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October 2 - Russia on the move in the Middle East: Has World War III begun?Article: Wars And Rumors Of Wars
The United States and Russia agreed to urgent talks in order to find ways to avoid conflict in Syria a day after Moscow’s warplanes launched their first attack against what American intelligence officials say were concentrations of anti-regime rebels.
On Thursday, the UK’s Daily Mail reported that Russian officials said warplanes had launched strikes against 12 targets belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, including one command center in Hama and ammunition depots in Idlib on the second day of bombing sorties. However, a Syrian security source told reporters that Russian planes had also attacked a powerful coalition of Islamist rebels which included al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, a group fiercely opposed to ISIS. “Air strikes from four Russian warplanes struck bases held by the Army of Conquest in Jisr al-Shughur and Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib province,” a Syrian source told Agence France-Presse, adding that depots held by “armed groups” in neighboring Hama province were also hit. The Daily Mail also reported that Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya, stated Thursday that Moscow should expand its operations in Syria – which began a day earlier with controversial airstrikes on anti-government rebels in defiance of the West.. Read Full Article ....
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