Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, holds a meeting with senior government officials at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Russian military jets carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Wednesday for the first time, after President Vladimir Putin received parliamentary approval to send Russian troops to Syria. Background from left: Igor Shuvalov, first deputy premier, Dmitry Medvedev, Premier. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia launched its first air strikes in war-torn Syria today after President Vladimir Putin won parliamentary permission to use force abroad.
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Source: The Indian Express
