The upper chamber of the Russian parliament has voted unanimously to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria.
Sergey Ivanov, the Kremlin’s chief of staff, told journalists that Putin was granted permission to use armed forces outside the country by the Federation Council — the upper house of the Russian parliament — the TASS news agency reported.
Ivanov said Russia will only use its air force in Syria, where a civil war has been raging since 2011.
“The Federation Council unanimously supported the president’s request,” Ivanov said, according to TASS.
He added that Syrian President Bashar Assad had asked Russia to provide …read more
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