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Russia’s growing military involvement in the Syria conflict is expected to be high on the agenda of Nato defence ministers meeting in Brussels.<\/p>\n

It comes after Nato member Turkey said Russian jets had violated its airspace.<\/p>\n

Russia has fired missiles from a warship in addition to air strikes to support Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n

But Moscow denies Western accusations that its strikes have mainly hit Assad opponents, some supported by the West, and not Islamic State (IS) militants.<\/p>\n

BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus says Nato aims to make clear it will respond to any challenge.<\/p>\n

Russia wants to show that Western policy in Syria has failed and there are other forces to be supported there, primarily President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin’s desire appears to be aimed at keeping America on the back foot.<\/p>\n

The use of cruise missiles on Wednesday does not change the situation militarily – the same effect could have been achieved by air strikes.<\/p>\n

But Mr Putin wants to project his power on the world stage, to show that he is a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance had expressed its concern over Russia’s “strong and increased military presence” in Syria.<\/p>\n

He called on Moscow to play a “constructive and co-operative role” to fight IS and to stop supporting Mr Assad.<\/p>\n

But he added that the situation underlined the need for political initiatives to end Syria’s war.<\/p>\n

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Nato ministers are expected to express their solidarity with Turkey. They will also address increased concern among Baltic member states following Russia’s involvement in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is expected to announce that Britain is ready to make a long-term troop deployment to the Baltic republics, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n

But, he adds, ministers are meeting amid a deepening sense of crisis.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Russia said it had launched missile strikes against IS from warships in the Caspian Sea – about 1,500km (930 miles) away.<\/p>\n

Russia’s foreign ministry also said Moscow was willing to establish contact with the Free Syrian Army – a Western-backed rebel group – to discuss fighting IS “and other terrorist groups”.<\/p>\n

But US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said coalition forces fighting IS in Syria would not co-operate with Russia.<\/p>\n

“We believe Russia has the wrong strategy,” he said. “They continue to hit targets that are not IS.”<\/p>\n

Airspace violations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia’s air campaign in Syria has raised fears of accidental contact between Russian warplanes and those of the US-led coalition which have been targeting IS for the past year.<\/p>\n

Pentagon officials revealed they recently had to carry out at least one “safe separation” manoeuvre to avoid a US jet coming too close to a Russian aircraft over Syria.<\/p>\n

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Russia’s envoy to Ankara was summoned three times in response to recent incursions into Turkey’s airspace.<\/p>\n

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the Kremlin that any “attack on Turkey means an attack on Nato”.<\/p>\n

“If Russia loses a friend like Turkey, with whom it has a lot of co-operation, it is going to lose a lot of things. It needs to know this,” Mr Erdogan said.<\/p>\n

The Syrian civil war began with an uprising against President Assad in 2011 that was brutally put down. It has since deteriorated into fighting between pro-government forces and various rebel groups – some of which also fight each other.<\/p>\n

Amid the chaos, IS militants have seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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