MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia may use its ships in the Mediterranean Sea to fire missiles at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria, a senior Russian military officer told a newspaper on Friday (Oct 16).

Russia has previously launched cruise missiles at the militants from the Caspian Sea, which flew over Iran and Iraq.

When asked if it might launch similar attacks from the Mediterranean if necessary, Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov told the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily: "Without doubt."