The reason you bomb HOMS if you are Russian is because that is they greatest concentration of advanced anti-air assets. Supplied to radical Muslims by Obama. These radical Muslims may not call themselves ISIS on CNN cameras but they still yell Allah Ackbar when they are beheading people. Now they are dead though.
The areas struck in Homs are mostly controlled by Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front,.... while those hit in Latakia are mostly controlled by a coalition known as the Army of Conquest, ..which includes Al-Nusra..... So the nonesense that Russia isn’t hitting terroists is false...they’re all terrorists..names mean crap at this point.
Russia will of course ramp up Assad as Russia wants Assad in power until the nation transitions to a new election to prevent an ISIS take over........the US says no deal they want Assad out of the equation.
That’s been the sticking point from the get go....Russia’s basically said enough’s enough .....time for action to settle the matter.