Russian missiles targetting Syria land in Iran

“While Russian Federation is projecting military might and success for the time being – in concert with a rapid deployment – the situation is likely to get a lot messier for all of the factions”, Zilberman said. The group, relying on witnesses and video, said the strikes hit predominantly civilian areas in three villages and towns, including homes and a bread distribution center. That program was widely considered a failure, and on Friday, the Defense Department announced it was abandoning the goal of a U.S.-trained Syrian force, instead opting to equip established groups to fight IS.

The group said it documented the dropping of at least two vacuum, or thermobaric, bombs, “which are entirely indiscriminate in nature and impossible to evade, even when taking shelter”.

The ministry said its SU-34, SU-24M and SU-25CM fighter jets carried out 67 sorties over the past 24 hours.

In the latest air strikes Russia’s Defence Ministry said its planes hit the headquarters of the Liwa al-Haqq militant group in Syria killing 200 insurgents.

A week after Russian Federation surprised the US and became overtly involved in the Syrian Civil War, senior USA lawmakers have begun looking into whether intelligence agencies overlooked or misjudged warning signs of Moscow’s intentions, congressional sources told Reuters. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Thursday that “all rockets fired from ships found their targets”. From the landlocked sea, the most direct flight path for the missiles would require flying over Iran and Iraq.

Stoltenberg said North Atlantic Treaty Organisation had already increased “our capacity, our ability, our preparedness to deploy forces, including to the south, including in Turkey, if needed”. Russian Federation called its penetration of Turkish airspace a minor incident that was unintentional.

‘NATO is able and ready to defend all allies, including Turkey, against any threat, ‘ the secretary-general said Thursday.

“And the ministers agreed that Russia’s military escalation in Syria raises serious concerns”.

Carter predicted Russia’s support for the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, including the new joint offensive, “will have consequences for Russia itself”, adding: “I also expect that in coming days the Russians will begin to suffer casualties in Syria”.

Russia’s sudden move to ramp up its military involvement in the Syria crisis has thrown US President Barack Obama’s Obama’s Middle East strategy into doubt and laid bare an erosion of U.S. influence in the region. Russian Federation supplies 60 per cent of Turkey’s gas needs.

In Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had been informed about Erdogan’s remarks but hoped they would not affect the relations between the two countries.

El Deeb reported from Beirut.