Russian involvement in Syrian crisis
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Kshatriya87
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That last guy sure bashed US significantly.
"US is the inventor of double standards & hypocrisy".
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I still have to finish that lenghty piece there http://spioenkop.blogspot.fr/2016/06/no-end-in-sight-failed-tabqa-offensive.html but it says that the Syrian Army or what it is left from it has suffered serious setbacks in its offensive against IS.
Found this part quite interesting :
"But perhaps the most serious problem with the different forces fighting for the regime is that some units have become so powerful that these are now essentially private armies. Many of these elite units consist mainly of Alawites originating from Syria's coastal region or minorities (mostly Druzes) and are extremely sectarian as a result. These units make up much of the regime's offensive capabilities, and received the largest share of Russian-supplied weaponry in the past year, including T-90s. The now infamous Tiger Forces, led by Suheil 'The Tiger' al-Hassan and Suqour al-Sahraa' (The Desert Falcons) are the best-known examples of these private armies, and appear to be neither under SyAA or NDF command, but rather taking orders straight from the Syrian High Command or President Bashar al-Assad. This means that if one of these two units operate alongside SyAA or NDF units, different commanders from different branches of the regime's military are issuing different orders while both pursuing the exact same objective. It does occasionally happen that either of the two units take command and issues orders to forces of other branches, but this creates a whole host of other problems as many of the (semi-)independent militias are anything but keen to receive orders from a different branch (which was indeed a common complaint heard during the offensive on Tabqa). This proved to be less of a problem at Tadmur, where the Russian Armed Forces had considerable influence upon the whole operation. "
Found this part quite interesting :
"But perhaps the most serious problem with the different forces fighting for the regime is that some units have become so powerful that these are now essentially private armies. Many of these elite units consist mainly of Alawites originating from Syria's coastal region or minorities (mostly Druzes) and are extremely sectarian as a result. These units make up much of the regime's offensive capabilities, and received the largest share of Russian-supplied weaponry in the past year, including T-90s. The now infamous Tiger Forces, led by Suheil 'The Tiger' al-Hassan and Suqour al-Sahraa' (The Desert Falcons) are the best-known examples of these private armies, and appear to be neither under SyAA or NDF command, but rather taking orders straight from the Syrian High Command or President Bashar al-Assad. This means that if one of these two units operate alongside SyAA or NDF units, different commanders from different branches of the regime's military are issuing different orders while both pursuing the exact same objective. It does occasionally happen that either of the two units take command and issues orders to forces of other branches, but this creates a whole host of other problems as many of the (semi-)independent militias are anything but keen to receive orders from a different branch (which was indeed a common complaint heard during the offensive on Tabqa). This proved to be less of a problem at Tadmur, where the Russian Armed Forces had considerable influence upon the whole operation. "
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President authorises navy ship to transport 30 fighter jets & attack choppers to the Med in bid to rid the world of death cult
VLADIMIR Putin is to send Russia’s largest battleship to Syria in a bid to crush ISIS once and for all.
The Russian president is to dispatch the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier plus 30 jet fighters and attack helicopters to the war-torn country in an attempt to destroy the terror group for good.
The Kremlin strongman’s decision came in the wake of ISIS atrocities in Bangladesh – where it murdered 20 hostages in a restaurant in the capital Dhaka – and Baghdad, Iraq, where a car bomb killed 125 shoppers.
Admiral Kuznetsov, the 55,000 tonne ship will be deployed in the region from October until January, a military source informed TASS.
The vessel is expected to arrive in the Med this Autumn, where it will liaise with land-based Russian forces already deployed in the region.
The Admiral Kuznetsov will be packed with warplanes and attack choppers.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13840...st-warship-to-decimate-isis-once-and-for-all/
End game for the ISIS?
VLADIMIR Putin is to send Russia’s largest battleship to Syria in a bid to crush ISIS once and for all.
The Russian president is to dispatch the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier plus 30 jet fighters and attack helicopters to the war-torn country in an attempt to destroy the terror group for good.
The Kremlin strongman’s decision came in the wake of ISIS atrocities in Bangladesh – where it murdered 20 hostages in a restaurant in the capital Dhaka – and Baghdad, Iraq, where a car bomb killed 125 shoppers.
Admiral Kuznetsov, the 55,000 tonne ship will be deployed in the region from October until January, a military source informed TASS.
The vessel is expected to arrive in the Med this Autumn, where it will liaise with land-based Russian forces already deployed in the region.
The Admiral Kuznetsov will be packed with warplanes and attack choppers.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13840...st-warship-to-decimate-isis-once-and-for-all/
End game for the ISIS?
gadeshi
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Newest Ka-52K Katran naval Ka-52 version squadron from Baltic Fleet will go to Syria for war practice and trials:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1467579071
http://rusvesna.su/news/1467579071
