Syria troops advancing thanks to Russian Federation strikes: Assad

The report, which has not been substantiated by other sources, claims Russian military forces have been providing cover for T-90 tanks along with military air support which have attacked multiple strategic targets held by rebel forces in Idlib and Latakia.

Hadi al-Bahra, a member of the coalition’s political committee, said the main problem was Assad and any political process needed to tackle this with assurances and guarantees.

The focus on Islamic State has intensified since a Russian airliner was brought down by a bomb over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, with the loss of more than 200 lives.

Tensions in the North Caucasus have been further heightened by Russia’s military action in Syria in support of Assad in his war against the Sunni opposition.

Putin “needs to go after the people who killed Russia’s citizens”, Obama said.

They said the decision was made to “protect passengers and because of the crossing of cruise missiles and bombers”.

And while the U.S. and its allies say that Syrian military and government institutions should remain intact after Mr Assad departs, his loyalists dominate them and could destabilise any new head of state who sought to fire them. “The most powerful tool we have to fight ISIL is to say that we’re not afraid, to not elevate them, to somehow buy into their fantasy that they’re doing something important”, Obama said, using an acronym for the terrorist organization.

The attacks in Paris, however, will also provide an opportunity for Russian Federation to build its forces in Syria and to increase its attacks there, Julia Smirnova wrote in Die Welt on Nov 17.

Syrian state TV also reported that Mheen and Hawareen were captured, adding that government forces are now removing the mines and explosives left behind by the extremist group to try to slow down the army’s advance. The Obama administration declined to comment Sunday on Medvedev’s statement.

“Russian public opinion can be expected to grow increasingly polarized over the Syria conflict, but that a terrorist attack would only contribute to growing sentiment that Russia is “a besieged fortress” forced to respond to threats from overseas, giving Putin more room to maneuver in Syria”, analyst Karina Pipiya of the Levada Center told the Moscow Times on November 17.

“The eight-point plan itself is not central to the discussions in Vienna but Russian Federation is, and we want to be working very carefully and closely and continually with all of those around the Vienna table to come to agreement on how to implement the Geneva communique”, Rycroft said. Vice President Joe Biden presided over a closed-door gathering of ambassadors representing the 65-nation coalition against the Islamic State Monday afternoon.

On Sunday, a motorcycle rigged with explosives blew up in the northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad near the Turkish border, killing at least two people and wounding more than 20, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees. The opposition groups mainly wanted to fight the forces of Assad while the USA wanted to limit their efforts exclusively to ISIS. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.