Moscow raises stakes in Syria and sends signal to Washington
Moscow’s decision to begin supplying the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Syria is a signal not only to Israel, whose aircraft previously operated virtually unhindered in Syrian airspace. Kommersant writes about this, recalling that previously the Russian Federation never began delivering air defense systems at Israel’s request. “But very soon, when the S-300 systems arrive to the Syrian missilemen, Israeli aircraft...