Russia’s medium-term plans in Syria include improving the capabilities of the Syrian armed forces which would allow Russian troops to relocate to existing Russian bases in the country, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. “We aim to establish a process, a political settlement [in Syria] between all the sides involved,” Putin ...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the new military and political incidents in Syria provide the suitable conditions for defeating the terrorist organizations of ISIL and Nusra Front. In her weekly press conference on Thursday, Zakharova said that there is a belief that the new incidents in Syria ...