Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov—one of several Russian war ships thought to be part of a coming bombardment on Aleppo ©Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/PA Images
Earlier this week, news of a planned “full scale” assault on Aleppo, Syria’s second city, surfaced. An intelligence source told The Times that they expect a “crescendo of air attacks on Aleppo as part of Russia’s strategy to declare victory there.”
The planned assault by Vladimir Putin, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, will coincide with the US presidential election. It is thought this timing is deliberate: that Russia wants to exploit the fact the US will be …read more
Source: Prospect
