There is consensus that Assad’s government would not have likely survived the Islamist extremist attacks had Russia not intervened politically and militarily [PPIO]
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told the press Saturday that his country’s intervention in Syria over the past three years helped the government there defeat the Islamist extremists.
It is a very, very, very bad idea to be an ISIS member trying to operate in Russia. This is because the FSB will catch you, and it will not be a pleasant experience.
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Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov released a video about Russian children whose parents smuggled them from the country, joined the Islamic State (IS, outlawed in Russia) terrorist group and then gave them up after the liberation of the IS-occupied Mosul.
(ANTIMEDIA) A Russian general who commands forces in Syria has accused the United States of colluding with the Islamic State (ISIS). Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin “accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria of providing safe corridors for the Islamic State group to leave the area around its stronghold of Raqqa,” U.S. News reported Friday.
(MEE) The United States said on Tuesday it started distributing arms to Syrian Kurdish militia battling to help retake the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State group (IS), moving ahead with a war plan that has angered NATO ally Turkey.
(MEE) An FBI translator went rogue and travelled to Syria to marry an Islamic State (IS) group member whom she had been investigating, CNN has reported.
Daniela Greene soon returned to the US, where she served two years in jail.
Greene, now 38, had been working at the FBI’s Detroit office and investigating the IS recruiter since January 2014.
21st Century Wire says…
Over 50,000 people have had to flee Mosul, Iraq, in the last 10 days. In many cases locals have had to endure being stuck in the crossfire between US-led Coalition air strikes and Iraqi forces advancing against ISIS and ISIS themselves who’ve been using the civilian neighborhoods as large human shield zones.
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(ANTIMEDIA) Iraqi forces, backed by American airpower, are set to launch a long-awaited offensive to retake West Mosul. There are reportedly 3,000 ISIS fighters left defending their last major stronghold in Iraq, and an estimated 650,000 civilians are trapped in the western-held area of the city. The U.N. has warned that these civilians are at “extreme risk,” with food, fuel, water, and electricity supplies extremely scarce.
“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.” — Friedrich Engels
The move angered many of her fellow member of Congress.
