Earlier this month, the Kremlin denied an Israeli news report that Moscow is planning to send warplanes and personnel to Syria, now the LA Times says Russia has approached a country neighboring Syria for airspace clearance of its military aircraft into Syria.
By Dmitriy Pichugin (http://russianplanes.net/id78174) [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
Anonymous U.S. officials also told the paper that spy satellites have spotted possible military housing being built near the international airport in Latakia province.
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