Russian air-strikes ‘hit USA trained Syrian rebels’

But as news spread this week that the Russians had started bombing in Syria, the FSA and the “moderates” were disinterred in order to suggest that it was they and not Isis who were the targets of Russian air strikes. Repeated stories of the failures of the United States rebel training program have only steeled his resolve.

The State Department said U.S.-led coalition missions were continuing as normal despite an advance warning and request from Russian Federation to stay out of Syrian airspace. Though the West supported it when it seemed to be an arm of the FSA, that changed in December of 2012 when it became clear that the group was affiliated with al-Qaeda – which it is to this day. If Assad dropped dead tomorrow, Syrians in his corner would not stop fighting, knowing as they do that the success of an opposition movement dominated by Isis and al-Qaeda clones such as Jabhat al-Nusra would mean death or flight for them and their families. Assad and Russian Federation, less bad.

“In fact it is the U.S. plan to get rid of Assad that is failed”.

The strikes were among 30 conducted by Russian planes in Syria after Vladimir Putin entered the conflict on Wednesday. When extremist groups such as the Nusra Front gained ground in Syria and received millions of dollars in cash and weapons from wealthy businessmen in the Gulf states and Libya, the moderate rebels “had no other choice”, Jarrah said.

The military isn’t willing to intervene on behalf of the rebels, given the potentially disastrous consequences of an escalation with Russian forces, us defense officials and top lawmakers told The Daily Beast.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in remarks at the United Nations General Assembly, said he was no longer bound by the 1993 Oslo Accords because Israel had violated their terms.

“McCain (R-Ariz.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNN, “(I) can absolutely confirm to you that they were strikes against our Free Syrian Army, or groups that have been armed and trained by the Central Intelligence Agency, because we have communications with people there”.

Southwestern Syria is widely seen as one of the last major footholds of rebels with a Syrian nationalist rather than jihadist ideology. Will those on the Left that support Russia’s campaign continue cheering if they begin to target anti-Assad, left-leaning Kurds in Rojava? The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that more than 30 civilians were killed, including women and children. “They are not stupid”, the official said.

He made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV, when asked to comment on a statement by former US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who criticized President Barack Obama’s policy in Syria, saying he was “out-gamed” by Russian Federation. Could this also be why Russian Federation wants to keep Assad in power? John McCain revealed that a few of the strikes were targeting CIA-backed rebels fighting the Assad regime.