Russia Begins Missile System Delivery to Syria, Warns West on Peace Talks
Source: VOA
UNITED NATIONS —
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday Moscow had started delivering the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria and warned Western powers of trying to undermine U.N.-led efforts to end the seven-year conflict.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had said on Monday the system would be delivered to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in two weeks despite strong Israeli and United States objections. A week previously, Moscow had accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military jet in Syria.
"The delivery started already and as President (Vladimir) Putin said, after that incident ... the measures that we will take will be devoted to ensuring 100 percent safety and security of our men," Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations.
Russia, along with Iran, has helped Assad recover huge amounts of lost territory in Syria without persuading him to agree to any political reforms. It has also pushed its own talks with Iran and Turkey, known as the Astana process, as U.N-led peace negotiations have stalled.
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That was quick....
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Tell him to knock it off?
From a recent AFP article:
Moscow announced on Monday it would deliver the advanced S-300 air defense system, a week after the Syrian military downed a Russian plane by mistake following an Israeli air strike. Russia has blamed the friendly fire on Israeli pilots using the larger Russian plane as “cover”.
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The accident was the deadliest friendly fire between Syria and Russia since Moscow’s game-changing military intervention in the war in 2015. More than 360,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since the conflict erupted in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.
Source: https://www.juancole.com/2018/09/bombing-russian-installed.html
Left alone to their own business, I feel the peoples of this region of the world would do quite well, as they have for centuries. But noooooo, the super powers, the empires, the dictatorships and the oligarchies must have their fingers in everyone's pie in order to control these region's resources, with little regard for human rights.
Most of all, I don't trust Donny Rump as far as I could throw him to do the right thing for lasting peace, or for those that suffer daily from this horrific conflict. I also don't trust him to not trigger a military conflict with Russia.
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