Russian senators back indefinite Air Force deployment in Syria

‘Russia’s upper house of the parliament has approved an agreement with the Damascus government that allows the Russian Air Force to stay indefinitely in Syria.
On Wednesday, a total of 158 of 170 senators at the Federation Council voted in favor of the deal, which was unanimously passed last week by the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislature, with all 446 deputies present at the session supporting the accord.
The accord, which was signed in Damascus on August 26, 2015, permits the Russian Air Force to be stationed at Hmeimim Air Base in Syria’s coastal province of Latakia.’
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