campaign in Syria with the U.N. Security Council approving their military conquest . However , Russia has only been given the go - ahead for targeting ISIS , which with their recent bombings of schools , hospitals , and rebel infrastructure , they have shown they do n't care what the U.N. says and they are actively working to keep Assad in power and their influence intact . With the Iranian Nuclear Deal emboldening Iran 's position in the Middle East , Russia is in a quite powerful position to expand their sphere of influence and push back against the West .
Once they think they , you know , “ Well , let ’s not take any more casualties , ” they ’ll just leave — do n’t think you ’ve beaten them . I ’m watching now a film coming out of Ramadi where Iraqi soldiers are looking through holes in the wall to snipe back at the ISIS people that are 100 , 200 yards away , but we claim that Ramadi is now under our control . “ My own experience with these kinds of insurgents over time is that they just do n’t bomb for the sake of bombingconflict.attack.bombing; it ’s part of a greater strategy . Even if it ’s just a car bomb in the street , it ’s intended to terrorize ; it ’s intended to kill a particular person . ” So we have a conflict now in which we ’re fighting two different wars .
The victory is a fragile one . The area is still a conflict zone and it may be some time before a secure corridor for food and medical supplies can be set up , and the regime has called in reinforcements . “ We expect revenge bombingconflict.attack.bombingby the regime , including , possibly , chemical weapons , ” said Zaher Sahloul , a Syrian - American doctor who coordinates medical aid in the city . Still , for the rebels , it has been a remarkable triumph against the odds . After months of retreat under pressure from government forces and Russian airstrikes , they have not only broken the siege , but overrun a key base the regime had used to enforce it and apparently taken possession of a large cache of weapons and artillery .
Hillary has been much attacked for the deaths of U.S. diplomats in Benghazi , but her tireless promotion of the overthrow Muammar Qaddafi by NATO bombing is the far graver disaster . Hillary strongly promoted NATO - led regime change in Libya , not only in violation of international law but counter to the most basic good judgment . After the NATO bombingconflict.attack.bombing, Libya descended into civil war while the paramilitaries and unsecured arms stashes in Libya quickly spread west across the African Sahel and east to Syria . The Libyan disaster has spawned war in Mali , fed weapons to Boko Haram in Nigeria and fueled ISIS in Syria and Iraq . In the meantime , Hillary found it hilarious to declare of Qaddafi : “ We came , we saw , he died . ”
In late April I was among the 25 Vermonters who occupied Congressman Bernie Sanders ’ Burlington office to protest his support of the NATO bombingconflict.attack.bombingof Yugoslavia and the ongoing war against Iraq . Calling ourselves the “ Instant Antiwar Action Group , ” we decided to bring our outrage at
Moscow began air strikes in Syria last September . The United States has called on Assad to step down but has refrained from directly targeting his forces . Communication between the United States and Russian militaries on Syria has been limited to contacts aimed at avoiding an accidental clash as they carry out separate bombingconflict.attack.bombingcampaigns and small numbers of U.S. forces operate on the ground . Although no U.S. forces were in the area at the time of Thursday 's strikes , the U.S. military activated the emergency communications channels with Moscow to tell Russia to stop striking the area , the official said . Some time passed after that communication but Russia carried out a subsequent strike , the U.S. official said .
Monitors and activists on the ground put the figure much higher . Residents in the besieged part of the city allege that the recent bombing has deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure , including two hospitals , two civil defence service rescue centres and several ambulances which have been left completely unserviceable . Dr Al - Awad has worked at east Aleppo ’s Al Quds hospital , which - like many of the area ’s remaining medical facilities - now operates from an undisclosed location to shield it from bombingconflict.attack.bombingafter the original site was destroyed by an air strike in April 2016 . Video shows amazing rescue of child as shelling resumes in Aleppo There are only around 30 doctors in east Aleppo left to care for thousands of people in need of emergency and other medical care .
The United States - led bombingconflict.attack.bombingcampaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria surpassed a stunning milestone this month , underscoring the magnitude of the coalition ’s quest to crush the militant group . Coalition drones and warplanes unleashed 49,917 bombs and missiles against ISIS targets through June 30 , according to new official figures released this week by the U.S. Air Forces Central Command . Daily airstrikes by America and its allies throughout July has since pushed that number above 50,000 , according to Airwars , a watchdog group that monitors the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS .