MOSCOW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin said Russia would intensify its air strikes on Islamist militants in Syria and launch a global manhunt after the Kremlin concluded that terrorists had placed a bomb on a Russian passenger jet which broke up over Egypt last month.
Reuters: Putin vows payback after Kremlin confirms bomb downed Russian plane over Egypt
An image grab taken from a video released by the Homs Media Center on Sept. 30, 2015 shows smoke billowing from buildings in the central Syrian town of Talbisseh in Homs province. Russian warplanes carried out air strikes in three Syrian provinces.
