MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s air forces carried out 164 sorties in Syria in the past three days, hitting 556 targets, Lt.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, a department chief at Russia’s Defense Ministry, told a news briefing on Monday.

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