Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:58:40
Russia’s defense ministry releases video which it says shows air strikes by Russian military jets hitting targets in Syrian provinces of Idlib and Latakia, Al-Alam News Network reports.
Russia’s defense ministry said Russian jets launched more air strikes in Syria in the early hours of Saturday (October 17).
Video released by the ministry showed targets on the ground seeing from air being hit and exploding.
The ministry said the Russian jets hit the ISIS command center in Syria’s Idlib province and destroyed its fortified bunker in the province of Latakia.
Russia’s air force has made 36 sorties, hitting 49 ISIS targets in Syria in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The targets were hit in Hama, Idlib, Latakia, Damascus and Aleppo regions, it said.
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