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Zero Hedge: Mapping Russia's Syrian Air Campaign: February Strikes At A Glance
Russia and Iran are on a roll in Syria.
Just two months ago, it appeared as though Moscow was indeed set to get bogged down in the conflict as the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily airstrike video dump seemed to be at odds with a lack of concrete results on the ground.
Then, suddenly, Hezbollah had surrounded Aleppo. To be sure, the offensive was telegraphed months in advance (we previewed the assault in October). But the public generally failed to put the pieces together when it came to adding up reports of incremental advances by Assad-allied forces in northwestern Syria. As it turns out, months of hard fought gains proved sustainable and now, the rebels find themselves trapped in Aleppo, where they’ll stage a last stand that’s virtually sure to fail thanks in no small part to Russia’s scorched earth airstrikes and Hezbollah’s expertise in waging asymmetric, urban warfare.
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WNU Editor: A good brief summary on what is happening on the ground in Syria.
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Russia is not hitting ISIS except perhaps to relieve pressure on places like Deir-al-Zour or to protect its salient east of Aleppo. They also hit Palmyra to forestall further expansion in that area or it was a rich target environment to good to pass up?
The number 1 or 2 objective would be to clear the pocket north of Homs in order to clear lines of communication and redeploy those troops elsewhere. Previously Aleppo is one o 2. and clearing the triangle southwest of Damascus would be 3rd.
At that point IMHO ISIS had better hope the SA is exhausted or they will be at the receiving end of a Russian-Syrian Juggernaut. How many ISIS leaders will end up in "Argentina" after escaping via Turkish ratline?
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