Endgame: Russia Hits More Than 1,800 Targets in Syria in 7 Days
Russia steps up airstrikes as US proxies pledge to take down Assad
Russia controls the skies in Syria
Russia is the uncontested master of Syria's airspace. In a report
posted this week on its website, Russia's Defense Ministry announced that over the last seven days, Russian jets flew
510 combat sorties and hit 1,888 targets in Syria. The previous week’s report claimed 464 sorties that hit a total of 1,354 targets.
As McClatchy notes, "Daily reports from the U.S. military for the same period indicate a much lower level of activity:
16 targets struck in Syria. The reports also said those forces hit 91 targets in Iraq."
Aleppo is now on the verge of complete government control. According to a Friday report in the Guardian, a rebel leader interviewed inside Aleppo stated bluntly that "the regime is advancing quite quickly. . . . We have very little left.
Nothing can change things now."
Turkey is now desperate to stop the seemingly inevitable: Multiple reports claim that the Turkish military is shelling both Kurdish and SAA forces.
They are apparently coordinating their attack with jihadists who are attempting to reopen rebel supply lines to Aleppo.
Instead of lobbing shells from the safety of their own bases, the Turks should cross the border into Syria and see what happens...