Russia Sends Plane to Evacuate Citizens from Syria

[dipsydoodle]

Source: RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry has sent a plane to Syria for citizens willing to leave the war-torn country, a spokeswoman said Sunday.

“An Il-76 plane took off for Latakia on Sunday morning. The plane will carry both Russians and citizens of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from Syria,” emergencies ministry spokeswoman Irina Rossius said.

Late last month, nearly 90 people, mostly women and children, returned to Moscow from Syria onboard the Ilyushin Il-62 plane. The plane took off from Latakia, a major port city in Syria’s northwest.

Almost 730 citizens of Russia and other former Soviet republics have fled civil war in Syria on Emergencies Ministry planes since January, the ministry said in August.

Read more: http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130908/183270811/Russia-Sends-Plane-to-Evacuate-Citizens-from-Syria.html

[another_liberal]

1. When the U.S. starts air strikes . . .

Being a civilian and protected by international law is just fine, but when the U.S. starts air strikes, it is still wisest to be no where near something we might want to bomb. I would clear out in a hurry too.