The Russians take the job in their own hands and they are pretty serious about that.
Russia's feared Spetsnaz unit—the elite of the elite in Russia's army whose members have to undergo a gruelling training programme to earn their stripes—plus a covert paratroop battalion have arrived in Syria and are preparing for an all-out assault on ISIS militants and rebels fighting the Assad government, including moderate units such as the western-backed Free Syrian Army, according to the Daily Express.
Vladimir Putin's marines are there to guard the airbases they are using against sabotage by rebels,'' a military source said.
"But Spetsnaz and air-assault troops are not there to provide security to static objects. They are extremely aggressive and highly trained. They are there to mop up after air strikes, call in air strikes, go on extremely covert missions against rebels and ultimately wipe them out,'' the source added.
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