{"id":37330,"date":"2018-09-04T06:44:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37330"},"modified":"2018-09-04T06:44:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:44:24","slug":"despite-trump-warning-russia-resumes-major-airstrikes-on-idlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37330","title":{"rendered":"Despite Trump Warning, Russia Resumes Major Airstrikes On Idlib"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-04\/despite-trump-warnings-russia-resumes-major-airstrikes-idlib#comment-12307269\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Despite Trump Warning, Russia Resumes Major Airstrikes On Idlib<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1108\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1108\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>lt doesn&#8217;t appear that Syrian and Russian forces are overly concerned with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-03\/assad-must-not-attack-idlib-trump-warns-dont-let-happen-tweet\">Monday evening threats<\/a> from both President Trump and Nikki Haley warning Assad and Russia against attacking Idlib Province, as Middle East sources now report that <strong>Russia has resumed an intense air campaign over Idlib for the first time in 22 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Beirut-based <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almasdarnews.com\/article\/breaking-russian-air-force-begins-largest-bombing-campaign-of-the-year-in-idlib\/\">Al Masdar News<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>reports,<em>\u00a0<\/em>citing Syrian military sources, <strong>the Russian Air Force has begun<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>its\u00a0largest bombing campaign of the year in the Idlib Governorate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Idlib%20Russia_0.jpg?itok=1iqniXtn\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Idlib%20Russia_0.jpg?itok=1iqniXtn\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Idlib%20Russia_0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/Idlib%20Russia_0.jpg?itok=1iqniXtn 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"402d727a-9460-4d98-be6b-0dc3c804ddfc\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Image via VOA News<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moments ago at least ten Russian Sukhoi jets launched dozens of airstrikes over the southern and western parts of the Idlib Governorate.<\/p>\n<p>Al Masdar&#8217;s sources\u00a0said the Russian Air Force specifically targeted the Jisr Al-Shughour District, including the towns of Al-Shughour, Mahambel, Basnqoul, Zayzooun, Ziyarah, Jadariyah, Kafrdeen, Al-Sahn, Saraseef, and dozen others. The source added that <strong>the Russian airstrikes numbered over 50 thus far<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With the large Russian bombardment, <strong>the Syrian Arab Army\u2019s (SAA) long-awaited ground\u00a0offensive <\/strong>is bound to start in the next few days.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don\u2019t let that happen!<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1036740691211284480\" data-datetime=\"2018-09-03T22:20:17+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: September 03, 2018 22:20:17 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-09-03T22:20:17+0000\">6:20 PM &#8211; Sep 3, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile the Kremlin has responded to President Trump&#8217;s Monday evening tweet. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-crisis-syria-trump-kremlin\/kremlin-dismisses-trump-warning-on-syrias-idlib-idUSKCN1LK11D\">Reuters<\/a>, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, <strong>\u201cJust to speak out with some warnings, without taking into account the very dangerous, negative potential for the whole situation in Syria, is probably not a full, comprehensive approach.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin added that the area was a \u201cnest of terrorists\u201d\u00a0in what&#8217;s a clear dismissal of Trump&#8217;s warnings of <em>&#8220;<strong>Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don\u2019t let that happen!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Trump Warning, Russia Resumes Major Airstrikes On Idlib lt doesn&#8217;t appear that Syrian and Russian forces are overly concerned with the Monday evening threats from both President Trump and Nikki Haley warning Assad and Russia against attacking Idlib Province, as Middle East sources now report that Russia has resumed an intense air campaign over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7844,7366,542,694,776,827,865,4318],"class_list":["post-37330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-donald-trump","tag-idlib","tag-moscow","tag-russia","tag-syria","tag-united-states","tag-washington","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37331,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37330\/revisions\/37331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}