DAR AL HARB/ISLAM - RUSSIA/SYRIA/IRAN: RUSSIA DELIVERS PLANES TO SYRIA, PLANS TO SELL MIG 29M/M2 DUAL ROLE FIGHTERS & AGREES TO SELL 50 PANTSYR-S1E

Russia delivers 5 planes to Syria

Russia has begun delivering five Mig-31E interceptors to the Syrian Arab Republic as part of an agreement concluded earlier this year, the Kommersant daily newspaper reported Tuesday.

Moscow also plans to sell Damascus its Mig-29M/M2 dual role fighters.

The total value of the sales is about one billion dollars (750 million euros), the paper said.

Moscow has agreed to sell Damascus some 50 Pantsyr-S1E self-propelled short-range missile air defence systems for an estimated 730 million dollars (545 million euros).



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