Russia's Military Involvement In Syria -- News Updates October 5, 2015

New York Times: Kremlin Says Russian ‘Volunteer’ Forces Will Fight in Syria

MOSCOW — Russia signaled deepening intervention Monday in the Syria war, strongly hinting that its “volunteer” ground forces would soon be fighting there, as NATO officials warned the Kremlin after a Russian warplane invaded Turkey’s airspace.

The unfolding developments reflected a dangerous new superpower entanglement in the war, which has left a quarter-million dead and half the country’s population displaced since it began more than four years ago.

The addition of Russia ground forces to the aerial assaults already underway by Russian warplanes particularly threatens to undermine Turkey’s policy in Syria, which aims for the establishment of a “safe zone” along the Turkish border where some Syrian refugees could return in the future.

WNU Editor: Talk about a Russian ground campaign in Syria is now making the rounds .... U.S. sees Russia readying ground campaign in Syria (CNN).

Russia's Military Involvement In Syria -- News Updates October 5, 2015

Russia may pay 'volunteers' $50 per day to fight in Syria against ISIS -- CSM/Reuters
Russian military says it hit nine IS targets in Syria in past 24 hours -- Channel News Asia
Russia Is Targeting Civilians, 'Occupying Syria,' Rebels Allege -- NBC
Syrian rebel groups call for unity, attacks on Russia -- DW
Syrian rebels call for regional alliance against Russia and Iran -- Reuters
Syrian insurgent groups vow to attack Russian forces in rare show of unity -- The Guardian
Syrian rebel groups unite to fight Russian ‘occupiers’ -- Times of Israel
Russia raids close door on political solution: Syria rebels -- AFP
Syrian President Assad Says ‘Whole Region Will Be Destroyed’ Without Russian Air Strikes -- Time
Syria’s Assad Stresses Importance of Alliance With Russia, Iran, Iraq -- WSJ
Split over Assad, Arab states mum on Russia's Syria strikes -- AFP
Russia's airstrikes in Syria are playing well at home -- CBS/AP
Ash Carter: Russia puts gasoline in the fire of Syrian civil war -- Defense News
US defence chief warns Russia has 'losing strategy' in Syria -- AFP
Assad `Cannot Last' in Syria as Russia Escalates, Carter Says -- Bloomberg
Russia is conducting 'asymmetric warfare' in Syria - Hammond -- Reuters
Perfect conditions for airstrikes on Syria, says weather forecaster on Russian TV -- The Guardian
Why Russia Picked Last Week To Begin Airstrikes In Syria -- NPR
Russia Can't Sell Its Syria Propaganda – Analysts -- Daria Litvinova, Moscow Times
Frenemies Over Syria: How Russia And US Are Coordinating Airstrikes -- Dispatch Times
Syria conflict: The close ties behind Russia's intervention -- Lina Sinjab, BBC
Russia Follows U.S. Script And Intervenes In Syria: Vladimir Putin Wrecks Washington's Mideast Plans -- Doug Bandow, Forbes