Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad talk as they meet in Moscow’s Kremlin, December 19, 2006. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA)
Putin Defies Obama in Syria as Arms Fuel Assad Resurgence -- Bloomberg
President Vladimir Putin, condemned by NATO for annexing Crimea, is now defying the U.S. in Syria by sending more and deadlier arms to help Bashar al-Assad score a string of advances against insurgents, military experts say.
Assad’s army, seeking to end a three-year civil war that’s killed 150,000 people and displaced 9 million, started using longer-range Russian Smerch and Uragan rockets for the first time in February, according to Jane’s Defense Weekly and Stratfor, a U.S. geopolitical research company. Syria has also intensified the use of MiG-29 fighter jets with ground-attack capabilities, Stratfor said, citing analyses of video footage.
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Update #1: Russian official conveys Putin’s message to Syrian leader -- ITAR-TASS
Update #2: Russia kept Assad in power, but now it’s stuck with him -- Michael Young, The National
My Comment: The Russians have taken their gloves off in supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .... the U.S. response .... nothing.
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