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Russia and Syrian Arab Army Launch Major Offensive in Aleppo
21st Century Wire says…
With Syrian, Russia, US, Israeli, French and other ‘coalition’ war planes flying over Syria’s crowed airspace, the risk of a mishap is dangerously high.
But out of all those countries mentioned, only two have a legal right to be there – Syria, and the only country invited by the government in Damascus to fly over their country: Russia.
This week, Turkey’s claims its air force has shot down an unidentified drone that ventured into Turkish air space. Naturally, Washington is claiming it is Russian, but still no official confirmation from anyone to date.
Now Russian warplanes join the Syrian Arab Army for a major push on the southern district of the city of Aleppo in Northern Syria – a major terrorist and ‘rebel’ stronghold.
If successful, this will be a major turning point in the not-so-civil conflict in Syria which began in 2011…
Mariam Karouny and Orhan Coskun
Reuters
Turkey shot down a drone on Friday in an incident highlighting the dangers of multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government troops and their allies backed by Russian jets have launched an offensive against rebels near Aleppo.
The army offensive south of the city, backed by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, further expands its 10-day-old counter-attack in western Syria against insurgents battling to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
The army campaign has been coordinated with Russian jets, which began air strikes in support of Assad on Sept. 30, and Syria’s own air force…
Continue this story at Reuters
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Source: http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/10/17/russia-and-syrian-arab-army-launch-major-offensive-in-aleppo/
