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Urgent: Any forces threatening Russian military in Syria to be destroyed -- Putin

Xinhua, December 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Any forces threatening Russian military targets in Syria will be immediately destroyed, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday at a Defense Ministry Board session.

Putin also ordered Russia's armed forces to fight against the Islamic State terrorist group "in an extremely tough way." Endi