​Russian Jets Support Syrian Counteroffensive After Jihadist Insurgents Capture Aleppo – Tyler Durden

Russian Jets Support Syrian Counteroffensive After Jihadist Insurgents Capture Aleppo Hours after thousands of Syrian Islamic militants entered Syria’s largest city of Aleppo, facing little resistance from government troops, and fanned out inside the city in vehicles with improvised armor and pickups, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, Russian fighter jets stationed in Syria carried out airstrikes against the jihadist militants attacking the northern city of Aleppo, the spokesman for Moscow’s expeditionary force has said. The escalation follows after the Al-Qaeda linked Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham or HTS (an offshoot of Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra) insurgent group, which…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More