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2017-05-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russia supports Syrian Kurds against ISIS
[ALMASDARNEWS] Russian officials condemned the recent Turkish Arclight airstrikes that targeted positions for the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syrian and Iraq.

The officials also praised the Kurdish forces for fighting the 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....
organization, expressing more support for their right to defend their territories.

"On April 25, it was reported that Turkish jets carried out a series of strikes on the positions of Kurdish self-defence detachments near Mount Karachok in northeastern Syria and near Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharov said on Thursday.
Posted by Fred 2017-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
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#1 Some tangible support?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-01 07:45||   2017-05-01 07:45|| Front Page Top

#2 They could use MANPADS....
Posted by Pappy 2017-05-01 12:54||   2017-05-01 12:54|| Front Page Top

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