Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday won permission from parliament to carry out air strikes in Syria, in what would be Moscows first engagement in a distant theatre of war since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.The announcement comes as Putin and US President Barack Obama are pushing rival plans on ways to defeat the Islamic State group in Syria and the role of the countrys embattled leader Bashar al-Assad.The Federation Council unanimously supported the presidents request, the Kremlins chief of staff Sergei Ivanov said in televised remarks after the upper house approved Putins request to deploy …read more
Source: Dunya TV
