OTTAWA — Stephen Harper condemned Russia’s increased military involvement in Syria as “dangerous” Friday — but also reiterated his promise to keep Canadian conventional combat troops out of the war-torn region.
Harper says the buildup of equipment and manpower, in an apparent bid to prop up the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, is likely to inflame an already volatile, bloody civil war.
“The Russian government and (President Vladimir) Putin remains a government that complicates, in dangerous and unhelpful ways, security situations all over the world,” Harper said at a campaign stop in Victoriaville, Que.
The comments come as Moscow urges Washington to …read more
Source: National Newswatch
