{"id":61911,"date":"2015-09-19T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61911"},"modified":"2015-09-19T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T15:57:13","slug":"russian-feds-1800-russians-fighting-for-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61911","title":{"rendered":"Russian feds: 1800 Russians fighting for ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newsweek<\/a> reports that the Russian Federal Security services estimate that about 1800 Russian citizens have joined ISIS;<\/p>\n

Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said at a press conference on Thursday that it believes 1,800 Russians are involved in fighting for ISIS, Russian independent news agency Interfax reports.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said that prosecutors have opened criminal cases against 477 alleged jihadists and said that the majority of returning fighters moved to the Northern Caucasus region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reuters<\/a> reports that he Russians are considering whether or not to deploy their own troops to Syria if the government there requests their assistance.<\/p>\n

John Kerry is worried about the deployment of Russian aircraft to Syria, according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, the presence of aircraft with air-to-air combat capacity … and surface-to-air missiles raise serious questions,\u201d Kerry said, responding to a question after meeting with British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond. The Russians have deployed at least one such system, according to an American official, who was not authorized to discuss military matters and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Kerry said the military-to-military talks with the Russians are designed to make sure there are no incidents between Russian and American forces. The discussions also amount to a tacit acceptance of the Russian buildup, after weeks of warnings from Washington against any Russian escalation in Syria.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Russians, just a few days ago, said their intent wasn’t to engage in combat with ISIS, but to help Assad’s government fight against the rebels. Apparently, they’re considering a change to that plan. Either way, the Syrian civil war is a complete mess and there’s bound to be some screw ups, because bullets can’t tell which side you’re on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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