BEIRUT, September 18. /TASS/. Syria will ask Russia to send its troops to fight on the side of the Syrian army if such a need arises, Syrian Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told the state television on Thursday.
According to him, "There is no joint fighting on the ground with Russian troops, but if we felt such a need, we would study it and demand," Muallem told state-run Syrian television network. "So far the Syrian army is able (on its own) and what we need frankly is more of the ammunition and qualitative weapons to face the type of qualitative weapons of these terrorist groups," he added.
According to him, Syria will not hesitate to ask this support from Russia.
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with the government of President Bashar Assad fighting against many opposition factions and militant groups, such as Islamic State and the Nusra Front.
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