YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia has sent a team of experts to Syria on a Russia-backed mission to help clear mines and provide medical assistance, the Armenian Defence Ministry said Saturday. The ministry’s spokesman, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, said the team of 83 includes de-mining experts, medical personnel and security officers. He said it will defuse mines and provide medical help to residents of Aleppo, in northern Syria, emphasizing that they will stay outside areas of fighting. Russia, which has conducted a military campaign to shore up Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, will transport the Armenian team to Syria and provide logistical support, Hovhannisyan said. The Sasna Tsrer party warned in a statement that teaming up with Russia in Syria could hurt Armenia’s interests and undermine its security.

Source: National Post February 09, 2019 12:22 UTC