(Washington Post) Anton Troianovski - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday that Moscow would send S-300 ground-to-air missile systems to Syria in the next two weeks in the wake of the downing by Syria last week of a Russian reconnaissance plane. Israel has long opposed such deliveries. President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call Monday that the missile delivery was meant primarily to "counter any potential threat to the lives of Russian service members." Netanyahu told Putin that the transfer of advanced military systems to "irresponsible hands" would increase the dangers in the region and that Israel would continue to defend its security and interests.
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