02-10-2017, 04:13 PM
(02-10-2017, 03:16 PM)Mikebert Wrote:(02-10-2017, 03:02 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: Cooperating with the US against ISIS is something the Russians have been asking about for a while, because it effectively means that the US is helping them eliminate threats to their clients/allies in the Middle East versus trying to topple them.My understanding is Russia has been mostly interesting in help Assad in Syria. Assad has been focused on the so-called moderate opposition. So most of Russian activity had been against them and not ISIS-held positions.
Are you saying otherwise? Can you provide some links showing evidence of Russian attacks on ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria?
Russia has the official position that the whole opposition are pretty much ISIS. They have bombed actual ISIS strongholds where they have threatened Syrian government positions (like in Palmyra or Deir-ez-Zour.
Here are some links of examples. Hypothetically, Russia would like for the Assad government to control all of Syria again, though in a crunch they would settle for what they have now. So bombing ISIS is not really something they would have a problem with, though they have been concentrating on the fighters closer to Syrian government positions.