message is thus going to be that “Russia is permitted to do what the US is permitted to do.”
In that speech, the Russian-American analyst says, “Putin will declare to the entire world that the rules of the game have changed and that Russia must be taken into account because it has an army and nuclear weapon and intends to use in the resolution of its foreign policy tasks both the first and the second.”
The Russian army, “the first foreign policy instrument,” has been used for some time: in Chechnya, in Transdniestria, in Georgia, in Ukraine and now in Syria. The second, nuclear weapons, “remains in reserve.” Putin and his entourage will constantly remind the world of what could happen “if they push a rat into a corner.’”
All this means, the analyst says, that “the entire world now is concerned with yet another delicate mission: how to get the rat out of the corner in which he has gone of his own volition and does not want to leave although all the doors are open.”
“The optimists hope that Putin will publicly declare at the UN about his coming out of the corner,” Felshtinsky says, adding that he personally is not one of them and does not expect anything good.”
The reason is simple: “there are already consequences from the conduct of the military campaign in Syria, and they are very serious” because “the entire world considers these consequences catastrophic but Putin views them as positive.”
In the course of a very brief time, “Russia has been transformed from a peaceful partner into a militant opponent,” whose economy is no longer linked to the work market system but is suffering because of the falling prices for oil.
“Putin,” Felshtinsky argues, “consider this as the price for a new policy of Russia. Having devalued the ruble, he has made all the citizens of the Russian Federation into fellow participants of his foreign policy operations,” even though they have little or no influence on his decisions and aren’t about going into the square to “demand the overthrow of the Putin regime.”
BBC Breaking News ✔ @BBCBreaking
BBC sees footage of Syrian civilians attacked by chemical weapons, over a year after last declared weapons removed http://bbc.in/1XQ6b7K
Death by Chemical weapons Assad's genocide of a nation continues http://dld.bz/dJGnr pic.twitter.com/OKS0MAoOoN
Vid shows a large convoy of Ahrār ash-Shām tanks heading towards the #Syria|n regime-held towns of Fu'a and #Kefraya>
More: Also a large convoy of missile launchers and anti-aircraft weapons heading towards Fu'a and #Kefraya, #Idlib.
Syria: Large convoy of Ahrār ash-Shām (JaF) fighters heading towards the regime-held towns of Fu'a and #Kefraya. pic.twitter.com/P24m3UyiPl
Hey world, FYI. In the space of 24 hours #Russia has questioned Bulgaria's sovereignty & threatened Sweden militarily
Humor about Russians in Syrian—“we are here to protect Syrian Russians”
Cartoon http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/c...11-397645.html … pic.twitter.com/lfqKEOQqCZ
Iranian troops join Russians in Syria fighting - Israel News, Ynetnews http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...699809,00.html …
Media outlet Vice always shows up when things are in progress—where were they in the last four years in Syria???
Vice News finally in #Syria filming rebels who fight against #Assad regime there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHJPXWglnpU …
Russia appears ready and willing to take on multiple wars at once." http://read.bi/1Lm05mf pic.twitter.com/TGsAwEchZI
Now that many witnesses are dead, evidence is cold, bodies are buried, and Russian troops make Assad bomb-proof https://twitter.com/MoscowTimes/stat...54029159010304 …
UN Okays Probe Into Syria Gas Attack After #Russia Drops Objections http://tmt-go.ru/529968 #news
APPEARS the report of a potential beheaded Russian soldier might have in fact been correct--local Crimea Russian newspaper is now reporting the return of 10 caskets with dead Russian troops----interesting as this report ties into the previous combat video taken near Homs.
Also if beheaded--this indicates to me that Syrian anti Assad forces were sending a clear message to Putin and his military of yes you can send combat veterans of the Ukraine but fighting here in Syria is not fighting in the Ukraine where you will not be beheaded if captured, wounded or killed.
Will be interesting to see if the Russian military and Putin got the message????
10 caskets with bodies of Russian army solders arrived from #Syria to Sevastopol - local news reports #Crimea http://www.sobytiya.info/news/15/55478
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Russian officials lie about everything, even when saying where their ships are heading https://twitter.com/bbcdaniels/statu...10330542047236 …
BREAKING
#Peshmarga forces, supported by coalition airstrikes, retake 12 villages from ISIS in the Daquq area in south Kirkuk, this morning
Idiocy: UKIP MEP claims "IS controls over half of" #Syria and "Assad the rest" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-refugees.html …
UK neo rightist does not seem to know his facts--currently Assad only controls 15% of the Syria land mass---namely his own region and the coastal strip.
Slogan t-shirt at #GUM shopping mall, #Moscow: “Russians don’t need visas”. #paratroopers pic.twitter.com/ewpH6nHCzs
Hezbollah's TV's Amro Nassef: Syrian refugees & displaced are scum/bastards. I have no sympathy 4 refugees" pic.twitter.com/fNOyTQfxdx
Stated by one of the terrorist groups in Syria net to IS.
#Iraq: Shia terrorist group claims last week's kidnapping of 18 workers from #Turkey in #Baghdad & makes 4 demands. pic.twitter.com/ZIsy47whdL
Re-up: Defense Intelligence chief says Iraq and Syria may not survive as states http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:...e1febe2a3ce609 …
Max Abrahms @MaxAbrahms
How will the White House respond when Russia starts bombing U.S.-backed Syrian rebels?
One village in Lebanon is hosting more Syrian refugees than the entire United States. Imagine that. By @_RichardHall http://www.globalpost.com/article/66...an-refugees-us …
Iraq Abu Bakr Turkmeni killed in an airstrike by the coalition targeted his car on the road to Al-Asheq village in #Talafar #ISIS #ISIL
Why only war refugees from Syria deserve, as they do, our help and solidarity, and those from Ukraine do not ? Why such a double standard ?
NATO intell chief Adm. Brett Heimbigner: "Are we keeping up with threats?...Absolutely not" http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs...ove-into-syria … pic.twitter.com/0nSIF6VrAv
For those that think Putin does not have a strategy and is driving on that strategy both in the Ukraine and Syria--AND it is fully aimed at the US and NATO.
http://warontherocks.com/2015/09/put...han-you-think/
Putin’s Strategy is Far Better than You Think
New Russian threat against NATO and especially the US—notice how Putin applies pressure on Obama who he fully understands is reluctant to use hard power.
Maxim Tucker @MaxRTucker
#Russia to US: Talk to us in #Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'. Ie Russian air defences shooting down NATO planes http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article...50911?irpc=932 …
AND as always-in the background when Putin threatens Obama--the Russian nuclear threat.
#Russia sends world’s largest submarine, with 200 #nukes, to #Syria
http://osnetdaily.com/2015/09/russia...submarine-with... … …
WHY would the Russians send their most advanced AD systems which BTW are also in the Ukraine WHEN IS has not a single aircraft or drone capable of firing a single missile.
Putin claims to be wanting to led a war against the IS BUT this AD system is vast overkill for a non IS threat BUT it is effective at threatening US/NATO aircraft.
Russia is sending advanced air defences to Syria http://read.bi/1ESpaZ8 pic.twitter.com/SZPtNJv95Y
Results of one year's worth of US/Allied bombing----
ISIL has been able to thrive in areas with a majority Arab Sunni population but has failed to take hold in areas where Sunni Arabs are the minority or where effective rival ground forces could oppose them. … Taken in this light, ISIL appears to have essentially traded holdings in Kurdistan and near Baghdad that were hard for it to maintain for holdings in central Syria that will be much easier for it to maintain.
This month, Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called the fight against ISIS “tactically stalemated” with no “dramatic gains on either side,” predicting it would take “a decade or more to resolve” the problems that led to ISIS’s rise. This is the difference a year made
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MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: We need to put aside the idea of regime change in #Syria, since prior attempts have led to an unprecedented spike in terrorism
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: We urge the coalition members to start cooperating with the Syrian Government. Several European FMs have supported this view
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: We have long insisted on the need to coordinate all the parties involved, including the Syrian Government, in fighting ISIS
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: Mr Kerry told me that the US is interested in restoring direct communication between defence authorities. If so, we are ready
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: We support the Syrian Government’s fight against ISIS, which should not be allowed to become a state
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: US-led coalition was formed unilaterally, without consulting the #UNSC or coordinating the move with a key country like #Syria
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
#Lavrov: Russian military experts are in #Syria to help with maintenance of Russian equipment, to train the Syrian army to use the hardware
Anyone see the Russian strategy in progress?????
How ISIS Territory Has Changed Since the U.S. Bombing Campaign Began http://bit.ly/1K15zCV pic.twitter.com/tZ14FT1ZKh
Another Syrian Express vessel makes it to Syria---
Malk M aka Wilson Fjord left Novorossiysk, Russia on 5th September. Just arrived Latakia, Syria. pic.twitter.com/Q05IRj3GyC
Iraq #Syra : #ISIS have shown themselves very capable of quickly repairing bomb damaged infrastructure like bridges, electric grid etc,
The E.U., the U.S. and Russia are clarifying their strategies for peace in #Syria. pic.twitter.com/DjIA5E82D3
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