(Adds Kremlin comment) MOSCOW, March 30 (Reuters) - Russia is supplying ******* to Damascus under contracts signed since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, as well as under earlier deals, President Bashar al-Assad said. Assad's comments, in an interview published by Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Monday, appeared to contradict Moscow's line that any Russian arms supplies to Damascus were agreed before the conflict began. There are other agreements on arms supplies and cooperation that were signed during the crisis and are being carried out **w," Assad said. Assad gave ** details of the ******* being supplied by Russia, the world's second-biggest arms exporter, since the start of the conflict which has killed more than 220,000 people and displaced millions.
03-31-2015, 01:33 PM
UPDATE 1-Syria gets Russian arms under deals signed since conflict began - Assad
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