Daily Mail/AFP: Putin gives Assad a new S-300 air defence system following the downing of a Russian plane that the Kremlin blames on Israeli pilots
* Syrian army to receive S-300 missile system and new radar jamming technology
* It comes after Syrian Soviet-era missile shot down a Russian plane by accident
* Putin and Assad discussed delivery of S-300 system on the phone on Monday
Vladimir Putin has given Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad a new air defence system following the downing of a Russian plane that Moscow blamed on Israeli pilots.
Under orders from the Russian President, the Syrian army will receive a new S-300 surface-to-air missile system as well as new radar jamming technology.
The additional security measures come after a Syrian Soviet-era S-200 missile shot down a Russian military plane by mistake, killing 15, in an incident last Monday that Moscow blames on Israel.
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