Russian Jets for Syria

Russia and Syria have announced a deal in which Syria will purchase combat training jets. US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, "If it's accurate, it would be quite concerning. Our firm belief is that any country that is still trading in weapons and armaments with Syria really needs to think twice." Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin replied, "No one must interfere with Syria. This is dangerous." Russia is already taking heat for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution to sanction Syria and is under questioning as to why it's navy delivered munitions earlier this month, when on a 'show of friendship' mission.

Over the last ten months, the Syrian government has been brutally oppressing it's people for demanding that President Bashar al-Assad leave power. It is estimate that near ten thousand have been killed in the conflict, which has led to civil war in some parts of the country. One of the latest deaths was that of Syrian Red Crescent vice-president Abdulrazak Jbeiro, who was assassinated on his way to investigate the city of Idlib, which has been a center of the violence. The Red Crescent, is a Muslim organization that has much the same role of the Red Cross. Both the security forces and local anti government forces were quick to point fingers at each other.