Talk:Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war

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8th Damascus Offensive

Meanwhile Marj Al Sultan Airbase is secured and a buffer zone is established. Al Bilaliyah is liberated by the Syrian Army. They divided Daraya in the south and cut off supply lines. There were truces in Yarmouk Camp. Zahran Alloush the leader of Jaish al Islam was killed. These are important developments.

According to Assad, its not a military intervention

Inteview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJkaUSk4ps at 20:27

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SNHR

SNHR is small little-known organization runned by Muslims. Its statement on Russia killed more civilians than ISIS is pretty doubtful. Syrian war is the war of Muslims having different views and we can't be sure on SNHR's political neutrality. Amitashi01

Russian suicide drones

Reference goes to Washington Post's Syria Mubasher source that do not connect suicide drones to Russia. Article just mentions Russian broadcasting drones. Amitashi01

ISIL

ITS ISIS NOT ISIL!!!!!! Robins21 (talk) 06:36, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Summary in the lead

I agree with user Ryan1783 (his edit) that lead should also summarize content of last three sections, and it looks like a fair summary of the content. If you think this should be summarized differently, please post your version here, or even make directly an edit on the page. But something must be said about the relationship of Russian operations in the country (the subject of this page) and "Reports of war crimes and attacks on civilian targets" and reactions by other countries on the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War. My very best wishes (talk) 17:51, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You still haven’t addressed the concerns I’ve raised. The entire section is POV and includes wording such as “intense” controversy or unsourced claims about how Russia has tarnished its reputation internationally. That’s kind of hard to prove anyways. And if anything, America consistently, year after year, tops the list as the country that poses the greatest threat to world peace. And that’s just not some unsourced assumption, it’s from a poll by Gallup [1]. Russia is not even close. Also, the stuff on “deliberate” civilian targeting is out of the scope of the source itself. The HRW says indiscriminate bombardment, not deliberate. Étienne Dolet (talk) 18:37, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, but the text you removed does not say anything of that kind. It does not tell that Russia, US or whoever "poses the greatest threat to world peace" (so your ref is irrelevant). It does not even tell about “deliberate civilian targeting". It tells: Following the beginning of the Russian intervention, Russia's military actions in Syria have generated intense controversy internationally. Human rights groups have accused Russia of committing war crimes and deliberately attacking civilians,[136] the United States has enacted economic sanctions against Russia for supporting Assad, and officials at the United Nations have condemned Russia for using its United Nations Security Council veto power to block resolutions that would punish Syria for attacks against civilians.[138] Russia has rejected accusations of war crimes and has accused critics of anti-Russian sentiment and "barbarism,"[139][140] which has further alienated Russia on the international stage and harmed its foreign relations policy abroad.". This is something different. What content here was not supported by text currently in the body of page or by refrences? My very best wishes (talk) 22:51, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]