Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a call during a luncheon hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the 70th annual UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters September 28, 2015 in New York City.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
Russia's parliament granted<span style="color: Red;">*</span>President Vladimir Putin permission to launch airstrikes in Syria, Russian media reported<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wednesday.
Sergey Ivanov, the Kremlin's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>chief of staff,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>told journalists that Putin was granted permission to use armed forces outside the country by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Federation Council — the upper house of the Russian parliament — the TASS news agency reported.
Ivanov said Russia<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will only use its air force in Syria, where a civil war has been raging since 2011.
"The Federation Council unanimously supported the president’s request," Ivanov said, according to TASS.
He added that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Syrian<span style="color: Red;">*</span>President Bashar Assad had asked Russia<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to provide military assistance.
On Tuesday, Putin said that Russia is considering whether to carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>where the U.S. and its allies are conducting a bombing campaign against the militant organization. His remarks came after a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>meeting with President Obama at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
According to the Russian constitution, Putin has to request parliamentary approval for the use of Russian troops abroad. The last time he did so was before Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March 2014.
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