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The National: Russia parades Syrian war trophies on a nationwide tour in a bid to sell intervention

Published Feb. 25, 2019 at 9:39 am

A Russian honour guard soldier stands next to the train with "Syrian turning point" exhibition items organised by Russian Defence Ministry, as it waits to depart from Kazansky railway station in Moscow on February 23, 2019. - The train with "Syrian turning point" exhibition, which houses unique military trophies captured from militants in Syria is departing from Moscow to visit sixty cities of Russia.

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Russia is flaunting the trophies of its war in Syria with a nationwide exhibition of armored vehicles, drones and weapons its army says it captured from militant groups in the country.

A rail car carrying the war spoils will travel across Russia’s 11 time zones over several months. The display, consisting of around 500 pieces of military equipment that includes tanks, assault rifles a wide array of drones and armored vehicles repurposed by ISIS for use in kamikaze attacks.