whereas bibi and barak would be limiting idf actions because of putin's bark warnings, yaalon is not fearful of putin. Even if putin threatens the worst, israel could respond wiht painful retaliation so israel will take care of its own interests. russians are warned not to aid hezbollah, iran or syria if they threaten transfers or terror actions or they will be targeted. Barak would be running to the US saying please help. Bibi likewise. This is why bibi needs to be replaced and soon and not by that wimp herzog who gets his concession marching orders from kerry.

You aren't mad are you Mr Putin? Mad humans are one thing, when the One who is more than mere human has had enough(defends HaShem) woe be to all of humanity..

-Al Raqqa, Deir Ez zor., and Aleppo are cities in the north of Syria...all of them located in the shores of the Eufrates river... The Lake Assad is the largest reservoir of Syrian waters/ the halabiye dam is between Raqqah and Deir Ez Zor and the Tabqa dam was buid with Russia help in the Eufrates... If Islamic State of Iraq and Syria took control of Raqqah, Deir Ez Zor and Aleppo, and those are the cities that control the hidroelectrics of that country, why the Assad Army and also Obama bombed Raqqah last year? - According to sources in internet the population of towns near the dams were resettled long time ago, when many arqueological sites suffered floodings... so it doesnt make sense reports saying Assad and Obama bombed Raqqah, while the construction of Tabqa dam led to a international campaign coordinated by Unesco. How Assad and Obama air strikes attacked Islamic State terrorists overthere without touching the hidroelectrics? If the Islsmic State is using the Eufrates to conquere cities, why the alleged allies dont coordinates air strikes against the Eufrates? After all, the islamic state of iraq and syria could be also an insolated group of aliens that were searching for water and life here in the earth planet, not in Mars...