Russia risks mission creep as Syrian rebels dig in
Moscow's air power has helped ensure Assad regime survival -- but a decisive victory against the rebels is unlikely
Updated: Jan 12, 2016
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- Russia's operational aims
- Secure regime presence around Aleppo
- Threaten rebel stronghold in Idlib
- Secure Lattakia
- Operational limits to Russian escalation
- Reliance on foreign ground troops
- Escalated Gulf states' support for rebels
- Increased rebel radicalisation
- Rebel cohesion increases
- Resilient rebel connections
- Kurdish factor
- Key risks to rebels
- Risk of mission creep
- Outlook
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