A former CIA officer while explaining why Russia supports the Syrian President point out that Putin understands the threat and the ways to fight the [U.S./Israeli] ISIL whereas the US has been [portends to be the] “fool” supporting ineffective policy that leaded to the terrorist group’ strength. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Russia is providing military support…
Lawmakers in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Wednesday voted in favour of sending forces to the besieged Syrian town of Kobani via Turkey, MPs said. Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani sent a letter to parliament late on Tuesday seeking approval to deploy the region’s peshmerga forces abroad, to fight alongside Syrian [Sunni] Kurds. “Today in parliament we…
Russia is supporting the governments of Iraq and Syria with massive supplies of weaponry and military equipment in order to help them fight against extremist groups, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Lavrov, speaking at a panel discussion focusing on Russia’s foreign policy, said that with the Russian aid, the Iraqi and Syrian governments’…
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunni Kurdish units had retaken several neighborhoods in Kobani, cutting the Brotherhood’s ISIS’ control from 50 percent of the town to about 30 percent. The Sunni Kurdish fighters have now held out against the hardened Islamists for a month into the militants’ offensive, hanging on to their territory…
