Syria looks for Russian arms deal

Taken from FT.com

By Isabel Gorst in Moscow and Roula Khalaf in London

August 20, 2008 6:26:00 PM

Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president, arrived on a two-day visit to Russia on Wednesday seeking new weapons and greater military co-operation and hoping to capitalise on the rising tensions between Moscow and the west.

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