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Urgent: Putin orders withdrawal of Russian air forces deployed in Syria

Xinhua, March 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered on Monday the Russian air forces deployed in Syria to withdraw, "as it has accomplished its tasks," RIA Novosti news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. Enditem