Following the Downing of its Su-24 Russia Changes the Rules of the Game in Syria

... suspend flights of its fighter jets over Syria. This was Moscow’s way to introduce a no-fly zone that the United States and Turkey have mulled for several months. EPA / MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / RIA NOVOSTI Ilshat Saetov: From Downed Plane to the Greater Middle East: Theories of What Happened in Turkey The good news is that Russia decided to deploy S-400 at its base in Latakia and not to deliver the systems to Bashar Al Assad. But the reason why the US, Turkey, Israel and the GCC would be worried about this move is crystal clear: they fear that sooner or later the S-400 may end up in Assad’s ...