Putin: Russia Will Not Conduct Ground Operation In Syria

President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia would not deploy ground troops to Syria, where it has been conducting airstrikes against what it says are Islamic State targets.

 

“We are not planning on doing this (conducting a ground operation), and our Syrian friends know about this,” Putin said in an interview broadcast on state-run Rossiya-1 television channel.

 

Putin last month received parliamentary approval to launch an air campaign in the war-torn country, but authorities have staunchly denied they would send any ground troops.

 

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