Best news for a long time in this Syrian conflict! Hope Russians go on full offensive and wipe out the ISIS TERRORIST SCUM while UK, UNITED STATES stand by and watch





Russia has positioned seven tanks at a Syrian airfield where it has been building up defences, according to US officials.

One of the officials, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Russian T-90 tanks and artillery have been seen at the airfield near the port city of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar al Assad.

It comes following news last week that Russia has sent military hardware and troops to bolster Syria's embattled national forces.

The equipment said to have been deployed by Moscow included two tank landing ships and extra aircraft, along with a small number of naval infantry forces.

While the aim of the Russian military build-up remains unclear, a US official said last week that the purpose may be to help rebuild or defend the airfield.

Moscow has confirmed it has "experts" on the ground but it has refused to give further details about its military presence in the country.

Damascus has denied Russian forces were involved in combat, but a Syrian official said the number of Russian "experts" on the ground had increased in the past year.

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Sky's Foreign Affairs editor Sam Kiley said: "This is consistent with a build-up of Russian forces in Syria.

"The Russian’s are staunch allies of the Damascus regime but they have been helping to rebuild two significant airfields including this one outside Latakia.

"They are now defending them with these Russian-manned Russian tanks and there is also an infantry battalion of around 1,000 men that has been deployed in western Syria to defend the port of Tartus."

Last week David Cameron declared that "hard military force" was needed to reduce the number of refugees fleeing Syria.

Millions are fleeing the country "because Assad has butchered his own people and because ISIL (Islamic State) have in their own way butchered others," the Prime Minister told MPs.

"Assad has to go, ISIL has to go and some of that will require not just spending money, not just aid, not just diplomacy but will on occasion require hard military force," he said.

....lots of people will be watching the outcome, very closely!!

Perhaps it is better that the Russians, rather than Nato goes in. In Afganistan our troops were 'hamstrung' with unreasonable 'Rules of Engagement'. The Russians will go into win and will have no such absurd restrictions placed on them by politicians thousands of miles away from the conflict.

But really can you see our politicians sitting back waiting, not likely!! They will be the first to send our guys in

oddball wrote:

But really can you see our politicians sitting back waiting, not likely!! They will be the first to send our guys in

To do what ????????

scott
Tue 15 Sep - 15:15

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But really can you see our politicians sitting back waiting, not likely!! They will be the first to send our guys in


To do what ????????

bob wrote:

Last week David Cameron declared that "hard military force" was needed to reduce the number of refugees fleeing Syria.

Millions are fleeing the country "because Assad has butchered his own people and because ISIL (Islamic State) have in their own way butchered others," the Prime Minister told MPs.

"Assad has to go, ISIL has to go and some of that will require not just spending money, not just aid, not just diplomacy but will on occasion require hard military force," he said.

I don't see Cameron and his twin Obama doing anything against the Russians unless they want an escalation of things as they did in Iraq.