Putin says MidEast terrorists recruit fighters from ex-Soviet states to expand
The MidEast issue which was severly underestimated by world states (and even supported by some others) at the very beginning has grown to become one of the major problems of the world.
When everybody though the USA would have the only word to say in the region Putin of Russia showed the whole world the USA was not the only authority to have the final word in said territory. This message from Putin came like like a hammer on the region when Russian jets bombed spotted targets mainly belonging to ISIS. The world was literally shocked by this very determined interference of Russia in the issue. What was the reason for Putin to respond so harshly? The Russian president has an explanation surelu as expressed by himself in person
Regarding the issue he said at a meeting with the country’s military top brass “After securing a beachhead in Syria, the terrorists wish to destabilize whole new regions, widen their expansion and recruit more fighters, including from Russia and former Soviet republics”
He added that the extremists from the Middle East had been recruiting militants and continued doing so in many countries, unfortunately including Russia and CIS countries. Putin went on to say Moscow had launched its air operation in Syria as a preventive action against Islamic State extremists.
Putin did not fail to mention that Russia’s assistance to Syria fully complied with Moscow’s military doctrine and international law and Russia was ready to adequately and effectively respond to the terrorist threat and any other challenges.
The Russian Air Force operation in Syria began on September 30. On October 7, Russia’s flotilla in the Caspian Sea launched 26 cruise missiles against ISIS targets in Syria, some 1,500 kilometers away. Over the three weeks of the operation in Syria, Russian warplanes and cruise missiles have eliminated more than 500 Islamic State installations, bunkers, command posts, arms depots, strongholds, artillery positions, convoys and other targets.
With the air support provided by the Russian military, the Syrian regular army has launched a massive assault against the terrorist groups, having liberated dozens of settlements and changed the course of the Syrian conflict completely.
Putin also said “It is crucially important to bring to light the links of the Russian-based militants with the international terror groups and their patrons”.
SOURCE: MEDIA
