And a new confrontation in the Middle East
Russia buying into American suspicion that ISIS bombed the Metro jet (“99.9pc sure”) will mean only one thing. Putin will green-light ground troops into Syria, further raising the stakes in the Levant. Russian pride will not take the affront lightly and, if proved, the government will sell the ground offensive feverishly to a heated public. That, of course, will once again change the tone of the Syrian war. The air campaign has already taken some pressure off the Syrian Arab Army and reportedly inflicted heavy losses on ISIS, especially in the Alawite heartland …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
