...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
has allegedly prohibited the jihadist rebels in northern Syria from using anti-aircraft missiles against Russian jets, the news site Avia.Pro reported.
According to the Russian publication, the
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
the jihadist rebels, specifically Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State..., were reportedly prohibited from using these MANPADS against the Russian Air Force. The Russian and
Initially, it was reported that dozens of FIM-92 Stingers were handed over to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, but Avia.Pro believes, citing recent photographs from northern Syria, that the MANPADS are Soviet-era anti-aircraft missiles.
The holy warrior forces did capture a large quantity of these Soviet-era MANPADS during the first years of the war. The MANPADS were left behind by the Syrian Arab Army and recovered by groups like the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA).