United States and Russian officials held discussions last week – at Russia’s request – on establishing measures to avoid accidents so warplanes flying over Syria would not be in the same place at the same time.
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Moscow had been adament that it literally was in fact focusing on IS militants whereas Everybody experts together with other be casting question toward the say, saying the Russians for all purposes looked toying with critical programs treating Syrian authorities influences. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the secret meeting. But the strikes appear to have given Assad new confidence to try to retake a few lost ground.
The ministry accused Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists of sheltering in or near mosques, and released video footage taken from a drone which, it claims, shows weaponry and equipment being driven from wooded locations into an inhabited area and parked adjacent to a large mosque.
Russian efforts “will be synchronised with the actions of the Syrian army on the ground and the actions of our air force will effectively support the offensive operation of the Syrian army”, Mr Putin said at a televised a meeting with Mr Shoigu. Shoigu insisted the operation destroyed all the targets and did not launch any strikes upon civilian areas.
The launches marked the combat debut of the Russian Kalibr long-range cruise missiles, equivalent to U.S. Tomahawk missiles. “Presently we have not received such an address”, Matviyenko said Tuesday, according to the government-run TASS news agency. He asked that Russian Federation also respect Turkey’s security concerns over neighboring Syria.
“If the Syrian opposition is weakened, this would strengthen Daesh”, Davutoglu said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic extremist group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the Palmyra strikes killed at least 15 IS fighters and injured dozens more. The Russian leader said the idea came from French President Francois Hollande.
Israel has attacked Syrian armed forces and arch-foe Lebanese Hezbollah, a Damascus ally, during the four-year civil war in its hostile neighbour. The troops advanced on a village previously controlled by the rebels.
The Local Coordination Committees, another activist group, said rebels were able to destroy two tanks and an armored personnel carrier in northern parts of Hama province near Idlib. Working in tandem, the U.S. and Russian campaigns are targeting the broad range of Assad’s foes, effectively insulating the regime from the threat of imminent collapse.
But Russian officials deny ramping up military activity.
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Monday that “airstrikes are not enough to resolve the Syrian conflict, and Russia’s involvement could be most effectively applied in finding a plan for political transition in the country”.
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Washington is not prepared to cooperate with a strategy of Russia’s that is “tragically flawed”, he said. “And they continue to do so”. “There are over a million former Soviet citizens living in Israel and we need to take this into account”, he said.
