DEBKAfile's military and Iranian sources report that Moscow cancelled the $1 billion dollar sale because Tehran withheld funding as a cautionary step for Damascus against its going too far in its flirtations with Washington and Ankara.The transaction signed in 2006 provided for Russia to sell the Syrian air force an unspecified number of advanced MiG-29M/M2 fighter-bombers and 8 MiG-29M/M2 fighters.
Wednesday, May 20, the official Russian arms export company Rosoboronexport announced the deal was off without explanation. Industry sources then released a mixed bag of pretexts.
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