December 31, 2017, located in the province of Latakia, the airbase of Russian military intelligence Himeim was subjected to mortar shelling by one of the detachments of insurgent Syrian militants, as a result of which aircraft of the Russian Air Force were damaged.
The incident in Khmeimim can be considered one of the most serious for the entire time of the operation in Syria.
The act of sabotage is revenge on the part of the US for the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the military security base in Khmeimim and his speech there, in which he outlined the end of the military phase of the conflict in Syria. By this act, the United States seems to show that nothing has been finished yet.
There are two options for an answer to this situation.
In the first one, we are talking about blows on the tails. You can chase militants and saboteurs in the ruined Syria. In the conditions of devastation, almost complete absence of civil administration and police on the ground, this will be long and not very effective. It will be much more effective to strike at the bases of their training, regardless of the territory of their location.
In the second - it is about creating their proxy forces from the local, as does the same Iran, and work on contiguous territories. It is necessary to intercept the initiative and beat first. And to beat so, where it will put the most effective effect. We are forced tougher rules of the game, you must answer the increase in rates. Moreover, there is more to answer.
