RUSSIA STARTED AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA-- UPDATE 1 Oct., 2015

UPDATE: 1 October, 2015 --
US is willing to talk to Russians as soon as possible to avoid clashes of their air strikes.

Why could it not be done at the UN meeting only a few days ago?  

Their aim is to hit rebel-controlled areas as of Homs and Hama provinces in Syria. Russia informed the US one hours before the military operation began.

An US defence official said: “A Russian official in Baghdad this morning informed US embassy personnel that Russian military aircrafts begin flying anti-Isil mission today over Syria. He further requests that US aircraft avoid Syrian airspace during these missions.”

This action seems to be the result that Russia does not think there will be a diplomatic resolution, either from the UN Security Council or the Western allies.

Russia reported that SUKHOI-Su-24 warplanes were involved and operated out of an airbase near Latakia.

It is not quite clear what Russia targeted. According to US official they are not striking any IS-territory. However, the information should not be treated as gospel truth because it could be propaganda. The Russian statement is their planes to support Syria government forces and is striking against the multiple enemies of the Assad’s regime. They revealed further that the air force had targeted IS military equipment, 

communication facilities, arms depots, ammunition and fuel supplies.

If that is the case it is a serious escalation of the conflict and a result of the US State Secretary John Kerry.

The multiple enemies, as quoted by the Russian, are US, UK and West’s Arab or Turkey.

According to the BBC, the Russian’s upper house of their parliament granted President Putin permission to deploy the Russian air force in Syria.

The Syrian opposition reported that the Russian planes bombed Zafaraneh, Rastan, Talbiseh, Makarmia and Ghanto. So far 36 people were killed including children. They emphasized that none of the areas have been control by the IS.

Mr Putin said in a TV interview: “The air strikes were targeting at Islamic militants and Russian citizens – who were taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq.

He added further: “If they (militants) succeed in Syria, they will return to their home country, and they will come to Russia, too.” Mr Putin emphasizes “Russia will not send ground troops to Syria, and that its role in Syria’s army operation will be limited. We certainly are not to plunge head-on into this conflict. We will support the Syrian army purely in a legitimate fight with terrorist groups.”

The net seems to be closing just like before the First World Was and the Second when it started one country and another and another got involved.

Surely, the big powers US, UK, France and Russia could solve the problem round the negotiating table. As the saying goes “Where there is a will, there is a way.”

Russia saved the world last year, in the last minute, from a total war and most probably from a chemical war.  The US and UK could have left it at that but no they had to start air strikes. The IS would have been defeated within the Middle East countries. The West would not have to be involved. Now they pushed it again to the limit and Russia saw no other way but to support Assad’s regime by military actions.

At the moment there are Iran, Russia, Lebanon’s Hezbollah supporting Alawite-led government, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar opposing US, UK and France.  Israel flying air strikes. Details are not known.

There are far too many involved already and threaten the world peace.

Since PM David Cameron is so eager to play the knight in shining armour does he not realise this is not Afghanistan or Iraq or the Falklands?  There are far too many big armies backing Syria’s arm. It is not good to listen to the US because they will far away from the shot.  They can happily light the fuse but when it comes to the big bang it is us who sit in the firing line again.

The US always roping in the UK but where was the US when the IRA kept murdering people in the UK? They even supported the IRA financially. Harold Wilson, Labour, was the only Prime Minister who said no to the US getting involve in the Vietnam war.

David Cameron even went ahead with air strikes in spite of the majority of MPs voted against it.