Russia will press ahead with plans to sell anti-ship cruise
missiles to Syria despite Israeli concerns, Defence Minister
Anatoly Serdyukov was quoted as saying on Saturday.  Russia
planned on selling two surface-to-air rocket units armed with
P-800, or Yakhont, missiles to Damasacus in a deal worth $300
million, Russian media previously reported.  "The contract is on
its way to being realized," Interfax news agency quoted
Serdyukov as telling reporters in Russia's Far East city of
Vladivostok.  Israel has voiced concerns that the sale of the
rockets, capable of hitting ships 300 kilometers off Syria's
coast, could end up in the hands of Lebanese guerrilla group
Hezbollah.  Hezbollah used a surface to air missile in the 2006
Israel-Lebanon War to hit the INS Hanit warship, killing four
sailors. Russia maintains a naval base in Syria.