Syria, no war has ever been won only from the air: "despite everything, the Islamic State is expanding"

(To Franco Iacch)
11/12/15

"The Islamic State controls the 70% of Syrian territory and most of Iraq. Yes, we can say that it is expanding. Altogether we estimate a land force enemy of 60 thousand terrorists. They could also move to Central Asia and the Caucasus, but Russia is able to defend the country from any external threat ".

This is what Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in the annual report to the country.