Russia’s Syria campaign has defined its war in Ukraine - analysis
In 2015, the US noted that Russia was actually bombing Syrian rebels opposed to the Assad regime, not ISIS. In the end it didn’t matter because Russia plowed ahead.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society via a video conference call in Moscow, Russia April 14, 2021(photo credit: VIA REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated: