The leadership of over 40 of Syria’s armed factions issued a statement Monday that the Russian air campaign against them made a political solution to the conflict impossible, with several groups vowing to attack Russian forces and perhaps also carry out terrorist attacks inside Russia itself. “Russia jumped in to rescue the Assad regime after it was clinically dead, in order to prevent it from suffering a sweeping defeat,” the statement read. “Any occupation force in the land of our beloved country is a legitimate target for us.” Meanwhile, an incursion into Turkish airspace by a Russian aircraft carrying out strikes over Syria has been condemned by the US, NATO and Turkey, while the Kremlin said it was an accident caused by bad weather.Read More
