Post Asaad News Today

Out air strikes. russia says its hitting isis targets but u.s. officials say russia is actually hitting syrian opposition groups. >> russias actions this week have been very fast moving. we are joined from paris to discuss whats really changing in the region. michael, russias making bold and obvious moves to prop up the asaad regime, but what could be the strategy post asaad. the action against rebels only helps isis in many weeks. what could be the long-term plan here? >> i think there isnt so ...

Of asaad is the only legislate fighting force in syria and that the u.s.-led coalition is breaking international law. matthew chance joins us live to talk about all of this. its all happened quickly, but all evidence suggests russian forces struck rebel-held strongholds and were nowhere near isis hot spots in syria, but the kremlin saying that isis are the only enemies in their fight. whats the latest youre hearing from there this morning? >> thats right. i mean, the russian defense ministry iss...

For was asaad. i mean, you look at the number of sor tees theyve flown, few of them have been against the top theory jihadists who are lined up in east of the country. asaad is in control of about 14% of syrian country. what russia has done is create a bubble of air supremacy over that sliver. they have sent in 22 anti-aircraft missiles and some of their most sophisticated attack jets with air to air missile capability. what do you need air deterrents for? this is to deter the united states. >> ...

Putin gave his first speech in decades where he called an an international anti-isis coalition like the world war powers of ii. who did they bomb? everyone but isis? they killed an fsa commander. this guy had been on the ground fighting both asaad and jihadist since 2012, actually. he hung in there. he was also a recipient of u.s. aid, backed by the cia. he received the tow anti-tank missiles. given the manifold groups on the ground, to be vetted by the cia to receive these missiles meant that t...

Strikes. those are the forces fighting against president asaad who is russias ally. while the u.s. and russia disagree who was targeted, they agree they need to talk to avoid unintended incidents. >> the first instruction to us was to make sure that the military of the united states, the coalition led by the united states on the one hand and the military of the russian federation now engaged in things at the request of the syrian government get in touch and establish channels of communication to...