DefenceTalkIntense Russian air strikes battered rebel bastions across Syria on Friday, a monitor said, just hours before a midnight deadline for a landmark ceasefire in the country’s five-year civil war. With the ceasefire due to take effect at 2200 GMT on Friday, US President Barack Obama has warned Damascus and key ally Moscow that the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/air-strikes-batter-rebels-ahead-of-syria-ceasefire-deadline-66859/