Al-Qaeda forces in the Idlib Province had a rare success in shooting down a Syrian warplane in the area. The Su-22 jet had just taken off from Homs Province, and was shot down near Khan Sheikhoun.
Details on shooting down the plane are still not clear, beyond it being
done by al-Qaeda’s Tahrir al-Sham. The Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights reports that the pilot was captured, though Syrian state media
made no such reports.
Though the rebels in Idlib are known to have anti-aircraft weapons, the
indications are that the Su-22 was actually shot down with heavy machine
gun fire. Syria rarely loses planes over rebel area.
The loss of a pilot could be a politically embarrassing situation for
Syria, if it turns out to be accurate. Negotiating an exchange would
probably be at least attempted, assuming al-Qaeda doesn’t immediately
execute him.
Syria dying a death of 1000 cuts administered by USA & Israel. Assad & Putin are impotent.
One little shoot down and it’s “Assad & Putin are impotent.”
Really? The story is longer than that.
Assad and his government aren’t going anywhere. The Idlib head-choppers on the other hand will be killed or sent packing. It’s just a matter of time. And the US “occupation” of
Eastern Syria is just a troublesome quagmire for the US. Eventually the US will abandon the Kurds, who will then turn to Assad for safety and stability. Just a matter of time … and patience.
What lance is trying to say is that they need to fumigate the cockroach infestation, and risk losing a pet cat or dog in the process.
And patience is virtue except when Uncle Sham has unlimited debt ceiling to fund these events.
The f**k you talking about? Our rent-a-jihadis are all but f**ked. Idlib is the last hurrah before Scudville. America’s days of omnipotence are numbered.
The execution won’t be immediate.. They’ll take their time.
Damned savages.
The US deserves to have those anti-aircraft missiles turned upon itself.