Thursday, October 08, 2015

Russia will soon suffer 'casualties' after Syria intervention: US defence secretary

Brussels (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday Russia will soon begin to suffer casualties after dramatically expanding its military support for long-time ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"This will have consequences for Russia itself which is rightly fearful of attacks ... in coming days, the Russians will begin to suffer from casualties," Carter said at a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels dominated by the Syrian crisis .... https://au.news.yahoo.com