Russia has transferred to Syria Russian T-90 tanks, Channel 2 military analyst Ehud Ya’ari reports.
The T-90 is a highly advanced tank, introduced in 1993. According to the report, Russia is transferring to Syria eight such machines, as well as 15 military cargo planes and several dozens armored personnel carriers.
Russia is also reportedly planning to deploy no less than 1,500 troops.
Channel 2 reports also that Qassem Suleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds force, visited Moscow for a second time in less than two months.
Russia denied his first visit to the country.
Iran and Russia are closely coordinating their involvement in the Syrian civil war, the report says.
A Russian T-90A tank on parade in Moscow (CC BY-SA 3.0 Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikipedia)
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