The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has opened Iraqi airspace for the flight of Russian cruise missiles. The missiles will be launched from the areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea where the Russian Navy is conducting live missile and artillery drills.
“It’s unfortunate but not surprising or unexpected. And I think that it speaks to the continuation of a pattern that we’ve seen of Russia continuing to carry out airstrikes and now it appears with Iran’s direct assistance that at last purport to target ISIL [Daesh] targets as well as Nusra targets, but in fact and we’ve seen this continually predominantly target a moderate Syrian opposition forces,” Toner told reporters.
The United State is looking into whether Russia has violated a UN Security Council resolution by deploying Tu-22M3 bombers and Su-34 strike fighters to an Iranian air base, the US Department of State deputy spokesperson said.”
Thus the zionazi queen further reinforces the now worldwide impression that pindo regime officials are just israeli proxies, and rather pathetic ones at that.
Amazing this one huge announcement went unnoticed yesterday!
Probably because it was delivered by El Presidente’s major goombah, not himself.
AUG15 http://english.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?eid=282368&cid=22&fromval=1&frid=22&seccatid=55&s1=1
The road map is based on three main points: Preserving the unity of the Syrian territories, preventing the PYD, which is PKK’s affiliate in Syria, from establishing its federal project, and re-establishing the Syrian state, provided that it should not be established on sectarian or regional bases, then having Syrians brought back to their country according to a specific timetable.
Yilidrim stressed that the solution should be based on the principle of the unity of the Syrian territories, so any core for a state like PYD is seeking to establish cannot be allowed.
Quite the timing this, what with speculation on a few forums past 1-2 days that the only reason putin was proposing publicly taking in the US as allies in-close ‘fighting ISIS’ was that he was aware by intel of this treachery coming as a possibility, but that they wouldn’t pull it large scale with them all around.
The Daesh jihadists have launched a chemical attack on residential districts of the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, wounding at least 20 civilians, local media reported citing sources.
As usual Moon of Alabama has an excellent discussion of what’s happening in Aleppo. The jihadi offensive was surprisingly successful and is now posing a major threat to Aleppo:
Stoner, the US SpokesComedian, has accused Russia of breaking a UN resolution 2231 relating to supplying weapons to Iran. Russia correctly points out that weapons have not been supplied to Iran. They are Russian weapons, operatied by RUssians under Russia targetting control.
Su-34 ‘Hell Ducks’ are flying out of Hamadan with a full weapon load.
Pro-Kurdish sources reported on August 18 that an air strike has hit a HQ of the so-called “Northern Syria Federation” proclaimed by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the city of Al-Hasakah in northern Syria. Four people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded. The information about some “Syrian warplanes” targeting the city was released by Barzan Sadiq, Head of Output at the Kurdistan24 Channel.
The report came amid ongoing clashes between the Kurdish police (Asayish) linked with the PYD and the National Defense Forces (NDF) loyal to the Syrian government. Sides use small arms and RPG rounds.
If this is confirmed, it will indicate a major escalation between the forces loyal to the Kurdish PYD and the Syrian government forces. This could also impact the developments in Aleppo city. On the other hand, these reports can be a PR move by pro-US forces in order to blame the Syrian government.
Residents of Al-Hasakah are reportedly fleing the city due to heavy clashes there:”
So are the Russian bombing runs crossing Iraqi airspace to Syria or do they have to swing up around the tip of Iraq?
https://southfront.org/iraq-opens-airspace-flight-of-russian-cruise-missiles/
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has opened Iraqi airspace for the flight of Russian cruise missiles. The missiles will be launched from the areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea where the Russian Navy is conducting live missile and artillery drills.
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraqi-airspace-opened-for-russia-confirms-abadi/
Iraqi airspace opened for Russia, confirms Abadi.
With conditional support and no missiles! Thanks for the info.
Russian Use of Iranian Base ‘Unfortunate, Not Surprising’ – US State Department
http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160816/1044336987/dos-russia-iran-base.html
“It’s unfortunate but not surprising or unexpected. And I think that it speaks to the continuation of a pattern that we’ve seen of Russia continuing to carry out airstrikes and now it appears with Iran’s direct assistance that at last purport to target ISIL [Daesh] targets as well as Nusra targets, but in fact and we’ve seen this continually predominantly target a moderate Syrian opposition forces,” Toner told reporters.
The United State is looking into whether Russia has violated a UN Security Council resolution by deploying Tu-22M3 bombers and Su-34 strike fighters to an Iranian air base, the US Department of State deputy spokesperson said.”
Thus the zionazi queen further reinforces the now worldwide impression that pindo regime officials are just israeli proxies, and rather pathetic ones at that.
Well maybe the US (NATO) knows the Russian know that they have been providing info to terrorists – so Russia counters them:
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160817/1044359571/russia-iran-counterterrorism-spying.html
Amazing this one huge announcement went unnoticed yesterday!
Probably because it was delivered by El Presidente’s major goombah, not himself.
AUG15
http://english.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?eid=282368&cid=22&fromval=1&frid=22&seccatid=55&s1=1
The road map is based on three main points: Preserving the unity of the Syrian territories, preventing the PYD, which is PKK’s affiliate in Syria, from establishing its federal project, and re-establishing the Syrian state, provided that it should not be established on sectarian or regional bases, then having Syrians brought back to their country according to a specific timetable.
Yilidrim stressed that the solution should be based on the principle of the unity of the Syrian territories, so any core for a state like PYD is seeking to establish cannot be allowed.
Quite the timing this, what with speculation on a few forums past 1-2 days that the only reason putin was proposing publicly taking in the US as allies in-close ‘fighting ISIS’ was that he was aware by intel of this treachery coming as a possibility, but that they wouldn’t pull it large scale with them all around.
The Daesh jihadists have launched a chemical attack on residential districts of the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, wounding at least 20 civilians, local media reported citing sources.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The mustard gas attack was carried out on Tuesday 16th on a government-controlled neighborhood, the Press TV broadcaster said.
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160817/1044341484/daesh-aleppo-chemical-attack.html
And then there’s China…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-16/china-sides-russia-syrian-war-will-provide-aid-and-military-training-assad
As usual Moon of Alabama has an excellent discussion of what’s happening in Aleppo. The jihadi offensive was surprisingly successful and is now posing a major threat to Aleppo:
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/08/russia-launches-massive-air-campaign-to-stop-us-supported-al-qaeda-attacks-on-aleppo-.html
Stoner, the US SpokesComedian, has accused Russia of breaking a UN resolution 2231 relating to supplying weapons to Iran. Russia correctly points out that weapons have not been supplied to Iran. They are Russian weapons, operatied by RUssians under Russia targetting control.
Su-34 ‘Hell Ducks’ are flying out of Hamadan with a full weapon load.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNkWPMvhHnM
The US has been left floundering once more. There response is even more pathetic since it appears that Lavrov told Kerry what was going to happen.
https://southfront.org/most-modern-russian-spy-plane-tu-214r-escorted-by-su-30sms-was-spotted-in-syria-video/
as it says
Pro-Kurdish sources reported on August 18 that an air strike has hit a HQ of the so-called “Northern Syria Federation” proclaimed by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the city of Al-Hasakah in northern Syria. Four people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded. The information about some “Syrian warplanes” targeting the city was released by Barzan Sadiq, Head of Output at the Kurdistan24 Channel.
The report came amid ongoing clashes between the Kurdish police (Asayish) linked with the PYD and the National Defense Forces (NDF) loyal to the Syrian government. Sides use small arms and RPG rounds.
If this is confirmed, it will indicate a major escalation between the forces loyal to the Kurdish PYD and the Syrian government forces. This could also impact the developments in Aleppo city. On the other hand, these reports can be a PR move by pro-US forces in order to blame the Syrian government.
Residents of Al-Hasakah are reportedly fleing the city due to heavy clashes there:”
https://southfront.org/air-strike-hits-hq-of-northern-syria-federation-in-al-hasakah/