Weeks after ‘pullout’ from Syria, Russian military is as busy as ever

stlbeacon.org - 4/13/2016

Russia portrayed last month’s drawdown from Syria as a victory and a homecoming after a six-month deployment in which its air force turned the tide of the long-running conflict. So it was a surprise when Russian state outlets reported in recent days that powerful new Russian helicopters were seeing Syrian combat for the first time.

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