Russia to allow thousands of Middle East volunteers to fight Ukraine
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said there were 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East who were ready to come to fight with Russian-backed forces in Donbas.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Kremlin over a year ago. The intervention in Syria remains the catalyst that signified the Russian challenge to the US.(photo credit: Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters)ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: