Russian military intervention and aid to Syria #7

par far wrote:

Dima wrote:

That looks like a Russian solider, is he there to train the Syrian and as a adviser or is he there to fight? Any one know.
 

KoTeMoRe wrote:

Bulgarian Komplet

Milled AKS and MG-1M with Not-So moderate AQ member...can't be a WarPact surplus, this is current standart Production MG-1M. NATO, a force for good.

sepheronx wrote:Possibly second base being built for Russian airforce?

Russia-Syria Military Cooperation 'Indefinite' as Moscow Looks to Open Second Airbase

d_taddei2 wrote:

sepheronx wrote:Possibly second base being built for Russian airforce?

Russia-Syria Military Cooperation 'Indefinite' as Moscow Looks to Open Second Airbase

interesting this could be more interesting if the claims of the USA moving into another airfield in the area the Rmeilan airfield in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. Although this hasn't been backed up by other evidence.

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/24776/

d_taddei2 wrote:not sure if this has been posted yet or how true it is saw this on Janes saying Ka-52 being deployed to Syria. Would be good see these in action especially in Deir ez zoir.

http://www.janes.com/article/57253/russia-to-deploy-ka-52-helicopters-to-syria?utm_campaign=[PMP]_PC5308_J360%2020.01.16%20_KV_Deployment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

GunshipDemocracy wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:

sepheronx wrote:Possibly second base being built for Russian airforce?

Russia-Syria Military Cooperation 'Indefinite' as Moscow Looks to Open Second Airbase

interesting this could be more interesting if the claims of the USA moving into another airfield in the area the Rmeilan airfield in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. Although this hasn't been backed up by other evidence.

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/24776/

I wonder how they justify when Assad forces come to claim their land back form US aggressors?

d_taddei2 wrote:not sure if this has been posted yet or how true it is saw this on Janes saying Ka-52 being deployed to Syria. Would be good see these in action especially in Deir ez zoir.

http://www.janes.com/article/57253/russia-to-deploy-ka-52-helicopters-to-syria?utm_campaign=[PMP]_PC5308_J360%2020.01.16%20_KV_Deployment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

Ka-52s need to be war tested to sell in bigger numbers with better price

short_fuze wrote:There are reports of Russian military evaluating the airbase at al Qamshli in the far east of Syria for a second air base in Syria. This base is right on the border with Turkey.

http://russia-insider.com/en/russia-looks-open-second-airbase-exapand-operations-syria-report/ri12317

If that goes ahead with the same degree as at Latakia, the two S400 sites would not only cover all of Syria, but also north Iraq to beyond the Iranian border and all of southern Turkey and almost all of eastern Turke to the border with Armenia. The block to southern Turke would include all NATO air bases in that part of Turkey.

JohninMK wrote:Sour grapes perhaps?

Offensive of the Syrian Army supported by Iran and Russia's aerial campaign falls short of expectations of Damascus' allies, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said.

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) — He added that Russia expected Syria's offensive to reach the territories near the Euphrates river and to widen presence of the Syrian army at Golan Heights, but these aims were far from achievement. "The campaign, which is provided with Russian military support… jointly with the support of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps falls short of expectations of the Russian side," Yaalon said on Thursday.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20160122/1033524329/syrian-army-campaign.html#ixzz3xvVhNRkY

Ankara (AFP) - Turkey is "closely watching" Russian troop movements in Syria near its border, a government source in Ankara said on Friday, after reports that Russian servicemen had deployed in the Syrian border town of Qamishli.
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Britain-based monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had said that Russia had sent a number of engineers to Qamishli to strengthen the runway and increase the capacity of an airport just south of the town.

Russia's reported move into Qamishli comes as Ankara and Moscow are experiencing their biggest crisis in years over the shooting down of a Russian war plane by Turkey on November 24.

Observers have said that Russia, which has for years been at loggerheads with Turkey over the Syrian conflict, may want to refit the airport as a Russian base, as happened in Hmeimim in Latakia province.

Qamishli lies just south of the Turkish border town of Nusaybin.

"I can say that Turkey is closely watching every military movement on its borders and especially the border with Syria," the government source told AFP, asking not to be named.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Turkes said in parliament on Thursday that he did not see any threat in Russia's movements on the border.

"We are aware of Russia's movements. Russia's movements in Qamishli cannot constitute a threat for Turkey, which is a member of NATO."

But the Turkish army has already reinforced security by digging trenches in the border zone, the Hurriyet daily said. Top Russian military officials, including figures from the GRU military intelligence service, had already visited Qamishli, it added.

The Kremlin and Iran are the chief remaining allies of President Bashar al-Assad who Turkey wants to see ousted as the key to ending Syria's almost five year civil war.

Turkey has repeatedly expressed alarm about Russia's deployment of troops to Syria which Moscow says is aimed at fighting jihadists but is widely seen as buttressing the Assad regime.

Education Minister Nabi Avci, also speaking in parliament, claimed Russia's forces in Qamishli were working with both the regime as well as Kurdish militia of the Democratic Union Party (PYD).

Kurdish militia have established control over much over the northern Syrian border region in the past months after pushing out Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

But Ankara accuses the PYD of being the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and has been alarmed by an apparent tightening of ties between Moscow and the Kurds after the plane downing.

Since the start of the Russian aerial campaign in Syria, Russian combat aircraft have conducted over 6,000 sorties hitting terrorist targets, Russian Chief of General Staff said.

Terrorists are trained by professionals, including former Iraqi army soldiers, the Russian General Staff said.

"Officers who served in the Iraqi army are in their [Daesh terrorists' ranks], they are well-trained," Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov said.

Moreover, the Syrian army is preparing military operations in three more directions, Chief of Russia's General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov told Rossiya-24 channel.

"Currently, strategic initiative in almost all directions is in the hands of the [Syrian] government forces. They are actively fighting, so sooner or later Daesh's resistance would be broken."

While the Syrian army had been on defensive since the start of the civil war in 2011, the government forces began to advance only two weeks after the launch of the Russian military operation, Gerasimov said.

"At the moment, out of 15 fronts where fighting is taking place in Syria, offensives are carried out in 10, Gerasimov said. "The Syrian army in general has become different over these months — a desire to advance and self-confidence has appeared."

Since the start of the Russian aerial campaign in Syria, Russian combat aircraft have conducted over 6,000 sorties hitting terrorist targets, Russian Chief of General Staff said.

According to Gerasimov, Daesh militants started to massively desert, as well as to flee to other countries.

Terrorists are trained by professionals, including former Iraqi army soldiers, the Russian General Staff said.

"Daesh militants are not groups presented as some kind of bearded men in civilian clothes, whose actions are unorganized. This is false. They are, in fact, organized groups, they have all received relevant training… Officers who served in the Iraqi army are among them [Daesh terrorists], they are well-trained," Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov said.

Russia has been carrying out an aerial campaign against terrorist groups in Syria since late September at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

ult wrote:Russian general and foreign journalists in Salma.



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