Water: the unlikely WMD. As reported last week, Syrian Special Forces, supported by Russian Special Forces, made substantial gains in the march to reclaim Raqqa from ISIS’ stranglehold on the region. Russian air assets pounded the Tabqa Air Base for days with air-to-surface missiles and rockets in support of advancing Syrian forces, killing hundreds of ISIS fighters. As reported in “Weapon of Mass Destruction: Water,” the Tabqa Dam – a dam that holds back Lake Assad from hundreds of thousands of residents along the Euphrates River – is reportedly rigged to blow in the event ISIS suffers an attack. Used … Continue reading Russia, Syria Rage Against ISIS to Take Back the Dam