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2018-02-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

A massive battle between US and Syrian pro-regime forces reportedly killed more than 200 Russians

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Posted by gorb 2018-02-13 15:40|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Business Insider didn't learn anything when reporting in Donetsk and they aren't learning anything in Syria.

200 is the Russian military cargo code for wounded and 300 means dead.

Posted by badanov 2018-02-13 16:57|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2018-02-13 16:57|| Front Page Top

#2 If ISIS is defeated what are we doing there?

Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-02-13 17:45|| 2018-02-13 17:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Dunno for sure, but in another embedded article, it reads like the dust-up was about drying up one of the sources of funding ISIS.

"We suspect Syrian pro-regime forces were attempting to seize terrain SDF had liberated from Daesh in September 2017," a US military official told Reuters.

The pro-Assad forces were "likely seeking to seize oilfields in Khusham that had been a major source of revenue for [ISIS] from 2014 to 2017."

Posted by JohnQC 2018-02-13 18:35|| 2018-02-13 18:35|| Front Page Top

#4 We know of only 5 names of Russians killed.

Posted by newc 2018-02-13 18:40|| 2018-02-13 18:40|| Front Page Top

#5 This sounds like fake news. I will ponder this.

Posted by Dale 2018-02-13 23:06|| 2018-02-13 23:06|| Front Page Top

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