Russian Air Force Performs 131 Sorties, Targets 237 Positions in 2 Days

Tue Nov 3, 2015 13:39:09

Russian Defence Ministry says its air force flew 131 sorties and hit 237 targets in Syria in the last two days in Hama, Latakia, Homs, Damascus, Aleppo and Raqqa provinces., Konashenkov stressed.

 

“131 sorties were carried out from the Hmeimim airbase, during which 237 terrorist targets in Hama, Latakia, Homs, Damascus Aleppo and Raqqa provinces were hit,” Konashenkov said.

In Homs, Russian warplanes have destroyed underground shelters and anti-aircraft artillery positions of ISIS.

According to the spokesman, another Russian airstrike wiped out a Jabhat al-Nusra command center in Latakia province, which the terrorists used to suppressed radio communications by Syrian government forces.

Russia began a large-scale air campaign against ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other the terrorist groups in Syria on September 20. Dozens of sorties are carried out by Russian warplanes every day at the official request of the Syrian government.

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