Russian aggressive accretion continues in Syria: US officials, Russia is acute advanced with its aggressive accretion in Syria, US admiral said on Wednesday, admitting Moscow's intentions in the war-ravaged nation abide unclear.
Aerial adumbration shows Russia is absorption on Bassel al-Assad International Airport, south of Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast, and on the Russian argosy ability in Tartus.
One US official, speaking on action of anonymity, told AFP that two tank-landing ships accept afresh accustomed at Tartus and about a dozen Russian armored cadre carriers are now at the Bassel al-Assad airport, called afterwards Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's earlier brother.
The official said dozens of Russian argosy infantry had accustomed in Syria, but their role was acceptable to assure admission aggressive accouterments rather than a boots-on-the-ground deployment.
"We've apparent array there," the official said. "There absolutely are some troops there."
In addition, addition behemothic Antonov-124 Condor aggressive agent had aureate into the airport, bringing the absolute amount of carriage flights to at atomic four in contempo days.
AFP appear Tuesday that Russia has aswell installed modular apartment units -- abundant for "hundreds" of humans -- at the airport, as able-bodied as carriageable air cartage ascendancy equipment.
The developments added complicate the baleful crisis in Syria, area the battle has claimed about 250,000 lives back 2011 and triggered a massive address of refugees -- abounding of whom are beat to Europe.
Moscow insists it is bringing altruistic aid to a stricken nation, but the United States, which is advancing Islamic State jihadists in Syria, is afraid Russia is advancing to abetment militarily and bang insubordinate groups to advice prop up adept accessory Assad.
"There's not accord in the intelligence association about what it means," addition US official said, afresh speaking on action of anonymity.
"You accept to yield what Russia says with a atom of alkali because they haven't consistently been cellophane and honest about their intentions," the official added, apropos to Russia's connected denials that it is acknowledging agitator rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Syria has denied letters of added aggressive action by Russian troops on its clay and Russia insists any accoutrements deliveries are in befitting with acceptable links to the Assad regime.
White House agent columnist secretary Eric Schultz on Wednesday said the United States would acceptable any Russian contributions to the action adjoin the Islamic State group.
But "it would be amoral for any party, including the Russians, to accommodate any abutment to the Assad regime," Schultz told reporters.
Despite the accretion of aggressive equipment, admiral acclaimed there was no actual adumbration Russia had beatific in any ammunition or abundant weaponry. A US aggressive official said "under 50" Russian troops had accustomed in Syria in contempo days.
Russia is adverse logistical difficulties in accepting its accouterments to Syria by air.
Bulgaria said it banned permission backward endure anniversary to an bearding amount of Russian aircraft to cantankerous its airspace amid September 1 and 24, angering Moscow.
But on Wednesday, Bulgaria said it would acquiesce Syria-bound Russian planes over its airspace if Moscow agrees to let it audit the cargo.
In the accident Bulgaria closes its skies to Russian overflights, Moscow could avenue its planes over Iran and again Iraq.
When questioned whether the United States had asked Iraq to block Russian overflights, State Department agent John Kirby said America capital bounded ally -- including Iraq -- to ask some "pretty boxy questions" about Russia's absorbed in Syria.
Aerial adumbration shows Russia is absorption on Bassel al-Assad International Airport, south of Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast, and on the Russian argosy ability in Tartus.
One US official, speaking on action of anonymity, told AFP that two tank-landing ships accept afresh accustomed at Tartus and about a dozen Russian armored cadre carriers are now at the Bassel al-Assad airport, called afterwards Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's earlier brother.
"We've apparent array there," the official said. "There absolutely are some troops there."
In addition, addition behemothic Antonov-124 Condor aggressive agent had aureate into the airport, bringing the absolute amount of carriage flights to at atomic four in contempo days.
AFP appear Tuesday that Russia has aswell installed modular apartment units -- abundant for "hundreds" of humans -- at the airport, as able-bodied as carriageable air cartage ascendancy equipment.
The developments added complicate the baleful crisis in Syria, area the battle has claimed about 250,000 lives back 2011 and triggered a massive address of refugees -- abounding of whom are beat to Europe.
Moscow insists it is bringing altruistic aid to a stricken nation, but the United States, which is advancing Islamic State jihadists in Syria, is afraid Russia is advancing to abetment militarily and bang insubordinate groups to advice prop up adept accessory Assad.
"There's not accord in the intelligence association about what it means," addition US official said, afresh speaking on action of anonymity.
"You accept to yield what Russia says with a atom of alkali because they haven't consistently been cellophane and honest about their intentions," the official added, apropos to Russia's connected denials that it is acknowledging agitator rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Syria has denied letters of added aggressive action by Russian troops on its clay and Russia insists any accoutrements deliveries are in befitting with acceptable links to the Assad regime.
White House agent columnist secretary Eric Schultz on Wednesday said the United States would acceptable any Russian contributions to the action adjoin the Islamic State group.
But "it would be amoral for any party, including the Russians, to accommodate any abutment to the Assad regime," Schultz told reporters.
Despite the accretion of aggressive equipment, admiral acclaimed there was no actual adumbration Russia had beatific in any ammunition or abundant weaponry. A US aggressive official said "under 50" Russian troops had accustomed in Syria in contempo days.
Russia is adverse logistical difficulties in accepting its accouterments to Syria by air.
Bulgaria said it banned permission backward endure anniversary to an bearding amount of Russian aircraft to cantankerous its airspace amid September 1 and 24, angering Moscow.
But on Wednesday, Bulgaria said it would acquiesce Syria-bound Russian planes over its airspace if Moscow agrees to let it audit the cargo.
In the accident Bulgaria closes its skies to Russian overflights, Moscow could avenue its planes over Iran and again Iraq.
When questioned whether the United States had asked Iraq to block Russian overflights, State Department agent John Kirby said America capital bounded ally -- including Iraq -- to ask some "pretty boxy questions" about Russia's absorbed in Syria.
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