At breakneck speed, the president returned from New York and airstrikes began, leaving already-strapped everyday Russians confused about who the real enemy was.
The Daily Beast: Putin’s ‘every move worsens the situation’ – in Syria and Russia
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters watch for jihadists after they reportedly captured several villages from Islamic State (IS) group jihadistst on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi oil capital of Kirkuk on Sept. 30, 2015, during an operation with support from international coalition aircrafts.