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Russian Air Force Hit 60 Terrorist Targets in New Syria Strikes
[ALMANAR.LB] Russia's air force hit more than 60 terrorist targets in Syria over the past 24 hours, Moscow's military said Friday."Sixty-seven sorties have been carried out from the Hmeimim air base" in Syria, the deputy head of the Russian General Staff, Lieutenant General Igor Makushev, told news hounds. Russian warplanes strike Syria"Su-34M and Su-24SM warplanes hit 60 terrorist targets," he added. According to intercepted radio communications, two high-ranking field commanders in the ranks of the Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... group, ISIL, and several hundred bully boyz were killed, the Russian military said. Makushev said bully boyz "have sustained significant casualties and been forced to change their tactics," seeking refuge in towns and villages, stressing that Moscow would increase the intensity of the strikes. On Wednesday, Russian warships from the Caspian Sea fleet joined in the strikes with a volley of cruise missiles launched from Caspian Sea. Makushev said Russia has been bombing command posts and communication centers, ammunition depots as well as training camps in Raqa, Latakia, Hama, Idlib and Aleppo. Moscow launched its military operation against ISIL(so-called Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... in Iraq and Levant) Lions of Islam at the request of the Syrian government on September 30. Russia said its warplanes also dropped precision guided bombs on a command post in ISIL stronghold Raqa, killing two senior IS field commanders and some 200 murderous Moslems. The strikes also destroyed six command posts and communication centers, six ammunition depots, 17 training camps, three underground targets in Latakia, two multiple artillery rocket systems and 17 vehicles and armoured vehicles, among other targets, the military said. "In the vicinity of Aleppo, a strike hit a murderous Moslems' base and ammunition depot set up in the building of a former prison," Makushev. "As a result, some 100 bully boyz and an ammunition depot have been destroyed." Posted by: Fred 2015-10-10 |
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