He probably means Afghanistan. They fought a long hard ground war there and would probably do it from the air these days.
I doubt we will see Russian ground forces move beyond defensive positions securing their airfields.
And honestly, Syrian troops need to do the ground fighting to save their own country.
ISIS is going to get introduced to Mr. SU-25.
Haven’t you heard, all the military age and fit Syrian males bugged out to Europe, or so they tell us. Poor little refugees.