Two Russian aid planes land in Syria: state media

Two Russian aid planes acreage in Syria: accompaniment media, Two Russian planes accustomed altruistic aid landed in Syria on Saturday, accompaniment media said, amidst letters that Moscow is accession up aggressive abutment to its accessory Damascus.

"Two Russian planes accustomed today at the Latakia Martyr Bassil al-Assad all-embracing airport accustomed 80 tonnes of altruistic aid provided by Russia," accompaniment account reported.

Coastal Latakia arena is a bastion of President Bashar al-Assad and home to his affiliated village.

The appear aid supply comes as Washington bidding affair about an declared Russian aggressive accession in Syria.

US admiral say Russia has beatific ships, armoured cadre carriers and argosy infantry to the country in contempo weeks.

And on Friday, Cypriot admiral said Russia had issued an active for Cyprus to alter aircraft next anniversary because it is planning aggressive contest off Syria's coast.

Also Friday, US President Barack Obama said Russia's accommodation to forward aggressive admiral and accessories to bolster Assad was alone extending a action "doomed to failure."

"The action that they are advancing appropriate now, acceleration down on Assad, I anticipate is a big mistake," Obama said.

Moscow and Syria accept denied any Russian aggressive build-up, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that Damascus would accept added advice if it requested it.

"We helped, are continuing to advice and will advice the Syrian government if it comes to bartering the Syrian army with aggregate it needs," he said.

"Russia is sending planes to Syria with both aggressive accessories in accordance with accepted affairs and altruistic aid," he said.

"Russia is not demography any added steps."

Moscow has been a allegiant accessory of the Assad government throughout the insurgence that began in March 2011 and after descended into a civilian war.

It maintains a argosy abject in Tartus province, south of Latakia province.

Syrian media has appear Russian deliveries of altruistic aid sporadically throughout the conflict, but Saturday's address follows specific claims about a Russian aggressive build-up.

US admiral this anniversary said two tank-landing ships had accustomed afresh at the Tartus base, but a lot of of the credible accession was focused on the Bassil al-Assad airport.

They said at atomic four carriage flights had accustomed in contempo days, with dozens of Russian argosy infantry aswell advancing in.

Russia has aswell reportedly installed acting apartment acceptable for "hundreds of people" at the airport, forth with carriageable air cartage ascendancy equipment.

More than 240,000 humans accept been dead in Syria back the battle began, with Assad's government accident more ample locations of the area to rebels or jihadist armament like the Islamic Accompaniment group.

The administration has relied for abutment on a few allegiant allies, decidedly Russia and Iran.
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