Clash reported between Jordan and Syria in border area

[Alamuti Lotus]

8. neither as important, nor as direct as certain reports may indicate

Best as I can tell, Russian activity has been relegated to routine business dealings, fulfullment of existing contracts, and a meekly obstructive approach to diplomatic efforts. While opposing on valid principle all predatory activity from the US and its proxy forces, they have been hesitant to directly support their own client state in this conflict. It's the same deal as when they abandoned Vietnam to the Chinese invaders (who were themselves promptly shoved towards the exit in short order), just a different decade.

Yes, I saw the YouTube videos from the FSA and its terrorist allies about the 97 Russian generals that they captured and beheaded before lunch, but I also saw those guys on TV the next day refuting the premature reports of their deaths. Yes, I also saw the YouTube videos from the FSA and its terrorist allies about the 97 Iranian Revolutionary Guard commanders they captured and beheaded after lunch, and it's still just really sloppy propaganda.

Despite the energetic attempts from highly motivated US/Israeli parties to craft a narrative stating otherwise, even Iran has been hesitant to provide much more than moral support for Asad. Perhaps if he and his friends represented a more palatable pillar of resistance to the forces of arrogance, there might be more tangible force provided in the direction. If anything, it is still nothing compared to the well-oiled machine coordinating the offensive on the other end of the matter.