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Purveyor

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Sun Sep 13, 2015, 07:08 PM Sep 2015

Russia's Lavrov Says Moscow To Continue Military Support Of Syria: Reports

Source: Reuters

Russia will continue with military supplies to Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Sunday.

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There were military supplies, they are ongoing and they will continue. They are inevitably accompanied by Russian specialists, who help to adjust the equipment, to train Syrian personnel how to use these weaponry," Lavrov said.

Lavrov also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is traveling to New York for the U.N. General Assembly meeting later this month, plans to address the assembly on the topics of Syria, the conflict in Ukraine, the state of the global economy and sanctions against Russia.

"He (Putin) will touch specific aspects, such as Syria, the Ukraine crisis. All these crises arise from systemic problems regarding attempts to freeze the process of forming polycentric world," Lavrov said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/13/us-russia-syria-lavrov-idUSKCN0RD0DV20150913

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Russia's Lavrov Says Moscow To Continue Military Support Of Syria: Reports (Original Post) Purveyor Sep 2015 OP
The western 1/3 of Syria is going to become a Russian-Iranian occupied zone. roamer65 Sep 2015 #1

roamer65

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1. The western 1/3 of Syria is going to become a Russian-Iranian occupied zone.
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 07:19 PM
Sep 2015

They'll leave the rest for IS.

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