Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 30
Trend:
Russian officials demanded that the US warplanes exit Syrian airspace immediately, Fox News reported citing a senior US official Sept. 30.
"The official told Fox News that Russian diplomats sent an official demarche ordering US planes out of Syria, adding that Russian fighter jets were now flying over Syrian territory," according to the report.
Earlier today, RIA Novosti said Russia's Federation Council (upper house of parliament) unanimously approved the use of the country's armed forces abroad.
Reportedly, earlier Russia's President Vladimir Putin requested the Federation Council to authorize sending Russian troops abroad.
The decision includes only the use of the air force, RIA Novosti quoted the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Sergey Ivanov, as saying.
"The military goal of the operations is exclusively air support to the Syrian government forces," Ivanov added.