MOSCOW: A
Russian deputy foreign minister says that 160 Russians fighting for the Islamic
State group have been killed in Syria.
Russian news
agencies today quoted Oleg Syromolotov as saying that out of some 2,700
Russians fighting in Syria, 73 have returned and been convicted and 36 placed
under arrest.
Russia in
September began carrying out attacks on IS positions to support President
Bashar Assad's forces.
President
Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged to intensify Russia's air operation there
after the Russian intelligence chief announced that a bomb brought down a
Russian plane overEgypt on October 31, killing all 224 onboard.
IS claimed
responsibility for the attack but Russians would not say whether they think the
IS was behind it.
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