Fri Sep 25, 2015 16:24:53
According to Syrian military source in coordination with Syrian army ground offensive in Deir Hafer-Aleppo Highway Russian Air Force launched a series of airstrikes above the Aleppo's Eastern countryside, targeting ISIS position in the battlefield.
The sources said that the Syrian army, in coordination with the National Defense Forces (NDF), conducted a powerful assault on the ISIL positions at ‘Ayn Sabl, resulting in the capture of the Southwestern perimeter of this town that is located to the East of Tal Rayman and Al-Salihiyah.
The Russian fighter jets reportedly struck ISIL positions in East Aleppo with remarkable precision;these airstrikes also marked the first time that Russia physically participated in this four yearlong Syrian Conflict.
The Russian Air Force was also seen flying above the Damascus countryside, Lattakia and Hama Governorates, on Thursday morning, but all of their jets reportedly returned back to the Hmamiyat Military Airport in the Syrian coastal city of Jableh.
According to a senior officer in the Syrian army, these Russian airstrikes were coordinated with the Syrian Air Force, who launched their own raids along the Raqqa-Deir Ezzur Highway, FNA reports.
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