[December 11, 2015]MOSCOW (Reuters) - President
Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered Russia's armed forces to act in an
"extremely tough way" in Syria to protect Russian forces striking
Islamic State targets there.
"Any targets
threatening our (military) group or land infrastructure must be
immediately destroyed," Putin said, speaking at a Defence
Ministry event.
(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova and Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by
Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Hugh Lawson)