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debkafile’s military sources report that the rebels had not yet secured control of the roads linking western and eastern Aleppo. Neither was there any sign of the heavy Russian air strikes claimed by the rebels Sunday afternoon to have been launched in an effort to halt their advance.
According to our sources, intensive air strikes are indeed being conducted in the Aleppo theater - but only by the Syrian air force. There is no Russian presence in the skies over city. Their air force is active in the last few days in only one arena, Idlib in northern Syria. Its absence accounts for the Syrian rebel militias’ partial gains in the battle for Aleppo, and the Pro-Assad forces’ difficulties in holding them back.
Had the Russians provided solid air support for the Syrian army and its allies, our military analysts assert that the rebels would have been pushed back.
It is being withheld, according to our intelligence sources, because Moscow wishes to keep the door ajar for dialogue to continue with the Obama administration. The Russians are interested in particular in setting up with the Americans a joint military and intelligence coordination mechanism in Syria for fighting Islamist forces.
http://www.debka.com/article/25594/Aleppo-battle-seesaws-pro-Assad-siege-in-place
According to our sources, intensive air strikes are indeed being conducted in the Aleppo theater - but only by the Syrian air force. There is no Russian presence in the skies over city. Their air force is active in the last few days in only one arena, Idlib in northern Syria. Its absence accounts for the Syrian rebel militias’ partial gains in the battle for Aleppo, and the Pro-Assad forces’ difficulties in holding them back.
Had the Russians provided solid air support for the Syrian army and its allies, our military analysts assert that the rebels would have been pushed back.
It is being withheld, according to our intelligence sources, because Moscow wishes to keep the door ajar for dialogue to continue with the Obama administration. The Russians are interested in particular in setting up with the Americans a joint military and intelligence coordination mechanism in Syria for fighting Islamist forces.
http://www.debka.com/article/25594/Aleppo-battle-seesaws-pro-Assad-siege-in-place
Hmm, känns underligt. Har rapporterats om många bombningar av det ryska flygvapnet i Aleppo den senaste veckan. De har varit väldigt aktiva dels under offensiven och även nu efter det att rebellerna lyckades öppna upp en lucka