Putin couldn’t care less about Syria or the war on terror.
This is all about supporting his friend Iran and propping up the price of oil, on which the Russian economy depends.
Still, it’s nice how things work out sometimes.
Or practice for something bigger?
How do you know what Putin thinks? Besides, to claim that he cares nothing of that plane load of dead Russians is just absurd. There may be many interests involved, but that does not mean that “Putin couldn’t care less about the war on terror.” He certainly seems to care, and a lot more than Obama.