16 Aug 2015 19:38

Turkish media report Russia's shipment of six MiG-31s to Syria; no comment from Rosoboronexport

BRUSSELS. Aug 16 (Interfax) - Russia has shipped six Mikoyan MiG-31 fighter aircraft to Syria under a 2007 contract, a Turkish English-language news website, BGN News, reported on Sunday.

The website claims the aircraft have already landed in Damascus.

Under the contract, which was signed in 2007, Moscow is to deliver a total of eight MiG-31 fighter jets to Syria, BGN News says.

Russia has called for a broad international coalition, including Syria and Iraq, to be created to fight Islamic State, the website site said.

Rosoboronexport told Interfax-AVN that it can neither confirm, nor deny the report.