BISHKEK (TCA) — Speaking at a conference in Moscow on October 28, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov said that Russia initiated its campaign of air strikes in Syria primarily to prevent militants fighting with Islamic State (IS) from returning to their home countries in the former Soviet Union, RFE/RL reported.
Bortnikov estimated that people from more than 100 countries are now fighting for IS in Syria and Iraq, including “about 10 gangs…of citizens of Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, and Central Asian countries.”Bortnikov also said that the worsening security situation in Afghanistan presents a growing danger to the …read more
Source: The Times of Central Asia
