Russian warships are on route to Syrian territorial waters in a move that sends a clear message from Moscow that they would not allow any foreign intervention into Syria’s civil unrest.
Syria’s President Bashar al Assad, a close ally of Russia’s, has been violently cracking down on mass Syrian protests against his rule. Over 3,000 citizens have been killed by security forces, according to rights groups, and some soldiers have begun to defect, launching small operations against Assad’s forces.
Russia claims Syria’s trouble is a civil war and advocates against foreign intervention, despite it’s own interventions in the form of economic aid and diplomatic bolstering of Assad’s regime.
NATO spokespeople have so far denied any intention to intervene in Syria.
On Friday, though, a Syrian official said Damascus has agreed “in principle” to allow an Arab League observer mission into the country after the Arab League proposed sending hundreds of observers to help end the bloodshed, for which they suspended Syria earlier this week. Still, the Assad regime is likely to continue resisting intervention on Syrian soil.
Better that Russia does it than the USSA…errrrrr…I mean NATO.
President Assad should not allow any foreigners into Syria. These so-called few hundred observors may turn out to be military personnel whose entry into Syria may seal Assad's fate. Be careful of US/NATO tricks!!!!
ya just like they did (not) for serbia in the 90's. Russia is all talk no action. so is china
Most of missed all those forces they sent, along with always standing by serbia.
I would actually be thinking that this is more like, Russia sending Israel a message, dont attack the Iranian Power Reactor that is full of Russian Personnel, the Russians have already publically warned countries that the death of Russian Citizens doing there lawful work in other countries will be dealt with. Russians run the reactor and make sure that waste Nuclear Materials are returned to Russia. It is in fact to the Israelies advantage that the Russians are doing this as no waste can be used for military purposes!
One might get the impression that Russia has had about enough of US/NATO playing global bully. Might not be a wise idea to mess with the Russians. Seems that Hitler tried that and got his clock cleaned thoroughly.
Indeed. On a conventional front, some Russian units would be destroyed. Then the bear would probably get angry and throw a thermonuclear tantrum.
fat chance. Russia is gonna sit back and let NATO run wild like they have been for years. NATO will cross the line though and then Russia will step in and it wont be pretty. War with Russia and China sounds crazy to me but it's gonna happen.
Clearly the US is seeking to impose a one world government with Washington as the head. With the Libya intervention and now Africa the US has already set a dangerous precedent of totally not respecting the soveriegnty of other nations.
When you don't respect other's sovereignty or rights then there WILL, not might but will come a day when other nations will violate your sovereignty and hold your rights in contempt. The US government has the false belief tha tthis can never ever happen because, like an idol worshipper, it puts its faith in the US military and thinks that it is and alwys wil be completely invulnerable. The pride or hubris of this will be America's downfall. I suspect it's gonna fall hard too.
Let's hope that both Russia and China put the breaks on NATO, and the US terror machine. Enough is enough!!
One of the reasons why China & Russia are mostly "talk" on issues such as this and the Iran nuclear standoff, is that they really are limited in what they can do militarily. What I mean by this, is that if they are brought into a military confrontation with NATO or the US, this will destroy most of human civilization. So while I would also like to see China & Russia take firmer stands against the US – such as placing Iran under a nuclear umbrella to ward off an Israeli/US attack, this policy would move Russia/China and the West closer to nuclear annihiliation, as the madmen in Washington & Tel-aviv might actually attempt to "test' the Russian/Chinese resolve on this. I do think we are slowly headed for some type of confrontation, because Chinese nationalism is strong, and I doubt they'll allow their encirclement by Washington. I think the Chinese were really hoping that the US would buckle and collapse financially before this happened.
Thank you, Mother. Russia. Now, could you please build a couple airbases outside of Caracas and Havana?
I predicted this very scenario back in August in response to Raimondo's article "D-Day for Damscus"
"Syria, unlike Egypt under Sadat, never turned its back on Russia. The Russians reciprocated in 1973 during the October War when an aerial bridge to Damascus was established to keep the Syrian army fighting alone against Israel until early December whereas Sadat had capitulated by October 23.
This special relationship has been reaffirmed by Putin and an important Russian Naval Base is now operational in Tartous. This is of such importance that the latest hypersonic cruise missiles in Russia's arsenal have been deployed to sink any Nato/US/Israeli ship that may present a threat to Russian/ Syrian coastal installations. In addition, some of the most advanced short and medium range air defense missiles are now operational in Syria. An air-sea attack on Damascus will not be as easy as you think. The emperor might get stung. This will be military intervention at a cost.Perhaps that is why you implied a WWIII scenario in your article."
Is there any actual confirmation on this? All I've seen is a Ha'aretz story on an unnamed Syrian News report. These is so much disinfo right now, this Russian warship story could be more disinfo. Google searches only return the echo chamber, so, does anyone know how to verify Russian warships in Syrian waters?
Google search today shows a lot of websites with the same story. I am also suspicious as to its authenticity.
I agree with Roque. When push comes to shove, Russia will tuck tail and run home.
Enter text righAN OMINOUS SIGNPam is right, this is an ominous sign.
Russia (a huge arms supplier to Syria) has joined Iran, Iraq, Hezbollah and Venezuela in supporting the brutal Assad regime against the Arab League, the US and NATO. By sending nuclear armed warships to Syria (Russia's strongest Mideast supporter during the Cold War) Putin is preempting any attempt by US and NATO to replicate what it did in Libya in the removal of Muammar Kaddafy from power. The Russian ships will obviously dock at the port of Tartus which over the years has been renovated by Russia for use as a permanent Mediterranean base for the Russian fleet (this was in retaliation for US involvement in Georgia and the Ukraine). Is this the beginning of the deadly US-Russia clash that I predicted several years ago from the catastrophic crash of US and Russian satellites over Siberia? This unprecedented disaster occurred just three days after Joe Biden was in Munich (symbol of appeasement and birthplace of WWII) announcing the resetting of US/Russian relations.
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