Russian flights to Syria escalating US tensions: Report

Greetings,

Note: I must return you to this point as we see the deployment of warships and warplanes from from outside of the Middle East, now making their way to the Middle East for combat.

They are tired of American arrogance and sheer disregard for law and order all in a bid to establish her policies and rule over others. Because of this, “She is on her way out of the Near East. This means bloodshed and plenty of it.

 In the Near East, there stand navies which are neither American nor British…they are there to drive America out. The skies over there are beginning to thicken with foreign planes, carrying deadly weapons, guns and bombs. They will not be satisfied as long as Israel is in Palestine. The boil has come to a bursting point. We are in a troubled world. We are in a world that is now erupting.”-pgs.171 & 172(tfoa)

Russian flights to Syria escalating US tensions: Report

A picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency on September 12, 2015, shows a Russian plane carrying humanitarian aid being unloaded on the tarmac of the Martyr Bassil al-Assad international airport in Latakia, Syria. (AFP)
American officials have disclosed that Russia is using the airspace over Iran and Iraq to fly military equipment and personnel to a new air field in Syria, escalating tensions with the US, a report says.

At least seven giant Russian Antonov An-124 military transport aircrafts have taken off from a base in Russia during the past week to transport equipment to Syria, using Iranian and Iraqi air corridors, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing US officials.

American officials told the newspaper on Sunday that the destination of the Russian aircraft was an airfield in Syria’s western province of Latakia.

About 200 Russian marines and six Russian howitzers now guard the air base in Latakia, according to American intelligence.

With the use of the new air corridors, Moscow is openly defying Washington’s efforts to block the shipments and significantly increasing tensions with the US.

The White House initially hoped it had blocked the Russian effort to move military equipment and personnel into Syria after NATO member Bulgaria announced it would refuse permission for the flights.

But Russia quickly began rerouting its flights to Iran and Iraq, which Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said on Sunday would continue despite US objections.

“There were military supplies, they are ongoing, and they will continue,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. “They are inevitably accompanied by Russian specialists, who help to adjust the equipment, to train Syrian personnel how to use this weaponry.”

Lavrov added that Moscow would continue arming the Syrian government in its fight against the Takfiri Daesh terrorists, urging other countries to take a similar stance and help Damascus in the battle.

The Obama administration has warned Moscow to limit the transport of military equipment to Syria.

On Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry called Lavrov and warned that Washington is deeply concerned of reports of “an imminent enhanced Russian military buildup.”

The conflicts in Syria and Ukraine have driven a wedge between Russia and the West. Moscow and Washington have had major differences over the crisis in Syria as well as in Ukraine.

Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since March 2011. According to reports, the United States and its regional allies – especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey – are supporting the militants operating inside the country.

The Daesh terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, now control large parts of Iraq and Syria.

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