Russia, U.S. plan to resume talks on Syria air safety

With Chinese troops on the way to Syria, joining the Russian soldiers, according to the Common Sense Show, the U.S.is in turmoil over joint Middle Eastern military partnership between Russia and China.

In a more recent development, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov jointly announced that the main priority for both countries is to find a political solution for the mess in Syria.

He reaffirmed that Russia’s goal is to “fight the Islamic State and other extremist terrorist groups, efforts that are ultimately aimed at preserving Syria as a single state”.

Posts on social media indicate that there was a large explosion in Huraytan, northern Syria, in the same area where three Russian style Mig-29 jets were spotted. “It could very well result in a renewed focus on attacks in the Russian homeland”. Fine. Watch us do it, Moscow and Beijing are telling us with their actions.

The U.S. side has proposed a number of safety measures, including using specific worldwide radio frequencies for distress calls by military pilots flying in Syrian airspace.

The cruise missile attack in Syria was part of an expanding Russian military campaign that began with airstrikes on September 30.

Russia’s deputy defense minister, Anatoly Antonov, was quoted by the Tass news agency on Tuesday as saying the Russian military agreed in principle with the proposals made by the United States. Undoubtedly differently from the “small wars” of today – which, though they have proven so tough, have also led many in Beijing and Moscow to think they prove our true weakness.

Putin largely managed to crush the Chechen independence movement.

In 2002 Chechens captured a Moscow theater during a performance; a subsequent gassing and storming by security officers left 129 hostages died. The United States wanted to cut Russians off and expand its influence in the region, but Russia’s military operation in Syria caught the Americans off guard, the newspaper wrote.

They share disdain for the West. Both of them claim the roots of their civilization are non-European; however, they have hardly proposed an alternative civilization project of their own. The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has been pushing this idea for over a year. That is not impossible: logistical discussions to avoid accidental engagements in the skies over Syria are not the same as entering into a coalition, and they should not be interpreted as such.

Putin would probably trade all his territorial gains in Crimea and Donetsk for a Ukraine that was still securely in his diplomatic and economic orbit.

A no-fly zone would require the USA military to be ready to engage in air battles with the Syrian government, something it is not prepared to do.

But terrorism experts say thatrisk is now much higher.

However, according to Isayev, Russian Federation does not have enough resources for a ground intervention. “Anti-Russian social media activity from jihadist groups has dramatically increased”.

Peter Pomerantsev, author of “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible”, a book which looks at Kremlin propaganda techniques, said the TV campaign sent another message too.

“This message is for you, Vladimir Putin!” said one fighter in the video.

“Most of these strikes are two or four aircraft participating”.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin says it does not know of such reports.

Benjamin noted that ISIS has been content to fight for territory in Syria and Iraq and target its hated Shiite rivals in the region. I believe the Russians would not test that. But, he added, many of those fighters will eventually return home.