Despite the weakened attention to the region, in Syria signicant changes.
It is already known that the area is thrown one of the elite units of the US army, 101 airborne division. In addition, it became known about the fundamental decision of the Turkish armed forces on the possibility of a ground operation as part of the coalition anti Yelovskih operations, and grouping of the air force coalition replenished with new participants. Recently in the conflict zone and sent the aircraft of the Netherlands. It is obvious that the coalition holds a concentration of not only aviation but the ground forces. Right now in the region is delivered with everything needed to ensure the logistics of the entire operation.
With al-Assad's side, too, there is an understanding that the situation is coming to a head. In particular, the Russian aviation has strengthened the bombing of areas occupied by moderate opposition is quite serious and had been involved in a ground operation. No one has any doubt about the purpose of the presence of Russian troops. It is clear that with any ISIS they are not fighting just one call from Moscow. The aim of the Russian troops is moderate opposition, supported by Turkey, Gulf countries and States. Their cities are with the earth and calculated acts of intimidation.
So, Russian aircraft once again attacked the humanitarian convoy delivering goods to Aleppo. Trying to leave residents without food, medical supplies and basic necessities, the Russians with impunity wiring convoys. Tellingly, their convoys crossing the border illegally Ukraine, they are considered to be something untouchable, but exactly the same convoys in Syria burn through bombs. The last such case took place right in these days, in the town of Azez. As a result of bombardment two persons were killed and 10 wounded. All the humanitarian aid was destroyed.
Russian air strikes already for anybody not news, but almost nothing is reported about what they do ground troops. Official Moscow claims that a ground operation they are planning, and ground troops are needed to protect Hamim airbase and naval base in Tartus. In fact, everything is somewhat different.
With the first decade of December, on the eve of the lifting of sanctions, Iran began withdrawing its forces from Syria. At the end of 2015, the withdrawal was almost complete. Thus, ground troops Assad was left to support hezballa militants and Russian troops. According to the estimates of most experts, the Syrian army has long lost the ability to resist the enemy and without external support would all have been over. For a long time, the main combat-ready force were units of the armed forces of Iran, disguised as vacationers, and volunteers. Such tactics are familiar to us. Now their place was occupied by the Russians.
According to information coming from Damascus, hundreds of soldiers of the Russian ground forces participate in the management of the operations conducted by the regime on the front line with the opposition and the riot police from time to time are involved in collisions. It is reported that Russian troops stationed in the area of Dzhurin in Lascie on the hill Slope, and in the towns of Salma Rabia, at the airbase "Hayamim", also in Damascus, Hama, HOMS and Hasakah. In addition, Russian military specialists assigned to parts of the Syrian army as the aviation and missile technicians.
The Russians get bogged down deeper in the ground operation. So on 19 January, the aircraft the Syrian air force landed about one hundred Russian military airport in al-Qamishli, in Syria's Hasakah province, located in the North-Eastern border with Turkey. Despite the massive use of aviation, missile weapons and armored vehicles, the results of operations are more than modest. According to the London research centre IHS Jane's on 11 January, despite all the efforts undertaken by Russia in Syria for nearly 4 months, managed to capture only 1.3% of the territory. Insignificant promotion was observed only in Turkmenbasy, Lazkiye and South of Aleppo. Moderate opposition still holds more than half the territory of the province of Aleppo, almost the entire province of Idlib, which they captured last year. Russian-azadovskii forces cannot move on to Hama and HOMS, and despite the intense bombardment, the area of Eastern ghouta in Damascus. However, in other parts of the front opposition forces captured the towns Atshan and Kefer Nabouda in Hama and strategically important city of morica.
Despite the tight closure of information about losses of the Russian armed forces in Syria, according to various estimates, the air force lost at least 2 of SU and 2-3 helicopters. In addition, significant losses of RF bears and armoured vehicles. The most conservative estimate of observers close to azadovskii troops, from 30 September 2015, the Russian forces lost at least 109 dead soldiers only. Unfortunately, the exact number of casualties is not yet known and all will become clear after the collapse of the Putin regime. Then the Russians know the true value of the game in Putin's soldiers on the territory of Ukraine and Syria. In the meantime, the pipeline "cargo 200" is working nonstop and is only gaining momentum because the flow is killed in Tehran, now there is a thread on the airbase MASDC, in the North Caucasus.
Source: http://defence-line.org/
МБФ "СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ" / ICF "GLORY TO UKRAINE" / FIB "GLOIRE À L'UKRAINE"
