Analyst says Russian air strikes in Syria cause 70% slump in militants’ oil trafficking
... that the statistics illustrating the effectiveness of the Russian air group’s operation were a product of the Oriental Studies Institute’s own research. Jabhat al-Nusra controls moderate opposition in Syria According to the analyst, Jabhat al-Nusra (the terrorist group outlawed in Russia) holds control over units of armed opposition in Syria owing to the presence of its militants in those detachments. "Some people, who used to fight there and then left, told me each ‘moderate’ unit numbered 500 fighters, with 50-60 ...