Russian advisers are helping the Assad regime to operate their air defences, making any intervention by the US extremely complicated, it has emerged.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates almost 44,000 people have died in the conflict Photo: Narciso Contreas/AP
12:06AM GMT 24 Dec 2012
Moscow has sent military advisers and surface to air systems to Syria, the Guardian reports.
Their presence means that any air strike by the US could result in Russian casualties, which in turn could spark serious diplomatic consequences.
Russia has been supporting the Assad regime since the uprising began 21 months ago.
The death toll from the war is now estimated to be more than 40,000 and there are growing fears that the desperate Assad regime is preparing to use of chemical weapons against its own people.
The US, UK, France and Turkey have warned that the use of chemical weapons would lead to military intervention.
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However, any moves by the international community against the regime will be complicated by the presence of the Russians.
Guy Ben-Ari, from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, told the Guardian that Russian military advisers were training crews in Syria, as well as providing missile launch and radar systems.
"There is just no domestic capacity to run these systems."
The Guardian said unnamed sources had confirmed the presence of Russian air defence crews within Syria.
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