I  HAVE been following the events unfolding in Syria with great interest.
To this effect, I have researched on this subject.
I have, however, come to a sad conclusion that the number one country in the world, the  US is not interested in fighting terrorists in Syria and
I am ready to prove my point.
First, for years now, the US has been leading the anti-terrorism coalition in Syria, but one wonders if this has yielded any positive results.
The only result I observed is that the opposition or the terrorists had an upper hand over the Syrian Government of Bashir Assad.
But from the time Russia got involved starting in October, it can be clearly seen that war against ISIS has taken a new twist.
It has just been a few months but results are showing as terrorist structures are being destroyed.
One group has succeeded while the other has not.
I also want to comment on the Russian fighter jet which was recently downed by Turkey.
The Turks are saying they were tracking the plane and gave 10 warnings and that they were forced to bring it down.
Satellite pictures according to the information I have gathered show that the plane was moving along the border of Syria and Turkey  (most probably the Syrian side  and  if  it  had  crossed the border, it could have only done so by kilometres).
According to the speed of those planes it is not possible to warn it 10 times as it could not have been in the Turkish airspace for more than eight seconds.
It looks like the downing of the Russian plane was planned from the beginning.
The motive was ill-intended.

Kabwe Bwalya
Lusaka