Russia Won’t Stop Bombing Mission in Syria After Cease-Fire

The devastating attack was launched after pilots spotted a convoy of hundreds of vehicles it says were destined for Turkey, which Russian Federation claims is a route the terrorist organisation is using to sell the commodity to raise money for its feared caliphate, as well as attacks on the West.

The talks are likely to unsettle Ankara – amid strained relations over the downing of a Russian warplane last month. “Besides, Russia has undertaken an obligation to battle terrorism in the region”, he noted, adding that “according to our estimates, Bashar al-Assad and his inhumane regime support terrorism and represent one of its main sponsors”.

“The HDP is working with Turkey’s enemies and does not see a drawback in leaning its back to countries whose aims are clear, so as to take their support for autonomy and Kurdistan”, Bahceli said.

Ankara is warily watching if Moscow will tighten links with Kurdish factions amid the crisis in bilateral ties following the downing of a Russian bomber by Turkey at the Syrian border last month.

“The HDP co-chair’s statement delivered in Russia suggesting that ‘Turkey shooting down the Russian airplane was wrong, ‘ was exactly scandalous and exactly treason. Supporting Russia while it kills civilians in Syria is treason not only against this country but also against humanity”.

Ankara has been accused of focusing on hammering Kurdish militants instead of the Islamic State, an argument brought home by Lavrov on Wednesday.

As Reuters put it, while reporting on Demirtas’ visit to Moscow, Russia is “keenly aware of the sensitivity of Ankara to any contacts between Moscow and Kurdish politicians”, but they are having such contacts, anyway.

About a year ago, Western countries started expressing their concerns about Turkey turning its gaze from the European Union to Russian Federation.

The official added that USA authorities had received “credible allegations” of Russian strikes hitting facilities such as hospitals and schools and killing or wounding innocent people.

It is not hard to find Syrian Kurds who think destroying ISIS is far more important than toppling Assad, if they are interested in toppling Assad at all.

Russian airstrikes, such as what may have occurred in Idlib, could slow this U.N.-led process, said Mark Katz, of George Mason University’s School of Policy, Government and International Affairs in Arlington, Virginia.