Russia To Supply Syria With Air Defence System

Russia has said it will supply the Syrian government with a sophisticated air defence system.

It comes after Moscow condemned a missile attack launched by the US, UK and France earlier this month.

Colonel General Sergei Rudskoi said in a statement that Russia will provide Syria with:

"new missile defence systems soon".

Col Gen Rudskoi did not specify the type of weapons, but his remarks follow reports in the Russian media that Moscow is considering selling its S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria.

Top Russian officials said earlier this month that Moscow may reconsider a pledge it gave a decade ago not to provide Syria with the S-300 system in light of the airstrikes on Syria earlier this month.

Russia is a key ally of Syrian president Bashar Assad.