Iran Terror Chief Soleimani Arrives In Syria

The United States military said on Tuesday that two USA and two Russian aircraft had "entered the same battle space" over Syria on Saturday, getting within miles (kilometers) of each other.

The Army of Conquest, which captured most of the neighbouring Idlib province in May, includes al Qaeda's Syria wing, Nusra Front, the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham faction and groups including Chechen and central Asian fighters.

The Pentagon has tracked Russian ships that fired the Kalibr-type cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea last week, and the ships have been resupplied with missiles and are ready to fire another salvo, the official said.

"The Western-Russian coalition with the Safavids and the Nusairis are making a real war against the Sunni people and their countries", the statement read, using the terms Safavids and the Nusairis in the same way as the Daesh Takfiri group does in referring to Iranians and Alawis respectively.

Before the shelling, the demonstrators had gathered outside the embassy carrying posters showing Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and waving the flags of both countries. Only Russian Federation backed us.... And if Russian air power continues to blast away at CIA-trained rebels, a chilling message will be sent, White said. In the recording, he described U.S. President Barack Obama as "an idiot" and a failure.

Officials had initially claimed the attack targeted the leader of the group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but security officials later said he had not been present.

Iraqi MP Hakim al-Zamili, the head of the parliamentary and defence committee, told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday that Iraqi air force jets used the intelligence to target a meeting of mid-level ISIL commanders.

Boroujerdi said that the states which declare intention to fight terrorism must support the four-way cooperation, because the alliance led by the United States failed to achieve anything against terrorism on the ground; rather it lead to the spread of the influence of ISIS and other terrorist organizations. Iran has also sent weapons and supplies, and deployed its ally Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, to help Assad regain ground.

Russian Federation says its air strikes in Syria that began September 30 were targeting Islamic State, though many of them have struck in areas held by other rebel groups, including a few that have received backing from Assad's foreign enemies.

His death was the second Iranian casualty in Syria in less than a week.

Iranian and Syrian officials have long maintained that Iran has advisers and military experts in Syria.

At least two senior Iranian commanders were killed in Syria in recent days, including Gen. Hossein Hamedani, a senior Revolutionary Guard commander, who died October. 8 near Aleppo.