Putin: S-300 Missile System To Syria to Beef Up Defenses After IL-20 Shot Down

Telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad  Russian MOD conversation, photos. Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad, at the latter’s initiative. Bashar al-Assad once again expressed his most sincere condolences on the loss of 15 Russian military personnel who were on board Il-20 shot down on September 17 in Syria. The Russian President informed his Syrian counterpart about his …