According to a field report from the nearby Hama Governorate, the Russian Air Force, with coordinates from their
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While
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...and Russia are backing two different sides in this war, they do occasionally trade intel and carry out joint patrols in northern Syria.
However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
Russia has recently upped its pressure on Turkey to separate the opposition and jihadist fighters in the northwestern governorates of Syria.
Turkey has been somewhat reluctant to do so because a large number of fighters in the Idlib, Latakia, Aleppo, and Hama governorates are jihadist combatants that are allied with the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA).