MOSCOW—Russia has sent a few dozen special-operations troops to Syria in recent weeks, Russian and Western officials say, redeploying the elite units from Ukraine as the Kremlin shifts its focus to supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Wall Street Journal: Russia said to redeploy special-ops forces from Ukraine to Syria
Syrian regime soldiers rest in an area around Kweyris military airport, in the eastern Aleppo province on October 16, 2015. Aleppo city has been divided between regime control in the west and rebel control in the east since mid-2012. AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OU
