Russia’s fighter jets have come home from Syria to a heroes’ welcome. At an airbase near the eastern city of Voronezh on Tuesday, returning pilots were carried aloft in a ceremony replete with the pomp and circumstance befitting a victorious army.President Vladimir Putin’s Monday night announcement that Moscow was pulling troops out of Syria after its mission was “largely fulfilled,” six months after a game-changing military intervention, was met with celebrations across state television.It also caught almost everyone else on the backfoot, prompting speculation over what it meant for a conflict that has claimed the lives of almost half a …read more
Source: VICE News
