When SAA gets near the parties that are "advised" by US Special Forces US will have to communicate their position to the Russian air force otherwise they might be killed by air attack accidentally or "accidentally". I understand that initially SF are to be deployed in the North East of Syria and so the only matter is the illegality of their presence.
ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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Presumably some kind of communication channels and protocols are worked out being Russia and US to prevent accidents. The risk runs both ways because no one wants Russian planes being shot down by accident or in self defence.
Isn't that the region that the Syrian Kurds are operating in if it is don't they then risk being bombed by the Turks who are no friend's of the Pkk I think that's what their called also
Judging by all the maps of where Russian and US forces are deploying it definitely looks like territorial consolidation being the goal of both those sides. By default if that is successful it also means territorial consolidation for IS and other rebel groups. Whether the consolidation succeeds very much depends on how the local forces perform in both taking and holding territory. Once that is done it is another question whether the stage is set for negotiations and stalemate, preferred by external sponsors, or further combat, which may be preferred by all local forces regardless of their apparent efforts at diplomacy.
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Sincere prayers up for the lost, and condolences and comfort to the family, friends, and loved ones of the victims.
We all know that the Islamic Terrorists will strike back in whatever way they can. They have done this over and over again to the US, others, and Russia in the past.
We will have to wait and see what the investigation shows...but one thing is for sure, Putin will react very strongly.
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lacks fresh map(s) today: my Russian and other sources are full of so called peace talks
so I'll just say it seems confirmed the battle
is really going on (I've heard in two more sources), by the way I've read somewhere the airbase has been under siege for two years now ...
... and add this:
I was wondering how big Units take part in the action I tried to describe here recently, I mean attacking in respective directions; from maybe two or three attacks which failed, I saw some numbers reported and pictures/videos taken of KIAs, and if I believed this, the number would up to around one hundred; this would mean something between a Battalion-strength and Regiment-strength if assuming about 10% KIAs before such an attack was aborted, but it's just my armchair-generalling look which may be completely off, as I don't know what tactics is actually used there etc. But I've read both the Regular Army and ISIL commanders are experienced (former Iraqi Army in the case of ISIL), graduates of Russian-style Military Academies etc. so the attacks are planned and executed thoughtfully (I don't mean to be cynical or nothing). Will somebody comment on this? Also if you think it's nonsense what I said, just tell me.
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I can't do better than you, having no experience. The other question is: are the pictures provided those taken during or after the battle or are they really unrelated. As an extreme example think of the Holiday company offering cottages for hire in Spain and Greece and illustrating them with the same photograph.