Professor Joshua Landis. (Photo: Shadowproof)
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On this episode of Around The Empire, Dan and Joanne interview Syria expert Professor Joshua Landis on the battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa and the various competing forces in the Syrian Civil War.
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(MPN) As the Syrian conflict has dragged on for the better part of six years, foreign troops have continually played a major role in the fighting and in the conflict’s escalation, causing some to comment that Syria’s so-called civil war is really a proxy war between competing geopolitical interests.
Syrian Rebel Fighters stand near U.S military vehicles on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, Syria, March 7, 2017. (Arab 24 via AP)
MINNEAPOLIS – As the Syrian conflict has dragged on for the better part of six years, foreign troops have continually played a major role in the fighting and in the conflict’s escalation, causing some to comment that Syria’s so-called civil war is really a proxy war between competing geopolitical interests.
Sukhoi-24 fighters, such as the one above, have flown hundreds of sorties over Syria and destroyed a number of Islamist rebel bunkers, often in cooperation with NATO member Turkey’s air force, the Russian military said [Xinhua]
Russia has responded to media speculation that the probes into contact between affiliates of US President Donald Trump and Russian officials may force the White House to scale back on military cooperation with Moscow.
21st Century Wire says…
Russia, Syria, and United States forces had a close call on Tuesday in a continual effort to get rid of Islamic State from Syria. Both Russia and Syria forces nearly hit U.S. proxies thinking they were Daesh forces that recently left the area. Certainly these are the types of mistakes the world’s biggest superpowers could avoid at all costs.
