By Ted Belman
Four days ago the Express UK announced End of ISIS? Putin ‘sending 150,000 soldiers to Syria to WIPE OUT evil Islamic State’
VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to send 150,000 troops to Syria in a bid to wipe out the evil Islamic State once and for all as he hints at joining the West following the Paris attacks.
The Russian leader is reportedly mounting an enormous military mission to take control of the terror group’s stronghold of Raqqa.
The city is the self-declared capital of ISIS in Syria and is patrolled by as many as 5,000 jihadi members.
Putin is set to mobilise 150,000 reservists who he conscripted into the military in September.
Today the JPOST announced Report: Russian ground troops arrive in Syria in unprecedented military action
In an unprecedented move Russia has sent ground-troops into the Syrian battlefield in support of Bashar Assad as the dictator struggles to maintain his power in the continuous four-year-long civil war, according to a report by Kuwaiti daily al-Rai.
The report, which has not been substantiated by other sources, claims Russian military forces have been providing cover for T-90 tanks along with military air support which have attacked multiple strategic targets held by rebel forces in Idlib and Latakia.
In September, multiple US officials claimed that Russia had positioned about a half dozen tanks at a Syrian airfield at the center of a military buildup.
One US official said seven Russian T-90 tanks were observed at the airfield near Latakia, a stronghold of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The Kuwaiti report adds that Russian forces have already taken over multiple strategic positions and have forced numerous rebel battalions to retreat. The report did not disclose whether there were Russian army casualties.
Over the last three months, Russia has steadily increased its participation in the Syrian domestic conflict, launching airstrikes from its bases in western Syria as it drops thousands of sorties on enemy targets.
Along with airstrikes, Russia has also increased its naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea along the Syrian coast while it coordinates with Iranian military forces and Hezbollah.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on several past occasions that his country had no intention of sending boots on the ground to participate in the Syrian civil war.
If the report is correct, it could signify a dramatic shift in Russian policy, or merely be a one-time specific action.
Why? Russian Imperialism – and they got jails and goon squads to deal with the leftists back home.
Why imperialism?
It works – the world nations are in struggle – those not promoting their own interests are gobbled up like Europe is by Islam.
Glory to the Borscht and pass the vodka.
Why is Putin doing it? Well, to control the Middle East. That has always been the Russian goal. And now Israel will have 150,000 Russian troops on its border. I personally do like it.
@ dove:
Dove, Putin is hurting because of the low price of oil. He wants Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian oil to control much of the worlds oil. He wants to raise the price. He may want Israel’s gas fields and also the new oil find in Israel’s Golan heights. As oil goes up the USA oil companies will restart many of their drilling projects. Not knowing the future it’s impossible to know how things will turn out because we are swimming in oil now. Huge oil tankers just off Houston, TX filled with oil are floating around waiting for a place to unload their cargo. The storage facilities are highest ever. We should have low oil prices for awhile.
Interesting. I wonder why Putin is doing this. What is he going to expect in return?
What! GEVALTH!
Russia will actually go in with the cleats forward?
Quick! Send Peres, Livni, Netanyahu and Hertzog to negotiate for a “cease fire”, territorial concessions and reconstruction of Raqqa.
And let them all stay there forever.