Things have not been going well for the US government’s (and friends’) 5-year-long attempt to use proxy terror forces to overthrow the Assad government. The first death-knell came last September when the Russian air force entered the fray to great effect (and applause from all sensible people). The shoot-down of the Russia bomber in November…
Sometimes events speed up and begin to spiral out of control. This is definitely one of those times. So much has happened since my last article on Syria that I’ll never be able to do it all justice. The Battle for Aleppo continues of course a brutal struggle for the future of Syria and the…
20 August 2016 Syrian government warplanes were in the air again Saturday over the flashpoint northeastern city of Hasakeh, despite a US warning against new strikes that might endanger its military advisers. In another escalation of the five-year war, regime planes this week bombarded positions held by US-backed Kurdish forces in the city fighting ISIL….
FILE PHOTO. A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea June 28, 2016. © Ryan U. Kledzik / Reuters Published time: 19 Aug, 2016 The US-led coalition scrambled planes near the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah, after Syrian…
This pic is making the rounds in “western” media together with a tearful story from “activists” in a neighborhood in al-Qaeda occupied east-Aleppo. A boy, seemingly wounded, sits quietly in a brand new, very well equipped ambulance. At a point he touches what looks like a wound on his left temple. He shows no reaction…
On September 30th, 2015, Russia deployed a battle group of bombers at the air base at Hmeymim, and started a bombing campaign against Islamist rebels in Syria. On November 23rd, 2015, President Vladimir Putin arrived on a visit to Iran. It is assumed that Putin would have asked permission to use Iran’s Hamedan air base…
