| Syrian pilots probably don't have to get each strike approved by the president's in-house legal team before pulling the trigger... |
| They also aren't worried about being swatted out of the sky by the IAF... |
[Ynet] The Syrian air force carried out more than 200 air strikes around the country in the past 36 hours, a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday, a rapid increase in government raids as US-led forces bomb Islamist Lions of Islam elsewhere. The intensified strikes by President Bashir al-Assad's forces will add to the fear among his opponents that the government is taking advantage of the US raids on Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
to attack other foes, including opposition groups that Washington backs.
Analysts say the increase could be because the Syrian military wants to weaken rebel groups before they get training and equipment promised by the United States. |