Targeting ASSad forces as a revenge is utterly useless... such things has no weight whatsoever in this "revenge" movie... Since for ASSad they are already dead... those soldiers has no meaning to him... It's like seeking vengeance on someone by cutting his shoes in two...
If it's for a strategic purpose, like an op incoming, then maybe such thing may be interesting...
But let's be clear here... The only thing that can hurt ASSad, is showing that his days are numbered... That his reign is coming to an end... That's the only currency Dictators believe in...
ASSad will continue to target X or Y... it doesn't matter for him, as long as he feels someone "strong" still needs him (ie RU) for some sort of Geopolitical game...
And RU will also use such "dynamic" to hide their "actions" on TR... " it's him not me... "