Planes pass through a long trail of shadowy hands before being put to use by Iran and Assad in Syria.
A Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet takes off from the Hmeymim air base near Latakia, Syria, in this handout photograph released by Russia's Defence Ministry(photo credit: REUTERS/MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByREUTERS
