Iran Acknowledges Russia Using Its Air Base to Strike Syria

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2b0R1y7
via IFTTT In a move that could reverberate across the Middle East, Iran confirmed Wednesday that Russia is using its territory to launch airstrikes in Syria even as a second wave of Moscow's bombers flew out of the Islamic Republic to hit targets in the war-ravaged country.