Some interesting articles on the situation is Syria suggesting people are now calling the US bluff

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-17/fall-unipower-russia-defeating-more-isis-syria
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-17/us-warships-en-route-islands-china-asks-what-earth-makes-them-think-we-will-tolerate