Monday, September 17, 2018

Russian Defense Minister: There Will Be No New Military Operation In Syria’s Idlib Province

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia September 17, 2018. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

TASS: Russian defense minister rules out new military operation in Syria’s Idlib

The defense ministries of Russia and Turkey signed a memorandum on September 17 on the stabilization of the situation in Idlib

SOCHI, September 17. /TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told journalists on Monday that a new military operation in the Syrian province of Idlib was not on the agenda.

The defense ministries of Russia and Turkey signed a memorandum on Monday on the stabilization of the situation in the zone of de-escalation in Syria’s Idlib. The document was signed following bilateral talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held on Monday in the Russian southern resort city of Sochi.

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Update #1: Russian Defense Minister Rules Out New Op in Idlib After Putin-Erdogan Talks (Sputnik)
Update #2: Russian defense minister: There will be no new offensive on Idlib - Ifax (Reuters)

WNU Editor: What is my read of this announcement. The Syrian military and its allies are not ready to launch such an offensive right now.

5 comments:

Bob Huntley said...

Time for China to move in.

jimbrown said...

No Putin sold sams to Turkey who will lose an f35 in exchange.

Bob Huntley said...

Anon.

Any thoughts on why that pipeline is important to the USA?

Here's is another in consideration of you having raved your head off regarding the ICC and the USA relative to membership therein. Do you know why the USA is not a member of ICC?

Anonymous said...

Any thoughts as to why Bob is such a stupid Leftist?

I mean G-D!

US topples Sadam and Bob thinks it is for oil. US has an oil auction and China gets the contracts in Iraq

I wonder if "US Oil wars Bob" realizes that the U.S. sold its stake is Aramco for a loss decades ago?

Does stupid, dumb___ Bob know this?

Look at yourself in the mirror, prog.

Anonymous said...

This is the pipeline thread that you should have posted on Bob.

You high or drunk?