Over the weekend the following has been reported:
-Russia has stated that America and France are simply bombing empty targets. Hitting targets already vacated by ISIS.
-Israel bombed a Syrian Army convoy on Friday..
-US and Israeli jets are practicing with Cyprus's S-300 (Russian made) Anti-Aircraft system. Developing techniques and counter-measures against Russian AA Systems.
-US bombed a Syrian Army position on Monday morning.
Now that the hawkish British are there bombing as well, the next two weeks will be interesting.
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Redditsdead ago
All of this is to remove Assad from power, enabling the gulf states to run a natural gas pipeline to Europe, hobbling Russians ability to hold Europe hostage with its natural gas.
dontwatchtv ago
Also, the oil industry believes Syria has a lot of oil--9th largest reserve in the world. But the Assad regime has been closed off to western oil producers and pretty much makes enough oil for domestic consumption.
There are at least 20 different companies in Kurdish controlled Syria conducting oil exploration.