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Russia Sells Fighter Jets to Syria

Russia's one of the four members of the "Quartet" tasked with monitoring the Arab-Israeli conflict, and by most accounts it's been just as tendentious toward Israel as the other three (the U.S., E.U. and Great Britain).  And yet, and yet…  

The MiG-31, considered one of the best fighters in the world, can carry guided missiles with a range of more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) and is capable of striking 24 different targets simultaneously, Yediot Aharonot said.

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A Russian newspaper reported on Tuesday that Russia has begun delivering five MiG-31E interceptors to Syria as part of an agreement reached this year, and that Moscow also plans to sell Damascus its MiG-29M/M2 dual role fighters.

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