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Urgent: Putin orders air defense system to be deployed to Russian airbase in Syria

Xinhua, November 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said S-300 anti-aircraft missile system would be deployed in Syria's Hmeimim airbase, where a Russian airforce group for anti-terrorist strikes is located, Tass news agency reported. Endi