Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Turkey needs to stand down from bombing near it's border. The global coalition remains strong.

The Kurds of northern Iraq needs reassurances there will be no targeting of their people or their military.

It is called ending the Daesh power bases. Russia can accomplish what the Syrian military cannot. Russia is an ally to both Iran and Syria. There is nothing to worry about. Russia is acting in the best interest of all countries to end the genocide of Daesh.

August 16, 2016
The Associated Press

Beirut — Iran allowed Russian warplanes (click here) to take off from its territory to bomb targets in Syria on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the deepening cooperation between two powerhouses heavily invested in the Syrian civil war.

The Iranian deployment increases Russia's foothold in the Middle East and widens Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria, bolstering President Bashar Assad's government ahead of a new round of peace talks the United Nations hopes to convene in coming weeks.

The long-range bombers took off early Tuesday near the Iranian city of Hamedan, 280 kilometers (175 miles) southwest of the Iranian capital, and struck targets in three provinces in northern and eastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said....